Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-31

If4MS, PnReoNALSUos. AbO
ADoup IowA's LroIsIArons.-A6s oioss
member of the Senate senator hooerss
son. who il GS---the next oioest oenstor
parvin. 60, TIE youngest Senator is Ira
verse. who Ia IS; the nexe youngest are
senators walden, Newell and Reed. each
32 Amongst the Senators are only
,ro single mcn-Gen. Mathies and Ira
verge. OHIO furnishes the most nativef.
IL New York ia next, with representa-
ton 81 o My Maryland" has sons and
France, Prussia. Scotland, and Ireland each
have Senator in the Iowa Senate
House. The occupations Of the members
are somewhat varied. Lawyers lead the
list with band Of 10; farmers follow mex,
Ia strong: G merchants make the mex LAT.
gsst squad physicians make showing oi
2 land spec ulssions will be attended to by
2 real estate brokers; while the vhols body
is given .'literary and lowering coat
BY an odiscr and miller. The religious
force OF The Senate has many complexions.
The Liberals lead the hest with . nuo-
Der Of 10; the Msthodists and Presbyssr-
isns have each 8; the Baptists 4; Congre
sa,ionalists, 8; Eclectic church, the
.Souud" church, 3; "Orthodox.' 81
"Whst Is Right" 4; and "Sse Rom. XIV,
/. The Senate 10 entirely Protestant. Sen.
stor Rice. OF Marshall, is the largest man Of
the Senate. weighing 202-whilc Senators
Hedges. Knoll. and Msthies follow close on
his heels. With . round 200 apiece. Sen
aior Robertson, besides being the Oldest
man in the Senate, 10 also the Oldest resi-.
d,nt in Iowa. having lived in this State 80
ve.rs. Senator Parvin has been an Iowan
for 80 years; Senator Smyth for % Sens
tor Doud, 25 while Senators Cattel,
Grimes and Holman have been Hawk.
eyes for % years. Senator Long, Of Iowa
county. is the nsuesf conner TO Iowa, having
been resident Of the State only five years.
Among the Officers Of the Senate, we
find a few items: Gov. Scott, with no
beness which We admire, puts his occupa-
ton down as farmer has been II
years in Iowa. weighs $50 lbs is son of
4 Ohio, 10 married, RI esby terrain in religion,
is 43 years old, and We hope he'll live to be
a round 100. Secretary Weart only weighs
10 lbs; but then he is married and Bap-
list. One of tho messenger boys 10 native
"ilawkeye.' Two editors = Ballou and
Mendal-keep the officers straight. Look
lug at them rcigiously, there are Metho-
dists, 2 Presbyterisns, . Baptists, Con-
! nuu iiiAeu A"u'Sa -
Val Mendal The Janitor OF this body Is
. native Of Maryland and Minister.
The oldest member Of the House is Mr..
Davis Of Scott. who is 20, and whose first
name very appropriately, is Methuselah :
Two other Aessrs Bolton and
Philips-arc 6s. Twenty tive Of these
members are over 80 years Of age; "a are
under 40; and FIVE are under 30. The
youngest member is Capt. Stone, Of Mills
county. who is "a, but married, and a Lib
eral Christian. Two others-Irish and Will
son-ars %. In this body there are : sin
glo men, and 2 widowers. The House
happily has 42 farmers; II lawyers;
merchants; blacksmith; s editors, {
doctors; mechanic; l professor; min
later (the only in the Legislative member
ship } l retired - and / student. Re
ligiously, the Methodsts lead the body
with force Of 81; PresbytssiA follow af
, ter with IA Congregationalists have 8;
are Liberal 8 Uaivsrsalists; 8 Catholics
8 whose religion il the Golden Rule y
Episcopalians, and Spiritualist. In TIL
body there is strong soldier element, 81 o
them having been soldiers Of the war agains
i, traitors.
And while the gallant army Of the lat
! war is SO strongly represented, there Is al
30 one oil soldier of 1912 -Methuselah
Davis, OF Scott county.
Q Fred. Rector, of Fayette county, Is tn
: big man Of the House, in q physical pein
Of view, as he weighs the healthy amour
OF 200 lbs. Mr.. Davis, who also erj Joys III
honor Of being the oldest man in the i1ous
{ and the honor Of having been q soldier G
! 1912, isrcxt in weight, and weighs 221
Judge Hatch. Of Polk, (who boards We per
ceive, with Mrs. Ilatch.) weighs 20s; Col
: Johnson, Of Marshall. 2l2, MIR. Lock- wood
Of Dubuque. 220, Mr.. Stanley, Of Cedar
2I0; and several others over 900.
Lysander W. Babbitt, of Pottawattamie
has lived in Iowa longer than "any othe
man. in the House, IS he has been n SO
ourner in this land for 80 years. Gran
than, Of Henry, and Wilson, Of Dubuque
, have been Iowans for 81 years. Twenty
three Of the members have lived in Iowa 70
/ 30 years and over.
I Ohio leads the House, as we'll as the Sen
. ate, on the list Of nativity-as % Of he
E sons stand therein. New York comes mex
g with Is; Pennsylvania with 10; kentucky
! 3, Ireland. 8; Germany, England, l
Q Illinois, l and Holstein, /.
Alc St0to VI lOWo uBs Oue vi UtI wv
$ sons on the floor Of this House, in the PEI
. son Of the youthful and talented Jno. P
Irish, of johnson county whose name vii
e go down to history with the honor of hav
t ing been that Of the first native Iowan VIII
/ was made Legislator on his''native heath.
The State Of 1ndianA-(strange to say
considering the large number of Eoosler
in this State has but one son in the Sen
ate and three in the House.
The tallest man in the House, (and VIII
: il the tall man Of the Legislsture) is Mr.
Sanborn, Of Delaware, who is 8 feet. I inch
es; and the shortest one is Mr.. Adams, 0
Dss Moinss, height unknown. The tall
. "a. member Of the Senate is Senator Cattcl
OF Polk and the shortest is Senator Fair
oil.
, Every officer Of the Senate, with one ex
, csption, Was 10 the late var.-State Regis
, fer.