The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-07-26
LUCKY B MEN.
Our american Politicians Who Have
Held Many Offices.

A current statement that no man in
the United States has filled SO many
offices of distinction as Martin Van
Buren,, has elected the following from
the Boston ZfareHer: "Mr. Van Bu-
ren was Surrogate Of Columbia county,
New York, member of the New York
Senate, Attorney General of New
York, member of the New York Con-
stitutional Convention (1S21), United
States Senator, governor of New
York, United States Secretary of Safe,
Minister to England, Vice-President
of the United States, and President of
the United States-ten offices in all.
John Quincy Adams was Minister to
Holland, Minister to Prussia, Com
missioner to negotiate a commercial
treaty with Sweden, member of the
Massachusetts Senate, United States
Senator, Minister to Russia, Commits
sioner 10 negotiate treaty of peace with
England at Client, Commissioner to
negotiate a treaty with England, Min
lister to England, United States Secre-
tary of State, President of the United
States, and for seventeen years a Rep
resentative in Congress-twelve Off
ces in all. MI. Adams, at the age of
fifteen years, was private secretary OF
Mr.. Dana, who had been sent to Rus
STA as American Minister, but with
whom Russia reused to treat, save
that she treated him to the cold should
er, and much of it, too. He was aP-
pointed Minister to Portugal, but he
never took the Office. Mr.. Adams was
Professor of Rhetoric and Bellies Let
tres in Harvard College, which some
persons may think vas a post almost
equal to that of Surrogate of Colum-
bia county, New York James Mon
roe held more ''ofices of distinction"
than were held by Mr.. Van Buren,
He was a Colonel in the Revolution
airy army, Military Commissioner from
Virginia to the army in South Carroll
ma, member of the Legislature of the
State OF Virginia (twice), member of
the Executive Council Of Virginia,
member of the Continental Congress,
member of the Commission to decide
the boundary dispute between New
York and Massachusetts,, member OF
the State Convention of Virginia that
adopted the present Constitution of
the United States, United States Sen
ator. Minister to France (twice), Gov
ernor of Virginia (twice), Minister to
England, Minister to Spain, United
States Secretary of State, United
States Secretary of War, President of
the United States, and member of the
Constitutional Convention of Virginia
in 1920, of which body he was Presi-
dent-sixteen offices in all, or six more
than Mr.. Van Buren, held. He was
also a Justice of the Peace, which the
great Sir Edward Coke pronounced TO
be ~ of the greatest of posts.
Timothy Pickering was Colonel OF
a Massachusetts regiment, a Justice of
the Massachusetts Court of Common
Pleas, Judge of the Maritime Court,
Adjutant General of the Revolution
airy Army, member of the Constitu-
tional Board of War, Quartermaster
General Of the Revolutionary Army,
Negotiator with Indian Tribes, United
States Postmaster General, United
States Secretary of State, United
States Senator, member of the Execu-
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Der of the Massachusetts Board of
War, and member of the United States
House Of representatives fourteen
offices.
General Cass held more public off
ces than Mr.. Van Buren, ever sue
ceeded in getting, for he was a mem
Der of the Ohio Legislature, United
States Marshal for the District of
Ohio, Colonel of Volunteers in the
war of 1912, Colonel in the United
States army, Major General of Volun
teers, Brigadier General in the United
States army, Governor of Michigan,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in
the Northwest, United States Secretary
of War, Minister to France, United
States Senator, aud United States
Secretary of State-twelve Offices
We must not forget TO mention
Andrew johnson, who was Alderman
of Greenville. Mayor of Greenville,
member of tho Tennessee Senate,
member of the Tennessee House OF
Representatives, member of the Uni
ted States House of Representatives,
member of the United States Senate,
Governor of Tennessee, Vicc-Presi-
dent of the United State, and Presi-
of the United States-ten Offices