CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY. State House of Representatives; was elected a representative from Kentucky in the Twenty-fifth Congress as a Whig, receiving 300 majority over Phelps and Trimble, both Democrats, serving from September 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839; was a presidential elector on the Harrison and Tyler ticket in 1840, and on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket in 1844; died at Covington, Kentucky, December 26, 1844. United States, and reached New Orleans in 1825; | tucky; resided at Covington; was a member of the Dobbs Spaight), was born in Craven County, North Carolina; was sent to Ireland, where he commenced Spaight, Richard Dobbs (father of Richard his academic studies, and completed them at the Southard, Henry (father of Samuel L. South- the Continental army as aide-de-camp to General University of Glasgow; returned home in 1778, joined ard), was born on Long Island October, 1749; when Caswell, and was at the battle of Camden in 1780; he was eight years of age, his father removed with was a member of the House of Commons of North him to Baskingridge, New Jersey; was reared on a Carolina in 1781-1786 and 1792, and was a delegate farm, and, as a day-laborer, earned the money to to the Continental Congress in 1782-1784, serving in purchase a homestead; took an active part in the both capacities; was a delegate to the convention Revolutionary war; was for nine years a member of which framed the Constitution of the United States the State House of Representatives; was elected a in 1787; was governor of North Carolina in 1792; representative from New Jersey in the Seventh Con- was elected a representative in the Fifth Congress as gress as a Democrat; was re-elected to the Eighth, a Democrat (to fill the vacancy occasioned by the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Congresses on a general death of Nathan Bryan); and was re-elected to the ticket, receiving on the last trial 18,705 votes against Sixth Congress, serving from December 10, 1798, to 14,702 votes for his Whig opponent, serving from De- March 3, 1801; was elected to the State Senate of cember 7, 1801, to March 3, 1811; was again elected North Carolina in 1801; was challenged by John to the Fourteenth Congress; was re-elected to the Stanly; the parties met on Sunday afternoon, and, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving from on the exchange of the fourth fire, Governor Spaight December 4, 1815, to March 3, 1821; died at Basking-received a wound in the right side, of which he died ridge, New Jersey, June 2, 1842. in twenty-three hours, September 6, 1802. Southard, Isaac, was born in New Jersey; resided at Somerville; was elected a representative from New Jersey in the Twenty-second Congress as a Clay Democrat, serving from December 5, 1831, to March 2, 1833. Southard, Milton I., was born in Licking County, Ohio; received a collegiate education, graduating at Denison University, at Granville, Ohio, in 1861; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1863, and has been engaged in the practice continuously since; was elected prosecuting-attorney for Muskingum County in 1867, re-elected in 1869, and again in 1871; was elected a representative from Ohio in the Forty-third Congress as a Democrat, receiving 15,109 votes against 12,638 votes for L. P. Marsh, Republican; was re-elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, receiving 13,602 votes against 9,651 votes for N. Barnhill, Republican, and 292 votes for Gertner, Temperance; was re-elected to the Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 17,706 votes against 14,642 votes for J. H. Barnhill, Republican, serving from December 1, 1873. Dobbs Spaight), was born at New Berne, North Carolina, in 1796; received a classical education, graduSpaight, Richard Dobbs (son of Richard ating at the University of North Carolina in 1815; at New Berne; was a member of the House of Comstudied law; was admitted to the bar, and practised mons of North Carolina in 1819, and of the State Senate in 1820-1822; was elected a representative in the Eighteenth Congress, and served from December 1, 1823, until March 3, 1825; was a member of the State Senate in 1824, and served continuously until 1834; was governor of North Carolina in 1835-1837; devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, and declined all official positions until he died November 2, 1850. Massachusetts, May 3, 1798; went with his parents to Connecticut when young; graduated at Yale Spalding, Rufus P., was born at West Tisbury, College; studied law, and commenced its practice in Trumbull County, Ohio; was a member of the State legislature of Ohio in 1839-1840, and again in House; was elected judge of the Supreme Court of 1841-1842, serving the last term as speaker of the Ohio in 1849, and held the position until the new State Constitution was adopted, when he resumed practice at Cleveland, where he now resides; was elected a representative from Ohio in the Thirtyeighth Congress as a Republican, receiving 9,293 re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, receiving 14,472 votes against 6,661 votes for J. H. Wade, Democrat; and was re-elected to the Fortieth Congress as a Republican, receiving 14,479 votes against 7,974 votes for Payne, Democrat, serving