Latrobe, Charles Hazlehurst – Law, Richard
Latrobe, Charles Hazlehurst
soldier, civil engineer, was born Dec. 25, 1833, in Baltimore, Md. His most remarkable works were in Peru, about a dozen in all; among them the Arequipa viaduct, which was 1,300 feet long and 65 feet high, and the Agua de Verrugas bridge, 575 feet long and 263 feet high. This structure was built across one of the deepest gorges in the Andes, and was, when erected, the loftiest structure of its kind in the world.
Latrobe, Ferdinand Claiborne
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 14, 1833, in Baltimore, Md. He received a liberal education in the public schools, and at St.
James' college of Washington county, Md. He was admitted to the bar in 1860; was elected to the Maryland state legislature in 1867, and was speaker during 1870-72. In 1860 he was appointed judge advocate-general, and assisted in reorganizing the Maryland militia, under the act of 1868, of which he was the author. In 1875 he was elected mayor of Baltimore, and filled that important office for seven terms-fourteen years in all.
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Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Boneval
lawyer, author, poet, was born May 4, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of Baltimore; and the author of History of Mason and Dixon's Line; Three Great Battles; Justices' Practice under the Laws of Maryland; Reminiscences of West Point; Odds and Ends, a book of verse; and History of Maryland in Liberia. He died Sept. 11, 1891, in Baltimore, Md.
Latta, Samuel Arminius
clergyman, physician, author, was born April 8, 1804, in Muskingum county, Ohio. He was a methodist clergyman of Ohio, subsequently a physician in Cincinnati, who published The Chain of Sacred Wonders.
He died June 28, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lattimer, Henry
physician, surgeon, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born April 24, 1752, in Newport, Del. He was a member of the state legislature; was a representative in congress from Delaware from 1793 to 1795; and a senator in congress from 1795 to 1801, when he resigned. He died Dec. 19, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Lattimore, Samuel Allan
educator, chemist, was born May 31, 1828, in Union county, Ind. In 1860 he was elected professor of chemistry in Genesee college, and in 1867 was called to fill a similar chair in the university of Rochester, where he has since remained, and is also a director of the Reynolds laboratory.
Lattimore, William
physician, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1774, in Norfolk, Va. He was a delegate to congress from Mississippi territory from 1803 to 1807, and from 1813 to 1817. He was a delegate to the convention which framed the first constitution of Mississippi. He died April 3, 1843.
Latto, Thomas Carstairs
journalist, poet, was born Dec. 1, 1818, in Scotland. His principal work is The Village-School Examination. The poems that he has contributed to periodicals include When we were at the Schule; The Blind Lassie; The Grave of Sir Walter Scott; and Lines on J. Fenimore Cooper.
Laughlin, James Lawrence
educator, economist, author, was born April 2, 1850, in Deerfield, Ohio. He is a politi- . cal economist of note, professor at Harvard university in 1883-87, and at Chicago university since 1892. He is the author of Facts About Money; Study of Po- Economy; and History of Bi-Metallism in litical Economy; Elements of Political the United States.
Laughlin, John
lawyer, state senator, was born March 14, 1856, in Newstead, N. Y. He has attained success in the practice of law; and in 1887 was a member of the New York senate.
Lauman, Jacob Gartner
soldier, was born Jan. 20, 1813, in Taneytown, Md. He served in the civil war and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He died in February, 1867, in Burlington, Iowa. LAUNITZ, ROBERT EBERHARD, sculptor, was born Nov. 4, 1806, in Russia. He has been called the father of monumental art in America. Among his productions are the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Ga.; the Battle monument in Frankfort, Ky.; and the monument to Gen. George H. Thomas in Troy, N. Y.
He died Dec. 13, 1870, in New York city.
Laurence, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1750 in England. In 1775 he was commissioned in the first New York regiment, and served to the end of the revolutionary war. In 1785 and 1786 he was a member of the first congress; in 1789 was elected a state senator, and during that year was elected by a five-sixths vote a representative in the federal congress, serving from 1789 to 1793. He was appointed in 1794 judge of the United States district court for New York; and was a senator in congress from 1796 to 1800. He died in 1810.
