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Dixon's total vote was 24.626. and that of
his democratic opponent 1850.
Mr.. Dixon was born July 81. 1867. at
Snowcamp, N. c. His first college educa-
ton was obtained at Earlham College, Rich
mond Ind. He afterward was graduated
from Guilford College. N. C. Having de-
cided to follow the profession of law, Mr.
Dixon was admitted to the bar in 1892 He
proceeded to Montana. and settled at Mis-
soula where he has since lived. He served
there as assistant prosecuting attorney for
Missoula county from 1893 to 1894, when he
was elected prosecuting attorney, retaining
the office until 1897 In 1900 he was elected
a member of the state legislature.
Charles E. Fuller.
A new member of the Illinois delega-
ton in the House is Mr.. Charles E. Full
Ter, republican. of Belvj re, who comes
to represent the twelfth congressional dis
trict of the state composed of the coun
of Boone De KaIb, Grundy. Kendall, La
sale and Winnebago. Mr. Fuller was born
near Belvidere, Boone county, March 81
1S4a He is one of the pioneers of the COM
1nunity and his district is overwhelmingly
republican. This fact and the esteem in
which Mr.. Fuller held in his own home
is evidenced by the fact that at the cleo
ton last fall he was elected to Congress by
vote of 1882 to 1855 cast for his demo-
cratic opponent, Julius Steward
Mr. Fuller, who Is a lawyer by profession,
has led more or less active political life
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Herald, the editorial management OF which
he at one time turned over to William Jen-
nings Bryan. Mr.. Hitchcock has also sue
cessfully practiced the profession Of law.
Mr.. Hitchcock was born September is.
1889 and Is the son of the late United States
Senator p w. Hitchcock. His education be-
gan in the public schools of the city of
Omaha, was continued for two years at
Baden Baden, Germany, and concluded at
the law department of the University OF
Michigan, from where the new representa-
tive graduated in 1881.
Returning to Omaha, Mr.. Hitchcock was
at once admitted to the bar and practiced
law until August. 1885, when he established
and edited the Omaha Evening World. -Four
years later he bought the Omaha Morning
Herald and merged the two papers into the
present Morning and Evening World
Herald, one of the best known papers in the
middle west.
1t was in 1894 that Mr.. Hitchcock gave up
the editorial work to Mr.. Bryan and UNI
paper which he continues to publish. Mr..
of course preceding the campaign of 1896.
At the congressional election last fall MIR.
Hitchcock was brought out by the demo-
Gratis as the most formidable opponent to
Mr.. Mercer. Then began the campaign,
which was long and bitter, and in which
Editor RoSewater of the Omaha Bee played
so conspicuous a part in leading the attack
upon Mr. Mercer. The election was close
and exciting, and it was not definitely
known which of the two candidates had
carried the day until the last voting pre-
cincts had made their returns. The final
count, however gave Mr.. Hitchcock 1858
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for a number of years. He was admitted
to the bar in 1870. and was city attorney of
Belvfdere for two terms. He also served
as states attorney for Boone county one
term. Mr.. Fuller served three terms in
the state house of representatives and two
terms in the state senate, making fourteen
was circuit judge for six years
James Madison Gudger, Jr.
James Madison Gudger, jr, who Is to
represent the new tenth congressional dis
trict of North Carolina in the House Of
Representatives., makes the delegation
from the tar heel state in Congress solidly
democratic. Mr.. Gudger had the closest
call of any of his colleagues, however, and
did not win out until after one of the
f1ercest political struggles known in that
section. The arrangement of the tenth
district. the only new district in the state
result of the last census, was such a s
to make the question of supremacy be-
tween the two old parties one of extreme
doubt This doubt was not settled until
election day, when Mr.. Gudger received an
even IL, 700 votes to 12,517 polled for J. M.
Moody, his republican opponent. The fight
was a straightforward one between the
democrats and republicans and there were
no Independent or other candidates to mar
the clear-cut lines of the conflict.