from December 7, 1863, to March 3, 1869. Southard, Samuel L. (son of Henry Southard), was born at Baskingridge, New Jersey, June 9, 1787; received a classical education, graduating at Princeton College in 1804; studied law while a tutor in the family of John Taliaferro of Virginia; was admitted to the bar there, and commenced practice at Kensington, New Jersey; was appointed in 1814 law-votes against 4,183 votes for Paige, Democrat; was reporter by the State legislature; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1815, and, in a week after taking his seat, was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; was a presidential elector in 1820; was elected a UnitedStates senator from New Jersey (in place of James J. Wilson, resigned) as a Whig, serving from February 16, 1821, to March 3, 1823; was secretary of the navy September 16, 1823-March 3, 1829, during which time he was acting secretary of the treasury March 7, 1825-July 1, 1825, and also acted for a short period as secretary of war; was appointed in 1829 attorney-general of New Jersey; was governor of New Jersey in 1832; was again elected a UnitedStates senator, serving from December 2, 1833, to May 3, 1842, when he resigned; died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 26, 1842. ports of the Supreme Court of New Jersey 1816-1820," He published "Rewith a number of political and literary addresses. Southgate, William W., was born in Ken tive from Georgia in the Ninth Congress (having was elected a representative from Ohio in the tive from Pennsylvania in the Fifteenth Congress as 18433. a Whig, serving from December 1, 1817, to April 20, 1818, when he resigned; was surveyor-general of Pennsylvania; died at York, Pennsylvania, June 17, Sparks, William A. J., was born near New Albany, Indiana, November 19, 1828; his parents removed to Illinois in 1836, and shortly thereafter died; he, in early boyhood, dependent upon his own exertions, labored on a farm, and at intervals attended country-schools; subsequently taught school, and graduated at McKendree College, Illinois, in 1850; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1851, and subsequently practised, except when engaged in official duties; was appointed by President Pierce in 1853 United-States land-receiver for the Edwardsville (Illinois) land-office, and held that office until 1857; was elected a presidential elector in 1856; was elected to the State House of Representatives of Illinois 1850 and 1857, and to the State Senate (from the Fourth Senatorial District) 1863 and 1864; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at New York in 1868; and was elected a representative from Illinois in the Forty-fourth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 8,723 votes against 7,932 votes for James S. Martin, Republican, and 4,033 votes for Rolla B. Henry, Independent Reformer; was reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 14,591 votes against 12,763 votes for E. M. Ashcraft, Republican, serving from October 15, 1877. Spaulding, Elbridge G., was born at Summer Hill, New York, February 24, 1809; received an academical education; studied law at Batavia and at Attica, supporting himself by teaching and legal writing; was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced practice at Buffalo; was appointed city-clerk in 1833; was elected aldernian in 1841, and mayor of Buffalo in 1847; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1848; was elected a representative from New York in the Thirty-first Congress as a Whig, receiving 7,622 votes against 3,408 votes for Clinton, Democrat, and 2,367 votes for Wadsworth, Democrat, serving from December 3, 1849, to March 3, 1851; was treasurer of the State of New York 1854-1855; took an active part in organizing the Republican party; was for several years a member of the State Central Committee, and in 1860 was an active member of the Congressional Executive Committee during the Lincoln campaign; was again elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress as a Union candidate, receiving 12,427 votes against 7,539 votes for Hatch, Democrat; and was re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress as a Republican, receiving 12,256 votes against 10,947 votes for Haven, Democrat, serving from December 5, 1859, to March 3, 1863; returning to Buffalo, he organized in 1864 the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Buffalo, of which he has since been the president. He published "History of the Legal-Tender Paper Money issued during the Great Rebellion." Speed, Thomas, was elected a representative from Kentucky in the Fifteenth Congress, defeating Lancaster and Crutcher, serving from December 1, 1817, to March 3, 1819. Speer, Robert Milton, was born in Cassville, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1838: was educated at Cassville Seminary; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859, and has since practised at Huntingdon; was assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the legislature of Pennsylvania during the session of 1863; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania in the Fortysecond Congress as a Democrat, receiving 10,335 votes against 10,324 votes for D. J. Morrell, Republican; and was re-elected to the Forty-third Congress, receiving 12,011 