Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-03-13
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION

The following is brief sketch Of the
lives Of our newly installed President, Vice
President and the Cabinet, which was con-
firmed on Friday of Last week, and is the
same published in the last issue Of the SEN
TINEL. The Cabinet was not confirmed on
Thursday, when first sent in, because Mr..
Riddleberger objected to Mr.. Bayard's un-
Americanism and his action on the dyna-
mite resolution before the Senate upon the
explosions recently in London. His oppo-
sition was disapproved OF by both parties,
and the confirmation was made on the day
above mentioned without murmur from
him and TO his chagrin.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Grover Cleveland was born in Essex, N. j.,
March, 1887. He is descendant of a New
England family His great.grand- father,
Aaron Cleveland, Was a Congregational
Minister of Norwich, Conn. Rich'd Cleve-
land, his father, was Presbyterian Minis
ter He married a Miss Neal of Baltimore
and settled as pastor of church in New
Jersey, where our President was born. His
early education was obtained at common
SCuOui anu dt al hCduciilJ ~ OiiutOut OuCiuo
county, N. Y. After leaving school he de-
termined to go West to seek his fortune, and
started for Cleveland, Ohio, to which he was
attracted by the name. On his way there
| he stopped to visit an uncle in Buffalo, and
was dissuaded from going further, and he
| entered as clerk in the law Office of Rogers,
Brown & Rogers. In 1859 he was admitted
| 10 the bar. In 1858 he was appointed as
sstant district attorney for Erie county. In
1866 he formed law partnership with l. v.
| Vanderpool, and continued 1t for three years.
In 1870 he became member Of the firm Of
Lansing, Cleveland Sc Folsom. And that
| same year he was chosen sheriff OF Eri0
county. In 1881 he was chosen Mayor 81
Buffalo, and was elected Governor Of New
York before his term had expired.
VICE PRESIDENT HENDRICKS.
Thomas A. Hendricks was born Septem-
Der Z, 1919, near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and when
he was six months old his parents removed
" Madison, Ind. He studied at the village
school, and afterwards attended the college
at South Hanover After graduation, he
commenced the study Of law. After con-
siderable course of study he was admitted to
the bar. He became interested in politics,
and from the year 1848 his legal and polit-
cal life has been SO closely interviewer that
II is almost impossible to separate the two.
In this year he was elected to the legislature,
served one term and declined re- nomina-
| ton. In 1850 he was chosen delegate 10
alter the Constitution of the State and In
| 1851 he was elected to Congress from the
indianapolis District and was once re-
elected. President Pierce, later on, ap-
pointed him Commissioner of the General
Land Office, in which capacity he served
| four years. In 1889 he was elected to the
Senate, where his services covered the en-
tire war period, and after the expiration OF
his term he was elected Goveror OF his State
in 1872. In 1875 he was the candidate for
! Vice. President on the Democratic ticket.
THOMAS F. BAYARD
was born at Wilmington, Del, on the Goth
of October, 1929. He received most Of his
education at Flushing School He after
ward came to New York and had some ex.
perience in business in that city aud then
returned to Delaware and studied law with
his father, Hon. James A. Bayard, who was
then In the Senate. He was admitted to the
bar in 1851, and two years later he was APP
pointed United States District Attorney for
Delaware, but resigned in 1854 and went to
live in Philadelphia, where he remained I'M
Ill 1855 and then returned TO Wilmington.
He remained there practicing his profession,
and in the winter 1859 he was elected to
the Senate 10 succeed his father. He was
reelected in 1875 and also in 1881, and was
a member of the Electoral COMMISSION in
1875. He is the fourth member of his family
who have served in the Senate. The others
were his grandfather, James Ashton Bayard,
who was elected in 1904 and served till
1913, when President Madison appointed
him one of the Commissioners 10 negotiate
the treaty Of Client. His uncle, Richard III.
Bayard, was elected TO the Senate in 1896
and again in 1S41, and his father served
there from 1851 to 1859.
DANIEL MANNING.
Daniel Manning is in his 54th year He
was born In Albany, n. Y, August 16, 1881,
of an ancestry ranging into Irish, English
and Dutch-the stock which settled Albany.
His early life was one of hard work and trial
At the age of IL years he entered the office
of the Albany ARds NOW the 1rgus) as
office boy; but, making up his mind TO nc.
quire knowledge of all the branches of the
newspaper business, he worked his way
through the printing Office as composltor
and foreman, then became reporter, and
aiterward an associate editor, rising finally
10 the post Of executive administration and
business management. His political train.
ing under Calbert Causbeck and William
Cassidy made him familiar with public af-
fairs, and In 1878 he succeeded Mr. Cassidy
as President of Argus Company. Mr.. Man
| ming actively aided Samuel J. Tilden and
1 Charles O'Connor in the war against the
Tweed Ring, and he was member OF the
State Democratic Convention at Syracuse
in 1874 which nominated Mr., Tilden for
Governor. Mr.. Manning has never before
held public office, but he has been actively
engaged in business enterprises, and in 1882
became President of the National CONNER
cial Bank of Albany, OF which he had pre-
viously been Director and Vice President.
He was married in 1858 to Mary Little, a
lady of English parentage, who died in 1882,
leaving four sons and daughters grown 10
the age Of maturity.
WILLIAM O. ENDIcoTT
was born ia Salem in 1927, and IL the son
of William Z. Endicott. He attended the
Salem schools and graduated from Harvard
in l847 He studied law at the Harvard
Law School and afterward read law In the
Office Of Nathaniel j. Lord. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1850 and afterward
formed partnership with J. w. Perry and
continued with him until he was appointed
TO seat on the Supreme Bench by Governor
Washburn in 1873 He held this seat until
hv resigned il in 1882 ON account Of i'll
health, and that same year lie made an ex-
tended tour OF the continent He was a
member of the Salem common counsel in
1852, 1858 and 1857, when he was elected
president of that board. He was city solci.
tor from 1858 to 1853 He is member of
the Historical Society and Of the board Of
overseers OF Harvard College He is o direct
descendant of Gov. John Endicott. He is
politically of Wing antecedents, his affilia.
ton with the Democratic party dating back
to 1880. He has never taken an active part
in politics. He was the Democratic candi.
date for Governor last fall, but took no per.
sonal interest in the campaign. As lawyer
and judge he holdsa high rank, and person.