The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-01-16


!, rectiYed an &c ldemic education and studied
S law from 848 to 1852 lie edited a newspa'
a per in Philadelphia called the North Ameri
D ca TURNER. after which he devoted himsel
: 10 the practice Of his profession and III 1867
g lie y a. elected a Representative from Penn
! 81 lYania TO the ThirtY-eighth Congress, serv-
ing on the Committee on Roads and Canals
Re-eected TO the Thirty -ninrh Congress.
XII. Distriot-PhiIip Johnson d,
: Was born in Warren county, n j, October
III, 1878 In I839 ne removed with his father
u Pennsylvania, settling in Northampton
county. lie was educated at Lafayette Col
lrgc, where he spent two years. after when
he spent two Years teaching school IN the
South. On his return home lie studied law
was adm,Led TO the bar in 1913 and soon
Il tc,wlrd5 elected Clerk oFthe Court Of Ses
10 3, aud of the Oyer and Terminer IN 1853
land 1854 he was elected u the State Assem-
Iby in 1851 was Chairman of the Democratic
/ Stat Convention in 1860 he was the Reve-
nue Commissioner fer the Third Judicial dis
tr.ct Of he State, and was elected a Repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty
seventh Congress, serving on the Committees
IN Roads and Canals and on Pa,ents. lie
was reelected 10 the Thirty ghth Congress,
mi was member of the Committee on Ter
| :itores. He was also a delegate 10 the Chi
| cago CJnl ention Of 1864. Re. elected to the
Th,r! ninth Congress,
MI Observation-Disclosures DrNxIsoy-D,
Was born in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania,
January %. 1918; graduated at Dickinson
College in 1889 adopted and practiscd the
profession OF law, and was elected Repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty
o., .tT.,,
oa Indian Affairs. Reelected to the Thirty
ninth Congress.
1uI. DIsTBICT-ULYSsEs MERCUB-R,
Was born in Towanda, Bradford county,
Penn 'ylrauiu August, u, 1918 graduated
at Jefferson College in 1912, studied law
willie in Co,l,gC ana came to the bar in l643;
was a Presidential elector in $50; in March
1861 ne vas appointed President Judge of
the Thirteenth Judicial district Of PennSyl-
yania, and elected to the office in October
following for II term of ten years, hut which
he resigncd on being elected in 1864 Il Repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty
ullth Con srcs5.
XIV. Observation-Disclosures r. NILLER-R,
Was bora in ChilIi>q Iaque, Northumberland
countr, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1909
ectvel ah aratomicll rrlncatiun, Iaborlng
80 support himself during vacations studied
law aud came 10 the bar IN 833 took IN ac-
tive part in loot politics, bat frequently de-
clincd nominations for county and State
Offices WIS for number Of years Secretary
OF the Le:ishurk University in Pcunsyv vlnjt.
ani in i5Gt WAS elected a Rapresentitiye f'om
Pennsylvania to the rh,Ity-ainth Congress.
XIV. DlsTRICT-l. J. GLOssBRENNER--D.
Born in HAgerstown, Maryland, Angpst3l,
1870 appTentceI at an early age 10 the
printing business, which was his school !:
when seventeen years OF age ne travelled III
the West and became foreman in the Office of
the Otio Nonitcr, and afterwards OF the Vest
erB Ic'aUaph; in 1929 he returned TO Penn
svlyauia and settled at York where he pub
lished the York Gizste, and there held vari-
Gus Offices OF trust and possibility Iu.l849
he was elected SCrLeant-at \ ms OF the Ma
tionu House OF Representatives, fer The Thirty
first Congress, and was re elected To the same
Office by the four following Congresses; in
! 1851 h was private Secretary to President
| B2chanun in 1863 he became one Of the
founders Of the Philadelphia Age, and in 1864
he was elected a Representative from Penn
Srlvania 10 the Thirty ninth Congress.
XVI. DISTRICT WILLIAM II KOONTZ-R.
! T In the list from which we take these bio
| graphies. that of Coifroth i given as the Rep
resentatiyc from tins District This s
mistake. ko2n'Z is the elected Representa-
tive, and will ot course be recognized.
Editor H}egropL]
XVII DIsTRICT-AGRAHAM A. BARKgR-R
] Born in Lowell. Oxford county, Maine,
March 80, 1916; received II commo1 school
( elucauou aud engaged in agricultural pur-
suits was early Il siren IoUs advocate of tenn
/ p"ran'e and ant-slavery; removed IL Penn
/ syl ania in 1854, and de- ted himself To the
! lumber and mercantile business; was a dee
! glte t. the Cbicrgr Convention of 1860, aud
il 1856 lie was elected RepreSe ntutve from
/ Pennsylvania to the Thirty-niDth Congress.
XVIII. DISTRiCr-srErHRN F. wILsoN-R
/ lie was born in Columbia, Bradford county,
| PENNSYLVANIA, September 4, 1921 spent bis
hoyhood on n farm, and received his educa
ton at WcIishoro Academy, where he was an
assistant teacher far one term; he also for a
while taught IN district schooiin WelIstoIo
/ stud ed and adoptid the profession OF law
was n borough assessor one year; school
/ director for SIX years was Senator in he
State Legislature in 1868, 1864 and / S65 and
in 1864 he elected RepreS ntnltve from
! Pennsylvania to The Thirty ninth Congress.
XIX. DIsrmCT-GLENNr W. sCOFImD-R.
He w"s born in Chatanque coanty, New
York, March |, 1877 graduated AT Hamilton
Cplege in 1910, and removed to Warren,
Pennsylvania. where he was admitted to the
harin 1913. In 1880 and 1851 he was mem
Der of the State Assembly, and from 657 t.
1859 he was in the State Senate In 1861 he
WAS appointed President Judge of the Egh-
J ecnth Judicial district of the State, and in
, 1852 he was elected Representative from
, Pennsylvania to the Thirty. eighth Congress
rving on the Committees on Elections and
J Expenditures in the War Department. Re-
/ elected to the Thirty ninth Congress.
Xxx DisrRIcr- CHARLES V. cuLveR-R.
He was born in Logan Ohio, September 6,
, 1880; spent the most Of his life actively en-
ragged IN business pursuits, and was elected +