Harper, William Rainey – Harris, Emmett Victor
Harper, William Rainey
clergyman, college president, author, was born July 26, 1856, in New Concord, Ohio. He is a baptist clergyman and president of the university of Chicago. He is the author of Elements of Hebrew; Elements of Hebrew Syntax; Hebrew Vocabularies; and An Introductory New Testament, Greek Method.
Harrah, Charles Jefferson
merchant, was born Jan. 1, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1852-57 he was proprietor of a ship yard at Rio Janeiro, and then engaged in railroad and navigation enterprises, amassing a large fortune, with which he returned to his native city in 1874.
Harrell, Mrs. Sarah Carmich- Ael
temperance reformer, was born Jan. 8, 1844, in Brookville, Ind. She received her education at the at the Brookville college; subsequently and was engaged for twelve years in educational work. She has always been greatly interested in the public schools of her state; and during her husband's four terms in the general assembly of Indiana, she was called to fill many positions requiring executive ability and forethought. In 1891 she was appointed a member of the Indiana Columbian Exposition board; and was chosen a member of committee on education, and a member of committee on woman's work. She served two years as superintendent of the department of scientific temperance in the public schools; and was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill in the Indiana general assembly of 1895 making it obligatory to teach the injurious effects of alcohol and narcotics upon the human system.
Harries, William Henry
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 15, 1843, in Montgomery county, Ohio. In 1864 he was commissioned captain of company F, third United States veteran volunteers, and was discharged from the army April 17, 1866. He has been county attorney two terms; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
He was appointed collector of internal revenue in 1894 for the state of Minnesota.
Harrigan, Edward
actor, author, was born in 1845, in New York. He is an actor and playwright of New York city, among whose many plays of low life in the metropolis are, Squatter Sovereignty; and Cordelia's Aspirations.
Harrigan, Laurence
public officer, legislator, was born in 1835, in Ireland. In 1857 he was appointed on the St. Louis police force, and was rapidly promoted, and finally became chief of police of that city. During President Cleveland's first term Mr. Harrigan was appointed appraiser of the Port of St.
Louis. In 1880 he served as a member in the Missouri legislature.
Harriman, Walter
soldier, educator, governor, author, was born April 8, 1817, in Warner, N. H. In 1862 he became colonel of the eleventh New Hampshire regiment, which he led through the civil war. He was secretary of state of New Hampshire from 1865 to 1867, and governor of the state from 1867 to 1869. He was the author of A History of Warner, N. H.; and Travels and Observations in the Orient. He died July 25, 1884, in Concord, N. H.
Harrington, Charles Edward
educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 5, 1846, in Concord, N. H. In 1881 he was chaplain of the legislature of New Hampshire. He is the author of a work entitled The Draft of Young Men in Relation to the Churches.
Harrington, Ebenezer Burke
lawyer, state senator, author, was born in 1813, near Lyons, N. Y. He was elected a member of the Michigan state senate in 1839, and acted as state reporter from that year until his death. He was the author of Harrington's Chancery Reports.
He died in 1844, in Detroit, Mich.
Harrington, George
diplomat, business man, was born in Massachusetts.
He was for many years a clerk in the treasury department at Washington; chief clerk under S. P. Chase; and in 1861 was appointed assistant secretary of that department. Between the years 1865 and 1869 he was minister resident to Switzerland; and was subsequently president of a telegraph company in New York city.
Harrington, Henry W
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1825, in Otsego county, N. Y. He was chosen a delegate to the Charleston convention in 1860 from Indiana; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-eighth congress. He was a delegate to the New York convention of 1868.
Harrington, Jonathan
patriot, was born July 8, 1757, in Lexington, Mass.
He was the last survivor of the minutemen who were called out to appear in arms at Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775. He died March 28, 1854.
Harrington, Mark Walrod
educator, scientist, astronomer, author, was born Aug. 18, 1848, in Sycamore, Ill. He is a scientist and professor of astronomy in the university of Michigan. He is the author of The Analysis of Plants; and Identification of Crude Drugs.
