The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
Men Who Have Held Many Offices.

I Men Who Have Held Many Offices.
A current statement that no man in
the United States has filled so many of.
fees Of distinction as Martin Van Bur.
en-, has elected the following from the
Boston Traveller :--"Mr. Van Buren,
wasSurrogate of Columbia County, New
York, member of the New York Sen.
ate, Attorney General of New York,
member of the New York Constitution.
al Convention, (1s21), United States
Senator, Governor of New York, United
States Secretary of State, Minister to
England, Vice.President of tho United
States, and President of the United
States--ten offices in all. John Quincy
Adams was Minister to Holland, Min.
lister to Prussia, Commissioner to negO-
tiate commercial treaty with Sweden,
member of the Massachusetts Senate,
United States Senator, Minister TO Rus
sia, Commissioner to negotiate treaty
of peace with England at Ghent, Com
missioner to negotiate commercial
treaty with England, Minister to Eng
land, United States Secretary of State,
President of the United States, and for
seventeen years Representative in
Congress Offices in all. Mr..
Adams, at the age of Is years, was Pri.
vate Secretary of Mr.. Dana, who had
been sent to Russia as American Min
lister, but with whom Russia refused to
treat, save that she treated him to the
cold shoulder, and much of it too. He
was appointed Minister 10 Portugal,
but he never took the Office. Mr.. Ad.
| ans was Professor of Rhetoric and
Bellies Lettres in Harvard College,
which some persons may think was a
post almost equal to that of Surrogate
of Columbia County, New York. James
Monroe held more 'offices of distinc-
tion than were held by Mr.. Van Bur-
en-. He was Colonel in the kevolu.
tionary Army, Military Commissioner
from Virginia to the army in South
Carolina, member OF the Legislature Of
Virginia, (twice), member OF the Exec
utive Council of Virginia, member Of
the Continental Congress, member Of
the Commission to decide the boundary
dispute between New York and Massa-
chusetts, member of the State Conven-
tion of Virginia that adopted the pres.
ent Constitution of the United States,
United States Senator, Minister to
France (twice), Governor 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 Conven.
tion of Virginia in 1929, of which body
he was President-sixteen offices in all,
or six more than Mr.. Van Buren, held.
He was also Justice of the Peace,
which the great Sir Edward Coke pro.
nounced to be one of the greatest OF
posts. ....lf.. ...a-
Timothy Pickering was Colonel of q
Massachusetts regiment, Justice of
the Massachusetts Court of Common
Pleas, Judge of the Maritime Court,
Adjutant General of the Revolutionary
! Army, member of the Continental
Board Of War, Quarter master General
of the Revolutionary Army, Negotia.
tor with Indian Tribes, United States
Postmaster. General, United States Sec
retary of War, United States Secretary
Of State, United States Senator, mem.
ber of the Executive Council of Massa.
chusetts, member of the Massachusetts
Board Of War, and member of the Uni
ted States House of Representatives
fourteen offices. .-t
General Cass held more public offices
than Mr.. Van Buren, ever succeeded in
getting, for he was member of the
Ohio Legislature, United States Mar
shal for the District of Ohio, Colonel o
Volunteers in the war of 1912, Colone
in the United States Army, Major Gen
eral of Volunteers, Brigadier Genera
in the United States Army, Governor
of Michigan, Superintendent of Indiar
fairs in the Northwest, United States
Secretary of War, Minister to France
United States Senator, and United
States Secretary of ofState-twelve Offices
We must not forget 10 mention An
drew johnson, who was Alderman o
Greenville, Mayor Of Greenville, mem
Der of the Tennessee Senate, membe
of the Tennessee House of Representa-
tives, member of the United State
House Of Representatives, member O
the United States Senate, Governor O
Tennessee, Military Governor of Ten
nessee, Vice-President of the Unite,
States and President of the Unite
States-ten Offices, or quite up to tn
Van Buren, number.