Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-30
SPEAKERS OF HOUSE
Only Henry Clay Served Long.
er Than Has Cannon.
THEN NOT CONSEQUENTLY
Frederick A. MIhlenberg First Pre-
siding Officer.
SOME FAMOUS MEN IN CHAIR
James x. Polk Became President
and James g. Blaine One Of
Those Who Tried for It.
THEN NOT CONSEQUENTLY
SOME FAMOUS MEN IN CHAIR


In the long line Of Speakers OF the
House of Representatives but one Of them
has served as long as has Mr.. Cannon,
now in his sixth term.
Henry Clay was elected six times To
that office, but not for consecutive terms.
None other has served more than three
terms and most Of them for but term or
two, and one for only a day.
In Mr.. Clay's day, 1917. the powers OF
the Speaker were the subject of criticism
In Congress and the newspapers 1t was
claimed that the best interests OF the ma
ton could be subserved by the election
of committees. There was. however. no
radical change made as to the duties OF
the Speaker or the incumbent
MI. Clay had served In the Senate and
came to the House in 1911 when thirty
eight years old. and was chosen Speaker
i'm 1874 He resigned to become q COM
missioner to negotiate the treaty OF peace
at Client.
Ilarxdon Cheves of South Carolina was
elected in his place. Mr.. Cheves had
served in the House from 1911 and was
commissioner Of claims. a Judge and pres
ident Of the Bank of the United States.
and reached eightyseven years of life.
Clay Returns to House.
Mr.. Clay again became Speaker in 1918
and served until November. 1920, when he
Withdrew to private life. John w. Tay-
Ter of New York succeeded him.
Again in 1893 Mr.. Clay was returned to
Congress and elected Speaker. He served
till 1925 when he became Secretary Of
State under John Quincy Adams. Several
times subsequently he was a candidate for
President.
At the First Congress. 1850. Frederick
A. Muhlenberg was elected Speaker, and
was followed by Jonathan Trumbull OF
TrumbuIl in 1895 went to the United
States Senate. Mr.. Muhlenberg was
elected Speaker of the Third Congress.
In 1876 Jonathan Dayton OF New Jersey
and was reelected Speaker Of the Fifth
Congress He, too. went then to the SEN
a.e. Mr.. Dayton did not serve at the
Third session of Congress and was sue
ceeded in the Speakers chair by George
Dent of Maryland, a progenitor OF Mrs
Gen. Grant.
In the Sixth Congress. 1880. Theodore
Sedgwick, who had been q senator and
President pro tempore Of that body, again
became a member Of the House and was
chosen Speaker. He was subsequently a
supreme judge in Massachusetts.
Father Of House on Throne.
Nathaniel Macon Of North Carolina.
who had been a member OF the House
since 1871, became Speaker in 1901. SUBJ
seouently serving in the House until 1915.
He was known as the father of the
House.
Then, going to the Senate. he served
until 1898. where he was president pro
1895. He died in 1887 at eighty years OF
age.
Joseph B. varnum became Speaker in
1897 of the Tenth Congress. and was re-
elected Speaker of the Eleventh Con-
gress. serving until March. 1911. He was
afterward a senator and also president
pro tenn. of that body. He was fifty-two
years old when Speaker.
Philip Barbour of Virginia was elected
speaker He had served in the House
since 1914 In 1926 he became United
States Judge in Virginia.
1885 became Judge of the Supreme Court
OF the United States. He died here In
1871, aged sixty-two.
In the Nineteenth Congress. 1925. John
w Taylor of New York became Speaker. At
this time the momentous Missouri COM
promise measure was passed.
In the Twentieth Congress. 1927, An
drew Stevenson was elected Speaker, serv-
and Tewenty-third Congresses, to 1884.
He was afterward United States minister
to Great Britain. but. returning, devoted
the balance of his life to the interests Of
the University of Virginia and aGricul-
tural pursuits.
Bell and Polk in Chair.
In 1884 John Bell of Tennessee, who
had been in Congress since 1897. became
Speaker In 1S41 he was Secretary OF
War for few months, and afterward a
member of the House and Senate. In
1850 he was a candidate for President.
James x. Polk of Tennessee in 1885
was elected Speaker of the Twenty-fourth
Congress, and was reelected to the Twen-
ty-fifth. He was member of the House
from 1875 to 1899 and Governor of Ten
nessee. and in 1915 became President Of
the United States.
In 1899 r. NJ. T. Hunter of Virginia,
who had been elected in 1897 to the
House. became Speaker on the twelfth
day. In 1s47 he became senator and re-
manned until 81. when he went south and
became secretary of state of the Confed-
crate government.
John White of Kentucky was elected
Speaker of the Twenty-seventh Congress
IN May 1871, when but thirty-one wears
old After his service in the House he
was appointed a United States judge in
obn ~ Jones se Of VIENNA wa,
Speaker Of the Twenty-eighth Congress in
1913 having come to the House in 1885.
He died soon after this service.
"Honest John" Davis.
John W. Davis Of Indiana. known az
"Honest john" was elected Speaker In
1s45 He served in Congress various
terms, and In 1s4S was minister to China
and afterward Governor of Oregon terri
tory.
In 1s47 Robert c. Winthrop OF Massa-
chusetts, when thirty-six years Of age,
became Speaker He had been speaker OF
the Massachusetts, house and served sew
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