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APPENDIX

I

The University of Virginia and the Confederacy

(See pages 199-219.)

The following is a partial list of the men furnished
to the civil and military service of the South
by the University. The figures are the dates of entrance
as students:

With the rank of major-general: L. M. Laws '36, John
Bankhead Magruder '25, George W. Randolph '37.

With the rank of brigadier-general: Richard L. T. Beale
'37, John C. Carter '54, Philip St. George Cocke '25, Philip
Cook, Jr. '39, Richard B. Hubbard, Jr. '51, Robert D. Johnston
'60, James H. Lane '56, John R. Liddell '32, Elisha F. Paxton
'48, William H. Payne '48, Davidson B. Penn '56, Lucius E.
Polk '50, Carnot Posey '36, Roger A. Pryor '46, William A.
Quarles '45, Paul J. Semmes '33, John W. Shivers '56, Robert
Q. Taliaferro '54, William Terry '46, Robert Toombs '28,
James A. Walker '54. Williams C. Wickham '37, Louis T.
Wigfall '34, William H. Young '59.

With the rank of colonel: Leopold L. Armant '55, William
Roane Aylett '50, John B. Baldwin '36, Robert J. Barrow '34,
William Randolph Berkeley '59, Pinckney Downie Bowler '55,
Alexander J. Brown '55, Hamilton A. Brown '59, J. Thompson
Brown '52, J. Wilcox Brown '51, William P. Burwell '48,
William Byrd '51, William R. Calhoun '44, George W. Carr
'36, Thomas H. Carter '50, H. G. Charles '30, R. E. Chew '52,
James V. Chilton '60, Richard A. Claybrook '36, James Cochran
'48, Richard Dillard '39, Robert P. Duncan '59, William
Elliott '56, J. P. Fitzgerald '57, William Fort '51, Edward P.
Fristoe '52, Lucian C. Gause '53, Jonathan C. Gibson '50,
William E. Green '45, Roger Gregory '49, Benjamin Gunter
'47, Peter Hairston '53, Bolling Hall, Jr. '59, John W. Hambledon
'54, Daniel H. Hamilton '34, George W. Hansbrough '46,
Julian Harrison '44, Randolph Harrison '46, Hilary A. Herbert

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'54, Thomas H. Hobbs '47, E. Lafayette Hobson '52, John
C. Humphreys '40, Daniel R. Hundley '51, Irwin P. Jones '32,
Egbert J. Jones '39, James F. Jones '39, Theodore A. Jones
'52, Hilary P. Jones '52, Delaware Kemper '49, Franklin W.
Kirkpatrick '55, William C. Knight '36, Edward P. C. Lewis
'54, William M. Lowe '60, John Bowie Magruder '56, Charles
Marshall '46, William J. Martin '51, Rawley W. Martin '55,
Richard L. Maury '57, James M. Mayo '59, John D. Morris
'30, John S. Mosby '50, William P. Munford '35, William
Munford '47, Angus W. McDonald '48, Edward F. McGehee
'35, Alexander D. McNairy '60, Kirkwood Otey '49, Henry
T. Parrish '52, Henry Clay Pate '48, Samuel B. Paul '46,
William Johnson Pegram '60, John E. Penn '59, William A.
Percy '55, William E. Peters '50, Robert L. Y. Peyton '42,
John T. L. Preston '28, R. O. Reynolds '53, Alfred L. Rives
'48, Henry M. Rutledge '58, William C. Scott '29, Pliny
Sheffield '57, Charles R. Skinker '57, James H. Skinner '42,
Thomas Smith '56, Thomas L. Snead '46, Ezra E. Stickley '64,
John C. Summers '59, William B. Tabb '59, Tazewell Taylor
'26, Lawrence B. Taylor '36, John H. Thomas, Jr. '59, John
T. Thornton '43, Stephen D. Thurston '51, Harrison B. Tomlin
'33, Thomas H. Watts '37, Powhatan B. Whittle '47, William
B. Wooldridge '45, William O. Yager '53.

They likewise took conspicuous and important
roles in the civil affairs of the Confederate States.
In the Provisional Congress which assembled at
Montgomery, Alabama, in February, 1861, seven
members had been students at Virginia. They
were:

• Alabama, David P. Lewis '37, Richard W. Walker '38.

• Georgia, Robert Toombs '28.

• Louisiana, Alexander de Clouet '56.

• Mississippi, Wiley P. Harris '36.

• South Carolina, William W. Boyle '36.

• Texas, Louis T. Wigfall '34.

Among the additional members sent to that Congress
upon its assembling at Richmond in July,
1861, were seven alumni, namely:

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In the Confederate Senate there were ten:

Eighteen former students of the University were
members of the first and second Congress of the
Confederate States, from the 22d of February, 1861,
to the overthrow of the Confederacy in April,
1865:

• Alabama, James S. Dickinson '34.

• Georgia, David P. Lewis '37.

• Kentucky, Robert J. Breckinridge '37.

• Louisiana, Lucius J. Dupre '39.

• Mississippi, Henry C. Chambers '39.

• Missouri, Caspar W. Bell '39, William M. Cooke '40, Thomas
  L. Snead '46.

• North Carolina, John A. Gilmer '59.

• South Carolina, Louis M. Ayer '39, William W. Boyce '36.

• Virginia, John M. Baldwin '36, Muscoe R. H. Garnett '38,
  Thomas S. Gholson '26, James P. Holcombe '36, Frederick
  W. M. Holliday '34, Roger A. Pryor '46, Williams C. Wickham
  '37.

President Davis found five of his Cabinet officers
among the alumni of the University:

One of the two Confederate Commissioners to
Europe, James M. Mason, had been a member of
the Board of Visitors of the University, and his secretary,
James Edward McFarland, was a student in
1843.

