Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
SUNFLOWER STATE.
Legislative biographies.

Legislative Biographies
The Oldest man in the SENATE is Levi
Prltchard of Graham county, aged GO,
and the baby is Andrew Jackson Titus
OF Harper county aged 81.
Not one of the senators was born in
Kansas, as the following list of birth
places will indicate; Born in Ohio, 8;
New York, G; Illinois, A; Indiana, 81
Iowa, 3; Pennsylvania, 3; Vermont, 4;
Rhode Island, /; West Virginia, u
Tennessee, Il Maryland, /; New Jersey,
!; Missouri, /.
The occupations Of the senators are
given as follows; Farmers, 10; stock
men, 81 bankers, 3; lawyers, s.; cream
cry managers, 2; school teachers, 81
merchants, ?; real estate dealers, 4;
electric light managers, !; gardeners,
1; editors, l.
The editor is Senator Young Of the
Independence Star and Khnsan, who,
in a biography furnished by himself,
says he is q socialist
Religiously the Senate Is divided as
aOAlOMot niGNnOAlNbg - INbUYblHIuAt
4; Episcopal, 2; Christian, Q; Unitarian,
/; Congregational, /. OF the total
forty, twenty-three confess over their
own signatures that they have no con-
nection with any church. Sf5
All of the Senators confess to being
at the head of a family except Hugh
II. Fnrrelly, the Democrat from the
Wilson county district, who Is silent
upon that point. Senator F0rney Ia
entitled to the sweepstakes for the size
Of his family, having no less than nine
living children,
There are eleven old soldiers in the
Senate, OF whom ten were Union sol
diers and one Confederate The
Confederate is Colonel W. A, Harris,
who served with that title in q Ten
nessee regiment
In the House II will be discovered
that seven members were born in Kan
sas. They are: Louis Polenke, aged
Ss, Wabaunsee county; @, u, Lobdell,
aged 35, Lane county; h. d. McKeever,
aged 30. Shawnee county; 4. G. Davis,
aged ~, graduate Of Agricultural col
lege, Wilson county; II. w. Dingus,
aged 20, Linn county; Samuel Ernst,
aged 80, Atchison county; W. w. Fin
ney, aged 90, Woodson county.
The birthplaces of the remaining
members were as follows; Ohio. 27;
Illinois, 81; Pennsylvania, IA; New
York, 10; Indiana, o; Missouri, s; Ten
nessee, 5; Iowa, A; Kentucky, 0; Maine,
2; Maryland, 1; Connecticut /; Rhode
Island, /; Massachusetts,, 1; Michigan,
/; Virginia, Il New Hampshire, /.
Fifteen of the members were born in
foreign countries, as follows: Canada,
4; Ireland, 3; Germany, 3; Sweden, 2;
Russia, 1; England 1; Scotland, 1.
In occupations the house members
are divided as follows; Farmers, AZ;
bankers, 9; merchants, 8; stock raisers,
8; blaclsmiths, l; steamHtters, Il;
clothiers, 1; implement dealers, Il;
train dispatchers, Il lawyers, 20; nur-
serymen, 1; grain dealers, 1; lumber
men, /; teachers z; millers, 1; Goa
dealers, 1; rehl estate dealers, 4; SUR
veyors, 1; doctors, 8; manufacturers, 81;
abstracters, 1; miners, 2; contractors,
/; editors, 2; carpenters, /; bricklayers,
i; upholsterers /.
In religion the House is divided as
follows; Methodist, II; Presbyterian,
10; Catholic, 0; Episcopal, 2; Univer.
salist, 1; Christian, 10; Congregational,
Z; Quaker, 4; Baptist, 4; Lutheran, 81;
Reformed Church, 1; United Brethren,
o; Unitarian, 1. Fifty-six members
deny connection with any church,
which Is a less per cent OF sinfulness
than is found in the Senate.
There are thirty-three old soldiers in
the House, of whom thirty-two were in
the Union army. The Confederate Is
T.. II. Patton, Of Barber county. 1t Is
curious to note that Mr. Patton was
never reconstructed until two years
ago, when his disabilities were re-
moved by a special act of the Kansas
legislature. He signalized his new
found citizenship by running for office.
There are but seven bachelors in the
House, which shows that 1is are doing
their duty by their country In one re-
spect at least.