Langley, John Wesley – Lapham, Elbridge Gerry
Langley, John Wesley
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 14, 1863, in Floyd county, Ky. He received his education in the Columbian, Georgetown, and the National universities of Washington, D.
C. He has been clerk in the pension and land offices; a member of the board of pension appeals of Washington, D. C.; and a delegate to the national republican convention in 1888. He has twice served as a member of the Kentucky state legislature; and was the republican nominee for speaker. In 1896 he was republican nominee for congress from his district.
He is one of the foremost lawyers and orators of Kentucky; and has a large practice in Prestonburg.
Langley, John Williams
chemist, was born Oct. 21, 1841, in Salem, Mass.
His scientific work has been principally in connection with the development of the chemistry of iron-ores, and his results have been published in the American Journal of Science and elsewhere.
Langley, Samuel Pierpont
astronomer, author, was born in 1834, in Massachusetts. He is an astronomer of eminence, the secretary of the Smithsonian institution since 1887; and the author of Researches on Solar Heat; and The New Astronomy.
Langston, Asa Henry
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 4, 1868, in Leake county, Miss. He received his education in the common schools, the Mississippi Central Normal school, and at the Iuka Normal institute. In 1896 he was elected a representative in the Mississippi state legislature for the term of four years. He is prominent in literature and history, and in the science of government; and a prominent lawyer of Carthage.
Langston, John Mercer
educator, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 1.4, 1829, in Louisa Court House, Va.
In 1869 he was elected professor of law in Howard university, and was made dean of the law department. During the last two years of his service he was vice-president and acting president of the university. From 1870 to 1877 he was a member of the board of health of the District of Columbia, and its attorney. He was elected to the fifty-first congress. He is the author of Freedom and Citizenship.
Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine
clergyman, inventor, author, was born Dec. 25, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa. He invented the movable-comb hive, which has come into extensive use; and is the author of The Hive and the Honey-Bee.
Langworthy, Edward
congressman. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779, and was one of the signers of the articles of confederation.
Lanham, Samuel W. T
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 4, 1846, in Spartanburg district, S. C. He entered the confederate army when a boy. He settled in Weatherford, Tex.; was district attorney; and was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-eighth congress. He was re-elected to the fortyninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Lanier, Clifford Anderson
author, poet, was born April 24, 1844, in Griffin, Ga. He is the author of Two Hundred Bales; and Thorn-Fruit.
Lanier, Sidney
author, poet, was born Feb. 3, 1842, in Macon, Ga. A Centennial Ode, written for the opening of the exposition of 1876, first brought him into general notice. Subsequently he lectured upon English literature in Baltimore. He was the author of Poems; Tiger Lilies, a novel; The Science of English Verse; The English Novel and its Development; Florida: its Scenery, History, and Climate. He edited The Boys' Percy; The Boys' Mabinogion; The Boys' King Arthur; and The Boys' Froissart.
He died Sept. 7, 1881, in Lynn, N. C.
Lanigan, George Thomas
journalist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1845, in Quebec, Canada. He was a journalist of Montreal, and subsequently of New York city; and the author of Canadian Ballads; and Fables Out of the World. He died Feb. 5, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Laning, Jay Ford
lawyer, journalist, state senator, was born May 15, 1853, in New London, Ohio. He is a successful publisher of Norwalk, Ohio; and in 1897 was elected a member of the general assembly of Ohio.
Lanman, Charles
journalist, librarian, author, was born June 14, 1819, in Monroe, Mich. In 1849 he was librarian of the war department at Washington, D. C.; and in 1850 became the private secretary of Daniel Webster. In 1853 he was examiner of depositaries for the southern states; and in 1855-57 was librarian of the interior department. In 1866 he was librarian of the house of representatives; and during 1871-82 was secretary to the Japanese legation. His principal works are: Essays for Summer Hours; Summer in the Wilderness; Private Life of Daniel Webster; Dictionary of Congress; The Red Book of Michigan; Leading Men of Japan; Letters from a Landscape Painter; Tour to the River Saguenay; Farthest North; and Haphazard Personalities. He died about 1892, in Washington, D. C.
