Roswell Hart (August 4,1824 –April 20,1883) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Rochester,he completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1843,where he was a member of Skull and Bones. [1] He studied law,was admitted to the bar in 1847,and engaged in commercial pursuits.
Hart was elected as a Republican to the 39th United States Congress,holding office from March 4,1865,to March 4,1867. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the 40th United States Congress and was superintendent of the Railway Mail Service for the States of New York and Pennsylvania from 1869 to 1876. In 1883 he died in Rochester;interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Skull and Bones,also known as The Order,Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death,is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven,Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the university,Skull and Bones has become a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories.
John Patton Jr. was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Wolf's Head Society is a senior society at Yale University in New Haven,Connecticut. The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale,along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key. Active undergraduate membership is elected annually with sixteen Yale University students,typically rising seniors. Honorary members are elected.
William Henry Washington was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1841 and 1843.
William Barrett Washburn was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863–71) and as the 28th governor of Massachusetts from 1872 to 1874,when he won election to the United States Senate in a special election to succeed the recently deceased Charles Sumner. A moderate Republican,Washburn only partially supported the Radical Republican agenda during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed.
John Hubbard Tweedy was a delegate to the United States Congress from Wisconsin Territory from March 1847 to May 1848 being elected from the Whig Party. He was also the Whig Party nominee in first Wisconsin gubernatorial election,where he lost to Nelson Dewey.
Stephen Wright Kellogg was an American politician,attorney,military officer and judge.
William Singer Moorhead was an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Richard Dudley Hubbard was a United States representative and the 48th Governor of Connecticut.
John Van Voorhis was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Allen Ferdinand Owen was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States Congress.
Lowndes Henry Davis was an American politician who served the state of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1885. He was born on December 13,1836,in Jackson,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri. He graduated from Yale College in 1860,where he was a member of Skull and Bones,and from Louisville University Law School in 1863. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Jackson,Missouri. Between 1868 and 1872,Davis served as state attorney for the tenth judicial district of Missouri. He served as a member of the Missouri constitutional convention in 1875,and as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives between 1876 and 1878.
William Wallace Crapo was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Buffinton. He served slightly more than three terms in congress from November 2,1875 to March 3,1883
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf was an American Civil War Colonel and Congressman from Massachusetts. He became Brigadier General of the First New York Veteran Brigade.
John Edward Seeley was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Theron Rudd Strong was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1839 to 1841,he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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John Andrew Peters was a U.S. Congressman from Maine,and the uncle of John Andrew Peters. He was also Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.