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In 1864 a commission of three persons, "eminent
in position and intelligence," was appointed to visit
Canada with a view to negotiation with such persons
in the North as might be relied upon to aid in the
attainment of peace. President Davis named
Clement C. Clay of Alabama, James P. Holcombe
of Virginia, and Jacob Thompson of Mississippi,
for this mission. Clay and Holcombe were alumni
of the University.[1] There seems to be some uncertainty
as to the membership of this commission.
Greeley in his "American Conflict" (Vol. II, p. 664)
mentions Clay, Holcombe, and George N. Saunders,
and believed that Clay and Holcombe "had full powers
from Richmond." Mr. Holcombe's daughter,
Mrs. Ada Holcombe Aiken (Alumni Bulletin,
Vol. III, p. 85) coincides with Mr. Greeley, and yet
it seems from Mr. Holcombe's letter to Secretary
Benjamin (Series 4, Vol. 111, 583, War of the
Rebellion) that the former was in Canada, not as a
colleague of Clay and Thompson, but as an agent
of the Confederate Government to secure the return
of escaped prisoners and to provide transportation
to their respective commands within the Confederacy.
For this purpose he made arrangements at
Windsor, Niagara, Toronto, and Montreal to forward
such as might require assistance to Halifax,
from which point they were to be sent to Bermuda.
In regard to Clay and Thompson he said, "I have
availed myself of every opportunity to co-operate
with those gentlemen and I think that I have been
able to render useful service."

They opened a correspondence with Horace
Greeley at Niagara on the 12th of July, 1864, with

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The "Peace Congress" which convened in Washington,
of which ex-President Tyler was president,
was called into existence by this resolution passed by
the legislature of Virginia on the 19th of January,
1861: "Resolved, That on behalf of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, an invitation is hereby extended
to all such States, whether slave-holding or nonslaveholding,
as are willing to unite with Virginia
in an earnest effort to adjust the present unhappy
controversies, in the spirit in which the Constitution
was originally formed, and consistently with its
principles, so as to afford to the people of the slaveholding
States adequate guaranties for the securing
of their rights, to appoint commissioners to meet on
the 4th day of February next, in the city of Washington,
similar commissioners appointed by Virginia,
to consider, and if practicable, agree upon
some suitable adjustment." Two of the commissioners
on the part of Virginia were University of
Virginia men—John W. Brockenbrough '25 and

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In the convention which met in Richmond on the
13th of February, 1861, and on the 17th day of
April passed the ordinance of secession, or, to use
its formal title, "An ordinance to repeal the ratification
of the Constitution of the United States of
America, by the State of Virginia, and to resume all
the rights and powers granted under said Constitution,"
thirty-eight members had been educated in
this University—viz:

Of these, Manilius Chapman, William C. Scott,
and Chapman J. Stuart refused to sign the ordinance
of secession. Scott, however, promptly responded
to the first call of Virginia to arms, was
made colonel, and commanded one of the first Virginia
regiments sent into West Virginia early in the
summer of 1861, and was at Laurel Hill, Rich
Mountain, and Carrick's Ford. He survived the
surrender only a few days.

Four of the six commissioners appointed in April,
1861, to arrange a temporary agreement between

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The convention which passed the ordinance of
secession appointed a commission to audit all claims
for expenditures arising from the organization,
equipment, and support of the land and naval forces
called out for the defense of the Commonwealth.
One of the three commissioners was John Randolph
Tucker '39, Attorney-General of Virginia.

II

Honors in the Jefferson Literary Society

(See p. 243.)

The following list of the final presidents of the
Jefferson Society is complete:

• 1826—Chapman Johnson, Va.

• 1827—S. A. Townes, S. C.

• 1828—R. H. Brown, Va.

• 1829—Robert Toombs, Ga.

• 1830—Wm. B. Napleton, N. J.

• 1831—Benj. F. Randolph, Va.

• 1832—Fairfax Catlett, Va.

• 1833—William D. Hodges, Va.

• 1834—E. Taliaferro, Va.

• 1835—G. W. Trueheart, Va.

• 1836—M. Carleton, Ala.

• 1837—W. G. Gray, Md.

• 1838—R. L. T. Beale, Va.

• 1839—J. A. Strother, Ala.

• 1840—J. H. Oliver, La.

• 1841—Robert L. Dabney, Va.

• 1842—Edmund Randolph, Va.

• 1843—J. F. Kunkel, Md.

• 1844—Tiberius G. Jones, Va.

• 1845—Roscoe B. Heath, Va.

• 1846—Robert J. Morrison, Va.

• 1847—V. E. Shepard, Va.

• 1848—W. B. Woolridge, Va.

• 1849—John A. Broadus, Va.

• 1850—Richard H. Baker, Va.

• 1851—J. D. Pennybacker, Va.

• 1852—George L. Gordon, Va.

• 1853—James William Morgan,
  Va.

• 1854—William R. Aylett, Va.

• 1855—Jas. Taylor Jones, Ala.

• 1856—Creswell Garlington,S.C.

• 1857—Edward C. Preston, La.

• 1858—William G. Field, Va.

• 1859—W. M. Dwight, S. C.

• 1860—P. J. Glover, Ala.

• 1861-66—Suspended during
  the war.

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• 1867—W. W. Foote, Tenn.

• 1868—J. B. Gantt, Ga.

• 1869—Shepard Barclay, Mo.

• 1870—S. P. Dendy, S. C.

• 1871—G. C. Hume, Md.

• 1872—Moses L. Wicks, Tenn.

• 1873—B. C. Wicks, Md.

• 1874—Frederick F. Reese, Md.

• 1875—Benj. Fitzpatrick, Ala.

• 1876—H. H. Downing, Va.

• 1877—J. Allen Southall, Va.

• 1878—L. W. Gunther, Md.

• 1879—George D. Fawsett, Md.

• 1880—Pembroke L. Thom, Md.

• 1881—Floyd Hughes, Va.

