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State Officers, Etc.
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Containing Portrait Engravings of the Members and Officers of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly,
with Brief Biographical Sketch of Each, also
Portrait Engravings and Biographical Sketches of the State Officers, Judges of the Supreme Court,
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners and Other State Officials.
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SEDALIA PUINTING COMPANY, PRINTERS, BINDERS AND BLANK-BOOK MAKERS.
1897.
GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
PREFACE.
THE publishers of this Souvenir Book of the Missouri Legislature for 1897-8 feel that they owe a few words of
explanation, possibly of apology, to the public. The shortness of time allowed for gathering material, and the
difficulties under which it has been arranged for publication have necessarily rendered the work less perfect than we
would desire. We found the Missouri legislators, for the most part, thoroughly absorbed in their public duties, and it
was extremely difficult to gain their attention long enough to obtain the necessary data for a complete work. It was essen-
tial to make each member understand it was not an effort to advertise himself, but that he was simply contributing his
part toward a work which should prove a source of pleasure, in the years to come, not only to those who are mentioned
in the book, but to every one into whose hands it may fall. Laboring thus to overcome the modesty of the members,
and then to get the work ready for the press, has severely taxed the energies and talents of the publishers, and they
therefore entreat the reader to view with leniency any imperfection that may be discovered in the book. At the same
time we feel that in gathering these biographies and portraits of Missouri's distinguished sons we have rendered a
service to the State and to posterity, and we take pride in our work. Possibly our feeble effort may prove a substan-
tial benefit to the future historian when he comes to make up the record of this eventful age and the distinguished men.
But we shall be amply repaid if, in the years to come, the members of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, looking
back to the days of their service to the State, shall remember with kindly feelings. Yours truly,
V. M. SCROGGS,
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••^TATE^'OFFICERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS.
STATE CAPITAL JEFFERSON CITY.
Governor Lon V.Stephens Democrat
Lieutenant-Governor August H. Bolte Democrat
Secretary of State Alexander A. Lesueur Democrat
State Auditor James M. Seibert Democrat
State Treasurer Frank L. Pitts Democrat
Attorney - General Edward C. Crow -. Democrat
Superintendent of Public Schools John R. Kirk ...,. Republican
I James Cowgill ;;4Democrat
Railroad and Wareliouse Commissioners - Joseph Flory Republican
( Timothy J. Hennessey Democrat
Adjutant-General M. Fred Bell Democrat
Warden of the Penitentiary John I). Starke Democrat
Commissioner Labor. Statistics and Inspection A. Rozelle People's Party
State Mine Inspector (coal) Charles Evans Democrat
State Mine Inspector (lead and zinc) Geo. E. Quinby Democrat
State Geologist Charles R. Keys Democrat
Commissioner Permanent Seat Government Ashley W. Ewing Democrat
State Liijrarian Mrs. Jennie Edwards Democrat
Clerk Supreme Court John R. Green Democrat
Superintendent of the Insurance Department Ed. T. Orear Democrat
Secretary State Board of Pharmacy F. W. Sennewald cor. 8th and Hickory. St. Louis
Secretary State Board of Health Dr Willis P. King 810 Harrison St., Kansas City
Secretary State Board of Agriculture John R. Rippey _ Columbia
Secretary State Horticultural Society L. A. Goodman Westport
Secretary State Fish Commission N. B. Crisp Independence
President State University Richard H. Jesse Columbia
President Normal School, district No. 1 W. D. Dobson Kirksville
President Normal School, district No. 2 George L. Osborne Warrensburg
President Normal School, district No. 3 Cape Girardeau
President Normal School. Lincoln Institute Inman E. Page ..Jefferson City
Superintendent State Lunatic Asylum No. 1 Dr. J. L Warden Fulton
Superiiiteiuli'nt State Lunatic Asylum No. 2. Dr. C R. Woodson St. Joseph
Superiiitt'iident State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 Dr. Joseph F. Robinson Nevada
Superintendent Missouri School for the Blind Dr. John T. Sibley St. Louis
Superintendent Missouri Institution for the Education of
the Deaf and Dumb J. N. Tate Fulton
Superintendent Missouri Reform School for Boys L. D. Drake Boonville
Superintendent State Industrial Home for Girls Miss E. M. Gilbert Chillicothe
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Francis Marion Cockrell
Warrensburg.
Kansas City.
MEMBERS OF FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
District.
Name.
POSTOFFICE.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventli
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Eleventh ...
Twelfth
Thirteenth .
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
+Richard P. Giles. D
Robert N. Bodine. D
Alexander M Dockery, D
Charles F- Cohran. n
William S. Cowherd. D ....
David A. DeArmond. D ..
James Cooney, I)
Kicliard I'arks Bland. D..
Champ Clark. D
Richard Bartholdt, R
Charles F. Joy. R
Charles E. Pearce. R
Edward Robb. D
Willard D. Vandiver, D...
Maecenas E. Benton. D
Shelbina
Paris
Gallatin
St Joseph
Kansas City
Butler
Marshall
Lebanon
Bowling Green...
St. Louis
Perryville
Cape Girardeau
Neosho
+ Deceased.
STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGES.
Shepard Barclay, Chief Justice
James B. Gantt
Thomas A. Sherwood..
George B. Macfarlane
Gavon D. Burgess
Waltour M. Robinson..
Theodore Brace
STATE SENATE.
Name.
DiST. I Pol.
POSTOFFICE.
County.
Occupation.
Anderson. Benjiimin M
Ballard. Jasper X *
Brewster. Arthur W .*..
Burkhead. Asbery
Busche. Charles F.+
Childers. .J. Houston
Davisson. Samuel P.*
Drum. Robert +
Goodykoontz. Wm. R.*...
Gray. Howard*
Hohenschild, Henry H...
Klene. Ben. J.*
Lancastei". Richard D.*.
Landrum. Richard H.* ..
Lyons. AVm. F
McClintic. AVm. Shields t
Madison. Robert G.*
Major. Elliott W
Marshall. John E
Martin. Thomas C.**'
Matthews. BuellL.-4:
Miller. Elijah*
Morton. John F.*
Mott. Fred W.+
O'Bannon, James P.*
Orchard. James*
Peers. Charles E.*
Powers. Harvey B.*
Schweickardt. Charles...
Seaber. Alfred N.*
Vandiver. Charles H
"Wells. William C.$
Williams. John M.-
Young, OdusG
9th
16th
3d
19th
33d
15th
4th
21st
34th
2Hth
37th
34th
33d
18th
7th
13th
36th
11th
33d
30th
3.5th
1st
8th
39th
30th
33d
10th
13th
31st
6th
17th
3d
14th
5th
Columbia
Montrose
St. Joseph
Ava
St. Louis City..
Hermitage
Cainsville . . . .
Marble Hill
Caledonia ..
Carthage
Rolla
St. Louis City.
St. Louis City..
Mount Vernon
Kansas City 'Jackson
Boone
Henry
Buchanan
Douglas
2331 Benton St
Hickory
Harrison
Bollinger
Washington
Jasper
Phelps
4919 Foun. Ave
1113 N. Com. Ave.
Lawrence
Monroe City P. O
Festus .. ...
Bowling Green
Blodgett
St. Louis City..
Hermann
Denver
Richmond
St. Louis City.
Buffalo.
West Plains
Warrenton
Powersville
St. Louis City.
Kirksville
Borland
Platte City
California
Kansas City
Marion
Jefferson
Pike
Scott
2331 S. 13th St.
Gasconade
Worth
Ray
6639 Vir. Ave.
Dallas
Howell
Warren
Putman
634 Pine St
Adair
Lafayette
Platte
Moniteau
Jackson
Merchant & real estate agt..
Banker and farmer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Wholesale baker
Lawyer
Merchant and farmer
Merchant
Physician
Lawyer .
Architect
Lawyer
Real estate agent
Lawyer and farmer
Lawyer —
Farmer
Farmer
Lawj^er
Farmer
Hotel-keeper
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Real estate agent
Editor and publisher
Lawyer
Lawyer -
Farmer
Caterer
Lawyer
Farmer
Banker
Lawyer
Lawyer .
Democrats. 19; Republicans. 15.
* Hold over; t Re-elected; * Member of former Legislatures; t To fill unexpired term.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Name. Pot,itics and Occupation.
AUdredge, William C..$ pop., farm
Armstrong. Hugli. rep., ias. agt
Arnold, Wilbur F.. dem.. farmer
Averill. Joliii T.. dem.. farmer
Avery, Omer H..* dem.. lawyer -
Aydelott. Samuel T..$ rep.. larmer..
Barnett, Orville M.. dem.. lawyer ..
Baugher, E. C'..* rep., far. & miller.
Bittinger, John L..* rep., editor
Bohart. J. Ed., dem.. lawyer
Bohling. Cord. dem.. physician
Bradford. T. N.. dem.. farmer
Bradley, .James, dem.. preacher
Breit. Peter C* rep., lawyer
Breuer, William, rep., farmer
Burks. Sydnor B..* dem.. lawyer
Burroughs. .Toseph N.. dem. .lawyer
Caldwell. .loliii B.. dem.. farmer
C'ashioii. Aicli. H.. rep., capitalist...
Cliinn. George W..* dem.. farmer
C'liristy, Joseph H.. dem., farmer
Clarke, Charles W.. rep., lawyer
Clymer. Harry, rep., lawyer
Cock. William H.. t dem.. merchant
Cotfey. Matthew, dem.. farmer
Cole. Carey W., dem.. farmer
Collier, W. F.. t dem.. physician
Collins. George T.. $ dem., lawyer...
Cowley. Geo B., rep., phy. and ed'r..
Cox. William I..* dem.. farmer
Cox, John M.. dem.. farmer
Crisp. John T..* dem.. farmer
Curry. George R., rep., farmer
Daugherty, .1. A., dem.. farmer
Davault, Alfred, t dem.. farmer
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
Latham. Moniteau
Kirlvwood. St. Louis
Bonne Terre. St. Francois.
Gayoso, Pemiscot
Troy. Lincoln
Truxton, Warren
Sedalia. Pettis
Rich woods. Washington...
St. Josepli. Buclianan
Plattsl)urg. Clinton
Pyrmont. Morgan
Houston. Texas
Mexico. Audrain
Savannah. Andrew
Red Bird. Gasconade...
Slater. Saline
West Plains. Howell
St. Mary's. Ste. Genevieve
Perry ville. Perry
Clarence. Shelby
Odessa. Lafayette
Kansas City. Jackson
Steel ville. Crawford
Clinton. Henry
Downmg. Schuyler
West Hartford. Ralls
Birch Tree. Shannon
Memphis. Scotland
Cowgill. Caldwell.
Monticello, Lewis
Jeflf. Oregon
Independence. Jackson
Dillia. Ozark
Webb City. Jasper
New Florence, Montgomery
Name. Politics and Occupation.
Davidson. Simeon, dem.. farmer
Davis. James W.. dem.. lawyer
Davis. Wallace J., dem.. editor
Denslow. William M..* rep., editor.
Dorsett. .T. H.. dem.. farmer
Dougherty. Chas. A.. $ dem. .farmer
Dunn. Edward J., rep., ins. agt
Dyer. Ford N.. dem. & pop..teaclier
Ehrhart. Charles, rep., cooper
Ellis. George B.. dem.. farmer
Ellis. J. D.. dem.. farmer
Ellis. Paul. rep., mercliant
Erman, Henry C. rep., min'g eng'r
Farrar. George W.. jr.. dem.. phy ..
Farris. John W.. $ dem.. lawyer . ..
Feaster. T. ,1.. dem.. physician
Fitzgerald. David F.. dem.. farmer
Frost. W^ B.. dem. & pop., farmer ..
Hale. WMlliam R.. pop., farmer
Hall. Matthew W..* dem.. farmer .
Hamilton. William M.. dem. .farmer
Harrel. .loim M..*dem.. farmer
Hart. George A., rep., grocer
Hawkins. Thomas W.. dem.. lawyer
Hays. G. Purd. rep., lawyer
Hendrickson, JesseL..pop..t'hr & far
Hess. Ferd J.. * dem.. farmer
Hood. Prichard B.. dem. & pop..t'hr
Hopkins. James M.. dem.. farmer
Tjams, Thomas H.. rep., broker
Jenkins. M. J., pop., far. & preacher
Johnston. W^illiam F.. dem.. farmer
Johnston. Rowland L..' rep. .lawyer
Jones. B. C dem.. physician..
Koch. Frank H.. rep., caterer
Postoffice and County.
Sheridan. Worth
Brunswick. Chariton
Bowling Green. Pike
Spickard. Grundy
Everett. Cass ._
Meyers. Howard
St. Louis City. 4120 Evans ave
Amity. DeKalb
St.Louis C\v.20i:5i4 DeKalb st
Appleton City P. O., Bates...
Nevada. Vernon
Cedar Gap. Wright
St. Louis C'y.3517 Laf ay'te av
Belleview. Iron
Lebanon. Laclede
Climax Springs. Camden
Ford City. Gentry
Newtonia. Newton _
Norman. Phelps
Marshall. Saline
AVarrensburg. Johnson
Liberty. Clay
Warsaw. B"iitoii
Palmyra. ^Slaiion
Ozark. Chrisliuii
Buffalo. Dallas
Wolf Island. Mississippi
Verona. Barrj^
Magnet. Atchison
Kansas City. Jackson
Carthage. .Jasper
Clark's Fork. Cooper
Old Orchard. St. Louis
Poplar Blulf. Butler ..._
St. Louis City, 1400 Cass ave..
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— Continued.
Name, Politics and Occupation,
Kramme. Philip, rep., grocer
I>ee, Georee T.. t dem.. merchant..
Leeper. Wadswortli D.. dem.,lawy'r
London, George M.. dem.. merchant
McCann. James, rep., lawyer
]Vlc( 'ollum. Andrew J..* dem..lawy r
McKim. Joseph M.. dem.. physician
McMonigle. James M.. dem. .teacher
McPherson.Wm. J., rep., house dec'r
Macey, Robert L., dem., editor
Martin. Thos. W.. dem.. lawyer
Martin. Edmund W.. dem.. farmer
Mashburn.Jas. H..dem..mer't& far
Meyersieck.Wm. M.. rep., farmer
Miller. John F.. t dem.. farmer
Moeller, Ernst W.. rep..manufact'r
Morris. John. dem.. farmer
Mueller. Rudolph W..* rep., farmer
Myers. George B.. dem., t'hr & far
iVeville, Harvey E.. rep., lawyer
O'Bannon. Virgil A., dem.. sawm'r
O'Dell. Joseph C* dem.. farmer
O'Fallon. Samuel F.. rep., lawyer
Organ, John E.. $ dem.. editor
Perrin .1. H. dem.. physician
Pickler. Sam'l M.. t rep., bus. & far'g
Piner. Jos. A.. dem.,ret'd bus. man
Piper, Jas. M.. rep., R. R. promoter
Pope. Winfield S..? dem.. lawyer
Porter. John A., rep., lawyer
Prather. Alonzo S.. $ rep., farmer...
Pyeatt George Y.. dem.. farmer
Rebo, Francis A. S.. dem.. lawyer..
Regan. Patrick J., rep. .book-keeper
Reynolds. Z. T., rep., far. & teacher
POSTOFFICE and COUNTY.
St. Louis City, 2766 Chou. ave
Van Buren, Carter
Chillicothe. Livingston
Twelve Mile. Madison
Bosworth. Carroll
Doniphan, Ripley
Newark. Knox
Linkville. Platte
St. Louis City, 931 Man. ave.
Hardin, Ray
Lamar. Barton
Auxvasse. Callaway
Humansville. Polk
Union, Franklin
Conklin. Webster
St. Louis City, 2226 Locust .
Owasco, Sullivan
Augusta. St. C'harles
Lutesville. Bollinger
Tuscumbia. Miller
Lowndes. Wayne
Leeper, Reynolds
Oregon. Holt
Salem. Dent
Marceline. Linn
KirksvilU". Adair
St. Josepli. Buchanan
St. Louis City.lolO Wash, ave
Jcffei-son City. Cole
St. Louis City, 2618 Lo<Just...
Taney vi lie. Taney
Ohio. St. Clair
Kahoka, Clark
St. Louis City,1418 Mont, ave
Carr, Stone
Name, Politics and Occupation.
Roiine, Charles H..* rep., grocer
Ross. James H..* dem., farmer
Ruby. Web. M.. $ dem.. lawyer
Russell. D. L.,* dem.. far. & mcht
Russell. Wm. R.,dem. & pop., prch'r
Rutledge.W. J..dem.& pop..phy.«& f
Sawyer. John J.,* rep., farmer
Schumacher, Fd'k W.,* rep., grocer
Sessinghaus. Oscar F., rep., lawyer
Sliewmaker. James P.. dem.. farmer
Sickles. Frank C., rep., lawyer
Slate. John G., dem.. lawyer & pub.
Smith. Charles A., rep., lawyer
Snidow. W. L.. 1: rep., farmer
Spotford. Thomas M.. dem.. lawyer
Sweaney. John W.. dem & pop., far
Tandy, J. F.. dem. & pop., preacher
Taylor, Jesse H., rep., merchant
Thomas. Wm. H., dem. & pop., far
Tribble, J. P., dem., lawyer
Truitt. William H.. Jr.. dem. .lawyer
Tubbs, Alonzo.* rep., physician
VanDerhoef, Rotat. C. rep. .teacher
Vandiveer, James E.. dem., fai-nici'
Wade, T. W.. dem. &pop.. merchant
Walmsley. H. R.. rep..underwrite)'..
Ward. W. J.. $ dem.. farmer
Weaver, W. M.. dem.. lawyer
Whitecotton.. James H.. dem. .lawyer
Wight, Wm A., dem.. ret'd bus. man
Williams, Charles, dem. .physician..
Williams. Lon B.. dem.. farmer
Wilson. Goldburn H.. rep., phy
W(kk1. .Joseph, dem.. farmer
Woods. Leonidas B.. rep. .far. & tch'r
POSTOFFlCE AND COUNTY.
St. Louis City. 4152 Ash. ave..
Big l^iney. Pulaski
Macon, !^la<•on
New Miidjid. New Madrid...
Everton. Dade
Freistatt. Lawrence
Fruitland. C.Girardeau
St. Louis City. 2000 S. 12th St..
St. Louis City, 2401 N. 13th St..
Gower P. O.. Buchanan
Unionville. Putnam
Vienna, Maries
St. Louis ( "ity. 28.52 Mag. ave
Weaubleau. Hickory
Ivansas City. Jackson
Red Bridge. Jackson
Tiff City, McDonald
Martinsville. Harrison
Willow Spgs.P O.. Douglas..
Kennett, Dunklin
Columbia. Boone . .
Feuersville. Osage
Maryville. Nodaway
Montcvallo P. O.. Cedar
Kepublic, Greene
Ivansas City. .Jackson
Idalia. Stoddard
Springflcld. Greene
I*aris. Monroe
Moberly. Randolph
House Springs, Jeft'erson
Morley, Scott
St. Louis City. 3613 N. 10th St
Bancroft. Daviess
Princeton, Mercer
Democrats, 79; Republicans, 47; People's Party, 5; Democrats and People's Party, 9.
*Re-elected. ^Members of former Legislatures.
GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI.
L'
ON V. STEPHENS. Chief Executive of the State of Missouri, was born in Boon-
ville. Cooper county. Mo., December 21. 1858, and up to March 12, 1890. always
resided in his native town; was educated in the Kemper Family School. Boon-
ville, and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. His father Colonel J. L.
f Stephens, was a man of wealth, and many years ago established the Central National
Bank of Boonville. one of the few banks in the West which kept its doors wide open
all through the panic of 1871. Governor Stephens, when a very young man, served
as telegraph operator, printer and editor; also as messenger, bookkeeper, cashier
and director of the Central National Bank. In 1887 he was appointed receiver of the
Fifth National Bank of St. Louis by Mr. Trenholm. Controller of the Currency, and
its affairs were wound up in such a successful manner as to enable the depositors to
receive 96 cents on the dollar out of what seemed to be almost a hopeless wreck.
From this one case alone Lon Stephens made a reputation as a financier that was
favorably commented on all over the country. On Mai'ch 13, 1890. he was appointed
State Treasurer by Governor David R. Francis to fill out the unexpired term of Ed.
T. Noland. and in this case the affairs of the State Treasury were straightened out
in such a satisfactory manner that the people of the State saw in Lon V. Stephens
the proper man to fill that important office for the next four years, and the Demo-
cratic State convention nominated him for State Treasurer in 1892, and he was
elected by a plurality of 39,797. When the time came for the Democratic party to
select a man that would lead them to victory in 1896 they all pointed to Lon V.
Stephens as the proper person, andwhen the Democratic State Convention convened at Jefferson City in 189(5 he was nominated
for Governor by acclamation, and was elected by a plurality of M.OOO. For five years previous to his appointment as State
Treasurer he and his brother. Speed Stephens, managed the finances of Cooper and Morgan counties, both of which counties liad
large debts, and brought them safely and satisfactorily out from beneath their heavy burdens. Although a banker from child-
hood, he has been for years one of the most earnest workers for the free silver cause. Governor Stephens was married October
5. 1S80. to Miss Maggie Nelson, of Boonville, daughter of Hon. Jas. M. Nelson, and their married life has l)een a happy one. They
have no cliildren. Mrs. Stephens is the most charming lady and devoted wife that ever presided at the Executive Mansion.
They are lK)th devoted members of the Methodist Church, and every Sunday morning they can be found at that church.
During the time which Governor and Mrs. Stephens have resided in Jefferson City they have made many warm personal friends.
and tlieir many receptions at "Ivy Terrace" will long be remembered by the people from all parts of the State. During the Gov-
ernor's public life he has demonstrated the fact that he is the right man in the right place, and the indications are that he will
make Missouri one of the best Governors she has ever had.
GOVERNOR'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
T
'HE subject of this sketch is the handsome and gallant Paul B. Moore,
Private Secretary to^Governor Stephens. Mr. Moore was born Octo-
ber 26, 1867, at Charleston, Missouri; afterward he removed with his parents
to Nashville, Tennessee, and there grew to manhood. He was educated in
the schools of Nashville and then completed his course at Vanderbilt Uni-
versity, graduating from the literary and law departments. He travelled
abroad for a period of sixteen months, and is one of the most polished and
cultured young men in the State. He is a stanch Democrat and an active
party worker; he represented Mississippi county in the Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-eighth General Assemblies, and as Chairman of the Committee on
Criminal Jurisprudence he proved himself to be a very influential and valu-
able member. He was united in marriage to Miss Margaret B. Stephens of Boonville, the popular and accomplished
sister of Governor Stephens. Mr. Moore was appointed Lieutenant Colonel on Governor Stone's staff" and served
with dignity and military bearing in that capacity.
With a polished education and training which fits him for any social circle, with a clean party record and a host
of warm friends who wish him well, there are few young men in the State who have a more brilliant future than
Col. Paul B. Moore.
LIEUTENANT- GO VERNOR.
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A
UGUST H. BOLTE, Lieutenant-Governor, was elected by the Demo-
crats of the State in the fall of 1896, to preside over the Senate for
four years, and perform such other duties as prescribed by law for this high
and responsible position during his term of oflBce; he is a native of Missouri,
having been born and reared in Franklin county; was educated at paro-
chial schools of Franklin county; private high school, St. Louis; Northwest-
ern University, Watertown, Wis., and law school of Missouri State University;
has practiced law since 1875 and has a good law practice in southwest Mis-
souri; was elected Judge of the Probate Court of Franklin county, November,
1880, and re-elected in 1882, 1886 and 1890; elected Prosecuting Attorney of
the county in 1894. Franklin county is one of the Republican strongholds
and a Democrat to be elected to office in that county must be a man of
unquestioned integrity and ability and a man popular with the masses. In
1882 he married Miss Christina K. Arand of Union, Mo., and they have a
family of three girls. As presiding oflScer of the Senate, Gov. Bolte has been attentive, patient, impartial and fear-
less, and no man ever yielded the gavel in the Senate Chamber of the State of Missouri who was more deeply inter-
ested in the affairs of that body than the present Lieutenant-Governor, and if the time ever comes when either Gov.
Stephens or the people of the State call on Lieutenant-Governor Bolte to preside as the Chief Executive of the State,
no one doubts but what he will perform the duties of that oflSce as he has the duties of presiding officer of the Senate —
with dignity and dispatch. Gov. Bolte is a highly polished gentleman and no man ever served as Lieutenant-Gover-
nor who was more universally liked and admired by the residents of the Capital and the prominent men of the State
than Governor Bolte.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A
LEXANDER A. LESUEUR, Secretary of State, who is now serving his
third term in that important office, was born in St. Louis, Mo., No-
vember 25, 1842; educated at St. Louis University; private in Capt. Geo. W.
West's company, Frost's Brigade, in Southwest expedition i860; left St.
Louis May 8, 1861, as private in Capt. Joe Kelly's company of infantry; pro-
moted to Sereeant-Major of Battalion; at Cassville organized artillery com-
pany; Captain commanding Third Missouri field battery. Parsons' Division,
C. S. A.; settled in Lafayette county August, 1865; first Chairman Demo-
cratic County Committee of Lafayette county after the war, and for a number
of years thereafter; editor Le;xington Intelligencer ; member House of Rep-
resentatives Thirtieth General Assembly ; Chairman Penitentiary Committee
and author of the penitentiary law, R. S. 1879; President Missouri Press
Association, 1882 ; nominated bj'^ Democratic Convention of August, 1888,
on first ballot, for Secretary of State, and elected ; renominated without
opposition in 189:2, and duly elected ; also in 1896, and elected by a plurality
of 39i788. Capt.Lesueur is by far the most capable man that ever filled the
important office of Secretary of State; and the people could not find a more deserving man and one who worked
harder for the party's interests than he has done. He was married January 8, 186S, to Miss Florence Estill, daugh-
ter of William King Trigg. He has an interesting family of two boys and six girls, and they have a delightful home
just opposite the Capitol, in which the members of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly have passed many pleasant
hours during the past winter.
J
His family consists of his wife (
domestic in his habits and tastes,
STATE AUDITOR.
AMES M. SEIBERT, the present able and popular State Auditor,
was born in Perry county, Missouri, February 3, 1847, and received
his education at the public schools of that county, and was afterward a
student for a time at McKindree College, Illinois. In 1866 he moved to
Cape Girardeau county and engaged in fanning and mercantile pursuits.
He was elected Sheriff and Collector several times ; was elected State Treas-
urer in 1884, and State Auditor in 1888, 1892 and 1896. He enjoys the repu-
tation of being one of the ablest and most efficient officers Missouri has ever
had. He has the patience and industry to go to the bottom and thoroughly
master the minutest details of every matter that comes before him officially,
and the backbone to do his whole duty without regard to consequences,
with the result that he has won the confidence and admiration of friends and
foes. He was prominently mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 1896.
nee Miss Emma "Wilson of Perry county), and two grown daughters. He is very
and is never so happy as when at home with his wife and children.
STATE TREASURER.
M
ISSOURI has many gallant Democrats — in fact Democrats are nearly
all gallant men, but in all the State there is not a grander gentleman
than Captain Frank L. Pitts, our newly elected State Treasurer.
Captain Pitts is fifty-five years old and was born in Shelby county, Missouri,
and passed his younger days in this and Marion county. His early occupa
tion was that of a mechanic. However, for a great number of years he has
been a public man. He was educated in the common public schools and
afterward completed his course in the High School of Hannibal. He was
united in marriage to Miss Laura F. Boulware, of Paris, Mo., and has a
bright little daughter, Kitty, who is an accomplished little lady. Mr. Pitts
has lived in Monroe county for quite a number of years, and has held a
number of oflSces in that county, being elected Sheriff for four years and
Collector for ten years. He is at present serving as State Treasurer, and
the people of Missouri could not have a more faithful officer in that responsible position, or one who would fill it
with more efficiency. When the dark clouds of war began settling over a nation which had hitherto known aught
but fraternal peace, Captain Pitts enlisted in the Southern soldier's cause and left his right arm to molder upon the
battlefield at Franklin, Tenn. He served in all four years in Cockrell's brigade of the Second Missouri Infantry.
He followed the flag of Lee because a conscience told him it was his duty, and no nobler or more patriotic soldier
ever wore the "uniform of gray." Captain Pitts is the favorite of no faction of this State's Democracy — Missouri's
entire Democracy loves him because he is a patriot and a man. He is always in a jovial mood and has unkind words
for no one — not even those with whom he has contested for political honors. There is no grander compliment, as
some ancient philosopher has said, than to be called a tnan — and of no public official in the State can this be said
more truly than of Captain Pitts.
A TTORNE Y- GENERAL,
EDWARD C. CROW, the newly elected Attorney-General of this State,
is a native Missourian , having been born in Holt county, December
19, 1861. Mr. Crow was educated in the schools of Carthage, Mo., having
graduated from its High School; afterward he attended the St. Louis Law
School, and graduated therefrom in 1880. After having thoroughly quali-
fied himself in his chosen profession he began practice in Jasper county,
and was appointed in December, 1892, City Attorney of Webb City. In
December of '94 he was appointed Judge of the Twenty-fifth Circuit by Gov-
ernor Stone to succeed Judge Robinson, who had been elected to the Su-
preme Bench of the State. In this capacity he served until 1896, and then
became a candidate for Attorney-General; ^he was successful in that some-
what memorable convention, and will fill the office for the next four years.
Mr. Crow was not known in a great many parts of the State, and therefore
he came to the people as a comparatively new man. However, Mr. Crow is beyond question one of the most brilliant
young lawyers in the State, and if his official career does not prove a success it will not be because of a lack of abil-
ity on his part.
No man ever made a more brilliant campaign in Missouri than did the wir5--looking barrister from Jasper. Al.
though homely as a Lincoln in appearance, he has the oratory and brilliancy of a Clay, and wherever he went he was
greeted with enthusiasm and applause.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
J
OHN R. KIRK, who became State Superintendent of Public Schools of
Missouri in 1895, was born in Bureau county, Illinois, January 23,
1851. He came with his parents to Missouri in 1856; was reared on a farm
and attended the public schools and became a teacher; after graduating from
the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., took a private course under
specialists in Latin, Greek, Science and Mathematics, was County School
Commissioner of Harrison county. Mo., after which he served as Principal
of the public schools of Moultou, Iowa; after serving eight years as Superin-
tendent of the Bethany (Mo.) public schools he accepted the Chair of Mathe-
matics in the High School of Kansas City, which he filled acceptably until
he was elected Superintendent of the Public Schools of Westport, Mo.
Prof. Kirk has always been a Republican, but not an offensive partisan.
His party honored him with the nomination for State Superintendent of
Public Schools the summer of '94, and after making a vigorous campaign was elected by a majority of 3,6,37 over
one of the most popular Democratic educators of the State. The educational interests of the State have not suffered
under the superintendency of Prof. Kirk, but have flourished. His chief purpose as State Superintendent is to make
the county schools of the State as efficient as any other schools, and to provide for the articulation of all public schools
of the State, from the smallest district school to the University at Columbia. He is married and has six children —
three girls and three boys, the oldest of whom is attending the Law School at Columbia.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER COWGILL.
THIS cut is the likeness of Judge James Cowgill, the big-hearted, big-
fisted Railroad Commissioner of Missouri. He v/as born April 2,
1848, in the State of Indiana, and came to this State in 1868, settling in
Caldwell county. Mr. Cowgill is a man of very genteel bearing and of su-
perior education, and is by no means an amateur in politics. He has been
the Presiding Judge in Caldwell county, and was elected to the Thirty-sixth
General Assembly, notwithstanding the county was strongly Republican.
In 1892 he was nominated by the Democratic State Convention for Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioner, and is at the present time serving in that
capacity. At the age of sixteen, October 4, 1864, he enlisted in the Ninth
Indiana Infantry and served one year. He owns an excellent farm in Cald-
well county, one in I^afayette and one in Livingston county, but resides in Kansas City at present. The fact that he
is extremely popular among the people of his home is attested by the fact that he has repeatedly been elected to
office when Republican majorities stood against him. He is a Democrat of the Kentucky Colonel style — in fact he is
a thoroughbred. There is no man who has more warm-hearted friends in the State than Judge Cowgill; the man
who has once felt the cordial pressure of his great big manlj' hand becomes his admirer at once. If all Democratic
leaders were of his dauntless character and unselfishness, the great Democratic party of this State would less often be
threatened by a yawning gulf of disintegration. The most that can be said is that "Jim " Cowgill is a gentleman
and a Democrat who knows nothing of political sandbagism and skull-duggery,
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER FLORY.
