Herbert, Paul – Herring, Elbert
Herbert, Paul
soldier, governor, was born in Louisiana. He was governor of Louisiana from 1853 to 1858; and was made brigadier-general in the southern army in 1861.
Herbert, Philip T
congressman, was born in Alabama. He was a representative in congress from California from 1855 to 1857. con-
Hereford, Frank
lawyer, gressman, United States senator, was born July 4, 1825, in Fauquier county, Va. He settled in West Virginia; and was elected a representative from West Virginia to the forty-second, forty-third, and fortyfourth congresses. In 1876 he was elected United States senator, for the term ending in 1881, to fill a vacancy.
Hering, Constantin
physician, physician, author, was born Jan. 1, 1800, in Saxony.
He was a German physician who came to Philadelphia in 1833 and founded there the first homœopathic school in America.
Among his writings are, Rise and Progress of Homœopathy; Condensed Materia Medica; Effects of Snake Poison; American Drug Provings; and Domestic Physician. He died July 23, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hering, Rudolph
engineer, author, was born in 1847, in Pennsylvania. He is a civil engineer of prominence and an authority upon sewerage and the water supply of cities, upon which topics he has written valuable reports.
Herkimer, John
jurist, congressman, was born in 1773, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He was for many years a judge of the circuit court; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1823 to 1825.
He died June 8, 1845, in Danube, N. Y.
Herkimer, Nicholas
soldier, was born about 1715. He served with distinction during the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general.
He died Aug. 16, 1777, in Danube, N. Y.
Hermann, Binger
lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 19, 1843, in Lonaconing, Md. He was elected a representative in the Oregon state legislature in 1866; and was state senator in 1868. In 1871 he was appointed United States receiver of public moneys at Roseburg, Ore. In 1882 he was appointed judge advocate of the state militia with the rank of colonel. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Oregon to the fortyninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican.
Hernandez, Joseph Marion
soldier, congressman, was born in St. Augustine, Fla. He was the first delegate to congress from Florida; and subsequently a leading member and presiding officer of the territorial legislature. At the breaking out of the Indian hostilities he was made a brigadier-general in the United States service. He died June 8, 1857, in Cuba.
Herndon, Mary Eliza
author, poet, was born March 1, 1820, in Fayette county, Ky. She published Louisa Elton, a reply to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Bandits of Italy; and also a volume of Select Poems.
Herndon, Thomas H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 1, 1828, in Hale county, Ala. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1857 and 1858. He was a member of the state secession convention of 1861; and entered the confederate army and rose to the rank of colonel. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1875; and was again in the legislature in 1876 and 1877. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-sixth congress; and re-elected to the fortyseventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He died March 28, 1883, in Mobile, Ala.
Herndon, William Henry
lawyer, author, was born in 1818, in Kentucky. He was a lawyer of Springfield, Ill., and a law partner of Abraham Lincoln, of whom he published a Life in 1891. He died in 1891.
Herndon, William Lewis
naval officer, author, was born Oct. 25, 1813, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was a naval officer sent by government to explore the Amazon. The results of his expedition are detailed in his Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. He died Sept. 12, 1857; lost at sea.
Herndon, William S
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 27, 1837, in Rome, Ga. He removed with his father to Texas in 1852; was educated at McKenzie college, Texas; studied law, and began to practice in 1860. He enlisted in the confederate army in 1861, and remained until the close of the war. He was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses. es. He was a member of several important committees while in congress.
Herne, James A
actor, playwright, was born Feb. 1, 1839, in West Troy, N. Y.
As a playwright his first play, Heart of Oak, was produced in San Francisco in 1887. His other plays are, Minute Men; Drifting Apart; and Shore Acres.
Herod, William
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1837 to 1839.
Heron, Matilda
actress, was born Dec. 1, 1830, in Ireland. She made her first appearance at the Walnut Street theater in 1851, as Bianca in Dean Milman's play of Fazio. She died March 7, 1877, in New York city.
Herrick, Anson
journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 21, 1812, in Lewiston, Maine. He commenced the publication of a weekly journal now called the New York Atlas in 1853. He was appointed naval storekeeper for New York, which office he held until 1861. In 1862 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress. He died Feb. 5, 1868, in New York city.
HERRICK, MRS. CHRISTINE [TER- HUNE], author, was born in 1859, in New Jersey. She is a writer of New York city who has written much upon housekeeping themes; and is the author of Housekeeping Made Easy; The Chafing-Dish Supper; The Little Dinner; What to Eat, How to Serve It; Cradle and Nursery; and Liberal Living upon Narrow Means.
