The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-22
Coneressiona, Net,v,ties.

or the fifty gentlemen composing the United
States Senate as 1t nov stands, twenty-one only
States. majority OF the Western Senators
were born in the Eastern States. Mr.. Howard
OF Michigan, lie native OF Vermont; and his
colleague, Mr. Chandler, was born in New
Hampshire. Mr.. Doolittle, of Wisconsin,, is a
native OF New York, and his colleague, Mr..
Howe, halls from the ockribbed coast OF Maine.
Mr.: Grimes, OF Iowa, first saw the light OF day
in New Hampshire. No other State but Massa-
chusetts could have been guilty OF Ben Wade.
Connecticut divides the honor OF Mr.. Trumbulps
birth between herself and that geutleman's
parents.
Mr.. McDouGall, who. in his lucid intervals,
represents California, took his first sniff of at
I mospheric air in New York, near the Pennsyl-
vania line, about the time OF the Whisky lnsur-
IectiOn, which has since been transferred TO his
own stomach. Ohio lie responsible for Mr. Hen
dricks, of Indiana and Mr.. Norton, of Mime
sofa. Kentucky gave to the world, the flesh
and the devil, MIR. Yates, OF Illinois, and to the
Irrrepressible radicals, Mr.. Brown of Missouri.
New York Is entitled to all the honor that
attaches to the natal State OF Messrs. Stewart
and Nye, OF Nevada, Mr.. Williams, of Oregon,
and half dozen other Senators. Nor does emf
grafton seem TO have been confined to removals
from the East to the far West, in Senatorial in
stances. Mr.. Fessenden, OF Maine, is New
Hampshire an;'likewise Mr.. Wilson, of Massa-
chuseJts. MIR. Cragin thought better of New
Hampshire than these two gentlemen, and left
Vermont TO take up his residence in 1t. Mr..
Sumner was born in Boston, OF course
New Hampshire, one of the smallest States of
this Union, has six OF her 'nativesn in the Sc
nate-Messrs. Chandler, Grimes, Wilson, Fes-
sender, Pomeroy, and Clark. New York, the
largest state in the Union, has but two more
than New Hampshire -Messrs. Doottle, Harris,
Nye, Stewart, Wright, Williams, McDoueal, and
Van Winkle. Pennsylvania and OHIO are
equal, each having three-the former, Messrs.
Buckalew, Cowan, and Ramsey; the latter,
Massachusetts has three-sumner, Wade,
and Morgan. Kentucky has fve-Davis,
Guthrie, Yates, Brown, and Henry S.
Lane. Vermont has four votes-Foote,
three-Foster, Dixon, and Trumbull. Virginia
has two-Wllley and Henderson. Maine has
three-Morrill, Howe, and Nesmith. Indiana
has one-Jlm Lane. Delaware has twO--Riddle
and Salisbury. New jersey has one-Stockton.
Rhode Island has two-Sprague and Anthony.
Mary land has two-Johnson and Cresswell; and
Ireland one Conness. There is one yet lacking
to make up the filty-Mr. Kirkwood, of Iowa,
whose nativity j am unable to state.
1t will be seen from the above that Kentucky,
Rhode Island, Pennsylvania Vermont, Connec-
hcut, and Maryland are represented in the Sc
nate by Zen born in the States they represent
The other States are represented, in whole or in
part, by adopted" citizens. No member of the
present Senate was born west OF Indiana--Illi-
nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas
and Iowa being without sons" in that body.
OF the one hundred and eighty-four members
of the House, thirty-nine are natives of New
York, including Speaker ColfaX, of Indiana;
Mr.. Eggleston, of Ohio; Mr.. Ross, of Illinois;
Mr.. Highly, OF California; Mr.. Whaley OF West
Virginia, and number of other Western Repre-
sentatives. Pennsylvania has twenty-seven of
her sons on the floor; among them, Messrs. Bing-
ham and Plants, OF Ohio, and 0rth, of Indiana.
Ohio has twenty-one members, including three
| who had the bad taste to emgrate eastward in
| in their youth, and Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa. Massa.
| chusetts has fourteen, including Messrs. Buck
| land and Spaulding, of OHIO, and Mr.. Clarke,
| of Kansas. Vermont has thirteen, including
| Tbad. Stevens, OF Pennsylvania; Columbus De-
| lano, of Ohio; Mr.. Eldredge, of Wisconsin; Mr..
| Davis, of New York; Messrs. Grinnell and
| Kasson, of Iowa; and Mr.. Beaman, of Michi-
| gan. Maine has eight, including Mr.. Wash
| burne, OF Illinois, and Mr. Brooks, of New York.
| Connecticut has eleven, among them Mr.. Bald
| win, OF Massachusetts, and Mr. Hubbard of West
| Virginia. Illinois has three, Mr.. Cobb, of Wis
| consin, and two Illinois members. Tennessee
| has two, Mr.. Defrees, of Indiana, being one OF
| them, and Mr.. Anderson, of Missouri, the other.
| Virginia has three, one of whom is Henry F.
| Blow, OF Missouri. Kentucky has fourteen; New
| Jersey, four; Rhode Island, two Indiana, four;
| New Hampshire four; Missouri, two; Michigan,
| one; Delaware, one. Iowa, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Kansas, Oregon, Nevada, California and
| West Virginia have none. There is one Cana
| dian, Mr.. Farnsworth, of Illinois; one Irishman,
| Mr.. Hogan, of Missouri; one Scotchman, Mr.
| Mclndoe, of Wisconsin; and one German, Mr.
| Suouse, of Pennsylvania.
II will be seen, from the above, that west o
Ohio no State has given birth to as many Con
gressmen as il has upon the floor OF the House
| Indiana has eleven representatives, and but toul
! native Hoosers. Illinois has fourteen represen
| tatives, and but three native Suckers. Missouri
has nine representatives, and but two native
| Pukes. Michigan has SIX representatives, anC
only one wolverine. Iowa SIX representatives
| and only a single Hawkeye.
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