Harrington, Samuel Maxwell
lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 5, 1803, in Dover, Del. He was appointed secretary of state of Delaware in 1829, and again in 1830, and in the following year was selected to fill a vacancy on the bench of the state supreme court, and became its chief justice, holding the office until the court was united with the superior court.
In the latter he sat as associate justice until 1855, when he was again made chief justice. In 1857 he succeeded to the chancellorship, the highest judicial office in the state. He died Nov. 28, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrington, William P
railroad president, was born April 17, 1826, in Nobleboro, Maine. Since 1885 he has been president of the Colusa and Lake railroad at Colusa, Cal.
Harris, Alfred W
soldier, author, poet, was born Jan. 27, 1842, in Louisville, Ky. He served through the war in the union army. He has been in the United States internal revenue service in Louisville, Ky.; and is the author of several prose works, and a volume of poems.
Harris, Amanda Bartlett
author, was born in 1824, in New Hampshire. She is a writer whose life has been mainly spent at her birthplace, Warner, N. H. She is the author of Christ our Friend; Thy Will be Done; The Duty of Uniting with the Church; Summer's Autographs; How we Went Birds'-Nesting, republished as Field, Wood, and Meadow Rambles; Wild Flowers and Where They Grow; Door-yard Folks; Pleasant Authors for Young Folks; American Authors for Young Folks; and The Luck of Edenhall.
Harris, Benjamin Gwinn
agriculturist, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1806, near Leonardstown, Md. In 1832 he was elected to the house of delegates of Maryland, and re-elected in 1833, 1836, 1849, 1852, and 1856. In 1863 he was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-eighth congress, and was reelected to the thirty-ninth congress.
Harris, Benjamin W
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1823, in Bridgewater, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in 1857, and a representative in 1858. He was district attorney from 1858 to 1866; and was collector of internal revenue for the second district from 1866 until 1873, when he resigned. He was elected to the fortythird congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.
Harris, Broughton Davis
journalist, capitalist, was born Aug. 16, 1822, in Chesterfield, N. H. In 1860-61 he was a member of the state senate; and a member of the celebrated peace congress in 1861.
Harris, Chapin A
dentist, author, was born in 1806, in Pompey, N. Y. He was a dentist of Baltimore, and founder of the Baltimore Dental college. He was the author of Principles of Dental Surgery; Characteristics of the Human Teeth; Diseases of the Maxillary Sinus; and Dictionary of Dental Science. He died in 1860, in Baltimore, Md.
Harris, Charles
soldier, physician, was born Nov. 23, 1762, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. He served as a private in the revolutionary war. He died Sept. 21, 1825, in Tavoni, N. C.
Harris, Charles M
lawyer, congressman, was born April 10, 1821, in Munfordsville, Ky. He was elected in 1862 a representative from Illinois to the thirty-eighth congress.
Harris, Edward
lawyer, jurist. He was one of the earliest members of the circuit court of the United States after its organization, and was appointed judge of the fifth circuit in 1802, by President Jefferson.
Harris, Edward Wright
lawyer, jurist, was born May 4, 1831, in Bradford, Vt. He has attained success in the profession of law at Port Huron, Mich.; has been city and county attorney; judge of probate; and circuit judge.
Harris, Elisha
governor. He was governor of Rhode Island for two years, beginning with the year 1847.
Harris, Elisha
physician, surgeon, inventor, author, was born March 4, 1834, in Westminster, Vt. During the civil war he was instrumental in the organization of the United States sanitary commission of New York city; and organized the first public vaccination service in that city.
The railway ambulance that has been adopted and used by the Prussian army was invented by him. He died Jan. 31, 1884, in Albany, N. Y.
Harris, Emmett Victor
educator, lawyer, orator, was born May 8, 1860, in Seneca county, Ohio. He received his education at the Ohio normal university; and at the national normal university, from which latter institution he received the degree of B. A. In 1880 he entered educational work; taught in graded schools of his native state; and subsequently became superintendent of public schools in Indiana. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar; and entered the active practice of law in Fort Wayne, Ind. He has filled numerous public positions of trust; received the nomination for prosecuting attorney; and has gained a good reputation as a brilliant public speaker.