The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-17

stances they have done 80 without
changing their place Of residence, BY ron.
son Of the formation Of new States,
No people IN tho world are 80 migratory
~ Americans, except possibly the Bod.
ouin Arabs. Change Of habitat ID some.
times brought about BY wanting poll
tIcal fortunes IN tho place in which po.
litical 'ife was tirst essayed, and In some
cases by tho politician outgrowing the
community and seeking d greater field
Aeid, but greater opportunities for the
practice OF tho law, which N the side
issue OF almost every politician. Where
II Il not. he does not generally stay In
politics very long.
The career OF Gen. James Shields a.
Senator from three States u without
parallel but Matthew Lyon, In, being o.
lccted Representative from two Sta.
tcs and Delegate from Territory,
u close second. Cen, Shields waa. born
In the County Tyrone, Ireland, In 1910,
and during hia life served In the army,
IN the Judiciary, and In the legislative
branch 81 the government. Emigrating
early In life, be located at Kaskaskia,
ill. and studied law, he was elected TO
the legislature, auditor Of State. and
Supreme Court judges then appointed
commissioners Of General Land Office;
became hreyat general In the Mexican
war; then elected United States Senator
from Illinois for six years. He then
moved 10 Minnesota and vas elected
Senator, serving one year. Removing
70 California. he eerycd In the Union
army from that State. The locating
IN Carroll County, Mo, he served as
United States Senator from January
ea 10 March 3, 1870.
Matthew Lyon was also an Irishman
born In County wicklow lie was pro-
minent In events that led mp to the Re-
volutlon. and served In the army He
was elected a representative from Yer.
mont In the Fifth and Sixth Congresses
He was then appointed United States
"iactor' among the Cherokee Indians
IN Arkansas, and was elected delegate
from that then Territory to the Six
tecnth Congress but died before taking
his seat,
Daniel Webster. one OF the greatest
Americans who ever lived, had career
that u known to almost every one but
not every one knows that his political
career was heeun IN his native state OF
New Hampshire. where he was elected
a representative In the Thirteenth and
and Fourteenth Congress Removing TO
noston he was elected 10 the Eight
teenth and Ninetccnth Congresses, and
was then elected Senator. serving from
1897 10 Isal, resigning 10 enter the Cab.
met Of President William Henry Har,
rlson as Secretary 81 State, continuing
ma such for two years under President
Tyler. He was again elected Senator
from Massachusetts, and served from
laa5 10 1850, when he again resigned
10 enter the Cabinet Of President Fill
more as Secretary OF State,
Sam Houston had served In the Eigh'
teenth Congress from Tennessee before
he rode away a.horseback from the
goyernship and young wife TO live
half dozen years among the Indians
OF Arkansas. He then became com
mander.in,chief Of the army Of Texas
In her successful war for freedom from
Mevico first President Of the Republic
OF Texas, member Of the Texas Con.
gross. again President, and was then
\ elected United States Senator from
Texas, serving from ls40 to 1850, OPP
posed TO secession he was deposed from
the governorship Of Texas In 1861, and
died two years later.
William M. Gwin had served as q
Representative from Mississippi In the
Twenty.sevcnth Congress before he re-
moved to California, in ls4s.
From the later state he was Senator
from 1850 to 1855, and second term
extending from 1857 to 1851, when he
became connected with the Southern
Confederacy and afterward connected
attempted Mexican Imperial govern
ment Of Macmillan. He was Senator
David d. Broderick's second in his due
with Judge David s. Terry, chief jus
tice of California, In which the former
was killed, In 1850.
Samuel 8. t"Sunset" Cox served II
the Thirty y-flfth, Thirty.sixth, Thirty
seventh and Thirty.eighth Congresses
from the Columbus, (ohio,) district
Tic then removed TO New Yori
CITY, In 1906, and was elected to th'
Forty.hrst and Fortysecond Congress
es, being defeated for the Forty.third
but being subsequently elected TO It Y
All vacancy caused by the death 0
Speaker Michael G. Kerr Tie serve'
olso in the Forty.dfth to Wftieth Con
crosses,
Edward D. Baker, Of English birth
was elected representative from I'LL
nois IN the Twenty-ninth Congress, bu
resigned after one years service, havinl
been commissioned colonel OF an iii
nois regiment for service in the Mexi
can war, throughout which he served
- YuLaa a. Aha Thirty-flrst Con