Chapter 5

At the annual meeting of the American Colonization Society, on January 16th, 1850, the Hon.Henry Claywas elected President of the Society, and the following gentlemen were elected Vice Presidents:

At the annual meeting of the American Colonization Society, on January 16th, 1850, the Hon.Henry Claywas elected President of the Society, and the following gentlemen were elected Vice Presidents:

1. General John H. Cocke, of Virginia.2. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.3. Charles F. Mercer, of Florida.4. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D.D., of Connecticut.5. Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New York.6. Louis McLane, of Baltimore.7. Moses Allen, of New York.8. General W. Jones, of Washington.9. Joseph Gales, of Washington.10. Right Rev. Wm. Meade, D. D., Bishop of Virginia.11. John McDonogh, of Louisiana.12. Rev. James O. Andrews, Bishop of the M. E. Church13. William Maxwell, of Virginia.14. Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio.15. Walter Lowrie, of New York.16. Jacob Burnet, of Ohio.17. Dr. Stephen Duncan, of Mississippi.18. William C. Rives, of Virginia.19. Rev. J. Laurie, D. D., of Washington.20. Rev. Wm. Winans, of Mississippi.21. James Boorman, of New York.22. Henry A. Foster, of New York.23. Dr. John Ker, of Mississippi.24. Robert Campbell, of Georgia.25. Peter D. Vroom, of New Jersey.26. James Garland, of Virginia.27. Right Hon. Lord Bexley, of London.28. Willard Hall, of Delaware.29. Right Rev. Bishop Otey, of Tennessee.30. Gerard Ralston, of London.31. Rev. Courtland Van Rensselaer, of New Jersey.32. Dr. Hodgkin, of London.33. Rev. E. Burgess, D. D., of Massachusetts.34. Thos. R. Hazard, of Rhode Island.35. Dr. Thomas Massie, of Virginia.36. Major General Winfield Scott, of Washington.37. Rev. A. Alexander, D. D., of New Jersey.38. L. Q. C. Elmer, of New Jersey.39. James Railey, of Mississippi.40. Rev. Geo. W. Bethune, D. D., of Philadelphia.41. Rev. C. C. Cuyler, D. D., of Philadelphia.42. Elliot Cresson, of Philadelphia.43. Anson G. Phelps, of New York.44. Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., of Massachusetts.45. Jonathan Hide, of Maine.46. Rev. Beverly Waugh, Bishop M. E. Church, Baltimore.47. Rev. Dr. W. B. Johnson, of South Carolina.48. Moses Sheppard, Baltimore.49. Bishop McIlvain, of Ohio.50. Rev. Dr. Edgar, Nashville, Tennessee.51. Rev. P. Lindsley, D. D., of Tennessee.52. Hon. J. R. Underwood, of Kentucky.53. Rev. J. J. Janeway, D. D., of New Jersey.54. H. L. Lumpkin, Esq., Athens, Georgia.55. James Lenox, of New York.56. Bishop Soule, D. D., of Tennessee.57. Professor T. C. Upham, of Maine.58. Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio.59. Hon. Thos. W. Williams, of Connecticut.60. Hon. Simon Greenleaf, of Massachusetts.61. Rev. John Early, D. D., of Virginia.62. Rev. Lovick Pierce, of Georgia.63. Hon. R. J. Walker, of Mississippi.64. Samuel Gurney, England.65. Charles McMicken, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio.66. John Bell, M. D. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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