. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. opponent succeeded, thegovernor would nominate Judge Dewey on the Supreme Bench, one ofthe ablest men in the state, whom many desired to be the judge; butif Mr. Biddle succeeded, that he would nominate one of his own parti-sans. This of course arrayed Judge Dewey and his friends against election. The parties stood a tie on joint ballot, the methodthen of electing president judges. He has now presided over the largest circuit in the state nearly sixyears, and but three o
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. opponent succeeded, thegovernor would nominate Judge Dewey on the Supreme Bench, one ofthe ablest men in the state, whom many desired to be the judge; butif Mr. Biddle succeeded, that he would nominate one of his own parti-sans. This of course arrayed Judge Dewey and his friends against election. The parties stood a tie on joint ballot, the methodthen of electing president judges. He has now presided over the largest circuit in the state nearly sixyears, and but three of his opinions have been reversed by the SupremeCourt. In the spring of 1850, he was solicited to become the senatorial can-didate for the convention to revise and amend the constitution of Indi-ana : very reluctantly he consented and was elected by over two hun-dred majority, although the politics of the district were decidedly againsthim. His course in that body may be found in the published journalsand debates. Mr. Biddle is not unknown to the literary world as an author andpoet of considerable talent. 17. SAMUEL HALL, OF INDIANA. 259 HON. SAMUEL HALL, OF INDIANA. Samuel Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, was born on the 1stof June, 1797, in Somerset county, in the State of Maryland. In theyear 1805, his father moved with his family to the west, and located inJefferson county, Kentucky, where he died in the year 1822. His mother was a Ward, sister of the late David L. Ward, one ofthe most enterprising men of the age, who amassed an immense for-tune by his individual efforts. She still lives in the enjoyment of goodhealth, in the ninety-fifth year of her age. At the time the subject of this memoir was a boy, there were butfew schools in the State of Kentucky. The test of qualifications in ateacher, in those days, was his handwriting. If that was good, no fur-ther inquiries were made. If bad, no qualifications, however exalted,could secure him a place as a teacher. All the
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