Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-08
The New Legislature.
opsnisg of the Session To-morrOw A Few statisttcs Regarding the Mem-

OpenIBg of the Session Tomorrow =
 Few statisttcs Regarding the Mem-
 bers.
 Tomorrow the General Assem- bly, for 1884 will meet and organize. The prelimin- ary caucuses take place this evening. The oldest Senator is Hon. E. N. Welch, Demo- crat from the Fourth district, aged seventy five. The youngest is Hon. E. L. schofisld of the Twelfth, thirty one years. The com- bined senatorial age is one thousand two hun dred and ten years. Sixteen of the Senators had common school education; four are graduates of select schools, and one each are products of Yale college, the Yale Law school, the East Windsor Theological sem- mary, and combination of the Sheffield Sci entifc school, the Columbia Scientific school and the medical department of the Uni versity of New York. So far as has been ascertained, only one had law making ancestors and only one served his country in the volunteer army in the war for the Union. Six of them have served a 1 term in the Senate (of course half of the twenty-fou have served one year of their present term) and three have Served two terms. Eight have been in the House for one year, three for two years and two for | 1 lawyers fonr merchants three farmers, two have retired from active business. one is in l the quarry ing business, one is bank eomm1s- sioner and one an ex journalist. Fifteen are Republicans and nine Democrats. Twelve of them, if alive, will assist next year in elect- l 4ng United States senator.
 | The oldest member of the lower body, as l we'll as of the entire general assembly, ls John O. Northrop, Republican of Sherman. He is in his sOth year, having been born June 1 27, 1894. He has been farmer and of late 1 years has done considerable business in the settlement of estates. The youngest repre- sentative also the youngest member in either branch of the legislature, is J. Herman Tubbs 1 Republican from Old Lyme. He was born l September 14, 1859. George An3rews Hop son. Democratic representative from Wal lingford, Is 24 years, 6 months and days 1 old.
 New Haven county sends as it's oldest re- presentative Jerome Harrison, Democrat, of North Branford, aged 77 as It's youngest 1 George Andrews Hopson, Democrat, of Wal 1 lingford, aged 24.
 l One hundred and eight representatives are 1 farmers, 34 merchants, 29 manufacturers, 15 mechanics, Il lawyers, postmas ters, 6 have retired from autivh busin ess, 3 are builders, 5 are salesmen, are en- 1 gagged in the insurance business, 3 are teach CTS and are physicians two each are con- 1 tractors masons, ministers-e Congregational and Methodist = bankers, hotel keep CTS and commercial travellers. The follow ing occupations claim one legislator apiece: Broker, mill overseer, railroad agent, livery business, blacksmith, journalist, druggist, | oyster grower, butcher, manager, miner and accountant.
 Seventy of the representatives have had previous experience in the legislature. Fifty. four have served one year in the House.
 In politics the House stands 153 Republ
 cans to 96 Democrats. By counties the di-
 Aision is Hartford, 51 Rep, 14 Dem; New
 Haven, 22 Rep Il Dem New London, r
 Rep, 13 Dem Fairfield, IS Rep, 14 Dem
 Litchfeld, 19 Rep 22 Dem; Windham, 1S Rep, Dem Middlessx, Is Rep, Dem l Holland, 12 Rep, 10 Dem.
 The Hartford Pest with it's usual enter prise publishes short biographical sketches of the members of the legislature together 1 with accurate portraits of the State officers.