Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Martin, Augustus N – Martin, Frederick S

Martin, Augustus N

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 23, 1847, in Whitestown, Pa.

He represented Adams and Wells counties in the Indiana legislature in 1875. He was elected reporter of the supreme court of Indiana in 1876 and served for a term of four years, during which period he edited and published Indiana Supreme Court Reports. He was elected to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.

Martin, Barclay

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1845 to 1847.

Martin, Benjamin F

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1828, in Marion county, Va. He was elected a representative from West Virginia to the fortyfifth and forty-sixth congresses.

Martin, Benjamin Nicholas

educator, was born Oct. 20, 1816, in Mount Holly, N. J. He was called in 1852 to the chair of psychology and cognate subjects in the university of the city of New York, where he also lectured on rhetoric, belles-lettres, modern history, political economy, apologetics, and natural theology. He died Dec. 26, 1883, in New York city.

Martin, Charles D

congressman, was born in Ohio. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirtysixth congress.

Martin, Charles H

educator, clergyman, congressman. He became a clergyman of the baptist church at Polkton, N. C. In 1896 he was elected a member of the fifty-fifth congress by the populists.

Martin, D. M

soldier, lawyer. He served with distinction through the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. He has attained eminence at the bar in Chicago.

Martin, Daniel

governor, was born in Maryland. He was governor of that state in 1830. He died July 10, 1830, in Talbot county.

Martin, Edward L

railroad president, was born March 12, 1842, in Maysville, Ky. He is president of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad.

MARTIN, EDWARD LIVINGSTON, lawyer, congressman, was born March 29, 1837, in Seaford, Del. He was elected a representative from Delaware to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses. as a democrat.

Martin, Edward Sandford

journalist, author, was born in 1856 in New York. He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of Sly Ballades in Harvard China; A Little Brother of the Rich, and Other Poems; Cousin Anthony and I, Some Views of Ours; and Windfalls of Observation.

Martin, Elbert S

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress.

Martin, Frederick S

merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born.

April 25, 1794, in Rutland county, Vt. He served three years in the New York state legislature; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1851 to 1854.

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