Laurens, Henry
statesman, was born in 1724 in Charleston, S. C. He was a member of the Carolina congress of 1775, and elected its president. He was vice-president under the temporary constitution. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1777 to 1780; and chosen president of that body during the former year. He signed the articles of confederation. He died Dec. 8, 1792, in Charleston, S. C.
Laurie, James
civil engineer, was born May 9, 1811, in Scotland. He built the wrought-iron bridge across the Connecticut river at Windsor Locks, which was one of the first of its kind in the United States. He died March 16, 1875, in Hartford, Conn.
Lauterbach, Edward
lawyer, was born Aug. 12, 1844, in New York city.
In 1864 he graduated from the College of the City of New York, and has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of his native city. He was instrumental in procuring legislation necessary to secure the removal of the telegraph poles, and the construction of sub-ways in the city of New York; and was at one time president of the company having in charge these important improvements. When the affairs of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad company were in such an apparently hopeless condition that the enterprise was almost abandoned, Mr. Lauterbach stepped in as a reorganizer, and by his skillful direction placed it on a successful basis. He is a director in extensive southern railway systems, and in various other corporations.
La Valette, Elie a. F
naval officer, was born about 1790 in Virginia. He was a favorite with Commodore Isaac Hull, and accompanied that officer when he took command of the Mediterranean squadron in 1837. He was made a rear-admiral on the retired list on July 16, 1862. He died Nov. 18, 1862, in Philadelphia.
Lavely, Henry A
poet, was born Jan. 16, 1831, in Pittsburg, Pa. He is in the insurance business in Pittsburg, Pa.; and is the author of a volume of poems. entitled The Heart's Choice. common
Lavery, Charles J
physician, surgeon, editor, was born Feb. 5, 1867, in Clinton, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the schools of his county; attended the Ster-- ling Medical college of Columbus, Ohio; and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. He has been superintendent of the Stanley county board of health since 1891; was coroner of that. county in 1895-96; and since 1894 has been physician and surgeon to the Stan-- ley County hospital of South Dakota. He has been a member of the South Dakota state central committee; and since 1894 has been editor of Fairplay, a leading newspaper of Port Pierre, S. D.
Lavretta, C. L
legislator, was born Jan. 6, 1858, in Mobile, Ala. In 1892 he was elected to the Alabama state legislature from Mobile county; and in 1894 was. elected mayor of Mobile.
Law, Andrew
psalmodist, author, was born in 1748, in Cheshire, Conn. He published Musical Primer; A Collection of the Best and Most Approved Tunes and Anthems known to exist, which was subsequently combined with a second volume entitled Christian Harmony; Original Collection of Music; and Rudiments. of Music. He died in July, 1821, in Cheshire, Conn.
Law, John
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1796 in New London, Conn. He was elected a prosecuting attorney, and in 1823 a member of the Indiana legislature; was again elected attorney for his district,. and held that position until promoted to a judgeship, which office he held by reelections for eight years. He was appointed judge of the court of land claims, to adjudicate the claims of the old inhabitants of Indiana and Illinois, and was reappointed in 1856. In 1860 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-seventh congress. He died Oct. 7, 1873, in Evansville, Ind.
Law, Jonathan
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Aug. 6, 1674, in Milford, Conn. He was chosen deputy-governor of Connecticut in 1725. He was chief justice of the supreme court of the state from 1725 to 1741; and governor from 1741 until his death. He died Nov. 6, 1750, in Connecticut.
Law, Lyman
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 19, 1770, in New London, Conn. After serving in the legislature of Connecticut and being speaker of the house of representatives, he was elected to congress and served from 1811 to 1817. He died Feb. 3, 1842, in New London, Conn.
Law, Richard
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 17, 1733, in Milford, Conn. He was president judge of the county court of Connecticut and judge of the supreme court. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1777 to 1778, and also from 1781 to 1784.
After the adoption of the federal constitution he was appointed United States district judge, which office he held until his death. He died Jan. 26, 1806, in New London, Conn. con-