J
OSKPH FLORY, the subject of this sketch, is one of the Railroad acd
Warehouse Commissioners of Missouri. He is a native of Indiana, in
which State he was born in 1856; he left the State of his birth in 1882, com-
ing to Missouri, and has moved among its generous people ever since. He
was educated in the public schools of his native State, but is a man of wide
general information. From young manhood's days he formed a liking for
railroads and railroad work, and this has been the principal following of his
life; he has been engaged in the service of the "Wabash since J 873; was freight
brakeman from 1873 to 1876, when he was promoted to the responsible posi-
tion of freight conductor, and served in that capacity until 1883, when he
was again promoted to passenger conductor from St. Louis to Kansas City,
and served as such until he was elected Railroad and "Warehouse Commis-
sioner in 1894. In politics he has always been an ardent Republican and an
able defender of its principles. In 1894 his party nominated him for the office of Railroad and Warehouse Commis-
sioner and he was duly elected; his plurality was 6,337, having run ahead of his ticket 3,243 votes.
Personally Mr. Flory is a man who mixes freely among men, and numbers his friends by the hundreds. It was
this universal popularity which caused his party to present him with the nomination, and he has proven himself
worthy of the honor which it conferred upon him. Everybody knows "Joe Flory." He is a good, all around fellow
and a thoroughly able and competent public official.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER HENNESSY.
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IMOTHY J. HENNESSY, the subject of this brief biography is one of the
December, 1840, and came to America in 1854, and has, the greater part of his
time, resided in the States of Illinois and Missouri. His first oflScial service was
as Boiler Inspector of the Washington Iron Works at Newberg, New York,
from 1857 to 1862 he was fireman and engineer on the Ohio & Mississippi
R. R., and in '63 and '64 built gun-boats in the City of St. Louis; for three years
he was engaged in rebuilding locomotives in the machine shops at St. Charles; he
was also an engineer on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He joined the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers in 1869, Arthur Division at Moberly, Mo., and
has since retained his membership in that organization, A remarkable fact in
his extensive career is the fact that he never took part in any strike, and never
injured an employe. In 1 888 he was elected Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner for a term of six years, and
again elected to the same position in November, 1896.
Mr. Hennessy is a man who is very popular among railroad men and holds a high place in the ranks of the
Democratic party of Missouri. He is a man who understands the duties of his office thoroughly and is in every way
competent to fill his important position — the right man in the right place.
Everybody who knows "Tim Hennessy" is his warm hearted friend. The most that can be said for him is, that
he is one of the best Irishmen in this country.
SECRETARY BOARD R. R. & W. COMMISSIONERS.
THE subject of this sketch is James Harding, the Secretary of the Rail-
road Commissioners of Missouri. Mr. Harding is sixty-seven years old
and was born in Boston, Mass., and left that State in 1843; since that time
his travels have been somewhat varied, having been at sea, in California and
absent in the South from 1861 to 1871. He was educated in the private
schools of Massachusetts and afterward completed his instruction in Phillips'
Academy, of Exeter, New Hampshire; was married to Miss Christine Cordell,
of Virginia, and is the parent of eight children. Mr. Harding is a sturdy
Democrat and an able defender of the political faith of his party. He was
Quartermaster General of Missouri from 1861 to 1862 ; superintended the
construction of the new buildings, etc., at the Penitentiary in 1875-76, and
was elected Railroad Commissioner of this State in 1876 and served in this
capacity until 1889, having been elected for a period of two terms ; he also
served as Commissioner in the boundary line matter between this State and
Iowa in 1896. Mr. Harding is a man af wide experience in this world's
matters and has an unusual knowledge of this country. He is observing in nature, and is in fact a walking encyclo-
paedia of information. His long and varied experience qualifies him to satisfactorily discharge the duties of Secretary
of the Railroad Commissioners of Missouri. He served two months as Quartermaster of General Sterling Price's
Division, C. S. A., and resigning that position, was appointed a Captain of artillery in the Confederate service, and
assigned on ordnance duty ; served in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina ; was eighteen months,
1863-64, at Charleston, S. C. ; was promoted to be Major in 1864 ; paroled at Columbus, Ga., in 1865 ; removed to
Pensacola, Fla., in the fall of 1865 and remained there until February, 1871, when he returned to Missouri.
CHIEF JUSTICE BARCLAY.
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*HE accompanying cut is a likeness of Judge Shepard Barclay of the
Supreme Bench of Missouri. Judge Barclay was born in St. Louis,
November 3, 1847 ; at the age of nineteen he was graduated at the St.
Louis University, and then continued his studies in the University of
Virginia, under John B. Minor, one of the ablest instructors in law
of his time. He received his degree in law in 1869. Afterward he visited
Europe and for two years devoted himself to the study of German and French,
and of the civil law, which he pursued at the University of Berlin, under the
guidance of Drs. Gneist and Bruns, professors there. On his return to Mis-
souri he was for some time professionally connected with the press in St.
Louis, as an editorial writer on the Dispatch^ during the early part of his
practice as a lawyer, which began in 1872. He soon established a wide repu-
tation, becoming known especially for his thoroughness and ability to pre-
pare briefs. In 1882 he was elected Circuit Judge in St. Louis by a majority
of 5,040, at a time when several candidates of tke opposing party were also
elected. In 1888 he was elected to the Supreme Bench for a term of ten
years, and is at present the Chief Justice of the Court. Prominent in his judi-
cial work is the writing of the dissenting opinion in the case of the State vs.
Loomis, 115 Missouri 307, as to the constitutional powers of the Legislature to suppress the " truck store" system.
He also wrote the opinion of the majority of the Supreme Court in Dixon vs. Railroad, 109 Missouri, 413, concerning
the law of fellow servants. Judge Barclay is distinctly in his sphere as a member of the Supreme Bench ; there is
no man in the State better versed in the law, and no man who has a better legal equilibrium, and who can more
calmly or fairly render a decision upon the great problems which come before that august and honorable body, of
which he is a member. He is a man not swayed by passions or sentiment. He has a wonderfully strong individu-
ality and a will that bends before nothing. He is an honor to the high and responsible office with which the people
of the great commonwealth of Missouri have entrusted him.
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JUDGE BRACE,
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UDGE THEODORE BRACE was born on a farm in Ryana Glades, five
miles from Oakland, Md., on June lo, 1835 ; was educated in the city
of Cumberland, in that State ; admitted to the bar by the Circuit Court of
Allegheny county May 1, 1856. and in a few days went West to seek his
fortune ; located in Bloomfield, Davis county, Iowa, where he made his first
campaign for Buchanan. On January i, 1857. located permanently at Paris,
Monroe county. Mo.; was elected City Attorney ; on the 12th day of October,
1858, was married to Miss Roana C, daughter of Major Wm. N. Penn, for
many years Clerk of the County Court of that county ; eight children were
born of the marriage, of whom six are living. He was enjoying the fruits
of a good country practice and the society of his young wife when the civil
war came on. He at once enlisted and assisted in organizing a company of the Missouri State Guard, of which
he was elected Captain, which, after participating in the skirmishes at Boonville, Monroe City and Shelbina, was
organized with other companies into a battalion, of which he was elected Lieutenant-Colonel, and afterward with
still other companies into a regiment as the Third Cavalry of the Second Military District of Missouri, of which he was
elected Colonel, his commission bearing date September 23, 1861. As commander of this regiment he joined the forces
of General Price before Lexington, and remained with them until after the battle of Pea Ridge. When the term of
service of the last of his men expired and they were discharged, he was returning to North Missouri to recruit
JUDGE BRACE— Continued.
another regiment, and while sick near Springfield, Mo., was taken prisoner by a Federal force with his Adjutant and
Surgeon, and transferred to the hospital in that city, whence after lingering several weeks on the verge of the grave,
was transferred to Myrtle Street Prison, St. Louis. There being at that time no exchange of prisoners, he was, on
account of feeble health, after a time paroled; returned to his home at Paris and took no further part in the war.
After the war he acquired a leading practice in Monroe and adjoining counties, which he retained until he went on
the bench, serving his town also from time to time as School Trustee and Common Councilman. In 1872 the Demo-
cratic party of his county instructed for him for Congress. In 1874 he was elected to the State Senate from the Sev-
enth District, and served through two sessions of the Legislature and of the State Board of Equalization. At the
November election in 187S he was elected Probate Judge of Monroe county, which office he resigned to take his
seat as Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, in January 1881. He continued to serve as Judge of that Circuit until
the first of January, 1887, when he took his seat as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri, to which office he
had been elected at the previous November election. In October, 1887, he was elected Grand Master of Masons of
Missouri. In January, 1895, he was elected by his associates on the bench Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and
Presiding Judge of Division No. i of that court. At the Democratic State Convention, held at Jefferson City in August,
1896, he was re-nominated by that party as its candidate to succeed himself on the bench, and was elected at the
November election following for a second term often years, receiving 341,927 votes to 304,78: votes forjudge Hirzel,
Republican; to 24,153 votes for John M. Voris, Populist, and to 2,332 votes for Lewis Adams, Prohibitionist. His
record as a Judge of the Supreme Court commences with Volume 91 of the Missouri Reports.
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JUDGE MACFARLANE.
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HE following is a short sketch of George B. Macfarlane, one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court. He is a native Missourian ; was born
January 21, 1837, and educated in the common schools, Richland Academy
and Westminster College of this State. He taught school in the winter sea-
son and worked on his father's farm in the summer from 1858 to 1865. In
1861 he was licensed to practice law by Hon. A. H. Buckner, then a Circuit
Judge. He then began the practice of his profession in Mexico, Missouri,
and soon established for himself the reputation of an able lawyer. He took
no part in the Civil War; voted for Bell and Everett in i860; from that time
until this he has been a firm and uncompromising Democrat and always votes that ticket straight. He was united in
marriage to Miss Alice Orear of Boone county, and has a family.
Judge Macfarlane was Probate Judge of Audrain county from 1871 to 1874, but has never held any purely political
office. He was appointed Supreme Judge by Governor Francis, November 25, 1890, and nominated and elected to that
position by the Democratic party in 1892. Few abler men have ever sat upon the Supreme Bench of this State than
Macfarlane; as a lawyer he is a man of the highest excellence and ability. His deliberations are careful and conserva-
tive and his opinions are given from a cool-headed and non-prejudiced standpoint. He is high-minded, conscientious,
honorable, and a gentleman in the fullest sense of that great term.
JUDGE ROBINSON.
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'ALTOUR M. ROBINSON, the subject of this brief sketch, is one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State. He was born in
Monroe county, near Paris, on November 27, 1S51; he attended the public
schools and afterward completed his academic training in William Jewell
College. Resolving to adopt law as his profession, he entered the Union
College of Law of the Chicago and Northwestern Universities and there
qualified himself for his legal duties. In 1877 he located at Webb City, in
Jasper county, and for four years was City Attorney of Webb City, and from
this was elected as Prosecuting Attorney for a term of four years of Jasper
county. In 1892 he was elected Judge of the Tweuty-fifth Judicial Circuit>
and while serving in this capacity was nominated by the Republican party
for Supreme Judge of the State and subsequently elected in 1894. He is married. Judge Robinson is a man of
many superior qualities; in politics he has always been a firm Republican and is an able defender of his party's faith.
As a lawyer he is able and serves in a very competent manner in his present capacity. He is a thorough gentleman
and an honor to the high and responsible position to which the people of his State have elevated him.
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JUDGE GANTT.
*HIS short sketch is a brief biography of James B. Gatitt, of the Supreme
Bench. He was born in Putnam county, Georgia, in 1845; was edu-
cated in the private schools and academies of that State. In 1862 he
enlisted in the Twelfth Georgia Regiment of Infantry, C. S. A., and served
in Jackson's (or the Second) Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, till
permanently disabled by a wound at Cedar Creek Valley, Va., October 19,
1864; he was wounded twice at Gettysburg, and met with a similar misfor-
tune at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. After the war he read law under Col.
L. N. Whittle at Macon, Ga.; afterward he attended the Law Department
of the University of Virginia, and graduated from that institution in 1868;
during this year he moved to Missouri. He has never held any political ofl&ce; was elected Judge of the Twenty-
second Judicial Circuit in 1880 and served in this capacity for six years; he declined a re-election and returned to the
practice of his chosen profession at Clinton in '87. In 1890^ he was elected to the Supreme Bench to succeed Judge
Robert D. Ray, and is serving in that honorable capapity at the present time. He is married and has four children.
He is a firm Democrat, an able barrister, and a gentleman eminently qualified to serve in his exalted position.
JUDGE SHER WOOD.
F
EW more rugged men ever sat upon the Supreme Bench of Missouri
than Thomas A. Sherwood. He was born June 2, 1834, in Eatonton,
Putnam county, Georgia, and was educated in Mercer University, Georgia,
and ShurtlefF College, Illinois. He came to Missouri in 1852 and resided in
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Newton, Lawrence and Greene counties.
He graduated from the Law Department of the Cincinnati Law School in
1857, and in that same year was admitted to the bar. In 1872 he was elected
Judge of the Supreme Court and re-elected in November of '82; he was
again the candidate of his party in 1892 and elected. He is married and has
a family. There are few if any men in this State more learned in the law
than Judge Sherwood. He is a man who has devoted his whole life to his
profession, and from the fact of his long service and thoroughness is an invaluable man in the deliberations of that
great body of which he is a member. He is possessed of an iron will that nothing save reason can swerve. Learned
in the law, a man of rugged character and a Democrat of the firmest kind, the honors of a Supreme Judge could rest
upon the shoulders of no man in this State more fittingly than Thomas A. Sherwood.
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JUDGE BURGESS.
^HE following is a short sketch of the life and work of Garvon D. Bur-
gess, of the Supreme Bench of the State of Missouri. He is a native
of Kentucky, where he was born in 1835. He began his political career at
an early stage, having been elected to the Missouri Legislature in 1858. In
1856 he left his native heath and came to Missouri. He was nominated in
1868 by the Democratic party forjudge of the Sixth Judicial District, but was
defeated ; in 1874 he was nominated for Judge of the Eleventh District,
( formerly the old Sixth ) and was elected and re-elected to the same posi-
tion in 1880 and 1886. In 1880, 1884 and 1888 he was a prominent candidate
before the Democratic State conventions for Supreme Judge, and was the
successful contestant for that position in 1892. He is a married man. He
began his career as a lawyer at an eirly period and has attained a position of prominence and recognition gained
by few men. He is perfectly at home with his present duties, being a man thoroughly versed in the law, with a
disposition of calm deliberation. Judge Burgess is a sterling Democrat and a firm advocate of the great dominant
principles of that party.
CLERK SUPREME COURT.
THIS cut is the likeness of one of the biggest and best hearted fellows
who stays at Missouri's State Capital — it is John R. Green, the Clerk
of the Supreme Court. Mr. Green was born thirty-eight years ago at Kings-
ton, Caldwell county. Mo., but soon after moved to Richmond, Ray
county, where he was reared and educated in its schools. He is a stanch Dem-
ocrat and puts in his idle time in saying good words for the party. Mr.
Green's first official experience was that of Clerk for the Circuit Court for
Ray county ; from that he was made Clerk of the Supreme Court, in which
capacity he serves with the greatest dispatch and efficiency. On November
28. 1893, he was married to Miss Sallie Creel, of Richmond, and has two
bright little daughters, Jtary, aged nine, and Helen, six. Mr. Green started
out in life as a druggist in Kansas City and from that branched out in
clerical work. His present position is a very desirable one, with four assist-
ants at his disposal. Personally, he is a very agreeable gentleman, and numbers his friends by the score. There
are few men in this world who have not in their personal make-up some feature or quality which the gods might envy;
it may be the genial disposition, the hearty hand- shake, the faculty of telling a good story in a good way — in fact,
anything. But in Mr. Green's case it is his superb physique ; towering in height, broad-shouldered, a massive head,
in fact a rugged, Roman-like appearance that any statesman in the land might envy.
REPORTER SUPREME COURT.
FRANK M. BROWN, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born
in Albemarle county, Virginia, February 26, 1852. When he was two
years old his father. Dr. B. D. Brown, moved from Virginia to Callaway
county, Missouri, where Mr. Brown was reared. In 1878 Mr. Brown was
graduated from the Academic Department of the Missouri University at Co-
lumbia, and began the study of law in the office of Judge G. B. Macfarlane
and Mr. J. McD. Trimble at Mexico, Mo., at which place he was admitted to
the bar. After practicing his profession a short while he, in January, 1881,
assumed the duties of assistant in the office of the State Attorney General,
Hon. D. H. Mclntyre, at Jefferson City. He continued in this position
during the succeeding four years. In January, 1885, he entered upon the
discharge of the duties of Reporter of the Supreme Court of Missouri. He
has been retained in that position by the Court continuously to the present
time. During Mr. Brown's tenure of office the work of the Reporter has
been more than doubled by reason of the increase in the number of the
Judges of the Supreme Court and the growth of litigation in the State, as well as by the change of the constitution of
the Court into two divisions. Mr. Brown's work as Reporter has been most satisfactory to both the bench and bar of
the State. It is characterized by excellence in the head notes of the cases reported and by the thoroughness and care
taken in the details of the work. Mr. Brown's personality is such as to make him esteemed and respected by all who
know him, and has endeared him to a large circle of friends. His character is one of singular fearlessness and con-
scientious fidelity to principle. On May 15, 1883, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Bettie D. French, of Mexico, Mo.
Five children have been born to them, three of whom are living. Mr. Brown is associated with Mr. Edwin Silver in
the law firm of Silver & Brown at Jefferson City. In politics Mr. Brown is a Democrat.
STATE LIBRARIAN.
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RS. VIRGINIA EDWARDS, the present Librarian of the Supreme
Court, is a typical Missouri woman, capable, earnest, and full of
energy. She was formerly Miss Mary Virginia Plattenburg, born at Dover,
Lafayette county, Missouri, and a daughter of one of the oldest and best
known families in that part of the State. March 28, 1871, she was united in
marriage to Maj. John N. Edwards, the famous historian of Shelby's Brig-
ade, and so well known as a journalist and politician. To this union were
born three children, two sons and a daughter.
After the death of Major Edwards in 1890, Mrs. Edwards edited and
published a volume of his writings, which met with great favor from the
reading public. She has also contributed largely to newspapers and maga-
zines, and is as fine a conversationalist as she is a writer. During the years 1S92-3 she held the important position of
Secretary to the Woman's Board of World's Fair Commissioners from Missouri, and proved a highly efficient officer,
November 17, 1896, she was appointed State Librarian, by the Supreme court of the State of Missouri, and is now dis-
charging the duties of that office in a highly satisfactory manner.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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^HIS cut is a likeness of Samuel B. Jeffries, the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral of the State of Missouri. Mr. Jeffries is twenty-eight years old
and was born and reared in Lewis county. He first served his apprentice-
ship in the public schools of his native county and then completed his edu-
cation in La Grange College. After completing his academic education he
entered Washington University and graduated from its legal department. He
then returned to his native county and in 1894 was elected Prosecuting
Attorney. In 1896 he became a candidate for re-election and received a
majority of 1,036 votes over his Republican opponent, thus attesting his
popularity among the people amid whom he grew to manhood. The Assist-
ant Attorney Generalship being offered him, however, he resigned as Prose-
cuting Attorney of his county, January 11, 1897, to accept this, the higher
position. Considering that he has been practicing law only five years, his
career is somewhat remarkable. He was reared and passed his boyhood days on his father's farm, and there amid
mules and growing corn were instilled in him the energy and industry which equip men for the grandest achiev-
ments. At present he is in a state of single blessedness, but the writer of this little sketch refuses to guarantee the
continuance of this condition for any great length of time, considering that he is continually surrounded by Jefferson
City's charming girls. No young man in the State has a brighter future than Sam B. Jeffries.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
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*HE subject of this sketch is Ed. T, Orear, the genial young Democrat
and politician from Saline county. Mr. Orear is thirty-nine years old
and was born in the above county. He was educated -first in the public
schools, and afterward completed his course at the State University. He was
united in the bonds of wedlock to Miss Helen Owens, of Sweet Springs, Mo.,
and is the father of two bright, healthy little boys, who he will train up in
the true Democratic faith. Mr. Orear' s first official work was that of the
Assistant Cashier of the Bank of Saline. Afterward he was chosen as the
Chief Clerk to Treasurer Stephens, and served in that capacity with much
ability and efficiency.
When the campaign opened in 1896 Mr. Orear started out as one of the
most ardent friends of Lon V, Stephens' campaign for Governor, and ren-
dered invaluable service in that particular. Mr. Orear is a shrewd man in
campaign affairs: to begin with, he is a good mixer and moves among men with the ease and grace of an old politi-
cian, and it is this agreeable feature in his personal nature that aids him very materially. He has received the appoint-
ment of State Superintendent of Insurance from Governor Stephens, and will fill this office for the next four years-
no man in the State could fill it more efficiently, nor is any Democrat more worthy of this recognition at the hand of
the Governor of Missouri. Starting in his political career in the prime of life, with the blessings and good wishes of
the Democracy of the State, no young man in Missouri has a brighter future than has Edward T. Orear.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
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NE of the most popular men who will be at Missouri's State Capital
for the next four years is Gen. M. Fred Bell, the newly appointed
Adjutant-General. Gen. Bell was born at Hagerstown, Md., in 1849, ^nd
there grew to manhood. He was educated in Pittsburg, Pa., and is an archi-
tect by profession. He has been with the good people of this State since
1869, and came here from Virginia. He resides at Fulton, and was united
in marriage to Miss Dreps of that city; he is the father of two bright and
accomplished daughters.
Gen. Bell was a member of the Board of Managers of the State Reform
School at Boonvilie, and is President of the Board of Managers of Missouri School for the Deaf and Dumb, which
institution is located at Fulton.
Gen. Bell has always been a Democrat of the truest blue, and has borne with the Democratic party in all its
triumphs and defeats in this State; he is a tireless worker, and his appointment was a just tribute to his unrelenting
work. In his profession as an architect he has been eminently successful. Everybody knows M. Fred Bell, and no
man in the State could add more fitting dignity to the office than this thoroughbred Democrat from the " Kingdom
of Callaway." He was State Architect for Asylum No. 3, Nevada; Reform School for Boys, Boonvilie; University
Buildings, Columbia; School for Deaf and Dumb, Fulton. Gen. Bell is a member of the American Institute of Archi-
tects, and is recognized as one of the best architects in the State.
WARDEN PENITENTIARY.
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* HIS is a brief biographical sketch of John D. Stark, the newly appointed
Warden of the State Penitentiary. He was born August 3, 1842, in
Kanah county, Virginia, and came to this State when he was a mere child,
settling in Cooper county, where he was reared and where he now resides.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Agnes Stratton of Cooper county,
formerly of Kanah county, Virginia, when he was but nineteen years of age.
In politics he has always been a firm and unflinching Democrat. He was elected Judge of the Court of Cooper county
in 1880, and in 1882 was elected County Collector; he was re-elected to the same place in 1884; in 1890 he was elected
State Senator from the Fourteenth Senatorial District. He is also a man who has seen much of frontier life. In 1861
he went to Salt Lake .City as Assistant Wagon Master of a transportation train and in 1865 made the same trip as
Wagon Master. He has been an active Mason since 1884, and is in every way a high minded man and a worthy
Democrat. Governor Stephens has made no mistake in appointing Mr. Stark as Warden — he will make one of the most
capable and efficient men who ever served in that capacity in the State.
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CAPTAIN GEORGE H. ROACH.
CAPTAIN GEORGE H. ROACH, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, Assistant
Inspector General, Missouri, was born June 19, 1847, in New York;
educated in the public schools. Captain Roach served the last two years of
the late war in the Twenty -sixth Illinois Infantry, enlisting at the age of six-
teen. He served in the Fifteenth Army Corps, participating in the Atlanta
Campaign, Pursuit of Hood, March to the Sea, Campaign in the Caro-
linas, 1865. He was appointed Second Lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry,
October 3, 1873, and served in the Northwest, in Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming until September, 1895, when, on request of Governor Stone, he was
detailed by the Secretary of War for duty with the National Guard of this
T^g State. Assigned to duty as Assistant Inspector General of Missouri his work
has been laborious and painstaking. In the performance of this duty he is
becoming one of the best known men in the State and is very popular with the officers and men of the National
Guard. Captain Roach is a strict disciplinarian, but with broad and liberal views gathered from long experience. He
has been instrumental in securing the passage of National Guard measures before the Legislature, and was one of
the authors and urgent promoters of the new Code of Military Laws and Regulations. He is married and has two
sons. His residence is Jefferson City.
LABOR COMMISSIONER.
ARTHUR ROZELLE, Labor Commissioner of Missouri, was born in
Luzern county, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1859; was reared in Page
county, Iowa; was educated in the public schools there and at Amity college,
Iowa. He spent a number of years in teaching before engaging in the news-
paper business, sixteen years ago. His first experience in politics was with
the Greenback party, then with the Union Labor Party, the latter being
succeeded by the People's (or Populist) Party, which he helped to organize at
Cincinnati, Ohio, in May 1891, and with which he has afiiliated since. He
never sought nor held a public ofl&ce until appointed Labor Commissioner.
He has been Chairman of the Populist State Central and Executive Com-
mittees of Missouri since 1893, and served two years as member of the
Populist National Committee. Mr. Rozelle has been a resident of Missouri
seven years, having established the Independent at Tarkio, Atchison county, in 1890. In 1895 he located at Lamar,
Barton county, and is now the publisher of the Industrial Leader at that place, and is also a part owner of the South-
west News, of Greenfield, Dade county. He is a thorough and practical newspaper man, and since the organization
of the People's Party he has devoted almost all his time and liberally of his means, to fostering its growth and
progress. Starting his career as a Peter Cooper Greenbacker, he has always advocated the reforms now championed
by the People's Party. He has been prominently identified with the leading labor organizations for years, and is
especially qualified for the position to which he was appointed by Governor Stephens on February 7, 1897 — that of
Labor Commissioner of Missouri,
INSPECTOR OF MINES.
CHARLES EVANS, Inspector of Mines, Higbee (Democrat). — Born in South Wales, August 15, 1834; began to
work in coal mines when eight years old; never went to school a day; learned to write on a tin dinner pail by
blackening it with the smoke from a miner's lamp, using a nail for a stencil; learned to read in Sunday school; has
spent all his life in mining, as a miner, foreman and superintendent; immigrated to the United States in 1858; worked
in the mines of the Eastern states, coming to Missouri in 1866, since which time he has been active in developing and
opening mines; has lived in Randolph county twenty years; has been member of the City Council at Higbee, and has
been a school director for a number of years; has taken an active part in the business enterprises of his town, and is
one of its substantial citizens; appointed Mine Inspector by Governor Stone in March, 1893, and. re-appointed in 1895,
also re-appointed by Governor Stephens in 1897. Married.
INSPECTOR OF LEAD, ZINC AND IRON.
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*HE subject of this sketch is George E. Quinby, the State Mine
Inspector of lead, zinc and iron. He resides at Webb City, Mo. ; was
born in Barren county, Kentucky, January i6, 1856 ; his parents left Ken-
tucky in 1863 and the most of Mr. Quinby's days were passed in Illinois and
the State of his birth. He received the greater portion of his education in
Wayne county, Illinois. He was married to Miss Tettie Camp, daughter of
Dr. George Camp, of Mt. Erie, 111. ; he has one son, who is fifteen years old
at the present time.
Politically, he is a stanch Democrat and always votes that ticket
straight ; he was a member of the City Council at Webb City from 1894 to
1896, and was President of that council in 1894-5. He first came to this
State in 1875 and has resided at Webb City since 1891. He was engaged in the mercantile business from 1883 to 1895
except for a year or two. He has extensive property interests in and around Webb City and Newton county. He is
in every way competent to discharge the duties of his present responsible position.
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W. MARSTELLER'S brief biography is included in this sketch. He
• was born forty-nine years ago at Winchester, Virginia, and there grew
to manhood; was educated in its public schools and equipped himself gener-
ally for important clerical work.
He was united in marriage to Miss Annie B. Chishalm, of Cincinnati,
Ohio. He has an adopted nephew, but no children of his own.
He is at present the First Assistant to the Labor Commissioner, the Coal
Mine Inspector and the Lead and Zinc Inspector. He has resided in this
State since 1893, and came here from Cincinnati where he was Chief Clerk
to the Chief Engineer of the Southern Railway, and afterward became
Private Secretary to the President of the above road. He is a firm Democrat and served in the Rebel army when he
■was only seventeen years old.
He is at the present time a trustee and president of the Board of Deacons of the Presbyterian Church. He is a
capable man in every respect and serves in an invaluable manner in his present capacity.
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF GRAIN.
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<HE subject of this sketch, Joseph C. A. Hiller, Chief Inspector of Grain
for Missouri, was born on March t, 1856, in the Province of Silesia »
Prussia. He came to St. Louis county, Missouri, in the beginning of the
year 1870, where he lived with his father on a farm.
He was married on November 15, 1876, to Miss Emma Ehlert, who was
born in the county named on January 10, 1858. Joining his fortune with
those of the Democratic party, he took an active part in politics even
before he arrived at the age of maturity, and when he was finally old
enough to vote participated not only in the work, but the conventions of his
party.
He removed to Barton county, in Southwest Missouri, in 1883, where
he lived on a farm until the latter part of the year 1894, when he was ap-
pointed to a position in the Grain Inspection Department. Meanwhile he had taken a very active part in the politics
of the Southwest. He was a leading member and officer of the Barton County Alliance and the Farmers and Labor-
ers' Union of the State. He represented the latter body in the National Convention of that organization at Ocala,
Fla. He was elected to represent Barton county in the House of the Thirth-sixth and Thirty -seventh General Assem-
blies, where he served as chairman of some of the most important committees. In November, 1892, he was appointed
a member of the so-called Auditing Committee by Gov. Francis, and in November 1895, he was chosen for a term of
four years to serve as Chief Inspector of Grain for the State of Missouri.
STATE GEOLOGIST
CHARLES R. KEYES, director of the Bureau of Geology and Mines,
was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1864. His early education was
received under private tutors and in the public schools. He attended Cal-
lanan college four years, and was graduated from the State University in
1887, proceeding subsequently to the doctorate, at the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, of Baltimore. During these years special attention was given to
geology, the natural sciences and engineering. For two years Dr. Keyes
was engaged on the U. S. Geological Survey in the Appalachian region. He
came to Missouri in 1891 as principal geologist to the Missouri Geological
Survey, but was soon called to Iowa as Assistant State Geologist, with
practically full charge of the work. He remained there only a short time
when he was called back to this State to supervise the Bureau of Geology and
Mines. Dr. Keyes has published seven large volumes on geological subjects, besides over 150 shorter memoirs,
embracing the results of geological researches that have appeared in the leading scientific magazines, and several of
these articles have been translated and printed in foreign periodicals. He is a most capable and efficient man for the
position he occupies; and his work is destined to be of great and lasting benefit to this State.
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BUILDING AND LOAN SUPERVISOR.
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HE accompanying cut is a likeness of Henry L. Gray, the Building and
Loan Supervisor of Missouri. Mr. Gray was born fifty-one years ago
in St. Charles county and has spent his life among the good people of his
native State; was educated in the common schools and by close observance
and attention throughout his life has become a much-informed man. He
was married to Miss Sophia Dinwiddie, of Boone county, Missouri, and has
one son, Omar D. Gray, editor of the Sturgeon Leader. Mr. Gray's former
occupation was that of a merchant and traveling salesman ; was Assistant
Secretary of the Senate in 1887, Secretary of that body in 1889-91, Chief
Clerk of the Labor Bureau from '91 to '95. At the present time he is serving
in the capacity of Deputy Supervisor of Building and Loan Associations. Everybody knows Henry Gray — he num*
bers his friends by those who know him, and is a man in every way eminently qualified for the responsible position
which he now holds.
CHIEF CLERK PARK.
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HE efficient and popular Chief Clerk to the Secretary of State, has held
that important position since 1890, and has discharged its duties to
the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He was born October 12, 1842, in
Madison county, Kentucky. Reared in that State and in Missouri; educated
; in private schools and at University of Louisville. By occupation he is a
•lawyer and editor. Residence, Platte City, Mo. He was County Clerk of
Platte county two terms, beginning in 1871. Mr. Park is a Democrat, tried
and true, and has done much valuable work for his party. He edited the Platte City Landmark eighteen years, and
was President of the Missouri Press Association 1877-8. Mr. Park came to Missouri in 1857, and in early manhood
married Miss Margaret E. Baxter, of Clay county, Mo. They have two sons. Few men enjoy so fully the esteem
and confidence of their fellowmen as does Mr. Park, and none more fully deserves it.
