Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-02
FACTS ABOUT CONGRESSMAN.

From date found in Major Ben. Per-
ley Poore's valuable Congressional Di-
rectory, issued few days since, and
already noticed in our columns, we
compile the following facts, which will
be interesting to our lady readers, and
possibly to some others.
The average age of Senators is not
far f, ON fifty FIVE that of Represent
atives not far from forty-fve.
In the Senate there are five gentle
men below the age of forty. In the
House there are five members under
thirty.
The youngest Senator is General
Spencer, of Alabma, born November l,
1886, and consequently thirty-three
years old. The youngest Representa-
tive is Hon. Clinton L. Cobb, of North
Carolina, born August 20, 1912, and
consequently but little over twenty-sev-
en-.
The oldest Senator is Hon. Simon
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, born March
s, 1897. He is also the oldest in Con-
gressional seniority, having taken his
seat in the Senate in 1915. He has,
however, had two long Interruptions
in his Senatorial career, SO that his
whole service amounts to eleven years
He is the only member Of either House
who was born before the commence
ment of the present century.
The Oldest member Of the present
House Of Representatives, in Con-
gressional seniority, is Hon. Fernando
Wood, who took his seat in I841, in
the twenty seventh Congress. His age
is but 81.
Mr. Garrett Davis, Senator from
Kentucky, was earlier in the House
than any present number of tina body,
having in 1880 taken his seat in the
Twenty Sixth Congress. He is the on
ly member Of either house who sat in
Congress more than thirty years since.
Mr., Davis, however, belongs to the
present century, having been born in
1901, two months earlier than Senator
Vickers, of Maryland. In point of
long continued service Mr. Sumner is
the Father of the Senate" having
served for almost nineteen years with
out interruption. He las five years
more to serve on his present term.
Hon Robert G. Schenck, of Ohio,
is the Gather of the House" He en-
tered it in 1913, and (baving been out
from 1861 to 1869 is now serving his
eighth term.
| General Banks and Hon. Horace
| Maynard are in their sixth term, not
continuous.
Hon. James Brooks and S. S. Cox,
of New York, and Hon. Nathan f.
Dixon, Of Rhode Island, are each in
their fifth term.
Mr.. Brooks was the pioneer Wash
ineton correspondent, and also the first
of European correspondents for Ameri-
can papers,
The youngest Senators are Messrs
Sprague and Kellogg, 80 years; Nc
Donald, 81 years; Osborn and Spen-
GER, 33. All "carpet-baggers" except
Gov, Sprague.
The youngest Representatives are
Hon. Tohomas Fitch Of Nevada, 81 !;
General j. S. Witcher of West Vir-
ginia, 80; Hon. Charles NJ. Hamilton
of Florada, 20; Hon. Logan H. Roots
of Arkansas, %, and Hon. G. L. Cobb
of North Carolina, 27. Messrs. Ham
ilton and Root were members of the
last Congress.
The average length Of the Congress
s1onal biographies Is ten lines. The
longest is that of Hon. William E.
Prosser, of Tennessee, who occupies.
twenty-six lines, but they are SO
crammed with incidents that they
could not well be abbreviated.
The ha1dest-worked Senator IN com
mittee service is Hon. James ". Pat
terson of New Hampshire, who is chair
man Of the joint committee on Re-
trenchment, and is q member Of three
others
The blondes of the Senate have it
all their own way in the committee on
the Judiciary
In the House the most fortunate
men on committees are Hon. John
Lynch, Of Maine, who Is chairman Of
two committees and stands second on
that Of Banking and Currency, and
Hon. Thomas 4, Jenekes, Of Rhode
Island, who is chairman of the COM
mite on Patents and rams those of Re
trenchment and Civil Service