votes against 11,422 votes for A. A. Barker, Republican, serving from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1875. Speer, Thomas J., was born in Monroe County, Georgia, August 31, 1837; received an academic education; is a merchant and planter; was elected justice | of the peace in 1861, and re-elected in 1865; was appointed collector of Confederate taxes for Pike County in June, 1863, and served in that capacity until the cessation of hostilities; was elected justice of the Inferior Court for Pike County in 1865, and served until July, 1868; was elected to the Constitutional Convention of Georgia in 1867-1868; was elected to the State Senate of Georgia in 1868, serving until December, 1870; and, while a member, was elected a representative from Georgia in the Forty-second Congress as a Republican, receiving 13,714 votes against 12,790 votes for Lawton, Democrat, serving from March 4, 1871, to August 18, 1872, when he died. Speight, Jesse, was born in Greene County, North Carolina, September 22, 1795; received a public-school education; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1822, and of the State Senate 1823-1827, serving several years as speaker; was elected a representative from North Carolina in the Twenty-first Congress as a Democrat, defeating McLeod; was re-elected to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving from December 7, 1829, to March 3, 1837; removed to Plymouth, Mississippi; was elected to the State House of Representatives, and chosen speaker of the House; was elected a United-States senator from Mississippi as a Democrat, serving from December 1, 1845, to May 5, 1847, when he died at Columbus, Mississippi. Spence, John S., was born in Maryland; resided at Berlin; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Eighteenth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,503 votes against 1,328 votes for James Murray, serving from December 1, 1823, to March 3, 1825; was again elected to the Twenty-second Congress, serving from December 5, 1831, to March 2, 1833; was elected a United-States senator from Maryland (in place of Robert H. Goldsborough, deceased), serving from January 11, 1837, to October 29, 1840, when he died. Spence, Thomas A., was born at Cambridge, Maryland, February 20, 1810; received a classical education, graduating at Yale College in 1829 ; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and practised at Snow Hill, Maryland; was district-judge in his circuit for some years; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Twenty-eighth Congress as a Whig, serving from December 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845; was appointed by Postmaster-General Cresswell assistant attorney-general for the Post-office Department, serving from 1872 to May, 1877; was a special agent of the Post-office Department; died at Washington City November 10, 1877. Spencer, Ambrose, was born at Salisbury, Connecticut, December 13, 1765; received a classical education, partially at Yale, but graduating at Harvard College in 1783; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice at Hudson, New York; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1793, and of the State Senate 17951798; was assistant attorney-general in 1796, and State attorney-general in 1802; was chosen judge in 1804; was a presidential elector in 1809; was chief justice of the State Supreme Court 1810-1823; retired from the bench, and resumed practice; was elected a representative from New York in the Twenty-first Congress as a Democrat, serving from December 7, 1829, to March 3, 1831; was mayor of Albany for one term; retired in 1839 to a farm near Albany, and engaged in agricultural pursuits; was president of the National Whig Convention at Baltimore in 1844; died at Lyons, New York, March 13, 1848. Spencer, Elijah, was born in Columbia County, New York; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1819; was elected a representative from New York in the Seventeenth Congress, serving from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823. Spencer, George E., was born in Jefferson CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY. County, New York, November 1, 1836; was educated | in the Forty-fourth Congress as a Democrat, receiv Spencer, James B., was born in New York; resided at Fort Covington; served as captain in the war of 1812; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1831 and 1832; was elected a representative from New York in the Twenty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, serving from September 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839; was magistrate, county-judge, and Indian agent; died at Fort Covington, New York, March 16, 1848. son, from Ohio in the Thirty-sixth Congress as a Repub lican, receiving 9,438 votes against 7,318 votes for Spink, Cyrus, was elected a representative J. P. Jeffries, Democrat, but died before taking his seat. Spink, S. L., was born at Whitehall, New York, Castleton, Vermont; taught school for several years March 20, 1831; received an academic education at in New England, New York, and Maryland; studied law, and was admitted to practice at Burlington, Iowa, in 1856; removed to Paris, Illinois, in 1860, and became editor and publisher of "The Prairie Beacon," a radical Republican newspaper; was