New-York tribune., 1875-12-04

held no Official position until elected Representative
from Ohio to tho xLlyth Congress.
MEADE, EDwIs R.-3orn In Norwich, Chenango County.
n Y, July o, 1886; received academic education;
studied law admitted to practice in 1s5s and settled 10
NewYork CITY and was elected Representative to the
XLIvth Congress.
| METcALry HshRT B-Dorn in Albany, New-York,
Jan 90 1905; removed With his father 10 New-York
City In 1911 1916 he removed to the County Of Rich
Inond law student in his fathers once and went
the Bar 10 isso IN ,nas year ne Sos %
County holding the olce ssys ycaTs ID dsaVs wa
with the service at Staten Island; mem
Der OF the ConveatioD which nominated Zachary Taylor
County judge from is47 10 fs7s when he esceds
Representative from NewYork to the XLIYn Congress-
Monet III. D-Bom in Mississippi and received
good education prepared himself for the legal pros-
sop but abandoned it to enter upon the employment OF
Journalist TO which he himself and In 1875 he
elected Representative FROM Mississippi 10 the
XIIytn Congress
MORGAN. CHARLES U.-Dorn In Allegany County,
New-York July 5, 1872; emigrated with his
parents to Wisconsin when child; was educated at
Fondiu lac and studied law served four years and two
months in the war for the Union s yolnse ana Iasn
Missouri and became Prosecuting Attorney for Benton
County; was elected to the State Legislature and In
1874 he was elected Representative from Missouri 70
the XLIVth Congress.
MUrcHLER, wILu,M.-Born in Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, Dec 81 1881 brought up on farm; re-
ceived an academic education; studied law at Easton,
and went To the Bar In that place. In 1850 elected Pro-
thOuOtary Of his native county and reelected In 1868;
was Tor Two years an Assessor of Internal Reyenue in
1869 0nd 1870 he Chairman OF the Democratic state
Committee, and IN 1871 was elected a Representative
NAsn c. E.-Born IN opeousas Parish OF ST. Landry
La May 23, 1s44 received common school education
in Eew-Oreans enlisted private soldier Ia the Corps
dAhique in s63 and promoted to the rank o.
aud honoraby discharged in 1865; and in 1874 he
was elected representative from Louisiana to the
ALIEth Congress.
NEW, ]. D.-Born in Vernon, Ind. Nov. %, 1880;
was educated at Bethany College, West Virginia; be-
zan the practice OF law I'm 1856; elected Dstrics
Prosecuting Attorney in 1862 and served two years;
elected Judge Common Pleas IN 1e6i and served four
years aud has since been actively engaged In hiS pro
fession.
MOTION, NELSON J.-Bon in Cattaraugus County
New-YoIk, March 80, 152o received q common
school education. In early lie he engaged in farm
ing; subsequently devoted himself % mercantile bus
,eturncd 70 flaming; was appointed justice of
county supervisors elected 10 the state Legislature
IN 1861 Presidential eloctor in 1872 and ia 1873 he
was elected Representative from New York TO tae
XLYth Congress 10 I'll the vacancy caused by the death
OF Augustus f. Allen, regularly elected the piocsdlnS
year.
ODELI, N. HoLwEs-BOm near Tarrytown, N. Y, oct
10. 1926 graduated the Pauldng Institute. Tarry
town spent four years in the steamboat business between
Albany and Now-York; was member Of the Assembly
founder Of the First National Bank at Tarytown, aud
was elected County Treasurer in 1866 reelected ia
1869 and 1872 and elected in le74 Representative
Of New-York to the XLIVth Congress.
OLIVER, ADDlsON.-BOrn IN Washington County, Penn,
In 1888 graduated at Washington College in lS50 spent
two years Arkansas teacher returnedto Washing
ton in 1853, and studied law with VIM. Montgomery,
Iowa in 1857 was elected to tie Iowa House Repre-
senatves in 1868. and TO the Iowa senate In 1850 vas
elected judge OF Fourth Judicial Circuit 1865, aud
twice reelected to tho same Office which he continuedto
hold until elected Representative from Iowa TO the
XLIyth Congress.
