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Underwood, Warner L

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 7, 1808, in Goochland county, Va. He was appointed attorney-general for the eastern district of the republic of Texas, but held the office only a short time. In 1848 he was a representative in the Kentucky legislature; and in 1849 a member of the state senate. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.

UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM HENDER- SON, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 13, 1779, in Culpeper county, Va.

He was for several years judge of the western circuit of Georgia, being elected to this post in 1825. He was the leading counsel of the Cherokees during their controversy with the state of Georgia, and became famous in the supreme court of the United States for the ability with which he advocated their cause. He died Aug. 4, 1859, in Marietta, Ga.