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Liar was Mr.. Smith that his candidacy for
Congress in 1894 resulted in his election by
plurality of 9.765 and a majority over all
of 5.S15. Mr.. Smith has just turned thirty
six, is ambitious and energetic. and his
friends in Michigan prophesied when he
was elected that he would come rapidly to
the front when he reached Congress.
DR.. j. ID. Hubbard, Missouri.
DR.. Joel d. Hubbard. the man who beat
Bland in the eighth Missouri district. was
one of those who got surprised into Con-
gress during the rec emit landslide. He was
born in 1850. graduated in medicine in 1883.
He gave up medicine to go to railroadins.
and. as his biugrapher says, returned after
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After graduating In

nominated for Congress by acclamatio
and was elected by from three to four
thousand plurality over his democratic and
populist opponents.
Philip B. Low, New York.
Capt. Philip B. Low of the fifteenth New
York district is sailor man. For many
years he followed the calling of those who
go down to the sea in ships. He was born
in Chelsea, Mass, and inherited his dove
for salt water, as his father was a ship
master He volunteered and was appoint
ed an en- SIGN in the limited Sta, naYY at
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the town of his residence. and is an extern
sive anufacturer of salt. Mr. Pooles
participation in politics dates back to 1868,
when he was county clerk of Onondaga
county. He has maintained his utilization
with the republican party since that time,
and les been en- active worker and Or
ganjzer in the ranks.
II. j. Gamble, South Dakota.
One Of the good-looking northwesterners
in the new House is Mr.. Robert J. Gamble
the Junior Representative-at-larg from
South Dakota. He was born near Akron,
Genesee county, N. Y, but at an early age
was taken west by his parents and reared
on a Wisconsin farm. After attending the
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locally prominent.

Not long ago he had case to try up in the
state. He won the case after a pretty hard
fight. After it was over an old lawyer who
had been watching the case with interest
congratulated him the admirable man
ner in which he had managed it "for
youngster.' and said he had done credit to
his father, who was well known by repub-
leans in that part of the state. The old
lawyer went on to explain that he had read
much of his father, and was an admirer of
his
The 'youngster" had then to explain that
CorliSs of Detroit was himself and not his
father, and that he was not as young as
he looked.
Il. j. Trncewell, Indiana.
Robe TT ]. Tracev ell of the third Indiana
district is a student and lawyer, and now
holds public office for the first time in mis-
life. The district which he represents sent
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ty, Mls.u4Ii, IN 1883 was elected city Urea s.
urer of st. Joseph, and reelected in 1880.
He was unanimously nominated In 1892 by
the republican congressional convention Of
the fourth district, but was defeated. He
W as elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress as
a republican.
Chas. G. Burton, Missouri.
Charles G. Burton of Missouri, fifteenth
district. is represented as free silver man.
He is a lawyer of high standing, has been
circuit judge and is very active in politics.
He has been frequently mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination for governor.
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was three times elected prosecuting attor-
ney for Mason county, and served two
terms in the legislature.
Alfred Mines. Michigan.
The third Michigan district, so long rep
resented by Julius Caesar Burrows Ct
Kalamazoo,is represented by Alfred Mines.
who was elected lieutenant governor
of the state. and as such presided over the
deliberations of the state senate last win
ter. He was elected to Congress last spring
to succeed Mr.. Burrows, whom the legisla-
ture promoted to the Senate, to succeed ad
interim, Senator John Patton, jr., the latter
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of the first senate. He was president of
that body in 1892, and delegate to the
national republican convention of that year.
Mr.. Mondell is genial, shrewd. big heart
ed westerner. and has friends all over the
eastern slope of the Rockies, where he is
we'll known.
Stephen r. Harris, Ohio.
