The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
DtyIdins Tho Sp0tIs ~ the
DfSertas


NcCraeken counties. the papers II
which are making all the luss about
this division of official spoil-, have
enjoyed the honor, or the distinction
of furnishing the member of Con
sress from this District, from um'
whereof the memory OF man runneth
not to the contrary. The counties OF
Fulton. Hickman, Ballard, Marshall
Lyon, Livingston, or CritteDden never
had the membe Trig,, owing to
the long service of Lynn Boyd ha>
held the longest service, though his
tiz, -hip was shared by Galloway and
McCracken. Caldwell stands next il
seryice-having had the long terms
Col. Matthew Lyon and Gen. Chiften
den Lyon-fatlfer aud son. So, if geo
graphic position has anything to do in
the allotment, which it should not have,
we beg to remind the organ of the
Trigg Democracy, that it Is yet in or
der for Trigs county to stand aside
she having enjoyed more than her
share Of Congressional honor5 Ac
cording to its own arguuient, Trge
should hands off. and lsl-Fnten ,uud
the other counties which have never
had the mem Der, cortend for tie prize
Pursuing this idea, How would the
Trigg Democrat relish race between
the old farmer Of Ballard, (Turner.)
and the young farmer Of Fulton
(Tyler). WOuldn't it be lively, though?
Its no use mincing words, "the fur
would fly, aud Rome would howl.
We don't believe that geographic
position should have anything to do
with furnishing the member. Our in
terests are sufficiently near and ideni
cal to render them one and the same
1t makes no difference which county
the man comes from so be is a good
man, honest, capable, and worthy One
county should have the member for
generation if it can present a son, the
most worthy, capable aud derserving
and the people can be made to see it;
but if the houors are to be distributed
BY Iatitudinal or longitudinal lines, we
are prepared to prove that the true
meridian Is to be found in Fulton, and I
that the variations will thence carry il /
into Hickman, Ballard, Marshall, !.
Lyon, Livingston aud Critteuden,
and that it will be a century or two
before it will ever strike THgg, Cald
veil, McCracken or Graves, again.
HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT.
Fo~ the information of these cotem-
porarie., aud the public, we will give
The succession of members u Con
greS-:
From l802 to 1911, CL Mathew
Lyon, Of Caldwell county represented
the District in Congress.
From 1912 IS aqd I8I4-I5-Gen.
Sam Hopkins, of Henderson. The
last term it is not clea, who was the
From 1916 to 1927, Hoo. Juv. L.
Murray, after whom the town Of Dlur
.ay. Galloway eonnfy. was named.
From 1927 to 1888, Gen. Chitteudeu
lyon, sou of Col. Mathew Lyon, of :
4yon eoun'y-then Caldwell, was the :
member.
In 1885, Lynn Boyd, commenced y
lis long career, representing the Dis j
rict for IS consecutive years, except
837-9 Mr. Boyd was a citizen OF :
'rigg, the largest part of his term,
'ut resided while in Galloway and his L
ast years in McCracken. Mr.. Boyd
losed his Congressional career in 1886
From 1897 to 1889, the District was !
epresented by Mr. Edward Rumsey, r
# Muhlenburg.
185G-7-8-9, the District was repre- ;
ented BY Hon. Henry C. Burnett, Of +
Drigg county. For the term lS6O-l, :.
Ir. Burnett was elected aud took his n
eat, at Washington, but withdrew to :
axe part with the South.
The'ses>iUn of 1923, Mr. Casey +
f Union county, brother in law of
zen. Graut, was the member.
In 1864-5. the Hon Lucian Ander
on, Of Graves
From 1866 to l871-three terms a
lon l. S Trimble. of McCracken. .
The sessions of 1872 ,, 1871 ;, two
erms-Hou. Edward Crosslaud, Of
iIaves.
The sessions Of 1876 :, 18778.
Hon. a r. Boone, Of Graves
In the Confederate Congress Hon
Willis Macheu, of Lyon, and Hon.
Henry Burnett, of Trigg, were our