Sawyer, Horace Bucklin – Sayler, Joseph Henry
Sawyer, Horace Bucklin
naval officer, was born Feb. 22, 1797, in Burlington, Vt. In 1856 the legislature of Vermont gave him a handsome sword for his services in the second war with Great Britain. He died Feb. 14, 1860, in Washington, D. C.
Sawyer, John Gilbert
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 5, 1825, in Brandon, Vt. He was a justice of the peace in Albion from 1852 to 1858; was district attorney of Orleans county from 1863 to 1866; and was judge and surrogate of Orleans county from 1868 to 1884. In the latter year he was elected a representative from Vermont to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Sawyer, Leicester Ambrose
educator, clergyman, author, was born July 28, 1807, in Pinckney, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman and educator, after 1860 a resident of Whitesboro, N. Y.; and the author of Elements of Biblical Interpretation; Mental Philosophy; Moral Philosophy; A Critical Exposition of Baptism; Organic Christianity; and Reconstruction of Bible Theories. He made a translation of the Scriptures, of which the New Testament was published.
Sawyer, Lemuel
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, author, was born in 1777 in North Carolina. He was in the North Carolina state legislature in 1801; and was a representative from North Carolina to congress in 1807-13. He subsequently served in the same capacity from 1817 to 1823, and from 1825 to 1829.
About 1850 he moved to Washington, and held a clerkship in one of the departments. He published a Life of John Randolph; and an Autobiography. He died Jan. 9, 1852, in Washington, D. C.
Sawyer, Lorenzo
lawyer, jurist, was born May 23, 1820, in Le Roy, N. Y.
In 1854 he was elected attorney for San Francisco; and was afterward appointed judge of the district court for the state.
In 1863 he was elected one of the justices of the supreme court of the state; was chief justice from 1868 to 1870; and in the latter year was commissioned United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit, residing in San Francisco, Cal.
Sawyer, Lucy Sargent
missionary, was born April 3, 1840, in Belfast, Maine. Her whole life has been spent in mission work; and in 1882 she was elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary society.
Sawyer, Moses Havens
lawyer, author, was born June 6, 1827, in Mystic, Conn. In 1886 he was appointed United States consul at Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of Lieutenant Colburn; History of Annexation of Tobago; Judicature; Mortgages; Desertion of Seamen, Immigration and Ornithology.
Sawyer, Philetus
merchant, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 22, 1816, in Whiting, Vt. He was elected to the legislature of Wisconsin in 1857 and 1861; and in 1863 was elected mayor of Oshkosh, and re-elected in 1864. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-ninth congress. He was also delegate to the Philadelphia Loyala ists' convention of 1866; and was reelected to the fortieth congress. He was also re-elected to the three succeeding congresses; and declined a re-election.
He was elected a United States senator from Wisconsin for the term of six years, from March 4, 1881; and was re-elected in 1887. In 1896 he was chairman of the republican convention at St. Louis, Mo., that nominated William McKinley for president of the United States.
Sawyer, S. T
journalist, congressman, was born in 1800 in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1839. He was appointed collector of customs at Norfolk, Va.; and was subsequently editor of the Norfolk Argus. He died Nov. 29, 1865, in New Jersey.
Sawyer, Samuel L
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 27, 1813, in Mount Vernon, N. H. He moved to Missouri in 1838; and was elected circuit attorney in 1848, and re-elected in 1852. He was elected a circuit judge in 1871, and reelected in 1874. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-sixth congress as an independent democrat.
Sawyer, Sylvanus
inventor, was born April 15, 1822, in Templeton, Mass.
His inventions have entirely revolutionized the chair-cane business; and in 1853 he invented improvements in rifle and cannon projectiles.
Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson
educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 9, 1804, in Reading, Vt. He is a universalist clergyman and educator, and after 1869 a professor of theology at Tufts college. He is the author of Doctrine of Eternal Salvation; Who Is God, -the Son or the Father?; and Endless Punishment in the Very Words of Its Advocates.
Sawyer, Willard S
musician, composer, was born Sept. 4, 1860, in New York city. He is a teacher of the piano and violin in Brooklyn, N. Y.; and the author of Sawyer's Piano Student's Practice Records.
Sawyer, William
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1849.
Saxe, Jacob Bradford
clergyman, journalist, author, was born Nov. 10, 1819, in Greenfield, N. Y. Since 1843 he has been a successful clergyman of the universalist church, and now fills a pastorate in Fort Scott, Kan. He is a constant contributor to various publications; and is the author of a volume entitled The Organic Laws.
Saxe, John Godfrey
lawyer, journalist, poet, was born June 2, 1816, in Highgate, Vt. He was a lawyer and journalist of Vermont and subsequently of New York, widely known as a humorous poet. He was the author of Progress; A New Rape of the Lock; The Proud Miss McBride; The Money King; Clever Songs of Many Nations; The Masquerade; Leisure Day Rhymes; and Fables and Lyrics in Rhyme. He died March 31, 1887, in Albany, N. Y.
Saxton, Charles Terry
lawyer, legislator, jurist, lieutenant-governor, wa3 born July 2, 1846, in Clyde, N. Y. He enlisted during the civil war in the nineteenth New York infantry, and mustered out as sergeant-major; and has held high office in the Grand Army of the Republic.
In 1867 he was admitted to the bar, and after practicing his profession for awhile in Grand Rapids, Mich., he opened an office in his native city, where he has acquired prominence as a counsel learned in the law. In 1887-89 he was a member of the New York state assembly; a state senator in 1890-94; and was inaugurated lieutenant-governor of his state on Jan. 1, 1895. He introduced the Australian ballòt system in New York; in 1894 he appointed the Luxow committee; and has always taken an active part in reform legislation. He received the degree of doctor of laws from the Union university, and in 1892 was elected chancellor of that institution. He is a fluent and forcible writer; and has contributed to the North American Review and other current publications.
Saxton, Joseph
inventor, was born March 22, 1799, in Huntington county, Pa.
He made the clock which still marks the time from the belfry of Independence hall in Philadelphia, when he was but eighteen, and subsequently added many ingenious devices to science. He was one of the original incorporators of the National Academy of Science. He died Oct. 26, 1873, in Washington, D. C.
Saxton, Rufus
soldier, was born Oct. 19, 1824, in Greenfield, Mass. He served with distinction through the civil war, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadiergeneral in the United States army. In 1882 he was promoted to colonel and assistant quartermaster-general.
Say, Benjamin
physician, congressman, was born in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1809 to fill a vacancy. He died April 3, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Say, Thomas
zoölogist, author, was born July 27, 1787, in Philadelphia. He was a zoölogist who was the first curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. In 1825 he removed to New Harmony, Ind., and was the agent of the Owen socialist colony there. He was the author of Vocabularies of Indian languages; American Conchology; and American Entomology. His Complete Writings on Conchology have been edited by Binney, and those on Entomology by Le Conte. He died Oct. 10, 1834, in New Harmony, Ind.
Sayers, Joseph D
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1841, in Grenada, Miss. He served as a member of the Texas state senate in the session of 1873; and was lieutenant-governor of Texas in 1879-80. He was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Sayler, Henry B
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1836, in Montgomery county, Ohio. He enlisted in the army as lieutenant; and was promoted to major of the one hundred and eighteenth Indiana infantry. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Sayler, Joseph Henry
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 9, 1846, in Farmington, Ill. He served during the civil war as a private soldier in the sixtyfirst and eighty-third regiments Illinois volunteer infantry. He is an able lawyer of Marysville, Mo., of which city he has served as mayor for three terms.
He is now probate judge of his county.