The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-26


the uin,trious List The ser.ice, They
Rendered 10 Their state and Country.
Vir iail counts thirty-uinc Governor
from P-tH.A Henry 20 fizLush ie.
Thrce Governors have served respective
ly two lm.e, VIZ Horny in no and in
| 1854, Jam Nonro IN 1899 aud in 1911,
and NiHi.u smith in 1916 and iI l~' /,
Throe GornrCrs, father aad son RI pee
lively, late rged the COmmoa vCa't.
W. IiUu zee in 1871. and fitzhoeA
Lee in 1855, John Tyler in 1909 and MS
son John Tyler in 1s25 John Floyd in
1881. and bis son John D. Floyd IN 1852.
OF Tie whole number three have been
Presidents of the United States. yi2
Jefferson, Monroe, aud Iyicr Every
Govern las been "a native Of tAe State
OF Virgin excepting Joseph John
s1n aLG G..I, g Walker ald lF.t
one comes f..m God old Virginia oh
The names '.a ail LHg.i,h. Wi'nr 'a'.t
tLtcc except .oa--Hrmq D. Rutherford.
and Cam -.n Jlcc have been Cover
uOrs three Oi the Randolph nam -Ei-
murl iu 1876. Bacrcv i'm ile. a1d
Thomas Mann in 1919 Two Of the name
OF rm.i. ta'0 jbs name o. Tyler two
of tle uaa.. rf Lee. and tw0 Of ilc name
1f Floyd
rcg.u tlf.I.ta Governors harC o.tci
the -t... m 4 Dlict States -0n..e.
yi1. MONROE vs. G.. Nicholas William
B Giles Jame. Barbour James Pleas
ANTS b. W Iaz.wciI and John Tyler
Three vo-c -.rucr oi the Declaration Of
American Independence. viz. Jefferson,
benjamin Harrison. ald Thomas Nelson
Six u,r. of various presidential Cab.-
nets. VIZ. I0l.rol l. Randolph. Bar
bour. Monroe. Glmcr and Floyd The
first fluf Dt Dies. Sis were respectively.
Secretaries q State ln WasAlu-t0u'r
Nadi-ouI aad Quincy Adams Cabinets
Two have hecu Vice Presidents o., thc
United State viz, Jefferson and Tyler.
Three l,c been Grstclass ministers
abroad Jefferson Monroe aud Barbour.
There hay. been several of these Gov
emor- distinguished as leaders iu war
Henry ice Icing probably at the head Of
ihc lI-t Not one las ever sat upon tAc'
Supreme B.ch ~ the United S.4t,-
Seven have been b50a authors VIZ. ltt-|
icT-0n, II bee, Robert Brooke. Monroe
Giles. Robertson and Wise. Oah One
Of the Governors j.. known as 70 writer OF.
poem, Cameron
Jefferson stands at the head of thc list.
a- having eryco ODD more ylrIoc- ca-I
p4cities than amy other ISL author %.
The Declaration; d. si-ncr, b. Gov
crn0r 9Th. Secretary of -ta,ci Bib. Slime
istcrio France. Jb. NIctIr,ileut. 5b
President
Tlre. Governors stand 0gt from t.c|
ra-tas being specially gifted 90. llen.y. i
for or1torr 3d. Jefferson. for statesman
ship, 3d Henry Lee. for sollierly ah.I-I
itv 1le name OF Henry has been cm-
ba'm,i n immortal verse by Byron
.,ha forest born Domo.t..n.s
Whose t.aa.rr sho' tae rhiHpof th' -eis. 90
jefferson bias bod greater compliment
paid him DIS the great English historian,
Ncnr, THONGS Buckle. The auitor of|
That great declaration of Rights that
should ba written ia gold. and hung 1p in
thc nursery of kiugs"
Patrick Henry ora'ory wa, evaatOcltI
as ctancscent as the lightning 'hatI
flashed upon the sword of irht-il0-ss
Harry whilstthe sta,t-manlike 'aboi, of
Jefferson have produced effects 'ha. Fi.l
Jefferson was an author I'm various
s4n..- ss If fbp Declaration. cf thel
notes On Nirriuia. OF LOran's speech