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National Republican., 1886-08-01

Nelson w. Aldrich, of Providence, was
born at Foster Rhode Island, November g.,
1871 received an academic education; is
engaged in mercantile pursuits; was presi-
dent of the Providence common council in
lS72-'73; was member ofthe Rhode Island
General Assembly in lS75-'76, serving the
latter year us speaker of the House Repre-
sentative, was elected to the 10th Congress,
and was reelected To the Forty-seventh Con-
gress; was elected to the United States Senate
as Republican, to succeed Ambrose T..
Burnside, Republican, and took his seat De-
cember 5, 1881. His term of service will eX-
pire March 3, 1887.
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was president Of the Northern Central Rail
way Company of Pennsylvania from 1868
until 1874, when the road passed under the
control of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany; was Secretary of War under President
Grant from May % 1876, to March 3, 1877 (;
was delegate TO the National Republican
Convention at Chicago in 1868, and at Gin
cnnati in 1876 was chairman ofthe Rcpub-
liCan National Committee and a delegate TO
the Republican National Convention at Chi
cago in 1880; was elected u United States
Senator from Pennsylvania as Il Republican,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of his father. Hon. Simon Cameron, in March,
1877, and took his seat October IL, 1877 was
reelected in 1879. and was again reelected
United States Senator in 1885. His term
of service will expire March 3, 1891.
JOHN I. MITCHELL.
John I. Mitchell of Wcllsboro', was born
in Toga county, Pennsylvania, July %, 1888
spent his boyhood upon his fathers farm
received common-school education and
private instruction, and passed some time at
the University of Lcwisburg, Pennsylvania
(1Sh7-'j0), but did not graduate; taught
school served in the Union Army as II lieu
tenant and captain in the One hundred and
thrty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers; was
admitted TO the bar in 1864, and has since
praclccd law; was elected district attorney
of his native county in 1868, serving three
years; edited the Tioga county Agtdtor
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was reelected in 1864 by an increased major
ity of more than $4,000. Has been known
in the South as the Wdr G0rcrnOr.
After the surrender he was imprisoned in
the old Carroll Prison for several months,
with three other Southern Governors; was
released July 9TH, 1865. Returned to North
Carolina and praCticcd law, taking an active
interest in politics, though DISTINGUISHED.
Was nominated for Governor in 1865, for the
third time but declined. Was elected soma
tor in 1870, but, being derdisabiitics, was
refused admission. In 1876 was elected
Governor for the third time. In 1868 was
again elected Senator for the term expiring
March 4th, 1885, and in January of that
year was reelected for the term he is
now filling. He is said to be the most
popular man in the South, and his friendsin
the North are not Il few. In his own State he
is called "North Cardinals idol from Cher
okee to CurritucR"
He has been married twice, in 1853 to
Miss Harriet Espy, of Morguntown, n. C.,
who left four sons, now living. In 1880 he
married Mrs. Florence Steele Martin, OF
Epntucky
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candidate for the U. S. Senate at the regular
session in January, 1885. This Legislature
failed to elect and at the urgent solicitation
of the people in which the principal leaders
of both parties joined, he consented to the
use of his name us candidate for the United
States Senator before the Oregon Legislature,
at the special session in November, 1885,
and on the first ballot received over three
fourths of all the Republican votes in the
Legislature ; was elected on the second ballot
in Joint convention, receiving four-iiiths of
all the Republican vOtes'hi-tla9 Legislature
and one-half of the Democratic votes, being
a majority of all votes in the Legislature of
twcnty-one, the election being for term of
six years, commencing March 1, 1855; took
his seat December II, 1885, and wasappointed
to service on the following committees: Rail
roads, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard,
Claims, Mines and Mining and Additional
Accommodations for the Library.
He was for four years, commencing in
1865, professor of medical jurisprudence in
the Willamette University, at Salem, Oregon !;
was for five years, prior to his first election
to the Senate, general counsel for Ben Holla-
day and his various railroad and steamship
enterprises, at salary ofSl0,O00 per annum.
During five years Oft the interval between his
two terms of service in the United States
Senate he was the Washington legal repre-
StlllllNc Oh Inc NOTlutIH IuCllC lNulllouu
Company, at salary of $4,000 per annum.
His connection with the latter company,
ceased March /, 1885, and at the time of his
last election to the United States Senate he
was in the active practice of his profession
ut Portland, Oregon.
Senator Mitchell is one of the most pains
taking and laboriOus workers in COM
mttee, beside being an able debator. These
qualities, more than all other, shape and
control legislation. As a lawyer, none ranks
higherin legal ability and the best evidence
of this is the great trusts that have been
placed in his Keeping by the most promi-
nent and wealthy corporations in the land
Although as a lawyer in the practice of his
profession his legal services were sought by
powerful corporations, his record as Senator
shows him to be firm friend and able ad-
vocate of the rights of the people.
The interests ofhisState and ofthe country
at large are safe in the hands of such a
man. Constant devotion to duty is the
known rule of the Senator from Oregon.
His term of service will expire on the Sd
of March, 1891.
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He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in
February, 1918, and was the son of jeremiah
Evarts, lawyer and writer of some note,
and, on his mothers side, grandson of Roger
Sherman. He was one of the counsel who
defended Henry Ward Beecher in 1875. AS
an author several legal works of great ability
have been produced by him. In November,
1875, he was invited by the Centennial Com
mission to deliver the opening Grafton at the
Exposition in 1876 the Kindred honor, for re-
citing poem on that occasion, having been
conferred on Henry w. Longfellow. He
received classical education, graduating at
Yale College in 1887 studied in the Harvard
Law School, and was admitted to the bar in
New York in 1871, where he has practiced
law ever since was chairman of the New
York delegation in the National Republican
Convention of 1860; was Attorney-General
of the United States from July TO- 1868, to
March 3, 1869; received the degree of LID.
from Union College in 1857, from Yale in
1865, and from Harvard in 1870; was counsel
for President johnson on his trial upon his
impeachment in 1868; was counsel for the
United States before the tribunal of arbitra-
ton on the Alabama claims, at Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1872; was counsel for Presi-
dent Hayes, in behalf of the Republican
party, before the Electoral Commission was
Secretary of State of the United States from
March II, 1877, to March 3, 1881 was elected
to the United States Senate as Republican
in the place of Elbridge G. Lapham, Repub-
lican, and took his seat March 4, 1885. His
term of service will expire March 3, 1891.
National Republican., 1886-08-01
OREGON.
JOSEPH n. DOLPH.

