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 . company of emergencymen, remained in the service several months, andwas promoted to major of his regiment. He waselected to the senate of Pennsylvania in 1876, andre-elected in 188
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 . company of emergencymen, remained in the service several months, andwas promoted to major of his regiment. He waselected to the senate of Pennsylvania in 1876, andre-elected in 1880. He was the only republican mem-ber of that body who voted in favor of the electoralcommission. He soon became prominent and influen-tial in all the deliberations of the senate, and opposedspecial legislation by interposing constitutional objec-tions, bat advocated the passage of the bill givingcriminals the right to testify in their own behalf, sup-ported legislation for a geodetic survey of the state,and delivered eulogies before the senate on the death ofBayard Taylor and Gov. Bigler. In 1883 he was chos-en a member of congress from the sixth Pennsylvaniadistrict, and in 1884 was re-elected by the largestmajority ever given a candidate in that district. Hewas an influential member of the committees on com-merce, weights and measures, and war claims, andnever missed a final vote on any measure before the. house while he was a representative. Mr. Everhartspent his leisure time in diligent study of the bestworks of literature. He published, in 1863, a volumeof Miscellanies, containing interesting accountsof the people and places he visited abroad. In 1867he issued a collection of poems, also his speeches inbook form, and in 1875 he published The FoxChase, a lively and spirited poem, conveying asplendid idea of the noble chase, the scene laid inChester county, Pa., along the historic died Aug. 33, 1888. EVERHART, Jobn Roskell, surgeon, wasborn in West Chester, P
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