Evening star., 1917-03-05
Fifteen new MEN
TAKE SENATE OATH
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democrat, succeeding Henry F. Lippitt,
republican,; Frederick Hale OF Maine,
republican, succeeding Charles F. john
son, democrat: Joseph F: Frellnghuy-
sen of New Jersey. republican, succeed
ing James E. MARITIME, democrat: John
3. Kendrick of Wyoming. democrat,
succeeding Clarence D. Clark, republic
can: william H. King of Utah, demo-
crat, succeeding George Sutherland, re-
publican; Frank B. Kellogg of Mime
sofa. republican, succeeding moses 4.
Clapp: Andriacus .Aristicus Jones
of New Mexico. democrat; succeeding DIR
Thomas B. Catron, republican: Phi
lander Knox of Pennsylvania, repub1i-
can, succeeding George T. Oliver. re-
publican; Kenneth D. Mckellar of Ten
nessee. democrat, succeeding Luke Lea,
democrat: Harry Stewart New of Indi-
ana, republican, succeeding John w.
Kern, democrat; Howard Sutherland OF
West Virginia, republican, succeeding
William Z. Chiffon. democrat: Park
Tram1hell of Florida. democrat sue
ceeding Nathan P. Bryan. democrat; Jo-
siah Q. Wolcott of Delaware. demo-
crat. succeeding Henry A. du Pont, re-
publican.
Those Succeeding Selves.
The senator's who succeeded them
selves and took the oath of Office for
ne" terms VI OLA eur dlC IlShis l.
Ashurst. Arizona; Charles A. Culberson,
Texas; Gilbert NJ Hitchcock, Nebraska; Z;
Henry L. Myers, Montana; Key Pitt
man, Nevada; Atlee Pomerene. Ohio:
James A Reed. Missouri; Claude A.
Swanson. Virginia; John Sharp WI,
liams: Mississippi, all democrats. and
Robert NJ. La Toilette. Wisconsin;
Henry Cabot Lodge. Massachusetts:
Porter ]. McCumber. North Dakota
George p. Mclean. Connecticut; Carroll
S. Page, Vermont: Miles Poindexter.
Washington, and Charles E. Townsend,
Michigan, all republicans.
OF the new senators. two (Hiram
Johnson of California and John B. Ken
drick of Wyoming) come to the Senate
from the governors house, while Park
Trammell of Florida resigned as gov
ernor of that state January 2.
Senators McKellar and Sutherland
were members of The House in the last
Congress- and Senator's Calder and
Gerry were members of the House in
former congresses
Is Capable Organizer.
Senator Calder of New York halls
from Brooklyn He is a regular" re-
publican and served in the Fifty ninth,
Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
The new senator from New York is
known as a capable political organizer
and his popularity in Brooklyn and
New York is great. He ran ahead of
Hughes and Whitman on the republi-
can ticket in the recent election. re-
ceiving the largest vote cast in the
state He is a successful builder.
Senator France is physician. the
third in the Senate. the others being
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
and Senator Lane of Oregon. He is
forty three years old. the son of of a
Presbyterian minister. He is grad
uate of Hamilton College and has stud
led at the University of Leipzig. in Ger
many; Clark University and the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. where
he received his degree of doctor of med
icine, and at Johns Hopkins, where he
took a post graduate course. He first
took an interest in politics in 1905 and
was elected state senator He is a
practical and up-to date farmer as well
as a physician.
Senator Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode
Island made a good record for himself
as a hard worker when he was in the
sixty third Congress as representa-
tive. He took keen interest in naval
affairs and was a member of the naval
affairs committee. He is lawyer and
a graduate of Harvard. He is reputed