The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-29

the early Gays of the WARNER MILLER.
republic were almost wlthou, exception.
actively interested III the developments OF
their state after they had left the senate.
Philip schuyler, one of New YORK. first
senators, had to esign becauge of i'll
health, but he remained active in political
life until the time of his death. His col
league, Rufus King. was the candidate of
the tederalist party against James Monroe
70 the presidency; and later on he was
minister to England.
Aaron Burr. who succeeded Schuyler. be-
came a member of the state assembly after
his retirement from the senata and later
was vice president of the United States.
William North. one of New York's early
senators. was a. jutant-genera of the army
while he was still in ths senate. Ate he
retired from the senate he WAS 81 cake of
the New Yo k assembly and one of the first
canal commissioners of New York state.
James Watson resigned the senatorship to
become Il naval officer and Theodorus Bal
ley to accept the appointment of postmas.
t-r of New York. John Armst ong was
minister to France and to Spain. bri 'adie =
general ana then secretary of war. De Witt
Clinton resigned to become mayor of New
York, then lieutenant governor of the state,
Il candidate for the presi iential nomination,
governor and finally he declined the English
mission. Obadiah German became a mem
Der of tie state assembly, speaker. hr /
Judge Oh SlSuRlgO county au1 lOuu SOtu-
missione
Martin Van Buren, resigned to take the
governorship of NV York, became score
tary of state, vice president and then presi-
dent. n. +. Tallmadgs resigned to be gov
ernor of Wisconsin ter itorN. w. l.. Marcy
resigned to be Cove nor of New 1o k. was a
member of the Mexican claims commissions,
secretary of war unde Polk and sec etary
of state under Pie ce. SiIas Wright, jr.,
his successor, also esign4d to acce t the
governo ship and afterwards decl ned offers
OF ca met positions and foreign missions.
Daniel $. Dickinson received the vote Of
Virginia for the p esidency in 1852, later
declin ed a humble of p otfe cd positions.
and finally was district attorney for the
southern district of New York until his
death. John A. Dix left tie senate to be-
come q candidate 70 the COVE norGhiu; was
assistant treasurer and postmaster of New
York, ana tAen sec etary of the trenSu Y
Buchanan: served with distinction as
ma jor general of volunteers during the war;
WAS naval officer OF New York, then minis.
ter to France and then governor of New
York state.
w. H.. Seward became Lincoln's secre-
tary OF state, an / after hia retirement from
that position made Il iou ney a ound the
world and wtote a book about it. L. ID.
Morgan became chairman of the national
allway commission in 1872, governor of
Nv York in 1876 and decline the secre-
tttgshlp OF tie treasury N 1881. II L.
Fenton beclme CHI lrman of tue Unite
States commission at the monetary confer
ence ut Paris in 1873 and late WAS much
interested in projects for railroad d veIop-
Inrut.
1t il altogether likely that Mr.. Hiscock
Wlll follow III tn" footsteps OF his lmmeil-
ate atner than his remote predecessors.
lhege was = G ent deal thet was accidental
in Mr.. Hlscock'- election to the senator
ship, anu 1t is not ut all kel that he viii
ever be d ala a ~poIitlcal quantity IN thr
state of New York. 7 obab!y the same
fate awaits most of those VINO leave TIL
senate with him March 4.