The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ; vice-presidentand acting president of Howard university in 1872;president of the Virginia normal and collegiate in-stitute, Petersburg, Va., in 1885 for three years, andnational
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ; vice-presidentand acting president of Howard university in 1872;president of the Virginia normal and collegiate in-stitute, Petersburg, Va., in 1885 for three years, andnational representative from Virginia in 1888 to thefifty-first congress, being seated therein after a contest,Sept. 23,1890. Prof. Langsl on has taken rank as oneof the ablest and most influential and pi-ominentcolored men of the country. Enjoying the best edu-cational advantages, he has achieved by his talent,energy, and worth, the first standing among his raceas lawyer, professor, college president, foreign min-ister, and congressman, these distinctions attestinghis ambition and qualities. In all of these hightrusts he has borne himself so as to win the esteemand confidence of his fellow-citizens. He has madea large number of able and thoughtful addresses,well written, and full of historical illustration, bear-ing upon the elevation of his race, to which he is de-voted. A volume of his addresses under the title of. ^__Ar^ ^}-f OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 329
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