The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-10
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urv-Juhn Sherman Of Ohio. Aitor-
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Of Massachusetts. Secretary Of War
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Secretary OF tie NaVy-hlchard ".
Thonn,on &C. ;n1iano Secretary of
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tie interior -'aTl HchnF|, OF missouri.
Postmaster Geucral-D VI Kew. Of
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"N. NJ. EVARts, SECRETARY OF STATE.
VIM. Maxwell EVartS, OF New DIRK,
secretary Of STATE, was porn III Boston,
FEBRUARY ON, 1915, ms father Jeremiah
hNails, peihS lawyer OIL la'f Prac'lce an"
%"ou ao'ilty' tie entered ale Noiitge AT
an early age aud Was gradual 81 iii 1881.
subsequently he studied Tor TWO years at
the harvard Law Ncho"i, ana IN 1911 he
l"c"te" VI Ne" or Guy where ne III
h'uiaItly entered upon the pfat'ce Oh MS
profession. In Il lew years ms industry
and hdehty as we'll as his ablilty as an advo-
cate, gained INN large chenta5e, and be
fore he was thirty years OF age he held
hIEh position III ms profession. IN 1851 he
Was appointed United States di>trlct aItnF-
hry 'or tue southern GIstilc' 81 Ne" ok
from july i''h, iHpo. nhtl the ciose OF
PRESIDENT Johnson administration he was
in 1s-1 he vas selected NV President Grant
os tb. le,din,, cou,s.i of mo / nitad S,,,aS
at the Geneva arbitration. These are the
only public position which he has ever held
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JOilh ohei u!au, .! 'l','' seer "l .H'
treasury was porn at Lancaster III 'tia'
state May Ioth' lS'"' ms iather' Judge
9hetiiian: "e'"S one oi 'te p'oiee!S Vi
Cehtrai Ohio' "h" o'eu III io~9' leaving d
large idihlS ana very NIUE PROPERLY hiS
brother, Gen. sherman, secured the al
vantages OF West Point education, but
.l"hn WAS less fortunate For nm only the
schools OF his native county were open, ana
he quiz them AT fourteen years OF age To
begin the earnest WORK al HE. FOR some
years he was attached 10 the engineer corps
of the Muskingum improvement. lie
afterwards removed 10 Mansfield, where lie
studied law ana was admitted I" toe oar IN
lS44. During the political excitement OF
1871, which followed the repea! OF the
Missouri compromise. he became candi
date Tor congress from the thirteenth
Ohio district, aHd-he was elected IN
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freeSol!ets lie was subsequently re elected
F.l
seventh Congress. He served on the com
mitteeS on naval and foreign affairs. and
gained distinction III each In 1862. when
senator Chase resigned to accent place in
President IjncOlu's Cabinet, Mr.. Sherman
WAS chosen to succeed him. and he has re
manned iii the Senate ever since serving as
chairman of the finance COMMITTEE and as
a member of those en- the PacIf: railroad
and the Judiciary.
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Ven N'"' ieH LeNenS' ".toi" eJ Scn0t" a.
was porn al haSieSl""n. Mass, APfll 4In'
is2S, entered Harvard University IN ioJ4'
and alter graduating at us law schoui De-
gan leS"l pTae'ice III I !ai'N''i' county Mass
II, IN - l., ne sel'eo ~ ;ne 7.%'e oona.e ~,
from 1919 to 1853. In the Sprlpp of 1861
zen. DehelS entered tHe army VIII lnc
rank of major. Some months later he be-
came colonial of the Fifteenth regiment,
which took part III the Peninsula campaign
While before \ orkto"n lie was appointed
orlgadler general. lie subsequently served
with great credit III the Army OF the 20
tomac, and lost ilmo IN battle. Since
the war he has been most oil the time on
the bench. and Is now member OF the
supreme Court of the state.
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Navy 10 '"'"i "S oti'", Gnu " ing
polt'Cia oi tle olo Scno"'' ne was oorE !
III ou'PePpe' county OK . ""e ''A'' lo'"' "',u
received soo'' o'dss'o"' eu''cA'ioil. ouo-
Seduehtiy nc remove" 70 "iehce county
Ina. IN 1901 ne was aoiiii''eu 10 tile oar
and was almost immediately elected I" the
indiana i'eSlSi"'nre' lie was fe erected III
lo"o' ana IN 'he loLl'"ihS year went TO Tue
Nena'r' "'.e'e ms se'r.t W. 3s"'', oT III
he yeas elrcted 4 REPRESENTATIVE in Con
gress. In 1914 he was again chosen a
presidential elrctor. and in lSl1 reappeared
in Congress- He is we'll known to all who
had n part in the antiSlavery political con