Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
OFFICIAL SERVICE OF LEADING
MEN.

J.Q Adams was Minister to the Neither
lands under Washington, 1896; Min
lister to Portugal, l79O-97, was Minister
to Prussia during the administration Of
his father, l79S-lS03 Senator, lSo3-0S
Minister to Russia, under Madison. 1898
ID; Commissioner to Ghent, lSl3-l4
Minister to England, lSl5-l7; Secretary
Of State, under Monroe, lSl6-24; PreSi.
dent, lS24-28; aud member Of Congress
| from 1884 to ls4T. the date of his death
Thus, in period OF fifty three years, the
intervals between laying down OF one
office and tha assumption OF another,
amount, when added together, to less han
two years. ,~-
The official career Of Gen. Lewis Cass
has been even longer than that Of Mr.
Adams. Commencing as a member OF the
first State Legislature Of Ohio, in 1868,
he has been il high public position ever
since-a period Of fifty eight years. With
in that time he has been Governor OF a
Territory, Indian superintendent, Secrets.
ry Of War, Minister to France, United
States Senator for twelve years, candidate
for President, and Secretary OF State. He
IS, indeed, the patriarch Of our statesmen
so far as length uf oihca! service is con
cerued.
Martin Van Barren. while he has not
been in office SO long as some of our
statesmen, is the only one who has filled
the four highest, most dignlfed, aud pow
eriul positions under the American Consti-
tuition. He has been Minister to England,
Secretary OF State, Vice President, and
President. His public life commenced in
1908, as Surrogate for Columbia County,
New York, which he left fer the State
Senate, and then, as Attorney General of
the State, United States Senator, Governor,
Minister to England, Secretary of State,
Vice President and President. He was
constantly before the country as an impor
tant parsonage down to his retirement from
the Presidency in ISL, period Of thirty
three years. Perhaps we ought not to say
that his public career has been closed for he
WA. prominent candidate for President
before the Baltimore Con> eutlon in 1874.
and he ran as he Freescil candidate for
President in 1913
Henry Clay public career commenced
in 1907, az member of the Senate OF
the United States, and concluded as a
member Of the same body in 1872 an
interval Of forty five years, He was T. s.
Senator, member of the House, Speaker
oi that body Tor twelve ycars-s longer
period than any other man ever served in
that capacity Minister to Ghent AS one
of the Commissioners, to conclude the
peace with Great Britain in lSl+-and Sec.
retary of State from lc25 to 1929.
Thomas II. Benton served u longer time
in Congress than any other of our public
man. He entered the I. :. Senate when
Missouri was admitted in 1871, and con-
timed there unttI l9Jl-a period Of ;hlriy
years. tie never held any other Office
John c. Calhoun entered tie House of
Representatives in l6ll; served there
uutIl 1877. when he became Secretary Of
Wax under Monroe In lo2. he was
elected Vice President and re elected in
1928. In 1881 he resigned the station Of
Vice President to become n T. ). Senator
from South Carolina. The reason Of this
extraordinary step was that he might cham.
pion the cause of Notification in the
Senate. and to reply to the arguments Of
Nj Nebstsr on that subject, which were
producing an extraordinary effect oh the
country lie continued in the Senats till
1874 when he became Secretary OF State
under John Tyler. In ISIS 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 lS20 he was elected from
Boston, Mass, to which city he had re-
moved. In ISIS he WAS elected to the L.
5. Senate. In 1871 he was Secretary VI
State, In 1915 he was again Senator
In 1880 he again took charge of the de-
partment Of State. aud filed that position
at the time Of his death. His political
career lasted about thirty six years The
Printer.