• 1882—W. C. Eustis, D. C.

• 1883—J. Hunter Pendleton, Va.

• 1884—J. R. Anderson, Ga.

• 1885—R. C. Taylor, Md.

• 1886—Francis R. Lassiter, Va.

• 1887—G. Wayne Anderson, Ga.

• 1888—W. J. H. Bohannon, Va.

• 1889—G. Gordon Battle, N. C.

• 1890—Raleigh C. Minor, Va.

• 1891—R. Spratt Cockrell, Fla.

• 1892—J. Gordon Leake, Va.

• 1893—Murray M. McGuire, Va.

• 1894—Joseph A. Massey, Va.

• 1895—Hollins N. Randolph, Va.

• 1896—George Nelms Wise, Va.

• 1897—Walter T. Oliver, Va.

• 1898—Charles W. Miller, Ky.

• 1899—Joseph C. Taylor, Va.

• 1900—W.T.Shannonhouse,N.C.

• 1901—J. Lindsey Heard, Va.

• 1902—James Hay, Jr., Va.

• 1903—C. R. Williams, Va.

• 1904—J. A. Williams, Va.

• 1905—J. A. Shiskmanian, Ky.

This is a list of the readers as far as it can be
constructed now:

• 1847—S. B. Paul, Va.

  Edward Warren, N. C.

• 1849—George L. Gordon, Va.

  John T. Points, Va.

• 1851—William R. Aylett, Va.

  Charles T. Friend, Va.

  B. O. Holman, Ala.

• 1854—D. B. DeSaussure, S. C.

  John L. Sehon, Ky.

• 1856—Robert Wilson, S. C.

  C. T. Goolrick, Va.

• 1857—James C. Turner, Ala.

• 1858—A. Q. Holladay, Va.

• 1860—Robert Falligant, Ga.

• 1869—S. P. Luck, Va.

The following list of anniversary, or intermediate,
orators is as nearly complete as can be made at this
time:

• 1831—Charles Minor, Va.

• 1832—Thomas Semmes, Va.

• 1834—Robert J. Davis, Va.

  O. N. Ogden, La.

• 1836—W. W. Boyce, S. C.

  Joseph D. Shields, Miss.

• 1838—R. B. Gooch, Va.

• 1839—Joseph D. Shields, Miss.

• 1840—Thomas B. Bird, S. C.

• 1841—W. M. Cook, Va.

  J. H. Parkhill, Fla.

• 1842—John C. Rutherford, Va.

• 1846—J. S. Meredith, Va.

• 1847—L. J. Bell, Va.

• 1848—Marmaduke Johnson, Va.

• 1849—John Lyon, Va.

  James A. Latane, Va.

• 1850—J. Peyton Clark, Va.

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• 1851—J. Preston White, Va.

• 1852—J. W. Hutcheson, Va.

• 1853—J. B. Collins, Mo.

  W. M. Fishback, Va.

• 1855—O. Shepperson, Va.

• 1857—K. Kemper, Va.

• 1859—J. P. Sheffey, Va.

• 1860—W. R. Berkeley, Va.

• 1867—Thomas H. Burke, Va.

• 1868—W. T. Burdett, Va.

• 1869—C. F. McKesson, N. C.

These are the final orators, as far as can be learned
now:

• 1837—Thomas L. Walker, Ala.

• 1838—B. Johnson Barbour, Va.

• 1839—Alex. Walker, Va.

• 1840—J. H. Parkhill, Fla.

• 1844—J. T. Thornton, Va.

• 1845—P. H. Aylett, Va.

  V. E. Shepherd, Va.

  H. St. G. Tucker, Va.

• 1847—John A. Broadus, Va.

• 1849—F. W. M. Holliday, Va.

  Robert G. H. Kean, Va.

• 1850—George L. Pollard, Va.

• 1851—W. T. H. Baylor, Va.

  J. Stuart Brown, Va.

• 1852—Daniel B. Lucas, W. Va.

• 1854—W. W. Gordon, Va.

• 1856—Albert Richie, Md.

• 1857—Daniel Cosby, Jr., Va.

  Joseph H. Hodgson, Va.

• 1858—John Johnson, S. C.

• (1859-61—No record.)

The debater's medal was established during the
session of 1856-57, and there is record of the awards
mentioned below. Beginning with the year 1867
the honor men are mentioned in conjunction:

• 1858—Charles S. Stringfellow, Va.

• 1859—None recorded.

• 1860—James M. Boyd, Va. [The war suspended the Society
  during 1861-65.]

• 1867—Alex. P. Humphrey, Ky., debater; Thomas H. Burke,
  Va., orator.

• 1868—Ernest W. Duncan, W. Va., debater; William T. Burdett,
  W. Va., orator.

• 1869—W. W. Adams, Va., debater; T. T. Singleton, Miss.,
  orator.

• 1870—No record.

• 1871—H. H. Martin, Va., debater; G. E. Nelson, Va., orator.

• 1872—Henry T. Kent, Va., debater; L. M. Elder, Tenn.,
  orator.

• 1873—J. S. Williams, Tenn., debater; W. R. Alexander, Va.,
  orator; T. W. Strange, N. C., declaimer.

• 1874—J. E. Powell, Mo., debater; M. W. Ransom, Jr., N. C.,
  orator (vice Roger Johnson, resigned).

  [This year efforts were made in the Jefferson as well
  

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  as the Washington to abolish the medal system, it
  being alleged that to it was due the violent partisan
  spirit which often prevailed in the societies.]

• 1875—Leo N. Levi, Texas, debater; A. M. Robinson, Texas,
  orator (vice Lyon G. Tyler, Va., resigned).

• 1876—Bernard Peyton, Va., debater; A. P. Thom, Va., orator
  (vice Lyon G. Tyler, Va., resigned).

• 1877—A. G. Stuart, Va., debater; C. A. Culberson, Texas,
  orator.

