Watterson, George
lawyer, librarian, author, was born Oct. 23, 1783, in New York city. He was a Washington lawyer who was the first librarian of congress; and the author of Letters from Washington; The Wanderer in Washington; Course of Study Preparatory to the Bar or Senate; and The Lawyer, or Man as He Ought Not to Be. He died Feb. 4, 1854, in Washington, D. C.
WATTERSON, HARVEY MCGEE, journalist, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1811, in Bedford county, Tenn. He was elected a representative from his native county to the Tennessee legislature in 1835. He resided in the congressional district of James K. Polk, and, in 1839, when Mr. Polk became a candidate for governor was elected as his successor in congress. He was re-elected in 1841, and served until 1843. He was appointed United States minister to Buenos Ayres; and on his return from this mission, in 1845, was elected to the state senate of Tennessee, and when the legislature met was chosen president of the senate. He became connected with his son in the conduct of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and continued an active member of the editorial staff on that paper. He died Oct. 1, 1891, in Louisville, Ky.