Mr.. Gudger is a resident of ASheville, the
famous North Carolina resort. He was
born in Madison county, N. c., in 1855, and
was educated at historic old Emory and
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bia May 10. 1893. The company became
known as Company Al 1st South Carolina
Regiment of Infantry. 1t was not long be-
fore Private Aiken was appointed q bat
TALON ad1utant by Governor Ellerbe, and
during almost the entire time Of his SER
vice Mr. Aiken acted as regimental quarter
master He was mustered out of the SER
vice with his regiment at Columbia No
vember TO- 1893.
Previous to his recent election to Con-
gress. Mr. Aikens nearest approach to
public office was as delegate to several
state conventions. At the election he re-
ceiyed 5,OS2 votes to IS cast for his re-
publican opponent, John Scott.
Thos. w. Bradley.
Representative Thomas w. Bradley, one
of the new members of the empire state
delegation, comes to the House wearing the
congressional medal of honor. which he won
for gallantry at Charlottesville. Mr.. Brad
lev represents the twentieth district of New
York, which is composed of three counties
Orange Rockland and Sullivan. His home
town is Walden. He is a retired manufac-
turer, having engaged in that since he was
mustered out of the army. Representative
Bradley is a man of brilliant war record.
He has naturally taken deep interest in
all things military during his life, and may
be counted upon a true friend of the SOL
der especially the veteran of the civil war,
when in Congress.
Mr. Bradley was born April 6, 1914. En-
tering the Union army as private soldier,
he passed through the intermediate ranks
and became captain in the 124th New York
Volunteers. He was aid to Major General
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votes to II, 600 cast for Representative Mer-
GER Bernard Mccartney, socialist, polled
1879 votes. Mr.. Hitchcocks career in the
House will be watched with much interest,
since he has taken the place of a national
figure.
B. F. Spalding.
North Dakota, since the beginning of its
career as separate state, has had but one
representative at large in the House. The
last census however, gave to the state a
population sufficient to call for two repre-
sentatives. and so Mr. T. F. Marshall. who
represented the state in the last Congress
and has been reelected. will have as a col
league Mr.. Burleigh Folsom Spalding of
Fargo. Mr.. Spalding, like Mr. Marshall. is
a republican. He halls from Vermont, hav-
ing been born in Craftsbury, that state, De-
cember g. 1853 He emigrated to the terri
tory of Dakota in 1880, serving for two
years as superintendent of public instruc-
ton.
After a preliminary education in the
graded schools. Mr.. Spaldng went to Nor
witch University. the military college Of
Vermont. and was graduated from there in
1871 receiving the degree of bachelor of
philosophy. Subsequently the honorary de-
him.
Having taken up the law in the meantime,
he was admitted to practice before the
courts of Vermont in 1880, but removed
almost at once to Fargo. where he was adj
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for the late Governor Goebel in his contest
for his seat in the gubernat orial chair.
Mr. James has been prominent in Ken
lucky politics since 1896 and has participant
ed in all the exciting political contests
which have ragged in that state in the past
seven years.
Wyatt Aiken.
The name of Aiken is an old and honored
one in the House of Representatives. For
ten years the third district of South caro-
lima was represented by D. Wyatt Aiken
Now. after lapse of years, the son, Wyatt
Aiken democrat of Abbeville, comes 10
fill the seat that was his fathers. Mr.
Aiken comes to Washington well equipped
for a legislative career, although this is
the first public office he has ever held. He
Is fully acquainted with Washington, how
ever having spent much of his time here
when his father was in Congress and hav-
ing since been frequent visitor. He is
known to the men who have been In Con-
eress for long terms, to the older CORE
spondents and attaches of the House. and
Is not by any means strange to congress
sional customs and parliamentary pro-
cedure.
The new Representative Aiken gives his
vocation as farmer" and declares he has
always been such. He was born December
a. 1863, and was reared on a farm in
Abbeville county, s. c., in the section now
embraced in Greenwood county. He re-
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spent several years In teaching and IN
studying law In 1891 he went to Colorado
and began the practice of law In Colorado
Springs. He became a director OF the
chamber of commerce and manifested inter-
est in other public organizations. His can
i didacy for Congress was his first attempt TO
secure political office, his competitor being
Ex-Governor Adams 1t was an exciting
race, and when the ballots were counted 1t
was found that Mr.. Adams had received
S4 ,36S votes, but Mr.. Brooks had received
$50 more than that number. In that election
a woman also ran for Congress on the So
cialist ticket and polled 7,431 votes.
