History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . thy (His Howe,of honora])k ancestry—an im-mediate descendant of John1 lowe, of Marlhorough and Sud-l)nry, Mass. He was born atTurner, jNlaine; became a lawyer;entered the ]\Iaine Legislature, l)Utby reason of failure of health re-moved to Wisconsin ; became cir-cuit court judge in that state; waselected to the U. S. Senate ini860, where he was a prominentfigure during and after the CivilWar for three consecutive terms—18 years. He became Post-master General under President Arthur in Decemlier, 1881, anddied in March,
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . thy (His Howe,of honora])k ancestry—an im-mediate descendant of John1 lowe, of Marlhorough and Sud-l)nry, Mass. He was born atTurner, jNlaine; became a lawyer;entered the ]\Iaine Legislature, l)Utby reason of failure of health re-moved to Wisconsin ; became cir-cuit court judge in that state; waselected to the U. S. Senate ini860, where he was a prominentfigure during and after the CivilWar for three consecutive terms—18 years. He became Post-master General under President Arthur in Decemlier, 1881, anddied in March, 1883. Frank Howes mother was Linda AnnHaines, also of honorable ancestry. One of her forbears in thiscountrv was Hon. Thomas Dudley, colonial governor of Massa-chusetts. She was also a native of JNlaine. iM-anks early educa-tion was acquired at Green Bay, Wis., and at Ripon College,Ripon. Wis., from which place he went to the Cniversity of Michi-gan in the fall of 1867 and entered the class of 70. with which hewas graduated. He then went to Washington, D. C, assisting. DEPARTiMENT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND AkTS. 121 his father as dork to one of the senate coniniittccs of whichSenator Howe was chairman, and afterwards, when his father be-came Postmaster General, he became chief clerk of the Post OfificeDepartment. In the meantime he had taken a law course atColumbian College Law School, Washint^tnn, from which he wasgraduated in 1872. He was admitted to the bar, commenced thepractice of law and subsequently held a responsible positionin the Department of Justice. However, he disliked thepractice of law and hnally removed to New York, wherehe occupied himself in literary work. He was a man ofsuperior intellect and unusual attaimnents, being- an omnivor-ous reader and searcher of great libraries. ()ne of his specialtieswas medieval French literature, and another was metaphysicalspeculations. Jlis first novel, A College Widow, met with aready sale and attracted a good deal o
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