Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-03-25

a..ters of the Senate and of the House Of
COMMONS of North. Carolina, from l777 to
1s56.'57, inclusive.
A, intel isent and well-informed friend who takes
interest in statistics and in historical facts espe-
.;.,v such as are connected with our own State has
tndlv furnished US for publication with the follow
;,n list of the Speakers of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, from 1777 to the present time.
The Speakers of the two Houses, it will be Oh.
,orred. have been chosen for the space of eighty
,ears from twenty eight Counties, to wit-Craven,
C,swell, Chowan, Cumberland, Beaufort, Ber:ic,
Brunswick, Burke Edgecombe, Greene, Guilford,
Granville, Gates Halifax Iredell, Lincoln, Lenoir,
New Hanover, Northampton, Mecklenburg, Onslow,
Orange, Rowan, Rockingham, Rutherford, Wake,
Warren. and Wilkes. 1t must be rccollected, how.
ever that majority Of these Counties formerly con-
tanned much more territory than they do now, and
that number of new Counties have been formed
ou, of them The longest continuous service of any
of the Speakers, was that Of Mr.. Yancey, of Cas-
we'll, who was Speaker of the Senate from 1917 to
1927, inclusive, eleven years. Mr.. Riddick. of
Gates. al,o served as Speaker of the Senate for
eleven years, but not continuously for that
length of time. Mr.. Benbury, of Chowan, was
Sneaker Of the House of Commons for six years;
and Mr. Cabarrus, of the same County, was
Speaker of that body for the space of ten years.
Chowan, including the service just mentioned Of
Mr. Benbury and Mr.. Cabarrus and three years of
service by Mr.. Iredell as Speaker Of the Commons,
and one year by Mr. johnson as Speaker Of the Sem
ate can boast of having given Speakers to the two
Houses for twenty years out of the eighty years;
Caswel County stands next in rank in this respect
having had Speakers for seventeen years Gates
next, eleven years; Craven next, nine years; and
Lenor next eight years. Caswell had the Speak
ers of both Houses in 1919 and s2O-Mr Yancey,
of the Senate, and Mr.. Saunders, (now Judge,) of
the Commons; and Rowan also had the Speakers of
both Houses in 1880 and 1s3l-Mr CALDWELL (now
Judge) of the Senate, and Mr.. Fisher (dec.) ofthe
Commons. Chowan had both Speakers in 17s9-Mr.
Johnson of the Senate, and Mr.. Cabarrus, of the
House and Chowan and Gates together had the Spea-
kers of the two Houses from 1900 to 1904 inclusive
Ofhc sixty lone persons who have occupied the Spea-
kris chair of the two Houses since TIT the following,
ford Brown, David F. Caldwell, William d. Moselv,
bane, Thomas Settle, Hugh Waddell, Burgess S.
Gather Calvin Graves, Weldon N. Edwards, War
rem Winslow, W. w. Avery, William A. Graham,
Edward Stanly, Robert B. Gillian, James c. Dob.
bin, John Baxter, Samuel P. Hill, and Jesse G.
Shepherd.
SPEAKERS OF THE SENATE.
1777 Samuel Ashe, New Hanover County.
117s, Allen Jones, Northampton.
1879, Abncr Nash, Craven.
1880, Alexander Martin, Guilford.
1881, Alexander Martin, Guilford.
1882 Richard Caswell, Lenoir.
1883, Richard Caswe. Lenoir.
1854, Richard Caswell, Lenoir.
1855, Richard Caswell, Lenoir, and Alexander
Martini Guilford.
1885, James Coor Craven.
l7S7, Alexander Martini Guilford.
1883, Alexander Martin, Guilford.
1889, Charles johnson, Chowan.
1890, William Lenoir, Wilkes.
1871, William Lenoir, Wilkes.
1892, William Lenoir, Wilkes.
1893, William Leaoir, Wilkes.
1894, William Lenoir, Wilkes.
1895, Benjamin Smith, Brunswick.
1896, Benjamin Smith, Brunswick.
1877, Benjamin Smith, Brunswick.
1898, Benjamin Smith. Brunswick.
1893, Benjamin Smith, Brunswick.
1900, Joseph Riddick, Gates.
1901, Joseph Riddick Gates.
1902, Joseph Riddick, Gates.
1903, Joseph Rddick, Gates.
1904, Joseph Riddick, Gates
1905, Alexander Martin, Rockingham.
1906, Joseph Riddick, Gates.
1907, Joseph Riddck, Gates.
1903, Joseph Rddick, Gates.
1909, Joseph Riddck, Gates.
1910, Joseph Riddick, Gates.
1911, Joseph Riddck, Gates.
1872, George Outlaw, BERTHE.
1918, George Outlaw, Berthe.
1914 George Outlaw, BERTHE.
1875 John Branch, Halifax.
1876 John Branch. Halifax.
1917, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1875 Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1919, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1920, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1921. Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1922, Bartlett Yancey, Caswel!.
1928, Bartlett Yanccy, Csswell.
1924, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1925, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1926. Bartlett Yancey. Caswell.
1927, Bartlett Yancey, Caswell.
1928, Jesse Speight, Greene.
1929, Bedford Brown, Caswell.
1890, David F. Caldwell, Rowan.
1881, David F. Caldwell, Rowan.
1882, William D. Mosely, Leneir.
1888, William D. Mosey, Lenoir.
1884, William D. Mosely, Lenoir.
1885, William D. Mosely, Lenoir
1867, Hugh Waddell, Orange.
1889, Andrew Joyner, Halifax.
1901, Andrew Joyner Halifax.