CHIEF CLERK ALLEN.
A LBERT O. ALLEN (Democrat), of New Madrid, Mo., Chief Clerk in
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the office of the State Auditor, is a native of Madison county, this
State, where he was born in 1843. He was reared in Southeast Missouri and
was educated at Arcadia High School. He owns the New Madrid Record,
an influential newspaper, and has held several important offices, having rep-
resented New Madrid county in the Twenty-seventh General Assembly ; was
Chief Clerk under State Auditor Halliday six years and eight years under
State Auditor Seibert. During the Civil War he served four years in the
First Missouri Infantry, Cockrell's Brigade, C. S. A., as Sergeant. Mr.
Allen is married, and he is not only a splendid man of affairs but a model husband. The name of Albert O, Allen is
known and respected throughout the State.
CHIEF CLERK BASSETT.
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*HE subject of this sketch is the genial and gentlemanly William K
Bassett, the Chief Clerk in the office of State Treasurer. Mr. Bassett-
was born September 2, 1863, in Paris, Mo., in Monroe county, the banner
Democratic county of the State. There, amid influences and surroundings
that were distinctly Democratic he grew to manhood; was educated in its
schools and besides learning the valuable contents of books, learned how to
vote the Democratic ticket absolutely straight. After getting the ordinary
education oflfered by the common schools he completed his training in the
State University. He was married to Miss Abbie McDaniel, of Warrensburg,
and with her lives a happy life. He has been Mayor of Paris, the county seat of Monroe county, and was Deputy
County Clerk for a period of ten years. This position he resigned to become Assistant State Treasurer. He is a pol-
ished young man, courteous, able and ambitious and has a bright career in the councils of his party in this State.
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U. S. SENATOR VEST.
GEORGE GRAHAM VEST, of Kansas City, was born in Frankfort,
Ky., December 6, 1830 ; graduated at Centre College, Kentucky, in
1848, and in the Law Department of Transylvania University, at Lexington,
Ky., in 1853 \ removed the same year to Missouri and began the practice of
law in Central Missouri ; was a Presidential Elector on the Democratic
ticket in i860 ; was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in
1860-61 ; was a member of the House of Representatives of the Confederate
Congress for two years and a member of the Confederate Senate for one
year ; was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, in place of
James Shields, Democrat (who had been elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Lewis V. Bogy, Democrat); took his seat March 18, 1879 I was re-elected in 1885 and 1891, and again
on January 18, 1897, by the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. His term of office will expire March 3, 1903. Few
men have so ably and acceptably represented their constituents in the Senate of the United States, and Mr. Vest
will ever be remembered in Missouri as a true and faithful exponent of the political principles and policies held by
the great majority of his people.
U. 5. SENATOR COCKRELL.
FRANCIS MARION COCKRELL, Warrensburg (Democrat).— Born in Johnson county, Mo., October i, 1834;
received his early education in the common schools of his county; graduated from Chapel Hill College, Lafay.
ette county, Mo., in July, 1853; studied law, and was admitted to the bar; never held any public office prior to his
election to the Senate; entered Missouri State Guard as private in 1861; subsequently elected Captain, and served for
about six months; entered Confederate army January, 1862, enlisted as a private, "for the war;" soon afterward elected
Captain; promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel; promoted to Colonel, then to Brigadier-General, and placed in command of
a division; elected to the Senate and took his seat March 4, 1875; was re-elected in 1881, in 1887, and again in 1893 for
a term to expire in 1899. He enjoys to the fullest extent the confidence and esteem of the who'.e people of his State,
regardless of political belief. Is one of the most attentive and efficient public servants that ever sat in the United
States Senate.
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SENATOR PEERS.
^HE subject of this sketch is Charles E. Peers of Warrenton, the recog-
nized leader of the Democrats in the State Senate. Mr. Peers was
born May 2, 1844, at Troy, Lincoln county. He has had a wide experience
in legislative affairs, having filled the position of Circuit Attorney from 1868
to 1872, an office which has since been abolished. He was elected a member
of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, and in 1888 was appointed by Gov.
Morehouse to fill a vacancy on the bench of the St. Louis Court of Appeals.
Later he was appointed a member of the Committee to visit State Institutions
and report their condition to the Thirty-eighth General Assembly, by Gov.
Stone. He was Chairman of this Committee. Mr. Peers is an attorney by
profession and there are few men in the State who excel him upon legal
technicalities or upon Constitutional law. He also enjoys the reputation of
being the best presiding ofiicer in the State of Missouri, which is saying a
great deal. No man in the State is more at home in a turbulent convention
than the Senator from Warren county, and no man can quell a lot of howling delegates more easily — he rules with an
iron hand, and being an expert parliamentarian he never makes a mistake in ruling. Senator Peers is a man of strong
personality, which attracts admiration from his enemies as well as his friends. In a political fight he is an unterrified
and aggressive fighter and knows but seldom the meaning of the word "defeated." It would be useless to attempt, in
this short biography, to name the bills which the Senator from Warrenton has fathered, for it would be an impossi-
bility to do so.
Personally Senator Peers is a very agreeable man; as a Democrat, uncompromising; as a man, upright and honor-
able. Missouri and Missourians are proud of the statesman and Senator from Warren county.
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SENATOR MAJOR.
FEW brighter young men have occupied a seat in the historic chamber
ofthe State Senate than Elliott W. Major, the member from the Elev-
enth District. Senator Major was born thirty-two years ago in Lincoln
county, Mo., but is at present a resident of Bowling Green, Pike county.
He is a young man of educational polish and grace, and is a lawyer by pro-
fession; with an experience of only eleven years, he at the present time
commands a large and lucrative practice, both civil and criminal, in Pike
and adjoining counties. But while he has been eminently successful in the
law, he has in him all those peculiar qualifications which fit him for the life
of a statesman, and no man ever entered the Senate Chamber of this State
with heartier commendation or more good wishes. The recent campaign
gave the young Senator from Pike an opportunity to show his true iron.
Receiving an invitation to participate in the fight in Illinois, he accepted
and was received with the greatest enthusiasm. He traveled with Bryan's
special, and in his last speech in Chicago, at the People's Institute, the Chi-
cago Record said of him : " There was one speaker who was able to make
the audience forget that Bryan was late, and the hours were long. It was
Senator Elliott W. Major, of Missouri. Thirty minutes after his first speech
he came back with another in response to an ovation, second only to that
given the presidential candidate." During the discussion of the Fellow
Servant law in the Senate Senator Major made what the metropolitan press
termed the ablest speech made in its behalf in either branch ofthe Assem-
bly. His nominating speech of Senator Vest was a most beautiful tribute ofthe most elegant rhetoric, and recited in
a happy and eloquent way the qualities of that great statesman — " Missouri's Little Giant." Another speech which
deserves special mention is his plea for the ex-Confederate Home bill; it was a beautiful appeal, full of tenderness and
pathos for the old and tottering soldiers who followed the glorious though defeated flag of Lee. Everybody likes the
enthusiastic young Democratic statesman from Pike. He wears his laurels with perfect unconsciousness, and has a kind
word for everyone. Missouri's people love young men of his open candor and enthusiasm; he is one whom it is a
pleasureto know in this age ot political degeneracy. Young in years, with a keen intellect and the hope and ambition
of the patriot and the statesman, no young man in the State has a brighter future than this young Senator from
old Pike.
SENATOR McCLINTIC.
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*HE subject of this sketch is Senator William S. McClintic, one of the
most substantial Democrats in the Senate of Missouri. He was bom
fifty-three years ago in the County of Rockbridge in Virginia. There he
received his educational training and spent his boyhood days; he came to
Missouri in 1867, and prior to that time had resided in Tennessee for several
years. He left the Virginia Military Institute in i86r and entered the Con-
federate army in Stonewall Jackson's Brigade and served throughout the
war in the army of northern Virginia; he followed the flag whose meteoric
splendor ended in defeat and laid down his sword at Appomattox. He is
married and has six living children: was elected to the Legislature from
Marion county in 1888, and in 1892 was elected State Senator from the
Thirteenth Senatorial District. He is a Democrat of the most pronounced kind and is a very strong man in the body
of which he is a member. Being a farmer he is thoroughly imbued with their interests and there are many of his
enthusiastic friends over the State who earnestly desire his elevation to higher honors in the political future of Missouri,
SENATOR O'BANNON.
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HE biggest man in the present State Senate is James P. O'Bannon, the
subject of this sketch. Mr. O'Bannon is thirty-eight years old, was
born in Dallas county, Mo., and educated in its common schools. He was
united in marriage to Miss Louisa E. Robbins, of his native county, and is
father of four children, two boys and two girls. Mr. O'Bannon is by no
means an amateur in politics. In 1882 he was made Circuit Clerk and ex-
officio Recorder in Dallas county, and afterward made the race and was
re-elected. In 1890 he went before the Senatorial Convention of his district
and was given the nomination and election ; his popularity is attested by the
fact that in 1894 he was re-elected. Until recently he was editor and publisher
of the Buffalo Reflex, a sturdy Republican newspaper. For years he has been
Chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Dallas county, and is at
the present time a member of the State Committee ; in this capacity he has served for ten years. Mr. O'Bannon is
one of the most prominent Republicans in the State and plays an active part in the present State Senate. He is in
size and weight in the Senate what the irrepressible and gallant Colonel John T. Crisp is in the House of Represent-
atives— by far the biggest man in it; in other words, Mr. O'Bannon is "sort of a Tom Reed " in the Republican
minority of the Senate. He is agreeable in nature, and in every way one of the most substantial members in the
upper mill of Missouri lawmakers.
SENATOR HOHENSCHILD.
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^HERE are few more brilliant young Democrats in the State of Missouri
than the subject of this sketch, Senator Henry H. H ihenschild, who
is the youngest member of the Senate. He was born in 1865, in St. Louis,
but at present resides in Rolla, Mo. He was educated in the public and High
schools of St. Louis, and afterward attended several architectural schools,
from which institutions he perfected himself in his chosen profession, that
of architecture.
In politics Senator Hohenschild is an ardent and uncompromising Dem-
ocrat and believes firmly in the great fundamental principles of that party to
which so many illustrious men have dedicated their lives. Up to this time
Cupid has not succeeded in entangling the handsome young Senator in any
matrimonial complication — how long he will be able to elude the flying
arrows of the tricky little god of love, however, no one presumes to say.
No young man is more respected by his fellow Senators than Hohenschild; to know him is to be attracted by his
charming personality and frank, open young manhood.
The speech on the companion bills to establish homes for ex-Confederate and Federal soldiers, delivered in the
Senate by this young Senator, was one of the most beautiful orations that has been heard in that historic chamber
for years. He is a young man of eloquence and ability, and has a host of warm and admiring friends, who hope for
him that the future will finally give to him all that it promises at present.
SENATOR BURKHEAD,
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HO represents the Nineteenth District in the Senate of the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly, is one of the most talented and worthy
men in that talented body. He was born in Coweta county, Georgia, Jan-
uary 20, i860, and was educated in the private schools of Alabama ; began
teaching in his eighteenth year, and taught two years; read law in the office of
Robinson & Brown; at Scottsboro, Ala., and was admitted to the bar by the
Supreme Court of that State February 3, 1883 ; practiced in the Twenty-
second Judicial Circuit in partnership with ex-Governor Lewis E. Parsons >
located at Ava, Mo., January 10, 1886, where he has ever since enjoyed a lucra-
tive practice, In 1896 Mr. Burkhead was a candidate before the Republican
Convention of the Fourteenth Congressional District, but turned his forces
to Hon. John A. Snider when nomination was practically won for himself.
He headed his county delegation to the Senatorial Convention of the Nine-
teenth District, pledged to Hon. W. A. Love ; voted the delegation eighty-
eight times for Love, and on the eighty-ninth ballot was himself nominated by the convention. He made a close
canvas of the district, making eighty-one speeches. Four years previous all the counties had gone Republican, giving
his predecessor 991 majority. This time three counties went democratic, and all the others gave a decreased Repub-
lican majority, yet Mr. Burkhead was elected by a majority of 2,922 over the Democratic- Populist candidate. Mr.
Burkhead has taken an active part in all important measures before the senate, and has also introduced a number of
bills providing for needed amendments to the laws. He has served on the Committees on Criminal Jurisprudence^
Insurance and Justices of the Peace, and has made a very useful and safe committeeman.
of the Nineteenth District are safe in the hands of Mr. Burkhead.
The legislative interests
SENATOR CHILD ERS.
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H. CHIIvDERS, the subject of this sketch, is one of the most sub-
• stantial Democratic members of the present State Senate. He is
thirty-four years old and was born in Carrolton, Carrol county, Ark. When
only one year old his father left the former State and came to Hickory
county. Mo., where the Senator grew to manhood. He first served his time
in the common public schools and afterward completed his course in the
Rondo, Mo., Academy. He was united in marriage to Miss Jessie B. Nihart,
who is thirty-two years old at the present time ; they have no children. A
great deal of credit is due to Senator Childers. Born without the advantages
of affluent wealth with which to perfect his ambitions, he taught school and
thus enabled himself to take up the study of law. When he was twenty-
one years old he was admitted to the bar, and has been engaged in active practice ever since at Hermitage, the town
where he resides. Senator Childers is very popular among his fellow members in the Senate. He is agreeable per-
sonally and is in every sense of the word a courteous gentleman. As a legislator he is brainy, liberal minded and a
man who is ever vigilant of the interests of the common people. He was Chairman of the Committee on Insurance,
one of the most important committees in the Senate ; also Chairman of the Committee on Justices of the Peace.
SENATOR VANDIVER.
SENATOR CHARLES H. VANDIVER, who represents the Seventeenth District
was born May 1, 1840, in Hampshire county, Virginia, reared on a farm, and in
1861 enlisted as a private in Company F, Seventh Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A. ;
served through the war until losing his right arm near Petersburg, Va.. June 26, 1864,
then Lieutenant, commanding his company. He had, previous to this, been wounded
twice— shot in the head at Morefield and through the body at Culpepper Court
House, Va. ; was in the battle of Manassas. Brandy Station, Gettysburg, the Wilder-
ness, and other principal engagements of Lee and Stonewall Jackson, up to the date
of losing his arm. He had many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes, losing
seven horses killed under him in action. After the war he read law, but gave it up
for the journalistic profession, and edited a paper at Keyser, W. Va., for ten years;
was Sergeant-at-Arms of the West Virginia Senate in 1883-83; came to Missouri in the
latter year; has since engaged in farming; was elected State Senator of the Seven-
teenth District from Lafayette county, November, 1896.
On the occasion when taken from the field of active conflict as a result of his
physical disability, the Lieutenant Colonel, Thos. M. Marshall, commanding the reg-
iment, wrote him the following pathetic tribute and sympathetic letter— (Colonel Marshall was subsequently killed in battle,
and they never met again):—
Headquarters Seventh V. C, August 7th, 1864.
My Dear Vandiver:— I am^unwilling that your connection with us should be severed without offering some tribute to worth
so unusual and services so distinguished. I canvassed for a little while in my own mind the propriety of going with your com-
pany and making a more formal address at the station, ere the parting train should take away from us one who has been so truly
esteemed and so highly prized as yourself. But in consideration of your health and my own relative affliction my mind has
concluded against it.
SENATOR VANDIVER.— Continued.
The stern necessities of our condition as soldiers, who should be ever ready to meet the direst dangers and most cruel scenes,
tend to harden our susceptibilities and compel us to control our finer emotions, so that we become dull of lieart in realizing the
most affecting occurrences, and slow of speech to express that which should come from the soul, as a free-flowing fountain.
I cannot bear to part from one so riclily endowed by the "God of Nature" and of "'Grace" with the noblest qualities which
adorn humanity, without endeavoring to express (however feebly it may be) my high appreciation of your uncommon merit.
Severed from us, your comrades in arms, by a dispensation of an " Allwise Providence," which has seen iit to disable you from
active service in your former position, I feel satisfied that the " Spirit of Charles Vandiver " will shape for him in his future life
some course of noble usefulness, which will redound to the service of liis country, the honor of humanity and the glory of his God.
Though maimed by a ruthless foe and robbed of the right arm of your physical strength, I feel assured that the mighty soul
within what remains of your manly form will find some mode of expression and will overcome by its inherent energy, strength-
ened by tlie grace that is in you, whatever obstacles may beset your pathway.
The Holy Scriptures say that " Greater is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." More to be envied is the man
possessed of the qualities witli which you are endowed than the highest dignitary with widest sway, decked in the briglitest robes
of office.
You will not believe, my dear sir, that what I have said proceeds from aught but a sincere heart, that this is the smooth speech
of the flatterer and not the utterance of a true friend and hearty admirer. Should it tend to produce in you any feeling of self-
exaltation, I have only to advert to that other passage of Scripture, '"What hast thou, that thou didst not receive. "
Though unacquainted with her who gave you birth. I yet feel in some degree bound to her by chords of sympathy. Tell
her that in your case there is no cause for regret; that the bright record you have left behind you as a brave Southern soldier and
the noble deeds you have wrought in your country's cause will be more than a compensation for the great personal loss you have
met with.
And now, my dear sir, I must bid you " farewell." If, in the course of Providence, our future paths in life should lie near each
other, it would be a source of gratitude and pleasure to me. Or should it be in my power at any time to do you a service, be
assured that to none would it be rendered with more alacrity and cheerfulness. But should (what by some is called ) " the
chance of war" cause us to meet no more in this life, I trust that in a higher, holier and happier world our acquaintance will be
renewed, never to be broken. Truly your friend and well-wisher,
THOMAS MARSHALL, Lieutenant-Colonel Seventh V. C.
SENATOR SEABER.
A LFRED NAPIER SEABER is one of the stanchest Republican mem-
^ *■ bers of the present State Senate. He was born fifty -seven years ago
in Cleveland, Ohio, and in that State passed his boyhood days, and in its
schools he received his education. Afterward he moved to Kentucky, and
came to this State twelve years ago.
Mr. Seaber was united in marriage to Hannah E. Baling, of Perry
county, Kentucky, and is the father, of four children. He resides at Kirks-
ville, Adair county, and there practices the profession of law.
He was the candidate for Congress in the Tenth Kentucky District in 1880, and was defeated by a small margin
by J. D. White; he was Justice of the Peace from 1873 to 1880; Special Examiner of Pensions of the United States
Pension Office from 1882 to 1893, and State Senator from 1894 to 1898. Senator Seaber is a man who enjoys the
utmost confidence and respect from his fellow Senators. He is a courteous gentleman, fair in controversy, but ardent
in advocacy of any cause he may espouse. He is a man eminently qualified for the high position he holds. Is a mem-
ber of the Committees on Appropriations, Corporations, and Penitentiary; also author of the new ballot and osteop-
athy laws. He is also a warm friend of our educational institutions and interested in educational legislation.
SENATOR DAVISSON.
SAMUEL P. DAVISSON is one of the substantial members of the pres-
ent State Senate. He was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. His
father, J, C. Davisson, died in 1864, and his mother, Sallie A. Davisson,
moved to Harrison county, Mo., where she reared a family of seven children.
Senator Davisson was educated in the Kirksville Normal and at Grand River
College; he has taught school and been an editor and merchant, but is now
engaged in farming. He was united in marriage to Miss Gara Burrows,
daughter of ex -Congressman Burrows, and is the father of two children, a
daughter and a son. He has resided in this State ever since 1865, when he
left Indiana. He has been County School Commissioner for two terms — from
1885 to 1889; has been Representative for two terms and is at present a val-
ued member of the State Senate. He is a Republican in politics and owes his political honors to that party. In his
legislative career he has been interested especially in matters appertaining to Pure Food, Asylums, Education and
Insurance.*, He is a gallant champion of the rights of woman, and contends vigorously for the purest basis of society
that legislative safeguards can create. He takes a very active part in all the Senate discussions, and if matters do
not suit him he is not slow in raising a vigorous protest. Taken all in all, the Senator from Harrison is a man emi-
nently qualified to represent his constituency in the State Senate, and his official conduct is such as to reflect credit
upon himself and his people.
SENATOR WELLS.
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THIS short sketch is a brief biography of William C. Wells, the Demo-
cratic Senator from the Third District. He resides at Platte City,
Platte county, and was born in Madison county, Kentucky, sixty-two years
ago. He was educated in the public schools of the county in which he now
resides. He left Kentucky, "the State of Colonels," and the birthplace of
our own great and matchless ex-Gov. William J. Stone, in 1843, and ever
since that time has been content to rest his fortunes in Old Missouri, He
was a member of the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth General Assemblies, which
has given him an extensive experience in legislative affairs; he has also held
other offices of a public nature in Platte county, having been Public Adminis-
trator for eight years, and Director of the Platte City public schools nine years.
Senator Wells is a widower, his wife, Miss Eliza Jane Strother, of Madison
county, Kentucky, having died in 1890, leaving five children, one of whom
has since died; two sons are engaged in the banking business in Platte City at the present time. Senator Wells has
himself been engaged in the banking business the past eighteen years, and is at present at the head of the Wells
Banking Company.
The Senator is a man of genial disposition and winning manners, takes an active part in all legislative matters
which come before the body of which he is a member, and is in every way one of the most substantial Democratic
members in the present State Senate.
SENATOR WILLIAMS.
J
OHN M. WILLIAMS was born October 6, 1843, in Guernsey county, Ohio
His parents were of Irish extraction, with an admixture of Welsh and
Scotch blood; was born and reared on a farm, and attended the district schools
until seventeen, when he taught one term. August 16, 1862, he enlisted as a
private soldier in Co. E, One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment of Ohio
Infantry. This regiment was organized at Zanesville, Ohio, and first saw active
service in Western Virginia. A few days after the battle of Gettysburg the
regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac, with which it remained
until after the close of the war. During the summer of 1864 the Sixth Army
Corps, of which his regiment was part, was sent to the Shenandoah Valley, where it took a prominent part in the
victories gained by General Sheridan. Mr. Williams had the good fortune to pass through all these battles without
sickness or wounds.
After being discharged from the army — at which time he had been promoted to the rank of Captain — he returned
to his Ohio home, where he attended school for a year. He then came to California, Mo., where he has ever since
resided. He read law while teaching school and serving as Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court, and was admitted to
the bar in 1867. In October, 1868, he married Miss Alice Gray Howard, of Cooper county; eight children, all living,
were born to them. Mr. Williams was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Moniteau county in 1890 by a combination
between the Republicans and Populists, and by a similar combination was elected Senator in 1894 over Dr. J. P. H.
Gray (Dem.) for the Fourteenth District, composed of Camden, Cooper, Howard, Morgan and Moniteau counties.
Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic Order and of the Presbyterian Church.
SENATOR BREWSTER.
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HE following sketch is a brief biography of one of the strongest and
most substantial young men in the State Senate, A. W. Brewster.
Senator Brewster was born at Austinburg, Ohio, and is thirty-two years old.
He has passed the major portion of his life, however, in the State of Kansas,
and received his education in Washburn College at Topeka. He is a lawyer
by profession, and no man of his age in the State has a brighter future in
his chosen line than the Senator from St. Joseph.
Politically speaking. Senator Brewster is a Republican of the stanchest
kind and is at all times ready to defend the principles of his party; he is an
orator of no mean qualities, and in this respect is as powerful as any other
member of the present Senate.
Senator Brewster is thoroughly courteous in his bearing, and no man in the State Capital is more popular than
he. The fact that he has resided in this State only six years and that he is now in the Senate is suflScient guarantee
of his power and popularity.
Senator Brewster was united in marriage to Miss Ada O. Kanaga. His presence in the State Senate means influ-
ence, and his district could find no more able or more courteous gentleman to represent it in that honorable body.
SENATOR ANDERSON.
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HE subject of this sketch is a rock-ribbed Democrat, Senator Benjamin
M. Anderson from Boone county. Mr. Anderson is a typical Missou-
rian; he was born and reared in Boone county and has lived there the greater
part of his life — he is forty-two years old. Mr. Anderson has been engaged
in the mercantile business quite actively, but in 1881 gave it up for farming
and the raising of live stock ; this he has been engaged in upon quite an ex-
tensive scale. His first political experience in an official capacity may be
said to date from i886,when he was elected County Collector of Boone county ;
he held this office for two terms. In 1894 he was elected Presiding Judge of
the county in which he resides. He is the son of Benjamin and Sarah Ander-
son of Orange county; was married in 1882 to Miss Fannie Bowling of Colum-
bia, Missouri. After serving for two years in the capacity of Presiding Judge, his ambition took a wider scope and he
was nominated and elected to the State Senate from his district. There is not a man in the present Senate who has
more warm hearted and admiring friends than Senator Ben. M. Anderson. As a legislator he is painstaking and able.
He never loses sight of the interests of his constituency, and is always ready to extend favors to others that he may
gain points for the people of his district. But his great popularity is due to his charming personality. There is no
sturdy Democrat in this broad State who has in his breast a warmer heart than the Senator from Boone, and it is to
this fact that he owes his countless friends. As long as one man lives who is connected with the Senate of Missouri,
he will never forget the jovial and big hearted Anderson of Boone county.
SENATOR POWERS.
H
ARVEY B. POWERS is a Republican member of the present State
Senate. He was born in Illinois, the home of " Honest Old Abe,"
fifty- four years ago. He resides at Powersville, Putnam county, and is a man
who believes firmly in the principles of that partj' which chose William
McKinley as Executive for the next four years. He was educated in the
public schools and has improved as best he could the opportunities of his
life. His profession is that of minister, and for twenty-seven years he has
been a minister of the M. E. Church ; he also engages in farming, and as a
legislator is thoroughly imbued with the interests and welfare of the farming
classes. He has also held other public positions, having been elected Judge
of the County Court in 1881 and 1882. He served three years in Company
"E" of the 124th Illinois Infantry during the civil war — from a common
private to Second Lieutenant. Senator Powers is married and has seven
children — four boys and three girls. It was in 1866 that he left Illinois to come to Missouri and cast his fortunes with
her hospitable people. The Senator is a man of very agreeable personality, though quiet in nature. He is for strict
economy in all public expenditures, and never lets the opportunity escape to raise his voice in behalf of the common
people. He is one of the most substantial members of the present State Senate.
SENATOR LANCASTER.
RICHARD D. LANCASTER (Democrat), of St. Louis, who represents
the Thirty-second District of St. Louis City in the State Senate, was
born in Ireland, December 21, 1836; came to this country in 1849, ^'^^ settled
in St. Louis, where he has since resided; was educated in the public schools
of St, Louis; has been engaged in the real estate business since i860; cast his
first vote in i860, voting for Stephen A. Douglas for President; was elected
a member of the City Council in 1866 and re-elected in 1868; was elected to
"the State Senate in 1870 and served four years; he was an enthusiastic sup-
porter of General Frank P. Blair for United States Senator in 1871 and 1873;
during his term in the Senate, he took an active and prominent part in all
matters of legislation, especially favoring the adoption of the Scheme and Charter for the separate government of the
City of St. Louis; subsequenty served as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee for four years, also as
a member of the City Democratic Committee; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in i876, and at
that time was in advance of his party in advocating the nomination of a Western man for President; in 1885, he was
appointed Surveyor of the Port by President Cleveland, which office he held until the incoming of the Harrison
administration in 1889; was again elected to the State Senate in 1894. Married.
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SENATOR GOODYKOONTZ.
^1 riLLIAM R. GOODYKOONTZ, of Caledonia, Washington county,
' ' is a Missourian. Was born at Caledonia, in the county which he
represents, February lo, 1852; received his education in the schools of Cale-
donia; was a member of the House of the Thirty- third and Thirty- fourth
General Assemblies; was elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District in 1894. Democrat. Ph^ician; widower.
SENATOR LYONS,
WILLIAM F. LYONS, of Kansas City, who represents the Seventh District in the Senate, is a lawyer by pro-
fession, and a good one. He also takes much interest in politics, and evidently stands high with his party,
else he would not have been chosen to the responsible and honorable position he now holds. He was born May i6,
1862, in Lafayette county, Missouri, and reared in that county; educated at Emery and Henry college, Virginia, and
at the St. Louis and Chicago Law Schools, he is thoroughly equipped for the responsible duties to which he has been
called. He is a conspicuous figure in the Senate of the Thirty -ninth General Assembly of Missouri.
SENATOR LAND RUM.
RICHARD H. LANDRUM, (Republican), Mt. Vernon, Lawrence county,
who represents the Eighteenth District in the State Senate, was born
May 31, 1834, in Jefferson county, Tenn. ; educated in a log school-house in
native county; came to Lawrence county, Missouri, November i, 1851, with
a widowed mother, in a two-horse wagon, being forty- two days on the road;
financial condition, all told, on arrival, 25 cents in silver; hired out by the
day or month for support. In 1853 he pre-empted a section of government
land and began the improvement of the farm upon which he lived until 1887;
in the winter of 1855 hired to E. G. Paris, now of Paris Springs, Missouri, to
drive hogs from Mount Vernon to St. Louis, a distance of 300 miles, walking
the entire distance there and back, the snow being too deep on the return trip for hoise or wagon; with the excep-
tion of fall of 1853 and summer of 1854, when he worked on a farm in Texas at $13 per month, has resided in Law-
rence county ever since coming to the State; was enrolled in the Lawrence county Home Guards May 16, 1861, being
elected Second Lieutenant, and afterward First Lieutenant of Company B, Seventy-sixth Regiment E. M. M. ; has
held the offices of Constable, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the County Court, Probate Court and Court of Common
Pleas; member of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly, and elected State Senator in 1894; has practiced law since
1870; is a relative of John Sevier, the first Governor of Tennessee. Married April 17, 1856, to Susan E. Hargrove.
SENA TOR MA TTHE WS.
T
HE following is a brief sketch of Buell Lyon Matthews, a member of
the present State Senate. He resides at Hermann, where he enjoys
an extensive and lucrative practice as a lawyer. He is a native Missourian
and was born in this State thirty-five years ago; he served his apprenticeship
in the common schools of Gasconade county, and afterward completed his
education in the State University. In politics he has always been a stanch
Republican and is ever ready to fight the political battles of that party. In
1888 Senator Matthews was elected to the Legislature and re-elected in 1890;
in 1892 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Gasconade county and in '94
was elevated to the State Senate from the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, comprising the counties of Franklin, Gas-
conade and St. Louis. He is married and has four bright children. As a legislator he is conscientious, careful and
able and in every way competent to occupy a seat in the Senate of this State.
SENATOR SCHWEICKARDT.
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*HIS cut is the resemblance of the jovial and good natured Senator,
Charles Schweickardt, from St. Louis. He is fifty years old and was
born in Germany, the nation of martialed soldiers and the home of the
world's greatest living statesman. Prince Bismarck, the man of blood and
irou. Until thirteen years of age he lived in the " Fatherland," and there,
around the old firesides with his boyish companions, listened to the story of
Kris Kringle and other pretty myths that have been told for centuries. He
is a Republican in politics, yet is liberal minded on all propositions and does
not carry things to that bitter partisan degree or excess which characterizes so many public men. He came to this
State from New York twenty-two years ago and has resided in St. Louis ever since; was nominated to the State Senate
during his absence at the National Liquor Dealers' Convention and has been an active man in politics for twenty
years. He is a widower and has two living children. Senator Schweickardt is a man who is well liked by^his col-
leagues from the fact of his genial good nature; as a legislator he is well informed and thoroughly competent.
SENATOR MARTIN.
THE following is a brief sketch of Senator Thomas C. Martin, one of the
stanch and able members of the present State Senate. He was born
in 1837 in the State of New York, at Albany, and in that historic and great
Gotham of America grew to manhood. He was educated in the public schools
L of that State, and by being of an observing nature has acquired a vast fund
|of general information upon all practical subjects. He is an unqualified
Republican and is a strong man in the minority in the present Senate. He
was married to Miss Kate Straut, of St. Louis, and is the father of three chil-
dren: two daughters and a son. During the war he was in the transport service on the Mississippi river. He was a
member from St. Louis to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh General Assemblies and
was elected State Senator from that city in 1896, from the Thirtieth Senatorial District. He has been a School
Director in St. Louis and also Deputy SherifiF and Deputy City Marshal of that city. He is a man who acts with
mature deliberation and is in every sense of the word competent to sit in the Senate of this State.
SENATOR MARSHALL.
