Totten, Joseph Gilbert (08/23/1788-04/22/1864)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Soldier, engineer, scientist
  • Number of Terms: 3
  • Committees/Roles: Permanent Committees: Elected to the Executive Committee on 09/08/1846; Committee on Buildings on 09/09/1846; Committee on the Annual Report to Congress on 12/01/1846. Ad Hoc Committees: Committee to report on the accident that occurred in the Smithsonian Institution building on 03/02/1850. Request to leave the Executive Committee granted 12/13/1847. Resigned from Building Committee 02/09/1850. Elected again to the Executive Committee on 07/05/1850 to replace William W. Seaton.

Subject

  • Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864
  • Seaton, William Winston 1785-1866
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent
  • Board of Regents Committee on Buildings
  • Board of Regents Ad hoc committees
  • Smithsonian Institution Building Early History
  • Board of Regents Executive Committee

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: United States Military Academy; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Citizen

State

District of Columbia

Short Legal Citation

  • 9 Stat. 115 (1846), J. Res. No. 23
  • 11 Stat. 253 (1857), Res. No. 6

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 08/10/1846-04/22/1864

Topic

  • Engineering
  • Regents
  • Accidents
  • Engineers

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Board of Regents
  • Biographies

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