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Howell, Edward
congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1832; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835.
Howell, Elias
congressman, was born in New Jersey. Having taken up his residence in Ohio, he was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1837.
Howell, Eugene
legislator, was born in 1860 in San Francisco, Cal. He served with distinction as a member of the eleventh session of the Nevada state legislature; is the state librarian; and in 1896 became secretary of state of Nevada. He has been superintendent of the Bristol Mining company of Nevada; and general superintendent of other Nevada mining companies.
Howell, George Rogers
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born June 15, 1833, in Southampton, N. Y. He published several papers in the Transactions of the Albany Institute, including Linguistic Discussions; The Open Polar Sea; and Heraldry in America.
Howell, James B
lawyer, journalist, United States senator, was born July 4, 1816, near Morristown, N. J. Removing to Keokuk in 1849, he started the Daily Whig, afterwards the Daily Gate City. He took a prominent part in organizing the republican party in Iowa in 1855 and 1856; and was a delegate to the Fremont convention in 1856. He elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy. He died June 17, 1880, in Keokuk, Iowa. was
Howell, Jason W
educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 29, 1849, near Blountsville, Ind. For thirteen years in succession he was engaged in educational work. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar; and was elected city attorney of Paris, Ill., four times in succession during 1887-95.
Howell, Jeremiah Brown
United States senator, was born in 1772 in Providence, R. I. He was a senator in congress from Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817. He died in November, 1822, in Providence, R. I.
Howell, John Adams
naval officer, inventor, was born March 16, 1840, in New York. He became a lieutenant in 1861; lieutenant-commander in 1865; and commander in 1872. He is the inventor of a torpedo which naval officers regard as probably superior to any other in use.
Howell, Mary Seymour
reformer, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 29, 1850, in Mount Morris, N. Y. She received a classical education, and has devoted much time to the educational interests of New York.
At one time she was conductor of teachers' institutes, and for several years an examiner of the higher branches under the regents of the university. She has delivered many ance. historical and literary lectures, and has done much work for the cause of temper- She has repeatedly pleaded the cause of woman before the committees of state legislatures, and of congress; and is the only woman ever asked to speak before the house of representatives of Connecticut. She is the president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association; National Lecturer for the Woman's Christian Temperance union; and has filled various positions in the cause of temperance and reform.
Howell, Nathaniel
congressman, was born in 1770. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. He died Oct. 16, 1851, in Canandaigua, N. Y.
Howell, Rednap
educator, author, poet. He composed many patriotic songs.
He was the author of a pamphlet entitled A Fan for Fanning, and a Touch for Tryon.
Howell, Richard
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in 1753 in Newark, Del. In 1775 he was appointed captain of the second New Jersey regiment. He distinguished himself at Quebec; was promoted to major in 1776, and commanded his regiment until 1779. He was governor from 1794 to 1801. He died April 28, 1802, in Trenton, N. J. was
Howell, Robert Boyte Craw- Ford
clergyman, author, born March 10, 1801, in Wayne county, N. C.
He was a once noted baptist clergyman of Nashville; and the author of Terms of Sacramental Communion; The Way of Salvation; Evils of Infant Baptism; The Cross; The Covenant; and Early Baptists of Virginia. He died April 5, 1868, in Nashville, Tenn.
Howell, William F
lawyer, jurist, was born in Michigan. He removed to New York, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Arizona.
Howells, William Cooper
author, was born in 1807, in Wales. He was the author of Life in Ohio from 1813 to 1840. He died in 1894.
Howells, William Dean
was born March 1, 1837, in Martin's Ferry, Ohio. In 1860 he published with J. J.
Piatt, Poems of Two Friends. In the same year he wrote a Life of Abraham Lincoln, and from 1861-65 was consul at Venice.