elect ed to the State legislature in 1864; in 1865 was appointed secretary of Dakota Territory, his commission Spencer, John Canfield, was born at Hud- before he was assassinated; was re-appointed by Presbeing signed by President Lincoln on the afternoon New York, January 8, 1787; received a classical ident Johnson, and confirmed by the Senate in Janueducation, graduating at Union College in 1806; stud-ary, 1866; continued to discharge the duties of that ied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809, and com- office up to March 4, 1869; was elected a delegate menced practice at Canandaigua; was made master from Dakota in the Forty-first Congress as a Repubin chancery in 1811; served in the war of 1812 as lican nominee, receiving 1,379 votes against 644 votes brigade judge-advocate; was appointed postmaster for Todd, Democrat, 603 votes for Toohy, Indeof Canandaigua in 1814; was assistant attorney-pendent Democrat, 658 votes for Burleigh, Independgeneral for the western part of New York in 1815; ent, and 581 votes for Kidder, People's candidate, was elected a representative from New York in the serving from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1871. Fifteenth Congress as a Democrat, serving from December 1, 1817, to March 3, 1819; was a member of Flats, New York, January 21, 1802; received a clasSpinner, Francis E., was born at German the State House of Representatives 1820-1821, serv-sical education from his father, the Rev. Herr Spining the first year as speaker; was a member of the State Senate 1824-1828; became prominently connected with the anti-Masonic movement, and was appointed by Governor Van Buren special attorney to prosecute, if they could be found, those connected with the alleged abduction of Morgan; was again a member of the State House of Representatives in 1832; was secretary of state, and superintendent of common schools, 1839-1840; was appointed by President Tyler secretary of war October 12, 1841; was transferred to the Treasury Department March 3, 1843, but opposed the annexation of Texas, and resigned May 2, 1844; edited the Revised Statutes of the State of New York; died at Albany, New York, May 18, 1855. Spencer, Joseph, was born at East Haddam, Connecticut, in 1714; was judge of probate in 1753; served as major and lieutenant-colonel in the French war 1758; was a member of the Connecticut Council 1776; was appointed brigadier-general in the Continental army June 22, 1775, and major-general August 9, 1776; resigned June 14, 1778, because Congress had ordered an investigation into his military conduct in Rhode Island in 1777; was a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congress 1779; was elected a member of the Connecticut Council in 1780; and was annually re-elected until he died at East Haddam, Connecticut, January 13, 1789. Spencer, Richard, was born in Maryland; resided at Easton; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Twenty-first Congress as a Clay Democrat, serving from December 7, 1829, to March 3, 1831. Spencer, William B., was born in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, February 5, 1835; received a classical education, graduating at Centenary College, and in the law department of the University of Louisiana; was admitted to the bar in 1857, and practised at Harrisonburg, Louisiana, until 1861; entered the Confederate army as captain of infantry, and served throughout the war; resumed the practice of law, after the war, at Vidalia, Concordia Parish, Louisiana; was elected a representative from Louisiana ner; was cashier of the Mohawk-Valley Bank for twenty years; entered the State volunteer militia as lieutenant, and was successively promoted to the rank of major-general; was auditor of accounts in the naval office of the New-York Custom House 18451849; was elected a representative from New York in the Thirty-fourth Congress as an Antislavery Democrat, receiving 7,618 votes against 5,357 votes for Alexander, Whig, and 3,414 votes for Benton, Proslavery Democrat; was re-clected to the Thirty-fifth Congress as against 6,115 votes for Dodge, Union Whig and Democrat; was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress as a Republican, receiving 14,722 votes a Republican, receiving 12,582 votes against 6,845 cember 3, 1855, until March 3, 1861; was appointed votes for Goodrich, Democrat, and served from Deby President Lincoln treasurer of the United States March 16, 1861; was successively re-appointed by Presidents Johnson and Grant, and resigned July 1, 1875; retired to private life, passing his winters at Florida. chusetts, December 10, 1756; entered a store as clerk, but afterwards acquired a classical education, graduSprague, Peleg, was born in Rochester, Massaating at Dartmouth College in 1786; studied law with Benjamin West of Charlestown, and was admitted to the bar in 1787; commenced practice at Keene, New Hampshire, where he established himDartmouth (now New Bedford), but soon removed to self; was appointed solicitor for Cheshire County in 1794; was elected a representative from New Hampshire in the Fifth Congress (in place of Jeremiah bury Langdon, serving from December 15, 1797, until Smith, resigned) on the second trial, defeating WoodMarch 3, 1799; declined a re-election on account of his health, and died in 1800. chusetts, in 1792; received a classical education, Sprague, Peleg, was born at Duxbury, Massagraduating at Harvard College in 1812; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and practised at Augusta, then at Hallowell; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1821 and 1822; was elected a representative from Maine in the Nineteenth Con gress as a Whig; was re-elected to the Twentieth | re-elected to the Fifth Congress, serving from May 6, Congress, serving from December 5, 1825, to March 1796, to March 3, 1799; was again elected to the Sev3. 