Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-18
Congressional Personals.

Senator Ben Hill was prisoner at
Fort Lafayette in 1865.
1t was Senator Bayard's original
intention to be merchant. -
Hon. Thomas W. Ferry has the
finest Senatorial beard in Congress.
The parents OF Hon. Benjamin A.
Willis, of New York, are Quakers.
Senator Dorsey. of Arkansas, has
been the President OF a tool company.
Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, has the
degree Of LII. D. from Columbia
College.
Senator Mcpherson made his for
tune as a farmer and dealer in live
stock.
Senator Whyte, Of Maryland, was
once a banking clerk of George Pea
body's.
Senator Lamar Is fine mathema-
tician. and has been professor Of
mathematics.
Senator Jones, of Florida, was 10
years old when he left his native
Emerald isle.
Senator Conkling will not allow
himself to be called out of the Sem
ate during session.
Hon. Jacob d. Cox was born In
Canada, and paroled the troops OF
Gen. Joe Johnston.
Hon. Benoni s. Fuller, OF Indiana,
commenced life as a school teacher
and a sheriff
Hon. James b. Beck can never be
President, having been born in Dunn
friesshire, Scotland.
Senator Mcmillan, Of Minnesota,
was a law student in the office OF the
late Edwin M. Stanton.
Hon. VIM. M. Garth, OF Alabama, is
a graduate OF Emory and Henry
College. Virginia.
Senator Edmunds' vinegar cruet is
ornamented with a figure OF Moses
turning his rod into serpent.
Hon. A. Fl. Buckner, OF Missouri,
was student at Georgetown College,
in the District of Columbia.
Hon. Otho r. Singleton is native
of Kentucky, and has been in public
life for over generation.
Senator Mitchell was once a pro-
fessor of medical jurisprudence in
Willamette University, Oregon.
Senator Ransom, OF North Carroll
ma, was Attorney General OF that
State in 1852, at the early age of 26.
Senator Burnside resigned from
the army in 1852 to manufacture
breech-loading rifle OF his own in
vention.
Hon George A. Bicknell, of Indiana,
is doctor OF laws, was a fen ce- view
er one year, and Judge for twenty
four years.
Hon. VIM. A. Phillips, of Kansas,
graduated into the politics of that
State from the staff OF the New York
Tribune.
Hon. Horace Davis, OF California,
is the only man who ever fitted him
self for a miller by graduating at
Havard University.
Hon. Fernando Wood commenced
life as a shipping merchant at 10, and
retired at 3s with an ample fortune.
Senator Thomas G. McCreery, of
Kentucy, has that happy expression
which settles on the face OF a cat
after it has eaten the canary.
Hon. Thaddeus G. Pound, of Wis
coDsin, is the only member OF the
Congressional delegation from that
State who is not lawyer.
Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, OF Penn
sylvania, was Chairman OF the Demo-
cratic Convention, which met In Bal
timore in 1874, and nominated Polk
and Dallas.
Senator Armstrong was a school
teacher for seventeen years, having
opened and conducted at st. Louis,
the first public school ever estab-
lished In Missouri, under the laws ol
that State.
Senator Kirkwood, OF Iowa, is a
Southern man By birth, and received
his scholastic education in Washing
ton. None of the Congressional del
egation from Iowa were born in that
State.
Hon. r. P. Bland, of Missouri
practiced law in Nevada during the
@flush times" when the Coroner
charged $1,000 forholding an inquest
and had to employ three deputies to
help him keep up the days work.
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