J. Adam Bede.
Here is another case of the Ohio farmers
boy who worked hard and attained distinc-
ton. j. Adam Bede, who represents the
eighth Minnesota district, was born on a
farm in 1856. He worked in summer, stud
led in winter and then learned the printers
and came east For a while he did repor-
torial work on The Washington Evening
Star Returning to Minnesota he took up
politics and threw his fortunes with the
democracy. He supported Grover Cleveland
in 1888 and in 1892. In 1894 he applied for
the position of United States marshal for
the district of Minnesota. He wrote his ap-
plication on piece of birch bark, and con-
cluded that If his appeal was declined he
still could paddle his own canoe He was
appointed marshal and served through the
great railroad strikes, after which he re-
signed.
In 1896 he left the democracy on the fnan-
cial issue and returned to the republicans.
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ter than is usually done. for his plurality
ran up to about 100.
Mr. Badger was born On farm IN ONO
and brought up country boy. Ihen ne
taught school and studied law, treading the
familiar path that 50 many country boys
had travelled before In 1880 he was al
rnitted to practice and elected prosecuting
attorney two years later. In 1888 he was
elected common pleas judge and reelected
in 1897. ..,, .;s
noteworthy fact in connection Win ms
election to Congress is that he, democrat
received plurality of 716 votes, whlie the
renublican state and county tickets IN ms
district carried by majorities averaging
over 1900.
Martin J. Wade.
There is a new man from Iowa in this
Congress. Mr. Martin j. Wade of the sec
ond district He was born in Vermont and
went with his parents to Butler county.
Iowa. which then was largely a broad, un-
broken prairie They experienced the
usual hardships of pioneer life. The boy
went to school in winter and worked on the
farm in summer until he was twenty years
old. when he entered st. Joseph's College
at Dubuque. He was graduated in 1896
and Immediately entered upon the practice
of law. which extended into many counties
of the state.
In 1898 he was appointed on the state
bench to fill vacancy caused by resfgna-
ton, and was twice reelected to the office.
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law. He was one Of the compilers of the
supplement to the revision of the General
Statutes of New Jersey. in 1887, and a men,
Der of the special commission that framed
the present comprehensive township laws.
He is a director of the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. a trustee of the general
assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and
a director of several banks.
Butler Ames.
Butler Ames represents the fifth Massa-
chusetts district. He Is a grandson of the
late Major Benz Butler and a republican.
He is graduate of the United States
Military Academy. but resigned to take a
course in the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, from which he was graduated
in 1896. He is only thirty-two years of
age, but has crowded a lot of activity and
experience into those years. AT the break
ing out of the war with Spain he was made
lieutenant and adjutant of the 9th MaSsa-
ChusettS Volunteers. He went to Cuba and
then to Porto Rico, taking part in several
Sk1rmiSheS. He was promoted to be lieu
tenant colonel of his regiment and after
ward was made civil administrator of Are
cibo district. He served three terms in the
Massa chusetts legislature and takes an in
terest in municipal and street railway af-
fairs.
Francis E Shober.
From the pulpit, through the varying vi
cisstudes of newspaper life to a seat in
Congress has been the career of Mr.
Francis e. Shober, the new representative
of the seventeenth New York district. Mr..
Shober is a native of North Carolina, but
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had a long and interesting career. He is a
eran of the civil war, having responded to
President Lincoln's first call for $4,000 men
for ninety days service. He is sixty five
years of age, having been born at Cobe-
skill. Schoharie county, N. Y. April Is,
1898. The new eighth congressional dis
trict of California. which Mr.. Daniels rep
resentS. is composed of ten counties, lnyo,
Kern, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Luis Obispo. Santa Bar
bara. Tulare and Ventura. Mr.. Daniels re-
sides at Riverside.
Although a native of New York, Mr..
Daniels has spent but little of his time in
that state. When boy he moved to Brad
ford county, Pa, and engaged with his
father in the lumber business. In 1856 the
family removed to Rochester, Mimi, and
three years later young Daniels was ap-
pointed deputy postmaster for the town.
year later, at the age of twenty two, he
returned temporarily to New York, enter
ing the Middleburg Academy In Wyoming
county. Responding to President Lincoln S
first CALL he left the academy and volun-
teered for civil war service April %, 1851.
