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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.