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schools, but owing to the death of his
| father was compelled to leave school
at the age Of Is years; Is by occupa-
ton farmer; Is f,aEEied; never held
public Office, He WIS INDICTED into
office on March Il 1911.
Committees Industrial expositions,
chairman census; education and la
kbof national banks; postoffces and
post roads; public buildings and
| grounds.
Senator Lee S. overman Of North
Carolina, Democrat.
Lee Slater Oyerman of Salisbury
was born January 3, 1854. in Sails
bury, Rowsn county; graduated at
Trinity College, North Carolina. with
the degree of A. B., June, 1874; the
degree OF NJ Al. was conferred upon
him TWO years later; taught school
| two Years; was private secretary to
Gov. z. B. Vance in 1S77-7S. and pri
yate secretary to Gov. Thomas j. Jar
Wis In 1879; began the practise Of law
| in his native town in 1880; was FIVE
times member of the legislature,
sessions OF 1883, 1885, 1887, 1893 and
1899; was the unanimous choice OF
his party and elected speaker Of the.
house of Representatives. session OF
1893; was president of the North Car
olina Railroad Company in 1894; was
president Of the Democratic state con-.
yention IN 1900 and 1911; for 10 years
member of the board of trustees oil
the state university; is also trustee
of Trinity College; was chosen presi.
Dental elector for the state at large
In 1900; married Mary p, the eldest
! daughter of United States afterwards
| Chief Justice) A. s. Merrimon, Octo-
Der 81. 1878; was elected to the United
| States senate to succeed Hon Jeter C.
| Pritchsrd. Republican, for the term be-
| ginning March 4, 1903, and reelected
| in 1909: was reelected on November
| 8, 1914, for a third term, over Mr..
A. A. Whitener, Republican, by large
majority.
Committees Rules, chairman: ap.
preparations; forest reservations and
the protection of game; industrial ex.
positions; judiciary.
Senator Joseph 7. Robinson Of Arkan.
| cas-, Democrat.
Il JOocplls i. A091OI f1OulHSOH Oh IOuOhG
was born August rs, 1872; educated i'm
the common schools and the Univer-
sity of Arkansas; began the practise
of law in 1895; was elected to the gen.
eral assembly OF the state of Arkansas
| In 1894 and served in the session of
1895; was presidential elector for the
sixth congressional district of Arkan-
sas in 1900, and selected as electoral
messenger; was elected to the 58th,
| seth, 60th, 61st and 62nd Congresses.
He resigned from the 62nd Congress
on January IA, 1913; was inaugurated
governor of Arkansas on the 18th of
January, 1913, having been elected to
that position in September, 1912; and
on the 18th of January, 1913. was elect
! ed senator to succeed Senator Jeff
Davis, deceased. He took his seat as
senator on March 10, 1913
Committees Expenditure in the
treasury department, chairman: agri-
culture and forestry; claims; expendi-
| lures in the department of Justice:
immigration; Indian affairs; interstate
commerce: revision of the laws of the
United States Joint; public lands.
Senator Willard salisbury Of Della.
ware, Democrat.
Willard Salisbury OF wilmington,
son of Willard Salisbury (attorney
general of Delaware, United States
senator lS59-lS71, and chancellor of
Delaware) and Annie Mildly Ponder,
his wife, born at Georgetown, Del,
April ~, 1861; married May du Pont,
idaughter Of Victor du Point, Esq, De-
s 3sEr