1829; was elected a United-States senator from enth Congress, serving from December 7, 1801, to Maine, serving from December 7, 1829, to January March 3, 1803. 1, 1835, when he resigned; removed to Boston, and practised there; was a presidential elector on the Harrison and Tyler ticket in 1840; was United-States judge for the district of Massachusetts 1841-1865; was living in Boston July 1, 1878. Sprague, William (uncle of William Sprague), was born at Cranston, Rhode Island, in 1800; received a good English education; engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits; was for many years a member of the State House of Representatives; was elected a representative from Rhode Island in the Twenty-fourth Congress as a Democrat, serving from December 7, 1835, to March 3, 1837; declined a re-election; was governor of Rhode Island in 1838 and 1839; was elected a United-States senator from Rhode Island (in place of Nathan F. Dixon, deceased), serving from February 18, 1842, to January 17, 1844, when he resigned; was a presidential elector on the Taylor and Fillmore ticket in 1848; died at Providence, Rhode Island, October 19, 1856. Sprague, William, was born in Rhode Island; removed to Michigan, and located at Kalamazoo; was elected a representative from Michigan in the Thirty-first Congress as a Free-Soiler, serving from December 3, 1849, to March 3, 1851; died soon after wards at Kalamazoo. Sprague, William (nephew of William Sprague), was born at Cranston, Rhode Island, September 12, 1830; received an academic education; became largely interested in manufacturing pursuits; was elected governor of Rhode Island in 1861, and, having raised several regiments for the Union army, served with them as brigadier-general in the early part of the war for the suppression of the Rebellion; was elected a United-States senator from Rhode Island as a Republican to succeed James F. Simmons (but, that senator resigning before the expiration of his term, the seat was occupied meanwhile by Samuel G. Arnold, Conservative); he was twice reelected, serving from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1875; resumed the control of his manufacturing establishments. Sprague, William P., was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 21, 1827; received a commonschool education; engaged in mercantile pursuits when quite young, and continued in active business until 1864; was the first president of the First National Bank of McConnellsville; was a member of the State Senate of Ohio in 1860-1861 and 1862-1863; and was elected a representative from Ohio in the Forty-second Congress as a Republican, receiving 11,263 votes against 10,547 votes for J. Cartwright, Democrat, and 148 votes for I. Parker, Prohibitionist; and was re-elected to the Forty-third Congress, receiving 14,350 votes against 11,052 votes for C. L. Poorman, Liberal Republican, serving from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1875. Sprigg, James C., was born in Maryland; received an academical education; removed to Kentucky, and located at Shelbyville; was elected a representative from Kentucky in the Twenty-seventh Congress, defeating Field, serving from May 31, 1841, to March 3, 1843. Sprigg, Michael C., was born in Maryland; resided at Frostburg; was for several years a member of the State House of Representatives; was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; was a presidential elector on the Monroe ticket in 1820; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Twentieth Congress, receiving 416 majority over John Lee; was re-elected to the Twenty-first Congress, serving from December 3, 1827, to March 3, 1831; died at Cumberland, Maryland, December 28, 1845. Sprigg, Richard, was born in Maryland; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Fourth Congress (in place of Gabriel Durall, resigned); was Sprigg, Thomas, was born in Maryland; was elected a representative from Maryland in the Third Congress; was re-elected to the Fourth Congress, serving from December 2, 1793, to March 3, 1797. Springer, William M., was born in Sullivan County, Indiana, May 30, 1836; removed to Illinois with his parents in 1848; graduated at the Indiana State University, Bloomington, in 1858; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859; was secretary of the State Constitutional Convention of Illinois in 1862; was a member of the State legislature of Illinois in 1871-1872; and was elected a representative from Illinois in the Forty-fourth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 10,623 votes against 9,027 votes for Andrew Simpson, Republican, and 2,417 votes for Jonathan B. Turner, Independent Republican; and was re-elected to the Forty-fifth Congress, receiving 17,409 votes against 13,714 votes for David