The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-06-28
THE SEVENTH CONGRESS.

| iiiH sen EN- IL ''.>'i>i"N'0'
From the Seventh Congress. NIarvlaud
| LHd hrcn entitled 10 nine representatives,
and. while the district lines of ITyI were
retained. the Fifth elected Two of them,
one from the city and the other from the
county. Under the appurtinnu"ut made
| i'm 1880, district LEGISLATION in 1882 and
| 1874 rrsultrl i'm seven districts. thc East
cru shore making First. Worcester,
Somerset. Dorchester; Second Caroline.
Talhnr nucou Ammo. Kent. Cecil. The
Second district sent Richard Il. Car.
| .tirhacI. of Ournn Ammo. and Of iudicial
| raiur 10 tlu, rwcutv-1hird CONGRESS-. aud
| the First elected Littlrtnn purnpll Den
| mis-, Of Somerset. whose death. in 1884.
made John y. steele. of Dorchester. also
| Il representative. Steele WAS returned IL
tine Ty,,iy.ruur1h Congress. IN which
.IamcS Alfred pcarcr. of Kent. began
one of Ihc lblrSt and most distinguished
| currrrS in the national legislature nchicy-
led by n Marvlnn,cr. The whig Dennis
family. of Somerset. was for the third
time hoard from in the Twrntv-ffth the
First district sending John Dennis. son
of John. and prurcr. Il whiy. WAS re-
turned, philip Francis Thomas, Of Tai
| bot, drmotrot, who ranks with prarcr
| i'm Eastern Shore estimation, and, like
| him. WAS Il cabinet officer, and would
have hrru Senator but for "diyloyaItv."
drfr,tnl pr,rcr for thr J'wnuty-siyth
Congress hut tLr Wig WAS returned to
tho J'yrrtv-s,.,.rutb tnn,thrr with Isoor
d. ZONES. of Somerset, whig. who beat
rn,tm,r nr Tho Same n,rty law thrrr
votes,
MARYLAND was rrducnd tn six members
|
ford was ,dind to thn eastern Shore in
order to make nm two districts. under the
uct of 1S43-Eourth, Hartford. Cecil,
| IIrut Onccn Anne Caroline. Fifth. Tai
| hot. dorchester. Somerset. Worcester.
Jacob 4 Preston. of Hartford and 'rhos.
4 Snnucn of Worcester wore the rpprc-
scutntivrs in that Congress. Thry were
| followed bv Albert Constable, thr elder.
of Cecil and Edward H. Long, of Som
nrsot
| These two countins elected thr rcurc-
srntotivrs in rho Thirtirth Conrrcss-
| AIrynrdrr Evans of Cecil whir, who
won over Rirh,rJ Il. cormichurl of
Ourcn Anne, democrat. and John w.
t'ristirld whir of Somerset. Evans and
John Rozmun Kerr, son of John Leeds
| I<rrr nr Tolhut su, i'm the ,rhiry-frst.
Iicrr was elected rs = whir without on
i unsitiou. He WAS rr-rInctrd but entered
| thr IiuInnoti,. sur,irn and wn. succeeded
Inv .Insruh : Cnttmou of Somerset,
Evans was also returned to the Thirty
,rcnud Jnhn II Franklin. of Worcrstrr
subsequently, 4 Judge. WAS elected TO the
Thirty-thir, from the First district.
nndrr fine net of 1874. which placed in if
| Worcester, Somerset, dorchester. Tai
| hot. Ducru Ammo. The Second district
| ,wl,,,rrd Kent Crril Hartford. seven
districts ur Baltimore cuuuty. and Car
rnl and Jacob shower of Manchester.
Carroll county. r,nrcSrutrd two Eastern
Shore counties.
| I'm rho Thirty-fourth and Thirtv-fifth
| Con.srrssrs were two Eastern Shorcmcu
-.Inmrs IL Stewart. of Dorchester, and
.Iuuns II. Ricnud of Kent democrat and
| whip cumu,i"nrrs of local rnnovn and
both destined to die on thc bench. Stew
art went hack to the Thirty-siyth and
| Col. Edwin II. Webster. of Hartford. he
| uDu 4 thrrr-terms' srryicr. The war