The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-03-15
The New Cabinet.

PERSONAL SKETCHES OF PRESIDENT
HAYES CONSTITUTIONAL ADVISERS.
William Maxwell Evarts, the new
Secretary ofState, was born in Boston
in 1878. His father, jeremiah Evarts,
was q man Of literary prominence,
and for long term of years secretary
of the American Board of Commissions
ers for Foreign Missions. His son
William was graduated at Yale Col
lege in 1887 studied law in the Har-
ward School, and In 1s4l was admitted
to the bar of New York city. His
progress in his profession was steady,
and he received the degree of LII. d.
from Union College in 1857, from Yale
in 1865 and from Harvard in 1870.
When articles of impeachment were
presented to the Senate of the United
States against President Andrew
Johnson, in 1868, Mr.. Evarts was
chosen by the President as his princi-
pal counsel. and his speech on that
occasion added to his already high
reputation as sound lawyer. That
trial resulted in verdict of acquittal
for President johnson, and in July,
1868, Mr.. Evarts was appointed Attor.
ney General of the United States,
which Office he held until the close of
Mr.. Johnson's administration. When
the tribunal of arbitration on the Ala
bama claims met at Geneva, Switzer-
land, in 1872, Mr.. Evarts was counsel
for the United States. He also APP
peared for the Republican party be-
fore the late Electoral commission.
OF the many addresses delivered by
Mr.. Evarts in various parts of the
country several have been published.
His most important grafton, outside
the line of his profession, was that de-
livered at Philadelphia on July 4,
1870, in commemoration of the Cen
tennial of the United States.
JOHN SHERMAN OF OHIO.
John Sherman, the Secretary of the
Treasury, was born in Lancaster,
Ohio, in 1923. He began his educa-
ton at Mount Vernon, Ohio; from
thence went to Muskinggum and
studied civil engineering and after
wards read law, was admitted to prac-
tice and formed partnership with
his brother, Charles L. Sherman. In
184S Mr.. Sherman came prominently
| into politics as member of the Whig
convention of 1S48 and 1852, and in
1854 was elected to Congress from the
Thirteenth district of Ohio. He was
subsequently elected to the Thirty
fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh
Congresses. He was a candidate for
Speaker of the Thirty-siXth Congress,
but was defeated by few votes. In
1861, on the resignation of Mr.. Chase
from the Senate of the United States
from Ohio, Mr.. Sherman was chosen
to fill his place, and was reelected in
1867 and 1873. While in the Senate
Mr.. Sherman introduced and supper
ted the national bank bill and legal
tender acts, and also opposed the con-
tinuoncc ofthc State banking system.
He was likewise the father of II bill
for funding the national debt and con-
verting the notes of the United States.
GEORGE w. M'CRARY OF IOWA.
George w. M'Crary, of Iowa, who
has been appointed Secretary of War,
was born near Evansville, Indiana, in
1885, but removed with his parents
the following year to the territory that
is now incorporated in the State OF
Iowa. After receiving a sound liter
ary and legal education, Mr.. McCrary
was admitted to the bar at Keokuk
Iowa, in 1856. In the following yeaI
he was chosen to the State Legislature
and in 1861 to the Senate for foul
years. After the end of this service
he was elected to the Forty-first
FOrty-second, Forty-third and Forty
fourth Congresses. 1t is claimed that
Mr.. McCrary originated the Electoral
the difficulty in relation to the Presi
Dental question.
RICHARD w. THOMPSON, OF INDIANA
Richard w. Thompson has been
selected by President Hayes as Sec
retary of Navy. He is a son of ole
Virginia, having been born in Cul
pepper county in 1909. After receiv
ing a good classical education he emf
grated to Kentucky and from thence
to Indiana, where he studied law anC
was admitted to the bar in 1884. HI
at once took decided interest il
political matters, both State and na
tional, and was elected to the Legisla
ture In 1884 and reelected in 1885. II
1886 he was sent to the Senate, il
which body he remained two years
His appearance in Congress was il
1871; in 1874 he was chosen a Presi
Dental electOr and in 1S47 again tool
seat in Congress. He was again
Presidential elector in 1864, and in 1856
delegate to the Republican Nationa
Convention. The Chicago resolution
of 1860 were written by Mr.. Thompson
At the Cincinnati Republican Con
vention of 1876 Mr.. Thompson wa
chairman of the Indiana delegation
and nominated Mr.. Morton for tn
Presidency. He also supported hin
until the stampede for Hayes began
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