Mr.. Stephen r. Harris, representing the
thirteenth Ohio district, is a man proud of
his American ancestry. Mr.. Harris biog-
rSphy i'll the Congressional Directory says
that his grandfather John Harris served
in the revolutionary war under Gen. Wash
ington, and signalized himself for bravery
In the battle OF Monmouth. where his
brother-in-law, John Hamilton. was shot
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of the time and keep
ing up his studies
meanwhile and then
spending a part of
the year with his
class, finally gradu-
ating in the class of
IT. He then became
a lawyer and h a s
since practiced his
profession success
fully a n d attained
prominence in it. In,
1884 he was the re-,
publican candidate
for circuit judge and
was defeated by but
n VOW, email rI,,ra1
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and after a few years residence in Utah
came east and eventually landed in Mich
igan, and located at Coldwater. where the
son still lives engaged in trade and grown
wealthy. Mr.. Mines has served several
terms in the state legislature, and, while he
is not an orator, he is a substantial BUSH
ness man in a business way.
He served through the war with the old
Stonewall regiment, the seventeenth Mich
igan, and was in every battle participated
in by that regiment, from that of South
Mountain, in 1862, to the surrender at
Appomattox. He has always been a repub-
Hcan.
H. G. Shower, Michigan.
Mr.. Horace G. Shower represents the sew
enth Michigan district. and is a lawyer and
educator He was born in Macomb county,
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Presbyterian Church, and is an officer of
the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital. Mr.
Brewster has always taken an active in
terest in the republican party, and has
contributed largely of his time and means
toward success. He was at one time vice
president of the New York State League of
Republican Clubs, and president of the
Monroe County League.
Chas. N. Brumm, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Charles N Brumm Of the thirteenth
PENNSYLVANIA district left his law studies
when a very young man to enlist as a
private under the first call of President
Lincoln for three months men. He made
a record for himself while ! led in
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ture for one term. returning to his seat in
1887. and occupying it until 1898. Mr.. Sui
loway's legal abilities promise to push him
to the front early in the session, and to
make him a prominent figure in the New
England delegation. He is man of con-
siderable personal ma gnetism. makes friends
and holds them. and is a good friend to those
who gain his confidence. He is stanch
republican, and comes to Congress with a
big majority.
Aston G. Dayton, West Virginia.
Mr.. Aston G. Dayton of the second West
Virginia district enjoys the notoriety Of hav-
ing defeated the redoubtable William L.
Wilson. Before the session is over Mr.. Day
toms friends expect him to establish a more
enduring claim to fame. Mr.. Dayton comes
from Philippi, the town which was the scene
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al years. He was a delegate to the repub-
lican national conventions of 1872, 1876 and
1880 and was United States commissioner
to the centennial exposition in 1876. After
his service as assistant secretary of the
treasury he became commissioner general
to the Paris exposition of 1878, which post
he filled with honor and ability. He was
offered the Brazilian mission in 1877, but
declined 1t, and also refused to take the
Mexican mission in 1873. Mr.. Mccormick
was candidate for Congress in the first
New York district in 1885, but was de-
feated by Perry Belmont. His election to
this Congress was by a majority of 5000
republican votes, overcoming a democra tic
majority of the previous election of 5000
votes. This is the first time the district
has been represented by a republican in
twenty-five years. and Mr.. Mccormick
nomination was unsought and unanimous.
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led law under various tutors, and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1919. His legal abil-
tiles are held in high esteem throughout
Ohio, where he is well known. and he has
been an active member of the Ohio State
Bar Association since its organization. He
was elected to Congress as a republican
from district formerly strongly demo-
cratic.
Frederick Halterman, Pennsylvania.
There are several men of foreign birth in
this House, and prominent among them is
Mr.. Frederick Halterman, representing the
third district of Pennsylvania in Philadel-
phia. He was born in Vegesack. on the
Weser part of the Hanse town of Bremen
Germany, and was educated at the high
school OF that place in the good old Ger
man fashion. He came to America when
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tered out in 1865 a general. He was en-
gagged in some of the most famous battles
of the war, and was several times severely
wounded. He was brevetted brigadier gen.
eral on the battlefield at Nashville for val
liable services rendered.
II. 0. Crump, Michigan.
The tenth Michigan district is represent
ed by Rousseau o. Crump Of West Bay
City, a lumberman and manufacturer. who
gained his political elevation through his
A. P. A. affiliations, and openly appealed
for support, because of his high standing
in that order He succeeds T. A. e. Wead-
ock, who did not seek a denomination.
