The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-01-04
Legislative Biography.

Mr.. Owen Of the kennebec journal has
made up his usual sketch OF the members
of the Legislature tnr the present year.
The following i Il condensation Of its
statistics
THE SENATE
is composed of 81 members. Its political com.
peNion is as follows: Republicans. %; Demo-
Gratis, .; total. 81.
We have the complete Biographical Sketches
OF the members OF this branch. The oldest
member is senator Burleigh of Aroostool1
county, who is Gl. The youngest member is
Senator Nyes Of Franklin, who is 81. senator
Hyde OF sagadahoc, and senator Brown of
Piscataqus, are each 81. Six of the members
OF this board are between 80 and 40 years OF
age, thirteen between 40 and 30, seven between
30 and 60, and live between 80 and 20. The
members are natives of the State with the eN-
ception of seven; i've We're born out OF the
State, and Two ont OF the country: seven are
graduates OF colleges. eight received m acade-
nlcal education, and the remainder had only
the advantages afforded BY the district or com
mon school; twenty-seyen have had legislative
experience. There are five single men at the
board.
Profession or Occupation. Merchants. 9;
farmers 3; farmers and lumhermen, 9; lumber
manufacturers, ,; lawyers, ,; farmer and
teacher. / manufacturer and lumberman, +;
sole leather manufacturer, |: wooden manufac-
turer. J. physician and surgeon, /; merchant
and counsellor at law, /: merchant and ship
builder, l shipbuilder and owner, land sur
Neyor, /; Insurance agent. |: agent, L. iron
founder, coal dealer, /. Total, 81.
Religion. Con@regationast, s; Uniyersalist,
>; Baptist, 4 Unitarian, ,: Free Baptist, j;
Orthodox, l. Methodist /; Episcopalian, +;
SWedenborgian. l Liberal, / !; no religious pre-
tercnces reported, >. Total, 81.
TIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
is composed of l5l members. The political COM
pleNi0u of the present House is as follows: Re
publicans, 100; Democrats, 81 total 1Jl.
We have returns from all but ten members.
OF the members from whom we have complete
returns, the following facts are collated: The
oldest member is Dr.. j. y. Smith OF Alua. W ho
is ~ the next oldest is Nathaniel AVerill OF
Frankfort. who is -. The youngest member
is Horace NJ. Noyes Of Ninalhaven. who is y.
There are Il larger proportion OF young men III
this branch than for several years previously
Ten OF The members are between 20 and ~
wears Of age, th!rty-tWo are between 80 ana &c
fifty are between 30 and so, forty-siX between
90 and %, and two between 20 and 50. All but
nine are natives of this State. one member was
born out Of the country. FOrty-slX have had
Legislative experience. Seventeen received Il
colir gate oducation, thirty-siN an academica
| education aud the remainder were educated in
the district OF common schools. one hundred
and sixteen Of the members are married
scarcely It Iiamab!c profession or occupation is
unreprl Scntcd, the farmers, H. usual, standing
| at the head of the list.
| Professions and occupation; Farmers. 40
! merchants. %; lawyers, 9; manufacturers, $:
| farmers and teachers, 4 physicians and sur
| geons. 4; carpenters, 3; master mariners, 3
| backsmithS, 3; Shoe manufacturers, 2; lumber
dealers, :! farmers, traders and lumberlnen,
| lumbermen, ,; cashiers, ,: shpbuilders, ,
| journalists, clergyman, /; physician.
| ap0thecary, |; merchant and manufacturer,
merchant and clerk, / commercial and travel
| ing agent, / shipbuilder and commission mcr
chant, / ship chandler, umberman and dealer
| in real estate, | ; steamboat captain, | house
| l0iner and builder. ! stone cutter, wool anC
| tanning business, Scaler Of logs, / mercan
! tile business, |; mechanic, /; contractor ant
| builder /; brick manufacturer, shoemaker
! ! granite contractor, / farmer and merchant
/ farmer and Iumberman, | farmer and ear
| penter, / ; tanner and blacksmith, | farmer
! and manufacturer, / no occupation reported
/ ~. Total, 81.
Religion. CongregationaliSt 2G, Universal
| it -; Baptist, lG, Methodist, H. nitarian 9
Liberal, 9 Free BAPTIST s. Christian, .
Friend, Q; Spiritualist, q; Roman Catholic, 9
orthodox, l ; Independent, Il No religious
| preferences, II; No religious preference re
| ported. -. Total, lll.