The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-02-04

RFt ~ anu Attt'FN NfNs az tbE atuhnHet
Law School. Mass. and commenced th,
practice q law ia Baltimore lie va,
mombcr of tho Reform C3tS Counei
@ Baltimore IN is60. aud entered ,ht
Union army as Lieutenant Colonel 81
ibe Ith Maryland Volunteers. uAs pro.
moted 70 the Colonolcy and was honor.
nhly discharged in 1854 on account oi
wounds, receiving hrcsct Is BriRatlier
E ticueral, Ho was elected 70 the aalh
Congress, succeeding Henry Winter
Davis. and was ro-electcd 30 the 10Th
Congress as Conservative He il a
member 81 The committees on cxpsnd..
ares ~ the War Department and ap.
preparations
Luke 7 Poland was born AZ West.
.ord, NOV !, 1915 lie received an nc.
'denic education, aud afterwards stud
ted and pracaccdlaw He was Register
li Probate for Lamoille county ia 1899
and 40 lie was i member Of the State
Constitutional Convention IN lS43, and
States Attorney IN 1874 and I5. aud
Judge OF the Supreme Court from is45
70 1865 He received the degree Of
LII D., from the University of Yer.
mont IN 1861 He is appointed to the
United States Senate to in the vacancy
oecasioncd by the death Of Jacob Col
{ lamer by Gov Dillingham;. Mr. Nor
rIil was afterwards elected by the Log
4 islnture 60 the vacancy aud be WAS
4 elected 10 the 40th Congress-. Ho was
I chairman Of the committees ON reyisal
and unfinished business and on the re-
vision OF the laws Of the United States,
also member of the committee on
elections. He is one Of the Regents Of
| the Smithsonian Institute.
Phllotus Sawyer, from the fifth dis
tlct OF Wisconsin, was born in Whit
ing, Vermont September 2, 1916. llo
received public school and business
education, and removed 10 Oshkosh,
Wisconsin,in ls47, engaging in the lum-
Der business. He was a member Of tho
Legislature OF Wisconsin in 1857 and
'63,and delegate to the National Re
publican Convention at Baltimore, in
1864; Mayer Of Oshkosh in 1863 and
"a, and WAS elected to the 59th Con-
gress and reelected to the 40th. He is
q member Of the committees on com
merce aud manufactures Hon. w. G.
Smith is also a mcmber OF the lattor
committee.
Worthington e. Smith Was born at
st Adams, April 23 1928, graduated at
the University OF Vermont; studied but
did not practise law, but entered into
business ard was largely Interested in
the manufacture and sale of iron. He
was a member of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes in 1868. and Of the Senate Of
Vermont in 1864 and '65, and was its
President pro temp0re during the last
term and was elected TO tho 40th Con
gress by a plurality vote on thorsocond
trial for the election Of q member OF
Congress in the third district. He isa
member Of the committees on manufac-
lures and on coinage, weights and
measures.
Thaddeus Stevens was born at Bar
net in Caledonia county April 4, 1892
received n collegiate education and re-
moved to PENNSYLVANIA in 1914, and
while teaching was Admitted TO the
bar lie was member Of the State
Legislature in Pennsylvania in 1888, "a
'35 81 and Al, also Of the State Com
Convention in 1888, and was
Canal Commissioner in 1898
He removed to Lancaster in l842, and
was elected TO the 31st, 32d 36th, 9th,
36th, and 39th Congress and was re-
elected to the 40th Congress by large
majority He is chairman Of the com
mlttees on Appropriations and Recon
Btructlon. There are two Vermonters
on tho former committee besides him,
Bsaman of Michigan and Phelps Of
Maryland His long Congressional
career and his distinguished position
have earned him the title Of 'The Great
Commoner.
Henry ID. Washburn, of the fourth
district Of Indiana, was born in Wind
,or county March 2s, 1892 He receiy-
ID o common school education and was
ipprenticed to a tanner but preferred to
each school, which he did for several
Years, studying law at the same time,
md graduated at tho law school at
n. Y; was Auditor Of
Vermillion county, Indiana, from 1854
o'Gl. He served in the Union army
IS captain, colonel and brigadier-gen-
.ral during the war for the suppression
i the rebellion, and was elected TO the
18th Congress and reelected to the 40.
lie is a member of the committee on
Military affairs Revolutionary Pen
ions, and on Southern Railroads.
Fredrick Il. Woodbridge was born
t Vergennes, VT, August 29th, 1918;
raduated at the University Of Vermont
y 1876; studied law with his father,
Ion. +. ID. Woodbridge, aud practised;
Fas elected a member Of the House Of
representatives Of the State Legisla-
lre in l849, and again in 1867 aud '58
'as many times chosen mayor Of his ma
i've city; was State auditor in 1850, 81
nd 81; was prosecuting attorney in
853, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858; On
aged in railroad management and was
eyeral years ice-President and the
ctive manager Of the Rutland and
Washington Railroad; was elected
lember of the State Senate IN 1860 aud
SCI, and IN the latter year was chosen
resident pr0 tcfab0re of that body: was