A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . urned to the state legislature,of which he was chosen speaker in 1872,and was re-elected in 1874. In 1876 hewas elected governor of Illinois and at theend of his term he was chosen for a secondterm. He was elected United States senatorin 1883 and twice re-elected. RICHARD JORDAN CATLING, inventor of much note, wasborn in Hertford county. North Carolina,September 12, 1818. At an early age hegave promise of an inventive genius. Thefirst emanation from his mind was theinvention of a screw for the propulsion otwater craft, but on app
A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . urned to the state legislature,of which he was chosen speaker in 1872,and was re-elected in 1874. In 1876 hewas elected governor of Illinois and at theend of his term he was chosen for a secondterm. He was elected United States senatorin 1883 and twice re-elected. RICHARD JORDAN CATLING, inventor of much note, wasborn in Hertford county. North Carolina,September 12, 1818. At an early age hegave promise of an inventive genius. Thefirst emanation from his mind was theinvention of a screw for the propulsion otwater craft, but on application for apatent, found that he was forestalled buta short time by John Ericsson. Subse-quently he invented a machine for sowingwheat in drills, which was used to a greatextent throughout the west. He then stud-ied medicine, and in 1847-8 attendedlectures at the Indiana Medical Collegeat Laporte, and in 184S-9 at the Ohio\ Medical College at Cincinnati. He laterI discovered a method of transmitting power1 through the medium of compressed air. A. COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAriir. 119 double-acting hemp break was also inventedby him. The invention, however, by whichDr. Catling became best known was thefamous machine gun which bears his he brought to light in 1861-62, and onthe first trial of it, in the spring of the latteryear, two hundred shots per minute werefired from it. After making some improve-ments which increased its efficiency, it wassubmitted to severe trials by our govern-ment at the arsenals at Frankfort, Wash-ington and Fortress Monroe, and at otherpoints. The gun was finally adopted byour government, as well as by that of GreatBritain, Russia and others. BENJAMIN RYAN TILLMAN, who wona national fame in politics, was bornAugust II, 1847, in Edgefield county, SouthCarolina. He received his education in theOldfield school, where he acquired therudiments of Latin and Greek, in additionto a good English education. He left schoolin 1864 to join the Confederate army
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