was a Delegate to Congress, from the Territory of Florida, from 1841 to 1845, a delegate to the Convention which formed the State, Constitution, and was elected a Senator in Congress, in 1845, where he still continues, officiating as Chairman of the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads. He is also President of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad in Florida. ZOLLICOFFER, FELIX K. Born in Mowry County, Tennessee, May 19, 1812, and received an academical education. He served for a few months in a printingoffice, and in 1829 took upon himself the management of a newspaper at Paris, Tennessee. In 1834 he was editor and publisher of the Columbian Observer, in the same State; in 1835 he was elected State printer, and re-elected in 1837; in 1842 he removed to Nashville, and edited the Banner; in 1843 he was elected Comptroller of the State Treasury, and was re-elected in 1845 and 1847; in 1849 was elected to the State Senate; in 1850 was a contractor for building the Suspension Bridge, at Nashville; in 1851 and 1852, again edited the Nashville Banner, and was elected a Representative in Congress, from Tennessee, in 1853, where he has continued to the present time; and is a member of the Committee on Territories. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE AUTHOR embraces the present opportunity of acknowledging his obligations to the following gentlemen, who have favored him with much valuable assistance in this undertaking, viz.: William Willis, Esq., of Maine; Ben Perley Poore, Esq., of Massachusetts; George F. Houghton, Esq., of Vermont; Gideon J. Tucker, Esq., of New York; Hon. James Parker, of New Jersey; A. L. Ashley, Esq., of Kentucky; and Col. Peter Force, George J. Abbot, Esq., Yelverton P. Page, Esq., Daniel Buck, Esq., William Hickey, Esq., and John H. Wheeler, Esq., of Washington City; and while thanking them for their kindness, he takes the liberty of adding, that he would be glad to receive from ex-members of Congress, and from the friends of deceased members, any information they may be pleased to communicate, calculated to make his work more correct and complete, in the subsequent editions that may be published. Address, CHARLES LANMAN, GEORGETOWN, District of Columbia. |