The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-17
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Brief Biographies 81 the Cabincs
Nllnisters.
James q. Blaine, Of Mains, Secretary OF
State, was born in Warrington county, Pa,
Jan. 81, 1880 graduated 1t Washington Col
lcge, Pa, adoptedthe editorial profession, and
went 10 Maine, where he editsd Tbs Portland
Adte4iser and the Keitnebec Journal He Was
: member Of the Maine Legislature in 1859, go
81 and '69, serving the last two years - Speak
CT Of the House Was elestsd 10 the Thirty
eighth, Thirty -ninth, Fortieth, Fotty-frst, For,
~ second, F0rty-third and Forty-fourth Con-
gresscs (servihg In the Forty first. tho Forty
elected to tho United states Senate to An tho
vacancy occasioned BY the resignation Of Lot
N. Morrill, appointed Sccretaryof the Treasu-
~, and Was elected for the ensuing term, which
will expire March 5, 1883. The people are -
miliar with his campaigns for the nomination
for the frcsideiicy.
william Window, Of Minnesota. Secretary
Of the Treasury was born In Belmont county,
Ohio, May 10, 1927 feeeived IN academic cd
ucation sttldisd law a. Mount Vernon, Ohio !:
pr.cticcd his profession In that State and in
Minnesota until 1853 Ras elected Prosecuting
Attorney for Knox county, Ohio, In 1861 re
movcd to Minnesota IN 1855; WAS > Represen-
tative in the Thirty-sxth, Thirty-seventh,
Thirty-eigthth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Con-
crosses was appointed BY the Governor OF
Minnesota, In July, 1870. 10 fill the uncxp PRED
term Of the Hon. Daniel s. Norton, deceased,
in the Senate Of the United States: was SUBJ
scquently elected - 4 Republican, and was re-
elected IN 1877. His term Of ser::ce will cx-
e,is6, Ma q 1aaQ
Robert Todd Lincoln, Of Illinois, Secretary
Of War, Il the only surviving child of A. raham
Lincoln. He Was bttt III Springfield, ILL.,, Aug.
!. 18AS. He PREPARED for college At Phillips
Academy, Exeter, n. H., and, having entered
Harvard, graduated in the summer Of 1854.
Four months subsequently, he becs,nc mcm-
Der Of the Harvard Law SchUUl. But before
finishing this cottrse he went into the army and
was on Gen. Grants staf with the rank Of
Captain from Feb. 20 to June 10, 1855, serving
until the war closed. He then returned TO his
lAw-booka, and completed his studies. lilo
located in Chicago and waa admitted to the
bar BY the Supreme Court Of the State Feb. Is,
but has devoted his attention almost exclusively
to his law practice, winch has been large and
lucrative.
samuel J. Kirkwood, Of Iowa, Secretary Of
the Interior. was born in Hartford county, Nd,
Dec. 20, 1873; received limited education at the
academy Of John Mcleod in Washington city;
removed to Richland county, Ohio, in 1885, and
studied law there was admitted to the bar in
1913; wan elected Prosecuting Attorney in
1886 and again in 1647 was in 1850 81 q mean
Der Of the convention that formed the present
constitution OF tho State Uf OhiU; removed TO
johnson county, Iowa, In 1885, was elected to the
State Senate IN 1856 was elected Governor in
1853 and agaln IN 1861 was in 1853 nominated
by President Lincoln aud confirmed as Minis
ter TO Denmark, but declined the appointment !:
was in 1865 elected to the United States Senate
to fill the unexpired term Of Hon. James Har-
Ian; WAS in 1875 again elected Governor Of
Iowa and resigned that Office Jan. 81, 1877; was
elected in January, lS76Nto the United States
Senate a. . Republican to succeed George u.
Wright, Republican. His term Of service will
expire March s, 1883.
Thomas i. James, Of New York, Postmaster
General, WAS boin in Utica March %, 1881. and
is now in his Both yoar. lie was educated at
the Utic. Academy. but, 1t tho age OF Is. lie
WAS thought old enough to begin to work for
printing bu ,iness t. Wesley Bailey. the veteran
abolition editor Of the Liberty Press Young
James served the full term Of his apprentice
ship, five years, and In the meantime rote
several articles for tho Liberty Press, which
were accepted and printed. In 1857,
shortly after the close OF his apprenticeship, he
started the Journal At Hamilton, N. Y He
W00 oACO AA1aNC NOsiCNSOI Va N2u8I 1OllB, WHICH
Office he held for five years, performing at the
same time bis editorial duties. In 1861 he loca.
ted in New York city, and from that year until
1869 he held various responsible positions IN
the Custom House. In 1869 he was made
Deputy Colleetor Of the Third Division which
position he held until 1873, whom he VAS ap-
pointed Postmaster OF New York city, the dil-
ties Of Which he has continued TO discharge
ever since.
William n. Hunt, Of Louisiana, Secretary OF
the Navy, is . native Of the State from which
he is appointed, having been born in 1885.
During the war he was Union man, and since
the war has acted with the Republican party.
ne vas nrst brought into prominence in Louisi-
ana politics when he became the counsel for
Gov. Kellogg in his contest with McEnery. He
subsequently became 4 candidate for Attorney
General on the Republican ticket, was elected.
and served one term ho WAS reelected a. AT.
torney General on tho ticket with Packard.
Curiously enough, he Was thrown out OF Office
through the influence Of the Macveagh Come
mission, which overturned the Packard Gov
ernment and installed Nichols while tho prep.
arations wers being made TO seat Hayes n
Warrington. NacVeagh, the head OF the com.
mission, and Hunt. the overthrow Attorney
General Of Louisiana, now meet on . common
plane in Gen. 0arhelds Cabinet. Soon After
this 9r. Hunt was appointed Judge Of the
Wayne Macveagh, OF Pennsylvania, Attor-
ney General, was born ut Phonixvills, Chester
county, Pa, April 10, 1883. He graduated d
Yale College In the famous class Of 1855, and
then studied law with thu Hon. JosephJ Lewia,
Of Westchester, and was in that borough q.
mitted TO the bar April q, 1855 Soon after
his admission 10 the bar no WAS elected Dis
triot Attorney Of Chester county, and served
in that capacity for three years. Ii
1858 he was made Chairman Of the
Republican State Committee. In 1879 he va
appointed Minister to Constantinople. but re-
signed in 1871. In 1879 he was member oil
the stats Constitutional Convention, ia which
he took leading position. He was one Of the
organixen Of the National Republican League.
which worked against the nomination OF Gen,
Grant for the Presidency last year. Mr.,
uaovsagh. n A address q public annivcr.
cary In New Yogk, year ago. thus set ford
his political platform "I happen, among othel
unpopular and impracticable things, to enter;
tain sincere desire for tho relief Of the civi
service, and I would trust to your practica
common sense whether or not II might be o.
advantage to cur foreign trade in the futurt
that that service, instead Of being allied by de
cayed politicians seeking = temporary asylum
a. reward Tor partisan labors, should be 6llet
by such busy, energetic and working mesl q
can only be secured BY the attraction Of tha
permanent tenure"