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Whitehead, John – Whitelaw, R. J

Whitehead, John

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1819 in Jersey, Ohio. In 1857 he was elected United States circuit court commissioner for the district of New Jersey.

Whitehead, John M

lawyer, state senator, was born July 29, 1852, near Hillsboro, Ill. Since 1883 he has practiced law in Janesville, Wis.; and in 1896 was elected to the Wisconsin state senate.

Whitehead, Thomas

soldier, journalist, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1825, in Clifton, N. J.

He was elected to the state senate in 1865, but did not qualify; and was elected a representative in the Virginia legislature for Amherst county in 1866. He was re-elected in 1869; resigned in 1873; and in 1872 was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-third congress.

Whitehead, William Adee

author, was born Feb. 19, 1810, in Newark, N. J. He was a prominent citizen of Newark, N. J.; and the author of Biographical Sketch of William Franklin; Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy; and East Jersey Under the Proprietary Governments. He died Aug. 8, 1884, in Perth Amboy, N. J.

Whitehill, James

lawyer, jurist, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1813 and 1814; and was judge of a county court and a general of militia. He died March 5, 1822, in Strasburg, Pa.

Whitehill, John

congressman, was born in 1721. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1807. He died in 1815.

Whitehill, Robert

congressman, was born July 29, 1738, in Pequea, Pa.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1805 to 1813. He died April 8, 1813, in Lauther Manor, Pa.

Whitehouse, Henry John

bishop, was born Aug. 19, 1803, in New York city.

He was rector of St. Thomas's church of New York city, from 1844 till 1851, when he was made a bishop. He died Aug. 10, 1874, in Chicago, Ill.

Whitehouse, James Horton

designer, was born Oct. 28, 1833, in England. Many of the best-known art-pieces of silver-ware that have been produced in this country were designed by him, among them the Bryant vase, which was presented to the poet on his eightieth birthday, and is to be seen in the Metropolitan museum of Art of New York city.

Whitehouse, John O

merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born July 19, 1817, in Rochester, N. H. He was elected a representative from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to the forty-third congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fourth congress.

Whitehouse, William Penn

lawyer, jurist, was born April 9, 1842, in Kennebec county, Maine. This eminent lawyer was for twelve years judge of the supreme judicial court.

Whitelaw, R. J

congressman, was born Jan. 30, 1854, in Essex county, Va.

In 1859 he moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy.

WHITELEY, MRS. ISABEL [NIXON], author, was born in 1850 in New York.

She is a Philadelphia writer; and the author of The Falcon of Langéac.