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to the legislature in 1884-'(i, and in 1887 was ap- pointed to the U. S. senate by the governor. The legislature subsequently elected Cliarles J. Faulk- ner, and the senate gave the seat to the latter. Mr. Lucas I'eceived the degree of LL. D. from the University of West Virginia in 18o3. He has obtained a reputation as a pub- lie speaker. He has published " Memoir of John Yates Bell " (Montreal 1865) ; " The Wreath of Eg- lantine and Other Poems," including several by his sister (Baltimore, 1809); " The filaid of Nor- thumberland " (New York, 1879) ; and " Ballads and Madri-

gals" (1884). His

poem " The Land where we were Dreaming," writ- ten in 1865, attracted much attention at the south. LUCAS, George Washington, musician, b. in Glastonbury, Conn., 12 April, 1800; d. in Hamp- shire county, Mass.. about 1880. He studied music for two years under Thomas Hastings in Albany, N. Y., and lectured and taught on this subject throughout the United States and Canada. He delivered more than 1,000 public lectures, taught more than 50,000 people to sing, and ar- ranged and conducted the music on more than 1,000 public occasions. He was pi'esident of the National musical convention in Boston in 1843. He published much music, including an " Ordina- tion Anthem."

LUCAS, John Baptiste Charles, jurist, b. in Normandy, France, in 1762; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 17 Aug.; 1842. He studied law in the Univer- sity of Caen, where he was graduated as D. C. L. in 1782, and after practising his profession in his native land came to the United States in 1784 and settled on a farm near Pittsburg, Pa. He served in the Pennsylvania legislature in 1792-'8, was made a judge of the court of common pleas in 1794, and in 1802 was elected to congress as a Democrat. He was re-elected in 1804, but resigned before taking his seat, and removed to St. Louis, as he had been appointed judge of the U. S. court for the northern district of Louisiana. He was also a member of the commission for the adjust- ment of land-titles in that territory from 1805 till the dissolution of the commission in 1812. After his retirement from the bench. Judge Lucas resid- ed on a farm near St. Louis till his death.

LUCAS, Robert, statesman, b. in Sheppardstown, Va., 1 April, 1781; d. in Iowa City, Iowa, 7 Feb., 1853. His father was a descendant of William Penn, and a captain in the Revolutionary army. The son removed to Ohio in 1800, and rose to the rank of major-general of militia. He was commissioned a captain in the 19th U.S. infantry, 14 March, 1812, and lieutenant-colonel, 20 Feb., 1813, but resigned on 30 June, and served as brigadier-general of Ohio militia in defence of the frontier from 25 July till 19 Sept. of that year. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1814, and in 1832 presided over the Democratic national convention that nominated Andrew Jackson for a second term. Gen. Lucas was governor of Ohio in 1832-'36, and in 1838-'41 was first territorial governor of Iowa. He was an active freemason and a man of strong impulses, but of strict integrity.

LUCAS, Thomas John, soldier, b. in Lawrence- burg, Ind.. 9 Sept.. 1826. His father, Frederick, a native of llennes, France, and a soldier of Napo- leon's later campaigns, came to this country after the battle of Waterloo and settled in Baltimore, Md., where he learned the trade of a watchmaker. He afterward removed successively to Marietta and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he married and passed the rest of his life. The son learned his father's trade, but enlisted for the Mexican war as a drummer-boy in the 4th In- diana volunteers, and rose to be lieutenant and ad- jutant. At the close of the war he resumed his former occupation, which he continued till 1861. He then raised a company, was chosen its captain, and joined the 16th Indiana regiment, of which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. After the battle of Ball's Bluff he covered the retreat of the National forces, crossing the Potomac in the last boat, and was promoted colonel. He opposed Kirby Smith's advance at Richmond, Ky., and then took pait in all the operations around Vicks- burg, where he was wounded three times. After- ward he was ordered to New Orleans and placed at the head of a cavalry brigade, with which he did good service in the Red river expedition, first in the advance, next in covering the retreat of Banks's army to Alexandria, and then in the advance again to the Mississippi. He was promoted brigadier- general of volunteers, 10 Nov., 1864, and com- manded a division of cavalry in the operations around Mobile, investing Fort Blakely, defeating the Confederates at Claiborne, and leading raids into western Florida, southern Georgia, and Ala- bama. He was brevetted major-general of volun- teers on 26 March, 1865, and after his command was mustered out he was ordered to New Orleans, by I'equest of Gen. Sheridan, to await the issue of the threatened complications with the French in Mexico. He left the service on 15 Jan., 1866, and returned to his home. He was employed in the U. S. revenue service in 1875-'81, and from the latter year till 31 Dec, 1885, was postmaster of his native town. In 1886 he was an unsuccessful Re- publican candidate for congress.

LUCE, Stephen Bleecker, naval officer, b. in Albany, N. Y., 25 March, 1827. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1847, and was commissioned lieutenant in 1855, lieutenant-commander in 1862, commander in 1866, captain in 1872, commodore in 1881, and rear-admiral in 1885. In 1862 he served on the frigate "Wabash," which was attached to the blockading squadron on the coast of South Carolina, participating in the battles of Hatteras Inlet and Port Royal; and he commanded a howitzer launch during a reconnoissanee in force and engagement with the Confederates at Port Royal ferry, S. C. He commanded the monitor "Nantucket," of the North Atlantic squadron, in October, 1863, engaged Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter several times, and from 1 Sept., 1864, till 9 June, 1865, commanded the "Pontiac," of the North Atlantic squadron. In January, 1865, he reported to Gen. William T. Sherman at Savannah. Ga., for duty in connection with the army. With difficulty he got the "Pontiac" up Savannah river as far as Sisters' ferry, about forty miles from the city, and protected the pontoon bridge from the Confederate gun-boats while Gen. Henry W. Slocum's command passed into South Carolina. He was on the steam-sloop "Juniata," of the European squadron, in 1869-'70, was president of the U. S. naval war college in 1884-'6, and after June, 1886, he was in command of the North Atlantic station. In July, 1887, he issued a