The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-03-01
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The Grand Commission.

tUC VI dIu SUtVtlSStJVs
Everything relating to the nom.
bers of this important commission is
now of great interest and brief
sketches of them are not amiss.
TIE sURpREME JUDGES.
Justice Stephen j. Field is n
member of u distinguished family.
lie is brother of David Dudly.
Cyrus W. and Rev. DR.. Henry NJ.
Field, and son OF Rev., David Dud.
ley field, who was pastor OF
churches at iladdam, Conn, and
RockbsidSe, Mass Ie is CD years
of age ; was educated at Williams
College, aud after his ADMISSION TO
the bar and praticing for some time
in the East, he went to California in
lS40. He was on the Bench in Cali.
fornia as Chief Justice in 1859, and
in 1853 was appointed by President
Lincoln one of the Associate Justi-
ces of the United States Supreme
Court lie is the Judge Of the Ninth
Circuit, which embraces the States OF
California. Nevada and Oregon.
Justice Samuel +. Miller is q me-
tive OF Kentucky, and is also 60
years of age. 10 was educated at
Pennsylvania University, aud was
drst physician ana afterwards
went to the bar. He went to Iowa
in 1850, whore he became very suc-
ccssful as lawyer. lie declined all
offers of public Office until 1852,
when President Lincoln appointed 4
him to the Supreme Bench. tie is
ASST sncl to the Eighth Circuit,
which embraces the States of Min
nesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ar
kansas aud Nebraska.
Justice Nathan Clifford was born
in New Hampshire, and is nearly
seventy-fonr years of age lie
moved to Maine in 1927, district
OF which State he represented in
Congress from 1889 to 1913. He
was Attorney General in lSlG-47
aud was subsequently Minister to
Mexico. aud in 1858 President Buch-
AMMAN appointed him to the Su-
preme Bench. lie is the Author of
the two volums of United States
Circuit Court reports. He is assign
to the First Judicial Circuit, which
embraces the States Of Maine, New
Tia ampshire, Massachusetts O h d
Rhode Island.
Justice William Strong was born
in Connecticut, and is the son of u
distinguished Presbyterian clergy
man, Of which church the Judge is a
prominent member. He is sixty nine
years, and a graduate of Yale COL
lege of the class of 1928, and Of the
Yale Law School in 1882. In 1882,
he removed to. Pennsylvania, aud
located at Reading. He was Dem
ocrat Of the old School, and was fre-
quently elected to local offices He
was n member Of Congress in 1846
and again in lS48 In 1S47, he was
elected to the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, but he resigned in
1853 aud returned to the pratice of
his profession In 1870 President
Grant appointed him to his present
position. He is assigned to the
Third Circuit, which embraces the
States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware.
Joseph z. Bradley, the fifth Jus>
tice of the Supreme Court selected
to serve ON the Electoral Commits.
sion was born in Berns, Albany
N. Y, March l4th. 1913
lie was a graduate from Rutgers
College, New Brunswick, N, j., iu
1886, and after teaching in an acadia.
my ut Milestone, studied law and
was admitted to the bar in New
Jorsy, in 1899 He never took on
active part in politics, but was q Re-
publican Presidential elector in
1868. He was whig while that
party continued, and afterwards be-
come o moderate Republican,
though hs was never unidentified
with the anti-slavery movement He
was sealoua supporter Of the Gov.
srumeut during tho war OF the Re-
belliou.
Justice Clifford and Field are claim
ed as being in sympathy with the
Democratic party, and Justices Nil
Ter and Strung a. IN sympathy WITH
the Republicans though all except
Justice Clifford wore appointed hy
Republican Presidsnts.a and 90 words
or acts are cited ~ giving evidence
OF partisan hias.
Tur SENATE Mrai1b4s.
Senator George F. B laoqds l,cads
the list III Senss"vs Hs u ne-
tive Of Vermont !, and larty.niuo 3coPn
of ago, Hs has served in tbs M y
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