The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-30
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WHO THE VISITORS ARE

The following are brief biographies
of the visiting Congressman, from the
Congressional Directory:
EZEKIEL SAMUEL GAMBLER, Jr.,
Democrat, of Corinth, was born in
Bellville, Hamilton County, Fla, jan
parents to Tishomingo, County, Miss,
when years old, and grew to man
hood in that county is the Oldest
son of Ezekiel Samuel Gambler, Sr.,
and Julia Beville Gambler, who are ma
tives of Georgia; is a direct descen-
dant of Col. William Gambler, who
was colonel in the army of the Ame-
rican Revolution and the ancestor OF
the Gambler family of Georgia, who
have been prominently identtved with
the history of that State from the days
of the Revolution UP to and including
the present; received common school
education in the Iuka Male Academy
at luka, Miss; attended the law de-
partment of the University of -Missis-
sippi at Oxford, term of 1SSO-S1, and
on June 80, 1S1 graduated in law,
when little over 19 years of age, and
having previously had his disabilities
of minority removed by the chancery
court, so as to enable him to practice
his profession, he as o nee commenced
the practice of law with his father at
Iuka under the firm name of Gambler
& Ca ndler, which partnership still
exists; was chairman of the Democra-
tic executive committee of Tishomingo
County in 1884, when but % years old:
moved from Iuka TO Corinth January
l, 1877, where he has since resided
AMI actively tncaced in he Practice
of law the firm of Gambler & Can
dler having an office at Iuka and also
one at Corinth; was nominated by
Democratic State convention in 1883
by acclamation when 26 years old, for
Presidential elector at that election
and voted for Cleveland and Thur
man; was elected to the Fifty seventh
Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth and SiXtietn
| Congresses and rejected to the Sixty
first Congress without opposition re-
ceiving S,043 votes
William Russell Ellis, Republican,
of Pendleton, was born near Wave
land, Montgomery County, Ind, April
%, 1850; moved to Guthrie County,
lowe. in 1855; worked on a farm and
! attended district school during the
winter months until Is years of age J.;
| after that divided his time between
! teaching country school and working
on a farm until after reaching his
majority; attended school until the
I middle of the sophomore year at the
Iowa State Agricultural College at
Ames; graduated with the degree OF
LII. B. from the law department OF
the Iowa State University at Iowa City
in June, 1874; the first year after gra-
duat'on pracriced law as a partner OF
Col S. d. Nichols at Panora, Iowa
during which time he was elected
and served as mayer; then moved tc
Hamburg. Iowa, and engaged in the
practice of law and newspaper work
served that city two years as city
attorney and one Term as mayor; NOV.
ed west in 1858, settling in Heppner
Greg, in 1884; served one term as
county superintendent of schools OF
Morrow County; three terms as dis.
tr'ct attorney OF the Seventh judicia
ctstrct Of Oregon. Was elected tc
Congress from the Second district OF
Oregon and served from March 4,
1898, to March 3, 1899; in June, 1900
was elected circuit Judge of the Sixth
judicial district of Oregon for a term
OF six years which ended July /, 1906;
moved to Pendleton in July, 1901; is