Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-07
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From data found In Meior Ben Perley
Pout's valuable CoDgr,ss sal nal Directory,
lSsued b few day ssincs, aud -AlresIy noticed
in our columns, we compile the Iollosing
facts, whlcn will De Interesting 10 oar lady
reauers, and possibly u some Otners:
rbs aver GO age OF s. majors IL not far
frum So that VI Repre-. entaslves not far
from IS 'H" t.4A
In tue Senate there are five gentlemen
'l,w the sge OF 40. In the II use there
are five members under 30. .....r .......f. b..
Tne youngest ), nAtor Is General Spencer
OF A.aOsms, born NovenibrI j, 1886, and
cons queHtly 33 enrs Old. The youngest
X preventative is Hon. Clinton L. Cob Of
North Carolina, boru Argu't rs, .S42, and
consequently but II, tie over "a. De
TIE OLDEST Senator IL Hur. ) mon ONmer-
on vi Pennsylvania, born Marc, 8 $780,
He is also tue Hest 10 CoDgr s-iensl ss MIR
~, haIiug taken his SCAT Ia tue Ssuste In
1915. lilo has, however, had long INTERRUPT
uols ia his Senator al CAREER, 50 that his
hole service smouuts 10 eleN en- years. He
Is tho uuly member of ilh,r III use " -
WIS prn before he comm. nve n.ent' Vt tue
| pr, s NJ century. II. Na..... r....- -.-...
The oldoet IN mber Of I e present House
OF X pruselta iv 9 I Congressional senior
| ity IS Hon. FrrnaudJ Wood, Who took his
| seat IN lS4I, in the Twenty.S .senth Con-
gress. His age IS but 81. t..E ...E-.z-
l. Mr., Garrett Davis, Senator from Ken
tucky, was earlier in the House than any
or, $ nj me n Der of tha' body, aving In ! s
TAKEN bi. seat in the Tw uty Sixth Con
4 es. Hs is the only member of either
house WAC sat Ia Cptgr,s more than thirty
years since. Nj. DAVIS however, elDngs
To the prese nu een.ury, b via be born
| 1891, two mO0tns earlier Than S, natUl
Eckers, Of Maryland. Ia point of long con,
tiuued rvice Mr.. Sumaer is dths "FathsI
of the Senate" having served for almost
nineteen Yeas without Interruption. ii,
has h,e years moe to serve On his presen
term. i u f--l l-sA III
Hon. Roberto. Schenck Of o 10 is tn,
"Ftther oil the H,us' :" He entered 1t il
1913, and (haying en- out from 1881 Il
1861 IS now serving bis Gig term,
HIN. Henry l.. Dawes OF MAssachusett
Is s,rying his sevenlh c )ntinious term.
General B iuks aud Hon. Horace May
nard are in Lner sixth tern, not continu
ous.
Hons. james Brooks ard S. S. Cox, 0
New York, and Hon. Na'h4n T. Dixon @
Rhode Island are each III their tittn term
Mr.. Brooks was the podeer Washingto
correspondents, aud also the first of Euro
pean correspondent for American papers
; The youngest Senator's are Messr'
Sarause aud kellogg, thirty years Nc
, Donald, thirty -seven years; Osborne an
buencer, thirty-three years. All carpet
, baggers," except G. vernon Sprague.
The youngest Representative are Hon
,, Thomas Fitch of Nevada, 3ii General .
s. Witcher OF West Virginia, 80; Hol
!. Charles N. Hamilton OF florida, ~ HnI
= logan II. Roots ~ Arkan.as, %, aud Hot
q. l.. Cobb, of North Carulina, II, Messr
. Hamilton and Roots were members OF q
. last Congress.
The average length Of the Congre sion
. bio rraphies is ten Lines. The longest Is th
" of Hon. VIM. Y. PrCser ct Tennessee, wi
occupies twenty six lines, hut they arc
crimmed with incidents Lnat they could n
we'll he abbreviated.
The hardest worked Senatorin commit
SO v'c, Is II N. Jtmes W. Patterson,
- NV Hampshire, WHO is chairnan OF I
y joint Committee on R-ireuchment. and
I'll a memb.r Of three sthers.
m The blondes of the Senate have II
n their own way in tue Committee on I
~ judiciary ..-.r
ID In the House tho most fortunate men
n. committees are Hon JJhn Lynch, of Maj
N who is chairman Of two committees a
c. stands secoDd on that Of Banking aud u
lie reocy, aud Hon. II ouas A. J. ncke',
er Rhode Island, who s cha nan of the 4 +,
ic, m tvs on Patents snl runs thoss OF
pa trouchment and Civil Services.