(March 25, 1829 — February 8, 1889) Bell was a businessman, lawyer, and politician. Samuel Bell was born in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and moved to Massachusetts to attend Phillips Academy. He returned to New Hampshire to attend Dartmouth College, where he graduated and studied law. Bell was admitted to the bar in 1849 and practiced law in Belknap County, New Hampshire until he was elected to Congress in 1870. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, and again from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000346]

"(August 19, 1814 -- September 29, 1892) Jacob Benton was a(n) teacher, lawyer, public servant, general, and American politician. He was born in Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont and moved to Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire in 1842. Jacob studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1854 - 1856), delegate to the Republican National Convention (1860), and brigadier general of the State Volunteers. Benton was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and declined to run again in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000395]"

"(February 3, 1821 -- May 10, 1898). Aaron Harrison Cragin was a lawyer, public servant, commissioner for purchase, and as an American politician. Cragin was born in Weston, Windsor County, Vermont and moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He was a member of the New Hampshire state representatives (1852 - 1855 and 1859). He was also appointed by President Rutherford Hayes as one of the commissioners for purchase of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas and served as Chairman (1877-1879). Cragin was elected as a member of the American Party to the 34th congress and as a Republican to the 35th Congress, where he served as chairman on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (34th Congress). He was then elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1864 and was reelected in 1870 (March 4, 1865 - March 1877), where he served as chairmen on the Committee on Engrossed Bills (39th Congress), on the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Express (40th and 41st Congresses), on the Committee on Naval Affairs (41st and 43rd Congresses), and on the Committee on Railroads (43rd and 44th Congresses). [Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000852]"

"(July 18, 1820 -- August 21, 1884) Jacob Hart Ela was a(n), printer, public servant, U.S. marshal, auditor, and American politician. He was born in Rochester, New Hampshire. Ela was a member of the State house of representatives (1857 and 1858), United States Marshal (July 1861 - October 1866), appointed by President Grant as 5th Auditor of the Treasury (January 1, 1872 - June 2, 1881, and was appointed Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department (June 3, 1881 - his death August 21, 1884). Jacob was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=E000099]"

(July 31, 1826 — July 24, 1903) Hibbard was a lawyer, judge, and politician. Ellery Hibbard was born in Caledonia County, Vermont and later moved to New Hampshire to study law. Hibbard was admitted to the bar in 1849 and stayed in New Hampshire to practice law. He served as the clerk of the State House of Representatives (1852-1854), and later as a member of the State House of Representatives (1865-1866). Hibbard was elected as a Democrat the the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, he was appointed as an associate judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1873 to 1874, when he resigned. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000556]

(May 30, 1833 — August 12, 1922) Parker was an American politician and lawyer. Hosea Parker was born in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, but moved to Massachusetts and Vermont to attend school. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859 and returned to New Hampshire to practice law. Parker’s political career began in 1859 when he became a member of the State House of Representatives and served until 1860. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, Parker resumed his legal practice in New Hampshire and was part of the State constitutional convention in 1918. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000057]

(July 2, 1823 -- 4 May, 1893) Patterson was an American professor and politician. Born in Henniker, N.H., Patterson was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, and meteorology at Dartmouth College from 1854 to 1865. Patterson was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses and was elected to the United States Senate in 1867. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

(October 16, 1819 — October 8, 1886) Pike was an American politician and lawyer. Austin Pike was born in Hebron, New Hampshire, where he went to school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. After practicing law in Merrimack County, Pike served in the State House of Representatives from 1850 to 1852, and 1865 to 1866, and he also served as a member of the State Senate from 1857 to 1858. Pike was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to the Forty-Third Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He later was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1883 until his death in 1886. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000345]

(May 17, 1817 — April 7, 1878) Small was a lawyer, businessman, and politician. William Small was born in Limington, Maine and moved to Ossippe, New Hampshire with his parents. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and was admitted to the bar in 1846. Small held various public offices including Solicitor of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, State Representative (1865), and State Senator (1870). He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, he resumed his legal practice in New Hampshire and also worked in banking until his death in 1878. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000501]

"(August 9, 1819 -- May 10, 1887) Aaron Fletcher Stevens was a(n) journeyman, lawyer, public servant, soldier, general, solicitor, and American politician. He was born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Aaron studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1845 & 1876 - 1884), delegate to the Whig National Convention (1852), president of the common council of Nashua (1853 & 1854), solicitor of Hillsborough County (1856-1861), and city solicitor of Nashua (1859, 1860, & 1865). He served in the Union Army as major of the 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, colonel of the 13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and was a brigadier general. Stevens was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and was not elected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000875]"

(January 4, 1831 — January 24, 1891) Wadleigh was an American politician and lawyer. Bainbridge Wadleigh was born in New Hampshire, where he attended school and graduated from Kimball Union Academy. After studying law, Wadleigh was admitted to the bar in 1850 and practiced law in Milford, New Hampshire. He served as town moderator and State Representative (1855-1856, 1859-1860, 1869-1872). Wadleigh was elected as a Republican to the Forty-Third, Forty-Fourth, and Forty-Fifth Congresses and served in the Senate from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000009]