, 1879-04-21
Our Members as skotciled by Them
selves---Fiiteen lawyers and
But One Farmer.
Elcrcn Union Soldiers MID Certain
Number Who StuuA on Strcet-Cor-
ncrs md Cursed the Mnr.
Dat -Four "Sutkers" III iEo iYhalt Lot, lhe RESI-
Being tarptt.l|aggers In Illinois.

in the Illinois delegation There arc nlnc new
farcs which were not sccn in The Forty-'lfth
Congress. rle sketches Of n'l sheso gentlemen,
y, te S,,se'''es 1ofn N WHICH 'nes arc p'.",susa %
n the CONGRESSIONAL '1see'oFy' ne'S '"'o"s.
The facts froui which these bstct biograpl''rs
arc complied are furnished by tho Con-
f.e =, lin III, NJ .,,. of rhoar r.n,r,nru which
Iaet III tue llte ol any OF e"eae ee"'c"e'l why.
thclr constituents kuow' "n'' Which aoes not
appcnt in this tttlo biography, u rai' uc taken
f,o,,n ,n..,n,,n, e,n,1>unr
eo"s. ~ . ss''auat ..'l su.pu,, ".,. ,n,ur .,roo
y, .ne ut'eeH.'o''' .l'.su "'e .""'o''' |'"'o
arc businessmen, nnd one Is farmer.
Eleven were Union soldiers; there asc SONG,
WIN ,.o uo. stotu It. who wcrc yirulcut Cupucr-
'",s. "1 a,,, .,,a.a " J.. NJ. ,,,Ia,, sne,,Io.~Wn,-
.e""n' ~" ."s'o 10 'e ~ U.'o" ~.
Republican rule. used 10 be proud ut hts war
rcrnt,,, NM, cnused Il 10 be- Inserted in the Con.
cresslopal DIRECTORY, but uakcs no mention Of
Il now.
The youngest mombeF VI the dclegaefon Is
Johu Ii. Thon,as, Of tile Eighteenth District,
WITH Is not quite 83 years old. Tleru are two
members OF tile delegation who do not slato
thstr arcs;
~ ~ ,,,,,,.. t.,,, .vorn hor, !, .h, a,o,o
VI Tue NUMBER Tour "efc norn IN INC ssa1c
| oI New York, cite in Massachusetts, QUO IN Con-
nectfcut, two IN Ohio, Two In Murylani', ono III
| Virginia. one In North Carolina, ono in Tc,,ncs-
aoo fw,r In 1nr,iaoo. and nc in pennsylvania.
ses, 's"4 -, 49, 49,. AA -. ~ " $500. T., ft.,
Ill iac1s n'l put 1oaf afo easpe''oaheo'e ~ A'''
nois. ..
There Is one editor, md he looka lonesome.
trrrc ia nm nKrjt,a,tcr- General Of Nllitta.n
1r'e.a 80. ~ ,ts.. ,,ho ,,,,,,I ~, ,,r.,t-.,r-
l"ese hso t"o of thtsc "io sloou ~. NV
ners from 1911 to 1sOh n1'tt curaca tho "nf.
Tile delegation Is diylctl as to It's lair, rs fol-
tows: Rayep-btnck. seven: black rrfzztctt,
,1,.oa. 1.nn1. ,1,r,.n. au,urn oun. xtv.r hair
.n'e', ,'o"ue. ISSUES ". n'l'',- 1t '~. "Hf
ensse' sn5ei ntanst'' nn 0'' oSf''e '0e&' 0n'' 0'
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UAVin LAWS. o. biooinnEton, e o Wes DOTH "
eeSaa Gony, y, t9 III
tl, u, 1Ws'. s,tu!sru !ovs ~ II t,2 Mass
Sss' ~ po ;h u a,s s T "w S,o" ,.na nj,
mitt"d "d t tn t s or nu, n,nst,s IN
u inc ,a q 7 ~ ,Ssnts M Stta m 1ip 1l,a ID
II W.nsessut.,lyss s II iSI: was M a delceats to
say iarl 'tc, IN 1si3 i,3Ic ~, a nf tIa t,Ir,,t
Gonrts N ,p Ss a alo 10 ose fspesse. @
vsaoa" ,. as, Nv , st,no ~ II ,nvHIIaa,
a.tio" ~ f'oo nv ~. H. 1St1. ,roa o,,nn,nt.I ,,v
ircsidcut Lincoln .jndra I'D Of Tic SiprvHlo Court
% III nr;, VI ,vb IT. "a -. ,nIn
hn ,ot ssG w i, T. s,,Sas Tss o,s nv tEn s
5 10 HO L 10 I. ~ H., rn,.a,, H. I,..ss,. -,
nasIaE usel. eisstsu ~ i i99t va.u.9t
. ,o "Ia % % Wo,,,hcan " III tn-,., -.
wi1i ~ n,rs Marrh 9Sa -A'' '~''t
JouS X, IooAN. o{ Chicago, was horn In Jae},-
son County, Illi,,nIs. wllrro lie rereiyr Il com
mOn-school educnttoiI1, ,1I subsequently, rrpd,t-
ateU ut tic Louisville University; enlisted IA
privato In The 1tlinuts. Volunteers mud bcca,nu
t,uasterirsstcr Il, tNH' war with Mex.cu; wAs
elected Clerk Of the ,Jueisun County Court In
1910; studied nnl pr4Eticrd Inv: was elected tu
t!,u Legislature of llaols III 1852, 1853, 1850, a,l.j
1857; WIS ptosee,it9bg Attorney TRIM lists to
lb57; was q Presidential EIectur in 1874: was
rlec1rd to tln TnIrtE.stxth uni TATrty.acyeEtE
Congresses: RESIGNED null entered tir Union
urrIy ns Colonel, Mul REACHED tic rank Ut Aaior.
UeMc1aI III tI,r War tx u,e suupreAstvn OF liz
KeIrijluIl: was aunof41ted Minister to Mexico in
1hii5. hut ,jrriineI: Wns gcututl to lie Furtetl
, H.tl Forty-tlrst Contfcsacs; was tlcGted to tic
unitGa suites senaes as Reuubllcan, to sue
: eeeu hiehn!o fates, hepHotean, befVthG 5fnts
March !, 1871. to March j, 1871; resumed tln
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