JOHN E. MARSHALL, (Democrat), of Sikeston, Scott county, Mo.,
was born in that county in 1855. He was liberally educated in Charles-
ton, Mississippi county, and is ranked as a successful farmer and merchant.
He has been a Judge of the County Court two terms, and has also been
prominent in everything that tended to promote the welfare and advance the
interests of his fellowmen.
Mr. Marshall possesses fine ability, a pleasant address and the utmost
confidence of all who have the honor of his acquaintance. He is married
and is the father of six children.
SENATOR ORCHARD.
IN the Senate of Missouri there sits no more perfect and courteous gentle-
man than James Orchard of Howell county. Senator Orchard was born
in Shannon county, October^24, 1850; has lived all his life in the fifth State
of the Union. He owes his present position of honor to his own persistent
efforts. He educated himself in private schools and having an ambition to
become a lawyer perfected himself in that profession. He is a Democrat of
the truest blue, and is a valuable man in the battles of his party; he has held
various oflBces, such as County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Probate Judge and
Prosecuting Attorney of Shannon county — illustrating his popularity among
the people where he grew to manhood. In 1894 he was elected to the State
Senate and is at the present time one of the most influential Democratic members of that body. He has succeeded in
passing a number of important measures and takes an active part in all legislation that comes before that body. He
is a courteous gentleman and numbers his friends by the score; no man in that high body enjoys a greater degree of
profound respect than Senator James Orchard.
SENATOR BALLARD.
JASPER N. BALLARD, of Montrose, Henry county, who represents the
Sixteenth District in the State Senate, is a native Missourian, born
March 20, 1842, in Cooper county, and educated in the common schools of
this State; was Presiding Judge of the Bates County Court for five years;
represented the same county in the Thirty-first General Assembly, and was
in attendance upon the called session of the same Assembly, which convened
April, 1882, to re-district the State into Congressional Districts; farmer and
banker; elected to the State Senate November 6, 1894. On January 8, 1858,
was married to Josephine L. Starke, of Cooper county. Senator Ballard is
a Democrat and has made an honorable record in the Senate.
SENATOR YOUNG.
ONE of the strongest and handsomest members of the Upper House is
the gentleman who represents the Fifth District. He is a resident of
Kansas City, and a lawyer by profession. Mr. Young was born in Ray
county, Mo , January 20, 1858. Grew to manhood in Ray county; was
educated in the public schools and at Kirksville Normal. He was Mayor of
Carrollton two terms, beginning in 1S83. Was Delegate to the National
Democratic Convention in 1888, at St. Louis. He is married and has three
children, his wife being Miss Ida F. Gant, of Ray county. Mr. Young is
Chairman of the Committee on Criminal Costs, also of the Committee on
Cities of over 35,000, and is a member of the Committees on Judiciary and
Eleemosynary Institutions. He is a tireless worker, and stands high among
his fellow-members.
SENATOR MOTT.
FREDERICK W. MOTT, of St. Louis, representing the Twenty-ninth
Senatorial District in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, is one of the
most useful and popular members of the Legislature. He is forty-seven
years old, was born in New York City, but left there at the age of six years,
when he removed to Carlinville, 111., where he attended the common schools
and Blackburn University. In 1865 removed to St. Louis and attended the
High School. He was married at an early age to Miss Isabella Rutherfurd,
whose grandmother was a first cousin to Sir Walter Scott. To this union
were born two sons, one of whom lost his life in an attempt to rescue a
drowning companion. Mr. Mott has for many years been prominent in St.
Louis as a real estate and financial agent, and has taken great interest and
an active part in politics. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and
was for eight years Secretary and member of the State Committee, He was
a member of the Legislature for the years 1879-80, also for 1881-82, at which
time he fought through the Street Railway Bill, and built the road from
Carondelet to Sixth street. For these services he was specially banquetted
at Cherokee Garden with a number of his colleagues. He was Water Rates
Commissioner for St. Louis from 1883 to 1887; was a member of the National
Convention in 1884 which nominated Hon. Jas. G. Blaine. In 1895 and 1897 he
served in the State Senate, vice James McGinnis, deceased, and succeeded in
passing many important measures. During this time he introduced fourteen bills, ten of which became laws. He
was put on the Committee on Appropriations, also on Insurance, and three Conference Committees by a Democratic
Governor. In the present Senate he has served ably on the Appropriations Committee, the Committee on Eleemosy-
nary Institutions, on Public Health, on Printing, and on two Conference Committees. He has introduced and passed
the bill known as the St Louis Primary Law, also the Bill on Charities and Corrections, and a concurrent resolution
to enable the City of St. Louis to increase her indebtedness ten million dollars for the purpose of restoring the hos-
pital wrecked by last year's cyclone, and to complete the city building and make other improvements. Senator Mott
stands high with his party, and at the same time commands the respect and enjoys the friendship of his political
opponents. He is a most useful and capable public servant.
SENATOR DRUM.
1"^ OBERT DRUM, of Marble Hill, Bollinger county, who represents the
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Twenty-first District, composed of the counties of Bollinger, Butler,
Cape Girardeau, Carter, Ripley and Wayne, is a native Missourian, born in
Cape Girardeau country, April ii, 1845; educated in the common schoolsl
served six months in the Eighth Regiment of the Provisional Enrolled Mis-
souri Militia in 1863; represented Bollinger county in the Thirtieth and
Thirty-first General Assemblies; elected County Treasurer in 1888, and State
Senator in 1892. Merchant; married.
SENATOR MADISON.
ROBERT G. MADISON, of Festus, Jefferson county, who represents the
Twenty-sixth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Jeffer-
son, Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois and Perry, is a Democrat and a native of
Missouri; born in Ste. Genevieve county, educated in the common schools
and State University; was Sheriff and Collector of Ste. Genevieve county
four years, and represented the county in the Twenty-seventh General As-
sembly; removed to JeflFerson county, where he has served as Presiding Judge
and Associate Justice of the County Court for the past ten years; was a mem-
ber of the State Grange in Ste. Genevieve county, and President of the Jef-
ferson county F. and L. U. four years; has been identified with all farmers'
organizations, either ofl&cially or otherwise. Married.
SENATOR KLENE.
BENJAMIN J. KLENE, of St. Louis, who represents the Thirty-fourth
Senatorial District, was born July 4, 1858, at Sparta, 111.; received his
education partly at Sparta, and at St. Louis, being a graduate of the law de-
partment of the Washington University; was first lieutenant Co. "C," gtk
111. Nat. Guard; served as City Clerk of his native town; came to Missouri!
to live in 1885; was elected State Senator in 1894. Married.
SENATOR BUSCHE.
y^~>HARLES F. BUSCHE, who represents the Thirty-third District, of St.
^— -^ Louis City, in the State Senate, is a Republican, and one of the lead-
ers of that honorable body.
Senator Busche was born in Hanover, Germany, January 17, 1857. He
came to America in i860, landing at New Orleans; in 1864 came to Missouri,
and has resided in St. Louis ever since. He was educated in the common
schools of St. Louis, and at a commercial college.
In 1888 Mr. Busche was elected to the Senate, and in 1892 he was
re-elected. He is a wholesale baker, and Vice-President of the Confectioner
& Baker Publishing Co. He was married in 1880 to Miss Bertha Jansen.
SENATOR MORTON.
IN the Senate of Missouri there is no abler or more highly respected young
man than John F. Morton, the subject of this sketch. He resides at
Richmond, Ray county; he was born at New Orleans, but passed his child-
hood days and grew to manhood in the great old State whose people he is
now serving in the capacity of a State Senator. He was educated in the
schools of Richmond, ^lissouri, and afterward completed his educational
Itraining at Portsmouth, Ohio.
Senator Morton is a lawyer and has a brilliant future in his chosen pro-
fession. Up to this time he has escaped the snares of Cupid, but it is not the
purpose of this biographer to give bond for his continuance in this condition
for any great length of time. Senator Morton was a member of the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth General Assemblies,
and was Speaker pro tern of the Thirty-fifth. In 1894 he was elected to the honorable body of which he is now a
member. Senator Morton is an uncompromising Democrat and takes an active part in the Senate discussions, and
is always listened to with the greatest respect. His friends hope to see him in Congress at no very distant day, and
this wish has an extensive probability of becoming true. He is young, able and ambitious, and has a future that
promises to be brilliant and successful.
SENATOR MILLER.
ELIJAH MILIvER, who represents the First Senatorial District in the
Upper House of the Thirty-ninth General Assembl)', is one of the most
experienced, safe and competent legislators in that able body. He was born in
Buchanan county, Missouri, May 7, 1839, ^^d grew up in that county and in
the neighboring county of Worth. His residence has been for many years
at Denver, Worth county, where he has a successful practice as a lawyer.
He is a thorough Democrat in politics. Has served his people as Constable,
Justice of the Peace, County Assessor and two terms in the Legislature, one of
which was the revising session of 1S89. In the House he won distinction for
his careful and able services on the Committees on Accounts, Clerical Force
and Criminal Jurisprudence, and made such a good record generally that his
people concluded he was good enough to send to the Senate. During the
Civil War he served three years in the L^nion army. Company E, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers. Mr. Miller
is married, his wife being Miss Elizabeth Bridges, of Worth county, and to this union have been born six children,
four of whom are living. Mr. Miller represents some of the best and most important counties in North Missouri
and does it so faithfully and well that each and every citizen of those counties ought to feel proud of him. He consumes
very little time in debating for the sake of show, but gets right down to business with an earnestness and judgment
which insures the best results in legislation. And he commands the esteem,' confidence and friendship of men of all
parties.
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SENATOR GRAY.
O
^ NE of the shrewdest and ablest Republicans that ever sat in the Senate
of this State is the subject of this sketch, the wiry little Howard
Gray, from Jasper county. Senator Gray was born June 5, 1862, in Dela-
ware county, Iowa, and came to Missouri in 1870. He was educated at the
Fort Scott Normal school and is a man of the highest polish and educational
attainment — not that his educational advantages were the best the country
affords, yet his natural inborn shrewdness and quickness gives him great
superiority. Senator Gray is a lawyer by profession and has an extensive
and lucrative practice in Jasper county. He takes a leading hand in all
legislation which comes before the Senate and though he is a Republican he
is broad and liberal minded and is much admired by his associates irrespective of party, and it is his inherent quick-
ness and wit that makes him a worthy foe and often raises a good round of hearty applause at the expense of some
Senator with whom he happens to be contending. Senator Gray is a gentleman of that broad guage whom Democrats
admire as weU as Republicans. He is a married man.
T
REV. GIVEN.
HERE are few men in the State more amiable or gentlemanly than
Rev. John C. Given, the Chaplain of the State Senate. He is a resi-
dent of Jefferson City, and was born fifty-one years ago in Bath county,
Virginia. He passed the greater part of his boyhood days and grew into
manhood in Virginia and Illinois; he was educated in the public schools
mostly; however, attended several private schools. His vocation in life is
to plead with sinful humanity and to implore it from its way of error. He is
a minister of the M. E- Church, South; he became converted in 1866 and
entered the Southwest Missouri Conference in 1876. Rev. Given has been
married twice; first to Miss Mary A. Rider, of his native State, and after-
ward to Mrs. Sevilla Corkran. He is the father of two bright children. Rev. Given's popularity is due principally
to his charming personality; he has the mixing qualities of a veteran politician, and it is to this fact that he owes his
election as Chaplain. However, no minister in Missouri could invoke Heaven's blessings upon the august State
Senate in a more reverential manner than Rev. John C. Given.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
JOHN W. FARRIS, Speaker of the House and member of the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly from Laclede county, is one of the best known
men in the State. He took the initiative step in organizing the silver forces
of Missouri last year and immediately sprang into prominence as an able and
efificient organizer and trusted leader. "When the Legislature convened it
was evident that Mr. Farris was still the idol of Missouri Democracy; he was
elected Speaker of the House with scarcely any opposition.
He presided with ability, tact and discretion unexcelled by any other
man who ever filled the chair of Presiding Officer of the House; his rulings
were always fair and satisfactory, while the manner in which he expedited
business excited the admiration of even his political opponents; he was born January 20,1846, in Marion county,
Illinois, and educated in the public schools of his native State; located in Laclede county. Mo., in 1867, and has been
repeatedly honored by the people of that county; was elected County Assessor of Laclede county in 1870; Circuit
Clerk in 1874; Prosecuting Attorney in 1890; in 1882 was elected to the State Senate where he received his first Legis-
lative experience, which has served him to such good purpose in the House. He is one of Lebanon's leading attor-
neys and is devoted to his profession; was married to Miss Belle Brodsbard, Lebanon, Missouri, November 26, 1878.
Mr. Farris is prominently mentioned as a candidate for Governor of Missouri in 1900. His spotless reputation,
coupled with his trustworthiness and ability would make him one of the strongest Executive officers that ever graced
the highest office of Missouri.
GEORGE T. LEE, SPEAKER PRO TEM.
V
' EW men in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly have more to do with
shaping the political policy of its Democratic members than George
T. Lee, the Representative from Carter county. Mr. Lee was born fifty-
three years ago in Jefferson county, Missouri, and went through the
ordinary rudiments of the common schools and afterward completed his
education in Arcadia College in Iron county, this State. He was united in
marriage to Miss Anna Leeper, the daughter of Col. W. T. Leeper, of Mill
Springs, Wayne county, Mo., and four children blessed their union — three
girls and one boy; death, however, claimed the boy and one of the girls,
thus leaving two who minister to the wants of father and mother and weave
more pleasantness and sunshine into life. He represented Wayne county
in the Legislature of this State in 1882 and 1S86 and Carter county in 1890 and 1896. His long service has given him
a career of legislative experience that is probably superior to that of any man who is serving in the present Assem-
bly. Mr. Lee is a man of frank disposition and an unfearing and uncompromising friend of the people's interests.
He is an apt debater' and a measure which does not meet with his approval has a hard road to travel when it comes
before the august members of the Thirty-ninth Assembly. Unlike many men of prestige and influence which
means so much in a body of legislators, his help cannot be secured for any pet measure unless it meets with his
approval in every particular. There is in all this broad State not one man who is a more unterrified Democrat than
"Lee of Carter." In his own language, he is a "moss-back Democrat" of the old school — a man who has no
patience with the superfluous air and red tape of the modern politician, which, after all, is little else than dema-
gogy. He is warm hearted, frank, and a man who wears the toga of leadership because his own imperial manhood
character and ability entitle him to it.
GEORGE T. COLLINS.
NO man in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly plays a more important
part in the Legislative proceedings than George T. Collins, the Rep-
resentative from Scotland county. Mr. Collins was born in the above
county, September lo, 1842, educated in its schools, and in fact has lived
there the greater part of his life. By occupation he is a lawyer and farmer,
in which profession and vocation he has been eminently successful. In all
Missouri there isn't a better Democrat and a more thorough and courteous
gentleman than the member from Scotland ; and no man in the present
Assembly enjoys a greater degree of admiration and respect from his fellow
members than he. Having served in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Gen-
eral Assemblies, he has had a long career of legislative experience that
makes him an invaluable member. Mr. Collins was united in the bonds of
matrimony to Miss Catherine Gorin, of his native county, but has no children; he lives on his farm but keeps a law
oflRce in Memphis. In the Thirty-fifth General Assembly Mr. Collins was Chairman of the Committee on Internal
Improvements ; in this, the Thirty-ninth, he is Chairman of the Committee on Criminal Costs and Fees. During the
temporary organization he was chosen and presided through that usually tumultuous caucus with much deliberation
and ease; he is a man with a determined will, an excellent parliamentarian, and therefore makes a model presiding
officer. He is at present Chairman of the Democratic House caucus. Mr. Collins does not make it a rule to speak
upon every proposition which comes up, but when he does speak the members give him the closest attention. Per-
sonally, he is a courteous gentleman ; politically, an honest fighter and an uncompromising Democrat. To no man
belongs the crown of leadership more justly than to this man whom the citizens of Scotland county have seen fit to
send to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
CHARLES W. GREEN, the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, is by birth an Ohioan, but a Missourian by adoption. His
home is Brookfield, Linn county, where he is president and editor of The
Brookfield Argus, which he established fourteen years ago.
Mr. Green takes much interest in politics, and never fails to be a dele-
gate from his county to the Democratic State Conventions. He has, in addi-
tion to having been elected to the oflSce of Chief Clerk of the Thirty-ninth
Assembly, received other honors. He was a member of the Missouri World's
Fair Commission, and afterward at Pertle Springs was elected a member of
the Democratic State Central Committee. He was also a delegate to the
National Democratic Convention at Chicago. Mr. Green is probably the best known man in North Missouri. He is
thirty-five years of age. His lamented wife, Nellie, who departed this life December lo, 1896, bore him one child,
the beautiful Frances, now in her eighth year, and who is her father's hope and pride.
Chief Clerk Green is of a genial disposition, always loyal to his friends, and never knows defeat. As a newspaper
man and versatile editorial writer he stands near the top of the ladder.
THOMAS M. SPOFFORD.
T
»HOMAS M. SPOFFORD is, in every way, one of the leaders in the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is, at the present time, a resi-
dent of Kansas City. He was born in Tennessee thirty-four years ago; how-
ever, in his boyhood days, he moved to New Orleans, La., and there grew to
manhood. He was educated in the University High School of New Orleans,
and afterward attended the Columbia College of New York City, from which
great institution of learning he graduated in the law. lu 1887 he left Lou-
isiana and came to Kansas City, and there immediately became active and
prominent in political and legal circles. In the recent election he was
chosen by acclamation as the legislative candidate from the Fourth District,
and, although it was carried for McKinley and the other Republicans on the
ticket, Mr. SpofFord came out victorious, thus attesting his popularity and
political strength ; he takes an active part in the House discussions, and
being an able speaker, always takes care of himself. He is a Democrat of
the most pronounced type. His father was a member of the United States Senate, and thus he comes to his political
inclinations through the natural avenues. As Chairman of the Committee on Appropriatic)ns he makes a highly com-
petent man in that very responsible position. Mr. Spofford is a single man — why, we leave it to the gods to explain.
He is a man of charming personality, and counts for his friends all who have been able to form his acquaintance.
Since he has become firmly settled in Missouri politics, and formed the acquaintance of the men who make laws in
Missouri, it is a settled fact that he can have a political future in this State if he so desires. An able speaker, a man
of unquestioned ability and with a host of friends— no man with political ambitions could desire a happier prospect.
COL. JOHN T. CRISP.
O
^ NE of the most picturesque and interesting men that ever sat in the
historic Hall of the House of Representatives in Missouri, is Col.
John T. Crisp. He was born in Cass county, April 3, 1838; educated at
Goshen's Academy, Pleasant Hill, the schools of Chapel Hill and the State
University; served as Engrossing Clerk, Assistant Secretary and Secretary of
the State Senate in 1859, i860 and 1861, respectively, and has called
Missouri his home all his life — he is a typical Missourian; not a specimen of
the modern type, but one of those old time, big hearted, deep and wide
souled men who were all great and whose every act and action was an
emphasis on manhood and a rebuke to littleness. We could say much of
Col. Crisp as to the different positions he has held, for he has been in poli-
tics all his life, but we prefer to talk of him as a man. Ordinary men are as
plentiful in this world as the insects in a tropic clime; but truly great and
brilliant men are lone milestones which only here and there loom up majestic in civilization's pathway.
Col. Crisp is an orator of the old school; again I say he is not that modern parody on oration which in aesthetic
unnaturalness makes its superfluous plea, but when he speaks and you look upon his majestic form, pulsated by
thoughts that come quick and fast, it is then that you say to yourself that the Bentons and Websters are not yet all
extinct; he is not an ordinary man, he is brilliant. With a manner that is terrible in its power and rhetoric as beauti-
ful as that of an Ingersoll, he sweeps all opposition before him; and as you look upon the old veteran a pique of
sadness comes to you — instead of being in the General Assembly he should sit in the National House of Represent-
atives or be fighting the battles of Democracy on the floor of the United States Senate — but the treachery of political
demogogues and the dagger of political cut-throats have kept Col. Crisp from his just deserts and his true sphere. But
when the battle of this life is over and he has gone to a haven where perfidy and dishonesty are unknown, even
a wicked and insincere world cannot help saying that John T. Crisp was a great and brilliant man.
WILLIAM J. McPHERSON,
w
ILLIAM J. M'PHERSON, who is represented in this cut, is one of
the men who helps fight the battles of the Republican minority in
the present General Assembly. He is thirty-five years old and was born in
the State of Indiana, and is a man who has spent his time in several of
America's great States. He came to St. Louis in 1890 and has resided there
ever since. He was educated at Howard Lake, Minnesota, and is a man of
well-rounded, general information. He was married to Miss Pearletta
Grimes, of Illinois, and is the father of two bright little daughters— Grace,
aged 9, and Edith, 7. In politics he has always been an ardent Republican
and is a man who takes an active and aggressive part in the House discus-
sions. He represents the First St. Louis Legislative District and is a painter
and decorator by trade. He introduced a bill into the present Assembly
demanding that the State Board of Health examine all reformatory or insti-
tutions of a like nature, and is very warm in its advocacy. He also is the projector of a bill furnishing free text books
to poor children, and a measure on compulsory education. All of these are meritorious measures, and have a fitting
champion in the person of Mr. McPherson. He is recognized as one of the ablest and most aggressive men in the
Republican minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
WALLACE J. DAVIS.
W'-.
'ALLACE J. DAVIS represents Pike county— the old "State of Pike"
-the ninth in order of organization, and the tenth in point of
wealth and population in Imperial Missouri. He was born April 14, 1850,
near Columbia, Boone county, Missouri, and was educated in the public
schools and the printing office. He was editor and proprietor of the Colum-
bia Sentinel from 1876 to 1884, of the Moberly Daily Headlight from 1884 to
1889; of the Fayette Banner from 1889 to 1893; since January 4, 1893, has
been editor and proprietor of the Bowling Green Post. He served two years
as City Clerk of Columbia, and three years as Justice of the Peace at Bowling
Green. In politics, a Democrat; in religion, a Southern Methodist. In the
Thirty- ninth General Assembly Mr. Davis served on the following Com-
mittees: Appropriations, Accounts, Municipal, Corporations, Clerical
Force, Joint Committee on Printing, and was Chairman of a Special
Committee to examine and report upon the Armory, He is modest in man-
ner, but energetic and determined in the discharge of public duties. Though
closely allied to the old Slave-holding Confederate Democracy of Missouri, he
is liberal and progressive in spirit, and seldom alludes to partisan politics in
discussing public questions. His friends in the House are numerous, and of all political parties. He has gained some
notoriety on account of his bill amending the law in regard to murder trials, permitting the jury to assess the punish-
ment at death or life imprisonment. He has a literary turn of mind, and has written "The Land of Pike," a
companion poem to the old song of Joe Bowers; has also introduced a bill to erect a monument to Joe Bowers. Mr.
Davis is seventh in direct descent from a Scotchman named Davis, who settled in New England nearly three hundred
years ago. His father, Linnaus Davis, was first cousin to the famous Bishop Marvin. His mother, Nancy Weaver,
was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was related to the Jordans of that State and Tennessee. May 27, 1880, Mr.
Davis married Alice L. Ustick, of Dover, Lafayette county, Missouri, descendant of the Usticks of England. They
have one son, Kenneth Forrest, born in Columbia, December 5, 1881. An only daughter, Mabel Claire, born March
24, 1885, a very sweet little girl, died at the age of one year.
FRANK HENRY KOCH.
F
'RANK HENRY KOCH represents the Fourth Legislative District of
the city of St. Louis in the present House of Representatives. He
resides at 1400 Cass Ave and was born and reared in the city whose fittest title
is "Queen of the West. " He was educated in the German Protestant Church
school and is at present engaged in the retail wine and liquor business. He
is a widower; was married to Miss Cora Rowberry of the city in which he
resides, but death claimed her, leaving Mr. Koch alone with two daughters,
who make life cheerful and pleasant for him.
In politics Mr. Koch is an ardent Republican and believes sincerely that
the principles of that party mean the greatest amount of good to the greatest
number of the whole people. He has never held any political office except
the present one, yet in this capacity he serves in a thoroughly competent manner and is to all intents well quali-
fied to represent his constituency in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
JAMES E. VANDIVEER.
J
AMES E. VANDIVEER is one of the old school true and tried Demo-
crats. Forty-seven years ago he was born in Hickory county, Mis-
souri, and up to this time has not seen fit to leave the grand old State of his
birth. He was raised in the above county, Vernon and in Cedar, where he
resides at the present time, and whose people he represents in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly.
Mr. Vandiveer was educated in the common public schools of the State,
but by being a close and energetic student, has succeeded in providing him-
self with a vast store of general and practical information. In politics he
is a Democrat of the truest blue, and not only votes the ticket but works for it like a Trojan. He has been Township
Collector in his county, Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Collector — the latter two terms each. He was united in marriage
to Miss Lizzie C. Still, of Johnson county, and has three children — two daughters and oae son.
Mr. Vandiveer is Chairman of the Engrossing Committee of the House, and is, in every way, one of the most
influential members in the present Assembly. He takes an active part in the House discussions and is respected and
enjoys the good will of all his associates.
HON. SAM M. PICKLER.
KIRKSVILLE, the educational center of North Missouri, is the home of tlie sub-
ject of this brief sketch, who resides in a mansion-like dwelling in the south,
west suburbs of that beautiful prairie city, with a happy family consisting of
a wife. Mary M., and daughter, Ethel C. Pickler. Mr. Pickler owns and operates,
under his personal direction, one of the largest mercantile establishments in Kirks-
ville. He was born in Washington county, Indiana, in 1846, and when he was six
years of age, his parents moved to Iowa, spending several years in the Buckeye
State, and a short time after the close of the Civil War moved to Kirksville, Missouri.
In 1867 Prof. Joseph Baldwin opened a private Normal School and Mr. Pickler was
among his first pupils. He improved every moment of time, making such rapid prog-
ress that not many terms had passed until he was chosen a member of the faculty.
The private Normal was soon merged into the North Missouri State Normal School
and Mr. Pickler continued to teach for two years, when he retired from the profes-
sional labors of an educator to engage in journalism. It was some time in the
seventies when Mr. Pickler studied law and was admitted to tlie bar; he also became
the editor and proprietor of the Kirksville Journal, the Republican party organ of his county. This business venture soon began
to bear bountiful fruit, and its popular editor was married to Miss Mary M. Bowen, a charming lady and former class-mate in the
Normal School. Soon after his marriage he was elected to the General Assembly, when he began to distinguish himself as a
shrewd politician and an able legislator. After his first term of office had expired, he refused further political honors and applied
himself industriously to mercantile pursuits. But in all this period of business activity and success he retained a growing hold
upon the confidence of the people of his county, and it was with some reluctance that he consented again to assume the duties
honors and responsibilities of a Representative.
Mr. Pickler has four brothers, all of whom have distinguished themselves as men of more than average ability. The oldest,
Hon. John A. Pickler. lias served four terms in Congress from South Dakota.
Hon. Sam M. Pickler has, during the present session, been identified with numerous important measures. On the floor of
the House he is the equal of any member in debate. At home he is a gentleman of enterprise, never too busy with his own affairs
to devote his energies to matters of public interest. He has also held the offices of School Commissioner of Adair county, and
Mayor of Kirksville.— 7.?^. City Courier, Feb. 2b, 'gj.
THOMAS W. MARTIN.
»^ OME men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some are born in
vj) Missouri. Thos. W. Martin was born in Missouri and is proud of the
State of his nativity. He was born in Clay county, near Liberty,
April 4, 1863. He moved with his parents to Southwest Missouri when he
was but ten years of age. His parents were poor and could give him only
a common school education. His father gave him his time at eighteen, and
young Martin went out into the world determined to secure the advantages
of a higher education. Where there is a will there is a way, and the subject of
this wasn't slow in realizing the force of the old proverb. He took a select
course in the State Normal at Warrensburg, Mo., and began the vocation of
teaching at the early age of nineteen. The next eight years of his life were
devoted to teaching and attending school alternately, and in reading law.
He was a successful teacher and commanded the highest wages wherever he
taught. In 1890 he was elected Circuit Clerk of Barton county and served
four years. While in the Circuit Clerk's office he prepared himself for the
profession of law and was admitted to the bar September i, 1S94. He ranks
among the best lawyers in Southwest Missouri. He married Miss Ruth Shopley, an accomplished Missouri girl.
They have three interesting children. Mr. Martin has taken an interest in politics since he was eighteen years of
age. He is a Democrat and his democracy is of the Kentucky stripe — bold, fearless and aggressive. He was placed at
the head of the Democratic ticket in Barton county last fall and elected to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly by a
large majority. "Martin of Barton" was one of the most eloquent members of the House and was one of the few
Representatives who commanded universal attention while on the floor. He spoke easily and always with fearless-
ness, and was ever ready to champion any measure that he deemed meritorious. Besides the active work done on the
floor he was chairman of one of the most important committees of the House, namely. Criminal Jurisprudence.
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SAMUEL F. 0' FALLON.
S
AMUEL F. O'FAIvLON, the subject of this sketch, is notably one of the
leaders of the Republican minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assem-
bly. Ke is thirty-nine years old and was born in Minnesota. He left his native
State in 1870, and ever since has lived in Missouri, trying to aid Missou-
rians in behalf of Missouri. He represents Holt county, and no man could
more ably defend her interests than he ; he is a lawyer by profession and
practices at Oregon in the county from which he hails. He first served his
time in the public schools and afterward graduated from the Northwest
Missouri Normal, of Oregon. The present political position of Mr. O'Fallon
is by no means his first official experience ; he has at different times been
Mayor of Oregon, Prosecuting Attorney of Holt county and Judge of its Pro-
bate Court, the latter for a term of eight years.
In 1885 Mr, O'Fallon was united in marriage to Miss Anderson, of the
town in which he now lives ; however, in 1890 the hand of death took from him his helpmate, and since then he has
not remarried. Mr. O'Fallon is a member of the Criminal Jurisprudence and Election Committees, and is a
valuable and influential member upon both. In the discussion of the State University endowment Mr. O'Fallon made
a speech in its behalf over an hour in length, which was pronounced by all who heard it as the ablest argument made
onthefloorof the House. In politics he is an uncompromising Republican, fair and liberal minded upon all public
questions. No man in the present Assembly enjoys a greater degree of respect and admiration from his fellow mem-
bers than this eloquent young statesman from Holt. He is above the petty catering of party lines and does his duty
as an honest conscience impels.
W. B. FROST.
NEWTON COUNTY is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly
by W. B. Frost, who is a Populist in his political faith. Mr. Frost is
fifty years old and was born in Bedford county, Tennessee ; from there he
removed with his parents to Washington county, Arkansas, and there he
passed the greater number of his boyhood days ; he left Arkansas in 1868 and
came to Newton county, where he has resided ever since. He was united in
marriage to Miss Mary A. Ramsey, who was a resident of Washington
county, but a native of Tennessee. He is the father of three children, two
living. Mr. Frost has followed the occupation of a farmer, and his efforts
have been attended with fair success.
A great deal of credit is due to this man — not born in the lap of luxury,
with everything at his command that idle whim or caprice might wish for,
but he was forced to struggle with the same trials and adversity which con-
front so many young Americans, but which after all are the things which create iron and sinew. He followed the
flag of General Lee during the civil war and was an ardent sympathizer in the Southern soldier's cause. The only
other office Mr. Frost has ever held besides the present one was that of School Director. He has the usual character-
istic of a Populist, viz. : to get right down to the bottom of every question which comes up for his attention and con-
sideration. He is a man capable of discharging the duties of his position.
FORD M. DYER.
F'
'ORD M. DYER, the "giant from DeKalb county," made a record in the
Lower House of the Assembly that will bear the closest scrutiny of
his constituents. He was born in the erudite East in the State of Massa-
chusetts, April 28, 1865; came with his parents to Missouri in his infancy and
grew up on the farm. Attended the district school winters and hardened his
muscles at hard manual work during the summers. After working on the
farm until he was nineteen years of age, he entered Kidder's Institute and
enjoyed its educational facilities four terms; taught in the public schools
thirty-one months, Cameron High School one year, and had charge of the
King City public schools four years.
Besides Mr. Dyer's farm and school work, he worked on the railroad as
section hand, and was wood and steel bridge constructor for several months.
