Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-22
A Half-century Of Congressional
Representation.
[OwensborO Inquirer. ]


The Congressional nomination is
the next event to live for in this dis
irict-thc next river to cross. Hon.
Jas. L. Clay and Polk Laloon, Esq
al wakeni,ty the echoes III Webster
and Union lin the regard" Both
gentlemen incur that the action OF
those counties will be largely, per-
haps absolutely, decisive of the result.
What talent, well used, can accom-
plish is the experiment being nHde'
1t is said that Mr.. Clay is the livOhcr
on the stump, but that as "handy"
man among the sovereigns Mr. Laf-
foon is entitled to the ribbon.
1t is with no desire to Interfere be-
tween the gentlemen, but as apropos
to the race, that list Of Congrcssmen
from the district embracing Daviess
county for the last fifty years, and
their respective terms Of service, is
hereto appended:
A. G. IIawes, Daviess, two terms,
1875.
Ed. Rumsey, Muhlenberg, one term,
lS34-37.
John Calhoon, Breckenridge, one
term, 1879.
Philip Triplctt, Daviess, one term,
1S30-4l 1NF
Willis Green, Grayson, one term,
l8il-43.
j. II. MclIenry, Ohio, two terms,
lS43-47.
S. 0. Peyton, Ohio, one term,
1919.
J.L. johnson, Davicss, one term,
lS49-51.
b. E. Gray, Christian, two terms.
lS5l-55.
j. P. Campbell, Christian, one term
lS55-57.
S. o. Pcyton, Ohio, two terms
lS57-Gl.
j. S. Jackson. Christian, one term
lS6l-G2
G. II. Yeaman, Davicss, two terms
1926.
b. c. Ritter, Christian, one term
lS65-67.
j. Brown. Henderson, one term
t 1867 SO.
t w. N. Sweeney, Daviess, one term
t lS69-7l.
S II. D. Mcllcnry, Ohio, one term
e lS7l-73.
4 j. Y. Brown, Henderson, two terms
llS73-77. aA y u @
G j. A. Mckenzie, Christian thrc
5 terms, lS76-S3.
oil j. =. Clay, Henderson, one tern
S lSS3-S5.
|. 1t will be observed that Brecken
i ridge, Grayson and Muhlenberg hav
G each furnished but one Representa-
a tive in that period. Ohio has furnshc
: three, of whom one was twice electe
and another three times. Iienderso
t has supplied two Representative
i one of whom was thrice elccte,
@ Christian county has unquestionabl
= been little greedy, having furnishe
Il five Congressman, one of whom WI
l. twice elected and another three time
o returned. Poor old Daviess has onl
: had five favorite sons in Congress
II lrst and last-only two of whom wei
o twice elected. OF our eighteen Con
>. gressmen, five have been their ow
successors. or in other words been CT
!. dorsed. The enviable honor of thrC
G. successive terms has fallen only
to Mr.. Mckenzie.
N Of the eighteen eight wee Wings
n IIawes, Rumsey, Calhoon, Triplet
:. Green, McHenry, johnson and Gra.
!, one Know Nothing-Campbell; OIL
q Opposition Party-Jackson ;one U'
n ion man-Yeaman seven Democra
), -Peyton, Ritter. Brown, Sweene
4 II. D. MclIenry, Mckenzie and Cla
y, Every race was contested, and son
of them were lively. Only one bolt
!, in all that period was ever electe
= In 1851 Hon. Jefferson Jennings,
9 Breckenridge, was the Wing nomine
>, Hon. Ben Edwards Gray, of Chri
4, tian, ran as Il boiling Whig and cleo
10 ed. While the Wing party remain'
Il. intact it had in the district Il large m
"a jority. This majority was well-nit
nc overcome in the noted race betwe,
-, Hon. Thomas G. McCreery and Viii
Green in lS40. DR.. Peyton overcar
,o it in 1916, being fortunate ina we
ht competitor, Woddell, of Christi
,s Say what we will of a supposed A
,le GUSTAV age eof America politics, it M
w be fairly claimed that the average
no Congressional talent has not declin
nd in this region i'll the last half centu