L. Phillips, Republican, serving from October 15, 1877. Spruance, Presley, was born in Delaware in 1785; resided at Smyrna; engaged in mercantile pursuits; was a member of the State Senate, and its president; was elected a United-States senator from Delaware as a Whig, serving from December 6, 1847, to March 3, 1853; died at Smyrna, Delaware, February 13, 1863. Stallworth, James A., was born in Conecuh County, Alabama, April 7, 1822; received a classical education; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1845, and again in 1847; was elected solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit of Alabama in 1849, and re-elected in 1853; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in 1855; was elected a representative from Alabama in the Thirty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,720 majority over McCaskill, Know-Nothing;__and was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress as a Democrat by 3,083 majority, serving from December 1, 1857, until his withdrawal January 21, 1861, after the secession of Alabama; died at Evergreen, Alabama, in 1862. Stanard, Edwin O., was born at Newport, New Hampshire, January 5, 1832; at the age of four years, removed to the Territory of Iowa with his parents, living on a farm, and receiving little more than a common-school education, until, at the age of twenty, he went to St. Louis to seek his fortune; taught school three winters in Illinois, opposite St. Louis, and attended school in the city during the summer; in 1855 graduated at a commercial college, and obtained a clerkship in a commission-house; in 1856 opened a commission-house on his own account, and in a few years opened branch houses in Chicago and New Orleans; in 1865 went also into the milling business at St. Louis, and is now exclusively engaged in that business; was elected lieutenant-governor of the State of Missouri on the Republican ticket in 1868, and served two years; and was elected a representative from Missouri in the Forty-third Congress as a Regular Republican, receiving 5,271 votes against 5,129 votes for W. M. Grosvenor, Liberal Republican and Democrat, serving from December 1, 1873, to March 3, 1875. Stanberry, William, was born in Essex County, New Jersey; was elected a representative from Ohio in the Twentieth Congress as a Jackson Democrat, and re-elected to the Twenty-first and Twentysecond Congresses, serving from December 3, 1827, until March 2, 1833; he addressed a communication to Mr. Speaker Stevenson April 14, 1832, stating that he was waylaid in the street the night previous, "at- tacked, knocked down by a bludgeon, and severely bruised and wounded, by Samuel Houston, late of Tennessee, for words spoken in debate," for which General Houston was brought before the bar of the 66 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY. House, and reprimanded; died at Newark, Ohio, | sentative from Ohio in the Thirty-second Congress January 27, 1872. Standifer, James, was elected a representative for John A. Corwin, Democrat, serving from Deas a Whig, receiving 8,110 votes against 5,181 votes from Tennessee in the Eighteenth Congress as a Whig, serving from December 1, 1823, to March 3, 1825; was again elected in the Twenty-first Congress; was re-elected to the Twenty-second Congress; was re-elected to the Twenty-third Congress, defeating James L. Greene; was re-elected to the Twenty-fourth Congress, serving from December 7, 1829, to March 3, 1837; was re-elected to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died suddenly (when on his way to Washington to take his seat) near Kingston, Tennessee, August 24, 1837. Standiford, Elisha D., was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, December 28, 1831; received a common-school education; studied medicine, and graduated in 1853; was a banker, manufacturer, and farmer; was elected to the State Senate of Kentucky in 1868 and in 1871; and was elected a representative from Kentucky in the Forty-third Congress as a Democrat, receiving 11,179 votes against 5,033 votes for W. P. Boone, Republican, serving from December 1, 1873, to March 3, 1875; was elected president of the Louisville, Nashville, and Great Southern Railroad, and carried on a farm of 1,400 acres near Louisville. Stanford, Richard, was born in North Carolina in 1768; was elected a representative from North Carolina in the Fifth Congress as a Democrat; and was re-elected to the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses, serving from May 15, 1797, to April 9, 1816, when he died at Georgetown, District of Columbia. Stanly, Edward, was born at New Berne, North Carolina; was a student at the Middletown Military Academy; studied law, and was admitted to practice; was elected to the House of Commons of the State legislature in 1844, 1846, and 1848, serving the last term as speaker; was attorney-general of North Carolina in 1847; was elected as a Whig to the Twentyfifth Congress, and re-elected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving from September 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843; was again elected to the Thirty-first Congress, receiving 4,987 votes against 4,940 votes for W. K. Lane, Democrat; was reelected to the Thirty-second Congress, receiving 5,236 votes against 4,936 votes for Thomas Rufiin, Democrat, serving