Joseph n. Dolph, United States Senator
from Oregon, was born near the village N
Watkins Tompkins county, n. V, October
10, 1885. At the aye of eighteen he com
menced to teach school, and taught portion
of the year for several years, while engaged
in acquiring un education and preparing him
self for the legal profession; studied law with
the Hon. jeremiah Mcclure at Havana
n. Y; was admitted TO the bar at Bingham
ton, n. V, in November 1861, and entered
upon the practice of his profession. In the
spring of 1862 he enlisted in military com
pany organized under Capt NJ. Crawford, by
authority of special act of Congress, to pro-
teCt the immigration to Oregon of that year
against hostile Indians; crossed the plains,
acting as orderly sergeant of the company !;
arrived at Portland, October 1862, having
been mustered out of service at Walla Walla,
w. Il. lie mt once commenced the practice
| of law at Portland, and in the spring of 1868
| formed n partnership with Hon. j. ii.
Mitchell, which terminated with the election
of Mr.. Mitchell to the U. $. Senate. He was
city attorney for Portland from 1864 to 1868
was appointed by President Lincoln, January
Z, 1865, U. $. district attorney for Oregon,
which office he resigned in September, 1866,
to take his seat in Oregon Legislature as a
senator from Multnomah county. In 1876
he was elected NJ. w. Grand Master of the
|. o. O. +. of Oregon, and in June, 1882, was
elected Nj. w. Grand Master of Masons foI
Oregon. As a lawyer he is industrious and
devoted to his profession, and at the time OF
his election to the U. $. Senate stood at the
head of his profession in the State, and both
as lawyer and business man is reliable and
successful. His residence in Portland is one
of the finest in the city.
Senator Dolph has commanding presence
| is grave in demeanor, and earnest in expires
| sion. He is friend of labor, an advocate OF
| all moral reforms, and in religion Baptist
He is a stanch Republican, active in poll
tics, ,uncompromisingi in his political opinions
laboring to advance them because he be
lieves them to be right, but is sufficiently
liberal to be tolerant of the opinions Of those
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TENNESSEE
ISIIAM q. HARRIS.