During the last campaign he rendered valuable service to the Demo-
cratic party by organizing silver clubs in Davies, Mercer, DeKalb and
Harrison counties. He made sixty-six speeches in the Third Congressional District last fall, and led his party to
victory in his own county. He received a majority of 50 votes over his Republican opponent. As chairman on the
Committee on Education Mr. Dyer rendered the educational interests of the State invaluable service. He was tireless
in his efforts to increase the educational facilities of the State, and no man on the floor of the House fought harder
against trusts and monopolies and the money power in general. He is a man of much natural ability and force of
character. He figured prominently in all the debates of the House, and especially in those on education and labor.
DeKalb county has reason to be proud of her Representative. Mr. Dyer introduced House bill No. 42, to prevent
lobbying, and also a bill against trusts.
ROBERT C. VANDERHOEF.
T
HE subject of this short biographical sketch is Robert Clinton Vander-
hoef, the young Populist statesman who represents Nodaway county in
the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is a typical young Missourian ; was
born twenty- eight years ago and grew to manhood in the county for which
he is now making laws in the Legislature ; by profession is a school teacher
and was educated in Maryville Seminary and the Stanberry Normal.
Mr. Vanderhoef was united in the bonds of wedlock to pretty Maggie J.
Layton of Decatur, Illinois.
Politically speaking Mr. Vanderhoef is a Populist ; however, in his own
language, he is not one of the middle-of-the-road kind. Being a pedagogue
by profession, he is a warm friend of all educational institutions, and his
votes upon all propositions during this session upon these questions have
been in the aflSrmative.
Mr. Vanderhoef has made friends of all his fellow members who have been thrown in contact with him ; he is
a young man of much ability and promise, is liberal in his views upon all questions, and is a man who is not afraid to
state his position upon a matter of legislation. He is a man thoroughly competent to take care of himself in the
tumult of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
WILLIAM J. WARD.
AMONG those distinguished few who mold the political policy and sen-
timent of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, none rank higher than
William J. Ward, the Democratic Representative of Stoddard county. He
is one of the readiest and most aggressive debaters on the floor of the House,
and when he calls for recognition upon a question he is listened to with the
greatest attention and respect. Having served in the Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh General Assemblies previous to the present one, he is natur-
ally a very able general in the political wrangles which are constantly com-
ing before the House, and thus from a parliamentary standpoint has
quite an advantage over those who are less experienced in such affairs. Mr.
Ward is a farmer, and was raised in White county, Tennessee, having resided
in this State only eleven years. He was educated in the public schools of
Tennessee, and married Miss Laura R. Roberts of his native State and
county. Three children blessed their happy union, two of which survive —
both bright little girls. Mr. Ward enjoys the distinction of being Chairman
of the Committee on Ways and Means, one of the highest marks of honor
that can be bestowed upon a member, and was one of the fifteen members of the Special Committee on Location and
Relocation of the State University, appointed by the extra session of the Thirty-sixth Assembly. In the Thirty-
seventh General Assembly he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, and has on three different occasions
been a delegate to State Democratic conventions; has been a member of the M. E. Chuich (South) since 1869; was six
times a delegate to the St. Louis Conference. Mr. Ward has in the past been very active in farmers' organizations,
especially the Farmers' Alliance. While he is an unusually able debater and an excellent parliamentarian, he is yet
fair and honest in his methods. In short, he is a gentleman and a safe guardian of the people's rights. His impress
as an able legislator and a thorough gentleman will remain upon the men of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly as
long as a thought of its labors and accomplishments is retained.
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Z. T. REYNOLDS.
T. REYNOLDS, the Representative from Stone county, was born
near Boonville, Owsley county, Ky., forty-two years ago. He re-
ceived his early education in the public schools of the community;
commenced teaching school at the age of twenty, teaching two schools in
Kentucky. In 1875 he located in Arkansas and took a course in the Hunts-
ville High School, dividing his time between teaching and farming.
Powell Clayton, the well-known Arkansas politician, once said that any man
could be a Republican in Iowa, but it took a man of true grit to be a Repub-
lican in Arkansas. Mr. Reynolds was a Republican in Arkansas and made
the race on that ticket for Sheriff of Madison county, Arkansas, and came
within a very few votes of being elected over a strong Democratic vote. Mr.
Reynolds located in Stone county, Missouri, in 1888, and has devoted his
time to selling general merchandise and buying cotton, farming, teaching,
etc. He has always taken an active part in politics and was placed at the
head of the Republican county ticket last fall and elected by a majority of 269 votes over the fusion ticket; was
married in 18S0 to Miss C. F. Williams, of Madison county, Arkansas. Mr. Reynolds is a pleasant, genial fel-
low and has made many warm friends among his fellow legislators of all political faiths, and was a valuable mem-
ber of the Committee on University, Normal Schools and Constitutional Amendments.
JESSE H. TAYLOR.
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ESSE H. TAYLOR is the Representative in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly of Missouri from Harrison county. He is fifty-three years
old and was born in Fulton county, Indiana, and educated in the common
schools of that place. He came to this State twentj'-nine years ago, and is
content to cast his fortunes with the State and people for which he is now
engaged in making laws. He was married to Miss Juliette A. Busick of his na-
tive State, and is the father of nine children, eight of whom are living; six of
the children are active members of the Christian Church. By occupation
Mr. Taylor is a farmer and merchant, which business he follows at his home
ill Martinsville, Harrison county. In politics he is a firm Republican, and
is trying to assist the Republican minority in keeping from being entirely
submerged by the vast Democratic majority. He has served in various oflS-
cial capacities— Justice of the Peace, Postmaster and Mayor of the city. He
is a conscientious member of the Christian Church; served during the war
in Co. B, Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; is a member of the George W. Tyler Post, Grand Army of the
Republic. He has made the most of his limited opportunities, and by hard struggles with adversity has amassed a
snug little competency, which will keep him easily, when age compels him to cease the energy and efforts of
active manhood. He takes a keen interest in legislative affairs, and is a strong member of the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly.
/. H. DORSETT.
CASS COUNTY is represented in the present Assembly by J. H. Dor-
sett, one of the most uncompromising Bryan Democrats that tread
the soil of Missouri. He is a typical farmer in appearance, but the lobby-
ist who thinks he is "a good thing" because there is hayseed in his hair
will find that he is dealing with a cold-hearted character when he strikes
the horny-fisted statesman from Cass for a "deal." Mr. Dorsett is easily
one of the leaders of the present House, and deservedly so, from the fact
that he is well posted in politics, is an able speaker, and a man of much
natural ability. He was born in Morgan county, Indiana, fifty- three years
ago, and educated in the public and normal schools of his native State. He
is a farmer, teacher and auctioneer, and is very popular in his county, this,
however, being his first service in an oflBcial capacity. He was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Duncan, and seven children blessed their union.
Mr. Dorsett is one of the most tireless workers in the present Assembly, and is recognized as one of its ablest men.
They have dubbed him "The Watch Dog of Missouri's Treasury," and a very appropriate title it is. Mr. Dorsett is
courteous in manner, and has made a friend of all who have learned to know him,
Cass county has made no mistake in sending to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly the horny-handed, bewhis-
kered Jerry Dorsett.
JOSEPH MORTON McKIM .
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OSEPH MORTON McKIM, a resident of Newark, Knox county, Mis-
souri, was born in Millersburg, Bourbon county, Ky., March 13, 1836.
When three years of age he removed with his parents to Lewis county,
Missouri, where he resided on a farm, attending the public schools of the
county until fourteen years of age, when he entered the primary depart-
ment of the State University at Columbia, Mo. Remaining there until the
completion of the art course, he became an alumnus in that institution with
the class of 1855. Immediately thereafter he took up the study of medicine,
attended the St. Louis College and graduated March 2, 1858. In April of
that year he located in Winchester, Clark county, Mo., for the practice of
medicine, where he lived until January, 1861, when he removed to his pres-
ent place of residence in Knox county. Mo. During his stay in Winchester
he married, on Oct. 14, 1858, Miss Natilia J. Rose, daughter of Dr. W. A.
Rose of that place. They have reared six children, four sons and two daugh-
ters, the youngest of whom is nearly grown. In politics the Doctor is a
Democrat, but having been actively engaged in the practice of his profession has never held office, save as a member
of the Board of Regents of the First District Normal School, at Kirksville, Mo. This position he held for 18
consecutive years, beginning January, 1872. At the general election of 1896 he was commissioned by a majority vote ot
Knox county as its duly accredited Representative in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly of Missouri. No one had
more friends among the members of the House than Dr. McKim. His pleasant manner and genial good nature
attracted to him many friends, while his devotion to duty made him a trusted and useful member of the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly.
JESSE L. HENDRICKSON.
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^HIS is a likeness of Jesse L. Hendrickson, who represents Dallas
county in the present General Assembly. Mr. Hendrickson resides at
Buffalo, and was born January 21, 1859. He has passed the greater
portion of his life in the county which he now represents. Was educated
first in the public schools and afterward attended the Warrensburg Normal
and the Southwest Baptist College. He is a farmer and is thoroughly awake
to all legislation affecting the farming classes in general.
Mr. Hendrickson was united in marriage to Miss Alice R. Tinsley, of
Buffalo, Mo., and is the father of four children, two of which are dead. He
is a Populist in politics and believes firmly in the party of long whiskered
men. The present ofl&ce is not the first public capacity in which he has served. In 1887 he was elected County School
Commissioner of Dallas county; in 1888 he became the nominee of the Democratic party for Representative, but was
defeated. This time, however, he again became the nominee of the united forces for free silver, and he was
elected. He is a man of retired disposition and has no ambition to pose as a House orator, but he is nevertheless a
man who calmly investigates legislative matters and is in every way capable of representing a county in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly.
JAMES M. McMONIGLE.
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NE of the brightest young Democrats of the House is James M.
McMonigle, Representative from Platte county. He was born
December i, 1866, in the county he liad the honor of representing in the
Lower House of the Assembly that has just passed into history.
Like the illustrious Lincoln he was born in a log cabin and fought the
early battles of life with courage and perseverance. After leaving the public
schools of his county he attended Park College and graduated with honors
from that institution in 1893. The following winter he studied law in the
office of Harkles & O'Grady, Kansas City, Missouri. He was chosen Prin-
cipal of the Galena, Stone county, public schools in 1894, and Principal of
Dewitt College, Platte county, Missouri, in 1895.
Mr. McMonigle is a young man of great promise. He is a good talker
and a ready debater, and has made his influence felt time after time on the
floor. He is a legislator who merits the confidence of his constituents. The
fact that he is of Scotch-Irish descent accounts for his ability and unswerving devotion to duty. In the discussion
of measures that pertained to the masses it was easy to place McMonigle. His life had been spent with the common
people and he was their bold and fearless champion. Per augusta ad nobilitatem is the guarding motto of his life,
that has wrung victory from defeat and success from failure.
Mr. McMonigle was a member of the Committees on Education and University, and rendered valuable service for
the Committee on Education in the council chamber of these committees. He was one of the many able leaders of the
Democratic party in the House.
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JOHN F. TANDY.
' OHN F. TANDY, the Representative from McDonald county, was born
in Carroll county, Kentucky, fifty -eight years ago. In 1850 he came
to Missouri with his parents, and received the greater part of his education
in the public schools of the State. He followed the healthful pursuit of
farming in St. Clair county. He was honored by the voters of St. Clair
county repeatedly. Judge Tandy served as Associate Judge of the County
Court for a number of years, and was elected Presiding Judge of the County
Court in 1887, and served four years in that capacity. Judge Tandy was
incarcerated in the Cole county jail for seven months for refusing, as Judge
of the County Court, to make a levy to pay an illegal railroad debt. He
was married twice ; his first wife was Miss M. H. Townsend, a Missouri girl,
and his second wife was Miss Susan M. Moore, of Callaway county. He moved to McDonald county in 1893, and now
lives near Tiff City on a farm. The Judge took an active part in politics and was considered the leader of
the silver forces in his county; he is a Democrat and Populist, and not ashamed of his politics. The Democratic
party in McDonald county and the Populist party are one and inseparable, and Judge Tandy was placed upon the
Democratic ticket and was elected by a handsome majority. He made but few speeches in the House, but always
talked to the point when he secured the floor. Judge Tandy was a safe Representative and was conscientious in the
discharge of his duties.
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/. D. ELLIS.
*HE following sketch is a short pedigree of one of the sturdiest and best
rock-ribbed Democrats in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, J. D.
Ellis. He is a typical Missourian , is fifty-two years old and was born in
Montgomery county of this State, but passed the greater part of his life in
Vernon county, which be represents in the present Assembly.
Mr. Ellis' first wife was Miss Mary J. Dean of Vernon ; after her death
he was united in marriage to Miss Willoughby, also of the above county.
He is the father of six children, three boys and three girls.
Mr. Ellis has held office in his county for a number of years, being
elected Constable of his Township in '78, in which capacity he served until
'86 ; was School Director from 1873 until 1896. He served three years in the
First Arkansas Infantry, Company "K," under Captain Abiel Stephens. Mr.
Ellis has seen many of the hardships of life, yet is a man of wonderfully well preserved physical strength. He has
been a farmer all his life and is noted in his county as a breeder of thoroughbred Berkshire swine. Mr. Ellis takes an
active part in all matters which come up before the Thirty-ninth Assembly, is thoroughly imbued with the interests
of the farming classes and is not slow to raise his voice in protest when a measure is proposed, detrimental to their
best interests. He is a strong man and an honor to Vernon county, which has seen fit to make him one of Missouri's
legislators.
GEORGE W. CHINN.
THE subject of this brief biography is George W. Chinn, the Democratic
Representative from Shelby county. He resides at Clarence and was
born November 25, 1831, in Henry county, Kentucky, and that great State,
the home of Joe Blackburn, seems to have left upon him the imprint of its
high standard of manhood and honesty. Mr. Chinn was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Shelby county, and while the advantages of a higher or college
education were denied him, yet by being a close observer and student he has
made much of the opportunities of life. He was one of those rugged men
who followed the flag of L,ee because an honest conscience marked that as
his path of duty. He was a Lieutenant, and was wounded at Pleasant Hill,
Louisiana, and surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1865. When the
cause and ambition of the South went down in defeat Mr. Chinn laid down
his musket and submitted gracefully to the decree and mandate of the North-
ern sword — to fight for the people's interests as valiantly as he had fought
against the triumph of " Honest Old Abe." He was the first Mayor of the
city of Clarence. In 1874 Mr. Chinn was married to Mrs. Virginia Huntsberry, of Virginia, and they have had two
children each by former marriages — Lillie G. Tanner, who lives in Clarence ; Ella M. Gilman, who resides on a
farm in Shelby county ; Varian S. Huntsberry, a farmer in Shelby county, and Lulu, the eldest, who is dead. Mr,
Chinn is one of the strongest members of the present Assembly. He served in the session of the Thirty-eighth Gen-
eral Assembly, and therefore came to the present Legislature with an advance experience in the political devices
and intrigues, an information which is so necessary to every legislator. He is a man of character, ability, a Democrat
of the truest blue, and an honor and credit as the Representative of Shelby county.
JOHN G. SLATE.
AMONG the young Democratic Representatives of the Thirty-ninth Gen-
eral Assembly who will be remembered permanently after it has be-
come a matter of history, is John G. Slate. Mr. Slate represents
Maries count}' and is a lawyer and publisher by profession. He was the
Prosecuting Attorney of his county in the years 1889-90, also 1893-94. He
was born in i860 and passed the greater portion of his boyhood days in Cole
and Boone counties; was educated in the common schools of this State and
afterward completed his education in Amity College at College Springs,
Iowa. Mr. Slate has all that extra polish and grace, which is the outgrowth
' of a college training and which specially fits him for a career of public life.
He married Miss Mattie Beard, of Cape Girardeau, and is the father of a
bright little girl, who is four years old. Mr. Slate has received much
prominence throughout the State from the fact that he is the father of the
"Slate Revenue bill," a measure which has caused more heated debate than
anything of a like nature which has come up before the present Assembly.
He is also author of the "Stock Yards bill," which brought about the establishment of the Joint Interstate Committee of
Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. It is the prescribed duty of this committee to draft a uniform system of laws regulating
the stock yards. "Jack Slate," as he is familiarly called, is one of the most popular men connected with the present
Assembly. He is big hearted, jovial in natur^ and a gentleman in every sense of the word. Yet his qualities as a
good fellow do not interfere with his usefulness as a legislator, for he is recognized as one of the very ablest young
men in the House. He is Democratic to the core, and has a bright future in the ranks of the party with which he
has chosen to cast his political fortunes.
THOMAS J. FE ASTER.
CAMDEN COUNTY is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assem-
bly by Thomas J. Feaster, a prominent and emphatic Democrat of
the Bryan variety. Mr. Feaster is a practicing physician, located at
Climax Springs, in the county which he represents. He was born in Benton
county thirty-six years ago and has resided in this State nearly all his life.
He first availed himself of the advantages of the common public schools
and afterward completed his education at Morrisville, Mo., and Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Feaster conceived the ambition to become a physician early iu his
boyhood days, and it has been realized to the fullest extent from the fact
that he now enjoys a lucrative practice in the county which he represents.
Mr. Feaster was not born rich, but like many other boys who have defied ad-
versity, he gradually worked his way up in his profession until he is now in
comfortable circumstances. He was married to Miss Mamie Darnell, and
finds in her an excellent partner and helpmate. His popularity in his home county is attested by the fact that he
was elected from a county which gave McKinley forty more votes than Bryan. He is Chairman of the Committee on
Scientific and Benevolent Institutions. Mr. Feaster is a quiet man and is content to cast a maturely studied vote
upon the matters which come before him.
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JOHN F. MILLER.
OHN F. MILLER is the sterling Democratic Representative from Web-
and removed from there to the county which he now represents in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly. Mr. Miller was educated in Mt. Union College,
Mt. Union, Ohio. He is a farmer by occupation and owns an excellent tract
of 400 acres of land in Webster county, on which he has lived ever since
he came to this State. He was united in marriage to Miss Amanda J.
Hahn of Columbian county, of his native State, and is the father of seven
children, six boys and one girl. Mr. Miller is by no means an amateur in
politics. He represented his county in the Thirty-sixth General Assembly
and in 1896 was elected to the Thirty-ninth. He was chairman of his
County Central Democratic Committee from 1888 to 1890, and was a member
of his Congressional Committee from 1890 to 1892. Mr. Miller is a Democrat of the truest blue, and being a farmer
he is thoroughly imbued with their interests in his legislative work. If all farmers took as much active interest in
behalf of just laws, the industrial classes of this nation would not to-day be surrounded by class and trust legislation.
He is Chairman of the Committee on Insurance and is in every way a man capable of representing the people who
have sent him to the present General Assembly of Missouri.
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JOHN MORRIS.
ULLIVAN county is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly
by John Morris, a good specimen of a modern JefFersonian Democrat-
He was born fifty years ago in Sullivan county and educated in its public
schools; afterward completed his education in the Kirksville Normal. His
present office is the only political position he has ever held, having carried
his county by a majority of 91 over his Republican opponent; has always
lived in this State and was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Muncy, of
Sullivan county, and is the father of three children— Iva, aged 20; Charles
M., 19, and Ray, 13; was a volunteer soldier in the Union army and served
in Company "I," Forty-second Regiment of Missouri Volunteer Infantry,
and was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on March 22, 1865. Mr.
Morris is a farmer, in which occupation he has made a fair success, conse-
quently he is ever on the alert for any legislation which concerns the man who makes his living by tilling the soil.
He believes it the duty of every legislator to save every dollar possible for the tax-payers of his State, and it is this
economical principle that guides all his votes in the Thirtj'-ninth General Assembly. He will not in any way mis-
represent Sullivan county.
ORVILLE MARION BARNETT.
ORVILLE MARION BARNETT is a bright and able young Democrat
who represents Pettis county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
Mr. Barnett, who is only twenty-six years old, was born in Knox county in
this State, and received his education in Missouri's great school of classic
and scientific learning, the State University. He is a lawyer by profession
and few young men in the State have a brighter prospect in the unknown
future than this young attorney and statesman from Pettis. He is of an
ambitious temperament and has had all the natural advantages that any young
man could desire. He comes from a county which is strongly Republican,
and defeated Mr. Bothwell, the shrewd and trusted light hand lieutenant of
Chauncey Ives Filley. Mr. Barnett was united in bonds of wedlock to Miss
Maud Smith, of Bdina, and together they make a very attractive and happy
young couple — surely no young man in Missouri could wish for brighter
prospects; unhampered by the poverty which hinders so many ambitious young men in this land, educated and
polished in a manner that enables him to move in any social circle, possessed of a fine intellect and a host of admir-
ing friends, certainly the future's horizon is behung with no dark clouds for Orville Marion Barnett. He is Chairman
of the Committee on Elections and is the second member on the Judiciary Committee. He is an excellent debater,
being possessed of a fine flow of language and the habit of speaking tersely to the matter under consideration. He
is beyond question one of the foremost leaders among the young men of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. No
man knows the future — it is one vast impenetrable shroud; yet so far as our understanding of the present goes, the
young statesman from the city which was ambitious to become Missouri's capital has prospects which will some day
reveal themselves in great and noble achievements.
SAMUEL T. AYDELOTT,
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'HERE are some men connected with the Thirty-ninth General Assem-
bly who are hard hearted and mean enough to call Sam Aydelott the
"ugliest man in the House." However, if he be deficient in personal
beauty he more than counterbalances that failing in brains and common
sense. He is a Republican and represented Warren county in the Thirty-
fifth and Thirty-sixth General Assemblies, being again elected to the same
responsible position in this, the Thirty-ninth Assembly. He resides in War-
renton, was born and raised in Warren county and educated in its public
schools. Being dissatisfied, however, with a mere ordinary education such
as is afforded in the rudimentary common schools, he afterward completed
his course at McGee College in Macon county. He was born in the year
1855 and is therefore just in the prime of his activity and usefulness. He
was married to Miss Belle Hass, of Montgomery county, and four children
assist them in making the burdens of life less troublesome. His father came to this State in 1838 from Delaware and
married Miss Nancy Hairslip of St. Charles county. Mr. Aydelott is easily one of the leaders of the Republican
minority — indeed there are those who consider him the ablest Republican in the House. He led the fight against the
normal schools and contended for equal rights to all private schools of the State. He is a teacher by profession, and
hence is well posted in educational matters. Having had a wide experience in the Legislature of this State he is an
expert parliamentarian. In political tactics he is fair, in a political fight aggressive, yet broad minded — in short, a
gentleman, and a man who is an honor to his people and his county, irrespective of politics.
/. H. MAS HB URN.
AMONG the Democratic Representatives of the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly there are none abler than J. H. Mashbura, of Polk county.
In his own peculiar language, he is a "Jeffersonian, Jacksonian, Bentonian
Democrat." He is an ardent advocate of bimetallism, and a great admirer
of that imperial man and statesman, William J. Stone. It was Mr. Mash-
burn who persisted in nominating the ex-Governor for the United States
Senate to succeed George G. Vest. He did it on his own accord and with-
out consulting anyone — he did it because he thought it was his duty, and
because he thought that if such a culmination were reached it would result
for the good of the people of this great State. He has the candor and
openness of a man who believes in his own convictions, is an eloquent and
forceful speaker, and enjoys the profound respect of every member of the
Assembly, irrespective of party affiliation. He was born in Kentucky in
1839, and has the jovial disposition and big-heartedness of the typical "Ken*
tucky Colonel." Notwithstanding that he is polished and has a wide range of information, he is, in every sense of
the word, a self-educated man and owes his advancement entirely to his own struggles and efforts. He was married to
Miss A. E. Tillery, of Polk county, and has four children. If all public servants and legislators were of the rugged,
honest character of Mr. Mashburn, the people's interests would never suffer. When asked by a member of the Sen-
atorial Caucus by whose authority he nominated W. J. Stone for the United States Senate, he replied instantly, "By
the authority of the citizens of Polk county and the common people of Missouri." He is a courteous gentleman, a
warm-hearted friend, and an honor to the county which lies amid Missouri's Ozarks.
DR. CORD BOHLING.
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R. CORD BOHLING represents Morgan county in the Thirty-ninth
years ago and has passed the greater portion of his life in the county which
he now represents. He first completed the common school courses and
afterward added the polishing touch to his education by attending the Cen-
tral Weslyan College. After this he attended the medical lectures of the
Missouri Medical College at St. Louis and graduated from that institution in
1889. He then began the practice of medicine in his native county and has
continued it ever since, with a satisfactory degree of success. Dr. Bohling
is a staunch Democrat and a firm believer in the doctrines and principles of
the Democratic party. Although he enjoys a lucrative practice as a physi-
cian in Morgan county, he has a natural love for politics and this caused him
to accept the nomination for Representative in his county. As a class, the physicians of Missouri are very active in
political affairs, and Dr. Bohling is entitled to prominent recognition in their ranks. He does not take any aggres-
sive part in the debates upon the floor of the House, but is content to cast an intelligent and well studied vote upon
the propositions that come up before him. Dr. Bohling was married to Miss Anna Luetzen and a bright little boy
cheers their union and makes their life more cheerful and monotony less monotonous.
JAMES M. HOPKINS.
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*HIS cut is the likeness of jovial James M. Hopkins, the Democratic
Representative from Atchison county. He is thirty-eight years old,
born March 2, 1859, in the above county. He was educated in Tabor Col-
lege, Fremont county, Iowa, and afterward entered the University of this
State and completed the junior year in law. He was married to Miss Linda
Sutherland, of Jones county, Iowa, and is the father of three bright chil-
dren— two boys and one girl. He is the son of Hon. Nelson O. Hopkins,
who represented Atchison county in the Legislature in 1857 and in 1882.
He is a farmer by occupation, having turned his back upon the professional
career which his education and early equipment made it possible for him to
enter upon. He was elected to the present Assembly by a majority of 683
votes over his Republican opponent. It is the only public office he has ever
held. Mr. Hopkins is one of the best natured men connected with the present House. He gives a scrutinizing
attention to all legislation, and no man comes nearer casting a correct vote on all questions than he. He is a well
qualified legislator, and is, in every way, one of the strongest men in the Democratic majority.
JOSEPH H. CHRISTY.
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R. JOSEPH H. CHRISTY is the Representative from Lafayette
county — one of the best counties in the State. He was born in 1839
in Lafayette county, where he was educated. When yet in his teens he
made an overland trip to Salt Lake City, walking the entire distance, and
driving an ox team belonging to a Government supply train.
When the rebellion broke out young Christy cast his fortunes with the
South, and was wounded at the battle of Lexington, in the fall of 1861; he
joined Shelby's Brigade in 1862, and after enduring the hardships of three
years more of marching and fighting, surrendered at Shreveport, La. , in
1865, and returned to his native county and entered upon farm life with
renewed energy to make up for lost time. After years of successful farm-
ing he retired to Odessa, a pleasant and prosperous town of Lafayette county,
where he now resides. In 1866 he married Miss Marthena Stapp, of Greentown Valley. Four children were born
to the union. Mr. Christy never sought official honors. He, however, consented to make the race for Representa-
tive last fall, and was elected to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly by a majority of over 800 votes. He belongs to
the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and is an Elder in the C, P. Church. Mr. Christy is one of the
quiet members of the House, but no county can boast of a more careful or painstaking legislator than Lafayette
county. Mr. Christy occupied a seat in the House surrounded by Republican members, all of whom admired the
stanch old Democrat from Lafayette.
WILLIAM R. RUSSELL.
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'ILLIAM R. RUSSELL, of Dade county, has the honor of being the
first Democratic Representative sent from his county to make laws
at Jefferson City, in a quarter of a century. He was born in the county he
now represents forty-seven years ago ; educated in the public schools of Dade
county, and began teaching before he reached his majority. He was Princi-
pal of the Lockwood public school two terms, and of the Everton public
school one term.
Mr. Russell was elected County Treasurer of Dade county in 1874. He
is a minister of the gospel, and at the time of his election to the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly was filling the pulpit of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church at Everton. In 1873 he married Miss Ella V. Summers, of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri.
William R. Russell has made Dade county a model Representative, and
has been faithful in the discharge of his duties and tireless in his eflforts in assisting his brother legislators in trying
to make wholesome laws for the commonwealth. No member of the House paid closer attention to the workings of
the Assembly than "Russell of Dade." His long experience along educational lines made him a valuable member of
the Committee on University. He also rendered valuable service on the Committees on Labor and Benevolent and
Scientific Institutions.
PETER C. BREIl.
ANDREW county is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly
by Peter C. Breit, one of the ablest young Republicans in Missouri.
He was born in the above county April 26, 1866, and has there passed the
greater portion of his life; was educated in the public schools of his native
county and afterward took the law course in the State University. Mr. Breit
is located at Savannah, and enjoys a lucrative practice in legal affairs. It
was in 1891-2 that he served for the first time in the capacity of a public
servant, his people electing him Assessor of Andrew county. Afterward he
was elected as Representative of his county to the Thirty-eighth General As-
sembly. He is shrewd and observing in his manners, and therefore makes
but few of the mistakes and blunders into which young men are so apt to
fall in their initiative venture in politics. He is a very active member in
legislative aflfairs and spends much of his time in probing into the hundreds
of bills which accumulate during the work of every session. He is a ready debater and takes an active part in the
House discussions. "While he is an ardent Republican, he is nevertheless a man who takes the cori'ect view of public
men and matters in general. In his own language, "I am not in politics for what there is in it, as so many men say,
but I am in it because I have an ambition to serve my people and to better, if I can, in my humble way, the condi-
tion of humanity." That such an elegant young man as Mr. Breit should be unmarried is certainly a matter of con-
jecture and surprise — it is, in fact, about the only serious fault that can be alleged against him.
HARVEY E. NEVILLE.
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H
ARVBY E. NEVILLE is the Representative from Miller county and is
one of the Republican minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
He is forty-seven years old and was born in Kentucky, the land of
statesmen, poker players and long whiskies. He came to this State when
he was only one year old and has resided the greater portion of his time in
Miller and Moniteau counties. He was educated in the common public
schools and afterward attended the Warrensburg Normal, which equips him
with a prett)- good general education. He taught school for a period of ten
years and then engaged in the lumber trade, which business he has followed
with a fair amount of success. Mr. Neville has never held any public office
until the present one; however, he is the vice-president of the Miller County
Exchange Bank at Olean. He was married to Miss Ida Morris, of Pleasant
Mount, Mo., but has no children.
Mr. Neville is a quiet man and seldom raises his voice in the discussions
on the floor of the House, but he is nevertheless a painstaking and capable legislator, and a strong man as one of the
Republican minority.
JOSEPH C. O'DELL.
K
EYNOLDS COUNTY is represented in the present Assembly by J. C.
O'Dell, an able and thoroughbred Democrat. He was born in the
county which he now represents forty-six years ago, and has resided
there the greater portion of his life. He was educated in the common public
schools and has made the most of his opportunities, something which cannot
be said for every man. He was married to Miss Parmelia I. Matkin of Webbs
Creek, Reynolds county, and is the father of seven children, all of whom are
living. Mr. O'Dell's father died when he himself was only two years old,
thus leaving him to work out a livelihood with his mother as best he could.
For a time the road of poverty was a hard one to travel — his mother hired
him out for twenty-five cents a day, but finally he grew to manhood and
adopted the carpenter's trade as a business, which vocation he followed for seven years. He then invested his earn-
ings in land, and to-day owns five hundred and forty acres in his native county, three hundred of which
are in cultivation, and from which he and his family succeed in making a very respectable living. Mr. O'Dell has
been Judge of the Reynolds County Court for two terms and served in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty -eighth General Assem-
blies, being re-elected to the present one. At other times he has been employed on the Missouri Southern railroad. He is a
sterling Democrat and an efficient and capable representative of his county. He made several pointed speeches on
the floor of the House during the session of '97.
/. PRICE TRIBBLE.
D
UNKLIN county is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly
by J. Price Tribble, one of the most stalwart and uncompromising
young Democrats in the State. His father was an ardent Confederate sol-
dier, and a man who fought valiantly and courageously for the " Lost
Cause." It is therefore but natural that his son, the present Representative
from Dunklin county, should have in him some of that inherent fire and
zeal which characterized the men who followed the defeated though glorious
flag of Lee. Mr. Tribble takes a very active part in the House debates, and
is always listened to with the greatest courtesy and respect. He was born
in Oregon county, Missouri, reared on a farm and educated in his native
county. The fact that, in his boyhood days, he followed the plow and
swung the ax may account for his ruggedness in general, and his close vig-
ilance for the interests of men who make their living by tilling the soil. For a number of years he was Probate Clerk
in his county, in which capacity he served with honesty and efficiency. Mr. Tribble is bat thirty-four years old, was
married to Miss Annie E. Blackwell, of Wayne county, and two bright little boys bless their union. He is a member
of Pioneer Lodge, No. 165, I. O. O. F., also the Rebekah and Encampment Lodge of that Order, andofKennett
Lodge, No. 68, A. F. and A. M. Representing Dunklin county in the present Assembly may be said to be his first purely
political venture. However, being strong physically, in thorough accord with the principles of his party, and being
of an ambitious nature, he may at no distant day be successful in even a higher distinction in the ranks of his party.
