Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-07
Personnel Of the Legislators.

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OF the eighty-one members Of the Legis-
lature that will meet in Trenton next
Tuesday, says the Jersey City Nesos twenty.
one or fraction over quarter, belong to
the legal profession. Nearly one-haIf Of
the Senators are lawyers, nine Of the twenty
one belonging to that profession. Next 10
the lawyers the most largely represented
class is the merchants, Of whom there six-
teen,or one-ffth Of the total of both houses
The farmers are fairly represented in the
House of Assembly, having six of the sixty
members, but none of the Senators. There
are two physician Senators, but none of the
Assemblymen bear the title of NJ. D. In
both houses there are four manufacturers
and three plumbers. The remaining mem
bers represent variety Of pursuits, includ-
ing school superintendent, chief of police,
hotel keeper, statesmen, bookkeeper, &C.
countant, painters, printer, insurance agent
and others
The lawyers are as follows: Senators
Hoffman, of Atlantic; johnson, of Bergen;
Daily, of Hudson; Kuhl, OF Hunterdon /;
Herbert, of Middlesex Vreeland, Of Nor
ris; Williams, of Passaic Reed, Of somer-
set, and Voorhees,, of Union. Assembly
men Borton, of Burlington; Lloyd and
Scoyel, Of Camden; Porter, of Essex Wat
kins, of Gloucester Demarest, Klink,
Goldenhorn and Leonard, of Hudson; Mac
pherson, of Mercer; Gledhill, of Passaic,
and Codington, of Union.
The merchant members and those who
are engaged in mercantile pursuits of va
rious kinds are: Senator johnson. of
Camden Ross, of Cape May Stranger, of
Gloucester; Skirm, of Mercer; Francis, of
Monmouth and Gould, of Sussex; Assem-
blymen Minch and Hunt, of Cumberland !;
Harrison, of Essex Urquhart and Arm
bruster, of Hudson; Martens, If Hunter
don; Brown and Van Wickle, of Mon
mouth, and Fighter, of Morris.
The farmers are: Assemblyman Wildes,
of Burlington; Fountain, of Middlesex /;
Reid, of Monmouth; Crispen, of Salem
Van Doren, of Somerset, and Rue, of Sus
sex.
Those who are engaged in the manufac-
turing business are-Senator Ketcham, of
Essex, and Assemblyman Lawshe, of
Hunterdon; Litterset, of Middlesex, and
Atherton, of Passaic.
Senator William G. Perry, of Burlington,
and Senator Isaac Barber, of Warren, are
physicians, the latter also having the dis
tinction of being one of the three Demo-
Gratis in the Senate.
Assemblymen Simpson, Rau and Bau-
mann are all from Essex, and each of them
is plumber by trade.
Senator Edward C. Stokes of Cumberland,
the popular ex-President of that body, is
the Superintendent of Public Schools of
Millville, where he lives.
Senator Robert B. Engle of Ocean county,
is the proprietor of large hotel at Beach
Haven. Senator Miller, of Salem, is q
lumber dealer.
Speaker Derouse, of Camden.is an expert
accountant. and has few peers in his line.
Assemblyman Holdrum, of Bergen, has the
distinction of being the only member from
either House who is retired. His brother
Assemblyman, Ullmann, from the same
county. is florist.
There is one butcher in the Legislature,
namely, Assemblyman Jackson, of Atlantic.
Assemblyman Hand, Of Cape May, has a
dual occupation, being an oysterdealer and
contractor. Assemblyman Flummerfelt,
Of Warren, is a contractor and builder, and
an undertaken as well. Other contractors
in the House are Assemblymen IscArthur
and Dcd, OF Hudson.
There are two members who are sales
men, Assemblymen Ebie and Hogan, of
Essex.
Assemblyman Powers, of Essex, is Chief
of Police of the clty Of Bloomfield. One of
MERGERS delegates, Assemblyman ]. Wig
gins Thorn, is baker, and another As
semblyman, Elijah G. Hutchinson, is a
miller. Assemblyman Clause, of Union. is
also baker.
Assemblyman Whitfield, of Middlesex,
and Bowers, of Warren, are machinists by
trade. Assemblyman Roderick A. CLARK, of
Ocean, has wide reputation as a boat
builder.
Assemblyman Bridge. of Passaic, deals in
ice, and Assemblyman King. of the same
county, keeps restaurant.
Assemblyman Roll. of Union, is in the
dairy business. Occupations of other MEM
bers are as follows AssemblYman Sted-
dig, OF Essex builder; Assemblyman Jones,
of Essex, real estate; Assemblyman Evans,
of Hudson, carpenter: Assemblyman Nell
son, of Hudson, insurance agent.