The Portland daily press., 1888-04-18

Trumbull, Of Illinois; Jesse d. Bright Of In
diana, afterward expelled from the Senate
for having, in letter, recognized Jefferson
Davis as President of the Confederate
States; James w. Grimes and James Harlan
Of Iowa; John j. Crittenden of Kentucky !;
Judah p. Benjamin Of Louisiana, afterward
Secretary of War and Secretary Of State of
the Confederate Government, and subse-
quently a conspicuous member Of the Lon
don Bar; John Slidell Of the same State, who
was arrested in 1861 in Havana on British
steamer while on his way to France on a
diplomatic mission for the COnfederacy by
Capt. Wilkes, of the United States frigate
San JacintO: w. II. Fessenden and Hannl-
bal Hamlin of Maine Charles Sumner and
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts; Lacharlah
Chandler Of Michigan; Jefferson DAVIS Oh
Mississippi; John p. Hale OF New Hamp-
shire; Preston King and William IL. Seward
Of New York; Thomas l.. Clingman OF Norm
Carolina; George E. Pugh and Benjamin +.
Wade of Ohio Edward ID. Baker OF oregon,
who, as commander Of brigade Oh Union
volunteers, was killed at the battle Oh BAH
Bluff. in Virginia, October 81. 1861; Joseph
Lane of the same State, who was the candi-
date for Vice President in 1860 ON the ticket
with John @. Breckenridge, Simon Cameron
Of Pennsylvania; Henry b. Anthony OF
Rhode Island; Andrew johnson OF Iennes-
see; Louis 7. Wigfall OF Texas; jacob Vol-
lamer and Solomon Foot Of Vermont X. M.
T. Hunter and J. NJ. Mason Of Virginia, the
latter of whom, while on mission 10 Eng
land in behalf Of the Confederacy, was ar
rested with Slidell. and j. h Doollttie Oh
Wisconsin.
Among the members of the House in the
Thirty-sixth Congress who were then, or
who subsequently became, conspicuous,
were John A. Logan Of illinois,. who began
his public life on the national stage with
that Congres; Owen Lovejoy, a native OF
Maine. born in Kennebec County IN tne
town Of Albion beside the beautiful pond
which yet bears the name Of his family, put
thea resident of Illinois; John A. MeCler-
nand and Elihu b. Washburne Of the same
State, the last named Of whom was IKE
Loveioy native Of Maine, and afterwards
became Minister to France nearly the wnole
Of the two terms of Gen. Grant in the Pres
idency; Schuyler Colfax Of Indiana, suose-
quently Vice President during the first term
Of President Grant; w. II: English, also OIL
Indiana, who was a candidate for the vice
Presidency in 1880 on the Hancock ticket
Henry Winter Davis of Maryland; Israel
same State Stephen Coburn, ID. e. Somes,
John j. Perry, Stephen G. Foster, +. II.
Moore and Ezra 3. French; Henry l..
Dawes and Anson Burlingame Of Massachu-
setts; William Window OF Minnesota, VINO
became Secretary Of the Treasury IN ISL a'
c. Lamar Of Mississippi, who has
Supreme Bench; Francis p. Blair and John
S. Phelps, of Missouri William Pennington
Of New Jersey; Reuben Il. Fenton and
and Daniel Z. Sickles. of New York, the
latter of whom represented the country at the
Spanish court from 1869 TO 1873; Francis Il.
Spinner, Of the same State, who afterward
became United States Treasurer; Zebulon b.
Vance, Of North Carolina, at present SEN
ator from that State; VIM. Allen, G. I. Val
landigham, John Sherman, Thomas Corwin
nd of IA al n Wnnm
removin g afterwards to New York, has re-
presented district Of that State in the
House during many terms since then, Geo.
ii. Pendleton, also Of Ohio, at present minis
ter to Germany; John Coyode. G. A. Grow
and Thaddeus Stevens, Of Pennsylvania; !;
wing the first year of his first term in the
Senate from the same State; Justin s. Nor
rill. Of Vermont, and Roger A. Pryor, of
Virginia, who, subsequently serving the
Confederacy both in the army and In its Con-
gress, is now one Of the best known and most
successful lawyers Of New York.
All the men who were in high places in the
service OF the government when the Thirty
sixth Congress came into existence are dead
now. President Buchanan, Vice President
Breckenridge, Presidents pro tenp0re OF the
Senate Fitzpatrick, Bright and Foot, and
Speaker Pennington have long since passed
away. Dead, too, are Lewis Cass, who was
Secretary of State during the greater part OF
Buchanan'S administration; Jeremiah ,.
Black, who served out Cass's term In that
position; Howell Cobb. Philip f. Thomas
and John A. Dix, Secretaries Of the Treasury /;
John B. Floyd, Secretary Of War; Isaac
Toucey, Secretary of the Navy; Jacob
Thompson, Secretary Of the Interior; Joseph
Holt, Postmaster General; jeremiah s.
Black, who was Attorney General before he
became Secretary Of State; Edwin Nj. STAN
ton, who succeeded Black as Attorney Gem
eral; Roger b. Taney, who was Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court, and all his asso-
ciates on the Supreme Bench. Nearly all the
members Of Congress, who were conspicuous
during the last half of the Buchanan admin
istration, are also dead.
OF the men who are members Of one or
other branches of the present Congress, SEN
ators Sherman, Dawes, Merrill, Reagan and
Vance, and Representatives Holman and Cox
were in the Congress which assembled in De-
cember, 1850. These seven are the only mem
bers of the National Legislature today who
served in either branch Of that body when
the political career Of Roscoe Conkling began.