The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-28
LAWYERS AND FARMERS.
rTFrT-sIx OF EACH PROFESSION
~ TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
There are Twenty One Lawyers In the Sem
ate Against Thirty-Fivs In the House
Of Delegates Other Professions.

The assertion las been made that
the two houses Of the present General
assembly have too large a representation
OF the law profession among Their num-
hers A close scrutiny win show that IN
the senate the lawyers outnumber by FAR
all other professions.
OF the forty members. twenty-one are
hooked as wyers-namely, Messrs. Tay-
lor Berry. OF Amhersti u. +. buchanan,
OF smyth Edward Echols, Of stanton;
y ID. Flood. Of AppomattoX; Thomas W.
harrison. Of Frederick; James Hay, OF
Madison. Charles j.. Jones, of Highland;
William A. Little. Jr., OF Fredericksourgi
Vyuitam b. Mcllwainc, OF Petersburg
c.,rge n. Morris, OF Charlottesville;
800 L. Afushbach. OF Alexandria; Con-
~ X. Sands of Henrico' James ~
sfubbs. or Gloucester; James J.. IredWay'
of pittsvlvania. NJ l.. walton OF Shenan-
sosh. Robert J. Washington. Of West
,,s~roiand. j. Allen watts. Of Roanoke;
Walter A. Watson, OF Notlo"ay' L. y.
u-@us of Wise. Henry Il. Wickham, OF
tzs,over and II. y. Williams. Of Meek
IenburE.
49, ~ Barnes OF New Kent, two far
,nsrs and physicians. Dr. Thomas n.
Haynes. Of Nansemond, and Or. Joseph ".
soufhaI. az Amelia. one merchant and
farmer Mr.. John J.. Hurt Of Pittsylvania;
one farmer and banker. Mr.. ". r. Jordan,
of Halifax.
The list Of farmers only comprises the
following new senators. Senators James
l.. Arthur. OF Bedford. Henry Fairfax,
~ Loudoun. Thomas *. Harnsberger. OF
Rockingham: benjamin " Hatcher. OF
Franklin Arthur T.. Herbert, Of Princess
Anne. George vs.. Jackson. Of Sussex;
Lewis T. Jennings. Of Carroll; T.. NJ. Par
rlsh. Of Goochland. Senator Alexander ST.
Clair. OF TazeVeu is put down as q
ErsEler.
The other members OF the upper branch
are engaged Ira the following professions:
Joel G. Green OF Wythe. merchant. Dr. |
George W. LeCatO OF Accomac. physician; |
Wniam Lovensteip of Richmond. cashier;
H. J.. Maynard OF Portsmouth, merchant;
Richard l.. Miller Of Lynchburg, tobac-
conist
In the House
La The House Of Delegates the complex
ion as 10 the professions Of its hundred
members is somewhat different, for while |
thirty-hye members have selected law
Practice as the means of making
livelihood. there are fourty-four tillers Of
the soil
The following are the lawyers I'm the
lower branch OF the General Assembly;
Charles Bendheim. of Alexandria; H. e.
Boykin. OF Isle Of Wight. r.. j. Brugh, OF
p0tet0urt. Julian Bryant OF Richmond;
q. Aston Cabell. OF Richmond: i. II. |
CrImp. Of Richmond. X. l.. Dejlrnettc, |
~ Halifax; Isaac Diggs. of King Nilliom; |
d. -. Downing OF warren; j. IS. ramona |
son. OF Rockbridge, W. A. Fentress. OF |
Portsmouth: j. Catett Gibson, Of Gull !
