Evening star., 1939-03-05
Capital SideIights
BIZ Will p. Kennedu

How the power, ability and efficiency
of the Federal Government comes up
from the people and the several States
is we'll illustrated in Congress-which
also shows that the State governments
are natural training ground for Fed
eral legislative service. In the present
Congress are 19 men who served as Gov
ernors of their sovereign States: who
were president of their State Senates. 6
who were president pro-tempore; who
were Senate leaders, 13 who were speak
ers in their State Legislatures others
who were speaker pro-tempore and 3
who were leaders In the General As
sembly of their States.
Those who served as Governors are
Representative William F. Norrell Act
ing Governor of Arkansas; Senator
Hiram w. johnson, California: Senator
Edwin c. johnson, Colorado; Senator
John G. Townsend, jr., Delaware; Sena-
tor Richard B. Russell. jr, Georgia: Sem
ator Clyde L. Herring, Iowa; Sena-
tor Arthur Capper. Kansas: Representa-
tive Ralph o. Brewster. Maine; Senator
David I. Walsh Massachusetts; Senator
Theodore c. Bilbo, Mississippi; Repre-
sentative James G. Scrugham Nevada:
Senator Henry S. Bridges, New Hamp-
shire: Senator Charles W. Tobey. New
Hampshire: Senator Lynn j. Frazier,
North Dakota; Senator Vic Donahey,
Ohio; Representative Walter NJ Pierce
oregon: Senator Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island: Senator William j. Bulow.
South Dakota, and Senator Harry F.
Byrd. Virginia
Those who served as president of their
State Senate are Representative Norrell,
Arkansas, who has the unprecedented
distinction of being twice successfully
elected by acclamation; Representative
Allen T. Treadway. Massachusetts; Sem
ator William H. King. Utah, and Rep
resentative Frank H Horton of Wyoming
Those who were president pro-tempore
of State Senates are Senator Frederick
Van Nuys. Indiana; Representative Ed
ward T. Taylor, Colorado: Representative
Lindsay c. Warren, North Carolina;
Representative Earl r. Lewis Ohio: Sem
ator Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma, and Sem
ator Ernest w. Gibson, Vermont. Those
who were State Senate leaders are Rep
resentative John w. Mccormack, Massa-
chusetts; Senator Robert F. Wagner,
Lewis, Ohio
The 13 who were speakers of their
State Legislatures are Representative
William P. LambertSon. Kansas; Repre-
sentative Clifford R. Hope Kansas; SEN
ator Allen j. Ellender, Louisiana, who
had previously been floor leader; Repre-
sentative James F. O'Connor, Montana;
sentative Charles A. Wolverton, New
Jersey; Representative James w. Wads-
worth. New York; Representative Usher
L. Burdick. South Dakota, who was at
that time the youngest speaker in all
the United States; Senator Robert O.
Taft. Ohio; Representative Thomas S.
Mcmillan, South Carolina; House Leader
Sam Rayburn, Texas; Representative
Robert E. Thomson, Texas, unanimously
elected, and Representative Merlin Hull
Wisconsin. Others who were speakers
pro-tempore are Representative Robert
A. Green, Florida; Senator Richard B.
Russell, jr., Georgia; Representative Carl
Vinson, Georgia, and Representative
Cassius c. Dowell Iowa. Repre-
sentative Edward H. Rees, Kansas; Rep
resentative Harry Sandager, Rhode
Islard, and Senator Ellender, Louisiana,
were floor leaders in their State
Assemblies.
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire has
the outstanding distinction of having
been Governor, president of his State
Senate and speaker of the State House
of Representatives.
Senator James H. Hughes, Delaware;
Senator George L. Radcliffe, Maryland,
and Representative Merlin Hull, Wiscon-
sin, were secretaries of their home
States. Senator Rufus G. Holman,
Oregon, was State treasurer. Senator
Charles L. McNary, Oregon, and Senator
King of Utah each served as associate
justice Of the State Supreme Court and
the former was dean Of law college.
Representative Sam D. McReynolds,
Tennessee. served on the bench for 20
years before coming to Congress.