The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
WILL BE THE FIFTEENTH.
Next Senator and Those Who Have
Gone Before.


elected to the United States senate by the
legislature which convenes IN Topeka next
month will be the fifteenth senator TO
represent Kansas in the upper branch
Of the national legislature. Ten of these
senator's who have been elected belong to
the Lane succession while there have been
only four in the Pomperoy line to which
the new senator from Kansas who will
succeed Senator Harris belongs.
Since Kansas has been a state and en-
titled to representation in the United
States senate al lof its representatives
in the upper branch of the national legts-
lature have been Republican except three,
and for this break the Populists are to
blame and not the Democrats or Prohibi-
tionists Those who have been elected
United States senator in Kansas since
the admission of the state are: S C.
Pomeroy, James II Lane Edmund G.
Ross. Alexander Caldwell. Robert NJ.
Harvey, Preston B. Plumb, Bishop W.
Perkins, Lucien Baker, j. r. Burton.
Three have been of the opposition-Wil-
liam A. PETER, John Martin and W. A.
Harris. Democrats.
OF the fourteen five have been what
is termed young men, in politics-men of
near forty years of age, or under. The
youngest was John J. ingalls,, who was
just past % when elected senator in 1873.
Next to him came Edmund G. Ross. who
was midway between 80 and 40 when Gov
ernor Carney appointed him in 1866 to sue
coed James II. Lane, deceased. Plumb
was only 80. Caldwell was IL and Harvey
40. at the time of election. Chester /.
Long is now AZ years of age and Charles
Curtis will be 43 about the time of the
senatorial election. so that if either Of
them is elected next month, he will be-
long TO the class Of young senators from
Kansas
The oldest senator at the time OF his
election was PETER. who in 1891, when
chosen, was 90 years of age. Next to him
comes John Martin. who was 50 when
elected to fl lout the Plumb term In 1888.
Harris was Sc whe nelected in 1897.
Only three of the present and former
United States senators from Kansas had
previous congressional experience when
elected to the senate. James II. Lane
lad been a member of the house of rep
resentative from Indiana 1855 TO 1856;
Bishop w Perkins had just closed eight
years In congress when Governor Hum
phrey appointed him to succeed Senator
Plumb in January, 1892; Harris was rep
resentative-at-large from Kansas in the
Ffty-third congress. 1898 10 1895. If Ches-
ter I. Long is elected In January to sue
coed Harris. there will be another to add
to this list.
However. many of the senators had
had experience in legislatures when
chosen senator. Pomery had served Il
term in the Massachusetts legislature. In
gals had been in the state senate. Crozier
was a member OF the territorial council
in the latter SOS. Harvey had served in
both houses and senate of the Kansas leg
islature three times and speaker once.
PETER had been state senator. John
Martin once represented Shawnee county
in the legislature Burton had served
htree terms IN the house. and Baker and
Harris each was state senator when
chosen United States senator.
Only one governor was elected United
States senator from Kansas. and he did
not go direct from the state house TO
Washington. He was James NJ. Harvey.
elected a year after he retired from the
governors Office and beaten for reelection
by Plumb in 1871
The briefest senatorial service by a
Nanssn was that Of Judge Robert Crozie-.
who was appointed in December 1875. by
Governor Thomas 4. Osborn. after the
seat OF Alexander Caldwell had been de-
clared vacant and served until February
y. 1874 when James ". Harvey was
chosen By the legislature 20 succeed him
The next hriefest service was that OF
Bishop W. Perkins. appointed by Cover
nor Humphrey in January. lSss. 70 sue
coed Plumb. and serving only until March
4. 1895. when the legislature elected John
Martin The third briefest service Was
that OF John Martin. who served from
March T. 1855. 10 March 4. iS5.
John j. ingalls, served longer in the sen
ate than any other senator from Kansas.
He had eighteen years. three terms. from
IS7s. 10 1881 Next came Planb; with NJ
teen years service; and rex: Pomeroy.
with twelve years to his credit
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