B. C. JONES.
B
I UTLER county is represented in the present House of Representatives
by B. C. Jones, who resides at Poplar Bluff. Mr, Jones is rather a
quiet man, but nevertheless a Democrat of the truest blue. He is a physi-
cian by profession. Mr. Jones was born in Graves county, Kentucky, sixty
years ago, and lived in that State and Western Tennessee during the early
part of his life, and came to Missouri in 1856. Mr. Jones is getting on "the
shady side of life," but he is yet as active and energetic as many men who
are much his junior in years. His first marriage was to Miss M. E. Para-
more, of Bloomfield, Mo., and afterward to Miss Susie E. Dukes, of Poplar
Bluff. He has two sons and an adopted daughter. His first official expe-
rience was that of Mayor of the city in which he resides from 1891 to 1893.
When the war broke out, and the Southern States severed their allegiance to the flag, Mr. Jones enlisted in their
behalf, and was with the ragged though patriotic soldier of the South unto his defeat; he served as Captain in the
Seventh Missouri Cavalry; is a firm and conscientious believer in the Christian religion, although not a member of
any church. Mr. Jones is an economical legislator, and acts with the greatest care and discretion in all matters that
come before the Assembly. He never takes any active part in the House wrangles, but rests his part with casting, a$
best he can, an intelligent vote. He is a good man and a safe Representative.
JOHN W. SWEANEY.
J OH
OHN W. SWEANEY was born in Hancock county, 111., November 29,
[862, and is now a resident of Red Ridge, Jackson county, Mo. He
received his education in the public schools of Jackson county; took a
business course in Spaulding's Commercial College, after which he engaged
in agricultural pursuits.
For several years Mr. Sweaney was Postmaster at Red Ridge, Mo. ; has
always taken a lively interest in politics and has been identified with the
People's party of Jackson county for the past few years. Mr. Sweaney was
nominated by the Populists and Democrats of the Second district of Jackson
county and was elected by a majority of 696 to the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. He was rarely absent from his seat in the House during legisla-
tive hours, and was at all times conscientious in the discharge of his duties. He was a member of the following com-
mittees: Education, Roads and Highways, Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business. Also Chairman of the Committee
on Fish and Game, a new committee created by the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
GEORGE M. LONDON.
GEO. M. LONDON is the rock-ribbed silver Democrat who represents
Madison county in the present Legislature. He was born and reared
in the county which he represents and has lived among its hospitable people
all his life. He is only thirty-three years old; was educated in the public
schools in Madison county and afterward completed his course at Farming-
ton College; was married to Miss Mary E. Whitmer in 1893 and is the father
of a bright little girl, twelve months old. His business is that of a farmer
and merchant, and during the life of the Farmers' Alliance was for a
number of years its state organizer. He is at present a committeeman in the
Twenty-fourth Congressional district. Mr. London is a man who is averse
to the notoriety that is gained through constant appearance on the floor and
does not take any very active part in the parliamentary wrangles and fiery
debates. He is, however, a man with the faculty of getting into the gist of a matter on short notice and is in every
sense of the word one of the substantial and reliable members of the present Assembly. In all this State there is
not a more firm believer in the principles of "Old Hickory" Jackson than George M. London. He is also a man of
charming personality, jovial in nature and always ready with some happy phrase or greeting — he's all right.
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WILLIAM F. lOHNSTON.
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON is the Representative from Cooper county,
one of the most historic and famed counties in the great common-
wealth of Missouri; is forty-six years old and a man of rugged appearance
and personality; was reared in Cooper county, educated in its public schools
and married one of its many charming girls, and in short grew to be a manly
man and a stalwart Democrat — all amid the uplifting and refining influ-
ences of the good people of his native county.
.'fi^^^^^^^^mmprnmi^^^^^^mm Mrs. Johustou's maiden name was Annie Rogers, daughter of Dr.
tif^^^^^^lL ^^^^ffll Rogers, of Cooper county, and seven bright children bless the union.
Mr. Johnston ranks as one of the most reliable and cool-headed Demo-
crats in the Lower House; he is of a calculating temperament and seems to
weigh every proposition in his own mind before he renders his decision upon
it. This is the first time that he has ever been a member of the Legislature,
his only other venture of a political nature being that of a Justice of the Peace of Prairie Home township in his native
county; is Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee and also an influential member of the Committee on Eleemosy-
nary Institutions. In religion he is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and one of the Elders of his
congregation, New Salem.
Mr. Johnston seldom takes hand in the fiery, rough and ready debates of the House, yet he will ever be remem-
bered as one of the most substantial and reliable members of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
JOHN ELBERT ORGAN.
D
ENT county is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly by
John Elbert Organ, one of the sturdiest old veteran Democrats that
ever came to the State Capital. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio,
on April 7th, 1838, and vs^as educated in the public schools of that State and
Indiana. He went from Ohio to Grant county, Indiana, in 1848; from that
county removed to White county, in the same State, in 1849, ^"d from
thence, in 1858, came to Missouri. He was united in marriage to Miss
Martha L. Burkett, of Phelps county, Mo., August 20th, 1867, and is the
father of four children, all of whom are living. He is a newspaper pub-
lisher and farmer by occupation; was Surveyor of Phelps county from 1859
to i86r, and elected to the Legislature from Dent county in 1874, 1878, 1884
and 1896 ; was also Presidential Elector on the Democratic ticket in 1880.
He was in the late unpleasantness as a Confederate soldier from beginning
to end ; entered the cavalry regiment of McBride's division, Missouri State
Guard, April 7th, 1861 ; was prisoner of war, being captured at West Plains,
Mo., in March, 1862, and sent to Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis ; from there he was transported to Alton 111., Military
Prison in May, 1862 ; he was exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss., in September of the same year ; he then joined Com-
pany E, Eighth Missouri Infantry, Confederate States Army, in Arkansas ; he was in the battles of Prairie Grove,
Little Rock and Jenkins Ferry, Ark., and Pleasant Hill, La., and several skirmishes ; was Second Lieutenant of
Cavalry and Orderly Sergeant of Infantry ; surrendered at Shreveport, La., June 7th, 1865. He is one of the safest
legislators in the present Assembly, and stands for economy in all things. His county is represented by a man who
will guard its interests carefully and conscientiously in all legislative matters. »
WILLIAM R. HALE.
T
HE subjoined is a likeness of William R. Hale, one of the Populist
born in this State on the 13th day of August, 1849, ^^d has resided here all
his life — he is therefore fully acquainted with the wants and needs of Mis-
souri people. He was educated in the public schools, and by being an
observing man in nature, has managed to inform himself pretty well on
things in general. He is a farmer, and is alive to the interests and welfare
of this class. Mr. Hale has always had political ideas of his own, yet this
is the first political office he has ever held in his life. He believes firmly in
the principles of the Populist party, but so far as his vote is concerned on
legislative matters he is broad and liberal minded, and votes for what he
considers the interest of the people, irrespective of party. He married
Miss Susie A. Yowell, of Phelps county, and is the father of ten children,
seven boys and three girls. Though his sons are not yet old enough, he declares that they will all become adherents
to his own political faith. Mr. Hale is a strong man and a safe legislator, and the people of Phelps county would do
well to return him to the Legislature in the future.
THOMAS W. HAWKINS.
THIS is a likeness of one of Missouri's veteran Democrats, Judge Thomas
W. Hawkins, who is the Representative in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly from Marion county. He was born sixty-seven years ago in Bour-
bon county, Kentucky, and grew into manhood in the State which gave to
Missouri her imperial "Bill Stone" and other great statesmen. Judge
Hawkins received his education in Transylvania University, and, being a
great student and close observer, is today one of the best informed men in
the State, and consequently is a very valuable man in the Assembly. He
was united in marriage to Miss Anna B. Newland, of Kentucky, and is the
father of eight bright and industrious children. Judge Hawkins is an attor-
ney by profession. He has also held a number of responsible public posi-
tions ; served as Judge of the Probate Court of Hannibal, was elected Pre-
siding Judge of Marion county, was Mayor of the city of Hannibal in 1875, and Clerk of the Marion county Circuit
Court from 1878 to 1895. Although Judge Hawkins is becoming somewhat aged, the hand of Time has not as yet
stilled his energy or activity ; he is still vigorous and can come nearer telling the substance of the bills introduced
in the House than any man of his years in the Thirty-ninth Assembly. He has a charming personality, and every
man connected with the body of which he is a member has a deep-grounded respect for him. The Judge is a sterling
Democrat, an honorable and conscientious gentleman, and a credit to the county which sent him to the Missouri
Legislature to represent her people and their interests.
LON B. WILLIAMS.
O
^ NE of the substantial young Democrats on the floor of the House in
the Thirty-ninth General Assembly is Lon B. Williams, the Repre-
sentative from Scott county. He hails from Arkansas, where he was born
twenty-seven years ago. He comes of one of the oldest and foremost fami-
lies of Kentucky. However, his days have been passed in three States,
in his native State, Arkansas, in Kentucky and in the State in which he now
resides. He was educated in the common schools and has improved his
opportunities as best he could. He left Arkansas some fifteen years ago and
went to Kentucky, the State of Colonels ; from there he came to Missouri in
1881, and has resided here ever since. As yet he declares that he has made
love to no womankind, therefore is in a state of single blessedness. He has
taken an active interest in the affairs of the House ever since the session
began ; he is a valuable member on the Committee on Agriculture and also on Retrenchment and Reform. He is the
author of House bill No. 54, to regulate freight rates on watermelons and to compel companies to carry peddling
cars on local trains ; also a bill to increase the liabilities of stockholders of corporations. His position is emphat-
ically against trusts and combines, and he has cast all his votes in this direction. He is a farmer, and therefore
closely allied to their interests. He is one of the youngest members on the floor of the House, and frequently takes
part in the discussions. His election is a compliment to him, and, as he is yet a young man with ambition and
ability, will some day climb to a higher stage of fame.
LEONIDAS B. WOODS.
T
HE Republican minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly has in
it no abler young man than Leonidas B. Woods, of Mercer county.
Mr. Woods was born and reared in the county which he now represents, and
is twenty-eight years old. He received his education at Valparaiso, Ind.,
and has followed the vocation of a public school teacher quite actively,
besides also being a farmer. He is a young man who has made success out
of adversity, fortune out of the things that can mean such varied and pecu-
liar destinies for a young man who braves the great sea of life with his own
oars. Mr. Woods takes an active part in all the discussions which come
before the House, is an excellent parliamentarian and enjoys the respect and
confidence of all members, irrespective of party affiliation. He has made
many friends among the Democrats, from the fact that his judgment and
position upon a measure is not determined by the so-called party line. He
gives it his conscientious consideration and then forms his decision accord-
ingly. As a debater he has an exceptionally ready command of language,
and is a close reasoner and possesses a remarkable power of analysis. As yet Mr. Woods is not a married man, but if
he hopes to remain in that condition long he will have to quit coming to the Missouri Legislature, for Jefferson City
has a lot of charming girls whose womanly beauty and sweetness no young man can resist for any great length of
time — even though he be a Republican. Mr. Woods, it can justly be said, is one of the most substantial men in the
present Assembly and an honor to the minority.
JOHN L. BITTINGER.
M
AJ. JOHN L. BITTINGER, Representative from the First District of
Buchanan county, and editor of the St. Joseph Herald, was born near
Chambersburg, Pa., November 28, 1833, His parents subsequently-
removed to Rowsburg, a village at that time in Wayne, now Ashland county,
Ohio, where he attended the village school for five years, but on the death
of his father, when he was twelve years old, he secured employment with a
farmer in the vicinity of his home. This farmer, in 1849, removed to Green
county, Wisconsin, and took the lad with him. There for three years he
worked on a farm, attending the country school in winter, until his knowl-
edge outgrew the limited capacities of the teacher. In 1852 he entered the
office of the Journal at Freeport, Illinois, to learn the art of printing. At the
end of six months he had so far advanced that he was made foreman of the
office, and during the remainder of his three years' term of apprenticeship
made all the selections for the paper, collected and wrote the local news, and
assisted largely in the editorial work. In 1854 he was selected as a delegate to the Congressional Convention at Rock-
ford, Illinois, which nominated for Congress for a second term Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, who had previously been
elected as a Whig, but who, at this convention, was nominated as a Republican. This was the beginning of the
organization of the Republican party in Illinois. In 1855 Mr. Bittioger went to St. Louis and accepted the position of
assistant foreman of the Intelligencer, and in 1857 became foreman of the Democrat of that city, of which the late
Gov. B. Gratz Brown was then editor. The following year he was chosen a delegate from the St. Louis Typographi-
cal Union to the National Typographical Union, which assembled that year in Chicago, and represented the Union at
JOHN L. BITTINGER.— Continued,
the convention the next year in Boston. He also, in that year, became publisher of the St. Louis Evening Bulletin.
Early in i860 he disposed of his interest in that paper, and in June removed to St. Joseph, where he has since
resided. He took an active part in the presidential campaign of that year, and soon after the inauguration of Presi-
dent Lincoln, Mr. Bittinger, on the recommendation of Gen. Francis P. Blair, Jr., was appointed Postmaster of St.
Joseph, then a most responsible position. The Civil War had just begun, and Mr. Bittinger was looked to by his
party for all information and recommendations from his section of the State, and the utmost confidence was reposed
in his judgment by the leaders of the party. In the summer of 1861 he left the management of postal affairs to his
deputy and clerks, and volunteered for army service as a private, but after a few months he was commissioned Major
and made Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Willard P. Hall, the Commander of the Department of Northwest Missouri. In 1862
he was a delegate to the first Republican State Convention held in Missouri, served as its secretary, and was made a
member of the State Central Committee, and in the fall of that year was chosen a member of the Legislature, defeat-
ing Hon. Henry M. Vories, afterward Judge of the Supreme Court. He was made Speaker pro tem. of the House, and
was regarded as one of the leaders on the floor. In 1862 he purchased a half interest in the St. Joseph Herald,
and, becoming its managing editor, soon made the paper the most powerful and influential journal west of St. Louis.
In 1864 he was renominated for Representative, but declined. Subsequently he was nominated for the Senate, but
was forced to decline that honor because his paper needed all his attention. In 1870 Mr. Bittinger accepted the nomi-
nation for Representative, and was elected. He was elected in 1872 and 1874, when he again retired, and did not
again accept the position of Representative until 1894, and was re-elected in 1896. Mr. Bittinger was a delegate to
the National Republican Conventions of 1872 at Philadelphia, and of 1896 at St. Louis. Mr. Bittinger made the tour
of Europe in 1886, and wrote a series of letters from the various countries visited, which he has often been urged to
publish in a volume. His letters from Cuba in 1874 also attracted wide attention. Mr. Bittinger's long connection
with the press of Missouri and his active participation in public affairs of the State have given him a wide acquaint-
ance with leading men, and a commanding influence. In the House of Representatives he has proved himself a con-
servative, safe legislator. He speaks with a power that always commands attention, and has the respect of all parties.
WILLIAM H. TRUITT, JR.
AMONG the young Democrats in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly
there are none who are looked upon with more respect than Will H.
Truitt, the Representative from Boone county. Mr. Truitt was born and
reared in Callaway county, where, upon his father's farm, he learned the
great lesson of what it means to work — that starting place and kindergarten
of so many of America's illustrious and immortal men. Mr. Truitt is thirty-
one years of age. He began his education in the common schools of
the "Kingdom of Callaway," and afterward completed it in the State
University. He was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Ellis, of Boone
county, and has two bright little children— a boy and a girl. Being from
Boone county, his position is somewhat important in the House of Repre-
sentatives, from the fact that he is regarded as a sort of "guardian angel" of the State University. Mr. Truitt is a
lawyer by profession, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice in Columbia, where he is located. He is one of
the best known men on the floor of the House, from the fact that he has taken a very active part in all legislation
from the very beginning of the session. He is polished in manner, jovial in disposition, and enjoys the good will and
respect of all who know him. He is a ready debater, and his county has made no mistake in selecting him to repre-
sent her in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
JAMES BRADLEY.
AUDRAIN COUNTY, the home of Sam B. Cook, the man who is respon-
sible, more than any other, for the great triumph of Bryan and Democ-
racy in Missouri, is represented in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly by
that patriarchal and rock-ribbed old Democrat, James Bradley. Mr. Brad-
" ley was born in Randolph county, September 15, 1835 ; educated at McGee
College, in Macon county, and has been content to cast his lot and fortune
in this the greatest State in the Union — Missouri. Mr. Bradley was married
to Miss M. E. Baker, of Randolph county, and five children cheer and com-
fort their approaching old age. Mr. Bradley's main vocation is that of a
minister of the gospel, but he turns aside from his holy mission long enough,
once in a while, to put in some good licks for the principles and doctrines for
which the immortal Jefferson lived and died. Mr. Bradley does not take any
very active part in the House wrangles and debates, but when he does talk
he has the respect and close attention of the entire audience. He believes
in strict econom)' in public expenditures and has already gained a sort of a "watch dog" reputation. He weighs every
proposition carefully and coolly before he renders his decision, and may justly be termed one of the best, most con-
servative and substantial members on the floor of the House. Mr. Bradley followed the flag: of the great Lee in the
late war, and has the openness and candor of those gallant men whose hair is whitened with age and worldly service,
and who will all soon answer the call of that Greater Commander, Almighty God.
Rev. James Bradley, as he might very properly be styled, has literary ability of a high order, and is the author
of that deservedly popular book, "The Confederate Mail Carrier."
In short, it may be truly said of the man whose likeness adorns this page, that he is an honor both to his holy
calling and to the great county he represents in the Legislature.
VIRGIL A. O'BANNON.
Y
'IRGIL A. O'BANNON is the long-moustached, rock-ribbed little Dem-
ocrat who represents Wayne county in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. He is forty-one years old, and was born in St. Francois county.
Mr. O'Bannon, in his youth, had but limited educational advantages,
above what the common schools afforded, yet by industry and close appli-
cation he has managed to provide himself with a general knowledge and
practical understanding of things which fully qualifies him for the perform-
ance of the duties of his present position.
He was united in marriage to Miss Dotie Rhodes, and is the father of
eight children. He has never held any official position except the present one as Representative. In politics he
has always been an enthusiastic and outspoken Democrat.
By occupation Mr. O'Bannon is a lumberman, and also owns and operates a saw-mill in his home county, which
is famous as a lumber center. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South). Mr.
O'Bannon has the reputation of being the greatest "Previous Question mover" in the House. Personally he is a very
amiable gentleman, and has a host of friends who admire his jovial disposition and general good fellowship.
WILLIAM H. THOMAS.
O
NE of the sturdy Populists in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly is
William H. Thomas, the Representative from Douglass county. Mr.
Thomas is fifty-six years old and was born in Fayette county, Indiana ; left
the State of his birth in early days, located in Illinois, and, thirteen years
ago, came to Missouri and settled down in Douglass county ; was educated
in the common schools of his native State, and has made the best out of the
opportunities which fate has thrown in his pathway. In 1862 he volun-
teered in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Infantry,
and served three years with distinction.
Mr. Thomas is a farmer and takes a keen interest in all legislation
•which tends to better the condition of the industrial classes. In politics he
• is distinctly a man of the Jerry Simpson faith, yet has a liberality of views
on all questions, irrespective of party caste. He was married to Miss Cora
Turner, of Faiimount, 111., and eight children have been born to their union. Mr. Thomas is a man of considerable
legislative experience, having been a member of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly. He takes no part in the hot
debates of the House, but keeps up a keen and observing interest in everything which comes before it.
The subject of this sketch is a man of the highest integrity, and performs his duty in a plain, unassuming and
conscientious way. He is a man whom it is safe for any county to send to the Legislature of Missouri.
PRICHARD B. HOOD.
P RICHARD B. HOOD represents Barry county in this the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly. He was born at Cloverdale, Putnam
county, Indiana, thirty years ago. However, at eight years of age, he left
his native State and came to Missouri to sink or swim with her people.
His politics are Populistic, is liberal in his views and opinions ; and, as
some of his friends describe him, is a genial, whole-souled fellow. He was
educated in the Cassville High School, and later on attended the Springfield
Normal; he is finely equipped for the pursuit of his profession, that of a
school teacher, which he follows more or less in the county he now repre.
sents in the Legislature. Mr. Hood never held any political ofiBce before, his present position being his first expe-
rience in public life. He is, personally, very agreeable, and has taken an active interest in legislation ever since the
session began, and often takes part in the House discussions.
He is the author of several bills of more or less importance. At present he is unma:rried, and being non-commit-
tal on the subject, it is impossible to tell whether he has planned any schemes against any fair damsel or not. Mr.
Hood, however, has many warm friends among the members of the House, and is, in every sense of the word, an
able legislator.
SIMEON DAVIDSON.
T
HE people of Worth county have for their standard bearer in the pres-
ent Missouri Legislature Simeon Davidson, a Democrat of the truest
kind. Mr. Davidson was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, sixty-three years
ago. He left Ohio in 1849 and went to Jay county, Indiana; in 1855 he went
to Iowa, and from thence came to Missouri in 1865.
Mr. Davidson received his education principally in his native state, Ohio.
His business is that of a farmer and stockraiser, and in this line he has been
quite successful. He is ever ready to lend his vote to any measure which
tends to relieve the farmer in any way from the distressing conditions which
surround him. This is not his first political experience : he was elected
County Collector of Worth county from 1877 to 1878, and in 1896 was elected
to the position of Representative, the duty which he is now performing. He
was married to Miss Sarah E. Beck, a native of Ohio, and is the father of
nine children. Mr. Davidson is an ardent Democrat in the most enthusiastic sense of the word, and is an able
defender of the Chicago platform, upon which William J. Bryan stood, and upon which Gibraltar of political principles
he was given over six million votes.
Simeon Davidson is a man who will keep a good guardianship over the interests of Worth county in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly.
DR. W. F. COLLIER,
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R. W. F. COLLIER is the Democrat who represents Shannon county
in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is a native and typical
Missourian, and was born forty-four years ago. He has never left his
native heath, but has been content to rest his destiny and fortunes with
the people among whom he grew to manhood, and who have seen fit to
elevate him to honorable and responsible positions a number of times. He
was educated in the public schools, but being ambitious to become a physi-
cian he graduated himself in that profession and has practiced with success
in Shannon county. He was married to Miss Lucy Stout, and is the father
of three children.
In politics Dr. Collier has always been an enthusiastic and ardent Demo-
crat, who thoroughly believes that the Chicago platform represents the best
interests of the great American people, and that the peerless William J.
Bryan, "the boy orator of the Platte," is the statesman and leader of the
times in American politics. Dr. Collier was a member of the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth General Assemblies, and
was elected to the same position in 1896. It is this extensive legislative experience that makes him an almost
invaluable member in the present Assembly.
Personally Dr. Collier is a quiet man and he has made many warm friends among those who enjoy his acquain-
tance. He is a careful and painstaking legislator and a man who can safely be entrusted with the interests of the
people who have repeatedly honored him with public office.
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JOHN M. COX.
■ OHN M. COX represents Oregon county in the present Lower House
of Missouri's Legislative Mill. He is thirty-nine years old and was born
in Dent county. He was educated in the common public schools, and follows
the honorable occupation of a farmer, at which he has been successful.
He was married to Lizzie B. Lemmons, of Texas county, and is the
father of seven children.
Being a Bryan Democrat of the truest blue, and having a determination
that the Republicans shall never gain an ascendency in this State again,
the gods answered his zeal and wish by presenting him and his good
wife with two healthy little twin boys, who are four years old, and whom
he will train up in the good old faith of democracy.
Mr. Cox has never held any public office before his present one, but he
is still in his prime and has plenty of political fields to enter if he so desires. He is a firm friend of the public schools
and is always interested in any legislation which tends to uplift them, and put them on a better footing.
Mr. Cox is very popular among the members from the fact of his jovial, good natured disposition. No one is
fonder of a good joke or witticism than he, and the people of Oregon county have made no mistake by sending him
to the Legislature.
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E. W. MARTIN.
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W. MARTIN, of Auxvasse, who so ably represents Callaway county
in the Thirty-nirith General Assembly, was born, reared and edu-
cated in the "Kingdom of Callaway," and is fifty-four years of age. He
married Miss Sallie Craig, also of Callaway, and is the father of one child, a
daughter. He is a typical Missouri farmer, whose horny hands show him to
be a "tiller of the soil," one of "the hewers of wood and drawers of water,"
and while he has been a life-long Democrat and has always been one of the
party leaders, he never sought or held office until called upon by his neigh-
bors to represent them in the Legislature. It was not for his aggressive
disposition or his brilliant oratory that be was chosen from among his fellows
for this important office, but because of his rigid integrity and sterling worth
as a man and a citizen — his constituents knowing that their interests would
be carefully guarded by him. His ability and worth were at once recognized
by the Speaker, who, besides making him Chairman of the Committee on
Permanent Seat of Government, appointed him to positions on five other
important Committees, viz: Federal Relations, State Libraries, Eleemosy-
nary Institutions, Constitutional Amendments and Official Salaries and P^ees. He is active and alert, carefully watch-
ing every measure affecting the interests of the people, and his vote is always recorded on the side of the masses. To
use his own language he is "a State's rights Democrat," who has never yielded or surrendered that principle, and is
ready at all times to defend the same. As a man he is a genial, companionable gentleman who has made a stanch
friend of all whom he has come in contact with. Callaway, one of the banner Democratic counties in the grand old
Commonwealth of Missouri, is justly proud of her Representative who so fearlessly and ably represents her in the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly. "Would that there were more Representatives of his sterling worth and unswerving
fidelity.
JAMES H. WHITECOTTON.
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^HIS cut is the statesmanlike countenance of James H. Whitecottou
the Representative of Monroe county in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. Mr. Whitecotton is forty-two years old and was born and raised
in Ralls county in this State. He first attended the common public schools
and, after serving his apprenticeship in them, he attended the Renssalear
Academy and the Kirksville Normal. Not content with this, he went to
the State University, and pursued his education to a higher and more com-
plete degree. Mr. Whitecotton is a lawyer by profession, and Enjoys an
extensive and lucrative practice at Paris, iu his home county. As a pleader
of criminal law there are few men of his age in the State who surpass him.
He was united in marriage to Miss Zora A. Wilson, of Gentry county, and is
the father of four bright children. Mr. Whitecotton's struggle in life is one
that commands the highest admiration. After having provided himself with
a fair education he begun to teach school, and out of these earnings saved
en9Ugh to continue his studies and complete his law course in the State
University. His diploma was presented to him in i8S6, in the presence of his wife and two children, by Dr. Laws.
He was the Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe county from 1889 to '93, and proved a very efficient officer. He is a great-
great-grandson of John Paulding, one of the three men who captured the famous Major Andre of revolutionary times;
he has always been a pronounced and uncompromising Democrat, and no man stands higher in the Thirty- ninth Gen-
eral Assembly than this young statesman from Monroe, He has the reputation of being the most eloquent orator in
the House, and to no man belongs this distinguished recognition more justly. He is the father of a number of impor-
tant bills and has taken an active part in all legislation from the very beginning. Charming in personality, able and
a brilliant orator, no man who has played a part in the drama at Missouri's capital this winter has a brighter future
than this man who hails from the old banner Democratic county of Monroe. He was Chairman of the Stockyards
Investigating Committee and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Democratic caucus. He was a member of
somi of the most important committees of the House; was Chairman of the Committee on Rules, also on Joint Rules.
WILLIAM M. DEN SLOW.
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'HE subject of this sketch, William M. Denslow, is the Republican Rep-
resentative from Grundy county. Mr. Denslow is located at Spickard
in the county which he represents, and is editor of the Grundy County
Gazette. He is a stanch Republican in politics and believes firmly in the
principles enunciated in the platform of that party. He was born in Grundy
county thirty-eight years ago, and is a man of much more than ordinary
ability. Mr. Denslow was educated in the common schools of his county, and
afterward attended the high school at Trenton. For more than ten years he
taught in the public schools of bis native county. He was married in 1880
to Miss Callie Schooler, and they are the parents of a bright little boy, Mas-
ter Ray, eleven years old, who was a page in the House at the extra session
of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly.
Mr. Denslow has held the office of Town ship Treasurer for ten years, and
has been prominently connected in educational work, and for a number of years has been Secretary of the Board of
Education of Spickard, Missouri. He has been prominent in politics in Grundy county and the Second Congres-
sional District for several years, and is at present Secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee of his district.
He was a member of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly and was re-elected to the Thirty-ninth As.sembly without
opposition in his party or at the general election. In the present Assembly he is an active member of the Committees
on Education, Internal Improvements and Printing, and he is in every way an honor to the minority party in the
House of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
DAVID F. FITZGERALD.
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*HIS is the genial likeness of one of the three giants in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly. He resides at Ford City and is the Representative
from Gentry county. Mr. Fitzgerald was born forty-nine years ago in Mc-
Minn county, Tennessee, and spent his boyhood days in the land and birth-
place of great statesmen. When but a few years old he came to Missouri, and
has remained with its good people ever since. He married Miss Mary F. Pat-
ton, of Gentry county, twenty-one years ago, and is the father of eight chil-
dren, five boj's and three girls, seven of whom are living. In all the
State there isn't a more ardent Democrat than Mr. Fitzgerald ; he glories
in the traditions and principles of his party and is ever ready to defend his
political faith.
The present office is the first position of political importance that he has ever held, but there is not one
man in the present Assembly who is more capable and qualified to sit in the seat of a legislator than the tower-
ing statesman from Gentry county. He is a man who reads a great deal, was educated in Grand River College and is
in every particular a well informed man. He is president of the Farmers' Insurance Company of his county, is an Elder
in the Round Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the recent Stock-yards Committee
which went to Kansas City. He is fond of wit and raises many a wave of applause in the House by his
sarcastic remarks. Everybody is his friend, for to know him is to admire him. Gentry county has honored herself
by sending to the Thirty-ninth Assembly this tall sycamore, the thoroughbred Democrat and genial Fitzgerald.
JAMES P. SHEWMAKER.
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*HE accompanying cut is a fair resemblance to James P. Shewmaker,
the rock-ribbed Bryan Democrat from Buchanan county. Mr. Shew-
maker was born fifty-four years ago in the county which he now represents
in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, and received his education in its pub-
lic schools. He was united in marriage to Miss Minerva Rockhold, also a
resident of the above county; he is the father of four children. This is the
first political oflSce which Mr. Shewmaker has ever held; he has, however,
often represented his county in State and congressional conventions. In
religion he is a Missionary Baptist. He is Chairman of the Committee on
Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business, a member of the Committee on
Municipal Corporations, and also the Committee on Agriculture. Mr.
Shewmaker has made a friend of every one who has enjoyed the good fortune to become acquainted with him.
Mr. Shewmaker does not believe in consuming valuable time in wild, oratorical displays, but prefers to give a
just attention to the bills before him, without delay or filibustering methods. He has always been an ardent silver
man, and an enthusiastic supporter of the great dominant principles of his part}-. Buchanan county has not erred in
sending him to the Legislature.
COL. JOSEPH A. FINER.
/^■^OL. JOSEPH A. FINER, of St. Joseph, the subject of this sketch, is
— ^ one of the safest and most trusted men in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. He was born in Boone county, Kentucky, and came to this
State in 1862, and has left his destiny in the hands of Missouri's hospitable
people ever since. Col. Finer has been a very active man in business and
in public affairs, but has now permanently retired from business. He was a
boy in the good old days of long ago when conditions instilled into youth
the quality of iron and sinew; he received his education in a little log cabin
in Kentucky, and there learned the duty of manhood and received that
industry which makes success of life. He is a widower and seems to be content with his lot, notwithstanding the
doubts of womaukind in this respect. Col. Finer was Sheriff of Campbell county, Kentucky, for two terms, and has
also been Mayor of St. Joseph for four years. In politics there is no more sterling or uncompromising Democrat in
the State; he is an enthusiastic advocate of free silver, and took a great interest in the recent presidential campaign.
He is an amiable gentleman, and every member of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly who knows him, treats him
with a high regard. Considering his extensive experience he also makes an invaluable legislator.
