The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-25
Ages Of congressman.
THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF
THE uoUsE-PoINTs ABOUT
OTHER LEADERS,

Washington Letter In the Cleveland Leader.
The oldest man in this Congress Is
John T. Wait, of Connecticut, who
was born in 1871 and is seventy-four
years of age. The. youngest man is
William McAdoo, Of New Jersey, who
was born in Ireland October -, 1858,
and is thirty two years old. Next to
him comes Charlie Voorhees,, of Wash
ington Territory, who is the son OF
Dan VOORHEES, and who is also thirty
two, but was born in June instead OF
October. There are in the present
Congress four men who are over sew
enty-Wait, OF Connecticut Eldridge,
of Michigan Singleton, of Mississippi,
and Judge Kelley of Pennsylvania.
Twenty seven members of the present
Congress have ages ranging between
sixty and seventy sixty-seven are be
tween fifty and sixty years of age ;
one hundred and thirty.eight are be-
tween forty AMI fifty, and tbirty-six
are between thirty and forty yeacs "i
age. OF the twenty seven between
sixty and seventy Ex. Governor Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, and General Frank
Wolford, of Kentucky, are sixty eigh;,
Comstock, of Michigan, the lurber
millionaire, is sixty-seven. Hiestand,
of Pennsylvania, who has Thaddeus
Stevens place, is sixty-one and Char
ley O'Neill sixty-four, though he does
not look to be fifty. Rarney, of Mass
achusetts, is sixty. four, Wadsworth, OF
Kentucky, sixty-four and the tall,
o,igh, angular Holman sixty-three.
Judge Taylor, of Ohio, appears to be
fifty, but is really sixty-two, and Abe
Hetitt is sixty-three and shows every
year of it. Reagan, of Texas, is sixty.
seven, Morrison, of Illinois, sixty and
growing gray. Barbour, of Virginia,
is sixty-five, and John Randolph Tuck
er, same State, sixty-two. West, OF
New York, the paper-bag millionaire,
is of the same age as Tucker, and
Geddes, of Ohio, is sixty-one, and has
yet many gray hairs to get. Throck.
morton, of Texas, is sixty, Campbell is
sixty-four, and Henderson, of Illinois
six,y-one. Of the Congressman be-
tween fifty and sixty Carlisle starts
the list at fifty, Hit, of Illinois. fol
lows at fifts-one, and Warner, of Ohio
the silver dollar crank, is of the same
age. General Grosvenor is fifty-two
Sam Randall fifty-seven, and Brag
fifty eight and as wiry as a man O
twenty. Rankin, of Wisconsin, il
about fifty-two Caine, the Mormon
is fifty-six, with enough children fo
sixty and Tom Brown, of Indiana, il
also iftyslx.
The one hundred and thirty -eigh
Congressman between forty and fift.
comprise some Of the braiuest ant
most active members of the House
Reed, of Maine, at forty-six, is in hi
prime Boutelle, at the same age,
last growing gray, and Governor Long
of Massachusetts, year older, has no
a gray hair in his head. Frank His
cock, at forty-six, has head of silver
while Governor McCreary, of ker
lucky. and William Walter Phelps, q
New Jersey, at the same age. have n
white hairs at all. Major McKinle
is forty-one years old, Ex-Secretary G
the Navy Goff is forty, while the co
ored Congressman from North Care
lima, O'Hara, is forty-one. Napoleo
King has seen forty-three years
Symes, the man who succeeds Before
forty five. John Joe Wheeler forty
nine. Between the thirties and fortie
we find Thomas, of Illinois, Perry Bel
mont, who is thirty-four, and Edito
Pulitzer, who is thirty-eight. Wilkins
of Ohio, is ,hirty-nine, Timothy Tars
ney, thirty-six, Hemphill, of Sout
Carolina, thirty-six, and Mahoney, VIII
succeeds the gray-haired Richelie
Robinson, is thirty-seven.