Martin, James – Martin, Richard
Martin, James
educator, clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 12, 1796, in Albany, N. Y. In 1842 he became professor of didactic theology and Hebrew in the theological seminary at Cannonsburg, Pa. He published A Preface designed to show that the Biblical Psalms only are to be sung in the Worship of God; an Essay on the Imputation of Adam's First Sin to His Posterity; and The Duty of Submission to Church Rulers Explained and Defended. He died June 15, 1846, in Cannonsburg, Pa.
Martin, James Daniel
educator, was born May 9, 1864, in Mechanicsville, S. C. He has been principal in the leading normal schools of North Carolina; has been regularly engaged as one of the conductors of the summer Normal schools and institutes for the public school teachers of the state. He now fills the chair of Latin and English in the Normal and Preparatory school of the Biddle university of Charlotte, N. C.
Martin, James Henry
educator, was born June 29, 1864, in Grafton, W. Va.
He received his education at the Philippi academy, the university of Lebanon, and the Waynesburg college. He has attained success as an educator; has been city superintendent of Monticello schools; and county superintendent of Piatt county, Ill.
Martin, James Stewart
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 19, 1826, in Scott county, Va. He moved to Illinois in 1846; and was clerk of the Marion county court for twelve years. He entered the army as colonel in 1862, and was brevetted brigadier-general.
He was elected county judge of Marion county at the close of the war; appointed pension agent in 1868; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Martin, Jane Percy
author, was born in England. She is the author of a novel entitled Lost and Saved; and has written extensively on subjects of travel.
Martin, John
naval officer, state legislator, governor, was born about 1730. He was appointed naval officer at Sunbury, Ga., in 1761; and was a member of the provincial congress in 1775. He entered the Georgia continental line as captain; and was lieutenant-colonel in 1781. He was a member of the legislature from Chatham county; was state treasurer in 1783; and commissioned to make a treaty with the Creek Indians in 1783. He was governor of Georgia from 1782 to 1783.
Martin, John
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Nov. 12, 1833, in Wilson county, Tenn. In 1857-58 he was postmaster at Tecumseh, Kan.; in 1858-อะ was county attorney; and in 1873 he was elected to the Kansas state legislature from Topeka; and received the reelection the following year. In 1876 he was elected governor of Kansas. In 1883 he was appointed a district judge, and subsequently received the election to that office. In 1893 he was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy, and served during 1893-95.
Martin, John Alexander
journalist, governor, was born March 10, 1839, in Brownsville, Pa. He was a successful journalist of Atchison, Kan.; and became governor of Kansas. He died Oct. 10, 1889, in Atchison, Kan.
Martin, John Hill
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Jan. 13, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer of Philadelphia; legal editor of The Intelligencer since 1881; and the author of Bethlehem and the Moravians; The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia; Chester and Its Vicinity; and Delaware County.
Martin, John Jacob
soldier, lawyer, public official, was born in 1826 in Abbeville, S. C. In 1869 he was appointed sixth auditor of the treasury in Washington, which position he resigned in 1875, and was appointed postmaster of Montgomery, Ala.
Martin, John L
soldier, journalist, governor, was born March 10, 1839, in Brownsville, Pa. In 1858 he purchased the Squatter Sovereign newspaper of Atchison, Kan., and changed the name to the Champion. In 1859 he was elected a state senator. He resigned to accept the lieutenant-colonelcy of the eighth Kansas volunteer infantry for service in the union army; in 1862 was promoted to colonel of the regiment; and was appointed provost marshal of Nashville, Tenn., serving for six months. In 1884 he was elected governor of Kansas. a was
Martin, John Mason
soldier, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1837, in Athens, Ala. In 1871 he was elected state senator from Alabama to fill vacancy; in 1872 elected for a full term; and during the latter term was elected president pro tempore of the senate. In 1875 he was elected professor of equity jurisprudence in the university of Alabama, the term continuing until 1886. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Martin, John P
state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1811, in Lee county, Va. In 1828 he moved to Kentucky. In 1841 he was elected to the Kentucky legislature, and re-elected the following year. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1845 to 1847; and in 1857 was elected to the senate of Kentucky.