The enthusiastic young soldier returned to
Minnesota ana raised his own company in
August 1862, having served out the ninety
day period, and re-enlsted. His first COM
mission second lieutenant of Com
pany f. 9th Minnesota Volunteers. He
took command of the Sd Minnesota Mount
ed Infantry in the Indian war of 1862. He
rejoined his company at st. Louis In 1863
and was commissioned captain. In March.
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While he was on the bench he abstained
from making political speeches, deeming 1t
improper in member of the Judiciary to
engage actively in politics. Mr. Wade has
been president of the bar association of his
state and a lecturer on Jurisprudence i'll
the state university. He has taken an in
terest in educational affairs and has been
president of the Iowa City Public Library
since its organization in 1897. He is
democrat in politics.
Franklin E. Brooks.
Colorado became entitled to an additional
representative under the last apportion-
ment. but failed to redistrict the state, so
a esentative-at-large was elected. The
person chosen was Franklin E. Brooks of
Colorado Springs, a republican.
Mr.. Brooks was born in Sturbridge,
Mass. and belongs to the little army of
eastern men who have done SO much to-
ward building up the west. He was grad
uated from Brown University in 1888 and
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ceived a common school education at Cokes
bury and afterward In Washington, where
he came when his father was elected to the
House
While in this city Mr.. Aiken acquired
shorthand, his efforts in this direction
quickly bearing fruit, for in January, 1884
he was appointed official court reporter
for the second judicial circuit of his native
state. A year Liter he was appointed to a
similar position on the eighth circuit, a
position he has since held. Notwithstanding
his connection with the courts in this
official capacity, Mr.. Aiken did not re-
linquish the title of farmer. He took then
and takes now a keen interest in everything
pertaining to agriculture, and is sure to
prove stanch friend to the farmer while
in Congress.
When the war with Spain was declared
the martial spirit of his forefathers took
possession Of Mr.. Aiken. and he volunteer
ed his services in the humble capacity of
private in his home company, the Able
vile Volunteers, which was mustered into
the service Of the United States at Column
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Henry College, Virginia. He afterward
studied law and successfully practiced the
profession. He was elected to the state
senate in 1900 and while there was chair
man Of the committee on engroSSed bills
and a member of the judiciary, election
law, claims and penal institutions commit
tees At the time of his election to Con-
gress Mr.. Gudger was state solicitor for
the sixteenth district. He is a Mason,
Knight of Pythias and an Elk.
Gilbert Mcneil Hitchcock.
Gilbert Mcneil Hitchcock, born and reared
in Omaha is the man who last fall defeated
David H. Mercer, who had represented the
second Nebraska district in Congress for so
many years and who had risen to such
degree of prominence in national affairs.
The bitter fight in this district is we'll re-
membered by all followers of politics. and
was one of the features of the election In
which national interest was conferred.
Mr.. Hitchcock Is prominent journalist,
being the owner Of the Omaha World
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in his younger days he spent a number of
years in Washington. when his father was
serving in Congress from the Salisbury
district. Later his father was secretary of
the United States Senate.
Mr.. Shober is a graduate of st. Stephen
College. Annandale. N. Y. After getting
his degree of A. M he became the rector OF
an Episcopal church in Duchess county,
N. Y, but the life of a country parson
palled on him, and he gave it up. He went
to New York about ten years ago and be-
came member of the staff of the World
The greater part of the time he was in
charge of the Harlem Office Of that news
paper.
When Tammany last fall was casting
about for a man to overcome an adverse
majority of more than 5000 in the seven
teenth district Mr.. Shober expressed will
ingness to run. He came out victorious,
with plurality of LOO.
Mr. Shober Is a personal friend of Repre-
sentative William Randolph Hearst ana
has been spending the past few months
trying to forward the boom of the young
editor for the democratic presidential nomi-
nation.
Dewitt C. Badger.
