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Crawford (FRANCIS MARION elected)

FRANCIS MARION, elected Governor of South Dakota by the Republicans in 1907, and served as United States Senator from 1909-1915. Italy, Aug. 2, 1853; son of THOMAS CRAWFORD (q. v.). He was educated at Concord, N. H.; Trinity College, Cambridge; Karlsruhe, and Heidelberg. At Rome he devoted himself to the study of Sanskrit, and during 1879-1880 was engaged in press work at Allahabad, where he was admitted to the Catholic Church.

He was selected by the government committee to write the National Ode at the centennial of the American Constitution, Sept. 17, 1887. His first novel, "Mr.

Isaacs" (1882), was a book of striking and quite unusual merit, securing a new romantic element in certain of the aspects and contrasts of modern Oriental life. His works include: "Dr. Claudius" Sept. 17, 1887. His first novel, "Mr. Isaacs" (1882), was a book of striking Roman Singer" (1884); "Zoroaster" (1885); "A Tale of a Lonely Parish" and quite unusual merit, securing a new romantic element in certain of the as- pects and contrasts of modern Oriental life. His works include: "Dr. Claudius" CRAWFORD "Paul Patoff" (1887); "Greifenstein" (1889); "Sant Ilario" (1889); "A Cigarette-Maker's ; "Khaled" (1891); "The ); "Katharine Lauderdale," and its sequel "The Ralstons" "Pa derdale," and its sequel "The Ralstons" Romance" (1890); "The Witch of Prague" (1891) ; "Kha Three Fates" (1892 ); دو F. MARION CRAWFORD ; "A Rose of Yesterday" (1895) ; "Casa Braccio" (1895) "Ta- quisara" (1896) ; "A Rose of Yesterday" (1897) "Corleone" (1897) ; "Ave, Roma Immortalis," "In the Palace of the King," "Via Crucis," "Rulers of the (1897); ); "Corleone" (1897); "Ave, Roma quisara" (1896) ; South." He died April 8, 1909.

King," "Via Crucis," "Rulers of the South." He died April 8, 1909.