The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-02-03


Norton Freinghuysen, Thurman and Bay
,rd l,,,.o roo,, oLnsor and rnor tb, ,,a,t of
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the House, NeSSFS. fayhe' huhloh' AohotV'
Ioar and Garfield have been selected. -
Everytbinp relating to the members of this
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te'eSC an" "iieI sN0'''-e' vi ''''ii arc 'o'
amiss.
TIE SUPREME JUDGES.
Justice stephen J. Field is IA member of
a distinguished family. He is brother of
David Dudley, Cyrus W. and Rev. DR..
Henry NJ. Field and a son of Rev. David
Dudley Field, who was pastor of churches
al Haddam, Conn and HtockorIdge, Mass,
He is GO years OF age; was educated at
Williams College, and after his admission
to the bar and practlclng Tor some time IN
the East, he went to Cailloinia III ls49.
He was on the Bench IN California as Chlef
Justice IN 1879, ana IN io'' he was APP
pointed by ifeSIheht Lincoln one Oh 'he
Associate Justices OF the Chlted states
Surreihe Nou''' IKE Is .''S ""uSe -, .iio
y nun NIl'"i'' ""'',i '"' ~ az" 'iI0 'l'''N'
OF California NeH "t.' t,i ''c-""'
Justice Nalhuei Mll!ef IL ud'iNt VI
Kentucky, ana IS also Sixty years OF age
lie was educated at llahSy!V dhl" MYERS
ity, aud was INST physician ana after
wards wen. u III" o''' nc went - Low Il
IN lS1V, where he oecai.e very AiSCeSSl III
as lawyer ne ct'h'H an "i''lS " pun
tic once u"'" io'-' "'''" ~
appointed MN 70 'nG 9"i,'en i'enc": ne
IS assigned 10 '"e H'I.', ~. N'lU''' M"
embraces t"e 7''''S Vi 't'''''S" ~, l'N"'
Missouri Kansas y fNanSaS ana -N'o'aSNa'
i III
lla'hPshire' an" ~ ht"''! seventy loui SrA'S
OF age. ne moved ~ Maine III loI'' /"
district OF when ntate ne represented IN
congress from loo' ~ !oi"' Tie WAS AZ
torney General III 1910 : ana was su ,'E.,,
quently Minister |" Mexico ahS III 1910
President buchanan appointed nm 10 the
Supreme bench. ne is the anthor OF Two
volumes OF Oh'co STATES '"cu'' i"uit
reports. lie Is assigned 10 the fliSt Jndl
clai tIicnit, "h'ch EN- braces l"e States Oh
Name, New hampshire, MASSACHUSETTS, ahd
Rhode Island.
Justice Imam STRONG was born III Con
nectcIt, ana Is the son ol a distinguished
Presbyterian clergyman, OF which church
the Judge is a prominent member. He is
sixty mine years of age, and graduate of
Yale College of the class of lS2S, aud of
the I ale Law School III l5'j2. In 1852, he
removed to pennsylvania, and located at
Reading lie was Democrat OF the Old
school, and was frequently elected 10 local
Offices. lie was a member OF Congress III
1916 and again In ISIS IN 1891, he was
elected to the supreme ionrt OF HennSyl-
wanna, hut he resigned III 1898 aud returned
10 'ne pFact'ce Vi MS Procession. IN lo'''
Iesi''eit nan. "ipol''eu n,'', ~ nus T.
et!1 Posl''"u' ne Is 'sS'Sne" " ''ic H'lu
circuit witch embraces we states VI -Ne"
Jersey e,ilS i'"ii'a aiiu DIi@" "le-
Joseph | i''"".'s' 'no n''h Justice 81
Ime :" N",''I S7'eo''" ~ sci We -" INC
EiectoI"' Ooni''iS9'",.' VS. porn ~ 'e, u,e
nlo""S '""h'S, ~ > ''%''n lf't' t't'
Ne "|s {, ''p'' 1.S,
We" nlu''s"'ch a. "' II, lg'D" anu, az,
,ea1'l'"S /" d" "T'uI'i'S at "'u,t''''
ia" anu was a''''i ~ W '',e r'l III w"
Jersey III i,p'' ne ne'c' 'ooN al "C'iNe
pall III l'o''t'IS' ""! wa" as a i.p!'''o.l'"i
iteHl''ent'"i 'iT't"i l" l'o'' ne was Il
wing "I',e tiaI parry '"n'r'"'u' ana
altefWaru became moderate hePuoHcdh'
'h"H@h ne was never idEn'llIeu with 'he
anu slavery ni"N''L' t ne was " "7"'oiS
supporter ., .nv '"Nel"'"e"t u"''hS tue
wal .. ''ie i itrnt''''n' Nv,
Jusoices Nh'ioiu anu + ieii axe ci'''i'eu
as oeihS III yihP'thH WIN 'ie Dehlocralic
party ana 'u>''c'H VI 'l'Et an" ''io"@ "> u,
sympathy with the Republican, though all
except Justice Clifford We're appointed by
Republican Presidents, and n" words or
acts are cited giving evidence of partisan
bias.
TIE SENATE MEMBERS.
Senator Georoe f. Edmunds heads the
list of senators on the tribunal. He is a
native of Vermont, and fortv-nine yeals OF
arn lie has served in the State LeUislature.
and * the successor of Snlomou Fnrt IN the
senate He is Chairman If the Judiciary
Committee and = member of the Committee
an Private Land CLAIMS and lbrarv
Oliver p.Norton is 4 native OF Indiana,
and i tirrv ronr vaars If ace and has been
=, tho San.,,, sii'cn 1se- H., i Chairman
If +I,o J,nn,,ittnn AN pryiI.1,.s and Flo
lions and is \ n,np,har IF Nh, Cnmmifre4s
nm Fnrni,,n P.Ja,innS and Ednn,fion and
T,hnr Tho ,nIi;c mo f,n,,I;,r win tLr
n,,urstnrss win which he nn,,sed fLc hin
,.,,,rir, thn Y,ihur,I
FraJcrirl, r F.nIirchuvsen IF New
Jersey !, 4 native of the State he renre
stnt., and nearly sixty wears of AGE, He
h,s he.n in tbr State Sine, 1877 having
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