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sOUTH CAROLINA.

quite ready in debate in the Senate.
The other seat from Rhode Island Is vacant.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ANDREW PICKENs BUTLER was born in Edgeheld
district, g. c., in l798 He graduated at the south
Carolina College in 1917, and in 1919 was admitted
to the bar. He continued in the practice of the law
until 1888, when he was appointed Judge Of the
6upreme Court, and served in that capacity until
1915, when he was elected to the United States
Senate to all vacancy and In 1919 ne was reflect
ed for full term of six years. Mr. Butler is an able
lawyer and eloquent orator, his style Is quick and
abrupt. He is jealous advocate of Southern
rights. In person he is tall and Of large frame, with
lorid complexion, blue eyes, and abundance Of fine
white hair
JOSIAH J. EVANS, the newly elected Senator, has
not before been in Congress He has been long
Judge Of the Court OF Common Pleas, having been
appointed to that office in 1922 and held it Up to the
time of his election as Senator.
TENNESSEE.
JAMES c. JONES was born In Tennessee, In June,
1889. He entered public life In 1889, as member
OF the Legislature Of his native State. He was one
Of the electoral college, in lS40 which voted for Har
rison and Tyler. The following year, ls4l. he was
the whg candidate for Governor; and, after an &C.
tive canvass, succeeded over James r. Polk the then
incumbent He was reelected In l843 and after the
term Of two years had expired he retired to private
hfe, but took active part in favor OF the election
Of Taylor and Fillmore in ls4s, being placed on the
whg electoral ticket. He was elected to the United
States Senate in 1861, for term Of six years. In
person Mr.. Jones is tall and slender, with dark CON-
plexOn, and prepOesessing manners As an orator he
u eloquent and effective
The other seat from Tennessee Is vacant.
THOMAS J. RUsK is native Of South Carolina,
and was born in Pendleton district, in December,
1908. He removed to Georgia In 1924. and In 1885
to Texas. He there took active part in the revo
luton, commanded company OF volunteers, and was
afterwards appointed Inspector General Of the Texan
forces In 1886 he was elected q delegate to the
Texan Convention, by which body he was made Sec
rotary Of War. After the battle OF San Jacnto he
acted as Brigadier General in command Of the army.
In 1887 he was elected q member Of the Texan Con-
gress, and in 1888 he was chosen Major General and
soon afterwards Chief Justice Of the Republic. He
resigned the latter and retired to private life When
Texas was annexed to the United States, he was
elected member OF the convention to frame State
constitution, and presided over that body. He was
electedO OF the two t United States Senators from
Texas, and in 1850 reelected for six years. from
March, 1861. He islarge in person. and respectable in
talents, taking an active part in important debates
As chairman Of the Committee on Post Offices and
Roads, he has been highly serviceable member Of
the Senate and his practical good sense on oil ques
tons has earned for him general respect In the
Senate.
SAN Houston was born in Rockbridge county,
Virginia, in March, 1898. His mother, when o wi
dow, removed with her family to Tennessee, when
be was quite young. In 1878, he served under Gen.
Jackson in the war with the Creek Indians; then
resigned bis commission, and studied law in Nash
Vile He was elected to Congress in 1923, and con-
tinued member until 1927, when he was elected
Governor OF Tennessee. Some years afterwards he
engrsted to Texas, and took part in the early mea
which caused the independence of that country
In April, 1886, he commanded the Texan troops
which fought the battle Of San Jacnto, in which the
Hexicans were routed. In October, 1886, General
Houston was inaugurated 6rst President Of the Re-
public Of Texas, and in ls4l was again elected to
the same Office. In ls45 Texas became one of the
States Of the Union, and Gen. Houston was elected
the Senate Of the United States His term expired
in 1S47, since when he has been twice reelected for
full terms of six years EACH In person he is Of tall,
herculean frame, with light complexion. His man.
ners pOmpous, though courteous. He Is Union
democrat. Son of Temperance, and popular
speaker with the masses, but not remarkable for in
auence with the Senate
VERMONT.
SOLOMON Fo0T, was born In Addison county,
Vermont, in November, 1902. He graduated at
4iddlebury College in August, 1926 after which he
was tutor and professor in several academies. He
commenced the practice Of law at Rutland in 1881
the Legislature, in 1883 He was elected to the Le-
gslatuTe on various other occasions, and was
Speaker Of the House in 1887 and 1888. He was
State Attorney for Rutland county for six years. In
years in that body, when he retired; but in ls47
was again cent to the Legislature Of Vermont, and
chOfen Speaker Of the House.. In 1850 he was
elected United States Senator for q term OF six
years nom 1851. In politics Mr. Foot is thorough
wing. In the Senate he speaks but seldom, and
then briefly. In person he il tall, and good sample
of the wellerown sons of the Green Mountains.
SAMUEL S. PHELPS, who holds temporary ap-
pointment from the wing Governor, Is q native Of
Itchfeld, Connecticut from whence he emigrated
to Vermont, and Iractised law at Middebury, where
he still resides He represented the State with great
ability for two terms of six years each, commencing
In 1889. His age IL about fifty five In person, he Is
above the medium size, and slightly inclined to cor
pulency. He is On able lawyer and good debater.
VIRGINIA.
JAMES n. MASON was born In Fairfax county, Va,
IN November, 1913, and graduated ut the University
Of Pennsylvania, in 1915 He was admitted to the
bar in Frederick county, In 1920, and elected from
the same to the House Of Delegates Of Virginia in
1927, and on two other occasions. In 1929 he was
eh0fen member OF the State convention to revise
the constitution of Virginia, and in 1887 he was
elected to Congress, but served only term In the
Heuse In lS47 he was elected to the Senate for part
Of term, and in 1851 he was reelected for a full
term OF six years. The personal appearance Of Mr..
Mason is commanding. He is an able debater, and
possesses much influence as State rghtsd democrat
ROBERT M. T. HUNTER was born the eastern
shore Ut Virginia. and is about AZ years of age
He commenced his career in the year 1886, when he
elected to tie Legislature OF his State and
She following year was elected to Congress, being
only about 70 years old. He Immediately took q
stand among the most prominent OF that body. He
was reelected in 1882 when, after protracted
struggle he elected Speaker of the House, being
the youngest Speaker that ever presided over that
body. He discharged the duties during that stormy
period Of our political history with such eminent
ability and impartiaty to elicit from all parties
unanimous vote Of thanks at the close OF the session.
He was several times reelected to Congress- till 1346,
when he Was elected 10 the Senate. In the Senate
he dcseryedy ranks among our most prominent
Statesmen and powerful debatcrs and so rapidly had
he gained In the estimation OF oil parties that in the
session commencing December, ls49, he was made
Chairman OF the Committee on Foreign Relations
distinction rarely, If ever, conferred upon one so
young, among such Senator's AZ Cass, Calhoun Web
ster, Clay DC. He entered politics Ms a thorough
State rights democrat of the strictest school, and
has remained firmly attached to that branch of the
democratic party, without the slightest faterng or