East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-22
CHAMP CLARK AND
THE SPEAKERSH|P
WILL PROBABLY BE S5TH
OCCUPANT OF CHAIR
Illustrious Names Appear i'm History
i'm Connection With Office-With
Many Now FOrgotten-Listed by
States.

representatives ne Will pe lne I'M ~
fifth man chosen as the regular pre-
siding 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 Missouri 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 E.
Henderson of Iowa, served as speak
er of the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh
congresses.
Three States Most Favored.
Massachusetts,, Virginia, and Ken
tuckv are the states which have been
most highly favored in regard to the
speakership. Each has had four or
its representatives chosen to preside
over the house.
The four speakers from Massachus"
etts were Theodore Sedgwick OF the
Sixth congress; Joseph B. Narnum' OF
the Tenth and Eleventh congresses
Robert c. Winthrop, of the Thirteth
congress and Nathaniel P. Banks. Of
throp was elected speaker of the
Thirtieth congress it was by ma
joritv of one vote. which is the clos
est contest known.
The Virginia speakers were Phillip
Barbour, who presided over the Sew
enteenth congress and afterwards
served in the senate; Andrew Steen-
son, who served from 1927 to 1884;
John w. Jones, who was speaker OF
the hirty-eighth congress and dleo
soon after completing his service and
r. NJ. T Hunter, who was speaker
of the Twenty-sixth congress and al
terwards served as secretary of state
of the confederate government.
Clay Served Longest.
The four Kentucky speakers were
Henry Clay, who presided over tivt
of the early congresses; John Whlte
of the Twenty-seventh congress; Llnf
Rovd. of the Thirty-second and Thir'
ty-third congresses, and the late Johr
G. Carlisle, who occupied the speak
er's chair in the Forty-eighth, Forty
ninth and Fiftieth.
In Henry Clay the state of Ken
lucky holds the record for long ser
vice in the speakers chair. Mr.. Ga!
served nine and a half years as speak
er, though his service was not con
tinuous. The next longest record /
that of Mr.. Cannon, who will hav
served eight years when he yields u
the gavel to his successor next Marcf
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana.
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana nav
each had three speakers of the hous
Pennsylvania contributed the speake
of the First congress, Frederick !
Muhlenburg, who was one of thrt
brothers who immigrated from Gel
many before the revolution and all
whom rendered distinguished servi'
to the country of their adoption. II
other speakers from the keystol
state were of later date, Galusha
Grow. who occupied the chair at Il
beginning Of the civil war, and Sar
uel ]. Randall, who presided oV
the house from 1876 to 1881.
John w. Davis, known as Hone
John" was the first speaker from l
diana. He presided over the Twent
ninth congress and was afterwa
governor Of Oregon Territory. Schu
Ter Colfax of Indiana was chos
sneaker in 1865 and served until lS'
when he became vice-president. 1
third speaker from Indiana was y
chael C. Kerr, who was elected
1875 and died early in the followi
year.
Maine, Georgia, New Jersey, so'
Carolina and Tennessee have ca
had two speakers. From Maine ca
James G. Blaine and the equally
nous Thomas B. Reed; from Geor
Howell Cobb and Charles +. Crl
from South Carolina Langdon che
and James L. Orr. and from Tenn