Middletown transcript., 1894-12-15
DELAWARE IN CONGRESS.

The Men Who Have Represented
Delaware State In National Affairs.
Delawareans have always been so proud
: of their representation and influence in til,
United States Senate that the prospect O
seeing one of the seats purchased by stran
ger without known residence has greatly
stirred the people. No such advent urous
stranger as Gas Addicks has ever held i'm
portant office in Delaware. Only twenty.
eight men have represented Delaware in
: the United States Senate since the begin
ming of the Federal Government, and oil
these only three were not natives of the
State, while not was a newcomer, and moi
more than two or three were without con-
siderable previous experience in public af
fairs.
Delaware sent as Senators to the first Con-
gress Richard Bassett, native lawyer long
conspicuous in the State and in the old con-
federation. and George Read. native of
the neighboring Eastern Shore of Mary
land, who had been long residen4 in Del
aware and active in public affairs. These
two were succeeded by Henry Latimes and
John Vining, both DeIawareans by birth,
the former a physician carefully educated
at home and in Europe. Both were con-
spicuous in the State before they were sent
to the Senate. One of their immediate sue
cesssors was DR.. Joshua Clayton who was
active in the public affairs of the stase and
found for Continental army during time
of stress an effective substitute for qui-
nine, then exceedingly high in price. Will
lam H. Wells, who served with Joshua
Clayton as Senator in the Sixth Congress,
was the first of the Delaware Senators who
had not been previously conspicuous in the
State or national Legislature. Samuel
White Senator in the Seventh Congress,
was like Wells, a widely known native of
Delaware, though not especially conspicu-
GUS in politics.
The first Bayard, James Ashton, the
elder, was Senator in the Eighth Con-
gress. Though native of Pennsylvania
his active manhood was passed in Della
ware, and when sent to the Senate he was
a lawyer conspicuous in public affairs
The representation of Delaware remained
unchanged in the Senat until the Elev-
enth Congress, when Outerbrldge Horsey
was sent to Washington. He was native of
Delaware, lawyer of excellent education
and former Attorney General of the
State. The States representation in the
Senate was again unchanged until the
Fifteenth Congress, when Nicholas Van
Dyke. son of Governor VanDyke a patriot
OF the revolutionary period, was made
Senator. The SON had already served in
the lower House and been active in State |
politics.
There was again no change until the |
Seventeenth Congress, when Cesar
Rodney, former member of Con-
gress and Attorney General of the United |
States, came in. Thomas Clayton who had
worn many state honors, was Secre-
tary in the Eighteenth Congress, and
Henry NJ. Ridgely, lawyer and former
Congressman, in the nineteenth. Louis
McLane, naval officer, lawyer, soldier of
the war of 1912, and Congressman, was
Senator in the Twentieth Congress. John
NJ. Clayton and Arnold Naudain were
Senators i'll the Twenty first Congress. The
former was already lawyer and p olitician
of high repute, and the latter was man of
education and influence. Naudain was
one of the few silent Senators from Della
aware. He and John NJ. Clayton held
their places until the Twenty fourth Con-
xyhon p icJ, ord I'd o,H Thoc /
Clayton, who had already been in tn e
Senate, were elected! Both were coas picu-
Gus in State affairs.
There was no change of Senators until
the Thirtieth Congress, when John Vale s
and Presley Spruance, both we'll known
throughout the State. and the latter at one
time President of the State Senate, were
made Senators, James A. Bayard the
younger, entered the Senate in the Thirty
second Congress, after having become in
fnential at home, and Joseph P. Comegys
a lawyer prominent in affairs and after
ward Chief Justice of the State, was Sem
ator in the thirty-fourth Congress. Martin
w. Bates, a Senator in the Thirty-ffth
Congress, was the first one since JBmes A.
Bayard, the elder, who was not native of
the State, but he came early to Delaware
from Connecticut and was distinguished in
Delaware affairs when chosen to the Sen
ate. Willard Salisbury, former Attor-
of the State, was Senator in
The Thirty-sixth Congress, and George
Reed Riddle, engineer, lawyer deputy At
torney General and former Congressman {
in the thirty-eighth. Thomas F. Bayard &
was elected to the Senate in the Forty-f 1
Congress. His father, his grandfather. and l
his great-grandfather, Richard Bassett, had .
the same seat, and he had already
becomea power in his native State. Eli a
Salisbury became Senator in the Forty
second Congress, successfully contesting r
The place with brothers Cove and Willard.
He had long been conspicuous figure in
State politics. He and Mr.. Bayard served ]
until the present Senators, Mr.. Gray and
Mr.. Higgins were chosen. Mr.. Gray had
ong been one of the foremost men in the e
State and had served as sAttorney-General. Q
Mr.. Higgins was conspicuous lawyer and d
had had not held public office on ly be- t
cause his party had been out of power il
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FOR BETTER MORALS.
Wilmington Sets the Pace and Penin- g
sula Towns may Profit by it. :,