Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-12-05
Compression Names.


A glance &C the first names Of the MEM
beers Ct the next House gives me some Curl
Gus congratulations. The Williams lead tha
list. There are 43 Of them. and, were the
House big school, and you stood at the
door and yelled for "Bill, - 43 OF these Con-
gressional boys would each think you meant
him. II you called '.John,'' Al would jump
to their feet. and if you crooked your finger
and gave stage whisper of "Tom, F"
10 of them would respond. There are
"a Jameses or Jims among these
Congressman, Is Charlsys, Il Georges. 5
SGmuels, IL Josephs, IsaGcs. 2 Ssths, 2
Timothys, 3 Davids 4 Benjamins, 2 Abrams,
Beriah, Zachary, l Matthew and An
tonic. One Congressman is named Byron.
He comes from Michigan and never wrote a
line OF poetry. A Tennessee Congressman
has the name John Randolph Neal, and a
curious fact is that his opponent in the lust
election was Henry Clay Evans. There 10
a Zach Taylor IN the House from Tennessee,
aud James Buchanan, who is Republic
an member from New Jersey. An Ohio
members name is John Little, the cogncman
of Robin Hoods famous fighter in the nur-
sery rhymes, and an Alabama member re-
loices in the familiar title of john Henry.
There are two men in the Kentucky dslega-
ton who are named after William Preston,
and one in the Michigan delegation who Is
Adonirams in the next House, and one Of
these is the silver man, Warner. One mar,
Congressman King, parts his name in the
middle, and signs himself j. Floyd, and
the first name OF the Mississippi Congress-
man, BRrksdale, SO Well-klown as the
author Of eulldozing, is formed OF
the soft-sounding "EtBelbert." The first
name of RRnney, of Massachusetts,, is AM
brose; that of Judge Taylor, VINO has Gar
fields seat, Ezra; that of Dunn, OF Arkansas,
Polndsxtsr, and that of Nelson. of Minneso-
ia, Enute. There are in the next House
Rslpn. Milo, Ohio, Horace, 3 Martins,
Perry (Belmont), l Felix, 2 Edwins,
Francis, L Eben, l Barnes, 2 Alfreds, 2 New
tons, l Polk, Bishop, Edwards, Benton,
l CORTLAND, and l Jonas. The first name
Of one Congressman is SeabOrn, and he was
not born upon the sea either. That OF an
other is Judson, and third, Californian,
is named Barclay. The first name of / is
Darwin. Peter, Truman, l Egbert, /
Stephen, Serene. Walter, Ira, WRar-
ton, 1 Risdin, 1 Binger. l Franklin, 5
Franks, / Wyatt, Leonidas. after the Spar
tan; Presley, l Ohm, l Rodger, Eustlce,
l Nathan. and Curtis.
Ia the Senate the Johns predominant, and
there ara II Senators whose first name in
John. The JameseS come next in mum Der,
8, and then the Williams, 5. There are 4
Benrys in the Senate, 3 Josephs, Georges,
and Of each Charley, Samuel, and 4hom-
as. OF the following first names there
is but one Representative in the Upper
House: Alfred (Colquisp. LolaEd (Stan-
ford, Justin (MOrriID. Wade (Hamptonl,
IshaIn (HArris), Howell CJacksoul, Philetus
Sawyer, jonathan (Chace, the Quaken,
Zsbulon tVancel, Matt (Bansom), Warner
(Millsr), Austin (Fike), Dwight (Sabin),
Omar (Conger), Arthur tGorman), Eugene
(1aisJ, Randall Gibson, Shelby (Cullom),
Preston Plumb. and last but not least, the
long. lank Ely, whose other name is Sauls-