Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-06
ANTECEDENTs OF THE DELEGATES.

sitting in this city:
ILLINOIS.
Stephen s. Logan is known in Illinois as
Judge Logan. He is a strong, warm, personal
friend of Mr.. Lincoln, and has been urged for
| position in the Republican Cabinet. He is
| said to be conservative man, and in favor of
the Weed compromise.
John Wood is an Ex-Governor Of the State,
and was succeeded by the present one. He is
strong anti-compromise Republican.
NEW YORK
James S. Wadsworth is wealthy gentleman
OF the western part of this State.
Addison Gardiner is Democrat, and former
Lieutenant Governor of the State. He stands
In high reputation with his party.
Greene G. Bronson is an eminent lawyer of
New York city. He was formerly Chief JUS
tice OF the Court of Appeals, and Collector of
| the Port under the Pierce Administration
He vacated his place rather than to be the
medium through which to reward the Buffalo
democracy OF New York. He is q strong ma
| tional Democrat, and now holds the respon-
sible position of Corporation Counsel
VIM. L. Dodge is prominent merchant of
New York city, and a member of the house of
Phelps, Dodge Il Co. He is an ultra Lincoln
man, and during the last campaign spoke in
public for his nominee.
Erastus Corning is a we'll known Democrat
fnancier and railroad manager and politician
He is the member of Congress elect from the
Albany district
VIM. NJ. Evarts, recently on the anxious seat
as the successor Of Senator Seward, is New
Highlander by birth, and early came to New
York, where he has pursued the legal profess
sion with ability and profit, having amassed
large fortune. He early linked bis political
influence with the Republican party, and was
one OF its advocates in the recent campaign
that elected Abraham Lincoln to the Presi.
dency.
David Dudley Field is also New Englander
by birth and education. He early adopted
the profession of the law, and took up his
abode in this city. He is lawyer and Re-
publican politician, and, like his Intimate
friend Eyarts, is anxious for public position
VIM. Curtis NOyes is also a celebrated law
yer and Republican politician.
OHIO.
Salmon p. Chase, one of the bright and shi-
ming lights of the Republican party, is a native
of the State of New Hampshire, where he was
born In 1905. He early removed to Ohio he
subsequently entered and graduated at Dart
mouth College; he qualified himself for the Ie-
gal profession in Washington, d. c., and in
lSZ9 was admitted to the bar of the District of
Columbia, and soon after returned to practice
in his adopted State.
The Southern and Western Liberty Conven-
ton, (anti-slayeryD held in Cincinnati in IS45,
originated with him. His action in that BODY
showed him the avowed enemy of slavery and
pledged to the overthrow of the slave institu-
ton. In lS4S he called the Buffalo Freesoil
Convention, anticipating the whig and demo
cratic conventions which nominated Martin
Van Buren for the Presidency In February
OF the same year he was elected to the United
States Senate, where his growing anti-slavery
sentiments were ventilated nd ktb.tnDz ad
nduseMDs. He opposed the compromise meas
ures OF 1850. In 1855 he was elected Cover
nor OF Ohio by the opponents of the Pierce Ad-
mi InIl ltraf Ha iso -
school.
Thomas Ewing was the Secretary of the
Tres easury in the Harrison Administration. lie
is an old line whig. and cherishes strong de-
sire to make the incoming administration after
his IDEAS of whiggery. As Lincoln was an old
line Whig, Ewing is in hopes to induce him to
return to his first love.
William Groesbeck is an ex-member of Con-
gress.
PENNSYLVANIA.
William Meredith was the Secretary of the
Treasury in the Taylor Administration
Jas. Pollock is an ex-GoyerLor of the State
David Wilmot is the author of the celebra-
u seat IN Llncolns g cabinet hoping to be elected
U. s. Senator in place Of ex-Gov. Bigler In
this hope he was defeated.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Amos Tuck is an ex-member of Congress.
NEW JERSEY.
Gov. Chas. S. Olden is the present Execu-
tive Of New Jersey. In 1859 he was elected
by the opposition and the American parties to
that post. He is a moral and upright gentle
man, and q representative Of the New Jersey
conservative sentiment.
Richard Z. Stockton is a native of New Jer-
sey, and in 1872 entered the United States
Navy as a midshipmaA lie participated in
the naval operations during the war with
Great Britain in that year, and from that time
he was rapidly promoted until he rose to the
highest rank in the navy. He resigned in 1850.
In 1851 he was elected to the United States
Senate, where he displayed splendid natural
talents
Roman NJ. Price was formerly a purser in
the United States Navy. He amassed a for
tune in California, and returned to New Jer-
sey, where he was subsequently, elected to the
State Legislature, and afterwards to the post
of Governor of the State.
Peter ID. Froom is an Ex-Governor of the
State.
RHODE ISLAND.
Samuel Ames is the present Chief Justice of
the State.
Mr.. Hoppin is an Ex-Governor of the State
Alexander Duncan is one Of the wealthiest
men in Rhode Island, and father of the senior
member of the firm of Duncan, Sherman Il Co.,
the celebrated bankers.
KENTUCKY.
Jas Guthrie was Secretary Of the Treasury
Il
native of Kentucky, and was born in 1895 In
1853 he entered President Pierce's Cabinet.
where his talents became more apparent, and
whore they had full scope. Since Mr.. Guthrie's
retirement from public political life he has de-
voted his time to railroad enterprises, and to
the enjoyment of domestic and social inter-
course.
Jas. B. Clay, son of Henry Clay, an ex.mem-
Der Of Congress.
Mr.. Morehead, Ex-Governor.
Chas. Wicklife was Postmaster General un-
der President Harrison, and subsequently Gov
ernor Of Kentucky.
VIM. o. Butler was one of the early settlers
Of Kentucky, and took an active part in the
Indian wars in the early history of that State
and in the war of 1912. He was nominated fer
the Vice Presidency in the Convention that
nominated Gen. Cass for the Presidency
VIRGINIA.
John Tyler, ex-President of the United
States, the chairman Of the Virginia delega-
tion.
Geo. w. Summers, distinguished 'Iittera-
te1r. He is a graduate Of William and Mary
College, and was formerly legislative repre-
sentative of the western part Of Virginia.
few years ago he delivered a very able address
before the Old Dominion Society of New York
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