Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-28
VERMONT LEGISLATURE
The Classification Of its Menu
bership.

utes the following relative to the next
general assembly:
The personal sketches and biogra
| plies of the members-elect Of the
house and senate for the two years
commencing next week contain much
OF interest to the general public.
have, therefore, taken time to collato
some of the more important facts TO,
publication, and herewith submit them
in the space usually occupied by the
Days Review"
| The Vermont senate of 1900-1901 will
contain thirty members, the average
age Of the senators being a fraction
less than fifty-one years. Only five
senators are under forty years of age
These are Senators DeBoer, of Wash
ingtOn; Royce. of Franklin, Pollard
or Windsor; Miller, Of Windham, and
Leavcnworth, of Rutland. The latter
is the youngest member, being only
thirty-three years of age. The Oldest
senator is Hon. Asa Burton Nelson, OF
Orleans, who was born in 1927.
The religious preferences of thG
senators are: Independent or nc
choice, eight. BY the way one filled
out the space left for religious pref
erence' with the expressive word
mix" Congregationalists, eight; Uni
virsalists, four; Unitarians, three;
Methodists, three; Baptists, three;
and Episcopalian and liberal" one
each.
The senators are divided among the
professions and occupations as fol
lows: Farmers, six; lawyers, six
physicians, two; manufacturers, two;
drovcr and insurance agent, retired
farmer, merchant and farmer, actuary
merchant, manufacturer and mer
chant, farmer and hotel keeper, mer
chant and bank president, principal OF
normal school, railroad" dealer in
real estate, farmer and insurance
agent railroad business, and insur
ance agent, auctioneer and deputy
sheriff, one each.
The senator who combines the last
three occupations is Hon. Charles F.
Smith, of Orange. 1t will be seen that
there is tie between the farmers and
the lawyers, six each, and also be-
tween the manufacturers and physi-
clans, two each.
twenty-five of the senators have
previously served in the house, which
gives this body some valuable eXper-
fence. With that large advantage and
that OF mature age, it should be an eX-
ceptionally strong senate.
Only two of the senators were born
outside Vermont, Senator DeBoer, in
Holland, and Senator Cudworth, in
Massachusetts,. The latter also has
the very unusual distinction of sue
ceeding himself in the senate, having
represented his county in the upper
house two years ago.
The average age of the members of
the house is somewhat over fifty,
which makes it the oldest house
in many years, even if it does not
break the record for age.
Only the following members were
born since 1870 inclusive, and are con-
sequently less than thirty years of
age:
Robert j. Sanford, of Stamford,
born November 7, 1870.
Fred c. Brown, of Whiting, born
January 20, 1870.
Rufus Raymond Walker, of Benson,
born June %, 1872.
Charles S. Meader, of Monkton,
born October g. 1872.
Henry e. Glynn, of jamaica, born
October 6, 1878.
The baby" of the house is Repre-
sentative Glenn Everett Stevens, OF
Maidstone, who was born June 10,
1876.
The oldest member is Egbert Shell
don, of Stockbridge, who was born
September IA, 1920. John Meigs
Weeks, of Lyndon, was. born Novem-
Der s, 1924, and Mr.. Stevenson, of
Lowell, in 1927. If old men are valu-
able as counsellors, then certainly
these three latter should contain large
stores Of wisdom.
Thirty-nine members of the house
We're born outside the state, as fol-
lows: O'Dowd, of Brunswick, in Coos,
n. H.; Duchene, of Brighton, in Que
bee; Williams, of Bloomfield, in New
Brunswick; Vancor, of Canaan, at
Colebrook, N. H.; Whitcomb, of Guild
hall, at Compton, =. O.; Cameron, of
Norton, at Leeds, Canada; Warren, of
Weathersfield, at Haverhill, N. H.;
Bush, of Brookline, at Bernardston
Mass; Smith, of Halifax, at London,
Eng; HOughton, of Putney, at Brook
line, Mass; Howard, of Rockingham,
at Fitchburg, Mass; Tudor, of Somer-
set, at Bristol, Eng; Lackey of STRAIT
ton, at Hebron, N. Y; Graves, of Col
chester, at Troy, N. Y; Wyman, of
Bloomington, at st. Armand, P. O.;
Graham, of Craftsbury, in New York;
Calagan, of Brookfield, in Ireland (and