The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-05-05
a, LINCOLN.
Curious facts abOu: Congressman,

OuIlVus ldOlS aDouV congressman,
The Washington correspondent of the
Troy Times gives the following curious
facts in regard to prominent members of
the present Congress.
The b's; speaker ON the Union Is Wi.
liam ID. Kelly, Pennsylvania on the
Democratic side, ID. w. Voorhees,, Indi-
ana.
The best parlinmcntarian, Union side
y. II. Washburne, Illinois; Democrat S.
:. Cox.
The rcadicst dcbatcr, Joan A. Kassop.
Iowa; Democrat, George II. Prndlc,on.
Ohio. In the last Congress, John A,
bingham, Ohio; c. l.. Vahandighan.
Canada.
The member with the best blood is John
Low, Indiana, whose pu,riot grandfather
was member OF the old Continental Con-
grcss, l776. His maternal grandfather
was a member of the first Congress under
the Constitution; his father was u mcm-
bcr of Congress during the war of 1912,
aud MIR. Low the present representative,
is now serving his second term.
The oldest consecutive member is r..
II. Wosbburnc, Illinois. WHO has held his
seat lor eleven years. In the last Con-
grcss was John s. Philips, Missouri, who
was Colonel in the Union army, and
has been in Congress for eighteen
years.
The Oldest man is Thaddeoas Stevens,
pennSy lvanIa, who is almost ~ years old.
The youngest, Gen James A. Garfield.
who Is only 30 years old. Igna,us Don.
molly, Minnesota, is just sixteen days Ole
or.
Walter ID. Mclndoc, Wisconsin, very
Efficient gentleman, has only one hand.
! The General of highest rank Is MAJOR
General Robert C. Schcnck, whose com.
mission dates from August 80, 1869. The
other Generals are Gariicld Ohio; Du-
Mont, Indiana; Blair, Missouri.
The hundsomest man is William Win
dom, Minnesota.
The wcalthest man is Onkcs Ames. n
manufacturer from Massachusetts, who
| is worth over two millions.
The most rapid speaker is the Speaker
Schuyler CollRx, lndinln.
The tnllcst man is Drutus j. Clay,
Kentucky. ...-
The shortest members nre ]. w. Nc.
/ Clurg, Missouri; Augustus Brandegcc,
Connecticut; Nehemiah Perry, New Jcr-
sey; Francisco Berfn, New NJ, xlco; the
difference to be decided by the respective
| thickness of the solcs.
! The smallest member is SIS. Cox; the
largest is John ID. Baldwin, Mussuchu.
sets. ".rf
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The most produc,ive-G Ebcnzer
Dumon;, the father OF nineteen children.
The most graceful is William II.
Wndsworti, Kentucky.
The digniiied man is Ruins =. Spnld-
ing. Ohio. ...
The most sarcastic is Thaddcous
Stevens, Pennsylvania. .,,t
The SPECIAL man is Gen. +. =. Blair,
Missouri. ....iI.........
The member who has sent uway the
most speeches is s. 5. Cox, this Con.
gress; list, D. Wood, the speeches Fer
nando Nrotc. ..
The largest farmer on the Union side
is Josiah ID. Criminal, Iowa, who has siS
thousand acres Of land, and keeps sia
thousand sheep. The big farmer on th,
2" other side Is u good substantial u nior
man, Brutus j. Clay, Kentucky, who
owns siXty.fve hundred acres OF land
and whose hon farm contains two thous
and acres worth $3.50 per acre. Mr. Clay
has two hundred aud seventy five ne.
groes, fifty mules, two hundred sheep,
one hundred aud fifty blooded cattle
some OF the most famous in the United
States. His usunl stock of cattle Is
about four hundred head.
The member who never fails 10 move
an amendment is William s. Holland
Indiano.
The member who lives farthest East
ia Frederick A. Pike, Maine. West,
Juhn r. Mcbride, Origon. Norih, |.
Donnelly, Minnesota. South, Cornelius
Cole, California, whose district reaches
down TO Mexico.
james Brooks is the best read man
and has district of the smallest area--
three wards of New York city.
Idaho is the largest territory, and has
an urea of 326 373 square miles. Mr..
Donnelly, Of Minnesota, his is 800 miles
wide. ... rrf
The House has twenty-five members
with bald heads, thirty with mustuches,
two with wigs.
Henry Winter Davis lives nearest
thirty nine miles, and has S32 for mil.
cage. William H., Wallace, Of Idaho
travels 1897 miles, aud S6,397 90 for
milnge.
The politest member is Ruben L. Fen
ton, of New York. a' t'f .a
Three members represent each a
State - Messrs. Smithers, Delaware ;
Mcbride. Oregon; and Wilder, Kansas.
There are seventeen members who are
shareholders. N"
There are twenty-four members from
slave States, Of whom fourteen votes
with the Union pariy and ten with the
! Demoerats,lr 5.n-lf t,ssf
The best penman Is Augustus, Frank,
New York; the poorest Thaddcous 8 te-
vens, Pennsylvania. N -
The member who is always there
sound and true, is Henry l.. Dawes, Mas
sacbusetlsiihe an.ipode, benjamin Wood
New York. ,......
Harry MAcARvY, well known as the
"Arkansas Comedian." and The nnuthor
eof the proscnlbed songs Of " 1he, Boony
Blue Fag,' "The Volnpteer,n Mis-
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