The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31
ITE PASSING OF
The VETERANS
seir Number in Congress
is Diminishing
ICES or MEMBERS

lnFS Ut MEME b EhS j
N,n Distinguished soldiers on b0'h
.ae Have Served Since the elvn
,ar--ycterans OF the Armies
IN Active service Grow
ing Fewer,
~. THOMAS j. PENCE.
-,...,+,,eton. d. c.. Dec. 2S.-Veter-
tI,- armies OF the Civil War in
~ ,s,.i,. service are growing Steadlly
Nearly all OF the Union Vetef-
NJ the CIVIL War have been retlreu
, the active list OF the reguldi
r while the number or civil w dr
-.rqrans IN Congress mas nor pesh lesa
.. the nrSt Congress after the Wal
'I.,ginar over the list of Congress-
mo have served in either mousse
ne the war, it Is seen thdt lho
,tbara : -ates more frequently tnan
,,e northern nonored their defenders
~ electing them to Congress.
'7uentv years ago the Union Vetei
5n the senate numbered ! against
- Confederate veterans. IN tue
-t.nss of the same ConGress-the
llt,,ath-there were So Confederate
| a. Union veterans. In the pres
snt congress there are 10 Senators ana
paurrsentativeS who We're Conted-
raa md $ Senators and / Repre-
sontariyes who were Union soldiers.
since the Civil War very dlstln-
enished soldiers have served IN Con-
s~ess. among them being on the
Union side: Du
Major Generals John A. Logan, Will
Nnfh ho q
Beniamin +. Butler Wllllam >. oe-
CeT AMBROSE p Burnside, j. b. HaW-
lev carl Schurz, j. w. Keiter, Russell
Z , Alger. Brigadier Generals CharleS
H Grosvenor, Henry b. BANNING
Henry H Bingham, James A Gar
field, rutherford 3. hayes yes 1 bensa Snsnn lll,,,
Harrison Edward S. Bragg, AnSoii
NcCook, Newton M Curtis, John
c Black. John H. ketcham, }. +.
West Adelbert Ames, isaac II. ohei
wood Willard Warner. Thomas w
Bennett Thomas NJ. Bowen
Confederates who served in CON
gress were:
General Joseph E. Johnston, Lieu
tenants General Wade Hampton ano
Jobn B. Gordon; Major Generals VIII
liam H F. Lee Matthew {. Butler
William B. Bate, Joseph Wheeler, Il
C. Walthau William Malone; Brlga
der Generals John T. Morgan Gu
Pierce NJ B. Young, John 5. Wlillanas
Randall NJ Gibson, Matthew w Kan
som Robert b. Vance, VIM. L. cox
Eppa Hunton, Chas. M Shelie5, Jas
4 Walker. James A. George, Jane
l. Alcorn, William H. Forney, w ash
ington c. Whitthorne, George ". Dlp
breII, George w Gordon.
The deatn of Senator Mallory, Wn
was a midshipman as boy IN III
Confederate navy, reduces by one tn
Confederate veterans IN Congress
is somewhat remarkable that at S
late a period after the Civil war NV
Confederate veterans who represelile
the same state should die and be sue
ceded in the Senate by two Confedel
ate veterans, as in the case or the Ia
Senator's Morgan and Pettus ana the
successors, Messrs Bankhead ai
Johnston.
senators who were Confederat'
serving In the present Congress ar
Bankhead and Johnston, OF Al
bama. Taliaferro, of Florida; McEl
cry Of louisiana; Money and M
Laurin. of Mississippi; Dan1el d
Martin, of Virginia The Cmon ve
eran Senator'S are: Bulkley, OF 70 20
necticut. d1l Pont, OF Delaware; Bu
rows of Michigan; Nelson OF MINI
sofa Warner, of Missouri! Forak'
Of Ohio; Proctor, of Vermont w d.
of Wyoming.
yoI
gres5 of highest rank is George
Gordon. representative from |
Tenth Tennessee district who was
hrgadier general Joseph war;
Kelfer of Ohio, was major gene
on the Union side and is the hlgn
ranking veteran in Congress. Gene
Gordon is for the first time III ma
Years the only generaG officer on
Confederate side ia Congress In
Fiftieth Congress-twenty years
there were fifteen Confederate .
trai officers in the two houses
The veterans Of the war III
present House are:
Union Knopf Illinois; Holhday
diana; Howell, New Jersey; kelter
Sherwood. Ohio; Bingham, Bei
Brumm, Barclay. Graham l,s PedlaS
tauja; Goulden, Bradley, Aiexano
New York; Capron, Rhode lsia
Parker, South Dakota; Hubbard, W
Virginia: Jenkins. Wisconsin.
Honfederates-Taylo' and Rlcha
son. Alabama; Livingston, Geors
Meyer, Louisiana; Spieht, Mlsslssll
Gordon, Tennessee; Jones and La
Virginia
The earliest age at which any c
srfssman joined the army on ell
Sige was fourteen. which would m
the birth-year 1S47. OF the 80 Sc
tors, there being two vacancies,
We're not old enough tc serve IN
army. OF the 800 members of
House. there being one vacancy,
% were old enough
Twelve Senators and 143 Repre-!
latNes in the Sixtieth Congress
Corn after Fort Sumter was fred u
F"ur Senator's and SO Representa-
We're born after the surrender at
pomattox.
Ages Of Congr.esinen.
The average age of members OF
houses has been reduced, the ave
IIgr Senator's being So and for
House A.
senator White is the only octog
tLah senator, his age being elg
tnt@e years and four months.
Ti4est are-in the order ma med
rrS2n, Of Iowa; Stephenson, Wiscol
14hom, Illinois IS; Teller Color
-. Proctor. Vermont, Frye, Name
latC New York, "A: DepeW,
Iorf 10; Burrows, Michigan, O.