Venetian Life, and Italian Journeys, date from this portion of his career. From 1872-81 he was editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and since then has devoted his time wholly to literature in Boston and New York. His writings since 1869 include: The Day of Their Wedding; At the Sign of the Lion's Head; No Love Lost; Suburban Sketches; Their Wedding Journey; A Chance Acquaintance; A Foregone Conclusion; The Lady of the Aroostook; The Undiscovered Country; A Modern Instance; A Woman's Reason; The Minister's Charge; Indian Summer; A Fearful Responsibility, and Other Stories; Doctor Breen's Practice; The Rise of Silas Lapham; April Hopes; Annie Kilburn; A Hazard of New Fortunes; The Shadow of a Dream; An Imperative Duty; The Quality of Mercy; The World of Chance; The Coast of Bohemia; A Traveler from Altruria; Christmas Every Day, and Other Stories for Children; A Parting and a Meeting; The Sleeping-Car, and Other Farces; The Mouse-Trap, and Other Farces; Out of the Question, a comedy; A Counterfeit Presentment, a comedy; A Sea Change, or Love's Stowaway; Poems; Stops from Various Quills, a book of verse. Among miscellaneous writings of his are, Three Villages (Shirley, Lexington, Gnadenhütten); Modern Italian Poets; A Boy's Town; Tuscan Cities; My Year in a Log Cabin; Criticism and Fiction; and My Literary Passions. was
Howey, Benjamin F
soldier, merchant, manufacturer, congressman, born March 17, 1828, in Pleasant Meadows, N. J. He was a captain in the union army in 1862 and 1863; and was elected sheriff in 1878. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the fortyeighth congress as a republican.
Howison, George Holmes
mathematician, author, was born in 1834 in Maryland. He is a mathematician who has published a Treatise on Analytic Geometry.
Howison, Robert Reid
lawyer, author, was born in 1820 in Virginia. He is a lawyer of Richmond; and the author of History of Virginia; History of the American Civil War; Fredericksburg; Lives of Generals Morgan, Marion, Gates; and God and Creation.
Howk, George Vail
jurist, state senator, was born Sept. 21, 1824, in Charlestown, Ind. In 1857 he was judge of the court of common pleas of Floyd county; in 1863 he represented that county in the house, and from 1866 to 1870 he represented Floyd and Clarke counties in the senate of Indiana. He was chosen one of the supreme judges of Indiana at the general state election in October, 1876.
Howland, Benjamin
United States senator, was born in 1756 in Tiverton, R.
I.
He was a senator in congress from that state from 1804 to 1809. He died May 9, 1821, in Tiverton, R. I. au-
Howland, E. Harris
merchant, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 8, 1846, in Brookfield, Mass. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts state legislature; and since 1868 he has served as a justice of the peace in Spencer, Mass.
Howland, George
educator, thor, was born in 1824 in Massachusetts.
He is an educator of Illinois, president of the state board of education in 1882; and the author of Grammar of the English Language; Little Voices, a book of verse; an hexameter translation of the Æneid; and Practical Hints for the Teachers of Public Schools.
Howland, John
author, was born Oct. 31, 1757, in Newport, R. I. He was for twenty-one years president of the Rhode Island Historical society, and was skilled in the history and antiquities of Plymouth colony. He was the author of addresses, orations and historical papers.
He died Nov. 5, 1854, in Providence, R. I.
Howley, Richard
congressman, was born about 1740 in Liberty county, Ga. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1780 to 1781. He died about 1790.
Howry, Charles B
lawyer, state senator, was born May 14, 1845, in Oxford, Miss. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of captain; from 1880-82 was elected to the state legislature; and during Cleveland's administration he was elected United States district attorney from the northern district of Mississippi.
Hows, John Augustus
journalist, artist, was born in 1831 in New York city. He devoted much attention to woodengraving, furnishing successful illustrations for Appleton's Journal; The Aldine; Bryant's Forest Hymn, the first attempt to illustrate an American volume with woodcuts; Forest Pictures in the Adirondacks, with original verses by Alfred B. Street; and other books. He died Sept. 27, 1874, in New York city.
Hows, John William Stanhope
educator, journalist, author, was born in 1797 in England. He was a journalist and educator of New York city who published The Practical Elocutionist, and edited a number of school books. He died July 27, 1871, in New York city.
Hoxie, Mrs. Maud Anna Maude
poet. She has attained success as a noted lecturer; and is the author of a number of poems.