Howard, George – Howe, Daniel Wait
Howard, George
governor, was born in Maryland. He became acting governor in 1831; and in 1832 was elected governor of Maryland, remaining in office until 1833.
Howard, Henry
merchant, state legislator, governor, was born April 2, 1826, in Cranston, R. I. He served a number of years in the state legislature; and was a presidential elector in 1872. In 1873 he was elected governor of Rhode Island; and was re-elected in 1874, declining a renomination for 1875.
Howard, Jacob Merritt
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, author, was born July 10, 1805, in Shaftsbury, Vt. In 1838 he was a member of the Michigan legislature; and from 1841 to 1843 was a representative in congress from Michigan. In 1854 he was elected attorney-general of the state; twice re-elected, serving in all six years.
In 1862 he was elected a senator in congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected senator for the term commencing in 1865 and ending in 1871. As an author he published, in 1847, a translation from the French of the Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. He died April 2, 1871, in Detroit, Mich.
Howard, John Eager
soldier, governor, United States senator, was born June 4, 1752, in Baltimore county, Md.
He entered the army in 1776 as a captain; in the following year was promoted; and finally succeeded to the command of the second Maryland regiment. In 1787 he was a delegate to the continental congress; in 1788 was chosen governor of Maryland, and held the office three years; and was a presidential elector in 1792.
He was a senator of the United States from Maryland from 1796 to 1803, and was president pro tem. of the senate in the sixth congress. He died Oct. 12, 1827, in Baltimore county, Md.
Howard, Jonas G
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Floyd county, Ind. He was elected a representative to the state legislature in 1862, and again in 1864; and was a presidential elector in 1868, and again in 1876. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat.
Howard, Leland Ossian
entomologist, was born June 11, 1857, in Rockford, Ill. He has been entomologist in the United States department of agriculture; lecturer on entomology in the Georgetown university; and president of the Biological society of Washington, D. C.
Howard, Milford W
congressman, was born Dec. 18, 1862, in Floyd county, Ga. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a populist. While in congress he has been on numerous important committees and always takes an active part in debates on all bills which affect the welfare of his state.
He has contributed extensively to current publications; and is a successful speaker. While a member of congress. he was instrumental in the passage of several bills of importance. a
Howard, Norman De Vere
soldier, physician, was born March 20, 1842, in Washington, D. C. He graduated from the medical department of the Washington university, and has attained prominence as a successful physician and recognized expert in diseases of the nervous system and insanity. For nine years he was superintendent of the St. Louis Insane asylum; and is now president of the medical examining board of his district at Sanford, Fla. Dr. Howard served through the war in the confederate army. He is a member of various learned societies; and of the leading medical bodies of America.
Howard, Oliver Otis
soldier, author, was born in November, 1830, in Leagues, Maine. In 1850 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and in 1854 from the military academy at West Point, and was commissioned lieutenant of Warden, Mass. In 1857 he became instructor in mathematics at West Point for four years. He is the author of Donald's School Days; a translation of Agenor's Life of Count de Gasparin; Chief Joseph, or the Nez Percés in Peace and War; and Isabella of Castile.
Howard, Robert A
lawyer, jurist.
He was a successful lawyer of Arkansas; and in 1885 he was appointed assistant attorney-general of the United States in the department of justice at Washington, D. C.
Howard, Tilghman A
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 14, 1797, near Pickinsville, S. C. He was elected a member of the Tennessee legislature; was a Jackson elector in 1830; and during that year removed to Indiana, and was appointed district attorney for that state. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1839 to 1841; and was appointed charge d'affaires to Texas in 1844. He died Aug. 16, 1844, in Texas.
Howard, William
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirtysixth congress.
Howard, William
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 13, 1847, in Belfast, Ireland. In 1853 he settled in Utah. In 1865 he was appointed second-lieutenant in the Nauvoo legion, and took charge of a small company of men in the Black Hawk Indian war. In 1870 he was prosecuting attorney of Randolph, and filled various other positions of public trust. For ten years he was statistic correspondent of the United States agricultural department. In 1894 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention, and was one of the signers of the constitution of Utah in 1895. He has also served as a United States court commissioner. In 1896 he was elected a representative of the first Utah state legislature, and served in that body with distinction. He is an able lawyer of Huntington, Utah; and in 1896 was elected county attorney.
Howard, William Alanson
congressman, governor, was born April 8, 1813, in Hinesburg, Vt. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. In 1861 he was appointed postmaster at Detroit. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866; and was governor of Dakota from 1878 to 1880. He died April 10, 1880, in Washington, D. C.
Howard, William Marcellus
lawyer, was born Dec. 6, 1857, in Berwick city, La. He was elected solicitor-general of the northern judicial circuit of Georgia by the state legislature in 1884; was reelected to that office in 1888 and in 1892, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. He has been renominated for a seat in the fifty-sixth congress.
Howard, William Washington
educator, college president, author, was born Sept. 19, 1817, in England. He was licensed as a preacher, became in 1863 pastor of the presbyterian church in Aurora, N. Y., and was chosen the first president of Wells Female college in that place. He published Aids to French Composition. He died July 1, 1871, in Aurora, N. Y.
Howarth, Mrs. Ellen Clemen- Tine
poet, was born May 20, 1827, in Cooperstown, N. Y. She has published The Wind-Harp, and Other Poems; and Poems, with an introduction by Richard Watson Gilder. Her best-known poems are Thou Wilt Never Grow Old; and 'Tis but a Little Faded Flower.
Howe, Albert R
soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1840, in Brookfield, Mass. He served in the forty-seventh Massachusetts infantry as sergeant, lieutenant, and acting adjutant, participating in the campaign in North Carolina; was commissioned second lieutenant in the fifth Massachusetts cavalry; promoted to be major, serving in Virginia and Texas until November, 1865. He was a member of the Mississippi state convention in 1868; and a delegate to the Chicago national convention in 1868. He was appointed treasurer of Panola county in 1869; and was a member of the legislature in 1870, 1871, and 1872.
He was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Howe, Daniel Wait
soldier, lawyer, jurist, genealogist, was born Oct. 24, 1839, in Patriot, Ind. In 1850 he removed to Franklin, and graduated from the scientific department of the college in that city. During the civil war he served as a union soldier in company H of the seventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; and afterward as lieutenant and captain of company I, seventyninth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. He was discharged Nov. 10, 1864, in consequence of wounds received in the battle of Kennesaw. In 1867 he graduated from the Albany Law school; practiced law in Franklin, Ind.; and while there was city attorney and state prosecuting attorney. In 1873 he moved to Indianapolis; was judge of the superior court during 1876-90, since which time he has practiced his profession of law.
He is vice-president of the Indiana Historical society; the author of the Howe Genealogy; and one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana.