Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-04-21
Curious Facts about Congress
men.

Washington Correspondence Of the Troy Times
The best speaker on the Union side is
William d. Kelley, Pennsylvania; on the
Democratic side, D. w. Voorhees,. Indiana.
The best Parliamentarian, Union side,
L. B. Wsshburne, Illinois; Democrat, s.
s. Cox.
The readiest debater, Union, John A.
Kasson, Iowa; Democrat, George H. Pen
deton, Ohio.
The oldest consecutive member is L. B.
| Washburne, Illinois, who has held his seat
for eleven years.
The oldest man ia Thaddeus Stevens,
! Pennsylvania, who is almost 72 years old. -
/ The youngest is General James A. Garfield,
who is only 80 years old.
The General of highest rank is Major
General Robert G.. Scbenck, whose commits
sion dates from August 30th, 1862. The
other Generals are Garfield Ohio; Dunn ont
Indiana Blair, Missouri
The handsomest man is William Window
Minnesota. .. ... ....r.l.'.
The wealthiest man is Oakes Ames a
manufacturer from Massachusetts, who is
worth over two millions. ....
The most rapid speaker is the Speaker,
Schuyler Colfax, Indiana. ..iT
The tallest man is Brutus j. Clay, Ken
lucky. The shortest members are j. w.
McClurg, Missouri Augustus Brandagec,
Connecticut; Nehemiah Perry. New Jer-
sey; Franciscoe Peres, New Mexico; the
difference to be decided by the respective
thickness of the soles IL. .r
The smallest member is s s. Cox; the
largest is John Al. Baldwin, Massachusetts,.
The most productive General Ebenezcr
f Dumont, the father of nineteen children.
The most graceful man is William H.
Wsdsworthr Kentucky.
The NEST digDified man is Rufus p
Spauding, Ohio. ...
The most sarcastic man is Thaddeus Ste
vens, Pennsylvana. -..
: The most social man is Gen. p Blair
Of Missouri.
E The member who has ssnt away the mos
speeches this Congress is s. s. Cox.
The largest farmer en- the Union side !.
Josiah B. GrinneH. Iowa, who has 81,
. thousand acres Of land, and keeps ii,
thousand sheep. The big farmer on tn,
"other side" is q good substantial Unioi
man, Brutus J. Clay, Kentucky, who own
l. sixty-6ve hundred acres of land, and who's
n home farm contains two thousand acres
q worth $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Clay has tw
hundred sheep, one hundred and fifty rattl
. -some of the most famous in the Unite
h States His usual stock of cattle is abou
n ionr hundred head.
IS The member who never fails to move
amendment is VIM. S. Holman, Indiana.
The member who lives the farrhest Eas
l. is Frederick A. Pike, Maine. West, job
X. Mcbride, Oregon. North, l. Donnell,
:, Minnesota. South, Cornelius Cole, Cal
iornia, whose district reaches down to Me,
L leo.
e James Brooks is the best read man, an
n has a district Of the smallest area -thre
. Wards in New York city.
Idaho is the largest territory. aud has a
70 area OF 326.313 square miles, Mr.. Donncll,
- Of Minnesota, has the largest district
n any membsr-his is 500 miles wide.
p. The House has twenty-five members wit
:. bald heads thirty with moustaches, nh
IL two with wigs.
Is Henry Winter Davis lives the neares
1t thrty-nine miles, and has $32 for mieag
N William Fl. Wallace, of Idaho, trave
!. " 1897 miles. and gets sc, 397 GO for mileag
u The politest member Is Reuben Z. Fel
n. ton. New York.
to Three members represent each State
in Messrs. Smithers, Delaware; McBrid
4 OREGON; Wilder, Kansas. ..
:, There are seventeen members who a
tn Shareholders. .....a .
he There are twenty-four members from sls'
States, of whom fourteen vote with Il
Union party, and ten with the Democrat
no The best penman is Augustus Fran
its New York the poorest, Thaddeus Steven
rs Pennsylvania. ..... .... ...f
80 The member who is always there, sour
" and true, is Henry l.. Dawes. Massach
n' ssetts; the antipode, Benjamin Wood, Ne
o. York.