. History of the University of Michigan . e enactment of the twentieth-of-a-mill bill for the aid of the University. He waselected Regent of the University in 1869 for theterm of eight years, and took his seat in the followingJanuary. He resigned this position January 2, 1877,having been elected to the Forty-fifth Congress from the Third Michigan District at the November elec-tion. After serving two terms in Congress, heretired to the practice of the law in the city ofWashington. He is a member of the Grand Armyof the Republic and of the Military Order of theLoyal Legion. His Alma Mater confer
. History of the University of Michigan . e enactment of the twentieth-of-a-mill bill for the aid of the University. He waselected Regent of the University in 1869 for theterm of eight years, and took his seat in the followingJanuary. He resigned this position January 2, 1877,having been elected to the Forty-fifth Congress from the Third Michigan District at the November elec-tion. After serving two terms in Congress, heretired to the practice of the law in the city ofWashington. He is a member of the Grand Armyof the Republic and of the Military Order of theLoyal Legion. His Alma Mater conferred on himin 1901 the Degree of Doctor of Laws. He wasmarried September 27, 1862, to Josephine Pruden,and they have had three children, of whom but onedaughter, Ruth, survives. CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN GRANT was born at Lebanon, York County, Maine, October 25,1835, son of Joseph and Mary (Merrill) was prepared for college at Lebanon, and in1855 entered the University of Michigan, wherehe received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN GRANT For the next three years he taught in the Ann ArborHigh School, serving as principal for the last twoyears. In 1862 he resigned this position and en-listed for the Civil War, going to the front with therank of Captain of the 20th Michigan Infantry. Hesaw very active service, was engaged in many battles,rose to the rank of Colonel, and resigned his com-mission April 12, 1865. He returned to Ann Arbor,and took up the study of the law. He was admitted 194 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN to the Bar in iS66, and began to practise with hisfather-in-law, ex-Governor Felch. He was Post-master of Ann Arbor from 1867 to 1870. In1S70 he was elected to the Lower House of theState Legislature, and was re-elected for the fol-lowing term. He was the author in 1871 of thebill appropriating ^75,000 for the erection of Uni-versity Hall, which became a law and which pro-vided much needed rooms for recitation andadministrative purposes as well as a
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