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the nomination for Congress by acclama-
ton and comes in with a good republican
majority. Capt. Low Is a tall. fine-looking
man, straight as an arrow, with a COM
handing presence, and is a capital stump
speaker.
Geo. d. Mcclellan, New York.
One of the young men of the House is
George B. Mcclellan of the twelfth New
York district, who has just turned thirty
He is the son of Gen. Mcclellan, and Is
Familiarity known in Tammany Hall as Lit
tie Mac" He Is a protege Of Richard
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ardent republican, and carried MS district
in the congressional election by nearly
10000 votes against his democratic OPP
ponent. Mr.. Jenkins is well known in
Wisconsin and has been closely identified
with the growth and prosperity of his state.
He is a man CT many social qualities, as
well as possessing legal and business abil-
tiles of a high order.
william C. Anderson, Tennessee.
Here is a man who left position in the
Interior Department few years ago, and
now comes back to Washington as a Rep
resentative in Congress. 1t is Mr.. William
C. Anderson of the first Tennessee district,
a republican. He came to Washington in
1889 as examiner of contested land
claims in the general land office and was
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afterward to first lieutenant; was severely
wounded at Champion Hills, Miss, May.
16, 1868: resigned in 1864, having taken part
in the battles of Fort Heiman. Fort Henry.
Fort Donelson. Shiloh. Grand Gulf, Port
Gibson. and Champion Hills. He has served
In the state house of representatives. He
Is counted sound money man, one of good
judgment and a steady, sensible business
man.
r. w. Blue, Kansas.
Richard Whiting Blue of Kansas, who
represents the state at large, is one of the
striking-looking men of this Congress He
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defeated for Congress IN To-, out as he
cut down his opponents vote more than
1000 he went in the next year and won
by a handsome majority. Mr.. Heatwole
has been an influential man in his party.
He has been elected delegate at large to
national conventions, and several men in
the state have owed their success to his
support. He has a genial disposition, q
fighter for his friends, and IL he contin-
ues in a congressional career 1t is prophe-
sled he will be one of the influential menu
bers of The House.
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II. J. Gamble, South Dakota.

common schools of
the neighborhood he
entered l. a wrence
University. at Apple
ton, Wis. teaching
through part of the
course. After gradu-
ating he studied law
and was admitted to
the bar in Wisconsin,
but removed to South
Dakota in 1876, where
he continued t h e
prosecution of h / s
profession. w h e Il
South Dakota was a
territory he was dis
fript attorney for the
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Peter ]. Otey. virginia.

army, and participant
ed in the western
campaign culminat-
ing at Shiloh and
Donaldson. He re-
turEed from this
campaign, and was
with the army of
northern Virginia.
and remained with
the infantry until the
close of the war.
After the war he
built the Lynchburg
and Durham railway,
and has been marked
as a thorough bust
ppsS man thrOlIpboll
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Jason Browne, a
democrat. to C o n =
gress during the
past two or t hire 9
Congresses, and was
formerly represented
b y Mr.. Stockslager,
whom Mr.. Tracewell
defeated this time.
!Mr. TraceweIl is a
native of Virginia, in
, which state he was
born in 1852; but he
has lived in Indiana
S | II C Q he was two
years old. He is a
man of education
and strong parSon1l
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Port Austin. Mich, and was probate judge
of Huron county. He has been engaged
in the practice of law at Port Austin for
many years. and is known and highly es-
teemed in legal circles throughout the
state. He has not abated the interest in
literature and the classics which he took
in his early youth and is a man of extern
sive reading and culture.
VIM. A. Smith, Michigan.
Mr.. William Alden Smith of the fifth Mich
igan district began his first public services
as a page in the Michigan house of represen-
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dent republican of the stalwart order, and of
recent years has taken active part in poll
tics. Mr.. Dayton Is a man Of great amiabil-
ity of character. genial in manner, and the
kind to make friends in his new position in
life
F. w. MondelI, Wyoming.
Mr.. Frank w. Mondell has the dstinc-
ton of representing an entire state, as
Wyoming has but one member of the lower
house. His entire life has been spent in
the bustling west and he has attained
success in business and politics by his own
efforts in the face of the keen competition
existing He was a farmer's lad in
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Slutltu Id W, ana lau
already gained some
prominence in SYRIA
cuse. n. V, when, in
'62 he went TO the
Pacific coast. For
about thirty years he
has lived in Sacra-
mento. He has serv
ed as a member O
both branches of til.
