. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. t Law of the United States. As a member of the House he has secured the same considerationthat was accorded him in the Senate. He was appointed Chairmanof the Committee on the Ee\-ision of the Laws, a position callin- intouse the professional ability for which as a lawyer and a judge he hadlong been distinguished. In 1858 the University of Vermont testified its appreciation ofJudge Poland by conferring on him the honorary degree of Masterof Arts, and in 1861 the degree of Doctor of Laws. In private life Mr. Poland is ve
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. t Law of the United States. As a member of the House he has secured the same considerationthat was accorded him in the Senate. He was appointed Chairmanof the Committee on the Ee\-ision of the Laws, a position callin- intouse the professional ability for which as a lawyer and a judge he hadlong been distinguished. In 1858 the University of Vermont testified its appreciation ofJudge Poland by conferring on him the honorary degree of Masterof Arts, and in 1861 the degree of Doctor of Laws. In private life Mr. Poland is very popular, his conversation spai-k-ling with wit and genial humor. A marked trait is his fearless inde-pendence, which leads him to shun the pursuit of even woithy endsby unworthy means. Says a distinguished jurist of Vermont: • TheState, so far as her interests depend upon the cliaracter of hor courts,and their administration of the law, has suffered irreparable injuryby the transfer of Judge Poland from the chiefship of her Judiciaryto a seat in Congress. 180 ^ n t. ^^^Bu^^-^ ITATHANIEL P. BAXKS. ?^ATIIANIEL P. BANKS was born in Waltham, Massachu-setts, January 30,1819. With no other early education thanJ^^l^ that aiforded by the common schools, he was placed, as soonas he could be of service, at work in a cotton factory of which hisfather was the overseer. He afterward learned the trade of a m:ifcliinist. Joining a dramatic company which was formed among hisassociates, he plajed the prominent parts with so much success, thathe had inducements oifered him to adopt the profession of an preferring another stage, he lectured before political meetings,lyceums, and temperance societies, and afterward became editor of anewspaper in his native place. He was in request as a speaker inthe jiolitical meetings of the Democratic party, and for his servicesreceived an othce under Polks administration in the Boston CustomHouse. In 1S19 he was elected to the House of Representa
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