The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . shall return more than one certificate ofelectoral vote shall be submitted to the judgment and decision of a commissionof fifteen members, composed as follows : Five members each of the Senate andHouse of Representatives, appointed by their respective bodies, and five associ-ate judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, now assigned to the first,third, eighth and ninth circuits ; these four shall select the fifth member. Thejudge longest in co
The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . shall return more than one certificate ofelectoral vote shall be submitted to the judgment and decision of a commissionof fifteen members, composed as follows : Five members each of the Senate andHouse of Representatives, appointed by their respective bodies, and five associ-ate judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, now assigned to the first,third, eighth and ninth circuits ; these four shall select the fifth member. Thejudge longest in commission shall be the president of the same. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Geo. F. Edmunds, Oliver P. Morton, Fred. T. Frelinghuysen, G. Thurman, Thomas F. Bayard, Henry B. Paykb, Eppa Hunton, JosiAH G. Abbott, James A. GARnELD, George F. Hoar. Judges of the Supreme Court. Judge Nathan Clifford, First Circuit.• William Strong, Third Circuit. Samuel F. Miller, Eighth Circuit.• Stephen J, Field, Ninth Joseph P. Bradley, Fifth Circuit. OF AMERICAN TROGRESS. 22*7 SIXTEENTH ??^^WMRrN:?: Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the nineteenth Presi-dent of the United States of America, was born i-a Dela-ware, Ohio, on the fourth of October, 1822. His ancestorssettled in this country in the Seventeenth Century, andthey were held in high esteem and honored as valuedmembers of society. Some of them rendered faithfulservices in the war of the Revolution. The blood thatflowed in their veins belonged to the worlds best type—the blood of noble England and sturdy Scotland. Hegraduated with distinction at Kenyon College at the ageof twenty. He chose the law as a profession, graduating at Har- 228 NATioi^AL hand-boob: vard University Law School in 1845. He immediatelybegan the practice of law in Cincinnati, and soon wasrecognized as one of the most accomplished and brilliantmembers of the profession. In 1858 he was elected and for three
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