Evening star., 1901-03-02
THIRTEEN NEW ONES
Senators Who Will Take Their Seats
Next Monday.
SEVERAL HAVE SERVED HITHERTO
Points, Political and Personal, in
Their Careers.
IN Il + II T. : T / y C f y G L 5

On March :. 1901, the terms of thirty
United States senator's will expire. OF this
number fifteen senators have been re-elect-
ed and i'm thirteen cases new men have been
chosen to fill the senatorships. The terms
of Senator Kenney of Delaware and Thurs
ton of Nebraska expire on March ), but
their successors have not yet been elected.
Vacancies exist in three other senatorShips
because of dcadlocks in the legislatures of
Delaware, Montana and Nebraska. Della
ware has never been able to secure q sue
cessor of Senator Higgins. Montana is still
fighting over the term for which credentials
were issued for w. \. Clark, who has be-
come the successor of Senator Carter for
term of six years from March 3, and the
Nebraska Legislature has not filed the place
made vacant by the death of Hayward,
whose election was closely followed by his
death, Senator Allen being appointed by the
governor pending an election. In addition
to these changes, Utah. Vermont and Min
ncSota ana Iowa have lately sent new men
to the Senate in the persons of Senators
kearns. Clapp. Dillingham; and Dolliver. the
last named holding his seat by the app Dlnt-
ment of the governor Of Iowa. the leyisa-
ture to elect his successor not meeting un-
iii next December. Senator Quay, after
short absence from the Senate, is again N
his old seat.
The senators who have been reelected for
terms of six years from March are Bacon
of Georgia, Berry of Arkansas. CullOm of
Illinois. Ekins of West Virginia. Frye of
Maine, IIoar Of Massachusetts, Mcmillan of
Michigan. Martin of Virginia. Morgan of
Alabama, Nelson 1f Minnesota. Sewell of
New Jersey. Tillman of South Carolina,
Warren OF Wyoming and WetmOre of Rhode
Island.
\ Bakers Dozen.
The thirteen new senators elected to
terms beginning March are Burton of
Kansas, TO succeed Baker; Simmons of
North Carolina. to succeed Butler; Foster of
Louisiana. to succeed Caffery; Clark of
Montana, To succeed Carter: Burnham of
New Hampshire. 10 succeed Chandler;
Bailey Of Texas. To succeed Chiffon: Black
burn Of kentucky. TO succeed Lindsay;
Mitchell Of Oregon. 10 succeed Mcbride;
Gamble of South Dakota. to succeed Petit
grew; Dubois of Idaho. TO succeed Shoup;
McLaurin Of Mississippi. to succeed Sulh
van, Cdrmdck of Tennessee. to succeed Tur-
ley and Patterson Of Colorado, to succeed
WOlcOtt.
OF the So-called new senator's quite
number have been in Congress. Blackburn
of Kentucky, Mitchell of oregon and Du
BoS Of Idaho have been in the Senate, and
Bailey Of Texas, Gamble of South Dakota
and Carmack are now members of the
House Of Representatives. Patterson of
Colorado was a delegate in the House of
Representatives before his state was ad-
mitted to the Union.
Senator Burnham, New Hampshire.
Henry T.. Burnham of Manchester, y. H,
Is the successor Of Wm. E. Chandler. who
has so long Leen a conspicuous figure be-
fore the country. He has never been in
Congress His election to the Senate was
by a very large majority. At the republi-
can legislative caucus he received 19S votes
against A for Mr.. Chandler and 10 for
other candidates, and of 1856 votes cast
in the legislature he received 301. Mr.
Burnhams election was the result of one
of the hardest political fights the state of
New Hampshire has ever known. The new
senator from the granite state was born in
Dumbarton, y. H, November s, 1914. He
was graduated from Dartmouth College in
1860 and studied law and was admitted to
the bar of his state in 1865. He was judge
OF probate for HillsborOugh county in 1876
to 1879 inclusive. In 1S73-74 he men,
Der of the house of the state legislature,
and in 1889 was member of the state con-