National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-12-26

The new Congressional Directory, while
not as accurate as II might be, is withal an
interesting publication, and contains many
singular yet natural features. There arc
1876 representatives in the forty-nlnth Con-
gress, and the ages of 3O2 Of them average
40 years. The ages Of the other 90 a'e not
given, whether from scarcity Of data or re-
luctance on the part Of members is not
known. The oldest member Of the House
is Representative Wait, Of Connecticut, who
has been Il member Of six Congresses. lie
is "a. The oldest member in service is "Plg-
Iron' Kelley,of Pennsylvania. lie has been
In twelve Congresses, or twenty-four years.
lie is II years of age. Next to Mr.. Wait in
years comes n. b. Eldridge, of Michigan,
who served in the last Congress. lie Is ~
years Of age.
The youngest member Of the House is
Robert VI. La Toilette, of Wisconsin, who
has Just turned 80. This is his first session
in Congress. Ward, of Chicago, is 81, and
there are several members whose ages lay
in the thirties. A mathematician figures
out the ages in this way There are 43
members who are over 80 and under 40:
13l between 40 and 80; 90 between 80 and
CO.; "a between GO and 20: between 40 and
80, and tie ages Of % not given. There are
10 Of the same age-i6 Ii who are 10; 10
who are 30: 10 who are 50 10 who are ~:
Is who are I3: II who are a; II who are 80:
13 who are 80; IL who are 40; II who are IS;
10 who are AZ; 10 who are 5l 2 are go; is
"a; are 60; are 81; 9 are 30; $ are 80. and
z are 81.
The birth places of $40 are given, Of
whom 300 are native born and 90 for
eigners. Four were born IN England,
while Ireland is represented by o. Scot
land has 2, Germany, 3; Norway Il and
Hungary, |, in the person Of Editor Pulit-
ger. Ireland's sons are Lowry, Of Indiana;
Davis and Collins, of Massachusetts,;
McAdoo, of New Jersey; and Tim Camp
bell, who succeeded Hon. $. $. Cox, Abra-
ham Dowdney, of New York. Germany's
contributions are Hahn, OF Louisiana, Lehl-
bach, Of New Jersey, Mueller. of New York;
Romeis, of Ohio; and Guenther, Of Wiscon.
sin. England sends Crisp, of Georgia, and
West and spriggs, of New York. There are
Of Scotch birth Henderson, Of Iowa, and
Farquhar, of New York. Nelson, Of Min
nesota, was born In Norway; Gallinger, Of
New Hampshire. I'm Ontario; Stephenson, of
Wisconsin, in New Brunswick. and Dele
gate Game, of Utah, In the Isle Of Man.
Joseph, of New Mexico, is the only dele
gate born in territory.
Thirty-two members were born In New
York and Pennsylvania respectively. OF
In the state delegation, while of Pennsyl-
vania's twenty-seven the delegation from
that state contains twenty-three. Ten
members were born In Vermont, the entire
state delegation being native born There
are nine who first saw the light In New
Hampshire, one of whom comes In the dele
CATION, also consisting Of two, the other
member being a foreigner
Connecticut stands sponsor for o, of
which 4 are in the delegation, which is
entirely native-bon. One member was
born In the District of Columbia-Scott, of
Pennsylvania. The entire delegation from
Kentucky is natiye-born, as 10 that OF Mary
land.
OF the leaders of the Democratic and Re-
publican sides, respectively, nearly all are
of about the same age. Speaker Carlisle is
colleague, Cannon; Reed, Of Maine, is 40;
Long, of Massachusetts,, is AZ; Bland, Of
Missouri, is so; VIM. Walter Phelps, Of
New Jersey, Is AS; Frank lIiscock, Of New
York, is 81: Warner, of Ohio is the same
age; Randall is 81, Morrison is 90, Abe
Hewitt is SO, as is Holman, of Indiana.
One hundred and eighty-one mem
session, and of the 1856 who did not seven
have been in previous Congresses. One of
these is Louis st. Martin, OF Louisiana, who
served in the thirty-second Congress forty
two years ago. lie now comes back
representing the first district, which he
represented then. Another old member is
Wadsworth, of Kentucky, who was in the
! thirty-seventh Congress, nearly twenty
| years ago, entering when William ID.
1 Kelley, the mentor of the House, did.
The present body is said to be the finest
| looking that ever graced the halls Of Con-
| gross, and there are but few individual ex-
| ceptions. The members are, as rule, neat
dressers, and last Monday this is the way they
l were dressed--lS7 In Prince Albert suits;
i CO In getaways, and 81, In sack coats; Ell
had watch chains, and 3l2 wore necktles, the
balance having save-the-wash-bill crayats.
Out OF the 40l members of Congress,
i senators and representatives, there are 2S5
lawyers. The Senate has flfty-seven law
yers out of seventy-siX members. Messrs.
A Stanford and Camden have, however, prac-
ticed but seldom, while Mr.. Payne retired
a number Of years since. The states Of
4 Rhode Island Virginia, Nevada, and New
Jersey have no lawyer In the Senate.
Twenty-Five states send none but lawyers;
u the states Of California, Kansas, Nebraska,
Il Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New
y York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West
Virginia, and Vermont divide their seats
with the lawyers. There are four manu-
81 facturers, one planter, one lumberman, one
civil engineer, one merchant, two mining
operators, one railroad president, two
bankers, one retired merchant, and one
journalist in the Senate.