California legislator
with distinction. r
has been a conspict
Gus figure In many
of the great criminal
trials in California
for the last ten
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His biography in the Congressional d.
rectory says:

ness; established his
first home in Plain
well, Mich; In June,
1881, while making a
tour Of the lakes and
northern Michigan,
stopped in Bay City;
impressed with the
business push end
energy of the two
Bay Cities, he decid-
ed to locate there.
and built his first
mill in September.
1881; In the fall of
1888 he purchased
his partners interest
in the business. and
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son Of the late Rep
resentative John w.
Kendall, at whose
death during the Fiji
ty-second Congress he
was elected to fill cut
the unexpired t ERIN,
He is a native Ken
tuckian. was educat.
ed at Michigan Uni.
yerslty. and was ad.
mitted to the prac-
tice of law in Ken
lucky before he was
of age. During the
Forty-n.nth and Fiji
tieth Congresses he
was a clerk at the
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most CT his life In that state and in West
Virginia. During the war he served in a
West Virginia loyal regiment, and became
captain. In 10 he went to Kansas, where
he engaged in the practice of law.
j. VI. Kendall, Kentucky.
Joseph NJ. Kendall Of the tenth Ken
lucky district is not altogether a new man
in Washington. He has served part of a
term in Congress before, and before that
was an employe of the Capitol. He Is a
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all other prominent republicans having de-
clined to make the hopeless race against
Bland.
Geo. c. Crowther, Missouri.
The fourth Missouri district Is represent
ed by printer. George c. Crowther of st.
Joseph When he was ten years old he
quit the public school to become a printers
apprentice, and continued in the printing
office until he had mastered his trade.
During the war he served in the federal
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official life was OBJ
tanned as chief clerk
of the bureau of ag-
ricuiture. He went
west in 1863 as sec
rotary of the terri
tory of Arizona, and
three years later was
made its governor,
subsequently coming
to Congress as dele
gate from that terri
tory. Upon retiring
at the end of the
Forty-th.rd Congress
he established a
newspaper, which he
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brilliant war record.
He Is fifty-eight years
old, and has had no
previous experience
in legislative ways.
He is a native Of
Scotland, where he
was born in 1887.
When he was six
years old his parents
brought him to this
country, and in 1853
they removed to
Michigan. There he
lived on a farm and
taught school for a
while. On the open
inc Of the war he en-
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Bull was the republican candidate for Con-
gress in 1852, receiving $40 plurality, but
the laws of Rhode Island requiring a ma
jor.ty at that time, he was not elected. The
republicans of the state, however, conclud-
ed to return him at the rext Congress with
out fail, and they rolled up majority of
about 1000 for him, so that there would be
no margin to rule him out on technicality.
j. ". Graf, Illinois.
Joseph v. Graft of the fourteenth Illinois
district is a native Of Indiana. who has
been active in politics. but never held
public Office before he was elected by the
republicans of his district to represent
them in the Fifty-fourth Congress- He
was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, and
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army. After that he
went to Kansas and
engaged in news
paper work, contin-
uing this line Of
labor until 1873. In
January. l go, he
was elected secretary
of the Kansas sta to
senate, and was re-
elected in 1S71 and
1873. From 1875 to
1886 HI was engaged
on newspapers and in
the printing business,
and in 1887 was APP
pointed deputy sher-
fT ~ Buchanan 0uY,.
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subsequently ro-
NOTED for merit. first
to chief of the con-
test d vision and then
to chief clerk of the
general land office.