from December 3, 1849, to March 3, 1853; removed to California, where he devoted himself to the law; was recalled from there by President Lincoln in 1862 to act as military governor of North Carolina; after a few months' service he resigned, and returned to California; died at San Francisco July 26, 1872. cember 1, 1851, to March 3, 1853; was again elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress as a Republican, receiving 11,000 votes against 3,350 votes for Dial, Democrat; was re-elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress, receiving 9,756 votes against 6,210 votes for Runkle, Democrat, and 1,239 votes for Glover, American; was re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, receiving 8.716 votes against 5,928 votes for W. Hubbard, Democrat, serving from December 3, 1855, to March 3, 1861; was lieutenant-governor of Ohio in 1862. Stanton), was born in the District of Columbia; Stanton, Frederick P. (brother of Richard H. worked with his father, who was a bricklayer; received by his own exertions a classical education, graduating at Columbia College; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and practised at Memphis, Tennessee; was elected a representative from Tennessee in the Twenty-ninth Congress as a Democrat; was re-elected to the Thirtieth Congress; was re-elected to the Thirty-first Congress, receiving 6,250 votes against 5,799 votes for J. W. Harris, Whig; was re-elected to the Thirty-second Congress, man, Whig; was re-elected to the Thirty-third Conreceiving 6,495 votes against 6,142 votes for Colegress, receiving 5,126 votes against 5,120 votes for Yerger, Whig, serving from December 1, 1845, to March 3, 1855; was appointed governor of Kansas, serving 1858-1861; returned to Washington, and engaged in the practice of law. Stanton, Joseph, was born at Charleston, tenant in the Rhode-Island regiment raised for the Rhode Island, July 19, 1739; served as second lieuexpedition against Canada in 1759; was a member of the General Assembly of Rhode Island 1768-1774; was a member of the Committee of Safety January 28, 1775; was colonel of a Rhode-Island regiment in 1776; was a delegate to the State Convention of 1790 which adopted the Federal Constitution; was elected a United-States senator from Rhode Island as a Democrat, serving from June 25, 1790, to March 2, 1793; was again a member of the State House of Representatives 1794-1800; was elected a representative from Rhode Island in the Seventh Congress as a Democrat on the second trial, receiving 849 majority over Thomas Noyes, Federalist; was re-elected to the Eighth Congress, defeating Elisha R. Potter; was reelected to the Ninth Congress, receiving 1,606 votes of the 1,607 votes cast, serving from December 7, 1801, to March 3, 1807; died at Charleston, Rhode Island. Stanton, Richard H. (brother of Frederick P. ber 9, 1812; received an academic education; studied Stanton), was born at Alexandria, Virginia, Septemlaw; was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice at Maysville, Kentucky; was appointed postmaster, but was removed when General Taylor became President; was elected a representative from Kentucky in the Thirty-first Congress as a Democrat, receiving 7,764 votes against 7,400 votes for John P. Gaines, Taylor Whig; was re-elected to the Thirty-second Congress, receiving 7,649 votes against 6,622 votes for Marshall, Whig; was re-elected to the Thirty-third Congress, receiving 7,583 votes against 7,070 votes for Hodge, Whig, serving from December 3, 1849, to March 3, 1855; was a presidential elector on the Buchanan ticket in 1856; was State attorney for his judicial district in 1858; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at New York in 1868; was elected district-judge, serving 1808-1874. He published and "A Code of Practice." "The Revised Statutes of Kentucky Stanly, John, was born in North Carolina; was a member of the House of Commons from New Berne in 1798, 1799; was elected a representative in the Seventh Congress, serving from December 7, 1891, until March 8, 1803; fought a duel with his predecessor in Congress (Governor Spaight), and mortally wounded him on the fourth fire, September 5, 1802; was pardoned by Governor Williams in 1803; was again elected a representative in the Eleventh Congress, serving from May 22, 1809, until March 3, 1811; was again a member of the House of Commons of North Carolina in 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1819, 1823, 1825, and 1826, serving several times as speaker; he was stricken with paralysis in 1826, and died at New Berne, North Carolina, August 3, 1834. Stanton, Benjamin, was born at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 4, 1809; was reared on a farm until he was seventeen years of age, and then apprenticed to a tailor until he was twenty-one; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834, and commenced practice at Bellefontaine; was a member Fulton County (then a part of Montgomery), New Starin, John H., was born at Sammonsville, of the State Senate in 1841; resigned in 1842, but York, August 27, 1825; received an academic educawas re-elected the same year; was a delegate to the tion; commenced the study of medicine in 1842; State Constitutional Convention; was elected a repre-established and conducted the drug and medicine |