The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-05-28
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
some Curious Facts About the
branch OF Congress.

some Curious Facts About the hi~e'
Branch OF Congress
Twenty-one members of the preseh'
United States Senate are natives o, ~
mcly. New York and Ohio. Walker =,
Arkansas. Call. Of Florida, Williams =,
Kentucky. Vest.of Missouri, Saunders,oai
Nebrasl,a. Jonas, of Louislana an.
Maxey. of Texas, were born m a Min and
TaIler and Hill. of Colorado, G ,,'l ~, -,
49, 80 - 81 New York. Mofhersoh' ol
Keenan, OF Ne" - .,f Nebraska, and
Ne" 'ei' = Iu.,ri-esnsin, in New YORK )
Cameron nm, 9s ID and VOORHEES, of Indiana,
s9s on ofIowa, Plumb, of Kansas, Pen
dleton, of Ohio, Window, of Minnesota
and Sharon, of Nevada, in Ohio. len
nessee produced Morgan and Houston, of
Alabama; Garland, of Arkansas; and
her own Senator, Harris and Bailey.
Virginia furnishes Thurman, Coke,
Johnston, Withers and Hereford; Penn
svlyania, Don Cameron, Wallace,
Blaine and Mcmillan; Maryland, Davis,
of Illinois, Kirkwood, Davis, of West
Virginia, Whyte and Groome; Vermont,
Edmunds, Morrill,, Carpenter and KEEL
logg; Massachusetts,, Hoar, Dawes and
ingalls,; Georgia, Ben Hill, Gordon and
Lamar; New Hampshire, Rollins, Bell
and Chandler; Maine, Hamlin and
Grover; North Carolina, Ransom and
Vance; Connecticut, Eaton and Plat I;
Indiana, Booth and Burnside; Missouri,
Cockrell; Rhode Island, Anthony; South
Carolina, Butler; Mississippi, Hampton
Michigan, Ferry; New Jersey, Ran
dolph; Illinois, Logan, and Delaware,
Bayard and Salisbury. Jones, of Ne
vada, was born in England, Jones, OF
Florida, in Ireland, and Beck in Scot
land.
Only twelve States are represented in
the Senate by native-born citizens, viz.
Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Vermont,
Delaware, Indiana, Virginia, New
Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania
Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia
Theages of Senators range from seventy
down to thirty eight years, Hamlin be.
ing the oldest and Bruce the youngest
The following is a complete list of Sena.
tors, with their respective ages, except
that Wallace, Pendleton and Farley dc
not appear by the Congressional direc.
tory to have had a beginning; anC
Hampton's name does not appear at al
in the directory, having been sworn il
after the biographical sketches were
made up:
HamIin, 70; Morrill,, 60; Houston, 6S
Thurman, Chandler and Kirkwood, &c
David Davis and Anthony, "a; Herman
Eaton and Dawes, SO; Saunders ant
Salisbury, 90; Harris and Johnston, 81
Mcdonald, 90; Williams, SO; Sharon
and Withers, So; Beck and Bailey, 81
Ben Hill, Davis, of West Virginia, Bel
and Grover, Sc; Carpenter, Burnside
Morgan, Whyte and Rollins, IS; Maxey
Hereford, Lamar and Booth, 81; Ran.
som, Mcmillan, Randolph, Cameron, o.
Wisconsin, Hoar and Slater, SO; Win
dom, Ferry, Platt and VOORHEES,, 50
Edmunds and Bayard, 81; Allison
Coke and Conkling, so; Jones, of Ne.
vada, Paddock, Blaine, Vance, Teller
Vest and Walker, 40; Kellogg, 48; Cor
don, Hill, Of Colorado, and Garland, AZ
Don Cameron, ingalls, and Mcpherson
46; Jones, of Florida, Call, Jonas ant
Cockrell, As; Butler, A; Groome, Al
Bruce, 80.
Five Senators began existence in TIN
first month of the year, also five in Feb
ruary, May, July, August and Septem
Der; six in March, four in June anC
November, three in April, seven in DC
tober and nine in December, which
mothers will take notice is the mos
favorable month for Senators. Eigh
Senators didn't remember the month o
their birth and three forgot the yea
also.
Fifty-eight Senators were educate,
for the practice of law and fifty-two ar
practicing lawyers. Those who studies
law but chose other pursuits are Gordon
Paddock, Saunders, Sharon, Plumb, Al
lison and Williams. At one tim
Withers. Dawes, Lamar, ingalls,, Blaine
Anthony and Plumb were editors. Nc
Pherson is farmer and extensive deale
in live stock. Withers is o practicin
physician. Saunders, Randolph, Ro
Inns, Morrill,, Terry and Chandler are c
have been merchants. The farmers al
Williams, Gordon, Bruce, Ransom
Hampton and Morrill,. Davis, of YVES
Virginia, is bank president and exter
sively engaged in coal mining and ship
ping and manufacturing of lumbe
Jones, of Nevada; Hill, of Colorado, an
Sharon are extensively engaged in 81
yer mining and Gordon in sheep raisin,
. Burnside was once manufacturer
rifles. Mcdonald was saddler's a,
prentice. Cameron, of Pennsylvania
was arailroad president and bank casl
Ter. Plumb is bank president.