WINFIELD S. POPE.
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'INFIELD S. POPE was born in North Carolina, July 20, 1847, and
was educated in Davidson Academy and North Carolina Military
Academy of his native state. In 1866 he left North Carolina and came west
to cast his lot and fortune with the people of the great commonwealth of
Missouri; was married to Miss Lucy Miller of Jefferson City, and has three
charming daughters, who move in the most select and exclusive social circles
at the State Capital. As the Representative of Cole county, Mr. Pope plays
an unusually prominent and influential role in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly, and to no man on the floor of the House does the distinguished
toga of leadership fall more justly. In fact few men of Mr. Pope's ability
and power can afford to neglect their legal duties for a seat in the Legis-
lature, which is not Tery lucrative, and after all limited in its scope for
political aggrandizement. Mr. Pope was admitted to the bar in 1867 at
Marshfield, Mo., by the late Robert W. P'yan, and later practiced law at
Hartville, Mo., until 1S75, when he removed to Jefferson City, where he has practiced ever since. Mr. Pope was a
member of the General Assembly in 1873-1874 and the political wrangles and confusion of the House are therefore not
entirely unknown to him. He is one of the ablest criminal lawyers in the State and is, therefore, perfectly at ease in
the frequent debates which occur on the floor of the House. He has the reputation of having the tenacity of a bull
dog in a legal or political fight, and it is for this reason that members court his favor upon their pet measures before
their fate comes before the House. But Mr. Pope is nevertheless a kind and courteous gentleman, a determined
political fighter and leader, and one of the stanchest Democrats in the great State of Missouri.
GEORGE V. PYEATT.
GEORGE Y. PYEATT is the member in the Thirty- ninth General
Assembly from St. Clair county. Mr. Pyeatt was born in Richland
county, Ohio, sixty-two years ago, but afterward removed to Illinois, where
he spent part of his life, and then came to the " state of coal and iron " and
good people to work out his remaining fortunes. He is a Democrat of the
sturdiest type and is a farmer by occupation. He was educated in the public
schools of Illinois and has made the most of his opportunities. As many
other boys who have to make their own way in the world, he was unable to
avail himself of the advantages of a college training, and hence had to be
' content with the rudiments of the common public school. Mr. Pyeatt was
united in marriage to Miss Teresa Wells and is the parent of four children.
He is a well preserved man, considering the hard work and worry which
has devolved upon him in attaining the position of a successful farmer.
Mr, Pyeatt takes but little interest in the discussions of the House, but is content to cast his ballot upon the
legislation which calls for verdict from him. He is for strict economy in public expenditures and believes that to
waste a dollar of the public money is a public crime. He is one of the old school Democrats and an honor to the
party.
CHARLES WILLIAMS.
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CHARLES WILLIAMS is one of the Gibraltar Democrats in the present
Legislature. He resides at House Springs; was born September 12, 1847,
near Newark, Ohio, and there spent his boyhood days and merged into man-
hood; was educated in the public schools of his native State and put the finish-
ing touch to his education in Denison University, Ohio. By profession he is
a surgeon and physician and has a good practice in Jefferson county, which
he represents in the present Assembly. He was united in marriage to Miss
Sue E. Stephens, of De Soto, and has three children. He has always been a
firm and reliable Democrat ; has often been importuned to run for office in
Jefferson county, but has steadily refused all political honors until the late
campaign, when he was prevailed upon to run for the Legislature. He has
of friends among his fellow legislators, and is a man who pays strict attention to duty and is well qualified
the responsible duties of his present office.
GEORGE B. COWLEY.
GEORGE B. COWLEY is one of the substantial Republican members
of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, and assists the minority in
impressing the Democrats with the fact that there are yet a few Republicans
left in Old Missouri. He is thirty-six years old, and is a native of Wiscon-
sin; he was educated in the public schools of his native State and Missouri,
and afterward attended the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, from
which institution he graduated with honors. He represents Caldwell
county; practices his profession and edits a newspaper in Cowgill, where he
resides. He served three terms as Coroner of Caldwell county; he has also
been a member of his County Central Committee for fourteen years, and
was, at one time, a member of the Congressional Committee of his
district*. Mr. Cowley was, in 1886, united in marriage to Miss Mary E.
McCray, of Caldwell county, and has six children, two boys and four girls. For seven years he has been proprietor
of the Cowgill Chief, an influential Republican newspaper; he has also gained a reputation as a writer of religious
and other poems, being a lineal descendant of Abraham Cowley, England's great poetic writer. His wife also traces
her lineage back to Charles Carroll of Carrollton , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Cowley
is a refined gentleman, a safe legislator, and as a Representative is a credit to the people who sent him. Mr. Cowley
served on the Committees on Ways and Means, and on Banks and Banking, where he did excellent work.
HUGH ARMSTRONG.
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UGH ARMSTRONG is another man who does battle in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly for the Republican minority. He resides
at Kirkwood, St. Louis county, but was born in Rogersville, Tenn., April
13, 1840. He was educated in the common and high schools in the vicinity
of Kirkwood, and afterward attended the junior year in Marietta College,
Marietta, Ohio. His business is that of an insurance agent, which he fol-
lows at his home in Kirkwood. He was united in marriage to Miss Annie O.
Olcott, of Rook Hill, St. Louis county, in the year 1871, and is the father of
one daughter. In politics Mr. Armstrong has always been a firm Repub-
lican. His election to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly was entirely un-
sought for on his part, but being urged to make the race, he finally con-
sented and led his ticket, his majority being 1109 over the combined oppo-
sition. For twelve years he has been a member of the Republican Central Committee of St. Louis county, and is at
present, and has been for years, Secretary of that body. Mr. Armstrong entered the Union army August 12, 1861,
served four months, was honorably discharged, after which he went to California; he returned in 1862 as a member
of the "California One Hundred" — a private. The company was assigned to Massachusetts, quoted as Co. A, Second
Massachusetts Cavalry. He was soon promoted to First Sergeant, then Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and
finally Captain. Mr. Armstrong is a man who has had a great deal of experience in all practical lines. Though an
ardent Republican he is liberal minded upon all questions. He is a man who stands as an honor to the minority,
and a capable representative of his people.
WILLIAM H, COCK.
ONE of the veteran Democrats in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly is
William H. Cock, who is the Representative of Henry county, and
resides at Clinton, Mo. Mr. Cock is sixty-seven years old ; was born in
Rutherford county, Tennessee ; went with his parents to Kentucky in 1830 ;
he passed his infancy in Kentucky, coming to this State in 1839. He
was educated in the common schools of Missouri and Kentucky, and is a
man who has led an active, busy life. He was united in marriage to Miss
Eliza L. Hancock, of Lincoln county. Mo., and is the father of three chil-
rdren — one boy and two girls. In 1848 he settled in Hickory county, and
embarked in the mercantile business ; went from there to Osceola in 1851,
and later, in 1856, removed to Clinton, in the county which he now repre-
^ sents, and has resided there ever since, following the merchandise business
in connection with farming. Mr. Cock is a man with wide legislative experience, and is very popular in the county
in which he lives. He comes to the Thirty-ninth Assembly with the extensive acquaintance with legislative affairs
which he gathered from the Thirtieth and Thirty-fourth General Assemblies. He was also elected Collector of
his county in 1872.
Mr. Cock is a man of sound judgment, a thorough Democrat, and a man well fitted and qualified to represent
Henry county in the Missouri Legislature.
JAMES H. ROSS.
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AMES H. ROSS is the sterling Democrat who represents the people of
Pulaski county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He resides at
Big Piney and is a farmer by occupation, in which line he has been quite
successful. He was born July 19, 1840, in Gibson county, Tenn., and in the
year 1868 left the State of his birth and came to Missouri. He grew to man-
hood in Tennessee and was educated in its common schools. He was
married to Miss Isabella McDonald, of Waynesville, Mo., who died March
5, 1897, and is the father of ten children, eight girls and two boys, the eldest
daughter being married and a resident of Kansas. He was a soldier in the Union
army and was mustered out of service as First Lieutenant. He served in the
capacity of Deputy Sheriff in Tennessee in 1866-7 ; again served as Deputy Sheriff and Collector in Pulaski county
in the years 1878, 1879 and 1880. He was elected to the Thirty-eighth General Assembly and re-elected to the present
one by a largely increased vote. He is a man who thoroughly possesses the confidence of his people and has always
been an outspoken Democrat, whose party faith and fealty is above question or reproach. Being a farmer, he is
closely allied to their interests, and with his advanced experience in legislative matters and parliamentary tactics is
an absolutely invaluable member in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
CHARLES ANDREW SMITH.
CHARLES ANDREW SMITH, the subject of this sketch, is one of the
most brilliant young men who grace the Republican minority in the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is only thirty-one years old and was
born in Elsat, 111., in which State he passed the majority of his younger
days. He was educated in the common schools and afterward attended the
St. Louis Law School, from which institution he graduated in a creditable
manner ; his law course was completed in June of 1892, and he was admitted
to practice. He was united in marriage to Miss Mamie B, Spangle, of
Jersey county, Illinois, and is the father of a bright little girl. Mr. Smith
practices law in the city of St. Louis and has a patronage that nets him an
elegant income. In politics he has always been an ardent Republican, and
is at all times ready to stand up for the party which sent him as a mem-
ber to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. Though Mr. Smith has always taken a very lively interest in politics yet
this is the first political office he has ever held. He believes that silence is sometimes preferable to oratory, and hence
never takes the floor unless he is distinctly interested and concerned. Personally he is very amiable, a gentleman in
his transactions, and in fact one of the most popular young men in the Assembly.
DR. W. J. RUTLEDGE.
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R. W. J. RUTLEDGE, of Lawrence county, is a Missourian and proud
of his native State; is a descendant of the old Rutledge family of
South Carolina; his mother was a Howard, niece of Tillman A. Howard, of
Indiana, who was sent as a minister to Texas at an early day. The subject
of this sketch was born in Newton county forty-four years ago; educated at
Newtonia Academy, Pierce City High School and Missouri Medical College.
After completing his medical course began the practice of medicine and has
ever since been successful in his chosen profession. He now lives upon a
farm in Friestatt, surrounded by the comforts of a quiet life and happy
family. In 1878 he married Miss Manda Brite, of Pierce City, and four girls
and three boys have blessed the ixnion. For three years and a half prior to
last October Dr. Rutledge was Pension Examining Surgeon at Pierce City,
resigning that position to devote his time and energies to the political con-
test being waged in Lawrence county last fall ; is a Democrat of the Jeflfersonian stripe and fearless in his political
convictions. The Populists of Lawrence county supported Dr. Rutledge at the polls, and he was elected by a major-
ity of 418 votes in a county that had formerly been safely Republican; was Chairman of the Text Book Committee,
one of the most important committees of the House, and a member of the Committee on Appropriations. He made
a good record in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly and took an active part in the discussions on the floor of the
House, and was ever ready to espouse any measure that tended to benefit the common people.
GEORGE B. ELLIS.
AMONG the members of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly there are
few more conscientious and painstaking legislators than George B.
Ellis, the Representative from Bates county. Mr. Ellis is forty years old,
and was born and reared on a farm in Greene county, Indiana, and there
were instilled into his boyish life, far from the dangerous temptations of the
city, the qualities and sentiments which make men and citizens. He was
educated in Ascension Normal and the Evansville Business College in his
native State, and speaking from this standpoint, he has received a training
which eminently fits him for his present position and almost any other that
is apt to be thrown in his way. Although qualified for a higher calling from
an educational point of view, he is content to be a farmer with a farmer's
opportunities and life. He was united in marriage to Miss Anna William-
sen, of Indiana, and is the father of five children, one daughter and four
sons. In his own words, he is a Jacksonian Democrat of the purest and most pronounced type. He has held various
offices in the county which he now represents, and is a man who enjoys the confidence of his home people. He
introduced a General Fellow Servant Bill, a bill reducing salaries and a compulsory education measure. He looks
into all legislation from a careful and conscientious standpoint, and is one of the Democrats in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly who is thoroughly competent to discharge the duties with which his constituents have entrusted
him.
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OSCAR F. SESSINGHAUS.
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HE subject of this sketch is Oscar F. Sessinghaus, of the City of St.
Louis. Mr. Sessinghaus is one of the youngest members of the
House, being only twenty-six years old. He was born and reared in the city
in which he now resides. He was educated in the University of Michigan, is
a lawyer by profession and has a bright future in the legal line in St. Louis.
In politics Mr. Sessinghaus is an ardent Republican, and, considering his
age, is quite an able advocate and defender of that party whose fundamental
principles were founded by the great Hamilton. He has learned one very
important lesson to a young legislator, and that is that it does not pay to get
out on the floor upon every proposition which comes up before the House —
there is nothing like knowing when to talk and when to remain silent. As
yet Mr. Sessinghaus is in a state of single blessedness, but we assume no responsibility for his future. He is in every
way one of the brightest and brainiest young men in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
T. W. WADE.
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W. WADE, who is the harden of this short biographical sketch, is
one of the rock-ribbed Democrats of the Thirty ninth General
Assembly. Mr. Wade is a native of Georgia; was born in that State in 1847,
and came to '' Old Missouri " with his parents in 1852, and ever since that
time has been content to trust his interests with the good old people of our
State. He is the head of a family consisting of nine industrious children,
six of whom are married; the other three, with their parents, reside in their
picturesque home in the rural parts of Greene county.
Mr. Wade, as many other industrious young Americans, has won his
way to a position of eminence and honor by his own determined will and
energy; educated in the common schools of this State, he has been a very
close student and observer, until today there are few men among the members of the present Assembly who surpass
him in practical knowledge. He won a signal victory in the last election, and was sent to the Legislature from a
county which had always been considered hopelessly Republican ; to his own personal cleanliness of character and
manhood this victory is practically due. He is a member of the Board of Directors and General Manager of the
Republic Canning Company of Republic, Greene county, and has made that industry a prounounced success; he owns
two elegant farms, besides a fruit farm near Springfield, in Greene county. He is a strong free silver Democrat, is
closely allied with the interests of the industrial classes, and is in every way one of the most substantial and valuable
members in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
MATTHEW COFFEY.
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ATTHEW COFFEY is one of the substantial Democratic members of
the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is fifty-one years old and
was born in Kentucky, the land of blue grass and patriotic statesmen. He
resides at Downing at the present time and is the Representative of Schuyler
county. He came to this State when he was only four years old and has
resided here ever since; was educated in the public schools of Memphis, Mo.
By occupation Mr. Coffey is a farmer and stock raiser, and as a legislator
in the present Assembly he is ever watchful of the interests of the men to
whose class his following attaches him.
He was united to Miss M. E. Downing of Scotland county. Mo., in 1869,
and is the father of eight children. In politics he is a Democrat of the most
undaunted variety and has worked long and hard to convert his county from
the plague of Republicanism, in which he was successful in the recent elec-
tion. Two years ago the Republican candidate received a majority of 317 votes, and this time he himself carried
the county by 330, thus attesting his own popularity as a Democratic race horse in Schuyler county. He tries to save
money for his State by refraining from taking a part in the long, tedious debates, but contents himself by casting
an intelligent vote upon the propositions which come before him. He is the right man in the right place.
JOHN A. PORTER.
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OHN A. PORTER is another young Republican statesman from the
City of St. Louis, who is helping to make the beastly Democratic
majority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly understand that there exists
also a vigorous Republican minority. Twenty-eight years ago, John A. Porter
was born amid the beautiful hills of Scotland, the land of the immortal Bob-
bie Burns and of bonnie lads and maids. There he resided until fifteen
years of age, and then left her myths and mistletoe to mingle his fortunes in
that greatest of all nations, America. He was educated in the Grammar
schools of his native land, and after coming to this country took up the study
of law and is now practicing his profession in the City of St. Louis. He
came to Missouri from Georgia, where he resided a number of years. Mr.
Porter's father had been in this country before him, and had served as a sol-
dier in the Union Army, afterward returning to Scotland, when the subject
of this sketch was born. Mr. Porter does not play any very aggressive part in the oratorical displays which are so
frequent in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, but, being an attorney by profession, is able to form for himself a
sound opinion of the constitutionality and advisability of all the bills which come up for consideration. He is a
capable Representative and an honor to the minority.
COL. JAMES M'LEAN PIPER.
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OL: JAMES M'LEAN PIPER, who represents the Third District of St.
Louis City, was born in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland county, Pa.,
May I, 1840. He was of Saxon descent. His ancestor was Maquas Pyper,
of Holstein. In the wars which prevailed in Germany the Pipers emigrated
from Nuremburg to the north of Ireland, thence to Dockmouth, in Devon-
shire. There Nathaniel Piper was born in 1658, and, coming to America
after he had grown to manhood, he settled at Ipswich, Mass. Three of his
family afterward made their homes in Lancaster county, Pa. They gained
distinction both for their personal character and bravery in the Indian wars.
William Piper served under Gen. Forbes at Fort Duquesue in 175S, and also
in the Revolutionary war. His son, Peter Piper, crossed the Alleghenies at
the age of eighteen to make his home in the Ligonier Valley, where he died
in 1858 at the age of ninety-seven. He was an Indian scout and spy, a man
of great courage and daring, familiar with woodcraft as well as warcraft.
He was a Jacksonian Democrat in politics, and a Cumberland Presbyterian
in religion. The father of twelve children, his sons and grandsons inherited
his belief, but his son William, the father of the Colonel, became a stanch
_ Republican after the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. James was reared
at the family homestead and received his education in the common schools,
supplemented by several terms in Ligonier and Sewickley Academies. He learned his father's trade of millwright,
following it durmg the summer and going to school in winter. It was his purpose, however, to become a lawyer, and
for this purpose he attended the Michigan Law School. He served with honor in the late war, going out with the
First Battalion of Pennsylvania Cavalry. After the close of the war he came to St. Louis in 1865 to follow the live
stock business. From 1870 to 1875 he was connected with the Piper Manufacturing Company at Springfield, 111. He
has traveled quite extensively through the Central and South American Republics and Mexico for two and one-half
years just past, and has been engaged in promoting and building a railroad from Grafcon, 111., to Rock Island. He
was elec'ed to the Assembly from the Third District as a Republican, although his district has been largely Democratic.
JOHN H. PERRIN.
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OHN H. PERRIN is the Populist who represents Linn county in the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He was born forty-nine years ago, in
old Howard, the mother of Missouri counties, and received his education in
its public schools. Being ambitious to become a doctor of medicine, he
graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. He
was united in marriage to Miss Lavinia M. Logan of Madison county, Ohio,
and is the father of a bright little girl.
Dr. Perrin enjoys an excellent practice at Marceline, in the county in
which he resides, and succeeds in making a comfortable living. He has been
a member of the Board of Aldermen in Marceline, member of the Board of
Health, School Board, and Clerk of his Township Board. In politics he is
an ardent Populist, yet liberal minded in things political, and was elected from his county by a combination of Popu-
lists and Democrats. He is a man who has thought much upon political problems and is therefore well qualified to
fill and perform the duties of his present position.
/ ED. BOH ART.
AMONG the young Democratic Representatives ia the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly there is no abler man than J. Ed. Bohart, who rep-
resents Clinton county. He is only twenty-six years old, and was born in
Andrew county, Mo., and owes all that he is to the good people of this
State, who have recognized his ability and strong, manly character, and ele-
vated him to his present position of honor and responsibility. He was edu-
cated in the University of Michigan, and afterward entered the legal depart-
ment at Ann Arbor, from which great institution he graduated with honors.
No young man who sits in the present Assembly has had better educational
opportunities, and a short acquaintance with him reveals the fact that he has
made the most of them. He was united in marriage to Miss Katherine
Morgan, of Plattsburg, the town in which he now lives, and is the father of
a bright little boy four years old. He is a member of the Judiciary Commit-
tee, also Banks and Banking, and the Joint Committee on Rules; is Chairman
of the Committee on Justices of the Peace, and also of several special committees. On all of them his influence is felt.
He practices his profession at Plattsburg, and also owns an excellent tract of land upon which he carries on a stock-
raising and shipping business. In politics he is an uncompromising Democrat, and carried his county by a majority of
looo. He is an able orator, yet is not affected with what some people call a diarrhoea of speechmaking. He takes
an active part in the House discussions, and when he speaks has something to say and receives close attention. Edu-
cated and polished, a man of fine intellect and a host of warm friends, and, together with these qualities, possessed
of the elegant bearing of a man and statesman, few ambitious young fellows in the State have a brighter future than
J. Ed. Bohart, of Clinton county.
JAMES A. DAUGHERTY.
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AMES A. DAUGHERTY, the Representative from Jasper county, is one
of the substantial Democrats in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly,
who can always be depended upon to cast an intelligent ballot upon all ques-
tions which come up for consideration before that body. He is a native of
Tennessee and was born in that State August 30, 1847; there he passed his
boyhood days and was educated in its public schools. He was united in
marriage to Miss Susanna Freeman of Illinois, and is the father of eight chil-
dren; he has now resided in Jaspar county, this State, a little over twenty-
nine years.
The present office is not the first official capacity in which Mr. Daugh-
erty has served. In 1890 he was elected Judge of the Western District in his
county, and re-elected in 1892 to the same position. He has always been a
Democrat of the most sterling kind, and the fact that he now represents an
iron clad Republican county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, is sufficient proof of his personal popularity
among the people of his home. He follows the farming and stock raising business on an extensive scale, and has
been quite successful. He is closely allied to the farmers' interests in legislative matters and is in every way a man
competent to discharge the duties of his present position. He has made many warm friends in the Assembly and is
an honor to the county which he represents.
W. M. MEYERSIECK.
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M. MEYERSIECK represents Franklin county in the Thirty-
' ninth General Assembly. He resides at Union, where he was
born twenty-eight years ago. He was educated in the public schools, but
afterward attended the St. Louis Law School; however, he has not followed
the profession for which his educational qualifications fitted him, but is a
farmer by occupation, and teaches school in addition.
He was united in marriage to Miss M. C. Dress, of the town in which
he was born, and is the father of one bright little girl baby, which is one
year old.
The only other official capacity in which Mr. Meyersieck has ever served was that of Deputy Sheriff of Franklin
county in the jears 1893-4-5-6. He has taught school for a period of six years, and was Principal of the Union public
schools in 1895-6. He is an industrious young man, and fights enthusiastically in the battles of the Republican
minority in the present House.
Mr. Meyersieck believes firmly and zealously in the principles of his party, ard is a faithful guardian of the
interests of the people whom he represents in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
FRED J. HESS.
I ^RED J. HESS makes laws for the citizens of Mississippi county in the
-'• Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He was born and passed his early
days in the old Southern State of Tennessee ; in 1870 he left the place of his
birth and went to Hickman county, Kentucky, in which county he served
as Prosecuting Attorney for a term of two years. In 1875 he came to Mis-
sissippi county, Missouri, and has lived among its hospitable people ever
since ; there he has served as County Judge, and was also elected to serve
in the Thirty-sixth General Assembly.
Mr. Hess is not married. Politically speaking he is a Democrat of the
truest variety, and is always ready to defend and fight for the principles founded and promulgated by that great
philosopher and statesman, Thomas JefiFerson. He is one of the most substantial Representatives in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly, and, being jovial and amiable by nature, numbers his friends by the score.
For the past fifteen years he has devoted himself to farming, and consequently he keeps one eye continually
open for legislation in the interest of the great industrial classes.
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HARRY CLYMER.
ARRY CLYMER is one of the ablest and brightest young men who are
sharing in the woes and tribulations of the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. He is twenty-six years old and was born in Bates county of this
State, and will probably cast his destiny among its people. He devoted him-
self industriously to the interests of the Republican party in Crawford county,
which he represents in the present Assembly, and after the battle was over and
his election assured, he bent his efforts to a nobler and more gallant purpose
and successfully induced a pretty young lady, Miss Lillie Harrison, of Steel-
ville, Mo., to walk to the hymeneal altar with him, and they were married
February 7, 1897. As "all the world loves a lover, " Mr. Clymer has been
the recipient of many pleasant smiles and compliments from his fellow mem-
bers. He was educated in the common and private Normal schools and has
taught for a number of years. He then read law and was admitted to the
bar at the age of twenty-two and has much promise in his chosea profession. He is a member of the Judiciary Com-
mittee and the Committee on Official Salaries and Fees. He was also a member of the Special Committee appointed
by the Speaker to examine into alleged police frauds in St. Louis and Kansas City. He was also placed on a num-
ber of other important Committees.
He has a personality which is very affable and has many friends. As a legislator he is competent and in every
able and qualified to represent the interests of the people of Crawford county.
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PAUL ELLIS.
AUL ELLIS is the Republican Representative from Wright county in
the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He resides at Cedar Gap in this
county, and his business is that of a merchant, at which vocation he has had
fair success. He is thirty-eight years of age, was born in Webster county,
but has lived the greater portion of his time in the county which has sent
him to the present Legislature, He was educated at Mt. Dale Seminary,
and is a well equipped man for the duties which devolve upon him as a
Legislator.
Mr. Ellis was united in the bonds of wedlock to Miss Mollie Pyatt,
daughter of Judge Pyatt of Wright county, and is the father of two bright
children; Jesse, a sturdy little fellow of twelve, and Willie, a sweet cherub-
faced little girl of six, with a curly head and blue eyes. Mr. Ellis is an
ardent Republican in politics and has a well grounded faith in the doctrines
of his party. He is a quiet man personally and is content to let the "other fellows" do the orating: however, he takes
a keen interest in all legislative matters, and is one of the strongest men in the Assembly, who helps fight the bat-
tles of the minority.
Representative Ellis has done excellent service on the Appropriations Committee, also on the Committees on
Commerce and Immigration.
JOHN M. HARREL.
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HE old rock-ribbed county of Clay is represented in the Thirty-ninth
Kentucky, thirty-nine years ago; he lived in his native State for fourteen
years and then came to the grand old State of Missouri to cast his lot with
her hospitable people. Mr. Harrel has had very good opportunities in
educational respects, and secured a good training in the private schools of
his native State. He is an able fighter and takes a prominent part in the
House debates. He is the author of the Separate Coach Bill and made a
strong and determined fight for it on the floor of the House. He has been
Chairman of the Farmers' Alliance of his county and has also served in the
same capacity for the Interstate Alliance of Missouri and Kansas. He repre-
sented Clay county in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh General Assem-
blies. Mr. Harrel enjoys the distinction of being the only man who ever
succeeded himself in the Legislature from Clay county. He is ever vigilant
for the farmers' interests and ever ready to take up the cudgel in a political fight in their behalf No man sits in
the House of Representatives to-day who enjoys a greater degree of respect in the minds of his fellow members than
John M. Harrel. In fact, the only thing that reflects against his Democracy is that he is a confirmed old bachelor.
However, when the Thirty-ninth General Assembly has become a matter of history none will have a more respected
signature upon its roster than John M. Harrel.
ANDREW J. McCOLLUM.
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NE of the most substantial old rock-ribbed Democrats in the present
September 3, 1843, in Hickman county, Tennessee, but passed the majority
of his days in Perry county, in the same State. In 1870 he left the State of
his nativity and came to Old Missouri, settling in Ripley county, and there
he has resided ever since. He was married to Miss Alice Harrington ia
Perry county, Tennessee, in March, 1866, and of this marriage two children
are living; his wife Alice departed this life in May, 1879; i*i November, 1879,
he was married to his present wife, Emma Berth, and of this marriage has
three children living.
Mr. McCollum was educated in the common schools of Perry county,
Tennessee, and during the late war fought in the " Lost Cause." He was in
Company H, Forty-second Tennessee Infantry Volunteers ; is a member of the Composite Lodge, No. 369, A. F. &
A. M., and also belongs to Doniphan Lodge, No. in, K. of P., and Doniphan Lodge, No. 338, of the A. O. U. W.
He was Clerk of the Circuit Court and Recorder from 1875 to 1895 in Ripley county — elected five terms in succession;
also served in the Thirty-eighth Assembly and was re-elected to the present one. In politics Mr. McCollum has
always been a firm and uncompromising Democrat, and has ever taken an interest in his party's battles; his popularity
among his home people is attested by the fact that he has been repeatedly honored with public office. He is a most
amiable gentleman, and as a legislator he is thoroughly competent to discharge the duties of his position. He is a
lawyer, and was admitted to practice in 1896.
JOSEPH BURROUGHS.
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NE of the brightest young Democratic members of the Thirty-ninth
roughs enjoys the distinction of being the youngest member of the present
House, as he is only twenty-five years old. He was born and reared in the
county which he now represents. He received his academic education in
West Plains College, and afterward studied law in Cumberland University,
and was graduated therefrom and admitted to the bar in 1896. Mr. Burroughs'
father died when he was only fifteen years old, leaving him as the eldest of
seven children. Thus he was at this youthful age compelled to shoulder the
task of helping his mother rear her family, and together they managed to
get along quite nicely upon the farm left them by their father. Mr. Bur-
roughs has taught school at different times, but having an inherent love for
politics he will no doubt remain in their turmoil the greater part of his life.
He is the author of several important measures which have come before the Thirty-ninth Assembly, and is a very
able speaker and debater. No youug man has taken a more important part in the proceedings of the House than he.
Mr. Burroughs is a member of the Committees on Elections and State Library, and is in every way one of the strong-
est factors and most brilliant young Democrats in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
WILLIAM L. SNIDOW.
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'ILI/IAM L. SNIDOW, who represents Hickory county, is a Virgi-
nian, having been born in Giles county, February 13, 1829. He
obtained the rudiments of an education at spare times, when he could not
be engaged on his father's farm, where he remained until twenty years of
age. At that time he married Miss Elizabeth C. Brown, and to this union
have been born ten children. In 1849 he and his father came to Missouri,
settling in Monroe county. In 1856 Mr. Snidow removed to Hickory county.
He has served as Lieutenant of Militia in Virginia; also Captain of Militia
in Missouri, also saw service in the regular army.
In 1866 Mr. Snidow was commissioned by Governor Fletcher to organize
the Militia of Hickory county. After the war he served as School Director
and as Deputy Sheriff. In 1864 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1865 he was chosen Supervisor of Registration
for Hickory county, but resigned. He was elected to the Legislature from his county in 1868, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1880,
1884, 1886, and again in 1896. He was Assistant U. S. Marshal in 1870, and a member of the Union Convention at
Jefferson City in 1863, also member of numerous State and other conventions. Mr. Snidow was a Whig until that
party disbanded, since which time he has been an ardent and consistent Republican. His long service in the Legis-
lature and his strong, sterling traits of manhood secure for him the high respect and good will of every member of the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
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WADSWORTH D. LEEPER.
AMONG the great army of bright ambitious young men in Missouri who
are destined to soon take its helm of State in their own hands, i®
Wadsworth D. Leeper, the promising young Democrat and politician who
represents Livingston county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He
was born in Chillicothe, the County Seat of the county which he represents,
ft;;twenty-nine years ago. He first served his time in the public schools of
I Livingston county and afterward entered Central College, Fayette, Mo.;
attended the St. Louis Law School three years; not content with the instruc.
tion afforded him there, he entered the Legal Department of Yale University,
and graduated therefrom in 1893. His college record was a very brilliant
one. While at Yale he was awarded second honors in. the essay contest, and
represented the Law Department in the Yale-Princeton debate. The only
political office he ever neia previous to his present one was that of Mayor of Chillicothe from 1895-6. He is at present
a member of the Chapman & Leeper law firm of the above place and enjoys a lucrative practice. He is unmarried —
to put it in his own language, he is treading the wine press alone; just how long he will remain in this state, however,
is a very indefinite matter, considering a certain weakness with which his intimate friends know him to be very
seriously affected. Mr. Leeper is in every way one of the young Democratic leaders of the House and enjoys the
admiration and respect of all who know him. With a polished education, a lucrative practice in his chosen profes-
sion, a host of friends to lend him an assisting hand, few young men in this State have a brighter future thaa
this smooth shaven and classic featured young statesman from Livingston.
GEORGE A. HART.