• 1878—Dudley G. Wooten, Texas, debater; F. T. Glasgow, Va.,
  orator.

• 1879—P. A. Bruce, Va., debater; Wyndham R. Meredith, Va.,
  orator.

• 1880—William Cabell Bruce, Va., debater; Thomas Woodrow
  Wilson, N. C., orator.

• 1881—W. S. Lefevre, Md., debater; Robert W. Mallet, Va.,
  orator.

• 1882—Charles W. Kent, Va., debater; William P. Trent,
  orator.

• 1883—M. C. Pope, debater; no orator's medal awarded.
  [Mr. Pope was called from the University before the
  commencement, leaving the society without a speaker
  for its celebration. William P. Trent and Robert W.
  Mallet filled the vacant places on the program.]

• 1884—F. W. Gregory, Miss., debater; John B. Henneman, S.
  C., orator.

• 1885—W. B. Richards, Va., debater; F. R. Lassiter, Va.,
  orator.

• 1886—G. W. Anderson, Ga., debater; C. A. Swanson, Va.,
  orator.

• 1887—U. W. Muir, Ky., debater; M. S. Macon, La., orator.

• 1888—J. L. Kelley, Va., debater; J. G. Scott, Va., orator.

• 1889—Charles P. Fenner, La., debater; W. S. Hamilton, Ga.,
  orator.

• 1890—P. H. C. Cabell, Jr., debater; E. L. Boyle, Tenn.,
  orator.

• 1891—William G. Peterkin, W. Va., debater; Henry Lewis
  Smith, N. C., orator.

• 1892—No award of debater's medal; L. H. Machen, Va.,
  orator.

• 1893—Lewis H. Machen, Va., debater; Benjamin Franklin
  Martin, Va., orator.

• 1894—No award of debater's medal; Hugh M. Dorsey, Ga.,
  orator.

• 1895—No award of debater's medal; W. K. Allyn, Va., orator.

• 1896—Henry A. Hopkins, Texas, debater; W. S. Hancock,
  Va., orator.

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• 1897—Albert Fink, Ark., and Walter T. Oliver, Va., debaters;
  Henry A. Hopkins, Texas, orator.

• 1898—H. W. Mayo, Va., debater; Joseph C. Taylor, Va.,
  orator.

• 1899—E. Reinhold Rogers, Va., debater; George P. Bagby,
  Va., orator.

• 1900—S. E. Bradshaw, Ky., debater; Wm. C. Munroe, Fla.,
  orator.

• 1901—J. Littleton Jones, Ga., debater; T. D. Savage, N. C.,
  orator.

• 1902—Wythe L. Kinsolving, Va., orator.

• 1903—John D. McInnis, Miss., orator.

• 1904—Roger B. Wood, debater; Joseph S. Lawton, Ky.,
  orator.

• 1905—John A. Shishmanian, Ky., orator.

III

Honors in the Washington Literary Society

(See p. 249.)

The final presidents from the beginning to the
present, as far as can be ascertained, have been:

• 1844—J. F. Wooten, N. C.

• 1845—Presley C. Lane, Ala.

• 1846—George A. Hall, Ga.

• 1847—William H. F. Hall, Ga.

• 1848—J. F. Marshall, Miss.

• 1849—John L. Cochran, Va.

• 1850—Frederick Floyd, Va.

• 1851—Frank V. Winston, Va.

• 1852—J. F. Deloney, Ala.

• 1853—Edward S. Joynes, Va.

• 1854—George B. Talyor, Va.

• 1855—Virginius Dabney, Miss.

• 1856—John M. Bolling, Va.

• 1857—Algernon S. Epes, Va.

• 1858—Thomas U. Dudley, Va.

• 1859—Edward L. Martin, Del.

• 1860—C. W. Wilson, Va.

• 1861-1865—Suspended during
  the war.

• 1866—Micajah Woods, Va.

• 1867—C. J. Faulkner, W. Va.

• 1868—W. O. Harris, W. Va.

• 1869—S. T. Phillips, Va.

• 1870—J. C. McKennie, Va.

• 1871—Barnett Gibbs, Texas.

• 1872—Walter G. Charlton, Ga.

• 1873—Richard H. Maury, Miss.

• 1874—Thomas L. Raymond, La.

• 1875—Benjamin Johnson, Va.

• 1876—Fred. E. Conway, Ark.

• 1877—Frank P. Farish, Va.

• 1878—V. M. Potter, Ky.

• 1879—None recorded.

• 1880—John F. B. Beckwith, Ga.

• 1881—S. J. Shepherd, Tenn.

• 1882—W. D. Toy, Va.

• 1883—W. T. Turnbull, Fla.

• 1884—J. I. Van Meter, Ohio.

• 1885—C. H. Fauntleroy, Va.

• 1886—Lewis M. G. Baker, Va.

• 1887—W. E. Allen, Va.

• 1888—S. L. Kelley, Va.

• 1889—F. M. Simonton, Fla.

• 1890—Charles F. Coleman, Fla.

• 1891—George N. Conrad, Va.

• 1892—Robert F. Leach, Md.

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• 1893—Allen P. Gilmour, Ky.

• 1894—J. Bernard Handlan, Va.

• 1895—Joseph T. Allyn, Va.

• 1896—Alex. Scott Bullitt, Ky.

• 1897—Frank Grey Newbill, Va.

• 1898—Charles N. Joyce, Md.

• 1899—Patrick H. Aylett, Va.

• 1900—E. H. Fulton, Va.

• 1901—J. D. Hauk, Va.

• 1902—W. C. Latimer, S. C.

• 1903—R. H. Latham, Va.

• 1904—John S. Flory, Va.

• 1905—T. M. Wampler, Va.

The readers from 1838, until the intermediate
celebration was eliminated from college exercises,
were:

• 1838—Robert B. Ridley, N. C.

