The Saline County journal., 1874-01-08


Maj. Ben Pcrley Poor has issued proof
copies Of the valuable Congressional Di-
rrctesy BE complies as Clerk Of the PRINT
ing Records" Takiag the Senate fSr
illustration, one fluids that there Is enc
senator Simon Cameron, over - years
Of age; and one, Dorsey, Of Ark~nsas,
just ,arncd 81. The next youngest is
in COnOver, Of Florida,-both carpet.
baggcrs. Preeoci,y runs in the new
South. Spencer, OF Alabama, is but 81 ;
Patterson, of South Carolina, does no,
give his age, but looks about IS, There
are besides those named, two Senators
whose ages are 3S; two of 10 years
two of 42; three Of 4S; four of A one
Of As 4; six of 46 years one Of Al; three
OF 49 years three of 80; TWO Of 81; the
same So one of 81 four OF 50 the same
Of Sc; two of 81; three Of 5S years
three of 60; one OF 81; one each 62, 63,
81, 6S, and 80 years Of age. The latter
is the venerable and urbane Gov. Buck
inham Of Connecticut. There are two
elderly senators who seem anxious to
conceal their ages. One il Gene Logan,
from whom PoOrc has never been able
10 wax that secret. Logan must be over
50, but h. seems to have found the secret
fountain Of Ponce de Leon, and never
appears to 8 ow day older. The other
elderly gentleman who doesn't like TO
consult the register Of his birth 10 Gill
bert, Of Florida. The united ago Of the
seYenty-two senators now in the cham.
Der is over 5000 ycars-being. without
counting Gilbert, Logan, aud Paterson,
whose ages arc not given, 900 years in
the aggregate. Adding $50 for the three
gentlemen naInod, the TO. al will be 3, l2O,
on An average Of IS years ani 1 months
for each. As will bc seen, By far the
largest number are in the very prime ui
lite-ftiy-iwo OF the. whole humber be.
ing between ~ and 81 years OF age.
The naiivitics of senators are thus in.
di,aiei: Pennsylvania claims eight sen.
atOrs, including those " who represent the
state New York has six senators, in.
Guiding Me.sars, Conklin aud Fcnton
Massachusetts has tive sons in the SON.
ate, including her own senators; New
uamsLire, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Maine, and Connecticut, are represented
BY native born senators, while Vermont
and Maine give two to other states Ohio
has four OF her sons in the chamber, III
cluding John Sherman, aud Virginia has
tive, including the two senators Of the
state; New Jer-ey has two native born
senator's, and one other claims the state
as his birthplace Maryland claims three
senators, her own AMI one other; Del
cware, Georgia, .n,d North Carolina
claim their own senators rs natives
Illinois and Indiana gives homes to two
senators from each, Gov. Norton and
Con. Logan both bcin. born in tho state
they represent; Louisiana claims her
senator rs u native; Aia5am. is the
birthplace of ono Of the Texas senators /;
South Carolina ha, one native born sell
a,Or; Michigan the same; while Ger.
many and Wales are claimed for Schurz
and Jones. Twenty-Five states hold the
birthplace of seventy senator's, the re-
manning being born abrpard.
Sixteen Ofthe present senators have
been governors OF It cir respective states,
several Of ihesi serving two or three
terms. Seventeen senators have served
ia the house of representatives, onc
twelve aud two others ten years each;
three have served eight years e1ch, two
six years, and two other, four years each.
Four have been elected presidential
electors several others ran TOR the same
honor. Three have been lieutenant
governors, one vics-prcsiicni, two in
the cabiisct. Three have boon foreign
ministers, one u commissioner vi inter-
nal revenue, and apothcr Of Indian al.
fairs. Ose has been surveyor-seneral,
four have been chiet Justice, in their re-
spcctivc s;aies, and nine have held ia.
dicial positions. Five have been a,iUr-
ney-gsncrals, or in their states .s dis.
trict attorneys. There are thir,y-ninc
who are designated ~ lawyers, and
three Others who have >tu lied Law but
do not practice. Tweniy-tour senators
claim a collegiate oincariOn; nineteen
what they term 'academic;" two went
TO West Point, and sixteen speak Of go
ing To the common or public schools II,
their educational preparation. or oc-
enpa,ions and professions besides the
law, there are six who write themselves
As painters, one us a civil engine r, two
IN railroad presidents, one as - mincr.
another as y coIl-mincr aud banker;
three claim 10 have been printers and
authors one is put down rs editor, two a.
two as physicians, five
~ merchants, one ~ lumber merchant;
two speak of them selves ~ havin.
learned The carpenters trade, two have
had the right To add reverend to their
names, though neither are very reverend
in character { | refer to Brownlow and
Tiptons one ether has been y teacher, "a
college professor. lawyer, ma jnr- general,
correspondent, minister res
ldcnt, editor, and now United States
senator refer to Carl Schurx). As to
military service, j, appears that there
are five rgcncraI. who served in
The union army, and two who servcd in
lha; of the contederncy.- Iyash,ngfos
CoHesPondence oftAe Nse York Gr.pAte.