Wadsworth, James W – Waite, Morrison Remick
Wadsworth, James W
soldier, capitalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 12, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was brevetted major for gallantry at the battle of Five Forks. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1878 and 1879; and was comptroller of the state from 1879 to 1881. In the latter year he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-eighth, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah
congressman, was born in 1743 in Hartford, Conn.
He was a delegate from Connecticut to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1789 to 1795. He died April 30, 1804, in Hartford, Conn.
Wadsworth, Marshman Ed- Ward
geologist, author, was born May 6, 1847, in Livermore Falls, Maine. He is the state geologist of Michigan from 1888; and the author of Geology of the Iron and Copper Districts of Lake Superior; The Azoid System; and Lithological Studies.
Wadsworth, Peleg
soldier, merchant, surveyor, state legislator, congressman, was born May 6, 1748, in Duxbury, Mass. He joined the army as captain of a company of minute men, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general after the war.
In 1792 he was elected a senator in the legislature of Massachusetts; in the same year was chosen the first representative in congress from his district; and was successively re-elected until 1806, when he declined a further nomination. He died Nov. 18, 1829, in Hiram, Maine.
Wadsworth, William
soldier, was born in 1732 in Durham, Conn. At the beginning of the war of 1812 he was brigadier-general of New York militia, and he served in the United States army in 1812-32. He died in February, 1833, in Geneseo, N. Y.
Wadsworth, William Henry
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born July 4, 1821, in Maysville, Ky. He was a member of the state senate of Kentucky in 1853 and 1855; and was a presidential elector in 1860, presiding over the electoral college. He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirtyseventh congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress. After leaving congress he was appointed a member of the Mexican claims commission. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-ninth congress.
Wagener, David D
merchant, banker, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a merchant, and for many years president of the Easton bank.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1841. He died Oct. 1, 1860, in Easton, Pa.
Wagener, George A
railroad president, was born Dec. 25, 1845, in Charleston, S. C. He is president of the Carolina Midland railway at Charleston, S. C.
Waggamann, George Augustus
United States senator, was born in 1782 in Somerset county, Md. He was secretary of the state of Louisiana under three administrations; and held various other public positions. He was a senator in congress from 1831 to 1835. He died March 22, 1843, in New Orleans.
Wagnalls, Adam Willis
railroad president, was born Sept. 24, 1843, in Lithopolis, Ohio. Since 1891 he has been president of the Harriman Coal and Iron railroad at New York city.
Wagner, Arthur Lockwood
soldier, author, was born in 185- in Illinois. He is an officer in the United States army; and the author of Catechism of Outpost Duty; Organization and Tactics; The Service of Security and Information; and The Campaign of Königgrätz.
Wagner, John
educator, physician, surgeon, was born July 7, 1791, in Charleston, S. C. In 1829 he was elected professor of pathological and surgical anatomy in South Carolina Medical college, which is said to have been the first college to establish this department. In 1832 he succeeded Dr. James Ramsey in the chair of surgery. He died May 22, 1841, in Charleston, S. C.
Wagner, Madge M
journalist, author, poet. In 1881 she published a volume of poems which have since had a second edition. She is the author of Meric; Diana; and A Titled Plebeian.
Wagner, Peter J
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.
Wagner, Webster
inventor, state senator, was born Oct. 2, 1817, in Palatine Bridge, N. Y. In 1867 he manufactured the first drawing-room car, and founded the Wagner Palace-Car company, of which he was president until his death.
He also invented the oval car-roof, and patented the elevated panel. Mr. Wagner was elected as a republican to the New York assembly in 1870, and from 1871 till 1882 he was state senator. He died Jan. 13, 1882, near Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y.
Wainwright, Jonathan May- Hew
bishop, author, was born Feb. 24, 1793, in England.
He was a provincial protestant episcopal bishop of New York in 1852-54. He was the author of The Land of Bondage; Short Family Prayers; The Pathway and Abiding Places of Our Lord; Lessons on the Church Religious Education; and Selected Sermons. Besides his published works he contributed freely to the leading religious periodicals of the United States. He died Sept. 21, 1854, in New York city.
Wainwright, Richard
naval officer, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Charlestown, Mass. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1841. He was promoted to commander in 1860, and given the flag-ship Hartford of Admiral Farragut's fleet, fitted out for the capture of New Orleans. He died Aug. 10, 1862, near New Orleans, La.
Wainwright, Richard
naval officer, was born in the District of Columbia. In 1868 he graduated from the Naval academy; and in 1898 gained world-wide renown for his gallant conduct in handling the auxiliary gunboat Gloucester during the Spanish-American war.
Wait, John Turner
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 27, 1811, in New London, Conn. He was state's attorney for the county of New London, Conn., from 1842 to 1844. He was a presidential elector in 1864; was a state senator in 1865 and 1866. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1867, 1871 and 1873, serving the first year as speaker.
He was elected a representative from Connecticut to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.
Wait, Samuel
educator, was born Dec. 19, 1789, in Washington county, N.
Y. The first baptist newspaper published in North Carolina owed its existence to his labors. He was active in establishing Wake Forest school, which subsequently became Wake Forest college, and was its president. He died July 28, 1867, in Wake Forest, N. C.
Wait, William
was born Feb. 2, / 1821, in Ephratah, N. Y. He was an eminent lawyer of Fulton county, N. Y.; and the author of Law and Practice in Civil Actions; New York Annotated Code of Procedure; Actions and Defenses at Law and in Equity; and Treatise on General Principles of the Law. He died Dec. 29, 1880, in Johnstown, N. Y.
Wait, William Bell
educator, author, was born March 25, 1839, in Amsterdam, N. Y. He was the author of Harmonic Notation; The Normal Course of Piano Technique; and A System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing for the Use of Notation.
Waite, Carlos Adolphus
soldier, was born in 1800. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865 for long and faithful service in the army. He died May 7, 1866, in Plattsburg, N. Y.
WAITE, MRS. CATHERINE [VAN VALKENBURG], suffragist, lawyer, author, was born in 1829 in Canada West. She is a Chicago lawyer, founder of The Chicago Law Times, and an active advocate of woman suffrage. She is the author of The Mormon Prophet and his Harem.
Waite, Charles Burlingame
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Jan. 29, 1824, in Wayne county, N. Y. He removed to Illinois, from which state he was appointed an associate judge of the United States court for the territory of Utah, residing at Salt Lake City.
Waite, Davis Hanson
governor, was born April 9, 1825, in Jamestown, N.
Y. In 1893 he was elected governor of Colorado, serving until 1894.
Waite, Henry Matson
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 9, 1787, in Lyme, Conn. In 1815 he was elected to the Connecticut legislature, serving several years as representative and as state senator in 1832-33. He was appointed a judge of the supreme court of errors of Connecticut in 1834, and held that place and that of judge of the superior court for twenty years. In 1854 he was made chief justice of the state by the unanimous vote of the legislature. He died Dec. 14, 1869, in Lyme, Conn.
Waite, Henry Randall
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 16, 1845, in Copenhagen, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman who has published The Motive of St. Paul's Life; Illiteracy and the Mormon Problem; and A Boy's Workshop.
Waite, Morrison Remick
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 29, 1816, in Lyme, Conn. In 1849 he was elected to the Ohio state legislature; and in 1871 was one of the counsel of the United States before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, under the treaty of Washington. In 1873 he was unanimously elected a member of the convention to amend the constitution of Ohio, and was made its president. In 1874 he was nominated and confirmed as chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died March 23, 1880, in Washington, D. C.