• 1846—Thomas J. Sharp, Miss.

• 1847—W. A. Quarles, Ky.

• 1848—William H. F. Hall, Ga.

• 1849—Daniel Lyon, Jr., Va.

• 1850—Frank V. Winston, Va.

• 1851—R. S. Henson, Va.

• 1852—A. B. Evans, Va.

• 1853—H. A. Carrington, Va.

• 1854—R. M. Mallory, Va.

• 1855—Theo. W. Brevard, Fla.

• 1856—S. Wellford Corbin, Va.

• 1857—Thomas U. Dudley, Va.

• 1858—T. G. Wertenbaker, Va.

• 1859—J. William Jones, Va.

• 1860—Arthur J. Arnold, Va.

• 1861—William H. Henson, Va.

• 1866—Edmund C. Minor, Va.

• 1869—J. G. Rogers, Md.

In the list of "intermediate orators" about the
same gap occurs as in the readers—from 1839 to
1846 inclusive. Thereafter no break appears until
1861-65:

• 1836—James T. Sharp, Va.

• 1837—Alexander Walker, Va.

• 1838—Robt. S. Hamilton, Va.

• 1839—J. B. Bird, S. C.

• 1847—Thomas Sharp, Miss.

• 1848—John Griffin, Miss.

• 1849—John Hart, Va.

• 1850—Fernando R. Farrar, Va.

• 1851—Alex. N. Jordan, Va.

• 1852—P. S. Henson, Va.

• 1853—Wm. D. Thomas, Va.

• 1854—George B. Taylor, Va.

• 1855—A. E. Dickinson, Va.

• 1856—Thomas T. Jones, Va.

• 1857—Erasmus K. Harris, Va.

• 1858—Littleton J. Haley, Va.

• 1859—T. W. Mason, Va.

• 1860—S. Taylor Martin, Va.

• 1861—Alex. W. Weddell, Va.

• 1866—William T. R. Bell. Va.

• 1867—Saml. McKinney, Tenn.,

• 1869—Rich. S. Jeffories, Va.

The valedictorians:

• 1839—J. P. Holcombe, Va.

• 1840—Thomas Slaughter, Va.

• 1846—Thomas Sharp, Miss.

• 1847—Robert C. Saffold, Miss.

• 1848—Smith C. Daniell, Va.

• 1849—Wm. Pope Dabney, Va.

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• 1850—Thomas W. Haynes, Va.

• 1851—Samuel Garland, Va.

• 1852—W. B. Newton, Va.

• 1853—H. A. Carrington, Va.

• 1854—H. Embry Merritt, Va.

• 1855—Wilson S. Newman, Va.

• 1856—Given Campbell, Ky.

During the session of 1856-57 the Washington
Society instituted a debater's medal and after the
war the orator's medal. In the following list the debaters
are all medalists and the orators medalists
after 1869:

• 1857—Given Campbell, Ky., debater; Robert Davis, Va.,
  orator.

• 1858—Alexander B. Cochran, Va., debater; Llewellyn Southgate,
  Va., orator.

• 1859—Douglas F. Forest, Va., orator.

• 1860—William Allen, Va., debater; William Frederick Ogden,
  La, orator.

• 1861—Celebration abandoned, and no medal awarded; J. W.
  Harris had been appointed orator before the decision
  to suspend.

• 1866—John S. Wise, Va., debater; J. N. Dunlop, Va., orator.

• 1867—David S. Pierce, Va., debater; Charles E. Sears, Va.,
  orator.

• 1868—S. M. Wynne, Ga., debater; S. McKinney, Tenn., orator.

• 1869—No record.

• 1870—Linden Kent, Va., debater.

• 1871—E. H. Farrar, La., debater; G. E. Penn, Va., orator.

• 1872—H. A. Collum, La., debater; C. A. Jenkins, Miss., orator.

• 1873—F. R. Graham, La., debater; J. N. Stephenson, Va.,
  orator.

• 1874—John S. Brooks, Va., debater; R. S. Saulsbury, Ga.,
  orator.

• 1875—C. E. Nicol, Md., debater; H. C. Stuart, Va., orator.

• 1876—T. E. Blakey, Va., debater; J. G. Colley, Ga., orator.

• 1877—J. F. Ellison, Va., debater; Junius Rochester, Ky.,
  orator.

• 1878—Richard A. Jackson, Md., debater; Benjamin F. Long,
  N. C., orator.

• 1879—Not organized this year.

• 1880—No award.

• 1881—W. W. Wilkinson, Ala., debater; F. M. O. Fenn, Texas,
  orator.

• 1882—H. P. Lawther, Texas, debater; H. G. Peters, Va.,
  orator.

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• 1883—W. B. Eldridge, Tenn., debater; W. G. Winstock, Va.,
  orator.

• 1884—L. H. Pugh, La., debater; B. H. Lee, Miss., orator.

• 1885—W. H. Bryant, Va., debater; W. J. Shelburne, Va.,
  orator.

• 1886—R. G. Bickford, Va., debater; J. G. Covington, Ky.,
  orator.

• 1887—J. B. Gibson, Miss., debater; T. E. Ryals, Ga., orator.

• 1888—L. G. M. Baker, Va., debater; F. Causey, Va., orator.

• 1889—J. A. Barclay, Ky., debater; F. W. Weaver, Va., orator.

• 1890—R. M. Banks, Jr., Miss., debater; G. N. Conrad, Va.,
  orator.

• 1891—Charles F. Spencer, Ky., debater; Henry A. Etheridge,
  Ga., orator.

• 1892—Robert E. Cofer, Texas, debater; Harris L. Moss, Va.,
  orator.

• 1893—John Henry Nininger, Va., debater; Algernon B.
  Chandler, Va., orator.

• 1894—Charles R. Frankum, Va., debater; Edward L. Greever,
  Va., orator.