Martin, Jonathan Mccaleb
lawyer, legislator, was born June 2, 1846, in Claiborne county, Miss. He received his education at the university of Virginia, and soon became a leading lawyer of his state. He was president of the board of registrars; for four years was a representative of the Mississippi legislature; and for four years a member of the state senate. For fifteen years he was a trustee of the Industrial institute and college of Columbus, Miss.; and now practices his profession in Port Gibson, Miss.
Martin, Joseph John
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 21, 1833, in Martin county, N. C. He was elected county attorney for his native county, which position he held for six years; was elected as a republican solicitor for the second judicial district of North Carolina in 1868, and held the position six years; and was re-elected in 1874, and held the office until his nomination for congress. He was elected to the fortysixth congress as a republican.
Martin, Joshua Lanier
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 5, 1799, in Blount county, Tenn. He was elected a representative in the Alabama legislature in 1822; and was subsequently elected, successively, solicitor, circuit judge, and chancellor. In 1835 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the twenty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the twenty-fifth congress. In 1845 he announced himself an independent candidate for governor of Alabama and was elected, serving until 1847. He died Nov. 2, 1856, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Martin, Josiah
soldier, governor, was born April 23, 1737, probably in Antigua, W. I. He was governor of North Carolina from 1771 to 1775. He died in July, 1786, in London, England.
Martin, L. A
educator, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1865, in Fayette county, Ohio. After receiving a liberal education, he entered educational work; and in 1889 was school commissioner of Livingston county, Ohio. He has written extensively both prose and verse for the periodical press; and for several years was editor of The Teachers' Review, an educational journal published in Chillicothe, Mo. He is the author of Hallowe'en and Other Poems; Random Flashes; Huxter Puck and Other Poems; and other works.
Martin, Larkin Morris
railroad manager, was born Dec. 6, 1854, in Point Pleasant, Va. He has been for many years connected with various railroads as station agent, general agent, and superintendent; and is now the general manager of the Iowa Central Railway company.
Martin, Luther
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1748, in New Brunswick, N. J. In 1778 he was appointed attorney-general of Maryland. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1784 and 1785; and was a member of the convention which framed the federal constitution, but was opposed to its adoption, and an elaborate speech which he delivered before the assembly of Maryland about the convention caused considerable excitement at the time throughout the country; he acquired distinction by defending Samuel Chase and Aaron Burr, in their celebrated trials. In 1814 he was appointed judge of the court of oyer and terminer. He died July 10, 1826, in New York.
MARTIN, MRS. MARGARET [MAX- WELL], educator, author, was born July 12, 1807, in Scotland. She is an educator of Columbia, S. C.; and the author of Day Spring; Christianity in Earnest; Religious Poems; and Scenes and Scenery of South Carolina.
MARTIN, MORGAN L.. congressman, was born in New York. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Wisconsin from 1845 to 1847.
Martin, Noah
governor, was born in New Hampshire. He was governor of that state for two years from 1852 to 1854.
Martin, R. Furniss
lawyer, was born July 10, 1866, in Brazoria county, Texas. He received his education at the St. Mary university, and the state university of Austin, Texas. He has attained prominence as a leading lawyer of his native state at Brazoria; and takes an active part in public affairs.
Martin, Richard
lawyer, politician, was born Sept. 14, 1861, in Liverpool, England. He attended the New York college, and subsequently took a post-graduate course in ethics and philosophy, and received the degree of A. B. He practices his profession with success in Pawtucket, R. I., where he is a prominent member of the republican party. He has been chairman of the city committee; a clerk in the house of representatives; and is prominent in fraternal orders. :