The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-27
HOUSE
MEMBERS
NATIVITY
SO OF 500 REPRESENTA-.
TIVES ARE BORN
AMERICANS
GREATER PROPORTION
SIMON PURE DEMOCRATS
MiSSOuriHaS Fourteen Native
Sons, Illinois Second
With Eleven

legislature reveals the fact that
elshtyfour out Of the 1O9 representa-
tives are simon pure Americans. and
OF even a greater proportion are simon
pure Democrats also Eight of the
twenty-five members who are of part
foreign nationality are Of Scotch
Irish blood. with six Of .Adian descent.
four German, four English. three
Irish and one French But two of the
entire membership were born in for
eign lands, both from Lincoln county.
J. l.. Lockwood, the Republican from
McLcud, vas born in England, and
IL. G. Stettmund, OF Chandler, in Ger
many.
OF the other l07 members, eighty
eight were born soutn of the Mason
and Dixon limo. The state of Missouri
takes the lead with IA native sons;
Illinois, a central northern state, is
SO ond with eleven: Texas, Georgia
and Oklahoma tie for third place with
eight each, Kentucky and Arkansas.
two southern states, tie for fourth
place with seven members each; In
diana comes next with six: Tennessee,
Louisiana and Alabama furnish FIVE
each; Mississippi comes next with
three; Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, West
Virginia and Nebraska next with two
each The southern states OF Florida
and both North and South Carolina
furnish INIT one each while the far
Eastern states are represented by one
from New York. likewise the sun
flower state and Michigan.
Missouris native sons are Stump"
AshDy p. A. Ballard, Frank Casteel.
Curtis r. Day A. r. Early, j. L..
n ndricSson. Geo d. Hudson. Elmer
w. Jesse, W. g. Norville, Geo. w
0Neal w. c. Pendegraft. Howell
Smith, ). +, stvers and j. Roy Win
iams
The sons OF Illinois, the big prairie
state of the central north, are w. H..
II Allen, J. r. Sherman, JOS. w
Smith, II. c. Stagner, Edward Sven
30 Harvey Utterbaeh, j. N Wanda
veer, : f. Yandeventer. ThomaN b.
workman, E. A. Watrous and c. c..
Jones.
The Lone Star" state Is represent.
ed by some OF the strongest men in
the legislature Speaker w. Il. Muir
ray. Caucus Leader Geo. c. white
hurst Chas. A. Frasier, Logan Haw-
kins, Chas. NJ. London, Robt Nj
Rainey David Smith and Ben Wilson
Georgia's native sons are Fred p
! Branson, Henry Bntler. VIM. s. Car
son, j. 4. Ezzard. l. M Putnam. L. T.
Reeve, Adelbert S Riddle and Lee r.
Smith.
The Blue Grass" state of Kentucky
t-rnished I'D Boyle. Dave 70. Faulkner
t' j. Hobby, Wan. Murdoch, A. ID
Orcutt and j. r. Tandy.
Our neighbor state OF Arkansas Is
represented by Ben n. Williams
Jesse Chastain, W. f. Durham, Henry
n King, Henry NJ. McElhaney and A
J Snelson
lndiana's native sons are viii II
Chappen, A. IL Ellis, A. c. Martin, ]
NJ Porter j. $ Shearer and VIM. C
smith
Tennessee furnishes J. II. Baldwin
Geo Briggs J. r. McCants and Edga
Ratlin.
Our own state is represented by the
following the majority of which werD
born i'm the Indian Territory man,
years before the opening and most O
whom are Of Indian descent Gee
T. w, Allen. W II. Dgrant. Benj Harr
son, Frank Huddleston, Robert Jotr
son, Joe L. Manus, H. L Rider an
A r Ross.
Alabama native sons are W. +
. Armstrong Leo Harris, Wm Lindsey
J r. McCalla aud Thomas C.. WhitsoI
Louisiana is represented by Jnc
: = Evans, &. C. Fisher, A. H. JapI
1 VIM McAdOo.
Mississippi furnishes VIM b Becl
/ Chas. W Broom aud VIM Tabor
Virginia Is represented by John +
Dyegle and NJ. Turner
The Buckeye state furnishes bu
two members ~. r. Bowdre and {
!. Holland
Iowa is represented hy W. 4. Al
bott, j. A. Tilotson and ). S. Paschal
West Virginia by }, h. Crouch and
". Dnrst; Nebraska by r. ~ Jarret
and "A. j. Sands
Milton Bryan. OF Shawnee. is th
! only representative from Florida: Col
G. a. Skeen Is native of Mort
Caroline, while =. j Earle represent
South Carolina.
Irving Hart rs a native of New Yorl
. state The sunnower state is repre-
ssnted by @ 4 Brown, aistaat rela
tive OF the famous John Brown OF tha
% te Michigan is represented b,
Frank Stevens and the keystone ttat,
: Oi Penusylpania furnishes Al Il c,ne