• 1895—J. R. Rew, Va., debater; A. E. Strode, S. C., orator.

• 1896—G. W. Holland, Va., debater; Clyde W. Portlock, Tenn.,
  orator.

• 1897—Preston W. Campbell, Va., debater; Charles N. Joyce,
  Md., orator.

• 1898—C. L. Kagey, Va., debater; D. S. Burleson, Va., orator.

• 1899—J. Douglass Mitchell, Va., debater; A. Leo Obendorfer,
  Va., orator.

• 1900—Arthur J. Morris, Va., debater; Roscoe C. Nelson, Va.,
  orator.

• 1901—E. B. Setzler, S. C., debater and orator.

• 1902—Thos. W. Halloman, Miss., inter-society debater; J. S.
  Barron, Va., debater.

• 1903—W. C. Latimer, S. C., inter-society debater; W. T.
  Anglin, Va., orator.

• 1904—H. M. Roberts, Ky., orator.

• 1905—Lee Bidgood, Va., inter-society debater; Samuel W.
  Edmondson, Va., orator.

In 1896 Dr. James A. Harrison provided a trophy
to be contested for by the Jefferson and Washington
literary societies. It is a solid silver laurel wreath
encircling a copper scroll for the names of the winning
contestants. Thus far the record is:

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Washington Society.

• 1896—C. W. Portlock.

• 1898—E. B. Setzler.

• 1901—J. P. McConnell.

• 1903—W. M. James.

  John C. Myers.

• 1905—J. W. Wayland.

  J. I. Viney.

Jefferson Society.

• 1897—Walter T. Oliver.

  Albert Fink.

• 1902—Irvin W. Ayres.

  F. W. Gwathmey.

• 1904—Roger B. Wood.

  J. A. Williams.

IV

Magazine Medalists

(See p. 258.)

• 1858—John Johnson, Charleston, S. C., subject, "Drudgery and
  Leisure."

• 1859—James McDowell Graham, Lexington, Va., "The Worship
  of Nature."

• 1860—Leigh Robinson, Washington, D. C., "What Will He Do
  With It?"

• 1868—A. M. Miller, Petersburg, Va., "The Bacchal of Euripides."

• 1870—Charles Wickliffe Yulee, Fernandina, Fla., "Michael
  Angelo."

• 1872—Thomas A. Seddon, Fredericksburg, Va., "The Ballad
  of the Ancient Mariner."

• 1873—R. T. W. Duke, Jr., Charlottesville, Va., "Old Letters."

• 1874—William W. Thum, Louisville, Ky., "The Death of Marlowe."

• 1875—Marcus B. Almond, Charlottesville, Va., "Glendower."

• 1876—Leo N. Levi, Galveston, Texas, "Charles II and His
  Times."

• 1877—William P. Kent, Virginia, "The Moral Significance of
  the American Centennial."

• 1878—Dudley G. Wooten, Texas, "Uncrowned Heroes."

• 1879—Walter S. Lefevre, Maryland, "Queen Mab: A Study
  in Shelley."

• 1880—William Cabell Bruce, Virginia, "John Randolph."

• 1881—Samuel H. James, Louisiana, "Diogenes Teufelsdrockh."

• 1883—James Gazaway Ryals, Georgia, "Tennyson and The
  Idyls of the King."

• 1885—Blewitt H. Lee, Mississippi, "Shakespeare's Songs."

• 1886—John Singleton Mosby, Virginia, "The Story of the
  Nile."

• 1887—Frank E. Corbett, Texas, "Napoleon III."

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• 1888—Ernest M. Stires, Virginia, "The Eastern Question."

• 1889—Thomas Longstreet Wood, Virginia, "Life in Shiflet's
  Hollow."

• 1890—H. Snowden Marshall, Maryland, "A Crusade by
  Turks."

• 1891—Stuart-Menteth Beard, Louisiana, "Essex and Bacon."

• 1892—Charles Trotter Lassiter, Virginia, "The Parliament of
  Man."

• 1893—Charles Hall Davis, Virginia, "The Chief of Women
  Poets."

• 1894—J. Spottiswood Taylor, Virginia, "An Unenterprising
  Fellow."

• 1895—John Handy Hall, Virginia, "Marah."

• 1896—Schuyler Poitevent, Mississippi, "The Strange Music of
  Biloxi Bay." Story.

  J. Pierce Bruns, Louisiana, Translation medal.

• 1897—Morris P. Tilley, Virginia, "Coffee Houses and Coffee
  Drinkers." Essay.

  Mayer L. Halff, Texas, Translation medal.

  J. Pierce Bruns, Louisiana, Original Verse medal.

• 1898—E. L. Grace, Virginia, "Sidney Lanier." Essay.

  L. P. Chamberlayne, Virginia, Translation medal.

  J. W. Rice, Texas, Original Verse medal.

  J. W. Rice, Texas, "A Sketcher of Skulls." Story.

• 1899—Carol M. Newman, Virginia, "Some Charms of Kipling."
  Essay.

  Philip F. DuPont, Delaware, Original Verse medal.

  Morris P. Tilley, Virginia, "The Body-Snatching of Mr.
  Peppers." Story.

• 1901—Carol M. Newman, Virginia, "P. R. R. 1313." Story.

• 1902—John W. Wayland, Virginia, "Two Elements of a Literary
  Atmosphere, and Virginia's Title to Them."
  Essay.

• 1902—Robert B. Tunstall, Virginia, "A Victim of Chivalry."
  Story.

  Leonidas R. Whipple, Missouri, "Is the Literary Centre
  of the United States Moving Westward?" Essay.

• 1903—W. McC. James, Maryland, "A Strange Case." Story.

  E. N. Calisch, Virginia, "The Settlement at Jamestown."
  Essay.

• 1904—W. McC. James, Maryland, "The Syndicate of Crime."
  Story.

