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Walley, Samuel H – Walsh, John

Walley, Samuel H

lawyer, banker, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 31, 1805, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature for eight sessions, and speaker of the house for two years. He was a representative in congress from 1853 to 1855, and on his return from Washington was the whig candidate for governor of Massachusetts, but was defeated. He was a bank commissioner in 1858; and in 1859 became president of the Revere bank of Boston.

Walling, Ansel T

lawyer, journalist, state senator, governor, was born Jan. 10, 1824, in Otsego county, N. Y. He moved to Ohio in 1843 and was editor of the Mahoning Index and Coshocton Democrat, and for a time of the Keokuk Daily Times in Iowa. In 1865 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1867 was elected to the state assembly and made speaker.

In 1874 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Wallis, James Hearknett

educator, journalist, lawyer, was born April 13, 1861, in London, England. He has been a school teacher, justice of the peace, prosecuting attorney and lieutenant-colonel in the Idaho national guards. He is the editor and manager of The Post of Paris, Idaho, which was established in 1880, and is the organ of the mormon church in Idaho.

Wallis, Severn Teackle

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 8, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. He was a lawyer of Baltimore, and the author of Glimpses of Spain; and Spain: her Institutions, Politics, and Public Men. A memorial edition of his writings in four volumes was published in 1896. He died in 1894.

Walls, Josiah T

state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 30, 1842, in Winchester, Va. He was a member of the Virginia state legislature in 1868; and was a member of the state senate in 1869. He was elected to the forty-second congress, but his seat was successfully contested.

Waln, Robert

merchant, congressman, author, was born Feb. 22, 1765, in Philadelphia. He was a prominent merchant in Philadelphia, and was a member of congress from Pennsylvania fröm 1798 to 1801 to fill a vacancy, and was then re-elected. He was the author of Answer to the Anti-Protection Report of Henry Lee; and Seven Letters to Elias Hicks, widely read at the time of their appearance. He died Jan. 24, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Waln, Robert

author, poet, was born Oct. 25, 1794, in Philadelphia. He was a Philadelphia writer, and the author of The Hermit in America; American Bards, a satire; Sisyphi Opus, with Other Poems; and Life of Lafayette. He died July 4, 1825, in Providence, R. I. a

Walsh, Benjamin Dann

entomologist, author, was born Sept. 21, 1808, în England. He was associated with Charles V. Riley in founding the American Entomologist in 1868 in Illinois, and was its senior editor until his death. He published Walsh's Comedies of Aristophanes. He died Nov. 18, 1869, in Rock Island, Ill.

Walsh, James J

lawyer, congressman, was born May 22, 1858, in New York city. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and has practiced law in New York city ever since. He was inspector of common schools in New York city for two terms, six years, but resigned when nominated for congress. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Walsh, John

lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 26, 1850, in Ireland. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar, and served as mayor of New Britain, Conn., four times.

For ten years he was judge of probate court, and since 1893 has been associate judge of court of common pleas.