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      William G. Harrison, Representative from the Thirteenth District, composed of Burt and Washington counties, was born on a farm in Wyth county, Virginia, March 10, 1854. In 1865 he came to Nebraska with his parents, who settled in Washington county. He received his education in the Nebraska district schools, and has been a continuous resident of that county for thirty-eight years, excepting three years--from 1876 to 1879--which he spent in Colorado. For twenty years he has been engaged in the livery business at Blair. He served as a member of the Washington county board of supervisors for five years, beginning with 1887 and ending in 1893. He is, at present, a member of the Blair City Council and is now serving his sixth year in that body. He has always been a Republican, one of the unwavering kind, and a leader of his party in that county. His majority in his district, in 1902, was far in excess of any other candidate on the ticket. Mr. Harrison was married May 4, 1887, to Miss Frances M. Van Horn, and has two children, one son and one daughter.

      Dr. John E. Hathorn, Representative from the Sixty-fifth District, Red Willow county, was born in Piscataquis county, Maine, May 17, 1845. He received his early education in the public schools and academy and Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. He took up the study of medicine in Bowdoin College, and finished in Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1874. He commenced practice in Illinois, where he remained until 1886, when he settled in Nebraska, locating at Bartley, where he has since been in active practice.

      Dr. Hathorn has served as president of the Village Council of Bartley, as a member of the School Board, and is one of the U. S. Pension Examiners. He is president of the Bartley State Bank. He is how serving his third successive term in the Nebraska Legislature. He has always been a Republican. He was married in Fairlield, Iowa, in September, 1882, to Miss E. D. Dana.

     During the 28th Session Dr. Hathorn is chairman of the Committee on Accounts and Expenditures.

     John R. Herron, Representative from the Twenty-first District, Antelope county, is one of the Republican members of the House. He was born on a farm in Louisa county, Iowa, December 15, 1845. He received his education in the pioneer schools of his native state. The Civil War being in progress, as soon as he was old enough, he enlisted as a private and saw three years of service as a member of Company A, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, 9th Regiment, receiving an honorable discharge in March, 1866. After the war he returned to Iowa and remained there till March, 1884, when he settled in Antelope county and commenced farming and stock-raising, in which he has been successful. Mr. Herron has never before held other than local office in township and on school board. He was married in Louisa county, Iowa, in January, 1874, to Miss Eliza C. Johnson, and has two sons. His post-office is Orchard, Nebraska.
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