Hastings, William Soden – Hauk, Minnie
Hastings, William Soden
state senator, congressman. He was frequently a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; and was in the senate from 1829 to 1834. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1842. He died June 17, 1842, in Sulphur Springs, Va.
Haswell, Charles Haynes
civil engineer, author, was born May 22, 1809, in New York city. He was a civil engineer of much prominence, and the author of Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket Book; Mechanics' Tables; Mensuration and Practical Geometry; Bookkeeping; History of the Steam Roller; and Reminiscences of New York from 1816 to 1855.
Hatch, Edward
soldier, was born Dec. 22, 1832, in Bangor, Maine. In 1864 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers; and three years later was promoted to the same rank in the United States army. He subsequently served in the Indian wars. He died April 11, 1890, in Fort Robinson, Neb.
Hatch, Herschel Harrison
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1837, in Morrisville, N. Y. In 1863 ne removed to Bay City, Mich.; was elected a member of the first board of aldermen of Bay City in 1865; and elected judge of propate in 1808. He was appointed a member of the state constitutional commission in 1872, and of the state tax commission in 1881; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortyeighth congress as a republican.
Hatch, Israel Thompson
congressman, was born in 1808, in Owasco, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly of that state in 1852; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress.
In 1859 he was appointed to examine and report upon the working of the reciprocity treaty; and a few weeks later was appointed postmaster at Buffalo. He died Sept. 24, 1875, in Buffalo. con-
Hatch, Jethro
A., surgeon, gressman, was born June 18, 1837, in Chenango county, N. Y. He was commissioned assistant surgeon of the thirtysixth Illinois volunteer infantry in 1862; and was afterward promoted to surgeon of the same regiment. In 1872 and 1873 he was a member of the Indiana house of representatives; and in 1888 was an alternate delegate to the national republican convention. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Hatch, Reuben
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 11, 1847, in Alstead, N. H. In 1875 he was elected judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit. Since 1888 he has practiced his profession in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he has attained note as one of the foremost lawyers of that state.
Hatch, Riley Burnham
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 19, 1832, in Williamstown, Vt. He was fitted for college at the New Salem academy of Massachusetts, at Saxton's River, Vt.; and graduated from the Middlebury college of Vermont with honors in the class of 1857. During 1868-69 he was a member of the state legislature of New Hampshire; and he again served with distinction as a as a member of that body in 1893. In 1889 he served as a member of the New Hampshire constitutional convention. He is one of the foremost lawyers of New England; is connected with various banking institutions; and has contributed quite extensively to periodical literature.
Hatch, William Henry
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 11, 1833, in Scott county, Ky. He moved to Missouri; and was elected circuit attorney of the sixteenth judicial circuit in 1858, ana re-elected in 1860. He served in the confederate army as captain and assistant adjutant-general during the war of the rebellion. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
HATCHER; ROBERT A., lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 24, 1819, in Buckingham county, Va. He was for six years circuit attorney of the tenth judicial circuit of Missouri; and was a member of the state legislature in 1850 and 1851. He was a member of the state convention in 1862, and of the confederate congress in 1864. He was elected to the forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. He died Dec. 18, 1886, in Charleston, Mo.
Hatfield, Edwin Francis
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 9, 1807, in Elizabethtown, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of St. Louis, and subsequently of New York city. He was the author of Universalism As It Is; History of Elizabeth, New Jersey; St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope; and The Poets of the Church. He died Sept. 22, 1883, in Summit, N. J. a
Hathaway, Benjamin
poet, was born Sept. 30, 1822, in Cayuga county, N.
Y. He is a poet who was for many years nurseryman and farmer. He is the author of Art Life and Other Poems; The League of the Iroquois; and The Finished Creation, and Other Poems.
His poems have appeared in Poets of America and other standard collections.
He is also a constant contributor to the periodical press.
Hathaway, Horatio
merchant, was born May 19, 1831, in New Bedford, Mass. He is president of the Hathaway Manufacturing company, a large cotton mill, employing 100,000 spindles and 1,000 operatives.
Hathaway, Joshua Warren
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1797 in New Brunswick, Maine. In 1849 he was appointed one of the judges of the district court for the state; and in 1852 he was made a justice of the supreme judicial court of Maine for seven years. He died in 1862.
Hathaway, Samuel Gilbert
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born July 18, 1780, in Freetown, Mass.
He was, for eight years, a justice of the peace; in 1814 and 1818 was elected to the state legislature; and in 1822 to the state senate. He was a representative from New York to the twenty-third congress; and in 1852 was a presidential elector.
He died May 2, 1867, in Solon, N. Y.
Hathaway, Warren
clergyman, author, was born in 1828, in Ballston Spa, N. Y. For the past thirty-three years he has been pastor of the Blooming Grove congregational church; and is the author of Questions of Nature and Grace; The Life of John Ross; and various pamphlets and articles.
Hathorn, Henry H
congressman, was born Nov. 28, 1813, in Greenfield, N.
Y. He was supervisor for Saratoga four years; and was elected sheriff of the county in 1853 and 1862, serving six years. He was elected to the forty-third congress. from New York; re-elected to the fortyfourth congress as a republican.
Hathorn, John
state senator, congressman. He was a member of the state senate of New York in 1787; and was a. representative in congress from New York from 1789 to 1791, and again from 1795 to 1797. He was again elected to the state senate in 1804; and during the latter year was a presidential elector.
Hathorn, Ransom E
soldier, manufacturer, state senator, was born Nov. 3, 1843, in Londonderry, Vt. He served for three years in the union army as a soldier in company G, eleventh Vermont. volunteers, and was wounded in 1865. He has been aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Ormsby. For fifteen years he has been a justice of the peace; and in 1896 was elected a state senator.
Hathorne, John
lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born in August, 1641, in Salem, Mass. He was a representative in the state assembly in 1683, assistant or councilor in 1684-1712, excepting during Sir Edmund Andros's administration; and was active in the witchcraft prosecutions. He served in the Indian and eastern wars as colonel, and was commander of the forces in the expedition of 1696. He died May 10, 1717, in Boston, Mass.
Hatton, Frank
soldier, journalist, postmaster-general, was born April 28, 1846, in Cambridge, Ohio. In 1863 he enlisted in the union army; and in 1864 was commissioned a first lieutenant. In 1874 he removed to Burlington, Iowa, and purchased a controlling interest in the Burlington Hawkeye, and there gained a national reputation as a political writer. He was appointed postmaster at Burlington; in 1881 was appointed first assistant postmaster-general; and in 1884 postmastergeneral.
Hatton, Robert
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1827, in Sumner county, Tenn. He served in the Tennessee legislature in 1856; and in 1859 was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-sixth congress. He served in the rebellion of 1861, and was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, before Richmond, May 31, 1862.
Haugen, Nile P
lawyer, congressman, was born March 9, 1849, in Norway. He was a stenographic court reporter from 1874 till 1,881, in Wisconsin; was a member of the assembly in 1879 and 1880. He was state railroad commissioner from 1882 till 1887; and was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a republican. con-
Haughey, Thomas
surgeon, congressman, was born in 1826, in Scotland. He served as a surgeon in the army of the United States from 1862 to 1865; and was subsequently staff surgeon in the military hospital at Chattanooga. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the fortieth congress.
Haughton, William
clergyman, poet, was born May 5, 1829, in Canada.
For thirty-five years he has been a successful clergyman of Wisconsin, and is the author of a volume of poems containing three hundred of his choicest pieces.
Hauk, Minnie
actress, vocalist, was born Nov. 16, 1852, in New York city. At the age of eight years she sang solos in the New York cathedral; and at thirteen appeared at a charity concert.