Pike, Austin F
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 14, 1819, in Hebron, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives in 1850, 1851, 1852, 1865 and 1866, and speaker during the last two years. He was a presidential elector in 1852; was a member of the New Hampshire senate in 1857 and 1858, and was president of the senate in the latter year.
He was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the forty-third congress; and in 1883 was elected a United States senator from New Hampshire for the term of six years from March 4, 1883. He died Oct. 8, 1886, in Franklin, N. H.
PIKE, FRANCES WEST ATHERTON, author, was born March 17, 1819, in Prospect, Maine. She has published Step by Step; Here and Hereafter; Katherine Morris; Sunset Stories, in six volumes; Climbing and Sliding; and Striving and Gaining.