Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-17
FACTS ABOUT CONGRESSMEN.
Lawyers Largely I'm the Majority.


Lawyers Largely I'm the Majority.
THE TRADES OR PROFESSIONS OF SENATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES,. PLACES OF BIRTH, ETC.
The Congress of the United States might be
called by any person cynicaily disposed the
lawyers paradise. According to the new Con-
gressional Directory there are two hundred
and eighty-six lawyers in the present Congress.
The number, in fact, will probably exceed this
figure, as not a few of the members neglect TO
give their avocation in the brief biographical
sketch they have furnished TO Major Ben: Per-
ley Poore, the veteran compiler OF the Direc-
tory.
LAWYERS PARADISE.
But there are 2S5 members out of the 401
who compose the two houses who set themselves
down as lawyers, while a number plead guilty
TO having prepared themselves for the bar but
abandoned il for some other pursuit. But the
Senate has even a larger proportion of lawyers
than the House. Out of the IS Senators 81 are
classified i'm the Directory regular practising
lawyers. Besides these, Senators Payne, STAN
ford and Camden were admitted to the bar, but
abandoned it for more lucrative pursuits. Both
the senators from each OF the states Of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Della
ware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky. Maine, Massachusetts. Mis-
siSsippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire.
North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas
| are lawyers. There are only four states-Rho ie
| Island, Nevada, Virginia and New Jersey
cations.
AGRICULTURIsrs.
In the Senate there is one planter, Gen.
| Hampton, of South Carolina. In the House
there are seventeen members who are engaged
in agricultural pursuits, viz: Messrs. Funston,
| of Kansas; Stone, Kentucky; Compton, Mary
land; Comstock and Winans, Michigan; Wade.
Missouri; ketcham, New York; Pidcock, New
LeFevre, Ohio; Bunnell, Pennsylvania, (who
also puts himself down as bankere Aiken,
south Carolina; Reagan, Texas; and Price and
Stephenson. OF Wisconsin,; both OF whom have
| lumber interests i'm addition to their farms.
THE MERCANTILE INTEREST
| i'm the Senate is represented by Messrs. Aldrich,
of Rhode Island, and Sawyer, of Wisconsin.
In the House by Messrs. Durham, of Chicago;
Allen Allen. Massachusetts; Carleton, Michigan;
necker, and Weber, New York; Libbey and Brady.
Virginia. There are eighteen manufacturers ia
Senators Sabfn. Minnesota; Miller, New York;
Poyne, Ohio: and Chace, Rhode Island:
The fourteen manufacturers in the House are
Messrs. Mitchell, Connecticut; Gambler, Georgia;
kleiner, Indiana; Scott, Pennsylvania: Lover
ing and Whiting, Massachusetts,; Hutton,
Hewitt, Lindsey, West and Farquhar, New
York; and Van Schaick. Wisconsin.
TIE MEDICAL PROFESSION
has not a single representative In the Senate,
and but seven in the House. In the latter body
the doctors of medicine are Cole Maryland:
Galliher, New Hampshire; Swinburne, New
York; and Evans. Pennsylvania; Mr.. Dockery.
OF Missouri, Dracticed medicine for years, but
some time ago abandoned il for the banking
business.
BANKERS, MINISTERS AND JOURNALISTS
There are eight Congressman who are regu-
larly engaged in the banking business. They
are Messrs, Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and
Camden, of the Senate, and Representatives
Morrill,, Kansas; Fisher, Michigan: Dorsey, Ne
braska; Johnson and Arnot, OF New York, and
Wilkins, Ohio. There are but two ministers OF
the gospel In the entire membership, viz:
Messrs. Owen, Of Indiana, and Anderson, of
Kansas.
There is but one journalist in the Sem
ate-Mr Riddleberger. In the House there are
Mississippi; Haynes, New Hampshire Pulitzer
and Merriman, New York; Scranton and
SwOpe, Pennsylvania
CONGREssMEN OF FOREIGN BIRTH.
There are five Senators of foreign birth. They
are Senator Beck, a native of Scotland; Sena-
tors Fair, Jones Of Florida, and Sewell, who
were born in Ireland. and Senator Jones, of
Nevada who was born in England.
The representatives of foreign birth number
twelve. Five OF them-Messrs. Davis and Col
Inns, of Massachusetts; McAdoo, New Jersey;
Dowdney, New York, aud Lowry, Indiana
first saw the light on the Emerald Isle. Mr.
Hahn, of Louisiana, and Romeis, of Ohio, are
Hungary; Nelson, Mimi, OF Norway; Muller,
New York, OF Germany; West New YORK, Of
England, and Forquhar, New York, of Scotland.
Representative Burleigh, of New York, puts
himself down engaged in business connected
with lumber, coal, mining, iron ore and trans
portation." Representative Romeis, of Ohio,
Is in the shipping business and railroading."
Mr.. Harmer, OF Pennsylvania, Is ''identifed
with railroad enterprises and is largely engaged
in mining and land operations" Representa-
tive Pirce, OF Rhode Island, informs the country
at large through the medium of the Congress
siOnal directory, that since the revenue collect
orship he once held was abolished "his attention
has been chiefly devoted to farming, inter-
spersed with political and official duties" Mr..
Guenther, OF Wisconsin, is pharmacist. Bar
bOu, OF Virginia. graduated as lawyer and
entered upon practice, but in 1852 abandoned
it to take the presidency OF a railroad company
and he has remained i'm the railroad business
ever since. Senator Malone Classics himself
as 'civl engineer and constructor OF railroads."
and Representative Eiele of New York, is a
civil and military engineer. Representative
ing, manufacturing and banking Represen-
tative Dowdney, OF New York, is builder and
contractor. Lehlback, Of New Jersey, is sur
cooper, and Lawler, of Chicago, who made his
way through life as a laborer in a brick yard,
are the
In the sketches furnished to Major Poore
those members OF Congress who figured con-
spicuously in the war with pardonabie pride,
give more prominence to their military than To
their civil services. Mr.. Oats. of Alabama, who
bears numerous wounds, modestly announces
that he was promoted ION account OF fair fight
ing capacity" The agricultural states OF Iowa
and Nebraska are represented in Congress by
solid delegations oflawyers.
There are in the House two Taylors from
Ohio and two from Tennessee two Campbells
from New York. There are two Brecknridges
representing different states, but OF the same
family.
There are two Representatives who served as
privates in the confederate army-Messrs.
Tighlman, of South Carolina, and Allen. OF
Mississippi. The latter is known throughout
his entire state by the sobriquet of "Prvate" to
distinguish him from all the other prominent
men who were officers in the military field. In
age Mr.. Morrill, is the senior of the Senator'S being
now IS yearsOld. Senator kenna is the youngest
sentative Wait. of Connecticut. is the Oldest
member of the House, and Mr.. McAdoo, OF
New Jersey, the youngest.
The Debate ON the House Rules.
VIEWS OF MEsSRs. HOLMAN, wELLBoRN AND
BLOUNT.