The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-25
CHAMP CLARK AND
The SpEAkBRSH|P


the next house of representatives he
will be the thirty-tifth man chosen
as the regular presiding officer of
the lower branch of congress and
the first ever selected from the
state of Missouri.
Representative Clark would also
be the second speaker to hail from
west OF the Mississippi river. Iowa
has the distinction of being the only
state west of the Mississippi that has
been honored with the speakership
up to the present time. The late
, David B. Henderson of Iowa served
as speaker Of the Fifty sixth and
Fifty-seventh congress-
Massachusetts, Virginia and Ken
lucky are the states which have been
most highly favored in regards to
the speakership. Each has had four
of its representative chosen to pre-
side over the house.
The four speakers from Massa-
chusetts We're Theodore Sedgwick, of
the Sixth congress; Joseph B. Warn
UNI, of the Tenth and Eleventh con-
crosses; Robert G. Winthrop, of the
Thirtieth congress, and Nathaniel p.
Banks, of the Thirty-fourth. When
ar. Winthrop was elected speaker OF
the thirtieth congress it was by a
majority of one vote, which is the
closest contest known
The Virginia speakers We're Philip
Barbour, who presided over the Sew
cnteenth congress and afterwards
served in the senate; Andrew Stew
Cnson, who served from 1927 to
1894; John w. Jones, who was
speaker of the Thirty-eighth con.
gress and died soon after complet-
ing his service. and r. NJ Hunter
who was speaker of the Twenty-sixth
congress and afteTward served as
secretary of state of the Confederate
government
The four Kentucky speakers were
Henry Clay, who presided over five
of the early congresses; John White,
Of the Twenty-seventh congress,
Linn Boyd, of the Tliirty-second and
Fhirty-third congresses, and the late
John G. Carlisle, who occupied the
speakers chair in the Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth sessions.
In Henry Clay the state of Ken.
lucky holds the record for long SER
vice in the speakers chair. Mr.. Clay
served nine and half years as
! speaker, though his service was not
1 continuous. The next longest rec
ord is that OF Mr.. Cannon. who will
have served eight years when he
yields up the gayel to his successor
next March,
! Pennsylvania and Indiana have
each had three speakers of the
house. Pennsylvania contributed
the speaker of the first congress,
Frederick A. Muhlenburg, who was
one Of three brothers who immigrat-
ed from Germany before the revolu-
ito and all of whom rendered dis
tinguished services to the country OF
their adoption. The other speakers
from the Keystone state were of lat.
er date, Galusha A. Grow. who oc.
cupled the chair at the beginning OF
the civil war, and Samuel J. Randall
VINO presided over the house from
1876 to 1881
/ John w. Davis, known as "Hon.
est John, was the first speaker from
indiana. he presided over the
IWenty-ninth congress and was af
terward governor of Oregon Terri
tory. ch,.yler Colfax of Indiana
was chosen speaker in 1863 ant
served until 1869, when he becam,
vice president. The third speaker
from Indiana was Michael c. Kerr
who was elected in 1875 and die,
early In the following year.
Maine. Georgia, New Jersey, soutl
Carolina and Tennessee have eacl
had two speakers. From Main
came James G. Blaine and the equal
~ famous Thomas B. Reed, from
Georgia Howell Cobb and Charles F
Crisp. from South Carolina Langdo,
1 Cheves and James L. Orr, and from
2 tennessee John Bell and James x
FOLK. The two speakers from Ney
Jersey were Jonathan Dayton, of TIL
: Fourth and Fifth congresses an
= William Pennington, who preside
over the Thirty-sixth congress.
4 The only speaker from Connects
: cut was Jonathan Trumbull, VIII
4 presided over the second conorase