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Michel, John T

lawyer, legislator, was born in May, 1838, in Jefferson, La.

In 1892 he was elected a member of the Louisiana house of representatives, and in 1896 he was secretary of state of Louisiana.

MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM, physicist, author, was born Dec. 19, 1852, in Poland. His researches at the United States naval academy during 1878-80 resulted in his experimental determination of the velocity of light as 186,305 miles a second.

Michie, Peter Smith

engineer, educator, author, was born March 24, 1839, in Scotland. He is a military engineer, professor of mathematics at West Point since 1871, and the author of Wave Motion Relating to Sound and Light; Life of General Upton; Analytical Mechanics; Hydromechanics; and Practical Astronomy.

Middleswarth, Ner

state legislator, congressman, was born about 1780 in New Jersey. On moving to Pennsylvania he was elected to the state legislature and made speaker. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855. He died June 2, 1865, in Beavertown, Pa.

Middleton, Arthur

signer of the declaration of independence, was born June 26, 1742, in Middleton Place, S. C.

He was the author of the first draft of the South Carolina state constitution. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1776 to 1778, and again from 1781 dependence. He served frequently in the to 1783, and signed the declaration of instate legislature. He died Jan. 1, 1787, in Goose Creek, S. C.

Middleton, Edward

naval officer.

He entered the United States navy in 1828, and in 1876 was made rear-admiral.

He died April 27, 1883, in Washington, D.

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Middleton, George

state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was twice elected to the legislature of New Jersey, and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-eighth congress.

Middleton, Henry

congressman, was born in 1717 in South Carolina. He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776, and was the second member called to officiate as president of that body. died June 13, 1784, in Charleston, S. C.

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Middleton, Henry

state legislator, state senator, congressman, governor, was born in 1771 in Middleton Place, S. C. He was chosen a representative in the South Carolina state legislature in 1801, and then state senator until elected governor in 1810. From 1815 to 1819 he was a representative in congress, and in 1820 was appointed minister to Russia, which position he filled for many years. He died June 14, 1846, in Charleston, S. C.

Middleton, Henry

author, was born March 16, 1797, in France. He was a prominent writer of Charleston, and the author of Prospects of Disunion; The Government and the Currency; Economical Causes of Slavery in the United States, and Obstacles to Its Abolition; The Government of India; and Universal Suffrage. He died March 15, 1878, in Washington, D. C.

Middleton, John Izard

author, was born in 1785 in Middleton Place, S.

C. His work on Grecian Remains in Italy, etc., was the first contribution made by an American to the knowledge of classical antiquity. He died in November, 1849, in France.

Middleton, John Izard

state legislator, was born Feb. 3, 1800, in Middleton Place, S. C. He became a large rice planter in Prince George, S. C., representing that parish in the state legislature from 1832 till 1840, and in 1848 was speaker of the house. He died Jan. 12, 1877, in Summerville, S. C.