Isham G. Harris, of Memphis was born
in Franklin county, Tenn; was educated ut
the academy at Winchester; studied law,
was admitted to the bar, and commenced to
practice ut Paris, Henry county, Tenn, in
1871; was elected to the State Legislature
as Democrat from the counties of Henry,
Wcakley, and Obion in lS47; was candi-
date for Presidential cector in the Ninth
Congressional district of Tennessee on the
Democratic ticket in 1913; was elected to
Congress as II Democrat from the Ninth Con-
gressiOnal district in lSI0, reelected in 1851
and nominated as the candidate of the Dem
ocratic party in 1858, but declined the nomi-
nation; removed to Memphis, and there re-
sumed the practice of his profession; was a
Presidential eector for the State at large in
1866 was elected Governor of Tennessee as
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Samuel Bell Maxey, of Paris, was born in
Monroe county, KY, March 80, 1875; re-
ceived his primary education there entered
the West Point Military Academy in lS42,
and graduated in lo46 joined the Seventh
infantry, United States Army at Monterey,
Mex, as brevet second lieu enant; was bre-
vetted first lieutenant for gallant services at
Contreras and Churubusco served through
the Mexican war; resigned in lS40; re-
turned to Kentucky; studied law, "nG vas
admitted TO the bar in 1850; removed to
Texas in 1857, and practiced law; was
elected state senator for four years in 1861,
but declined, and raised the Ninth Texas
Infantry for the Confederate States Army, of
which he was colonel was promoted briga-
dier-gencral in 1862 and maior.general in
1864 commanded the Indian Territory mill
tary district, lS63-'G5, and was also supcrn-
tendent of Indian affairs remained in the
service until the surrender of the Trans
Mississippi department, May 26, 1865; re-
sumed the practice of law; was commits
stoned as Judge of the Eighth district of
Texas, April Is, 1873 but declined; was
elected to the United States Senate us Il
Democrat, to succeed James W. Flanagan,
Republican; took his seat March ., 1875,
and was reelected. His term of service will
expire March 3, 1887.
National Republican., 1886-08-01

States. Obtained license in 1858. Elected
county attorney same year; to the House
of Commons from Buncombe co. in 1854.
Was elected to Congress in 1858 from the
Sth district to fill an unexpired term. Was
reelected in 1859.
Was opposed to secession, but went with
his State into the war, as captain of the Goth
Regiment of North Carolina troops in 1861.
Was promoted TO be colonel in September
of the same year. Served at the battle of
New Berne and during the seven days
fighting around Richmond in 1869.
Was elected Governor in August, 1862
while in the trenches around Petersburg
National Republican., 1886-08-01
JONATHAN CHACE.

Jonathan Chacc, of Providence, was born
at Fall River, Massachusetts July -, 1920;
received an academic education is Il cotton
manufacturer; was Il member of the State
senate two terms, 1876 and 1877; was Rep
resentative in the Forty and Forty
eighth Congresses, and was elected to the
United States Senate, to succeed Henry b.
Anthony, deceased, taking his seat January
26, 1885. lie is quiet but jealous worker
for the good of his country, his State, and his
party. He has served faithfully on commit
tees, being member of the Committees on
Revolutionary Claims, Post Offices and Post
roads, Patents, and others. His term ofser-
vice will expire March 3, 1889.
National Republican., 1886-08-01

