The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20
UPPER BODY OF CONGRESS.
Pettus Is the Oldest and Bailey ths
Youngest Member.
lINaslIngLnn So


When woman suffrage is thoroughly
established in this country and women
sit in both houses of congress. il may
become necessary to revise some of the
customs that now prevail. and especial
( II that Unwritten law that makes II
necessary for every senator and repre-
sentative 20 furnish an aUt0biOgTdp fiCal
sketch, beginning with a statement Of
age, for publication In the Congress
sional Directory. The records in the
directory are revelations to many Deo-
pie who consult them. These records
show an evenly balanced senate Of
young men and old men. At the pres
ent time the records reveal the ages of
elghty-siX senator's Senator Burton of
Kansas. who has not yet reached mid
die life. is the only senator whose name
is Included i'm the directory without
the date of his birth Senator Dryden
Of New Jersey has not yet had his bio
graphical sketch published. The abb
sence of the two senators that Della
ware is entitled TO makes up the four
vacancies in the senatorial age records.
The record shows that of eighty-six
senators. three. Bailey of Texas, Bev-
eridge of Indiana and KeaTns of Utah,
are under 40 years of age the Texas
senator being IS and the senator's from
Indiana and Utah 80 years of age
Twelve senators are between 40 and
so; thirty between 80 and SO: twenty
six between so and 20: fourteen be-
tween 20 and so. and just one. Senator
Pettus Of Alabama, between so and 80
years of age. Senator Pettus was so
years of age at his last birthday.
Senator's who have lived more than
20 years OF age, nearly all of whom
have the vigor and appearance Of much
younger men, are: Allison of Ioxa.
2; Bate Of Tennessee. 70. CulIom of
Illinois, p; Frye Of Maine. 20: Gibson.
Of Montana, II: HaWley Of Connect
cut, IS; Hoar Of Massa chusetts, 70;
Jones of Nevada, p; Morgan Of Ala
bama, II; Plat of Connecticut, a:
Proctor of Vermont. 20: Stewart of Ne
vada, "A; Teller of Colorado. Il. and
Vest Of Missouri, Il
Senators between so and 20 wears of
ge are. Aldrich Of Rhode Island. 50:
Bacon Of Georgia So; Bard Of Califor-
ma, 90; Berry Of Arkansas. 60. Black
burn OF Kentucky, So; Burrows of
Michigan, So; CLARK Of Montana. s..
CockreH Of Missouri. 81; Depew OF
New York, s.; Elkins OF West Virginia.
80; Foster Of Washington 90; CALM
ger of New Hampshire. "a. Hale of
Maine, So: Hanna of Ohio. 81. Harris
Of Kansas, 80; Jones Of Arkansas. 81.
McEnery of Louisiana, g.. McMUHu OF
Michigan. So; Willard Of Nebraska. s.,
Mitchell of Oregon, S.; Money of Mis-
sissippi, 81; Patterson Of Colorado 81:
Perkins of California, So; Platt Of New
York, IS, and Quay Of Pennsylvania.
IS
Senators whose ages range between
80 and so are: Burnham of New
Hampshire, 81; Clapp Of Minnesota. so.
Clark of wyoming so. Daniel Of Vir-
ginia, 50; -DebOe of Kentucky. So: Dill
lingham of Vermont. IS. Dubois of
Idaho 50; Foraker of Ohio. 55- Foster
of Louisiana, So; Gamble Of south
Dakota 81; HsnsbrOuEh of North Da-
kOta, "a; Lodge of Massachusetts. 81.
McComas of Maryland. %; McI.aurin
Of Mississippi, %; Mallory of Florida,
50: Martin of Virginia, "a. Mason Of IL
linOis, 81; Nelson Of Minnesota. So.
QUarles Of Wisconsin, IS, Rawlins Of
Utah, 81. Scott of West Virginia. So.
Simon Of Oregon. 81: SpOOner of Wis
consin, SO; Taliferre of Florida. 54:
Tillman of South Carolina. 81: Turner
Of Washington, 81; Warren of Wyo-
ming. 81; Wellington of Maryland, 90,
and Wetmore of Rhode Island, So
The following are between 40 and 50
years: Carmack of Tennessee, 49: Diet
rich Of Nebraska, As; Dolliver Of Iowa
"A; Fairbanks of Indiana, 40: Henfeld
of Idaho, 43, Kean Of New Jersey. 40.
Kitredge OF South Dakota. a. Nc
Laurin Of South Carolina, A: Penrose
of pennsylvania, Al; Pritehard Of North
Carolina 4S.