The evening times., 1899-12-13
THE AGES OF SENATORS
Marion Butler the Youngest; Ed
mund w. Pettus the Oldest
The Former Born I'm 1863 and the
Latter I'm 1S21-Mr. Morgan of Ala
bama Close Second to His Col
league-Mr. Gear of Iowa and Mr..
Ross Of Vermont Follow In Order.

The friends Of Senator Albert Jeremiah
Beveridge of Indiana claim that he is tn,
most youthful looking member OF the. Sen.
ate. He is one of the young men of tn,
Senate. but not the youngest. He wa,
born in 1862 in Highland county, Ohio.
The Youngest man in the Senate is Ma
rion Butler Of North Carolina, who wa.
born in Hunnycutts Township, Sampson
county, North Carolina, in 1863. Senator
Beveridge was born Oh October and Sen
ator Butler on May 20. Hence the Senator
from North Carolina is the youngest mar
in the Senate by about six months.
The oldest man in the Senate is Senate
Edmund Winston Pettus of Alabama, who
was born in Limestone county, Alabama,
July 6, 1921. and has therefore passed be-
yond his seventy eighth year. His col
league. Senator John T. Morgan, is the
next Oldest man in the Senate having been
born at Athens, Tenn, June 20, 1924.
After Senator Morgan is Senator John
Henry Gear of Iowa, born at Ithaca, n. y,
April Z, 1925 He is one year older than
Senator Jonathan Ross of Vermont, who
was born at Waterford, Vt, April 80, 1926.
Next comes Senator George Frisbie Hoar
of Massachusetts, who was born at Concord,
of age is Senator Joseph Roswell Hawley
of Connecticut, who was born at Stewards
vile, y. C., October 81, 1926. Pressing him
closely for the honors of age is Senator
Orville II. Plat of Connecticut, who IVES
4. u. I,,H.
and then comes Senator William Morris
Stewart OF Nevada. who was born at Lyons,
Wayne county, y. V. August 9, 1927.
The last of the septuagenarians in the
United States Senate are Senator William
Boyd Allison of Iowa, born at Perry, Ohio.
March 2, 1929, and Senator Shelby NJ. Gull
lom Of Illinois, born in Wayne county,
November %. 1929 be: pol
The Senators born in the 30's are Jones
of Nevada. 1880: Teller of Colorado. 1880:
Vest of Missouri, 1880. Proctor Of YER
mont. 1881; Frye of Maine. 1881; Platt of
New York, 1898; Depew of New York. 1884;
Cockrell of Missouri, 1894; Lindsay Of Ken
lucky. 1885. Caffery of Louisiana, 1885:
Chandler of New Hampshire, 1885. Sewell
Of New Jersey. 1895; Sboup of Idaho, 1896;
Hale Of Maine. 1885, Gallinger of New
1887; Burrows of Michigan,
1897; McEnery of Louisiana, 1887; Foster
Of Washington. 1897; Hanna of Ohio, 1887;
Mcmillan of Michigan. 1898; Davis OF Min
nesota, 1898; Jones of Arkansas, 1899; Per-
kins of California, 1883; Bacon OF Georgia,
1899: Clark of Montana, 1885; Money Of
1899.
Senators born in the forties follow:
Harris of Kansas. 1871; Aldrich OF Rhode
Island. 1871; Elkins OF West Virginia, IsI1;
Berry OF Arkansas, 1871; Daniel of Eir-
ginia 1872; Scott of West Virginia, 1912:
Quarles of Wisconsin. 1913; Spooner of
1913: Nelson Of Minnesota,
lS43; Warren OF Wyoming. 1874; Turley
Of Tennessee. 1915; Wetmore Of Rhode
Island 1876: Baker OF Kansas, 1886: Fora
ker of Ohio. 1886; Thurston of Nebraska,
lSi7: Talliaferro of Florida 1S47: Martin of
Virginia. 1S47: Tfllman of South Carolina.
1877: Mallory of Florida, 1s4s: wolcott of
Colorado. 1913; Hansbrough of North Da-
,ota. 1s4S: Pettigrew of South Dako a, 1878;
Deboe of Kentucky, lsi9. -a-.. .e.
Senator Turner Of Washington was born
n 1850: Rawlins of Utah. 1850: Lodge of
1850; Simon Of Oregon,
ISL: Clark of Wyoming, 1851: Wellington
If Maryland. 1852; Kean Of New Jersey,
S5e Fairbanks of Indiana. 1862; Chiffon
of Texas. 1853; Clay of Georgia, 1853:
Carter of Montana, 1854; Kyle of South
1854: Mcbride of Oregon, 1854;
culberson OF Texas. 1855: Kenney of
Delaware 1856: McCumber OF North Da-
iota, 1856; Pritchard of North Carolina,
1857: Sullivan of Mississippi, 1857 Heit
eld of Idaho, 1853: Mason of Illinois. 1859.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and
senator McLaurin of South Carolina were
BORN in 1860.
The only Senators whose ages are rot
Indicated in the Congressional Directory
ire Louis Emory McComas of Maryland
md William B. Bate of Tennessee.
The United States Senators of foreign
birth are: James Mcmillan, Michigan,
Ontario; Knute Nelson. Mime
ota. Norway; John Percival Jones. Ne
ada Herefordshire. England: William J.
ewell. New Jersey, Ireland; Joseph Simon,
oregon. Germany.
That Senator whose biography fills most |
pace in the Congressional Directory" is
enator Chauncey Mitchell Depew of New
-ork. He has employed six hundred and
words in telling OF himself.
Senator Lucien Baker Of Kansas tells
he story of his career in ffty-nine words;
enator Edward Oliver Wolcott of Colo
ado in sixty-seven words, and Senator
Of Indiana In seventy words.
LEIBER CRITICISES WILHELM.