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Templer, James N

lawyer, was born Feb. 8, 1836, in Xenia, Ohio. In 1861 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the thirteenth judicial circuit of Indiana, and held the office three consecutive terms of two years each.

TEN BROECK, ABRAHAM, soldier, banker, jurist, state senator, was born May 13, 1734, in Albany, N. Y. He was made a colonel of militia early in the revolution, and in 1778 became brigadiergeneral of militia. He was mayor of Albany, N. Y., in 1779-83; a member of the state senate in 1780-83, and judge of the court of common pleas in 1781-84. He died Jan. 19, 1810, in Albany, N. Y.

TEN EYCK, EGBERT, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 18, 1779, in Rensselaer county, N.

Y. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1812 and 1813, and speaker.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1823 to 1825. He also held the offices of judge of the Jefferson county court, and president of a county agricultural society. He died April 11, 1844, in Watertown, N. Y.

TEN EYCK, HENRY JAMES, journalist, author, was born July 25, 1856, in Albany, N. Y. He was an occasional contributor to the magazines, more particularly the Century and the Popular Science Monthly, an article from his pen in the latter magazine in 1886 on Some Tendencies in Taxation having attracted much attention. He died Nov. 29, 1887, in Albany, N. Y. TEN EYCK, JOHN CONOVER, lawyer, United States senator, was born March 21, 1814, in Freehold, N. J. In 1839 he was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Burlington county, N. J., holding the position for ten years; and was elected a senator in congress for the term commencing in 1859 and ending in 1865. He died Aug. 24, 1879, in Mount Holly, N. J.

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