. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . gress from 1841 till 1843, and tookan active part in the debates. He was a presiden-tial elector on the Clay ticket in 1844. and on theTaylor ticket in 1848, and was appointed by Presi-dent Fillmore secretary of the interior, serving from12 Sept., 1850, till 3 March, 1853. He was a dele-gate to the national convention that nominatedMillard Fillmore for the presidency in. 1856. sat inthe Virginia senate from 1857 till 1861. and was amember of the Virginia convention of 1S61. ASan Old Line Whig he opposed the secession of hisstate to the last. Aft
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . gress from 1841 till 1843, and tookan active part in the debates. He was a presiden-tial elector on the Clay ticket in 1844. and on theTaylor ticket in 1848, and was appointed by Presi-dent Fillmore secretary of the interior, serving from12 Sept., 1850, till 3 March, 1853. He was a dele-gate to the national convention that nominatedMillard Fillmore for the presidency in. 1856. sat inthe Virginia senate from 1857 till 1861. and was amember of the Virginia convention of 1S61. ASan Old Line Whig he opposed the secession of hisstate to the last. After the surrender of (Jen. I!-ert E. Lee at Appomattox. he was one of the leadersof the first movement in the south to re-establishpeaceful relations with the U. S. government, andpresided at a mass meeting at Staunton with thatobject on 8 May. 1865. He was elected i congressin the same year, but was excluded by the oathsthat were required. In December. ISiis. he began what was known as the new movement of the STUART STUART 727. committee of nine, which, with the co-operationof President Grant, redeemed the state from mili-tarv rule anil secured the removal of objection-able provisions in the Underwood was rector of the University of Virginia from1876 till 1882. and from 18S4 till 1886, when he re-signed because of advanced age. lie was a member of the board of trustees of the (1 -gia Peabody educational fund, and the last survivor of theFillmore cabinet. Mr. Stuart was for many yearspresident of the Virginia historical society.—Hiscousin, James Ewoll Brown, soldier, b. in Pat-rick county, Va., 6 Feb., 1833 ; d. in Richmond,Va., 12 May, 1864, entered the U. S. militaryacademy after spending two years at Emoryand Henry college, was graduated in 1854, joined the regiment ofmounted riflementhat was then serv-ing in Texas, andtook a creditablepart in actionswith the ApacheIndians. In 1855he was transferred -£ :• xfc, >, , to the 1st I. S. cav- • -r 4v v-v a
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