The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-24

Tor rejection ana was nominated anC
elected president by the Democrats ii
1S44. The little national reputation the
Speakership alone conferred upon a mar
fn those days is shown in the derisive in.
quiry of the wings, ''Who's. James X
Poke They discovered later. He died g
few months after his retirement from the
presidency. e-4ass. +. +. d. ID s-5 4
RIM. T. Hunter. of Virginia, was speak
er In the TWenty-sixth congress. He was
defeated for the succeeding term, but was
elected for the one following that. He
was elected to the United States senate
three times. His last term carrying him
beyond the outbreak of the Civil war, he
abandoned his seat therein, and was
| formally expelled. He was a member Of
the provisional Confederate congress. Ac-
cording to the original plan he was to
| have been president of the Confederacy,
with Jefferson Davis as sgeneral-in-chief
Of the army. This fell through. Davis
became president, and Hunter acted as
secretary Of state for short time, when
he was elected to the Confederate sen
ate, In which he opposed Davis admin
istration. After the war he was state
| treasurer of Virginia for a term, and in
Cleveland's first term was appointed COL
| lector at Tappannock, Va.
| Robert G. Winthrop was speaker in the
| Thirtieth congress. In 1850 he was APP
pointed United States senator to succeed
|
Fillmore's cabinet as secretary of state.
Winthrop was defeated for election to the
| senate and never aftcrWard held public
office, though he ran for governor as the
Wing candidate. His defeat, though he
had a plurality Of the votes, led to a
change In the Constitution, whereby a
plurality would elect, instead of requiring
a majority. Mr.. Winthrop was one of the
| great orators Of his time. He delivered
| the GRAFTON at the laying Of the corner
stone of the Washington monument, and
also that at its completion, nearly forty
years later, as we'll as that at Yorktown,
Va, upon the celebration of the Tooth
anniversary Of the surrender of Corn
wallis.
Howell Cobb of Georgia was speaker in
che Th1rty-frst congress, being elected
after sixty-three ballots, nineteen days
after assembling. He supported Clay's
compromise measures of 1850 and was
candidate Of the Union party. On the ex-
piration of his term as governor he was
reelected to congress-. In 1857 he entered
President Buchanan's cabinet AS secge-
tary of the treasury. He resigned on Dec.
10, 1850, and went back to Georgia, where
presided over the provisional Confederate
congress. He was opposed to Davis, but
At the demand of the Georgia delegation
he was appointed brigadier and afterward
major general. He saw little military
service. He opposed the Reconstruction
measures and died in New York city in
1903. 'Gr
Linn Boyd, speaker in the tThirty-second
Ind .Thtrty-third congresses, subsequent
~. became Lieutenant OF, KEN
lucky, after which he lived in retire.
:.ent. & ..l .,r, r.. r%.-Tyl@ ~ ~
Nathaniel:P. Banks was speaker in the
Ehirty-fourth congress, being elected
litter contest, Of nine weeks on the 1881
ballot. This session, from Dec. g, 1855,
C Aug. Is, 1856, was the :storn1iest ever
aeld. The second Ga called or "extra")
session was the shortest ever held, last
ng ten days, from Aug. p 10 80. Banks
continued in congress till 1857, when he
vas elected governor. Of Massachusetts,
being reelected in 1858 and 1859. In 1860
1e accepted the presidency Of the Illi-
1ois Central railway, but resigned when
The Civil war broke out. He was prompt
y commissioned major general. His mill.
AIRY success was not conspicuous. After
he Civil war he was reelected to, con-
sress. He "Greeleyized" in 1872, and was
beaten for congress. He served several
fears as United States marshal, and final
closed his public career as a member
IT the house over which he had once pre-
sided.
James L. Orr of South Carolina was
speaker of the Thirty-fifth congress, this
being his last service in that body. He
opposed secession In the state convention
out when outvoted yielded. He was
chosen governor of South Carolina under
President Johnson's plan, and served un-
Ill 1868. In 1856 he attended the Union.
convention at Philadelphia. In 1872 he.
attended the Republican national conven-
ion as delegate. He was elected a
circuit judge of his state in 1870, and
n 1872 he was appointed minister to Rus
10 1x>iv in
months of presenting his credentials to
he imperial government. :. 49,
William Pennington Of New Jersey was
speaker Of the Thirty-sixth congress-his
irst and only term in congress He~was
selected after eight weeks balloting, John
Sherman, the Republican candidate with
drawing. .,. ..--r,,-.,.. -. 4 -,
Ga1usha A. Grow of Pennsylvania was
speaker of the Thirty seventh congress
He was not reelected to congress fnnme-
1iately-not, In fact, till more than thirty
years later, in 1894. He was engaged
principally in railroading while, he was
cut Of public life. Apparently he Is des-
lined to end his days a member of the
body over which he once welded the
gavel of authority. t.Esoa5 !.
Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, speaker: in
the Thirty eighth .Thdrty-ninth and For
tteth congresses was elected vice presi
lent in 1868, but not being renominated,
abandoned public Mfe and betook himself
20 the lecture platform, and died while on
4 featuring tour in the Northwest.
James G.. Blaine of Maine was speaker
In the Forty first, Forty second and
Forty third congresses. 1t is needless to
tell in detail his after story, how he be-
came senator, presidential nominee, and
twice secretary of state, as 1t Is familiar
to ALL Michael C.. Kerr of Indiana was
speaker in the Forty-fourth congress- and
died while holding that office. Samuel J.
Randall Of Pennsylvania was chosen
speaker for the remainder Of the Forty
fourth and also for the Forthwith and
Forty -sixth congresses. He remained a
member OF CONGRESS TIL his death. .;
Warren Keller of Ohio was speaker OF
the Forthy- seventh congress. He was re-
elected to the Forty-eight, after which he
cesumbed the practice of law at Spring.
field, his Ohio home. He was :conInis-t
stoned major general of volunteers during
the Tate war with Spain. II
tFifty-f1ve congresses have come and
gone, and the ffty-sixth is standing on
the threshhold4 of history. During these
ifty:five congresses thirty-tWo different
men have been elected speake for peril
DDS varying from one session of q, tern:
to several full terms OF congress. This
does mot include the members elected
speaker pro tempOre, who have usually
served only one day, the longest periods
of service Of these temporary speakers
being those flied by Samuel S. Cox of
New-Y ork and M ltonE s.#Saylerso Ohio
during the prolonged illness of Speaker
Kerr at the first session of the Forty
fourth congress. Henry Clay was chosen
speaker oftener than any other person,
six times. Andrew Stevenson, Of Vir-
ginia. comes next four times. Both re-
signed the speakership Clay twice, Stew
ensons once. They are the only ones who
have resigned the speakership. -Four
Macon, Colfax, Blaine and Cariisle----each