Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . eof Bachelor of Arts in 1865, and received the de-gree of Master of Arts from Yale in 1868. In 1866he engaged in the publishing business which atfirst was confined to the preparation and circulationof maps of the United States. In 1868 the concernentered the general publishing business, which ithas since continued. Mr. Taintor has always beena stanch Republican in politics, and has served asa delegate to two nation
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . eof Bachelor of Arts in 1865, and received the de-gree of Master of Arts from Yale in 1868. In 1866he engaged in the publishing business which atfirst was confined to the preparation and circulationof maps of the United States. In 1868 the concernentered the general publishing business, which ithas since continued. Mr. Taintor has always beena stanch Republican in politics, and has served asa delegate to two national conventions and manystate and local conventions of his party. He wasappointed Commissioner of Emigration for theState of New York in 1881, and held that officeuntil May i88g, serving as President of the Boardduring the latter year. In 1888 he was the Re-publican candidate for Congress in the seventhNew York District. He resigned the Commis-sionership in 18S9 to accept an appointment asone of the Police Justices of the City of New York,and served as such until 1895. Mr. Taintor is amember of the University, Union League, Repub-lican, Colonial and West Side Republican Clubs. N. \INTOR of the City of New York, was President of thelatter institution for five years, was First Vice-President of the Republican County Committeein 1896-189 7. He was one of the organizers and UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 397 for several years a Director of Ihe Astor Place Bankof New York and is now a Director of the RiversideBank of New York, is a Trustee of the United StatesSavings Bank, New York, and is connected withmany other organizations. He married, April 23,1872, Georgiana Strang Holden. Ihey have nochildren. PHELPS, Ziba Bennett Yale in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1870 ; educated at HarryHillman Academy at Wilkesbarre, and St. PaulsSchool, Concord, N. H. ; graduated Yale, 1895; Comp-troller, Security Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Bingham-ton, and interested in other financial enter
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