The evening times., 1896-04-21
Interesting Relic of the 25fh
Congress Uaearlhed.
NAMES OF THE LEGISLATORS
Congressional Directory of the Third
Session Found mOng IL File of De-
bris In the Old Van Ness Mansion.
Published In 1888 and Contains the
Names of Now Famous Men.

thrust into his sack to keep company with
a varied assortment Of junk. The book was
disposed of to a Is street dealer in old
bones, iron, rags and what not. and it was
from him the soIled little volume was OBJ
| tanned by The Times.
The unique title page OF the book told
| of its hist orical and valuable contents. 1t
read:
Congressional Directory of the Third
Session of the Twenty fifth. Congress OF
the United States of America. December,
1888.
las all the forms of this Directory are
constantly kept in type any altera tons.
corrections or additions may be made on III
formation from public offices, hotels or
boarding houses. Blanks are left where
members are absent.
washington: Printed by ]. Elliot, jr.,
on the Pennsylvania Avenue. Price, 25
cents"
OLDFAsHION STYLES
The title page is printed in queer looking,
antique and German text letters, of a Sc
ries long since passed out Of use. On The
second pa ge is an lily constructed ynoptical
almanac for the year 1889. Page makes
this announcement, also in the types of
long ago:
Places of abode in Washington of the
members of the Senate and of the House OF
Representatives,, together with their post
office, counties and congressional dis
trcts. Nota Bene-In the first column the
first name gives the postoffice, and the
second name the county where euch mem-
Der resides, which, with counties that fol-
low, comp ose, generally, the Congress
sional districts of each Representative"
Then follow the States. with their Rep
resentatives, Senators, ETC., in a rather
poor scmi-tabrllar form. The States are
not arranged in alphabetical order, as is
the case with Congressional directories
of today. The list of names includes some
OF the most noted and afterward famous
generals and statesmen.
The volume leads off with tie State OF
Maine, which WIS repre- sented AT that time
by two Senators, John Ruggles and Re uel
Williams, together with eight Representa-
lives. As the boarding bouses and hostel
ries in Washington were not numbered in
1888, the directory states that John Rug
giles resided at Mrs. Limrap's, the Penn
syivania avenue" while his colleague, Hon.
Reuel Williams, was n guest at Mrs.
Kennedy's, Four-and-Jihalf street."
New Hampshire follows, and the name
Of Franklin Pierce appears in the column
as one ofits Senators. His residence is also
given as Mrs. Kennedy's. Four-and-3.half
street." which was, in those days. the IA
nous capital resort for great men.
MANY NOTABLE NAMES.
Below New Hampshire comes Massa-
chusetts, with Daniel Webster and John
Davis us her Senators, while among her
list of twelve Representatives there appear
thcnames o fWlliamB CO lhoun, John Quincy
Adams, Caleb Gushing, and Levi Lincoln.
Rhode Island is next, with two Senators
and a like number of Representatives
Then come Connecticut, Vermont and New
York. The Empire State was represented
IN the TwcDty-fifth Congress by Senators
Nat 2. Talmage and Silas Wright, jr..
In addition to forty Representatives includ-
ing Millard Fillmore, Robert McClelland and
other distinguished Knickerbockers.
Little New Jersey is next. with Senators
Samuel A. Southard and Garrett ID. Wall,
besides six Representatives. In the Dela-
ware column, which follows, is found the
name of Richard II. Baynrd, the senior. who
resided at James YouDg's," on the Capitol
Hill.
Next is pennsylvania whose list is head
ed by James Buchanan. He was a guest
at Mrs. Ironsde's, Z street" The Key
stone State had representation in the
lower house during the year S3S of twenty
eight members.
Maryland, next in order. was represented
In the Senate by John s. Spence. of Berlin.
Worcester county, and William d. Merrick.
father of the late Hon. Richard T. Mcrrick.
whose postoffice is given in the Limited
directory as 'Allan's Fresh, Charles conn
ty,'' and bis capital residence as REV.
DIR. Matthews. the F street." Among the
seven Maryland Representatives of that day
are the names of Dams Jenifer. Frs.A
Thomas and James A. Pierce. At that time
the directory states that Baltimore was in
Anne Arundel county.
CALHOUN IE THE SENATE.
Maryland's sister State, Virginia. is
next in order, with Senators William C.
Rives and william II. Roane. The Repre-
sentatives, twenty-one in number, include
many illustrious characters of CoEsYe.
sional history, including Andrew Bime.
Robert Craig, George W. Hopkins. James
Johnson, the father OF the deceased Con-
federate general; Charles Fenton Mercer
Lynn Bank and Isaac s. Pennybacker.
Then follows North Carolina. The latter
State was represented In the Senate by
John c. Calhoun and m the House by the
famous Francis W. Pickens, after whom
the fort in Charleston Harbor was named.
and whose Revolutionary ancestry is a
matter of everyday history.
Georgia had in addition to her two SEN
ators nine Representatives. 1t is followed
in the Directory by Kentucky. with two
celebrated Americans as her Senators
Henry Clay and John ]. Crittenden. The
Blue Grass State had thirteen Representa-
tives in the House at that time.
Tennessee numbered among its thirteen
Representatives James X. Polk. who was
then Speaker. in the Twenty fifth Congress.
His postoffice was given as columbia.
Maury and Bedford counties" and his WASH
ington residence as "Eliiot's, the Pennsyi-
vania avenue"
In the Ohio list OF members is found the
name of James Corwin. while Louisiana had
only three members In addition to her Sem
ators. The Washington city address OF
one of the Representatives is given as "the
Buildings" These are now the diiapi-
dated old structures which stand on the
southeast corner of New Jersey avenue
and E street southeast. then a most fash
ionable and aristocratic locality. and in
close proximity to the Old Carroll Manor.
NOT DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS.
John Tippon appears as one of the Sem
ators from Indiana. while in the Mississippi
column 1t is announced the two members
of the House. 8. s. Prentiss and T. ]. Word,
were elected by general ticket" mea ming