pepper: r. =. Graves, Of orange; j. NJ. |
Gregory, Of Manchester. Randolph Harri- |
son. Of Lynchburg; Howard Hathaway, of |
Lancaster; Eppa HuntOn. Jr.. OF Fau- |
quier: r. r. Irvine, % Wise: l.. l.. Kellam, |
of Norfolk city. T.. S. Hendricks. OF Wash |
iustOn, Eakev =. Lee. OF Elizabeth City; |
r. n. Logan. OF Roanoke. j. T.. Mason. OF |
King George. William p. McRae OF Pc |
tersburg; John b. Moon. of Charlottes-
Vile. William NJ. Murrell Of Campbell; |
Charles +. Nelson. Of Frederick; Charles |
D. NiCol, OF Prince William: Camm Pat |
ieson, Of Buckingham; Thomas W. Rus-
'ell. OF Accomac h. W. Saunders. Of
Franklin; John j.. Sheffey. Of Smyth
Joseph r.. willard Of Fairfax: Eugene
Nithcrs Of Danvine; Il. H. Cardwell,
'f Hanover.
Tilisrs Of the Soil.
The following is a list Of the tiners OF
the soil who are representing their res
'ective counties In the House OF Delegates:
/. y. Allen of MeCklenburg, h. ]. Ander-
son. OF Pittsylvania; William II. Blake |
more. OF Rockingham; Samuel NJ Boiling.
II Bedford. ". r. W. Brooking. OF GOoch-
and: J.. l.. BufOrd OF Brunswick: William
p Burks. Of Bedford; James b. Caddall.
lt Pulaski; Thomas b. Clark OF Halifax;
'olon T. Coleman, of Spotsylyt MIA; Mel
lille b. Cox. OF Grayson: Miles Craft, or
scott; w b. kanes OF Henry: c. T.. |
ahrney. Of Rockingham. Nathan A. Han,
'f PittsylNania. John $. Harris. of Abe
marie; Garter IL. Harrison, of Chesterfield:
ames = zones. OF King ana Queen:
leorge Wellington Koiner. of Augusta:
ieorge W. Leggett. OF Princess Anne:
llahd Massie. OF Nelson. Nathaniel
Matthews, OF Luneuburg: John Il. Miller
% Rappahannock. Jacob G.. Mem. of Shen-
ndOahi NJ. ). NeWberne OF Norfolk coun- |
~ Ehco q. Pitcher, Of Fauquier: Andrew
Richardson. Of Louisa H. A. Kicks OF
aroline; John r. Ryan. Of Loudotin.
. hoWe Sayers. of Tazewell. j. r. Segar. |
2 MiddleseN; H. G.. Semp. of Lee. X. ~.
piiihah OF Ncstmoreland. Sterling G. |
lI9uon' OF AppomaitoX: Colin Stokes. |
Fiihee EDWARD; j. y. Tabb. OF Glouces-
m. NJ. - Thomas of RoaLoke; John e.
-f-''t''Aff IA T. y duEnNl. or Anne /
a' - T.. Weaver. OF Greenesviue. j.
mite, OF httsylvania; s. f.. Wilkinson OF
arroll; l. NJ. Wilson. Of Russell.
Other Avocations
me remainder OF the members of Che
rouse represent the following profess q
o"S, pr. Charles Smith OF Norihamp- I
'" farmer and physician; DIR. ). n Bar- l
am OF Surry, A. s. Priddy of Charlotte
!, W. sanders OF Mythe Knox Thomson ]
, In" loue' physicians; Messrs. j. h.
Cooker OF Nansemond. G.. j. Campbeu Of e
.nheis', w. H. Tomney of Wasbtneton
en. Messrs. Merritt r. Cooke or Nor, I
GIN Guy robert vs.. Perkins of k,er,,ict, I
,,., gs,aSe' Messrs John s. Harwood ot
, sl,,,ii,onu. o. w. Petty OF PAGE ~ a
.ie,l9w OF southampton. r. q -, - - G
,ockDiidse s. p. Turner OF Flo% Ion ,mo oi <
,ia ant. Messrs William j Ri1tor4 q, o
,gnrico' John W. Sumpter OF NlaO,,.o, vi
iy. railroads; Thomas Byrne 1 nv s,,.n e
lohd' master painter: Thomas ''''N' a
peek OF Augusta. collecting agen,. y. ~ q
thompson OF Patrick. teacber. g. ~ ~ G.
Throw Of Bath. contractor a. f. Il