Wall, William – Wallace, William James
Wall, William
manufacturer, congressman, was born March 20, 1801, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1860 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Wallace, Alexander S
planter, magistrate, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 30, 1810, in York county, S. C.
He was elected a member of the South Carolina legislature in 1852, as a union candidate, in opposition to all secession movements, and was again elected in 1865. He was appointed internal revenue collector in 1866, which position he held until elected to the forty-first congress. He was re-elected to the fortysecond, forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a republican.
Wallace, Andrew
lawyer, legislator, poet, was born in 1782 in Milford, N.
H. He served as a member of the state legislature; was a delegate in the state convention of 1850, and died six years later.
Wallace, Arthur E
journalist, was born Nov. 2, 1865, in Moravia, Iowa.
He received his education at the Iowa State university; has contributed extensively to current literature; and is now the editor and owner of The Republican of Rapid City, S. D.
Wallace, Daniel
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1847 to 1853.
Wallace, David
educator, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1799, in Lancaster, Pa. In 1828 he was a member of the Indiana legislature; was elected lieutenant-governor of the state in 1830 and in 1833. He was governor of the state from 1837 to 1840; was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1841 to 1843 and subsequently was prosecuting attorney for the state. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas at Indianapolis. He died Sept. 5, 1859, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Wallace, Horace Binney
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 26, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer and writer of Philadelphia and the author of Literary Criticisms; and Art and Scenery in Europe. He died Dec. 16, 1856, in Paris.
Wallace, James
educator, author, was born March 12, 1850, in Wooster, Ohio.
During 1881-87 he was professor of Greek and German in Macalester college, St.
Paul, Minn.; dean of that institution in 1891-95; and its president since 1895. He is the author of a work entitled Xenophon's Anabasis.
Wallace, James Goodwin
surgeon, lawyer, was born June 24, 1836, in South Carolina. He was educated in the Furman university of South Carolina, and attended the National Medical college of Washington, D. C. During the civil war he was field surgeon in the confederate army. He is surgeon of the F.
C. and P. R. R., Tampa division, and has performed more critical, extensive and successful surgical operations than any surgeon in the state of Florida. He resides in Dade City, has been secretary and treasurer of the Medical association of Pasco county, Fla.; and chairman of the board of county commissioners. He stands high in Masonry; is a noted lawyer and a member of the supreme court bar of Florida.
Wallace, James M
congressman, was born in Dauphin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1821.
Wallace, John Bradford
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 17, 1778, in Somerset county, N. J. He was a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of Remarks on marks on the Law of Bailment; and Reports of Cases of the Third Circuit Court. He died Jan. 7, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Wallace, John W
physician, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1818, in Beaver Falls, Pa. In 1860 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress. In 1863 he was appointed paymaster in the army, and served until the close of the war, and in 1870 was a presidential elector. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress as a republican.
Wallace, John William
author, was born Feb. 17, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa . He was a master in chancery of the Pennsylvania supreme court, and the author of The Reporters, Chronologically Arranged; Cases in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit; Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States; and An Old Philadelphian: Colonel William Bradford, the Patriot Printer of 1776. He died Jan. 12, 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Wallace, Jonathan H
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 31, 1824, in Columbiana county, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Columbiana county, and was re-elected in 1853. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-eighth congress. He died Oct. 29, 1892, in New Lisbon, Ohio.
Wallace, Lewis
soldier, lawyer, governor, author, was born April 10, 1827, in Brockville, Ind. He served one term as a state senator, and at the outbreak of the civil war was appointeu adjutantgeneral of Indiana.
In 1861 he was commissioned a brigadier-general, and in 1862 was promoted to major-general for conspicuous gallantry at the capture of Fort Donelson. He was United States a minister to Paraguay. He was governor of the territory of New Mexico from 1878 to 1881, and in 1882 was appointed United States minister to Turkey, serving until 1885. He is the author of Ben Hur, a Tale of the Christ, which has been extremely popular, but neither this nor his other romances have met the entire approval of literary critics. His other works include, The Fair God, an Aztec Story; The Prince of India; The Boyhood of Christ; and Life of General Benjamin Harrison.
Wallace, Nathaniel Dick
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1845, in Columbia, Tenn. He has been elected twice as president of the New Orleans Produce exchange, and is also active in manufacturing interests, and is president of two large factories in New Orleans. He was elected to the forty-ninth congress from Louisiana.
Wallace, Rodney
manufacturer, congressman, was born Dec. 21, 1823, in New Ipswich, N. H. He was representative to the general court of Massachusetts in 1873; was councilor of state of Massachusetts in 1880, 1881 and 1882, and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Wallace, Samuel L
lawyer, was born Aug. 9, 1849, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the district school, and attended the Lincoln university of Lincoln, Ill., where he has attained success as an able lawyer.
He was city attorney during 1886-89 state's attorney of Logan county during 1888-92; and in 1893- 94 was postmaster of his city. He has filled numerous other public positions of trust in his city, county and state.
Wallace, Mrs. Susan E
author, poet, was born Dec. 24, 1830, in Crawfordsville, Ind. She is the wife of Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of Ben Hur. She is the author of The Storied Sea; Ginevra, a Christmas Story; The Land of the Pueblos; and The Repose in Egypt.
Wallace, William A
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 28, 1827, in Clearfield, Pa. In 1862 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate, and served by re-elections until 1871, when he was made speaker of that body. He was elected a senator in congress for the term commencing in 1875, and ending in 1881.
Wallace, William Copeland
lawyer, congressman, was born May 21, 1856, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York in 1880-83, and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Wallace, William H
state legislator, congressman, governor, was born July 17, 1811, in Miami county, Ohio. He was elected to the state legislature of Iowa, and served as speaker and also as president of the state council. He removed to Washington territory in 1853, and served several sessions in the territorial legislature. In 1861 he was appointed governor of Washington territory; and was elected a delegate therefrom to the thirty-seventh congress. He was appointed the first governor of Idaho territory, and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress as a delegate from Idaho.
Wallace, William Harvey Lamb
soldier, was born July 8, 1821, in Urbana, Ohio. He moved to Illinois and practiced law until 1846. He then volunteered as a private in the Mexican war.
He also served with distinction in the civil war, and was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He was engaged in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, and subsequently served a with distinction on the field of Shiloh. He was killed in battle April 10, 1862, in Savannah, Tenn.
Wallace, William James
lawyer, jurist, was born April 14, 1839, in Syracuse, N. Y. He was mayor of Syracuse, N. Y., in 1873 and 1874, and was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of New York in 1874. In 1882 he was appointed United States circuit judge for the second judicial circuit.