Matt W. Ransom, of Northampton county
(post-onice. Weldon), was born in Warren
county, North Carolina, in 1926; received an
academic education graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina in 1917 studied
law, and was admitted to the bar ON gradu-
ating in 1917 is n lawyer and planter; was
elected Encouragement of North Carolina
in 1852, and resigned in 1855; was mem
ber of the Legislature of North Carolina in
1858, 80, and go; was peace commissioner
from the State of North Carolina to the con-
gress of Southern States ut Montgomery,
Alabama, in 1861 entered the Confederate
army, serving as lieutenant-colonel, colonel,
brigadicr-geneUl and major-general, and
surrendered at AppomattoX; was elected to
the United States Senate as Democrat in
January, 1872; took his seat April "a, 1872,
and was reelected in 1876 and in 1888. His
term of service will expire March 3, 1889.
ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE.
Was born near Ashevlle, Buncombe CO.,
N. C., on the 18th of May, 1880, Was cdu-
Gated at Washington College, Tennessee, and
the University of North Carolina. Studied
law with the late Judge Battle Of the supreme
court of the State, and the Hon. Samuel +.
Phillips, ex-Solicitor-General Of the United
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1s4S; was delegate TO the National Demo-
cratic Convention at Cincinnati in 1856, nndt to
that at Charleston in 1860 land reported from
the minority ofthc committee the resolutions
which were adopted us the platiorm), and
was the chairman of the Ohio delegation in
the Baltimore convention i'll 1872; was
elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, and
was chairman of the House committee on
the electoral bill was member ofthe Elec-
toral Commissionin in 1876; was elected to the
United States Senate as II Democrat to sue
ceed George II. Pcndlcton, Democrat, and
took his seat March n, 1885. His term of
service will expire March 3, 1891.
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George +. Edmunds, of Burlington, was
born at Richmond, VT, February |, 1928; |;
received public school education and the
instruction of Il private tutor; studied and
practiced law; was u member of the State
Legislature of Vermont in 1854, 80, ~, '5S,
and 80, serving three years us speaker; was
Il member of the state senate and its pre-
siding officer pro tempOre, in 1861 and '62 I;
was appointed to the United States Senate
Us II Republican, to ill the vacancy caused
by the death of Solomon Foot, and took his
seat April o. 1866; was elected 10y the Legis-
lature for the remainder Of the term ending
March i, 1869, and has since been success
sively reelected three times; he was Il
member of the Electoral Commission of
1876. His term Of service will expire March
3, 1887.
This forms but skeleton sketch Of the
public record of one of the most illustrious
and learned men of our country lie has no
superior us an accurate and close thinker in
law and law-making.
Self-reliant and unwayering, he stands by
his convictions without regard to persona
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differing from him, and Independent enough
to condemn what he believes to be wrong in
his own party. He has long been an ac-
knowledged leader of the Republican party
in his State, and is one of its ablest advocates.
As Il speaker he is forcible, clear, and logical.
He was chairman of the Republican State
central committee of Oregon from 1866 to
1868; elected State senator in 1865; served
through one session. but was ousted in 1865
by strict party vote. He was, however,
returned to the State senate in 1872 by Il large
majority, and served in the two succeeding
sessions of 1872 and 1874 us senator from
Multnomah county.
Mr.. Dolph is in the prime of life, and his
intimate knowledge of the wants of the peo-
pie of the West, his acumcn and experience
as u lawyer and Il debater, and his industry
have secured for him an influential position
in the u. 5. Senate. Mr.. Dolph is chairman
of the Committee on Coast Defenses, one of
the most important committees of the Sen
ate, and among the other committees of
which he is Il member are the Committee on
Claims, Committee on Public Lands, and the
Committee on Commerce. His legal ability,
thorough mastery of the details of business
matters in general, and never-tirng energy
and industry make him valuable member
of the first of these committees. AS II MEM
ber of the Committee on Public Lands he
has shown himself as being possessed of a
complete and intimate understanding of the
intricacies of our somewhat complicated
land system, and has been the author of
much important legislation, having for its
object the prevention and punishment of the
fraudulent appropriation of public lands, it
being his determination to surround the
public domain with legislative enactments
that will secure il as u sacred trust for actual
settlers; and in endeavoring to bring this
about Mr., Dolph has not found it necessary
to indulge in any of the arts or well-known
practices of the dcmagogue, His position
on the Committee ON Commerce gives him
an opportunity to see that the commercial
interests of the Pacific coast, including the
work of improving its rivers and harbors,
are not sighted; and the people of the Paci-
iic slope have many substantial evidences of
the fact that Mr., Dolph has never neglected
the opportunities thus afforded him as u
member of that committee to protect and
enhance their prosperity.
National Republican., 1886-08-01

Wade Hampton was born in Charleston,
South Carolina on the 2Sth of March, 1918;
graduated ut the South Carolina College;
served in both branches of State Legislature
was II member ofSenate when State seeded
resigned, and served in Confederate army
during the war; was elected Governor ofthe
State in 1876, and again in 1873, and elected
United States Senator in December, 1873;
he took his seat April Is, 1879, and was re:
elected in 1884. His term of service will
expire March 3, 1891.
National Republican., 1886-08-01

James Donald Cameron, of Harrisburg, was
born at Middlctown, Dauphin county Penn
sylyania, in 1888; graduated ut Princeton
as clerk, became its cashier, and afterward
its president, which position he now fills;
National Republican., 1886-08-01

Matthew G. Butler, of Elgcfcld, was born
near Grccnvillc, South Carolina, March s.
academy at Edgeiicd, and entered the South
Carolina College in October lS5ij left this
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during the year 1870; was member of the
State house of representatives five years,
from 1872 to 1876, inclusive, and served as
chairman of the judiciary and ways and
means committees; was elected to the Forty
fifth Congress, and was reelected to the
Forty-siXth Congress; was elected to the
United States Senate as Il Republican, to sue
ceed William a. Wallace, Democrat, and
took his seat March !, 1881 His term of SER
vice will expire March 3, 1887.
National Republican., 1886-08-01

were removed by act of Congress approved
July, 1870; was elected Representative
from Tennessee to the Forty-sccond Forty
third, Forty-fourth, Forty-flth, Forty-sixth,
and FOry-seyenth Congresses, and was APP
pointed to the United States Senate rs a
Democrat, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Hon. II. j.. jackson. He took
his seat April 26, 1856
National Republican., 1886-08-01
JOHN IL. MITCHELL.