• 1905—James C. Bardin, Virginia, "The Last Crime." Story.

  A. Frederick Wilson, New Jersey, "Poetry and the
  Present Day." Essay.

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The original verse medal was won by Lewis P.
Chamberlayne of Virginia in 1902, H. R. Denton of
New York in 1903, by John W. Wayland of Virginia
in 1904, and by A. Frederick Wilson of New
Jersey in 1905.

The Colonial Dames of Virginia give a prize in
money each year for the best essay appearing in the
magazine on some subject related to colonial Virginia
history. These have been won by John W.
Wayland in 1901, C. C. Wright in 1902, John I.
Viney in 1903, Robert H. Webb in 1904, and by
John W. Wayland in 1905. All of the winners of
this prize have thus far been Virginians.

Mr. William Jennings Bryan has established a
prize for the best essay in the magazine on the
theory of government. The winners thus far have
been John W. Wayland (successful twice), and R.
H. Latham of Virginia.

V

Religious Leaders

(See p. 317.)

Chaplains to the University for the sessions
named:

• 1829-30—Smith, Presbyterian.

• 1830-32—No chaplain.

• 1832-34—William Hammett, Methodist.

• 1834-35—N. H. Cobbs, Episcopalian.

• 1835-36—Robert Ryland, Baptist.

• 1836-37—S. Tustin, Presbyterian.

• 1837-38—J. P. B. Wilmer, Episcopalian.

• 1838-39—D. S. Doggett, Methodist.

• 1839-40—James B. Taylor, Baptist.

• 1840-41—Wm. S. White, Presbyterian.

• 1841-42—W. M. Jackson, Episcopalian.

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• 1842-43—Leonidas Rosser, Methodist.

• 1843-44—E. G. Robinson, Baptist.

• 1844-45—Wm. S. White, Presbyterian.

• 1845-46—W. D. Jackson, Episcopalian.

• 1846-47—Jacob Manning and D. Wood, Methodist.

• 1847-49—J. R. Scott, Baptist.

• 1849-51—Wm. H. Ruffner, Presbyterian.

• 1851-52—W. W. Bennett and B. Gibson, Methodist.

• 1852-53—B. Gibson, Methodist.

• 1853-55—Wm. D. Hanson, Episcopalian.

• 1855-57—John A. Broadus, Baptist.

• 1857-59—Dabney C. Harrison, Presbyterian.

• 1859-61—J. C. Granbery, Methodist.

• 1861-65—No chaplain. J. C. Granbery for the term of
  1861-63, Methodist, and J. C. McCabe 1863-65, but
  neither officiated.

• 1865-67—J. S. Lindsay, Methodist.

• 1867-69—Peter Tinsley, Episcopalian.

• 1869-71—George B. Taylor, Baptist.

• 1871-73—T. D. Witherspoon, Presbyterian.

• 1873-75—S. A. Steele, Methodist.

• 1875-77—Robert J. McBride, Episcopalian.

• 1877-79—A. B. Woodfin, Baptist.

• 1879-81—Clement R. Vaughan, Presbyterian.

• 1881-83—J. T. Whitley, Methodist.

• 1883-85—Otis R. Glazebrooke, Episcopalian.

• 1885-87—George B. Taylor, Baptist.

• 1887-89—James M. Rawlings, Presbyterian.

• 1889-91—Collins Denny, Methodist.

• 1891-93—James L. Lancaster, Episcopalian.

• 1893-95—J. Wm. Jones, Baptist.

• 1895-96—A. R. Cocke, Presbyterian.

• 1896-97—L. C. Vass [died before entering on his service].

Presidents of the Y. M. C. A. for the sessions ending
in the years named:

• 1859—John Johnson, Episcopalian; Thomas Hume, Baptist.

• 1860—Isaac Heiskell, Presbyterian; George Vaughan, Methodist.

• 1861—James M. Garnett, Episcopalian; Powell Grady, Baptist.

• 1861-65—Period of the civil war.

• 1866—A. Frederick Fleet, Baptist; Robert Stiles, Presbyterian.

• 1867—James Drake, Methodist; F. H. Burke, Episcopalian.

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• 1868—Charles Taylor, Baptist; Whitefield Erving, Presbyterian.

• 1869—P. H. Baskerville, Episcopalian.

• 1870—W. R. Barksdale, Baptist; W. R. Atkinson, Presbyterian.

• 1871—J. W. C. Davis, Methodst; A. S. Johns, Episcopalian.

• 1872—James P. Harrison, Baptist; F. P. Huntington, Presbyterian.

• 1873—F. Marvin, Methodist; C. H. Cocke, Episcopalian.

• 1874—Nelson Waller, Baptist; W. M. Rogers, Presbyterian.

• 1875—Edward Saunders, Episcopalian; W. D. Toy, Baptist.

• 1876—William McK. Murrell, Methodist; Charles W. Dabney,
  Presbyterian.

• 1877—Henry Harris, Baptist; E. L. Goodwin, Episcopalian.

• 1878—W. B. Taylor, Baptist; J. C. Lamb, Episcopalian.

• 1879—J. C. Lamb, Episcopalian; J. G. Shackelford, Episcopalian.

• 1880—Samuel B. Woods, Presbyterian, [both terms].

• 1881—R. A. Robinson, Presbyterian; Walter D. Toy, Baptist.

• 1882—W. J. Bingham, Presbyterian; G. H. Smith, Methodist.

• 1883—James G. Ryals, Baptist; W. J. Bingham, Presbyterian.

• 1884—C. H. Fauntleroy, Episcopalian; C. M. Bradbury,
  Methodist.

• 1885—W. C. Whitescarver, Baptist; C. C. Cox, Baptist.

• 1886—C. W. Sams, Episcopalian; J. A. Ingle, Episcopalian.

• 1887—J. S. Davis, Episcopalian; H. L. Smith, Presbyterian.

