The Detroit times., 1911-05-23

their, being chosen represensztiyes.
There are several score others who
formerly taught school, and later
studied law.
Reps. Foster. (pem. NIL. Wilson.
(Dem. N. W, Kindred. dem. N. Yl,
Fasion, (Dem. N. c., and Barchfeld,
(Repn. Pal. are physicians. Rep.
Difenderfer. (Dem. Pal, IL a practlc.
ing dentist. At least four members
were court stenographers-P
Dem. Pal, Byrnes, (Dem. s. c.. Ken
dali, Repn. iowa), and Aiken. (Dem.
s.. CD Three say they were CONNER
cial telegraphers7-Mc Dermott, (Dem.
I'LL, Smith, (Dem. N. ~. and Cary,
(Repn. Wis. REP. Lee, tDem. Pal,
simply says he Is "hnsiness man."
Five Were knights OF the Road"
Five congressman were at one time
knights of the road" and "drummed
in various sections. Three are real
estate operators; three own coal col
lleries; one is petroleum operator;
three are authors-Edward w. Towns
end, (Dem. N. j., OF "Chimmy Fad
den fame: Stephen B. Ayres, tDem.
N. ", and Henry George Jr, (Dem.
N. W
In the miscellaneous class are Cal.
der, (Repn. n. ", builder; Fornes,
| (Dem. NJ ", wooden manufactures;
Hartman, (Repn. Pal, iron manufae'
turer; Lafean, (Repn. Pal, candy
| manufacturer, known as the "Choco-
1 late King; Howell, (Repn. Utah),
merchant; Lindsay, dem. N. ", ho-
tel business; Maher, (Dem. N. -,
hat maker; Lewis. (Dem. Md,
! Daugherty, (Dem. MOI, and Gamer
on. (Repn. Ariz.l, are miners; Copley,
/ (Dem. ILL, is in the gas and electric
lighting business; Gallagher, (Dem.
/ IND, Is hat dealer; Buchanan,
CDem. nl), Is q structural iron work
er; Kennedy, (Repn. Iowa., Is nurs'
Ierymah.
There are six members OF the house
who wore the Confederate gray In the
Civil war-Rucker, (Dem. ColoJ,
IEstopinal, (Dem. La.), Talbot, (Dem.
Md, Stedman, (Dem. N. Co, Gordon,
(Dem. Tenn, and Lamb, (Dem. Val
Five others served on the union
side-Thistlewood, (Repn. o., Brad
LEY, (Repn. N. ", Sherwood, lDem.
iO). Bingham, (Repn. Pal, and Hill
| (Repn. Conn., Bradley was awarded
a medal for gallantry. and Sherwood
and Bingham both advanced for coll
1 spicuous bravery.
Thirteen members served in the
| Spanish-American war, either IN
Cuba, the Philippines, or in the camps
| in the United States. They were:
Tillson, (Repn Conn.,, Howard,
(Dem. Gal, Stone. (Dem. Ill.,, Ames.
| (Repn. Mass.). Gardner, (Repn.
Mass.), Murray, dem. Mass,
Weeks, (Repn. N. ", Loud. (Repn-
Mich.), Anderson, Repn. Mich), Har-
rison, (Dem. N. ", Rowland, (Repn.
o., Crago, (Repn. Pal, and Aiken,
(Dem. 8. CD
Seven representatives record the
fact that they were born abroad-Sa-
bath, Dem. nj, in Bohemia; Kahn,
CRepn. Cali, In Baden, Germany;
Campbell, (Repn. Kan), In Nova
Scotia; Bartholdt, .(Dem. MOI. I'M
Germany; Donohue, dem. Pal, in
Ireland; Wilson, (Dem. Pal, in Scot
land, and Berger, the Wisconsin So
cialist, in Austria Hungary.
Two members of the house served
In the United States navy, having
been graduated from the Annapolis
academy. Richmond Pearson Hobson.
(Dem. Ala.), who was the hero OF the
Merrimac, is one OF these; Rep.
Weeks, (Repn. Mass), the other.
e The biographies reveal many little
oddities. Rep. Fowler, (Dem. ND
for instance, declares that although
he enjoys a large personal injury
practice" of the law, he has never