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 . arge circulation. He sold his newspaper interests atLancaster in 1845, when President Polk appointed himsurveyor of the port of Philadelphia. From that yearto 1851 he was editor an
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 . arge circulation. He sold his newspaper interests atLancaster in 1845, when President Polk appointed himsurveyor of the port of Philadelphia. From that yearto 1851 he was editor and publisher of the Penn-sylvanian in Philadelphia, which, under his guid-ance, swayed the councils of the democracy of thestate. He acquired a national reputation for editor-ship similar to that enjoyed by Horace Greeley inNew York, and Thomas Ritchie, of Richmond, 1851 to 1855 he was clerk of the national houseof representatives, and as such it became his duty topreside over the house in 1855 during the two monthscontest for the speakership, which culminated in theelection of Nathaniel P. Banks. For his firmness,dignity and fairness in this position, he won the ap-plause of all parties. He regularli?^ contributed tothe Pennsylvanian from Washington, and in1852-58 was the editor of the Union, the demo-cratic organ at Washington. In 1855, as chairmanof the democratic state central committee, he headed. the Pennsylvania delegation at Cincinnati, and wasmainly instrumental in securing the nomination ofJames Buchanan as president. In 1857 he was nom-inated by the democrats for U. S. senator, but wasdefeated by Simon Cameron. Mr. Forney opijosedthe .administration of President Buchanan, owing tothe latters position on the Kansas question. Trans-ferring his allegiance to Stephen A. Douglas, hebroke off all connection with the administration andendeavored to effect the election of Douglas in 1860,foreseeing with his usual political sagacity the cer-tain defeat of his party up
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