The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-04-21
iHANGEs WHICH OONKLING SAW



thirty sixth congress. This body,
which met for the first time on Decem-
ber D, 1859, WAS the last congress which
sat during the administration of james
Buchanan. He served in the house of
representatives from that lime until
1861, when he took his seat in the
| .emate, except during the thirty eighth
| congress, and remained in the senate
until his resignation, in 1881, shortly
after the beginning of the presidential
term Of James A. Garfield. When the
tnirtv-aixth congress met, John q.
Breckenridga wa- vice president of the
| United States. The other presiding
officers Of tho ar,,arc in that congress
were Benjamin Fitzpatrick ,ot Alabama:
Jesse ID. Bright, oi Indiana, and Solo
mon Foot, OF Vermont, who were
SuccessiyeIy presidents J'ro tempore OF
| that body. The speaker "i the house
was William Pennington, OF New
| jersey.
Among the members OF the senate OF
the thirty sixth congress who either
! had national reputation al that TINE
| or who subsequently acquired one were
| David c. Frederick, OF California, who
was killed i'm Il duel by Judge David ;.
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congress: VIM. Nj. Gwlnn, of the same
state; James A. Bayard, Of Delaware,
! father of the secretary OF state III Mr..
| CIeyeland's cabinet; Willard Sauls-
bury. also of Delaware, brother of Ell
Salisbury, who is one OF the present
members of the senate from that stale;
Robert Toombs, of Georgia; stephen
A. DuuYIas and Lyman Trumbull, oi
| n Rrinht nf IntiAnA
atterward expelled from the senate for
having, in a letter, recognized Jener-
son Davis as president OF the conleder-
ate states; James W.Grlnes and james
Harlan, of Iowa; John j. Crittenden.
of Kentucky; Judah 7. Benjamin, OF
Louisiana, aiterward secretary OF war
and secretary of state OF the confederate
government, and subsequently con-
spicuOus member of the London par !;
John Slidell, OF the same state, who
was arrested in 1861 in Havana on
British steamer while on his way to
, France on diplomatic mission for the
confederacy by Capt. Wilkes, OF the
United States friga'e. San Jscinto 4;
w, Z Fessenden and 1annlbal HAM
, lin, of Maine; Chas. Sumner ana Hen
nv Wilson, of Massachusetts; Zachariah
, Chandler of Michigan u efferson Davis,
of Mississippi; John p. Hale, OF New
> Hampshire; Preston King and William
II. Seward, of New York; Thos. l..
Clingman, of North Carolina; George
e. Pugh and Benz. F.. Wade, of Ohio;
: Edward d. Baker. of Oregon, who, n
commander of brigade of Union vol
I unteers, was killed at the battle OF
Balps Bluff, in Virginia, October 2l
f 1861; Jos. Lane, of the same state, who
n was the candidate tor vice-presiden
;. in 1860 OIL the ticket with John e
breckenridge; Simon Cameron, o
/. PENNSYLVANIA; Henry B. Anthony, o
:. Rhode Island; Andrew Johnson, D
q Tennessee; Louis L. Wigfall, of Texas
r. Jacob Collamer and Solomon Foot, o
!. Vermont; II. NJ. T. Hunter aud j. M
T., Mason of Virginia, the latter ot whon
while on a mission to England II
y behalf of the coniederacy, was arrested
n with Siidell; aud J. Il. Doolittle, o
}, Wisconsin.
/. Among the members Of the house II
:, the thirIy-si sixth congress who wer
y then, and who subsequently becaun
J. conspicuous, were john a. Logan,
Illinois, who began his public life oI
!, the national a;age with that congress
: John A. McClernsnd and Elihu d
= Washburne, OF the same state, the las
named of whom was aiterward minis
# ter to France during nearly the Who'll
Il of the two terms of Gen. Grant in tn
~ presidency; Schuyler Colfax, @
q Indiana, subsequently vice.presiden
- during the first term of Presiden
T Grant; w. Ii. English, also of Indians
who was a candidate for the vice
presidency in 1880 Oh the HsHcoc
ticket; Henry Winter Davis, OF Mary
,s land; Israel Washburne, Jr., OF Maine
Henry l. Dawes ard Anson Burlin
m game of Massachusetts; William VIII
If dom, OF Minnesota, who became SCI
+ retary of the treasury in 1881, durin
70 Garfield's presidency; l.. q. &. LANAI
20 of Mississippi, who has recently bee
i placed upon the United States suprem
r. bench; Francis P. Blair and John S
~ Phelps, of Missouri; William Penning
10 ton, of New Jersey; Reuben f. Fento
n, and Daniel e. Sickles, of New Yorl
J. the latter of whom represented tn
In country at the Spanish court from la6
,r to 1873; Francis E. Spinner, Of th
- same state, who atterward becam
"a United States Treasurer; Zebulon /
"a Vance, of North Carolina, at presel
q senator from that state; William Ailel
C.L. Valandigham, John Sherman
of Thomas Corwin and ). 5 Cox,
|y Ohio, the latter OF whom, removin
n aiterward to New York. has represen
id ed district of that state in the hou'
during many terms since then; Geore
f.. H. Pendleton, also OF Ohio, at presel
A. minister TO Germany; John COvode,C I
IN A. Grow and Thaddeus Stevens,
nj Pennsylvania; John Ii. Reagan,
Texas, who is now serving the Dir
year of his first term in the senate fro
the same state; Justin 5. Morrill,. I
Vermont, and Roger A. Pryor, OF vi
glnia, who, subsequently serving Il
confederacy both i'll its army and i
congress, is now one of the best know
q and most successful lawyers in Ne
nv York.
n All the men who were in his
of places in the service OF the governmel
when, the thrty-sixthcongress came I'M
e. existence are dead now. Presidel
hc Buchanan, Vice president Breckel
ce ridge, Presidents pro tempOre OF Il
r.. Senate Fitzpatrick, Bright and Foo
or and Speaker Pennington have lor
,c. since passed away, too, and Lew
"a, the greater part of Buchanan's admi
Ia. istration; Jeremiah ). Black, wi
a served out Cass' term in that position
on Howell Cobb, Philip f. Thomas al
mi John A. Dix, secretaries of the trea
ne ury; John B. Floyd, secretary OF wa
he Isaac Toucey, secretary of the nav!
ge Jacob Thompson, secretary of the i
or terror: Joseph Holt, postmaster ge
,t. eral; jeremiah ). Black, who W
mo- attorney general before he becan
m secretary of state; Edwin NJ. Stanto
cd who succeeded Black as attornt
Se. general; Roger g. Taney, who W
a. chief justice of the supreme court, al
ve all his associates on The supreme benc
to Nearly all the members OF congre,
who were conspicuous during the la
nm halfot the Buchanan administration q
mr. also dead.
-, OF the men who are members of O
ie- other branch of the present cOngrei
~. Senators Sherman, Dawes. Morri
cb Reagan and Vance and Representativ
Holman and Cox were in the congre
INF which assembled in December, 1876
These seven are the only members
the national legislature to-day w
.r- served in either branch OF that bot
ire when the political career OF Rose
ties Conkling began.
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