The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-14

| 1S4S he was appointed to I'LL vacancy, and
served five years more, again resigning, be
| ing then elected vice president. His aggre-
| gate service was about twenty-nine years.
Henry Clay had a remarkable experience
as senator. November, 1905, he was elected
to fill the unexpired term of four months;
| January, 1910, he was elected to fiji an
| other unexpired term of fourteen months;
March 4, 1881, he was elected to a full
| term, and in 1897 was reelected, but re-
signed in 1912; March 4, 1919, he was again
elected, but resigned in 1852, his service
aggregating about sixteen years, though
| forty-six years elapsed between his first
appearance in the senate and his last.
| Daniel Webster was elected senator from
| March 4, 1927. and was twice reelected, but
| resigned in 1S41. being succeeded by Rufus
Choate; he in turn took Choate's place in
1s45 and served till 1850, when he again re-
| signed, after an aggregate service of nine
teen years. Charles Sumner served twen-
| ty-three years continuously, Henry Wilson
eighteen years; Senator Dawes has been in
| the chamber sixteen years and Senator
Hoar fourteen years.
John c. Calhoun took his seat in the
senate December, 1882, and served ten
years, then resigning; in 1916 he was again
elected, serving till his death in 1850
total service of about fifteen years. John
Gaillard, also of South Carolina, served in
the senate continuously from Dec. 6, 1904,
to Feb. %, 1926, when he died.
Rhode Island presents two cases of long
service. Nehemiah r. Knight served from
1921 to 1871 Continuously few months
more than twenty years. Henry B. An
thony served from March, 1859, to Septem-
G -
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine was five
| times elected to the senate, once to fill an
unexpired term. He resigned twice, and
served an aggregate of twenty-five years.
William Pitt Fessenden served sixteen
years, and Lot NJ Morrill, fifteen years.
Stephen A. Douglas was fourteen years
senator from Illinois, while Lyman
Trumbull, who still lives, served eighteen
years and John A Logan eleven years.
Jesse Bright, of Indiana, was seventeen
years a senator, and was then expelled.
George W. Jones, Iowa's first senator,
served twelve years and still lives. James
Harlan, of the same state, served sixteen
years, and William B. Allison has been in
the senate eighteen years.
Samuel Smith, of Maryland, was sena-
tor from 1903 to 1915, and from 1922 to
1888, an aggregate of twenty-three years.
James A. Pearce of the same state, served
from March, 1843, to December, 1862.
Zachariah Chandler, Of Michigan, was a
senator nearly nineteen years. The late
William Window was once appointed and
twice elected senator, serving in all about
thirteen years. Roscoe Conkling was four
teen years a senator from New York, and
William H. Seward twelve years. Willie
1f
eighteen years, and Senator Ransom, of
the same state, has just finished his nine
tenth year.
Ohio has several noteworthy instances of
long service in the senate. Benjamin Rug
giles served eighteen years, Benjamin F.
Wade eighteen years, Allen g. Thurman
twelve years and William Allen twelve
years. John Sherman entered the senate
March, 1861, and served continuously six
teen years. then resigning to become sec
rotary of the treasury. After passing four
years in that office he returned to the SEN
ate. where he has now served in all twenty
six years
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, served
in the senate from March. 1915. to March,
1S49, succeeding James Buchanan; from
1857 to 1868, and from 1867 to 1877, when he
holds the seat, to which he has just been
reelected for six years more. If Don lives
to complete this term, the Camerons, IA
ther and son, will have had service of just
twenty years each.
The records of the senate present many
other noteworthy instances of family promi-
nence in various states Of the Union. None,
however, is more remarkable than that of
~ naln xr-hn I1a IL
tons and Saulsburys had things all their
own way for three-quarters of a century.
James A. Bayard was senator from 1904 to
1917; his son, Richard H, was senator from
1886 to 1915; then James A, Jr, sat in the
senate from 1851 to 1864 and from 1867 to
1859. March of the latter year Thomas F.,
son of James A, Jr., came in and remained
sixteen years-a grand total of fifty three
years out of eighty for the Bayard family.
Meanwhile the Claytons were not idle
Joshua Clayton was senator few months
at the close of the last century; Thomas
Clayton had a seat from 1924 to 1927; John
NJ. Clayton took hold from 1929 to 1887
when ne was succeeded by his son Thomas,
who held on till 1047, John NJ. being again
elected in 1915, SO that for two years both
seats belonging to Delaware were occupied
but was again elected in 1853, serving till
his death in 1S56-a grand total of twenty
eight years for the Claytons Willard
Salisbury was a senator from 1859 to 1871,
when he was succeeded by his brother Eli,
who sat from 1871 to 1SS9-a total of thirty
years for the Saulsburys, and of 1O1 years
for the three families between 1875 and
1889
A parallel case is found in New jersey,
where the FrelinGhuysens, Daytons and
Stocktons had forty-two years of senatorial
service during the first century of the Re
public, as follows: Frederick Frelinghuy-
sen, 1889; Theodore Frehnghuysen,
1S2se25; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, 1869
and 1917. Richard Stockton, 1869; Rob
ert T. Stockton, 1S5l-1. Jonathan Dayton,
1199-1SO5, and William L. Dayton 1S42-5l.
OF the 8S5 men whose names have been
enrolled on the roster of the American SEN
ate, how many were written in the blaz-
ing, enduring letters of Fame? 1t Is not
an easy question to answer, since the fame
of one generation may be the oblivion of
the next But the following 1873, not to
speak Of men now in the senate, may be
nominated Tor places among history's i'm
mortals:
Alabama-William R. King.
California-John c. Fremont, David c. Brod-
erick, James A McDougell.
Connecticut - Roger Sherman. Jonathan
Trunbull.
Delaware-John NJ. Clayton. James A. Bay
ard. Thomas T. Bayard.
Georgia - William q. Crawford. Robert
TooDbs. Ben Hi
Illinois-Stephen A Douglas, Richard Yates,
John A. Logan, David Davis, Lyman Tru1abull.
Indiana-Jesse Bright Thomas Hendricks,
Henry S. Lane. Benjamin Harrison Oliver P