The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-19

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IN this way lost his scat in the Senate
THOMAS A. HBNDRIoEs,
OF indiana was born in Muskingum coaoty.
Ohio, September z, 1919; WAS educated al Sol IA
Hanover College; stud a law at Ohamberso Irg,
Pa.i settled in Indiana in the practice OF HE
profession; went to the State Legislature ~
lS4s; sat in the State Constitutional UJuventiOu
IN 1860; was Representative in Cnu1ress from
Indiana, nom 1851 TO 1855; was Comm ssiouer
OF the General Land Silice from 1855 to 1859;
and sat in the United States Senate from 1853
TO 1863. He was prominent candidate tor the
presidency In July, 1868, receiving 1872 yotes
on the tWepty'hrst ballot-next TO the last
~ peing necessary to Il choice, In October
1868, be was the Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Indiana, BENG defeated by Cover
342, 1859.
EDWIN D. MORGAN,
Of New York, was born in Washington. Bcrk-
shHe county, Mass, February g, 1914; when
seventeen years old became a clerk in whole
sale grocery store In Hartford, Conn.,, aud three
years after partner; served az a member of
the Hartford City Council: removed to New
foik city in 1886, and there engaged exten-
hVely IN mercantile pursuits; In le49 was
elected an Alderman aud State Senator, serving
two terms as the latter; acted as Commissioner
OF Emigration from 1856 to 1868; was elected
Governor in 1858, aud again in 1860; In 1861
was appointed amsjor general of volunteers by
President Lincoln, but did not enter acti 90
service: aud In 1863 took his seat In the United
States Senate, serving until March 4, 1852.
When Senator Fesscnden retired from the
Cabinet, in March, 1865, President Lincoln
offered him the Secretaryship OF the Treasury,
which be declined.
LOT N. MORRILL,,
OF Maine, was born in Belgrade, Kenuebeck
county in that State, in 1915; studied for a
time at Waterville College, and then turned his
attention to the law, being admitted to the bar
in 1889; sat in the lower house OF the Legislature
in 1854, and in the State Senate, OF which he
was President, in 1856; was three times elected
Governor in 1858 1859 and 1860; aud in 1861
entered the United States Senate to fill the un.
expired term OF Hannibal Hamlin, being re
elected for the term ending March 4, 1869.
DAVID T. PATTERSON,
of Tennessee, has cut very sorry figure in the
Senate. During the war he claimed to be a
Union man, but took the oath OF allegiance to
the CCnfede1acy In 1861, as a Chancery Judge in
Eaet Tennessee, ostensibly for the sake of
having chance TO protect prosecuted loyalists,
nation for Governor of the State. The The
circumstance of his being son-n.law of
Andrew johnson secured his election to
the United States Senate in 1865, for the term
ending March 4, 1869, and the Senate dispensed
with his subscribing to the iron-cled oath in
order that he might take his seat. Although
elected as Republican, he followed President
johnson into the Democratic fold, az matter
OF course,
PETER G. VAN wEELE,
of West Virginia, was born in New York city,
September 4 1908; removed to parkersblrg
now in West Virginia, in 1886; was a member OF
the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850
OF the Wheeling Convention in 1861, and of the
Convention which framed the Constitution of
West Virginia in 1862; sat in the State Legisla.
ture from its organization until June, 1853, and
in November following was elected 10 the
United States Senate for the term ending March
4, 1868. He has been an earnest Republican in
everything except the impeachment vote.
BENJAMIN F. WADE,
of Ohio, was born in Feeding Hills Parish,
Mass aCh Osetts, october u, 1905 after receiving
a limited education commenced life as q school
teacher and farmer; studied law finally and was
admitted to the bar in 1928; was successiyely
Justice of the Peace, Prosecuting Attorney of
Ashtabula county, State Senator, and President
OF judicial circuit; was elected 10 the United
states Senate IN 1851, and twice re- elected,
serving until March 4, 1869. At the time of
Andrew Johnson'S accidental accession to the
Presidency, in 1865, he was President pro tenn
of the Senate, aud hence became acting Vice.
President of the United States. He was an
aspirant for the Presidential nomination until
General Grant was fixed upon by the people,
and then turned his ambition towards the Vice
Presidency, having been defeated for the Omitted
States Senate again. On the hrst ballot at the
Chicago Convention, in May, 1868. he stood the
highest, and maintained that position until the
last ballot, when Schuyler Colfax was nomi-
mated. He leaves the Senate on March 4 but
not, it is generally understood, TO retire from
public life,
ADoNTJAH 6. WEIGH,
of Florida, before the war was a prominent
school teacher in Michigan, Emigratiug to
Florida, he was elected to the United States
Senate for the term ending March 4, 1869, and
took his seat in July, 1868, when that State was
restored 10 representation in Congress. 1t is
understood that he will, on leaving the Senate,
return to his old calling in Michigan.
wILLIAM PINoKNEY WHITE,
of Maryland, is q grandson OF William Pinekney,
distinguished statesman of the early days OF
the republic. He is native OF Maryland and a
little over forty years of age. He has always
been an active Democratic Fpolitcian; was
several times member OF the State Legislature
from Baltimore city, and for some years
Comptroller of the State Treasury. In 1857 he
ran for Congress, but was defeated through the
KnoWNoihiug influence. During the Rebellion
he was quiet, but loyal in sentiment. When
Reverdy johnson left the Senate to go as Minis
ter to England, Governor Swami appointed him
10 that body 10 fill the remainder of the term
expiring March 4, 1869, principally for the sake
of getting rid of his claims upon the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Third Mary land
district,