The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-03-19

from The forthcoming edition II Ian
mans dictionary q Congress. and cop
id IN fnll biographical sketches 81 the
10th Congress. We select froin the
number the notices Of our VI members
as follows
aroRGE r. fnMoNbs
HI WIS born in Richmond, Vt, Feb
ruary / 1879, received 4 common school
education and enjoyed the instruction
of ! private tutor; Sc studied law and
came 10 the bar N l649. deyoting him-
self exclusives 70 tie legal profession.
In 1851 he settled in Burlington. and
IN 1854, 1856, 1856, 1857 and 1853 he
was elected 10 the Vermont Legislature,
serving three years as Speaker. III 1861
and tsbZ be was elected 10 the State
/ Senate officiating as President pro t.n.
Of that body during those wears. On
the breaking out Of the rebellion he
was member Of the State Convention
which met to form a coalition between
the republicans and the democrats. and
drew up the resolutions which were
adopted in that convention as the basis
OF union for the country On the death
Of Solomon Foot he was appointed in
has place TO the United States Senate
taking his seat in April, 1866. and the APP
pointment was confirmed by the Leeis-
lature. The committees upon which he
served were those Of Commerce, Public
Land, Pensions apd Retrenchment.-
He was also a delegate to the Philadel-
phia Loyalists Convention Of 1866.
JUSTIN s. MORRILL,.
He was born in Stratfiord, Vt, April
Ii, 1910; received an academic educa-
ton, and engaged in mercantile pur
suits until the year 1913, when he turn !
ed hls attention to agriculture. He was
elected Representative from Vermont
to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and re-
elected to the Thirty fifth, the Thirty
sixth, the Thirty-seyenth the Thirty /
eight and the Thirty-ninth Congresses /
serving on the special committee on the /
sale of Fort Smelling, and on the regu- |
lar Committees on Agriculture and on
Ways and Means. He was also a mem
Der OF the special committee of thirty
three on the rebellious States in the
Thirty Congress- Reelected to
the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving as
chairman of the Committee on Ways I
and Means, and as a member of those
on the death of President Lincoln and I
on Reconstruction. He was delegate
to the Philadelphia Loyalist's Conyen-
ton of 1866; and in October, 1866, he
was elected Senator in Congress from
Vermont for the term commencing in
1867 and ending in. 1878.
LUXE P. POLAND.
He was born in Westford, Chitten-
den county, Vermont, November /. IS
10; received good common school and
academic education; commenced the
study of law when eighteen years of age
and was admitted to the bar in 1896: was
Register of Probate for Lamoille conn
ty in 1889 and 1910; vas a member of
the State Constitutional Convention in
1S43; Prosecuting Attorney for La
noble county in 1914 and 1S45, and in
1913 he was elected by the Legislature
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
Of Vermont, which he continued to
hold by annual elections until Noyem-
Der, 1865, when he was appointed TO
fill the vacancy in the Tilted States
Senate caused by the death of Jacob
Collamer, whose term would have expi-
red in 1867. just before his appoint
lnent to the Supreme Bench,upon which
be held the position of Chief Justice. to
which he was elected in 1860. The com
mittees upon which he served in the
Senate were those on the Judiciary and
Patents and the Patent Office. His ap-
polntment to the Senate was confirmed ,
by the Legislature. He was a delegate
to Philadelp hia Loyahsts Convention of ,
1866, and YVES subsequently elected
Representative to the Fortieth Cons ,
gress.
woRrHISGToN G. SMITH.
He was born in St Albans Vermont, {
April %, 1923; graduated at the Uni /
versity Of Vermont, in Burlington. Is43; {
stV1ied law, but abandoned the profes- j
sion, and became an iron merchant and y
in 1868 he was chosen i
10 the Legislature of the State in 1864 /
md IN 1865 to the State Senate; offici- i
lting during the last session as Presi- I
lent Of the Senate; and in 1866 he was 4
elected Representative from Vermont Z
o the Fortieth Congress.
FREDERICK T.. woopBRIpoE. Q
He was born in Vergennes, Vermont, :
august 10, 1875 graduated al the Uni !,
'ersity OF Vermont in 1870 studied law /,
md came to the bar in 1912; served !
hrce years in the State Senate. three !,
ears as State Auditor, and in 1863 he =
vas elected Representative from Yer 7
mont to the Thirty-eighth Congress u y
erying On the committee on the Judi =
iary; reelected to the Tbirty-Dinth q
congress, serving on the Committees :
= the Judiciary and Private Land !
,laims. He was also delegate 10 the =
Philadelphia Loyalists Convention Of Z
s66 and reelected to the Fortieth =
'ongTess. .
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