The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-13
OLDEST IN THE SENATE
Interesting Legislative Statis-
ties from FitzgeraId's
State Manual.
Specie. to the Jersey eta Nears.

In1S year will contain Is Republicans and
cans. Is Democrats and one Indeneppden
republican, Mr.. Bullock of Passaic
eOunfy; Only q three Of the 5wenty-ene
Democratic delegations, those being E Ioia
terdon. Warren and Hudson. The iona
democrat outside of those counties is ex-
y; = uIse Aldred Nalling of Monmouth. And
N Keeping with the election of Democrats
oniy TO the Legislature those counties
were al that We're carried by Cham
n rers McG II IN his race for the Cover
norsnlp- n former Democratic coun-
sdes oI Bergen. Sussex, Monmouth and
Midddesex will be represented by Re-
pupIlcans IN both Houses, Wit the single
IN length of service Senator Thomp-
son aa, Of Somerset is the veteran of the
negisiasure' as ne Is entering upon his
member of the Senate. He was first
elected in 1884 and served six wears con.
s fbraa ana was, after an absence OF
yet a young man comparatively, being
only in his ffty-flrst year. The ol1esf
miempe 2. TIE Senate, in age, not in ser
slxty-ave. Mr.. Bradley of MONMOUTH
comes next, he being sixty-thres. and
the then the new Senator from Ocean, Mr..
EnSle,, VINO is sixty-two. Those are the
only senators who are over sixty. The
Senator, as he also was last
year, is Mr.: Stokes of Cumberland, who
IS oniy thirty-ive. Five Senators are
under forty-Messrs. Rogers, Stokes. Her
bert, Williams and voorhees,. There are
Iwo ex-presldents OF the Senate Messrs.
former members of the Assembly. me
average age of the Senators is foriy-e.giir
years: an are natives of she- TIMED
states. seventeen were born in New Jer-
sey, three in P~ennsylvania, and one in
New York. They keystone State men are
Messrs. Parry Rogers ana stokes. ana
Sussex and Hunterdon each claim TWO
and the others are divided among Mer-
Ger, Salem. Camden, Cape May. Glou-
each.
There are eight lawyers, four mer-
each as follows:-An oyster dealer. ply
sician, bookkeeper, hotel keeper, ex-
sheriff, farmer Tn b and ss one Of no particular
one veteran of the late rebellion. Mr.
stats, of Warren. ard in the House
only two, Messrs. Lower and Hopkins.
cles; one is a Democrat, Mr.. Stats, and
the others Republicans; The six Repub-
Hsrber law Jkohnson. aT vreel MsSsF Will xS0rn aaa
Hoffman,, and the two Democratic,
Messrs. DAILY and Kuhl There are three
legislation. Messrs. johnson, Wreseiand
and Engle. Mr.. Rogers is entering upon
the last year Of his second term, and
have been reelected, and are beginning
their fourth year of service. The only
farmer inv the body is Mr.. Ward, of Sa-
of Burlington. The terms Of the follow,
ing senators will expire with this Legis-
a1a,t oresstaTgE Of ca m Packer Of
Of Monmouth; Thompson, of Somerset;
voorhees,, of Union, and Stats, Of War
cepi an Of a the Kl aaf namea' with the ex-
House the Republicans will have plain
sailing in all matters of a political char
act0T. The Senate will have a po,,,,hliaan
majority of fifteen and the House twenty
six. There are thirty new members in the
the second. third or fourth terms Mr. Mr.
Stanger, of Gloucester. is the only fourth
termer. and the third termers are Messrs.
tie. of Essex: Slower, of Middlesex, and
Coursen, Of Sussex. Mr.. King, Of Pas
sale IS a fourth-termer. but not consecu-
tives of the United States. only nine hav-
ing been born In foreign lands. There are
four natives Of Germany, two Of Scotland
and one each Of England. Ireland and
only man of Irish birth in the Legislature:
NJ NE. hR nIlork Of q nu Hns1;isb Is a CANADIAN;
Smart and Robinson are seotchmen. and
Messrsi Senober Glanss. RuempIer and
of this country. New York and P%e eaasv1s
vania each claim four. and Indiana. Maine.
Delaware and Ohio one each: The thirty
counties as follows:-Essex, seven: Mon
mouth, four; Hudson. Hunterdon, Mercer.
Middlesex. and Warren. each three; Morris
and Burlington, two each; and Passaic,
Salem. Sussex. Union. Somerset. Camden,
Cape May, Cumberland and Gloucester.
one each.
The oldest member in age is Mr.. AL
paugh of Hunterdon, who IS nearly
sixty-six. Next to him is Mr., Bowers. Ct
Warren, who is sixty-ive, and then come
Messrs. Coursen. Ludiam ana Stranger.
who are over sixty. The Youngest mem
Der of the House is Mr.. Harvey of
Besides him those under thirty are
Messrs. Thorn, Hicks. Alien and Hogan,
T~wenty-one members arc over fifty. The
average age of the sixty A~ssemblymen is
forty-three years and four months.
The professions and trades are as fol-
lows:-Lawyers. 13; merchants, 8; man
ufacturers, s; farmers, s; liquor dealers,
takers, 2; carpenters and builders. 2. and
one each as follows:-miller, dairyman,
baker, florist, plumber, clerk, accountant
draughtsman, mechanical engineer, over,
seer of the poor, ticket agent and glass
blower. The Republican lawyers are az
follows:-Messrs. Barton of burlington,
Lloyd and scovel of Camden, Skinner
Of Middlesex Robertson and Gledhili,
ington of Union; and the Democrats.
Messrs. Queen and Allen of Hudson
and Walling of Monmouth. ALTHOUGH
for the first time in many; years the
House is without q physician, vet it will
have two undertakers-Mr. farslow Of
rem. The lone florist is Mr. Ulman Of
Bergen. Mr.. Roll of Union, who is 4
made the nominating sneA1h
for John Kean at the recent Republican,