Washburne, Elihu B
lawyer, congressman, author, was born Sept. 23, 1816, in Livermore, Maine. He was elected a representative to the thirty-third congress from Galena, Ill.; and re-elected to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirtysixth, thirty-seventh, and thirty-eighth congresses. On account of having served continuously for a longer period than any other member of the thirty-eighth congress, usage awarded him the title of Father of the House. He was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. He was reelected to the fortieth congress; and in 1869, was appointed secretary of state in the cabinet of President Grant, but resigned, after one week of service, to accept the post of minister plenipotentiary to France, continuing in that position until 1877. He was the author of Sketch of Edward Coles and the Slavery Struggle of 1823-24; and Recollections of a Minister to France. He died Oct. 22, 1887, in Chicago, Ill.
WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFER- RO, educator, college president, author, was born April 18, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Va. He is a distinguished educator of African descent and president of Tuskegee institute in Alabama from 1881.