Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-06-25

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I EH' Tho Austin Journal Is pub,
fishing statistics of tho members Of
the House Of Repre- ro5entaliyes, from
whlch wo make the following cX-
tracts:
/ The aggregate age oflho Twenty
ninth District, which Is the oldest,
is one hundred aud siS,y-,wo years;
tho aggregate ngo OF the Sixth Dis
lrict, which Is tho youngest, is illy-
four years. Tho oldest Republican
is Hon, Robert Crudup, OF Mclcn-
nan county, whose ago is sixty,slN
years, Tho oldest Democrat is lion.
J. Il Mckee, Of Fannin, whose age
II fny-six years. Tho youngest
Republican is lion. w. G.. Robinson,
Of Bowie county, and the youngest
Democrat Is Hon. J G.. Smylho, OF
Jasper county. Tho aggregate age
oftho House is three thousand four
hundred and siNty-two years, the
average ago being thirty.nino dui
n third years. Twenty-Five mem
bcrs are thirty years OF age and un.
der. Twenty are between thirty
aud forty. Twenty-ciglit Gro be.
tween forty and fifty. Eleven are
betwoon fifty and sixty, and four
are upwards Of sixty.
Tho tallost member is Hon. B. +.
Williams, OF Colorado, who stretch.
cs up to six feet two inches. The
shortest is Wm. Schlotman, ofWaSh.
ington, five feet three inches. Place
the delegates from the Twenty.
ninth District heads to feet aud
they would measure twcnly-thrcc
lcct six inches. Therefore their
claim TO being tho "tallest" district
is good.
Tho Sixteenth District is the
shortest, being Jut ten feet ten inch
cs.
In tho aggregate, the House
reaches tho height of five hundred
and nineteen feet and ono inch,
while the average OF each man is
five feet ten and three quarters Of
an inch.
The Twcnty.ninth District also
lays claim to being the heaviest,
and as they turn the scale at seven
hundred and thirty-cight pounds,
We will not dispute them but pro-
coed to note the weight CT the Six
tconth, which is the liE,itost, at two
hunded and cighty-ono pounds
The "heavy mar" is Hon. J. W.
Lane, Of Da!las county, who carries
two hundred and forty pounds with
out seeming to mind it, in marked
contrast to Hon. j. p. Butler, of
Walker county, who weighs but one
hundred and twelve pounds. The
aggregate weight ofmcmbcrs is nine
thousand three hundred and TWEEN
ty.fvc pounds, and the average is
one hundred aud hfty-scven and one
third pounds.
As to birthplaccs, Tennessee epro-
duccd 9, Alabama 8, Kcntucky Z,
Virginia Z, Georgia 6, Mississippi 6,
Pennsylvania 5, Prussia 4, South
Carolina 4, Texas 1, Germany 3, IL
linois 3, New York 3, Ohio 5, In.
diana ., New Hampshire 2, Ireland
/, Missouri ], North Carolina /,
Maryland 1, Iowa /, Arkansas l,
Maine /, England l, West Indies |,
aud unknown /.
These who are "native and to the
manor born" are r.. L. Moore, of
Red River county, (Rop.); II. Il.
Ross, Of johnson county, (Dem J; e.
Duprce, Of Montgomery county,
(Rep), and J. G, Smythc, of fJasper
county, (Dem.).
Eleven members lave been in The
State but five years or less; four be-
tween five and ten years, and the
rest from ten to thirty-four years.
Hon. IL. r. Allen, of Harris county,
IS tho oldest resident, being fifty
four years old, and having lived in
Texas 81 years. On the other hand
is DR.. w. G. Robinson, of Bowie
county, who claims and wears the
"carpet- bag" He is twenty-three
years of age and has been in Texas
two years.
Scventy-three Of these Solons
have expofionced the joys and trib-
ulations Of married life; nine arc yet
in q state Of celibacy. The condi-
tion Of two is not known.
There are % planters, 10 lawyers,
10 merchants, 9 physicians, 4 teach
ors, stock raisers, ) blacksmiths,
carpenters, 2 clcrgymcn, 2 print
ers, miner, piano maker, sol
dier, l mechanic, l spcculator, l
builder, | ofiiccholdcr, and 2 claim
ing no business.
in religion II put themselves
down us Methodist, 10 as Baptist,
! 8 Presbyterian, z Episcopalian, 4
Christian, 4 Liberal, 2.Iron Jacket"
Baptist, / Deist, l Spiritualst, l
Univorsalist, Quaker, and %
''none."
In politics 81 write themselves as
"Radical," 20 rs "Rcpublican," l6
as "Democrats, 10 rs "Conscrva-
tivo," 2 as ultra Radical" l rs
"Whig," rs "Radical Democrat"
and l places his political sentiments
on record as, "My country, right or
wrong; justice, law and equal
rights.
Sixteen of the Representatives
have been members of other legisla-
tive bodies; the rest are green.
All are SO remarkably good look
ing that nobody claims TO be the
handsomest, and no one is ugly
enough to get exclusive possession
Of the far-famed "pen-knife."