Lanman, Charles James
lawyer, jurist, was born June 5, 1795, in Norwich, Conn. He settled in Monroe, Mich.; and was judge of probate and inspector of customs. He was a founder of Tecumseh, Mich.; and the surveyor, and once the sole owner of the land where the city of Grand Rapids now stands. In 1835 he returned to his native city, and three years later was made its mayor. In 1862 he moved to New London, Conn., where he died July 25, 1870.
Lanman, Charles Rockwell
orientalist, educator, author, was born July 8, 1850, in Norwich, Conn. Since 1880 he has filled the chair of Sanskrit in the Harvard university. He is the author of a Sanskrit Grammar, and several works on oriental subjects.
Lanman, James
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born June 14, 1769, in Norwich, Conn. He was a member of the convention which framed the first constitution of Connecticut in 1818.
He was elected a United States senator, and served during 1819-25. He was subsequently a judge of the supreme and superior courts of Connecticut during 1826- 29. He died Aug. 7, 1841, in Norwich, Conn.
Lanman, James Henry
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 4, 1812, in Norwich, Conn. He was the author of A History of Michigan, which was afterward issued under the title of History of Michigan From its Earliest Colonization to 1842.
He contributed extensively to the North American and the American Quarterly Reviews. He died Jan. 10, 1887, in Middletown, Conn.
Lanman, Joseph
naval officer, was born July 11, 1811, in Norwich, Conn. He served in the United States navy during the civil war, attaining the rank of rearadmiral. He died March 13, 1874, in Norwich, Conn.
Lansil, Walter F
artist, was born in 1846, in Bangor, Maine. He settled in Boston, where he has passed his professional life. He effectively represents the luminous effects of sunrise and sunset.
Among his works are Crossing the Gorges; and an evening View of Charlestown, with Shipping.
Lansing, Frederick
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 16, 1838, in Manheim, N. Y. He has resided in Watertown since 1856. He served during the war in the eighth New York cavalry; was acting adjutant of that regiment in 1863; was was at badly wounded the battle of Bristoe Station; and the next year was discharged on account of wounds. He was elected state senator in 1881; and in 1883 was re-elected. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican. He declined a renomination.
He died Jan. 30, 1894, in Watertown, N. Y.
Lansing, Gerit Y
congressman, was born in 1783, in Albany, N. Y. He served four years in the legislature of that state; was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1837; and was for many years chancellor of the board of regents of the university of New York.
He died Jan. 3, 1862, in Albany, N. Y.
Lansing, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 30, 1754, in Albany, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the continental congress from 1784 to 1788; also a member of the convention that framed the federal constitution. He died Dec. 12, 1829, in New York city.
Lansing, John Gulian
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1851, in Louisiana. He is a Dutch reformed clergyman, professor of Old Testament languages in the New Brunswick Theological seminary, New Jersey; and the author of American Revised Version of the Book of Psalms; and An Arabic Manual.
Lansing, William E
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1822, in Sullivan, N. Y. In 1860 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a republican. He died July 29, 1883.
Lanza, Marchioness Clara
[HAMMOND], author, was born in 1858, in Kansas. She is a novelist of New York city; and the author of Tit for Tat; Mr.
Perkins's Daughter; A Righteous Apostate; Tales of Eccentric Life; A Modern Marriage; David Morton's Transgression; and A Golden Pilgrimage.
Lapham, Elbridge Gerry
civil engineer, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 18, 1814, in Farmington, N. Y. He was civil engineer on the Michigan Southern railroad; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress. He was re-elected to the forty-fifth, fortysixth, and forty-seventh congresses; and was elected a United States senator from New York for the term ending in 1885, to fill a vacancy.