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STATISTICS OF THE NEW HOUSE
The Nativity and the Occupations OF the sse
Conwres.mcn.

| The NATIVITY nno the Occupnuonr OF the oS'
| Conwressmcn.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-Of the 356 member
Of the present Congress. 333 were born In tho
United States. % are Of foreign birth anc
parentaRe, and one tMr Crisp. the Speaker
was born Of American parents while on visi
to England. There is one negro. Mr.. Murra,
OF South Carolina. or the foreign born Repre-
sentatives. Ireland furnished the greatest
number. eight five OF whom represent districts
| in the State OF New York. Germany was the
| birthplace OF four. Canada OF three New Bruins
wick OF two. Norway OF two. and Austria. Scot
land. and Hungary each Of one. The repre-
sentatlon OF district In one state by q
Congressman born in another Is very
common. and only eight States-Dela-
ware. having one Representative; Ken
lucky. eleven: Louisiana. six: Maryland.
six: Missouri. four: New Hampshire. two;
Rhode Island two and South Carolina. seven
are represented exclusively by natives Of their
respective States. On the other hand. Florida.
with three congressman; Idaho. with one:
Minnesota. with seven. and Nebraska. with
six. have no natives OF their States at all
among their Representatives. OF the States
which have furnished Congressmen to their
sister States. New York and Pennsylvania arc
on par. each having fifteen OF its natives
among the Representatives from other States.
Indiana. with eleven comes next: then Ohio.
with nine: Massachusetts. with eight and
Virginia, with seven. Kentucky and Georgia
have five each. and Mississippi. Missouri, Ten
nessee. and Wisconsin have three or four each.
or those who make known in the Congress
eional Directory the occupation OF their early
days. the farmer boys are by far the most
numerous. Fifty-flve worked on a farm. and
thirty-two taught schools: many combined the
fNyf mn ipno ,nI 10. naaQ wan ha, ~
the pluck to add tho study Of the law to their
other labors Eight were printers apprentices.
four were sailors. four "clerked In store. "
two started In as telegraph OPERATORS and rail-
road employees, four learned the trade OF a
blncksmtth and two that of a shoemaker; One
miner and two carpen ers complete tho list OF
those who tell Of the first steps on the road
which has brought them to the national
The M fortunate or more ambitious class
which was enabled to 60 through college Is
graduates Of colleges and universities. with
out counting those who took degree in law
only. and n addition to these eighty. seven
were cut short by necessity or misfortune.
Manv note that they left college to enter the
Union or Confederate armies. and these are
especially numerous among the southern Rep
resentatiyes. Yale has five graduates. Har-
yard and Dartmouth three each. and Amherst.
Cornell and Georgetown two each. Bowdoin.
Brown. Washington AMI Lee. and many OF the
State univers tiles have two or moro repre-
In the choice OF occupation for maturer
years the law was overwhelmingly In the ma;
JorIty. Two hundred and seven OF the :358
members have practised law. and most OF that
number were engaged in the legal profession
exclusively at tho time OF their election to
Congress The farmers are next in numbers.
thirty-three n al!-twenty-nve plain agricul-
tursts and the rest breeders Of fancy cattle.
cotton and sugar planters, and fruit growers.
Fourteen manufacturers and twenty-one mer-
chants have left their counting houses in
Ing the affairs of the nation. Five doctors
have deserted their patients 10 prescribe for
their country's ills Two professonai teachers
represent the great army Of American nedn,
solve the currency problem. Nine editors.
three railroad men. and four engineers COM
pleto the list.
West Point has one graduate. Cen Wheeler
OF Alabama. and tho Naval Academy at An
nanOlis graduated Mr. Eobinson Of Pennsyl-
vanin. Fity-two of the members were Union
crate armies. There is one. Mr. Boutelle OF
Maine. who served in the Union navy. and two
who served in both the onf. .derate army and
navy. Ten Representatives have taken pains
marks between colons unmarried" Messrs
Yinsmore Of Arkansas. Hit OF. Illinois. and
Sickles of New York have been in the dinlo-
more. as Minister to Corea. and the other two
Tracey Of New York was at one time in
Of Pennsylvania was born in March. 1921.
which makes him the senior In years. as he Is
in service. Of mis- colleagues Mr.. Lilly Of tho
sm sets Is aru
lima was born on March TO-. 1855. and is the
youngest member. He is a dark k-haired hand
some young man. n ready and eloquent speak
ally very popular in his district. where Demo-
Gratis were elected to every other office except
that Of Congressman.