During the campaign
of 1892 he was assist
ant secretary of the
republican national
committee, wi t h
headquarters in New
York. He SubSe-
quently returned to
his home at New
port, Tenn, to re-
sumo the practice of
1ouy ar1 ryoo nnrpi-
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e was elected city at
torney after he had
been there for six
years, and drew up
the new charter I'M
der which the city Of
Detroit now exists.
He has been a sue
cessful trial lawyer,
employed largely by
corporations, and has
made about $500, 600
in building street rail-
roads. He looks to
be less than thirty
years old, and his
youthful appearance
is often the cause Of
amusing mistakes.
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aside the o q e S I
m e m b er of t h Q
House and replacing
him with a man of
but thirty. Watson
reminds one some
what of Shively,who
used to represent the
South Bend district.
He Is tall. rather
slender, though not
trikingly so. with
! mooth face a n d
lear-cut features,
indicating In t e | / j.
gence and percep-
ton. He has a. fine
voice. q ready fl o W
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i Iliho lIC Sdt LACu
promotion until he
became captain of
infantry. He has
been mayor of his
city and member of
the legislature, and
was a delegate to the
REPUBLICAN national
conventions of &c
and 'SS. He Is en-
gagged in the bank
ing business. During
the campaign he
W ould not talk
finance upon the
stump. but he is
known to be a sound
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Croker s, ana mas
been pushed rapidly
to the front in poli-
tics. He Is bright.
handsome and ambi-
tious; a fluent talker,
and Is considered an
all-round COOL fellow.
A ( I er graduating
from Princeton Col
lege, he worked as a
reporter and in an
editorial position on
several New York
papers. He was ap-
pointed treasurer of
II e New York and
Brooklyn bridge in
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years after the war he was admitted to
the bar and began the practice of law.
In 1868 he located in Missouri. Afterwards
he lived in Kansas for a short while and
then returned to Missouri.
w. s. Knox, Mnssachusetts.
w. S. Knox, Mr.. Stevens successor from
the fifth Massachusetts, was born in Con-
necticut in '43 and has lived in Lawrence,
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in Michigan, and re-
ceiyed his education
in public schools and
Dickinson Institute.
at Romeo. He was
sent to the Universe
ty of Michigan, how
ever. to complete his
studies, and gradu-
ated in the literary
and classical course
in 1862. Two years
later he graduated
from the law depart
ment a n d was ad-
mitted to the bar.
He was principal of
the public schools of
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Aston G. DAYTON, West Yirxinta.

of one of the first bat
ties of the civil war.
He Is under forty
years Of age. but has
had a life full of Incl
dent and usefulness.
A ( t e r gradua ting
from the University
of West Virginia he
studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in
1878. He has been
'rosecuting attorney
N two counties of his
state, and Is regarded
as one of the keenest
lawyers in West Vir-
pinia He 10 an ar
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killer Of big game.
law at the Michigan
University in "a. he
went to Boise, Idaho,
and formed a law
partnership with Ere
mont Wood, which
still continues. He
was elected city at
torney, then district
attorney, and was a
member of the con-
vention which adopt
ed the state constitu-
ton. AS chairman of
the republican state
committee, he con-
Quoted the campaign
of 80. and in '94 was
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. ~
sive career. Illinois
is his native state,
and there he received
his education at the
common school. In
10 he went to Indi-
ana and t a u g h t
school for a b o u t
eight years. Then he
studied law, was
elected to the state
senate and next was
elected to the Fifty
fourth Congress with
n plurality of over
five thousand. 1t is
predicted by his
friends that he will
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the rank of captain
and brevet of major.
He was the conf
mar der of the De-
partment of New
York. Grand Army
of the Republic, in
1892; was United
States pension agent
for the western dis
trict Of New York
from 1879 to 1855.
Mr.. Poole is a manu-
lecturer, and is in
tereSted in various
corporations. He Is
a director in the
Rank Of Syra once
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has a fine figure, a
strong face and a
massive head, cover
ed with curling gray
hair, worn long. He
has seen much of
public affairs. Is a
cultured speaker and
adroit in debate. He
was the republican
heavyweight in the
campaign last year.
He is a pronounced
advocate of the gold
standard. He was
born in Virginia
a b ut flfty-four
wars oOn ond Gnan 4