HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOORAPHV. and was re-clfcted
g*'n«Tal of Mississippi, I8«)8.
was tlio
in
In 187r)-83. 1887-8.» and l!K)l-03 lie a ri'pn'sentative from .Mis»issij)pi to forty-sixth. forty-fifth, forty-fourtli, tifty-H«'C'-
tifty-tirst.
littioth,
forty-B<'v('ntii,
ond* lifty-third and lifty-sfventh congn'ssrs as a (h'inocrat.
Hooker, Edward, naval otlic<r. was born It1822. in Farmin^ton. Conn. 2.1.
JVc.
Frank
Hooker, born .Ian.
1«.
A.,
to
tlio
sea in thf nu'rchant
I
ISC.l. II.July, had a command on the blm-kade otT W ilmingttni;
in
,.
^
^^^H
^^^^^
comnuind
ot
a division of tin- Powliich command he conIn the end of the civil war. promotcti to commander: and the retired lisi. He diitl in
tomnc
tlotilla,
tiniK-d
until
in
1884 he was placed upon urn in Hrooklyn. N.V. Hooker, Edward William, clergyman, author,
was born Nov.
24.
17^4.
in
(Josheri.
In l8i»l5-62 he was pastor of the congregatiojujl church in l-'air Haven, Vi. He was the autlior of Music; and Life of He <|i<-d March ."M. 187'». Tlionuis Hooker. in Fort .tkinson. Wis. Hooker, Ellen Kelley, educator, founder,
Conn.
ti-achcr
i'oultney.
until
graduated She then
taught
in
s
h e in
scli<uds and academies New ii York -itiite and Wisconsin. For ten years sh<' tilled the chair of Knglish in the Le Roy colle^^iate institute. New York, and during l871>-84 was
private
i
principal of the Ingham university of I8S4 slic opened Park Plac*In Uoy. school for hulies at Uatavia. where she 18S8-H7 slie was In taught until 1888. principal of Snin> college at Cornell university; an«l in 18!>7-U"M» was an associate of
the engineering department of the high school at Saginaw. .Midi. In |!l(io ().'{ mIuwas the principal's assistant at the National park seminary of Forest (lien. Md. Since I'.MUJ she hat* Ikhmi a tutor at the National cathedral school in Wiishingtim. D.C.
was
1872-7<5
proseciit-
ing attorney: and in 1878-93 was judge of lblie lifth judicial circuit of Michigan. became «'hief justice of the supreme court by election to fill a vacancy in 1802: in lS!t:i was r»'-electetl for a term of ten years: and again in l!t03 was elected for another term I
of
t«'n
1!M3.
term ending
in
He has contributed extensively
to
years, his
.merican
literature;
He
state.
present
and
prominently
is
the public welfare of bis died -lulv 10, HHI. in .Auburn.
with
ideiititied
NY. Hooker, George Ellsworth, lawyt-r, jiunauthor, was born April 2."». 1801, in Peacham. Vt. In 1883 he graduatetl with A. 1 1, the degre*' of from Amherst college:
iialist.
188.'>
in
graduated
with the degree of LL. H. from Columbia law school:
f
in
l8."il.
supt-rin-
tendent of schools at In Charlotte. Mich. l8rt!»-73 he was a justice of the peace; in
i
was
lsr»7-»»!»
in
was county
edu(-ational w oi k; w a H govenn->s n I84tl:
to
Mich.: and
was born May 2;{. H'M. in Shorehani. 't. iving her education, sue fnt«-red After n
the ))ublic schools in 1847-48: suhsi-quently continuing iter education In Troy conference aca<lemv at
Conn.
then Ohio: Charlotte.
Bryan,
moved
niariii*-,
commanding a shi|i twi'nty-thr«'iwhen years of a^»*. II*' was one i)f tile earli<st for the volunteers naval service in tln' civil war. and was appointed acting niast<
was He
jurist,
received a thorough education in the public schools an«l collegeK of his native stat<'; and was duly admitted to In I8li.)-U«i the bar. he practiced law in
I
was bred
lawyer,
1844, in Hartford.
and
and
18!)0
in
the with degn-e of H.I), friun Yale divinity school. he prae In l88.')-87
graduated
ticed
law
New
in
York City; has traveled
extensivelv
Kurope; and
was an
in
in
18!M)-
writer on the Cliicago Daily Tribiuu*. Since its organization in 11U13 he has been secretary of the City club of Cliicag<». III. He lias made a special study of municijial conditions: ami is the author of valuable contributions «)n that siibject to Anu'rican Ii1(>2
l!1(l.'t-(»0
eclitorial
literature.
Hooker, Herman, clergyman, bookseller, was born in 1804 in Poultney. V't. He was an epis«-opal clergyman: and retire«l from the ministry and became a bookseller in Phihulelphia. He was the author of Family Hook of iVvotion; The Cses of -Adversity: Thoughts and Maxims; The Pori'utlior,
tion of the S(uil: Popular Infidelity; niid Tlie Christian Life a Life of Faith. He died .luly 2."». ISCm, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hooker, Horace, clergyman, author, was born in I7!'3 in Berlin, ("onn. He was for more than twenty years s«'cretary of the Connecticut niissionarv societv: and for
