Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL NOMENCLAT AZURE.
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Notes on the Names of the Members OF
the Next House-Repetitions and Eccen-
tricities.
The first name on the roll Of the
House of Representative is that of
Charles H. Adams, of New York; in
the Gext House it will be thas of Dud-
ley Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina. III.
Casey Young, Of Tennessee, rem aims
last on the roll, -.-...-.
Common names, such as Brown,
Jones, Smith, Robinson, and the like,
are very uncommon on the roll Of the
House. elect. In the present chamber
the number of members with common
names was comm nted upon as unusu-
ally smali-56 of the 292; in the next,
of 1913 only 43 are SO distinguished.
The names repeated in the present
Congress when it first met were: Will
liams, 7? Harris 3; and each of Bag
ley, Baker, Brown, Burchard, Caldwell,
Clark, Hamilton, Hewitt, Jones, Land
ers, Mackey, Phillips, Reilly, Robbins,
Ross, Smith, Townsend, Vance, Walk
er, Wallace, Wells, Wilson and Wood.
In the next House the family of Will
liams again takes the lead, with six
representatives, Alpheus S., of Michi-
gan; Andrew, Of New York; Charles
g., of Wisconsin; James, of Delaware;
Jeremiah N, of Alabama, and Rich
ard, of Oregon, all of whom but the
lait are now serving. There gre four
CIarks and Clarkes, Alvah A., of New
Jersey; John B., of Kentucky; John
B. Jr., of Missouri, and Rush, of Iowa.
The tripiets are the Evanses, Isaac NJ,
of Pennsylvania; James L., Of Indiana;
and J. H., (who spells it with an II ~
of South Carolina; the Harrises, Ben.
W., Of Massachusetts,; Henry r., of
Georgia, and John T., of Virginia, and
then the Townsends, Amos, Of Ohio;
Martin l., of New York, and r. W., of
Illinois. The doubles are as follows:
| Baker-John H., Indiana, William
H., New York.
Cox-Jacob B., Ohio; S. S., New York.
Caldwell-John W., Kentucky; Will
liam P, Tennessee.
Davis-Horace, California, Joseph j.,
North Carolina
Finley-E. B., Ohio; J. j., Florida.
Hewitt-Abram S., New York; Gold
smith W., Alabama,
Jones-James F., Ohio; James T.
Alabama.
Patterson-George W., New York;
Thomas M, Colorado.
Rice-Americus ", Ohio; w. W.,
Massachusetts.
Smith-A. Herr, Pennsylvania; VIM.
E., Georgia.
Stone-J. c., Iowa; John W.: Michi-
gan
White-Harry, Pennsylvania; Mich
ael c., Indiana.
Willis-Albert S. Kentucky; Benja
min S., New York.
Mr.. Scott Wike, of Illinois, prob
ably has the most noticeable name in
the present House; Gabe Bouck, of
Wisconsin, will likely inherit the dis
tinction. Messrs. Cummings, David
son, Blackburn, and Sparks use three
initials when they sign, and Messrs,
Knott, Ellis, Leonard, Hart, Keifer,
Smith, of Pennsylvania, and Aiken,
part their names in the middle. AS
for ut-of-the-way Christian names, Mr..
Herbert is Hilary; Mr.. Facheco, Ro-
uuldo, Mr. Sexton, .Leonidas; Mr..
Powers, Llewellyn; Mr.. Conger, Omar;
Mr.. Singleton, Ohio; Mr.. Money, Her
nando de Soto; Mr.. Buokner, Aylett;
Mr.. Rice, Annericus; Mr.. Ballou, Lat
inner; Mr.. Hunton, Eppa, and Mr..
Bouck, Gabe. Milton is a name Of
good omen. In the present House are
five neither mute nor inglorious Mil
tons-Milton A. Gambler, of Georgia
Milton J. Durham, Of Kentucky; Mil
ton S. Robinson, of Indiana, and Mil
ton J. Southland and Milton Sayler, of
Ohio. All have been renominated and
reelected. [{}T4ETt5t
The family names are peculiarly
barren Of suggestion. Of the Amer
lean presidents only Harrison and
Monroe are recalled, and the student
of English literature and history must
content himself with the scanty CLEAN
ings of Aldrich, Butler, Bright, Collins,
Hooker, Mills and Shelley. By occu-
pations may be distinguished Baker,
q Butler, a Brewer, a Cutler. q Cook, a
Dean, q Fuller, a Glover, a Gardner, a
Hunter, q Page, a Potter, Sayler, and
a Turner, any one of whom may be-
Bright, Bland or Goode, 81 Freeman as
well. There are Bridges, a House, a
Hill, a Wood, Covert and a Pound, to
say nothing Of Cabell for the trans
mission of Sparks across a Strait, The
art military is well represented by
Camp, Fort, q Cannon; should a Cra-
ven be included under this head? Per-
haps not, but for the sinews Of war
| there are both Money and Price. The
animal kingdom is represented by a
Conger, 3 Swami, and Wren; possibly
Bacon and the scales to Wait might be
classed in this category; the vegetable
has Berry, Reed, Rice and Sapp,
which may no Frost CONCEAL, and the
mineral shows Stone and Steele. Last
ly, the Benedict seeking Bliss may, l.
the Evins be propitious, find the Eden
speaking of Eden there is q Cain to
couple the analogy and. the articles of
dress are about as scanty as they were
in the original place Of that name,
Gauze for the bride, whom it will better
become than a garment of male wear,
that some, brides, affect, to wit, the
| Smalls.- sA4s4sFs s9E8 s41s&'
FLORENCE, the comedian, has a ma
tienal reputation as godfather. He