Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

Hendricks. But what
is particularly surprising about the mortal
| ity of the past twelve months is the num-
| Der of Senators who have died. Within a
| very brief period the governors of three
| states have been called on to fill vacancies
1 in the Senate caused by death. First Mr.
| Colquitt died, and Gov. Northen appointed
! Mr. Walsh his successor. Then MIR. Vance
died, and Mr.. McLaurin was appointed.
| Finally Mr.. Stockbridge died Unexpectedly
| in Chicago. Added to these vacancies
| filled by appointment are those created by
the resignation of Mr.. walthan Of Missis-
| sippi to retire to private life and later of
| Mr. White of Louisiana to accept a place
| on the Supreme bench.
designations for Cabinet Honors.
When you consider what the average age
| Of Senator is, it is rather remarkable that
| in the history of the Senate for the first
| century of its existence the designations re-
| ceived were PA and the deaths in Office
| were only ninety-four. The deaths to date
! number more than 100. and the designations
more than 223 But the discrepancy is
easily explained. Most of the men who have
resigned seats in the Senate have done so
because they received or expected TO re-
ceive some other Office. Some men have
played a game of hide and seek in the SEN
ate and the cabinet--resigning from one to
enter the other. and vice versa. Mr.. Win
dom resigned place in the Senate to be
Secretary Of the Treasury under GARFIELD;
he was reelected to the Senate In the fall
OF the same year when Arthur became
President Garfield took three men out of
the Senate-Blaine, to be Secretary of
State; Window. to be Secretary Of the
Treasury, and kirkwood, to be Secretary of
the Interior. Mr. Cleveland took three Sem
ators into his cabinet in his first term
Bayard, to be Secretary of State; Lamar
to be Secretary of the Interior. and Gar
| land. to be Attorney General None of
these men returned to the Senate Gar
land is practicing law in Washington,
Lamar Is dead and Bayard is ambassador
TO England. Arthur took one Of his cab
| met from the Senate-Mr Teller who was
his Secretary of the Interior, and a good
one. too. Mr.. Harrison took no Senators
into his cabinet. although he seriously con-
templated at one time the appointment of
Mr.. Aldrich to be Secretary of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Cleveland invited only one Sem
ator into his second cabinet-Mr. Carlisle.
For Other Purposes.
Many members Of the Senate have re-
signed to go on the Supreme bench. Among
them were Oliver Ellsworth OF Connecticut,
chief justice; Associate Justices Mckinley
and Woodbury. and the newest Justice. Mr..
White Roscoe Conkling declined a Su-
the Senate. and David Davis OF Illinois re-
signed his place on the Supreme bench to
be Senator.
Three Senators have resigned to be Vice
Presidents of the United States-Mr. VIII
son. Mr. King and Mr.. Hamlin. One Vice
President resigned his high office to be a
Senator-John c. Calhoun.
Ihere have been some very odd resigna-
tons from the Senate. A number of men
resigned to be candidates for office in their
cities 20 ~
TO be mayor Of city. Hannibal Hamlin
resigned his seat in the Senate to be gov
ernor OF Maine, but almost Immediately re-
signed the governorship, having been elected
to the Senate for full term again But the
goVernorship is a large prize compared with
some which have been preferred TO the Sem
ate. James ]. Wilson resigned his seat in
the Senate to be postmaster at Trenton
This was in 1871. James Watson gave nm
the New York senatorship in 1900 to be
naval agent at New York-an appointiye
office Theodore Bailey OF New York re-
signed to be postmaster of New York city
Peter Muhlenberg Of Pennsylvania resigned
his seat after serving only few months of
his term to accept the position of super
visor OF the revenue for the district of
Pennsylvania Jefferson gave him the APP
pointment. Wilson c. Nicholas of Virginia
resigned sena torship to be collector of the
Forts of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The Of
flee of Senator has greater value now or
appointive local offices have less value 1t
is not uncommon for a Senator TO resign TO
accept foreign mission or a place in a
Presidents cabinet. But a Senator would
hardly resign his seat to be mayor OF New
York city, as Dewitt Clinton did in 1903
Certainly he would not resign to accept the
position OF collector OF the port for Norfolk
and Portsmouth.
About one-third of the people who have
resigned from the Senate have accepted DO
sitions as cabinet officers, ministers abroad
or governors Of states or territories and
the number OF these is about equally di-
vided
Senators Who Have Been Presidents.
Eight men who were afterward Presi-
dents of the United States are In the list OF
Senators who have resigned. Mr.. Adams
resigned because the legislature of Massa-
chusetts chose James Lloyd, jr, to be his
successor-action which was commonly in
terpreted to be insult to Mr.. Adams
Andrew Jackson resigned from the Senate
TO be justice of the supreme court Of Ten
nesSee. he resigned a seat to which he was
elected later to enter the White House 1t
may interest Senator Hill to know az he
does not know IT now that Mr.. jackson is
the only man who ever went from the Sem
ate to the White House. Pierce resigned a
seat in the Senate with the idea of return
ing to private life. Martin Van Buren, re-
signed to be governor of New York; VIM
II. Harrison to be minister to Colombia
Monroe resigned to be minister to France:
Buchanan to be Secretary of State TYLER
resigned because he would not follow the
In
these enlightened days the Senator ignores
the legislature and keeps right on serving
In the Senate. -Four Senators from North
Carolina have resigned because they did NOT
agree with the legislatures of their state
The list of those who have died with
harness on their backs includes some NOT
able names There was D. c. Brodericl OF
California, who was killed in a duel with
Judge Terry of his state in 1857. There was
famous Ben. Hill of Georgia, who died lust
as his term was coming to an end There
was Roger Sherman of Connecticut. who
served less than two years There was
Felix Grundy of Tennessee once Attorney
General. There was W F. Fessenden OF
Maine. There was Charles Sumner of
Massachusetts Dust beginning his oath wear
of servfce). There was Zach. Chandler of
Michigan, whose daughter married Senator
Hale. There were the two Claytons, mem
bers OF family whose name is indissol-
ubly linked with that of Delaware There
was Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois There
was Oliver p. Morton of Indiana There
was Henry Anthony of Rhode Island
The Greatest Death Record.
The record Of vacancies caused by death
in the present Congress is not so great as
the record which can be shown for the
Thirtieth Congress. On the 5th of May,
1S4I Jesse Speight of Mississippi died. on
the ID of November Senator Huntington of
Connecticut died. On the oath of December
Senator Fairfield of Maine died. On the
10Th of April. 1913. Chester Ashley OF