OREGON REPREsgNTATIvE.-As there are two men who
claim to have been elected 10 fiji the vacancy In the Con-
gressona District OF Oregon viz, lafayette Lane aud
Henry Warren, and the residences OF neither could bo
obtained it has been impossible for The compiler % OBJ
any Trustworthy Information in time for present pub
licatiOn.
PADDOCK ALGERSoS s.-Bon at Glenn's Falls, ". Y,
NOV. s. 1890; was educated studied law, and ad-
mtted to the Bar there settled in Nebraska in 1877
was delegate to the National Republican Convention in
1861 which Office he held until the admission OF the
state in c67; was delegate 70 the Baltimore Cenyen
tiCn in 1861 was candidate or Congress IN l2Js; was
appointed Governor OF wyoming Territory in 1913, but
declined the Office lie engaged in the manufacture "
hydraulic cement at Beatrice, Nebraska and was elected
Representative from Nebraska To the AIlNth Congress
PARSONS, T. Gle is a resident of Louisville, Ky re-
ceived good education and adopted the profession OF
law; devoted himself to politics. and elected in
1874 Representative from Kentucky to the XLIVth
Congress. Refused 70 inform the compiler when aud
where he was born.
PAYNE, HENRY B.--Born in Hamilton County, n. Y.
Now 80. 1slO graduated at Hamilton College studied
law, and in 1884 settled in Cleveland, Ohio Pres
dental ecctor in 1885, he elected State Senator in
Company aud identified with other iH poriant indus
tries Of the state; was candidate for the u senate
and for Governor in 1897, but defeated; was
deoyate to the Charleston Convention In 1860 aud
the National Democratic Convention OF 1872, having
ported q platform that was adopted aud in 1874 10
was elected Representative from OHIO to the AIIYth
Congress He for 20 years extensively interested In
the acurns interests OF Cleveland. and since lsG2
has been President Of The Board OF Sinking Fund Com
mIssiOners OF That city.
PnELFs, JANEs.-Born at Colebrook, Conn, Jan. 12,
1922 studied law and admitted to the Bar in 1886
was several times member Of OF the Connecticut Legs-
ature WAS elected by the General Assembly the
Of eight years. reelected in 1871, and in 1873 was
elected Judge OF the supreme Court OF Errors, which
Office nc held when elected representative from Con-
necticut TO the XLIYth Congress- lie Tie son Of
LaUncelot Phelps.
PHILIPS, join FNIs.-Born in Boone County, No.,
Dec 81 1884 was educated at the state University OF
llssouraud Centre College in Kentucky, graduating at
the later institution in 1887 studied law and began to
pElcdc. at GeOre0 Mo-. IN ls57; was member Of
Convention ia 1860 10 determine the re1ti0ns
vi the state and deia Government served the Cow
ernfneur colonel Of regiment OF cavalry throughout
Commander and was promoted TO Brgader-Ciene in
1864 by the Governor, Dlt refused continuation BY the
war resumed the practice of law in Is6S was a dele
gate 20 tie National Convention at Newlor aud his
escd through mob Violence m 81 was elected a Rep
resentatlye from Missouri TO the XLIyth Congress.
PirER, WILLIAM A.-l3om IN Pennsylvania in 1923,
AZ the outbreak OF the Mexican war he vol
unteered the military service and acquitted himself
with credit as soldier; he removed TO California In
1919 while IL yet Territory aud having settled
With thai CITY and the state of California as a lawyer and
a of business; he Mas elected Representative of
the Xi.IVth Congress.
PIArsrED, HARRIS M-Born In Jefferson, New-Hamp-
shire Nov q s26; after his boyhood he worked upon
his fathers farm and taught school untf ls49 grad
uaad AT the Wateryille College in Maine, ia 1853,
and WAS again connected with sch0Ois graduated tho
Albany Law School IN 1879, and came to the Bar IN 1885,
living Maine in 1861 no lerct the vouitoer ser