Show b c HON CHAUNCEY FORWARD BLACK President of the National Leacue of Democratic Demo-cratic Clubs Hon Chauncey F Black was born in Somerset Pa in 183U educated at Monon gahela academy in West Virginia Wash ngton aud Jefferson college at Washington and at Hiram college in Ohio where he was B stunt with James A Gadoid between be-tween whom and himself a great friendship was established Black studied law with his father the lateJudge Jeremiah Black and was admitted to the bar of Somerset county in 1S01 Newspaper work however was more to his taste and he has done considerable editorial work for several New York dailies besides the publication of a life of his father Mr Black has had something of a polit Ical career aa well Ho was an unsuccessful unsuccess-ful candidate for the Democratic congressional congres-sional nomination in his district in 1874 and in IbbO was a delegate to the Democratic Demo-cratic national convention Ho served as lieutenantgovernor of his state from 1833 to 1SS7 He has been president of the National League of Democratic clubs for some years and has just been reelected for four years more |