Herrick, Ebenezer
state senator, congressman, was born in Lincoln county, Maine. In 1820 he held the office of secretary of the state senate; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1821 to 1827. He was a state senator in 1828 and 1829. He died May 7, 1839, in Lewiston, Maine.
Herrick, Edward Claudius
scientist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1811, in New Haven, Conn. He published papers on entomological subjects, one of which, treating of the Hessian fly and its parasites, was the fruit of nine years of patient investigation. He died June 11, 1862, in New Haven, Conn.
Herrick, John Russell
clergyman, author, was born May 12, 1822, in Milton, Vt. He is a congregational clergyman, president of Dakota university since 1883; and the author of Lectures on Positivism.
Herrick, Joshua
congressman, was born in 1794, in Beverly, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1843 to 1845; and in 1856 was register of probate for York county, state of Maine. He died Aug. 30, 1874, in Alfred, Maine.
Herrick, Richard P
congressman, was born in 1791, in Rensselaer county, N. Y. He was a member of congress from New York from 1845 to the time of his death. He died June 22, 1846, in Washington, D. C.
Herrick, Robert
educator, author, was born in 1868, in Massachusetts. He is an assistant professor of rhetoric at the university of Chicago; and the author of The Man who Wins, a novel.
Herrick, Samuel
lawyer, congressman, was born April 14, 1779, in Dutchess county, N. Y. He moved to Zanesville, Ohio; and was prosecuting attorney for the county; and soon after that was appointed United States district attorney for Ohio. In 1812 he was appointed one of a board of commissioners for settling the northwestern boundary line; and in the autumn of that year succeeded Lewis Cass as prosecuting attorney for Muskingum county. In 1814 he was appointed to the same office in Licking county. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1817 to 1821. In 1829 he was appointed United States district attorney for Ohio.
He died in December, 1851.
Herrick, Samuel Edward
clergyman, author, was born April 6, 1841, in Southampton, R. I. He is a congregational clergyman of Boston; and the author of Some Heretics of Yesterday.
Herrick, Mrs. Sophie Mcilvaine
[BLEDSOE), author, was born March 26, 1837, in Gambier, Ohio. She is a New York writer on The Century staff, and well known as a microscopist. She is the author of Wonders of Plant Life; Chapters in Plant Life; and The Earth in Past Ages.
Herrick, Stephen Solon
physician, surgeon, journalist, author, was born Dec. 11, 1833, in West Randolph, Vt. He served as assistant surgeon in the confederate army in 1862-63, and afterward in the navy of the confederacy until the end of the war. He has contributed to the medical journals of New Orleans, Louisville, Philadelphia, and New York; and in 1869 received a prize from the American Medical association for an essay on Quinine.
Herried, Charles N
lawyer, lieutenant-governor, was born Oct. 20, 1857, in Wisconsin. He moved to South Dakota in 1883; has been register of deeds and county judge of McPherson county. He was first elected lieutenant-governor in 1892; and re-elected in 1894.
Herring, Elbert
lawyer, jurist, was born July 8, 1777, in Stratford, Conn.
He was judge of the marine court of New York city from its establishment in 1805 till 1808, and a few years later was reappointed. He was the first register of the state of New York in 1812, an office which he held for five years. In 1832 he was appointed the first commissioner of Indian affairs. He died Feb. 20, 1876, in New York city.
HERRINGSHAW, THOMAS WILLIAM, journalist, publisher, genealogist, author, was born Jan. 27, 1858, on the eastern coast of Lincolnshire, England. He received his education in the national schools, at the Chicago athenæum, and the Chicago Union College of Law; and during 1875-79 he followed his trade of printer in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. In 1879 he founded the Farm, Field and Fireside, of which he was editor and sole proprietor; and when the Farm, Field and Fireside Publishing company was incorporated in 1880 he was made president. Having disposed of his interests in the above publication, he established a printing office in Chicago; and in 1884 founded the American Publishers' Association, of which he has always been president. In 1880 he married Mary Linna Jones of Lake county, Ill., and they have a family of three sons. He is the author of Home Occupations; Prominent Men and Women of the Day; Aids to Literary Success; and Mulierology; and he has edited and compiled a score of works, the most notable of which are Poets of America; Poetical Quotations; The Spalding Memorial; and Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography.