Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-02-09
THE IOWA LEGISLATORS.
Statistical InfOrmatiOn--All About the
Members OF Senate and House.

Statistical InfOrmation-All AbOut the
Members or Senate and House.
From the Iowa state Register.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE. >
! The House of Representatives of the
/ Eleventh General Assembly Is compos-
ed Of 9S members, representing 81 dis
tricts, being an increase Of A members
since the last Legislature.
! Hon. Il. A. Morgan of Keokuk county,
is the Oldest person in the House, being
Sc; Hon. Hugh M. Thompson, of Scott,
is next, 54; Mcssrs. Dudley, of Wapello,
Maxwell, of Story, and Wilson, of Du.
buque, are each 81; and Mr.. Brown, of
! Winnesheik, Is 81. The youngest per-
son in the Houseis Mr.. Ballinger, of Lee.
aged "a; the next, Mcpherson, of
Adair, and Mr.. Safely, of Cedar, each
25; Is other members are under 30
The average age of the members is 373,
about D years less than that of the Sen
ators. Is of the members are single
men, and two are widowers.
Ohio has % OF its natives in the House !:
New York, Is; Pennsylvania, 8; Indi-
ana, q; Vermont, 5; Connecticut, Vir-
and Maine, each; Massachusetts. =:
New Jersey, Maryland and the District
OF Columbia, each. Mr.. Hale, of Mills
county is the only native of the State in
either House. There are eight natives
OF foreign countries in the House, viz (:
| Scotland, 3; Ireland, 2; France, Eng
land and Germany, each.
| Under the head of religion, there is a
nomenclature Of II different sorts, in
addition to those marked "None,n and
the blanks. There are 10 Methodists,
II Presbyterians, o Baptists Gncluding
l Free Will, y Episcopal, 8 Christian y
8 Congregational, 3 Universalists, 2 Ro-
man Catholics, Qunkers, l Unitarian,
l United Brethren, ] Reformed Dutch,
l Golden Rule. The remainder are
are 8 Liberals" i" 1 None" &c. One,
Mr.. Barker, of Dubuque, gives his per-
suasion as - n. B. b." which is short
for N. Il. Baker, or No Body's Busin-
ess. Judging from his political COM
plexion, he doesn't swear by the form
er; hence 1t is probable Mr.. B. relig-
iously believes that his religious belief
Is No Body's Business, and is best
'Nown By Barker.
In occupation, we find 80 farmers; q
lawyers; IA merchants; 3 physicians ?
editors; and one each of several other
avocatiOns.
In the matter of specific gravity.
neither House has the advantage OF tie
other; the average weight of members
being l62 in each. The House, howev-
er, has the heaviest and the lightest,
respectively, in the Legislature. Mr..
Thorn, of Clinton, is the heaviest: MIR.
Brown, of Louisa, next; Mr.. Williams,
Of Winnesheil, third. These each weigh
over 200 pounds. The aggregate weight
of members and officers is l6, ,DO2 pounds.
Those acquainted with the dimensions
OF the legislative halls can estimate the
amount OF physical pressure per square
foot.
Judge Il. S. Wilson, of DUBUQUE, is
the veteran Iowan of the Legislature,
having been 80 years in the State; Mr..
Hale, of Mills, 20 years; Mr.. Williams,
of Des Moines, IS. Mcssrs. Sapp, OF
Pottawattamie, and Bolter, of Harrison,
are the latest comers into the State, each
having been here only two years.
Forty-four of the members of tho
House have been in the army.
SENATE.
In the Senate there are As members,
representing 45 districts; being, with
three exceptions, the largest Senate in
the Union. Indiana and North Caroli-
ma have each so Senators, and Georgia
for each county, 1872 in number.
The Oldest person in the Legislature
is Senator Wharton, of Cedar county,
who is 63; the next oldest Is Senator
Robertson, of Louisa county, aged 60.
The youngest persons in the Senate are
senators Edwards, Lucas, and Reed,
OF Dallas, each aged 30. The average
age of Senators is about AZ. which is
that OF Senators Meyer and Richards.
Senators Bassett and HiIsinger are
single men, and Senators Parvin, Crook
nam and Richards are widowers.
Eleven Senators are natives of each of
the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio: o
of New York of Indiana; 2 of New
) ersey, Connecticut and Vermont each
and one each of Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Maryland, Tennessee and
Maine. Senator Mcmillan is a Scotch
man by birth; Senator Knoll French
man, and Senator Bassett Canadian.
Senator Marshman has been the long
est time in the State--29 wears: and
Senators Hunt, Lakin and Powers the
shortest--each years. Ten Senators
have been In the State 20 wears and
ever, and thirteen under ten wears.
The heaviest as well as the oldest
member is Senator Wharton, who weighs
2S4 pounds. Senator Hunt, who weighs
Z2o, comes next. Senator Brayton Is +
the iightest, weighing 120 pounds, and
Senator Edwards, of lbs avoirdupOis, is
next. The average weight Of Senators
Is l63 pounds, and the aggregate weight
of Senators and officers is 9. 7O1 pounds. |
In occupation the Senators are divid-
ed as follows: lawyers, %; farmers, IA; I
3; merchants, 3; editor, l;
cattle broker, 1; builder, /; real estate
agent, minister, 1.
: Under the head of religion " there
10 liberal diversity. We are satisfied.
IN looking over this column, i'm both
Houses, that the present Legislature
isn't at all likely to take any steps to-
wards establishing any religion +" In
the state. Eigth of the Senators are
Methodists, Presbyterians, 5 Congre-
gationalists, 4 Universalists, 3 Episco-
palians, United Presbyterians, Z Res
t0rationists, 2 Christians, Baptist, / /
Lutheran. The balance may be called /
" scattering" ~
Col. J. Henry Smith, Of Clinton coun-
", represents the largest constituency.
Y $50 people. The next largest is that
Of Senator Hunt, of Clayton county, d.
9O3; The counties Of Dubuque, Scott
and Lee are larger, but, as they have
each Senators, the average constituent
cics OF these Senators are smaller than
those before mentioned.
AN UNFAsHIONABLE OLD FELLOW.
The Washington correspondent of the
Gazette tells the following
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