• 1888—C. M. Bradbury, Methodist; R. K. Masse, Episcopalian.

• 1889—W. H. Venable, Episcopalian; J. B. Woods, Presbyterian.

• 1890—J. B. Minor, Jr., Episcopalian; J. K. Peebles, Presbyterian.

• 1891—J. G. Scott, Episcopalian [both terms].

• 1892—William G. Peterkin, Episcopalian; John Nicolson, Jr.,
  Presbyterian.

• 1893—J. I. Curtis, Presbyterian [both terms].

• 1894—I. C. Harrison, Baptist.

• 1895—E. L. Woodward, Episcopalian.

• 1896—H. O. Murfee, Baptist.

• 1897—E. L. Woodward, Episcopalian.

• 1898—Charles Hancock, Presbyterian.

• 1899—J. P. McCallie, Presbyterian.

• 1900—E. Reinhold Rogers, Episcopalian.

• 1901—Roger A. Walke, Episcopalian.

• 1902—E. P. Dandridge 2d, Episcopalian.

• 1903—E. P. Dandridge 2d, Episcopalian.

• 1904—A. S. Taylor, Baptist.

• 1905—A. S. Taylor, Baptist.

• 1906—A. S. Johnstone, Presbyterian.

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VI

General Alumni Association

(See p. 323.)

The following is a list of the presidents and orators
of the General Alumni Association for many of
the years of its existence. Unfortunately the record
is deficient:

• 1867—Marmaduke Johnson of Virginia, orator; J. P. Holcombe
  of Virginia, president.

• 1868—Charles Marshall of Maryland, orator; J. P. Holcombe
  of Virginia, president.

• 1869—William C. Rives of Massachusetts, orator; A. H. H.
  Stuart of Virginia, president.

• 1870—J. W. Stevenson of Kentucky, orator; A. H. H. Stuart
  of Virginia, president.

• 1871—W. B. Napton of Missouri, orator; J. L. Marye of Virginia,
  president.

• 1872—W. B. Quarles of Tennessee, orator; J. L. Marye of
  Virginia, president.

• 1873—Thomas Swann of Maryland, orator; B. J. Barbour of
  Virginia, president.

• 1874—J. H. Kennard of Louisiana, orator; B. J. Barbour, of
  Virginia, president.

• 1875—R. M. T. Hunter of Virginia, orator; D. B. Lucas
  (poem), of West Virginia; B. J. Barbour of Virginia,
  president.

• 1876—F. W. M. Holliday of Virginia, orator; B. J. Barbour of
  Virginia, president.

• 1877—No orator; J. M. Hanger of Virginia, president.

• 1878—J. C. Southall of Virginia (opening of Brooks Museum),
  orator; J. M. Hanger of Virginia, president.

• 1879—T. U. Dudley of Kentucky, orator; J. R. Tucker of Virginia,
  president.

• 1880—J. H. Chamberlayne of Virginia, orator; J. R. Tucker
  of Virginia, president.

• 1881—J. O. Broadhead of Missouri, orator; J. W. Stevenson
  of Kentucky, president.

• 1882—H. Tutwiler of Alabama, orator; J. W. Stevenson of
  Kentucky, president.

• 1883—W. C. Rives of Massachusetts (W. B. Rogers Memorial),
  orator; F. R. Rives of New York, president.

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• 1884—A. P. Humphrey of Kentucky, orator; F. R. Rives of
  New York, president.

• 1885—C. E. Stuart of Virginia, orator; C. M. Blackford of
  Virginia, president.

• 1886—C. E. Fenner of Louisiana, orator; C. M. Blackford, of
  Virginia, president.

• 1887—H. A. Herbert of Alabama, orator; H. E. Jackson of
  Tennessee, president.

• 1888—W. Gordon McCabe of Virginia, orator; H. E. Jackson
  of Tennessee, president.

• 1889—H. T. Kent of Missouri, orator; A. E. Richards of Virginia,
  president.

• 1890—J. L. Gordon of Virginia, orator; A. E. Richards of
  Virginia, president.

• 1891—W. L. Wilson of West Virginia, orator; Charles Marshall
  of Maryland, president.

• 1892—L. S. Marye of Virginia, orator; Charles Marshall of
  Maryland, president.

• 1893—W. C. Bruce of Maryland, orator; Joseph Bryan of
  Virginia, president.

• 1894—Rev. John Johnson, D. D., of South Carolina, orator;
  Joseph Bryan of Virginia, president.

• 1895—Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, orator; George Perkins
  of Virginia, president.

• 1896—Rev. J. S. Lindsay, D. D., of Massachusetts, orator;
  George Perkins of Virginia, president.

• 1897—W. R. Abbot of Virginia, orator; Rev. Randolph H.
  McKim, D. D., of Washington, D. C., president.

• 1898—Rev. Randolph H. McKim, D. D., of Washington, D. C.,
  orator; George Perkins of Virginia, president.

• 1899—John Bassett Moore of New York, orator; George Perkins
  of Virginia, president.

• 1900—Leigh Robinson of Washington, D. C., orator; Samuel
  Spencer of New York, president.

• 1901—Blewett Lee of Illinois, orator; Thomas Nelson Page
  of Washington, D. C., president.

• 1902—E. H. Farrar of Louisiana, orator; Joseph B. Dunn of
  Virginia, president.

• 1903—W. Gordon Robertson of Virginia, orator; James B.
  Sener of Washington, D. C., president.

• 1904—Henry Louis Smith of North Carolina, orator; George
  W. Morris of Virginia, president pro tem.

• 1905—Charles Forest Moore of New York, orator; Thomas
  Nelson Page of Washington, D. C., president.

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VII

Chairmen of the Faculty

(See p. 347.)

The following table exhibits the chronological
order of the chairmen of the faculty. The Roman
figures indicate the personal or individual succession,
while the Arabic numerals mark the order of
official terms:

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