The times., 1899-06-18

of the army, but the plans were changed
and Davis became president. and Hunter
acted as secretaIy Of state for while and
was then elected TO the Senate of the
Confederacy. in which he opposed Davis
administration. After the war he became
treasurer of Virginia for a term. He was
appointed collector at Tappannock, Va, by
former President Cleveland.
Robert C. Winthrop. OF Massachusetts,,
Speaker of the Thirtieth Congress, was
appointed to succeed Daniel Webster in
the Senate when he became Secretary of
State under President Fillmore. Winthrop
was defeated for governor on the Whig
ticket. His defeat was the means of
changing the Constitution so that a plu-
rality would elect instead OF requiring n
majority. He was considered one of the
best orators Of his day. and was chosen 10
deliver the address at the laying of the
cornerstone of the Washington Monument.
He also made the address at its compile
ton, nearly forty years later.
Howell Cobb, OF Georgia, was Speaker
OF the Thirtyfirst Congress. He was
elected nineteen days after Congress cpen-
ed after sixty-three ballots. In 1851, he
was elected Governor of Georgia on the
Union ticket. and at the close of his term
was again sent to Congress. He was made
Secretary of the Treasury by President
Buchanan in 1857, where he remained till
December, 1860. when he resigned and
went back TO Georgia. He soon became
actively engaged in the cause of the
South and was a member OF the Provision
al Confederate Congress. Later he was
appointed brigadier and then major gen.
eral. but saw little active service in Sat-
tie. He was opposed to the reconstruc-
tion measure. His death occurred in New
York city in 1868.
Linn Boyd, Speaker of the Thirgy-sec-
ond and Thirty-third Congresses, was af-
terwards Governor OF Kentucky, and tnen
retired from public life.
Nathaniel P. Banks. Speaker of the Thir-
ty-fourth Congress. was elected after
nine weeks contest, on the l33d ballot
The first session of this Congress, which
adjourned August 49, 1885, was the storm
lest ever held and the extra session call
ed August q of that same year wss the
shortest ever held, only lasting ten days.
Banks left Congress in 1857 10 become
Governor of Massachusetts. In 1860 he
was made President of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad, but resigned when the Civil
War broke out. He was major general in
the army, but his war record was not par
ticularly brilliant. He closed his public
career as member of the House.
James l.. Orr. of South Carolina, was
Speaker of the Thirty-ffth Congress, which
closed his career in Congress. He opposed
secession in his State convention, but fin
ally yielded. He was chosen Governor of
South Carolina in 1868, and afterwards a
circuit judge of the State. In 1872 he was
appointed Minister to Russia, and died in
st. Petersburg within two months after his
arrival there
William Pennington, of New Jersey, was
Speaker of the Thirty-siXth Congress, the
only term that he served in that body
The balloting was carried on for eight
weeks, and finally John Sherman the Re
publican candidate, withdrew.
Galusha A. Grow. of Pennsylvania. was
Speaker of the Thirty-seventh Congress
After a period of thirty years he was again
elected to Congress. and is still
a member of the body over which
he once presided. During the thirty years
he was out of Congress he was principally
engaged in railroading
Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana Speaker OF
the Thirty eighth. Thirty ninth and For
tieth Congresses, was elected Vice Presi-
dent in 1865 At the expiration of his te. m
he was not renominated and withdrew
from politics and went to Iecturing. He
died while on lecturing tour in the
Northwest.
James G. Blaine, of Maine. was Speaker
of the Forty first, Forty and For
ty-third Congresses. His subsequent ca
reer is well known. He was Senator,
Presidential nominee, and Secretary OF
State.
Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana, died
while Speaker of the Fortyfourth Con-
gress and Samuel ]. Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania. was chosen Speaker for the remain
der of the term, and also for the Forty
fifth and FortysiXth Congresses. He re-
mained in Congress till his death. J. War
rem Keifer, of Ohio. was Speaker OF the
Forty-seventh Congress. After serving in
the Forty eighth Congress he returned to
the practice of law in Springfield, Ohio.
He was commissioned major general OF
volunteers during the recent Spanish
American war.
OF the ffty-fve Congresses that have
come and gone, thirty-two different men
have been Speaker, not counting those who
have been elected pro TEN. Henry Clay
filled the position oftener than any other
man, six times, and Andrew Stevenson Of
Virginia next, having filled 1t four times.
These men both resigned the Speakership
and are the only ones who did. Macon,
ColfaX, Blaine, and Carlisle each presided
as Speaker three consecutive terms. Reed
has been Speaker three times, but between
his first and second term. two Congresses
interviewed, in which Crisp of Georgia filled
the chair.
James Knox Polk is the only Speaker
who ever became President He was the
thirteenth man to be e,octed Speaker. one
instance where the unlucky number failed
to operate
The thirty-two Speakers were divided
among fourteen States. as follows: Conect-
icut, /; Georgia, 2; Indiana, 8; Kentucky,
4; Maine, 2; Massachusetts,, 4; New Jersey,
.. New York !; North Carolina, /: Ohio
D., ..
Tennessee, 2; Virginia, 4. Four of the
thirteen original States have never fur
nished a SpealSer-Delaware, Maryland
New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.