Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-11-08
Mistrllaneous.
Length of Service of our Leading
Statesmen.

John Quincy Adams was minister tc
the Netherlands, under w ashington, 1874
SO; minister to Portugal, 1867
minister to Prussia during the admins
tration of his father, 179S--1S03; sena-
tor, lSO3-1SOS, minister to Russia, un-
der Madison, 1S0S-1S13; commissioner
to Ghent, lSl3-l4; minister to England,
lSl5-l7; secretary Of state, under Mon
roe, 1S17-24; president, lS2429; and
member of congress from 1884 to 1S47,
the date of his death. Thus, in a period
of 53 years, the intervals between the lay
ing down of the Office and the assumption
of another, amount, when added together
to less than two years.
The official career of Gen. Lewis Cass
has been even longer than that of Mr.
Adams. Commencing as a member o
the first State Legislature of Ohio, in 1905
he has been in high public position evel
since, period of SO years.
Within that time he has been governor
of territory, Indian Superintendent,
Secretary of war, minister to France
United States Senator for twelve years
candidate for President, and Secretary o.
State. When he leaves the Secretary Of
States department, in 1861, he will com
plete seixice of about sixty years in the
high Offices of the government. He is
indeed, the patriarch of our statesmen,
so far as length of official service is con-
cerned.
Martin Van Buren,, while he has not
been in office so long as some of our
statesman is the only one who has filled
the four highest, most digni6ed and pow
erful positions under the American con-
stitution. He has been minister to Eng
land, Secretary of State, Vice President
and President. His public life commenc-
ed in 1908, as surrogate of Columbia
county, New York, which he left for the
State Senate, and then as Attorney Gen
eral of the State, United States Senator,
Governor, minister to England, Secreta-
ry of State, Vice President and President.
He was constantly before the people as an
important parsonage down to his retire
ment from the Presidency in 184l, per-
iod of thirty-three years. Perhaps we
ought not to say that his public career
then closed, for he was prominent can
didate for President before the Baltimore
Convention in 1914, and he run as the
freesoil candidate for President in l84S.
Henry Clay's public career commenced
in 1907, as member of the Senate of the
United States, and concluded as q mem
Der OF the same body in 1852, an interval
of As years.
He was United States Senator, mem
Der of the House, speaker of that body for
twelve years. longer period than any
other man ever served in that capacity
minister to Ghent as one of the commits
sioners to conclude the peace with Great
Britain in 1914, and Secretary of State
from 1926 to 1929.
Thomas II. Benton served longer
time in Congress than any other of our
public men. He entered the United States
Senate when Missouri was admitted in
1921. and continued there until 1851, a
period of thirty years. He never held
any other office.
John G. Calhoun entered the House of
Representatives in 1911; served there un
til 1917. when he became Secretary Of
war under Mr.. Monroe. In 1924 he was
elected Vice President, and reelected in
1928. In 1881 he resigned the station Of
Vice President to become United States
Senator from South Carolina. The rea-
son of this extraordinary step was that he
might champion the cause of notification
in the Senate, and reply to the argument
of Mr.. Webster on that subject, which
were producing an extraordinary effect on
the country. He continued in the Senate
until 1874, when he became Secretary Of
State under John Tyler, In 1S45 he re
entered the Senate, and was a member Of
it in 1850, when he died.
Daniel Webster came to the House of
Representatives in 1911 from New Hamp-
shire. In 1920 he was elected from Bus
ton, Mass, to which city he had removed.
In 1928 he was elected to the United
States Senate. In 184l was Secretary
of State. In lS45 he was again Sena-
tor. In 1850 he again took charge of the
department of state, and filled that posi-
tion at the time of his death. His polit.
ical career lasted about thirty-six years.
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