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ld not be forced upon them, and he tried his best to have it done, in his State, but without success. During 1866 and 1867 he was grand master of Masons in South Carolina. At the close of his term as governor, and without his knowledge, he being away from the State, he was elected circuit judge, and filled the position with ability and fairness until December, 1872, when he resigned to accept the position of envoy and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Russia. He reached St. Petersburg early in February, 1873, finding seven feet of snow on the ground. The change of climate from his home was so great, and the exposure incurred in the journey and in making the tremendous number of official visits proved too much for his constitution, and what was thought at first to be merely a severe cold terminated in pneumonia, and proved fatal on May 5, 1873. His remains were brought to Anderson and buried. In 1843 he married Miss Mary J. Marshall, who is still living, and at the