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of Woodbury., Tennessee, is another at
torney, and has been circuit judge in
his state. He is a Democrat, and is
a member of the Territories Commit
tee and the Committee on Revision of
the Laws. He is a member of the Dis
ciple Church.
Representative Benjamin G. Hum
phreys is also a Democrat and comes
from Greenville Mississippi. He
is son of Brigadier General Hum
phreys, G. S. A. In his youth he was
clerk and a commercial traveller. He
served in the Spanish-American war
as First Lieutenant in the Second Mis-
sissippi Volunteers. He is member
of the Rivers and Harbors Committee.
Shelbyville. Missouri. is the home of
Representative James 7. Lloyd, who is,
of course, Democrat. He is lawyer
who was once a school teacher. He is
a member of the Committees on Terri
tories and Post Offices and Post Doads.
Representative James McLachlan
claims Pasadena as his home. He was
born in Scotland, educated in New
York, being a graduate of Hamilton
College, and came west in 1888. He is
a Republican and is member of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee and of
the Committee on Expenditures on Pub.
lie Buildings. Likewise, he is lawyer.
Representative J. NJ. Miller comes
from Kansas, Council Grove being his
home. He is Republican, lawyer,
and belongs to the following commit
tees: Claims, of which he is chairman !;
Elections No. 2, and Industrial Arts
and Expositions.
Representative L. P, Padgett comes
from Columbia, Tennessee. and is, nat.
urally, n Democratic member of the
House. He is lawyer, and his school
was Erskine College, South Carolina.
He was a member of the class of '76.
He belongs to the Naval Affairs and
Expenditures in the Navy Department
Committees.
Logan, Kansas, claims Representa-
tive w. A. Reeder as n citizen and
resident. Coming from Kansas, he is
of course, a Republican. He taught
school from the age of fourteen to his
majority. He is now banker and the
owner of one of the largest irrigated
| farms in Kansas, so it is quite fitting
that he should be chairman of the
committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands
He is also n member of the Levees
and Improvements of the Mississippi
River Committee.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, is the home of Rep
resentative w. A. Rodenberg. He is q
LAWYER and has been United States
Civil Service Commissioner. He is g
Republican by political faith. The
committees of which he is member
are Public Buildings and Grounds; In.
dustrial Arts and Expeditions, and
Levees and Improvements of the Mis-
sissippi River
Representative Charles F. Scott is s
Kansan, from lola. He is an editor
and author, and wrote "In the Fal
East He is graduate of the Uni
versity of Kansas. OF course, he is ;
Republican. He is chairman of tn,
Agricultural Committee.
Representative W. A. Thomas hail
from Niles, Ohio. He is n Republican
and is member of the Naval Affair
Committee. BY profession he is ;
chemist and metallurgist, and his mali
interests are in iron and steel manu-
featuring. He was born in Wales.
point for the lades-Representativ,
Thomas is not married
A Democratic member of the part.
is Representative J. T. Watkins, o
Minden, Louisiana. He is a lawyer an'
graduate of Cumberland University
Lebanon Tennessee. He belongs 4
the committee on Naval Affairs, an
Revsions of the Laws.
Representative II. C. woodward, Re
publican, of Spencer, West Virginia
is banker He Is member Of tn
Rivers aud Harbors Committee.
II. Olin Young is Ropresentativ
from Ishpeming, Michigan. lie is
lawyer. a Republican, graduate o
Randolph Academy, and member o
the Rivers aud HarbOrs and the Mil
tary Affairs Committees.