John II. Mitchell was born June %, 1885,
in Washington county, Pa; when two years
of age removed with his parents to Butler
county, Pa; was raised ON farm; educated
at Witherspoon Institute, Pa, and studied
law with Hon. Samuel A, Purviance, of But
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Democrat in 1857, reelected in 1859, and
again in 1861 was II volunteer aid upon the
staff of the commanding general of the Con-
fedcrate Army of Tennessee for the last
three years ofthe war; returned to the prac-
tiCe of law at Memphis in 1867 and was en-
gagged in itwhen elected TO the United States
Senate as Democrat defeating Judge l.. L..
Hawkins, Republican, to succeed Henry
Cooper, Democrat; took his seat March 8,
1877, and was reelected in 1888. Mr.. Harris
impressed his associates in Congress with
that ripeness of judgment, energy of action
and capacity for labor which mark his entire
career. He was assigned high rank. No State
in the Union stands superior to Tennessee
for the number and character of its popular
speakers. 1t was from the "collcgc" of the
stump" that Polk, Grundy, Bell, Gentry,
Jones, Henry, lleiskell, and johnson sprang.
These We're heroes among the statesmen of
the land. So successful was Mr.. Harris as
party leader and speaker that he made
Tennessee, whose political party status had,
since 1886, been more or less doubtful, Il
fixed Democratic State.
As Governor he found his true field He
filled that office from October 1857, to the
close of the civil war; displaying executive
ability of the very highest order. 1t was
during his second term that the great con-
test of arms began. In his communications
succinct, Us well as the most intelligent pre-
scntaton and justification of the reasons for
the action of the seeding States.
Wherever assigned TO duty he has shown
careful attention and Ccasclcss industry, but
his capital quality is that of Il positive and
affirmative man. lie is devoted to principle.
lie is candid, honest, and fearless in the
advocacy of his opinions. He is II Democrat
of the faith of the early eXpounders of the
Constitution. He is fit representative of
the Democracy of the State which gave us
Jackson, Grundy, and Polk.
His official term will close in 1889. Until
then, at least, the adhercnts of the doctrine
of strict construction of the Constitution
may be assured they will have Senator who
has the ability and courage to sustain his
convictions, and the great mass of the people
may know that they have friend watch
ful and attentive to their interests and their
rights.
WASHINGTON CURRAN wHITTHORNE.
Washington Curran Whtthomc, of Co.
lumbia, was born in Marshall county, Tenn.
April 10, 1925; graduated at the East Ten
ncssee University, Knoxville, Tenn, in lS43; (;
studied law, and has since prlCtccd; was u
member of the State senate of Tennessee in
1850, SO, 81, and 'aS; was elected in 1859 to
the lower house of the general assembly of
Tennessee, and was made presiding officer
thereof; was upon the Breckenridge electoral
ticket for the State ut large in 1860; was
assistant adlutant-general in the provisional
Army of Tennessee in 1861, and was after
ward adiutant-gencral of the State, which
position he held under Governor Harris un-
til the close of the civil war; his disabilities
National Republican., 1886-08-01
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Daniel T.. lIugor.
Andrew =. Butler.
Robert W. Barnwell.
Franklin II. ElmOro.
X. Barnwell Rhett.
william +. DeSaussuro
Josiah !, Evans,
James Chestnut, Jr.
James H. Hammond,
Arthur =, lIayne,
Thomas j., Robertson.
Frederick A, Sawyer.
John j, Patterson.
NJ. O. Butler.
David 4. COrhln,
Wade Hampton.
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Benjamin Hawkins.
Samuel Johnston.
Alexander Martin.
Timothy BlOodworth.
Jesse Franklin.
David Stone.
James Turner.
Nathaniel Macon.
MontfOrt Stokes.
John Branch.
James Iredell.
Bedford Brown.
Willie p. Mangum.
National Republican., 1886-08-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

y IAnSblN As
Robert Strange.
william A. Graham.
william ii. Haywood.
George T.. Badger.
David s. Reid.
Asa Biggs.
Thomas l.. Clingman.
Thomas Bragg.
Joseph @. Abbott.
John Pool.
Matt W. Ransom.
Augustus s. Merrimon.
Zebulon u. Vance.