Arizona republican., 1907-12-14
11s YEARS OF CONGRESS.
Figures Showing Some of the Things
 That Have Occurred.
FTrom the Brooklyn EaRle)

N'rom the Brooklyn Eagle.) E Since the first congress met in l7s9 llS years ago. there have been l34 ses- sions of the national body of lawmak- CTS. There have been a regular and l5 extra sessions. 39 different speakers and speakers pro tenn. and 25 clerks The longest regular sitting was the first session of the fiftieth congress which met December 3, 1887, and ad- journed october 20. 1888. a period of S2l days. Other long sessions were the first of the fifty-first congress. BOA days, and the first of the thirty-first. 3O2 days.
 The second regular sessions of each congress are always short. both houses assembling according to law on the first Monday in December and ad- journing by limitation the 4th or ihe following March. These sessions last from ninety to ninety-five days Aside from these the shortest ever held was the first session of the thirteenth con- gress. which covered 134 days and came immediately after an extra ses- sion. other notable short sessions were during the fifteenth congress. I41 days; the fifty eighth, IA days: the fourteenth, 14S days; the eleventh. l56 days. and the fifty-first. lS4 days
 Extra sessions are as old as congress itself. the first having been called to- gether January 4. 1790 a little over three months after the first session ever held came to a close. Next came the extra session of the fifth congress, then others during the eleventh and thirteenth, after which there was lapse of twenty-four years before it was deemed necessary to meet more than twice in two years. The next extra session came with the thirty fourth congress, nearly fifteen years later
 Others were during the thirty-sev- enth, fortieth. forty-first.. forty-fifth. forty-sixth, fifty third. fifty-sixth and Ififty-eighth congresses.
 The longest extra session was during the first congress. and continued 221 days. The next was a part of the fifty fifth congress and lasted 142 days. The shortest was of ten days duration. during the life of the thirty fourth congress. Altogether congress has since its beginning, been in extra ses- sion 1.0S5 days. or about three years.
 Only seventeen states have furnished speakers of the house of representa- tives. Pennsylvania leads with 3. Massachusetts, Virginia and Kentucky coming next with four each. Other states have been represented as follows: Tennessee ?. New Jersey 2. Georgia ?. Maine 2, South Carolina ?. and Con 1ecticut. Maryland. North Carolina. ohio Iowa and Illinois have each sent | man 10 the speakers chair.
 James G. Blaine of Maine was speak,
 r for eight sessions-longer than any 1ther man ever presided over the de- iberations of the house. Schuyler Col fax and Samuel J. Randall each occu- pied the speakers chair for seven ses- sions. John Bell of Tennessee was speaker for ninety-three days. having been elected to fill the unexpired term
 f Andrew Stevenson of Virginia. Mir. Bells term is the shortest or record.
 Only two speakers resigned-Henry Clay and Andrew Stevenson. Mir. Clay sent in his resignation by mail. Octob- CT 20. 1920, during a recess. and was succeeded by John W. Taylor of New York Mir. Stevenson resigned June ?. 1894. and was succeeded by John Bell.