From a political storm center in ONO
comes a new man, this time a democrat
The Columbus Ohio. district has for years
been fighting ground for both parties. Rep
resenta tives would be elected by the closest
kind of pluralities, sometimes by less than
100. Mr.. Dewitt c. Badger did a little bet
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mitted to the bar of Dakota territory. He
has been an active practitioner, having ap-
peared before all the territorial and state
courts and also before the Supreme Court
of the United States.
1t was from 1852 to 1884 that Mr.. Spald-
ing was superintendent of public instruc-
ton in Dakota territory, being assigned to
Bass county. Mr.. Spaldng served as a
member of the commission appointed to
locate the territorial capital and build the
capitol building in 1888. He was also a
member of the constitutional convention of
the state of North Dakota in 1889, and was
twice chairman of the republican state CEN
trail committee. Mr.. Spalding was elected
to the Fifty-sixth Congress, was succeeded
in the Fifty-seventh by Mr.. Marshall, and
now comes a colleague to the latter.
Burton L. French.
Burton L. French, who comes to the
House as the representative at large for
the entire state of Idaho, is one of the
youngest men in national political life. At
the time of his election last fall, when he
received majority over all the candidates
opposing him, Mr.. French was but twenty
seven years of age. Since that time he
has passed another birthday, and will be
seated in Congress in his twenty-eighth
year. Mr.. French was born August 1,
1915, his birthplace being near Delphi,
Indiana
When five years Of age he went with his
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1865. Mr.. Daniels was commissioned cap
tain and commissary of subsistence by
President Lincoln and assigned to duty by
Gen. Candy at Baton. Rouge, La. Presi-
dent johnson commissioned him major
by brevet later in the same year.
Mr.. Daniels was mustered out of the serv-
ice and returned to Minnesota in January,
1866 year later, with his father, he or
ganized the Union Savings Bank of Roches-
ter, Mimi, and became it's cashier. In 1872
the institution was converted into a national
bank, and at the death of his father. in 1881,
Mr.. Daniels succeeded to the presidency.
Ever since that time he has been president
of banking institution
The new representative from California
served eight years in the Minnesota state
legislature, having been first elected in 1857.
For four years he was in the house and
later in the senate for the same length of
time For six years he was president OF
the Minnesota state board of asylums for
the insane Being initiated as Mason in
1885. Mr.. Daniels has taken a number of the
succeeding degrees. being now knight
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He secured his nomination to Congress
under the primary ballot law.
Joe T. Robinson.
Another new man from the south is Joe T.
Robinson of Arkansas, democrat, and
representing the sixth district. He Is thr-
ty-one years of age He received his educa-
ton in the common schools and at the Ar
kansas State University, and when he came
out of the pedagogue's hands began the prac-
tice of law. In Arkansas that is likely to
get a man into politics, and it was in Mr..
Robinson's case. He elected to the
legislature, took part In state and national
campaigns and then was sent to Congress,
his vote being the largest received by any
candidate for Congress in the state
Ollie M. James.
A great, big, Misunderstanding fellow
will be seen sitting on the democratic side
this session. and 1t will be Ollie M. James of
the first Kentucky district. For all of his
bulk he is only thrty-one years of age But
when he talks he can be heard all over the
House without any trouble, and there will be
no need for any man to use ear trumpet.
He is a good orator, of the approved Ken
lucky school, and a sterling democrat. He
was born and reared In Kentucky, receiving
his educa ton there also. He studied law
under his father and was admitted to the
bar in 1891. He was one of the attorneys
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parents to Kearney, Nebraska, and two
years later the family moved to Idaho. The
new representative mpleted his educa-
ton at the University of Idaho, graduating
from the institution just two years ago.
He was fellow in the University of Chi
cago in 1901 and 1vuk.
While yet in college Mr.. French was
elected a republican to the house of
representatives in the fifth session Of the
Idaho legislature. This was in 1898, when
the young statesman was but twenty
three years old. He was reelected to the
state legislature in 1900. in which year he
was the republican caucus nominee for
speaker. At the state convention in August,
1902. Mr.. French was nominated for Con-
gress, and was elected by a majority of
z $685. receiving 1884 votes to A,S7S for
Joseph H. Hutchinson. democrat. There
were prohibitionist ard socialist candidates
in the fight.
Chas. n, Weisse.