ST. JOHN, Henry, a Representative from Ohio; born in Washington County, Vt., July 16, 1783; received a limited schooling; served during the War of 1812; moved to Wooster, Ohio, in 1815, to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1828, and in 1837 to Seneca County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, milling, and storekeeping near Tiffin, Ohio; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed agricultural pursuits; resided in Tiffin, Ohio, where he died in May 1869.

HARE, Darius Dodge, a Representative from Ohio; born near Adrian, Seneca County, Ohio, January 9, 1843; attended the common schools; entered the military service as a private in the Signal Corps, United States Army, in March 1864, and served during the remainder of the Civil War; attended the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; was admitted to the bar in September 1867 and commenced practice in Carey, Ohio; moved to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in May 1868; mayor of Upper Sandusky 1872-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; continued the practice of law until his death in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, February 10, 1897; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.

MICHENER, Earl Cory, a Representative from Michigan; born near Attica, Seneca County, Ohio, November 30, 1876; moved with his parents to Adrian, Mich., in 1889; attended the public schools of Adrian; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in Company B, Thirty-first Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, from April 26, 1898, to May 17, 1899; studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1901 and 1902 and was graduated from the law department of Columbian University (now George Washington University) Washington, D.C., in 1903; was admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in Adrian, Mich.; assistant prosecuting attorney for Lenawee County, Mich., 1907-1910; prosecuting attorney 1911-1914; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1926 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against George W. English, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; elected to the Seventy-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1951); chairman, Committee on Judiciary (Eightieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1950; maintained law offices in Adrian, Mich., until his death there July 4, 1957; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.

HAYS, Edward Retilla, a Representative from Iowa; born near Fostoria, Wood County, Ohio, May 26, 1847; attended rural schools near Fostoria and Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio; served as a private in the First Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Knoxville, Iowa; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edwin H. Conger and served from November 4, 1890, to March 3, 1891; was not a candidate for renomination in 1890; resumed the practice of law; died in
Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, February 28, 1896; interment in Graceland Cemetery.

FOSTER, Charles, a Representative from Ohio; born near Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, April 12, 1828; moved with his father to Rome, now the city of Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio; attended the common schools until he was twelve years old; engaged in the dry goods business and later banking; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; Governor of Ohio 1880-1884; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Harrison from February 25, 1891, to March 3, 1893; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Springfield, Ohio, January 9, 1904; interment in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Ohio.

STRONG, Luther Martin, a Representative from Ohio; born near Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, June 23, 1838; attended the common schools and Aaron Schuyler’s Academy, Republic, Ohio; taught school; enlisted in the Forty-ninth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and served until March 13, 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio January 30, 1867; moved to Kenton and practiced his profession; member of the board of education; was elected to the State senate in 1879 and 1881; appointed judge of the court of common pleas by Governor Foster in 1883 to fill an unexpired term; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Kenton, Ohio, April 26, 1903; interment in Grove Cemetery.

ANDERSON, Carl Carey, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, December 2, 1877; moved to Sandusky County in 1881 with his parents, who settled in Fremont; attended the common schools; became employed as a traveling salesman; moved to Fostoria, Seneca County, and engaged in the manufacture of underwear; elected mayor of
Fostoria, Ohio, in 1905 and again in 1907, on each occasion for a term of two years; president of the city hospital board and director in a number of manufacturing enterprises; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death in an automobile accident near Fostoria, Ohio, October 1, 1912; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.

SENEY, George Ebbert, a Representative from Ohio; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., May 29, 1832; moved with his parents to Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, in November 1832; attended Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in Tiffin; judge of the court of common pleas in 1857; in July 1862, enlisted in the One Hundred and First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was subsequently commissioned first lieutenant and acted as quartermaster of the regiment until near the close of the Civil War; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); was not a candidate for renomination in 1890; resumed the practice of his profession in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, where he died June 11, 1905; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.

NORTON, James Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bettsville, Seneca County, Ohio, November 11, 1843; attended the district schools and was graduated from the Tiffin High School; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in August 1862; sergeant of Company K, One Hundred and First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, in 1864; mustered out of the service in 1865; studied medicine and commenced practice in Iowa in 1867; continued in that profession until 1879; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1874; member of the State house of representatives 1873-1879, serving as speaker in 1877 and 1878; chairman of the State Democratic committee 1887-1892; county auditor 1885-1892; commissioner of railroads and telegraphs from 1889 to 1895, when he resigned to accept a position in the legal department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed legal service with the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.; died in Tiffin, Ohio, July 24, 1912; interment in a mausoleum in Green Lawn Cemetery.

NOBLE, Warren Perry, a Representative from Ohio; born near Berwick, Luzerne County, Pa., June 14, 1820; moved to Ohio; attended the common schools; taught school; was graduated from Wadsworth Academy, Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio; member of the State house of representatives 1846-1850; prosecuting attorney of Seneca County 1851-1854; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Tiffin, Ohio, and died there July 9, 1903; interment in Green Lawn Cemetery.

WATSON, Cooper Kinderdine, a Representative from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Ky., June 18, 1810; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Delaware, Ohio; moved to Marion, Ohio; unsuccessful candidate for prosecuting attorney of Marion County in 1839; moved to Tiffin, Ohio, and practiced law for twenty years or more; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; moved to Sandusky, Ohio; member
of the State constitutional convention in 1871; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1876 and served until his death in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, May 20, 1880; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.