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EORGE A. HART represents Benton county, the border land of the
" Big Red Apple " country of South Missouri, one of her time-
honored County Judges and life-long agriculturists, who is a quiet gentle-
man, courteous, sympathetic and greatly admired by all who know
him closely. He was born in Coffee county, Tennessee, in 1840, his parents
residing iipon a farm, where he learned the important lessons of industry
and frugality so necessary to success in any of the walks of life. His edu-
cational advantages were only such as the common schools afforded, but his
keen desire for knowledge made him a hard-working student, and especially
has he read extensively upon the lines of agriculture, horticulture and polit-
ical economy. Mr. Hart was married in Tennessee to Miss Drewsilla
Robinson. He is now the father of eight children, five of whom are mar-
ried. He moved to Missouri in 1859, locating in the county which now
honors him with a seat in the Legislature. Benton county has often called
upon Mr. Hart to fill the official position of County Judge; and he has
served in that capacity ten years — one term as Associate Judge and two terms
as Presiding Judge. He has held other oflfices in the county, and the acceptable manner in which he has always
acquitted himself in any public position has given him great prestige among his constituents. He is an active mem-
ber of the M. E. Church and gives with a liberal hand. At present he is engaged in the mercantile business
at Warsaw, and is also owner of a fine Benton county farm. In politics he is an ardent Republican, and in the role
of a citizen is greatly respected at home, and always ready to encourage enterprises calculated to benefit his county
and home town. At Warsaw or in Benton county there are few noticeable marks of public spirit which have not had
behind them the approved and energetic support of George A. Hart.
WILLIAM BREUER.
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'ILLIAM BREUER is one of the substantial Republican Representa-
tives in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He was born October
25, 1835, i" Prussia and emigrated to this country in 1842. He represents
Gasconade county in the present House, but passed his boyhood days and
grew to manhood in Franklin county, Missouri. He was united in marriage
to Miss Eda Mattock, of Phelps county, and is the father of twelve chil-
dren. He was elected Judge of Gasconade county from 1890 to 1894; he
was also Second Lieutenant of Company K, Thirty-fourth Regiment,
Enrolled Militia of Missouri. In politics he has always been an earnest
Republican and believes that the principles of that great party are subserv-
ient to the greatest interests of the general people. He is a farmer, and consequently is much interested in legislation
pertaining to the interests of the industrial classes. He is in every sense a reliable legislator and a good man to
represent Gasconade county.
ALFRED DA VAULT.
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^NE of the truest and safest men in the Legislative body is Alf
Davault, representing the splendid county of Montgomery. He was
born in that county, April 14, 1842, and reared near the town of New Flor-
ence, where he got most of his education in the common schools. Later he
attended school in Toronto, Canada. By occupation he is a farmer, and in
politics a Democrat of the truest type. Mr. Davault is a man who stands
high among his people. He held the office of Sheriff of his county for two
terms — 1874 to 1878 inclusive. He represented his county in the Thirty-
sixth and Thirty-seventh General Assemblies, and gave such general Siitis-
faction that he was returned to the Thirty-ninth. In the Thirty-Seventh he
served as Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Highways. In the Thirty-ninth he is Chairman of the Commit-
tee on Accounts, and fills the place to perfection. Mr. Davault married Miss Lizzie Gardner, of New Florence, Mo.,
and their union has been blessed with six children. In Mr. Davault the people of Montgomery have a representative
who is prudent, safe, reliable, and who commands the respect and confidence of his fellow-members to the highest
degree. He would ba a credit to any county in the State.
ERNST W. MOELLER.
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HE subject of this short biographical sketch is Ernst W. Moeller, who
is one of the substantial Republican members of the House. He
resides at 2226 Biddle street, St. Louis. He is forty-six years old and was
born in Germany, the land of armies and iron men.
Mr. Moeller came to St. Louis in 1865 and began work as a cabinet-
maker; afterward he branched out into the planing-mill business and is still
in that line.
Representative Moeller was united in marriage to Miss Eppmeyer and
is the father of seven children, one boy and six girls.
Mr. Moeller has always been a stanch Republican, and believes that the
great dominant principles inculcated in that party will work the greatest
good to the greatest number. Being a laboring man, Mr. Moeller knows their condition and votes in sympathy with
them upon all reasonable legislative questions. He is by nature rugged and honest — that characteristic which marks
all sturdy Germans.
Representative Moeller is not an orator, and hence does not impose his eloquence or gesticulations upon the Thirty-
ninth Assembly. However he studies legislation carefully, and casts as nearly as is within his power an intelligent
vote upon the roll calls to which he responds.
JAMES W. DAVIS.
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*HE following is a brief sketch of James W. Davis, the popular young
Representative from Chariton county in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. He is thirty-two years old, and was born near Brunswick, Mo. ;
he was educated in the public schools of his county and afterward completed
his education in the State University. Being ambitious to become a lawyer,
he made himself proficient in this profession, and having quite a degree of
adaptability in this line he has a brilliant future in the line of his chosen
vocation.
He has maintained a state of single blessedness up to this time, but
being extremely fond of everything feminine, he is apt to go through
a transformation at almost any time. He subsribes himself a i6 to i Democrat, andis an enthusiastic believer in
Democratic doctrines. He is an influential young member in the House and takes an active part in all legislative
matters. Starting upon his political career thus early, and having a host of warm friends, there appears no fore-
boding on the future's horizon for James W. Davis.
CHARLES W. CLARKE.
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CHARLES W. CLARKE is one of the leading Republican members of
the minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He was born
fifty-four years ago in the State of Vermont, but passed his boyhood days and
grew to manhood in Ohio.
He was educated at Hiram College; is an attorney by profession, and
has had a great deal of important practice in his time; he came to this State
from Mississippi in 1883.
He was united in marriage to Miss Marie Loveland of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and has no children.
He is a firm Republican and assists the minority in its trials and troubles
in the present Assembly in a very efifective manner. He has held the office
of Probate Judge, was a member of the Constitutional Convention in Mississippi, and was a delegate to the National
Convention which, nominated James A. Garfield for president. He was a captain before the close of the war, is a
member of the Christian Church and for ten years has been very active in Sunday School work. From the fact of his
long political experience and his vast information he has proven himself a worthy member and is thoroughly compe-
tent to represent the people of Kansas City. It was through his effiarts that the Fraternal Insurance Bill was
passed, and Kansas City was exempt from the School Text Book Bill.
HARRY R. WALMSLEY.
THE subject of this sketch is Harry R. Walmsley, one of the Republican
members in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He resides in Kansas
City and represents one of its legislative districts. He is self educated and
is a young man who has made the most of his opportunities. He was reared
in Kansas City and is twenty-eight years old. He was united in marriage to
Miss Lillie B. Sprague, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., and is the father of two bright
little boys. In politics he has always been a stanch Republican, and takes
active part in the measures of the present House. He is a capable Repre-
sentative and competent to represent his constituency.
MARSHALL JAY JENKINS.
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ARSHALIv JAY JENKINS is one of the sturdy men who have made
county, where he resides on a farm. He was born September ir, 1838, in
Wayne county, Mich., and passed his younger days in his native State and
Iowa. He received his education in a Seminary and Western College, which
institutions are both located in Linn county, Iowa. Mr. Jenkins was united
in marriage to Miss Mary A. Garland, of Nodaway county, Mo., and is the
father of four children, three of whom died in infancy. The other, Ordelia'
is married to Mr. C. T, Howard, and the young people live on Mr. Jenkins'
premises. He left Iowa for DeKalb county. Mo., April, i860, and afterward
resided for seven years in Kansas; he then came to Jasper county, Missouri,
in October, 1868, and has resided there ever since. The principal
mission of his life has been that of a minister of the gospel, though
he has taught school a great deal and is at present residing on a farm — yet he has never given up the
ministry, and looks upon the expounding of its holy truths as his greatest life work. He has received into the church
over 1,600 members, more than 1,000 of whom he has baptised. He belongs to the Disciples of Christ, and thinks
the church people should concern themselves with the affairs of State. In politics he is a Populist, but is loyal to the
true spirit of the great silver campaign as expressed by the Bryan Democracy. From i860 to 1872 he voted the
Republican ticket, but the Crime of "73" drove him into the reform ranks and therefore he voted for Cooper, Weaver
and finally for Bryan. In '72 he voted for Greely. Mr. Jenkins is Chairman of the Committee on Claims, and also
serves on the Committee on Local Bills, and on Emigration. He is a man well qualified to perform the duties of a
legislator.
FRANK C. SICKLES.
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'RANK C. SICKLES is one of the substantial men in the Republican
minority in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. He is forty-four
years old, was born in Clark county, Mo. , and has spent all his life in this
State. He was educated in the public schools, and is a man who has made
the most of his opportunities— something which can not be said of every
one. He perfected himself in the study of law, and is at the present time
practicing his profession in Putnam county, whose people he represents in
the present General Assembly.
Mr. Sickles was united in marriage January, 1878, to Miss Mary E.
Fisher, of Schuyler county, and they have one son. In the year of 1882 Mr. Sickles was elected as Prosecuting Attor-
ney of Schuyler county, for a term of two years, and after he moved to Putnam county was elected to the same office
in 1892 without opposition. In both counties he made an able and efficient public prosecutor.
Mr. Sickles was elected to the Legislature by a majority of 974; he is a member of the Committees on Criminal
Jurisprudence and Township Organization. He takes an active part in all legislation that comes up for consideration
before the House, and makes his position known in no uncertain manner. He is thoroughly competent to guard the
interests of the citizens of Putnam county.
CHARLES A. DOUGHERTY.
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*HE subject of this sketch is Charles A. Dougherty, the Democratic
Representative from Howard county. Mr. Dougherty was born and
reared in old Howard — "The Mother of Counties," and educated in the com-
mon public schools; is a farmer and is in good circumstances, being a man
who is economical and a tireless worker. It is to him that belongs the
credit of first proposing the reduction of freight rates, and in an interview
which was given by him to the press he outlined the policy which has been
pursued by the House during the past session. Mr. Dougherty is fifty years
old, and a man of great physical strength and endurance. He is very popu-
lar among the people of his own county and enjoys the respect and confi-
dence of every man connected with the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
His popularity at home is attested by the fact that this is his third term in
the Legislature, having served in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh
Assemblies ; is married and has three children. Mr. Dougherty takes no
very active part in the House wrangles unless he happens to be especially interested in the matter under discussion.
His judgment, however, is unusually good from the fact of his long legislative experience; he is considered by all as
thoroughly safe and conservative legislator; was one of the committee appointed to investigate the Kansas City
■ police muddle, and is a member of a number of other important committees in the House. He is a man eminently
honest, shrewd and an honor to "old Howard."
Short Sketches of Other Members of Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
W. M. WEAVER, (Democrat), of Springfield, Green county. Born in Green county. Mo., in 1830; Assessor,
Deputy Sheriff, Justice and member Legislature. Lawyer; married.
JOSEPH WOOD, (Democrat), of Daviess county. Born in Indiana in 1831; educated in common and high
schools; Collector of Daviess county three years. Farmer and preacher; married.
CAREY W. COLE, farmer and Free Silver Democrat, represents the County of Ralls. Post office address West
Hartford, Mo. Born July 27, 1853. Married.
WILBUR F. ARNOLD, (Democrat), represents the County of St. Francois. Was born at Bonne Terre, and educated
at Irondale, Mo. Post office address is Bonne Terre, Mo. Married.
EDWARD J. DUNN, who represents the Fifth Legislative District of St. Louis, is a Republican. Born at Du
Quoin, 111., and educated at Jacksonville; was Prosecuting Attorney two terms at Jacksonville, Illinois. Insurance
agent; married.
HENRY C. ERMAN, (Republican). Was born in Virginia in 1847; removed to Missouri in 1850. Represents
the Sixth District of St. Louis City. Married.
G. R. CURRY (Republican), of Dillia, Mo., was born in Tennessee thirty-six years ago ; educated in common
schools ; Representative of Ozark county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly. Farmer ; married.
WILLIAM A. WIGHT, (Democrat), of Moberly, Randolph county, is a native of the county he now repre-
sents ; was for many years Secretary of the Moberly Fair Association and was postmaster of Moberly four years.
Married.
THOMAS H. IJAMS (Republican), from the Sixth District, Kansas City, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio ;
educaed at Logansport, Ind. ; served in ther Union Army from 1861 to 1865. Broker ; married.
R. L. MACEY, (Democrat), of Hardin, Ray county. Born in Miami, Saline county, Mo., 1863; was teacher six
years in Saline and principal Hardin public schools. Editor; married.
JOHN B. CALDWELL, (Democrat), of St. Marys, St. Genevieve county. Born in St. Genevieve county, Mo.,
in 1854. Retired farmer; married.
ARCH H. CASHION (Republican) representing Perry county, was born at Perry ville, Mo., October i8, 1839; ^^^
served his people as Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Collector and Representative. Married Miss M. R. Brewer, of Per-
ryville. Farmer.
WILLIAM H. HAMILTON (Democrat), of Warrensburg, Johnson county, is forty-nine years old; was County
Assessor in 1886 and re-elected in 1888. Farmer; married. They have one daughter, Miss Druna, who holds a posi-
tion on the Engrossing force of the House.
THOMAS N. BRADFORD (Democrat), Representative from Texas county, is 56 years old; served his county as
Sheriff and Sheriff and Collector; member of the Thirty-second General Assembly, and again elected to represent his
county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly; married.
vSYDNOR B. BURKS, Second District ( Democrat ), of Slater, who represents Saline county in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly, was born in Appomattox count}^ Va., April 9, 1852, removing to this State in August, 1868 ;was
City Attorney of Slater for ten years. Lawyer; married.
MATTHEW W. HALL, Jr., First District Saline county (Democrat), of Marshall, member of the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly, is a native of Missouri, born at Arrow Rock, Saline county, August 16, 1853; received a common
school education; elected Circuit Clerk of Saline county in 1886, serving two terms. Farmer; married.
CHARLES H. ROHNE, Fifth District, St. Louis City. (Republican), member of the Lower House of the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly, was born in Hanover, Germany; immigrated to America in 1852, locating in St, Louis; was
educated in the city of his adoption; was a member of the 85th Missouri State militia. Grocer; married.
WILLIAM I. COX, (Democrat), of Montecello, Representative from Lewis county, in the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly. Was born in Campbell county (now Benton), Ky., and removed to Missouri June, 1856, locating in the
county he now represents; was Assessor of Lewis county in 1868; married in 1856 to Sarah A. Finley, of Lewis county.
Farmer.
JOHN J. SAWYER, (Republican), of Fruitland, Cape Girardeau county, member of the House in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly. Was born in Caswell county, North Carolina, January 8, 1833; came to Missouri in 1850,
locating in Cape Girardeau county; was a member of the Enrolled Missouri militia; elected County Judge in 1884 and
again in 1886; elected County Treasurer in 1888, serving two terms; member Thirty-seventh General Assembly.
Farmer; married.
ROWLAND L. JOHNSTON, First District, St. Louis county, (Republican), member of the Thirty-ninth General
Assembly, of Old Orchard, is a native Missourian, born in Pike county, April 23, 1870; he is self-educated, never having
attended school a day in his life; at an early age he went to the City of St. Louis, and later to St. Louis county.
Lawyer; single.
ALONZO TUBES (Republican), of Feuersville, who represents Osage county in the Thirty-ninth General Assem-
bly, was born at New Albany, Ind., January 15, 1840; educated iu the public schools of his native State; at the break-
ing out of the Rebellion in 1861 he recruited a company and was mustered into the Federal service as Captain Com-
pany G, Twenty-third Indiana Ihfantry, July 29; served in the Army of the Tennessee from Shiloh to Vicksburg; was
taken prisoner during the Vicksburg campaign, and saw but little active service after that time, being held a prisoner
of war until Feb., 1865; promoted to rank of Major when exchanged, and iinally mustered out of service July 23,
1865; came to Missouri in 1867; taught school in Osage and Gasconade counties, and in the spring of 1870 commenced
the practice of medicine, which profession he has ever since followed; has been a member of the Legislature for five
consecutive terms, serving in the Thirtj'-fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth General
Assemblies. Married.
RUDOLPH W. MUELLER (Republican), of Augusta, Representative from St. Charles county, was born in the
county which he represents June 3, 1843; is endebted to his mother for his earlier instruction, and later attended the
public schools; served in the ist battalion, U. S. reserve corps, and 42d regiment M. S. M.; Justice of the Peace for ten
years, and has served as U. S. census officer, and Deputy Assessor; member Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
General Assemblies; Speaker pro tem of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly. Farmer; married.
FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHUMACHER, Second District St. Louis city, (Republican), was born in St. Louis,
Nov. 22, 1859; educated in the city public schools; member of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly, and re-elected
to the Thirty-ninth Assembly. Grocer; single.
CHAS. ERHART (Republican), Representative from St. Louis City, was born in St. Louis, May 10, i860; edu-
cated in the public and private schools of that city. Cooper; married.
DANIEL LOVEL RUSSELL (Democrat); of New Madrid, who represents New Madrid county in the Thirty-
ninth General Assembly, was born on the old Russell farm, situate four miles from New Madrid and three miles from
the old fort, March 7, 1862, amid the roar of cannon and the rattle of musketry as the Union forces bombarded the
old fort; was educated in the public schools and at Cape Girardeau Normal; has served his county as Constable and
Deputy Sheriff. Member of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly and re-elected to the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
Farmer and merchant; married.
G. PURD HAYS (Republican), of Ozark, Christian county. Born in Greene county, Mo., 1865 ; educated in
Missouri schools. Lawyer.
GOLDBURN H. WILSON (Republican), of St. Louis City. Born in Rock Island, 111., in 1864 ; educated at
Missouri University and St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons. Physician ; married.
PATRICK J. REAGAN (Republican) from St. Louis City, bom January t, 1863, Roscommon county, Ireland
educated in public schools of Ireland and St. Louis, also at Commercial college; was Deputy Collector in St. Louis;
seven years. Came to Missouri fourteen years ago from Providence, Rhode Island. Book-keeper; married. *
GEORGE B. MYERS, (Democrat), of Lutesville, Bollinger county. Born in Bollinger county, Mo. ; age thirty-
six; educated in public school. Cape Normal University of Kentucky; been County School Commissioner, Chair-
man Democratic County Committee, Grand Master I. O. O. F. Lodge, etc. Farmer and teacher; married.
GEORGE FARRAR, (Democrat), of Belleview, Iron county. Born in Arcadia Valley; age thirty-eight; reared in
Iron county. Physician; married.
JESSE h. EATON, (Democrat), of Washington county. Born in Belgrade, Mo.; age thirty-three years; educated
at Carleton Institute; member Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh General Assemblies. Physician; married.
FRANCIS A. REBO (Democrat), of Kahoka, Clark county. Born in 1851. Lawyer, teacher, editor ; been Public
Administrator, City Judge, Representative, also Assistant Engrossing Clerk and Doorkeeper. Single.
WEBB M RUBEY (Democrat), who represents Macon county, is a native of Pike county. Mo., but has resided
in Macon since boyhood. Has served as Clerk of County Court and State Senator in 1876. Lawyer and banker ;
married.
JAMES McCANN (Republican), of Bosworth, Carroll county, was born in the county which he represents June
27, 1867 ; educated at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., and State University. Lawyer ; married.
WILLIAM C. ALLDREDGE, (People's Party), of Latham, Moniteau county. Born in Tennessee in 1837; mem-
ber Missouri Legislature in 1879; was a Captain in Confederate Army. Farmer; widower.
OMER H. AVERY, (Democrat), of Troy, Lincoln county. Born in that county in 1854; educated in common
schools, Troy Academy and State University. Lawyer. Been Prosecuting Attorney, member Thirty-eighth and
Thirty-ninth General Assemblies. Married.
PHILIP KRAMME, (Republican) of St. Louis City. Born in Germany; age forty -six. Educated in private
schools ; grocer ; married.
ALONZO S. PRATHER (Republican), of Taneyville, Taney county. Born in Indiana ; age fifty-seven ; edu-
cated at Asbury University, Indiana ; held Land Office ; was Superintendent of Public Instruction in Arkansas ;
member of Thirty -fifth General Assembly. Farmer ; married.
JOHN T. AVERILL (Democrat), of Gayosa, Pemiscot county. Born in Pemiscot county, Mo. ; educated in
common schools and State Normal ; has been County Assessor, Sheriff", Collector. Farmer ; married.
ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERK.
THE accompanying cut is a likeness of the genial and popular Assistant
Chief Clerk, R. Pet Thompson. He resides at Cassville, Barry county
Mo., but was born in Monroe county forty-five years ago. He passed his
boyhood days in old Audrain and Randolph counties and was educated in
the public schools and afterward completed his course iu Mt. Pleasant Col-
lege at Huntsville, Mo. By profession he is a newspaper publisher and is in
every sense of the word a typical Missouri editor.
His wife, who was Virginia A. Stone of St. Louis, died at Cassville, Mo.,
December 19, 1896, leaving him four children to comfort her loss; they are
Albert, aged twenty-one; Inez, aged eighteen; Lucile, fourteen; and Elaine,
twelve. He was Official Reporter of the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth
General Assemblies, Assistant Grain Inspector of St. Louis in iS89-'90, and
was Chief Grain Inspector of Nebraska in 1891-2, and was unanimously elected as Assistant Chief Clerk to this
the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
Mr. Thompson is very popular among the House members irrespective of party; he is genial in manner and is
always ready to make a self-sacrifice in order to please some one else. He is a perfect little gentleman and if a prize
were awarded to the most popular officer in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly it would undoubtedly and deservedly
fall to "Pet" Thompson.
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OFFICIAL REPORTER OF THE HOUSE.
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/'^ HAS. L. JOHNSON, who was unanimously elected Official Reporter
^— -^ of the House of Representatives, was born August 2, 1866, in Warrens-
burg, Johnson county, Mo., where he now resides. Was educated in the
public schools and State Normal at that place; is a Democrat and formerly
held the position of Chief Journal Clerk on the Chief Clerk's force. Was
married February 7, 1894, to Miss Jessie Evans, of Butler, Mo. Mr. Johnson is a
pleasant and genial fellow that can well claim every member on the floor of
the House as his friend. As offiicial reporter he discharged his duties most
efficiently and faithfully.
DOOR-KEEPER OF THE HOUSE.
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*HE accompanying cut is a likeness of Wm. Malone, the big souled, big
hearted Door-keeper of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly; was born in
Ohio the state of John Sherman and Mark Hanna, in 1866 and came to Mis-
souri with his parents in 1870. He was educated in the public schools of this
State and the Warrensburg Normal; graduated fromSpaulding's Commercial
college in 1885. After completing his education he taught for a number of
years, always commanding the highest salaries. In 1893 he became city editor
of the Journal Democrat, of Warrensburg, and soon after became the pro-
prietor of the Johnson County Union. His management of the latter was so
popular that it was made the official organ of the Sixth Congressional Dis-
trict by the People's Party Congressional Committee. Afterward he sold the
Union to J. B. McDonald and became editor and business manager of the
Southwest News, Greenfield, Mo., which is at present the official organ of
Dade county. Mr. Malone is a man peculiarl}' fitted for newspaper work;
he believes in political reform and accompanies his belief by hard and
unrelenting work. It is through his untiring efforts that a Democratic-
Populistic Representative sits in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly from Dade county. His county, although an iron
clad Republican stronghold for thirty years, yielded to the power of Democracy in the last election and no man
deserves more credit for it than the big Populist who was the Door-keeper of the House of Representatives. Mr.
Malone is a man of liberal views on all questions, but is an ardent believer in the theory of Bimetallism. As a mixer
and a handshaker there are few men in the State who surpass him. Big, bread-shouldered in stature, with a jovial
countenance and a kind and cheering word for everybody; he is admired and respected by all who know him. With
his honesty, unquestioned ability and liberality of views, Malone is a man upon whom the political goddess of Mis-
souri is yet destmed to bestow her laurel wreaths of success.
WILLIAM M. PRO TTSMAN.
THE calendar history of all men is very simple. But
npon this plain outline all men work ont the chief
end of their existence— human character. Eeputa-
tion may be as evanescent as the shifting scenes of a
dieam, but character is the man forever and ever.
There is really but little interest in the duties and official
titles of men, but the deeds achieved, the virtues matured,
and the character developed, are the chief points of ob-
servation.
Licensed to preach under the Discipline of the Methodist
Church in 1>S42, he traveled as an itinerant preacher of that
Church in the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and
California.
Mr. Prottsman served the State as Chaplain of the Sen-
ate and the House several times and was Secretary of the
Senate one session, and also Secretaiy of the State Board
of Equalization, which was then the Senate. Through his
efforts the Chapel at the Penitentiary was erected. His
character as a member of the annual Conference of the
Church is thus described by one of his cotemporaries :
' ' Prominent among the older members is Dr. Prottsman.
His humor is irrepressible, but so oiled with the grace of
kindness that the shaft pierces without hurting his victim.
He is game to the core, fights in the last ditch forhismeas-
ure, votes vigorously in a minority of one, then joins
heartily in the laugh that closes his defeat. Woe to the
man who exposed the joint in his armor to the keen eye of
this veteran archer; he let his arrow fly without missing
its mark. If he had taken to politics, he would have been
what they call out West a ' hun mer . ' ' '
The House adopted the following resolution :
"Whereas, To day, the nireteenth day of l-ebruary, 1897,
is the eightieth birthday of our beloved and respected
Chaplain, Rev. Wm. M. Prottsman; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the congratulations of this House is
hereby extended to him, with the hope that he may be
spared for many more years of usefulness and labor in the
divine cause of the Master. ' '
OFFICIAL FOLDER.
W.
H. H. BROWN, the Official Folder of the House, is a resident of
Jackson county, and is a farmer. He was born in Johnson county,
Mo., November 17, 1840, and educated in the common schools. He is a
Free Silver Democrat of the most pronounced type. Served as door-keeper
of the House in the Thirty-seventh General Assembly of Missouri. Mr.
Brown married Miss Emma R. Cleveland, of Johnson county. Mo., and from
this union have been reared nine children — five sons and four daughters.
Mr. Brown is a member of one of the oldest and most influential Missouri
families, whose ancestors were among the most prominent men of the nation,
being closely related to ex-United States Senators Bedford Brown, of North
Carolina, and Joe Brown, of Georgia, and an own cousin of United States
Senator J. N. Dolph, of Oregon. Mr. Brown's father, James S. Brown, was
born in North Carolina and came to Missouri in 1828 from Kentucky and
located in Johnson county, Mo., where he became one of the most extensive farmers and stock-raisers in the west.
For a number of years he was connected with the well-known firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell — the most exten
sive and famous overland freighters in the world. He died in Johnson county in 1890, where his family has resided
continuously for more than half a century. The subject of this sketch has made a capable and efficient officer of both
the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth General Assemblies and is deservedly popular with the members of both Houses
of the two Legislatures in which he has served.
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READING CLERK.
H.
MARTIN WILLIAMS, Reading Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 7, 1840; was educated
in the common schools of his native county and at the High school
at Johnstown, Ohio; began teaching at the age of sixteen years, and taught
almost continually for ten years. Began reading law in i860, and was
admitted to the bar in 1867, and practiced law at Crestline, Ohio; until
October, 1869, when he removed to Missouri and settled at Holden, Johnson
county. He continued the practice of law until 1874, when he removed to
Warrensbug, for the purpose of taking charge of the jol-inson County Demo-
crat, and advocating the candidacy of General Francis M. Cockrell for
Governor. After the defeat of Cockrell for Governor by one sxth of one
vote Mr. Williams began a campaign for Cockrell for United States Senator,
and his paper soon obtained a State wide reputation as one of the foremost
advocates of Democracy in the State. He severed his connection with the
Democrat in March, 1875, and took a position in the State Auditor's office,
where he remained until September of that year, wl en he resigned for the
purpose of again embarking in the newspaper business. During the next
two years he edited the Glenwood Criterion and the Fredericktown JefiFer-
sonian. In May, 1878, he returned to Warren.'burg and established the
Warrensburg Press. In June following, he espoused the cause of the Green-
back party, and during the next ten years, was an active champion of the principles of that party, speaking in many
States of the Union. When President Cleveland sent his celebrated tariflf message to Congress in December, 1887,
Mr. Williams returned to the Democratic party. Since then, he has fought a ceaseless battle for the cause of Jeffersonian
Democracy, and has achieved a national reputation as a political speaker and writer. In 1892, he was a candidate for
Presidential elector from the Ninth Congressional District. He is a leading advocate of the Single Tax doctrine as a
remedy for existing social wrongs, and has brought thousands to his belief by his able and persistent advocacy of
that idea. He is radical in his political opinions, and perfectly fearless and independent in the advocacy of his views,
and with the faith of all reformers, believes that one day, the principles which he holds dear as life itself, will be
crystalized into the laws and institutions of our government.
READING CLERK POLLARD.
J
UDGE WILLIAM JEFF POLLARD, better known as plain Jeff Pollard, was
born in Kingston. Caldwell county, Missouri, in 1860, and was raised in St.
Louis. His father, Hon. Wm. S. Pollard, was a wealthy citizen of North Mis-
souri, and held the office of Circuit Clerk and Representative of Caldwell
county for many years. At the breaking: out of the war he espoused the Southern
cause, and lost his fortune. Judge Pollard entered politics in 1888— he has been a
prominent figure in St. Louis as well as State politics since tliat time. He was selec-
ted by Governor David R. Francis when he Ix'canu' a ciuulidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor in 1888 to handle his campaign and look after his interests
in several counties in the northern ])art of tlie State, .ludge i'ollard was ai)pointed
to a position in the Water Rates ottice in l8S>.l. which he resigned to accept tlie office
of Justice of the Peace of the iMmrteentli Distiict, to whicli lie was elected without
opposition. Has been repeatedly appointed by Mayor Edward A. Xoonan, Acting
Judge of llie First and Second District Police Courts, during the absence of the regu-
larly ajjpointed judges. The heavy fines \»e imposed ni)on the tiiugs and hoodlums,
has made him a terror to the evil-doer. His ruling declaring arrests without war-
rants ])y the police, for violations of tUe city ordinances, illegal, and his prompt
discharge of every one so arrested, won for him the indorsement of the public, and
the entire press of tlie city. Judge Pollard was a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri. 1893. Though not nominated he
received a large and flattering vote. .Judge Pollard lias won a national reputation
as a Reading Clerk, although he has figured for many ^ears as a Reading Clerk, it is
only necessary to publish his wonderful record during the figlit for free silver to show the reputation the Judge has made as
"theman witli a voice." He was Assistant lieading Secictaiy of the Kansas City Democratic State Convention in 1894. and read
the silver platform written by Richard P. Bland of ^Missouri and adojited by the convention. Next he was made Reading Secre-
tary of tlie Missouri Democratic i'eitle Si)iiiigs Convention of 1S!).">. of which Mr. Bland was Cliairman. Then he was botli Tempor-
ary Secretary and Reading Secretary of tlie Sedalia Democratic Convention, which selected delegates to the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago, and declared for Mr. Bland for President. Following this he was one oi the permanent Reading Secre-
taries of the National Convention at Chicago, which nominated William J. Bryan for President, and called the roll when the
stampede was made to Bryan. Then later, in St. Louis, he was Chief Reading Secretary of the National Silver ConA'ention, which
also nominated Mr. Bryan, and was appointed by Permanent Chairman Wm. P. St. John of that convention to go before the
National Populist Convention, then also in session in St. Louis, and read the platform adopted by the National Silver Convention
and make the announcement of the nomination of Bryan and Sewell. Then followed the nomination of Mr. Bryan by the Popu-
list party. After this Judge I'ollard was Reading Secretary of the Democratic State Convention at Jefferson City, which nomi-
nated Lon V. Stephens for Governor; also Reading Secretary of the Judicial Convention for the Eastern District of Missouri,
which met in St. Louis and nominated Judge Charles C. Bland. l)r()ther of Richard P. Bland, for Judge of the St. Louis Court of
Appeals, and finally was Reading Secretary of the Twelfth District Democratic Convention, which nominated Robert H. Kem
for Congress Judge Pollard's convention career in the free silver fight v/as rounded out in October. 1896, when he was made
Reading Secretary of the Second Quadrennial Convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs of the United States
that assembled in the great Auditorium in St. Louis and was presided over by Vice-President of the United States, A. E. Steven-
son. Judge Pollard was appointed Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives and has given general satisfaction. Judge
Pollard was honored by being selected by unanimous vote of the House as a member of the Reception Committee to receive Hon.
Wm. J. Bryan when he addressed the House during the session by invitation.
WILLIAM M. PROTTSMAN.
THE calendar history of all men is very simple. But
upon this plain outline all men work out the chief
end of their existence— human character. Reputa-
tion may be as evanescent as the shifting scenes of a
dieam, but character is the man forever and ever.
There is really but little interest in the duties and official
titles of men, but the deeds achieved, the virtues matured,
and the character developed, are the chief points of ob-
servation.
Licensed to preach under the Discipline of the Methodist
Church in lcS4i2, he traveled as an itinerant preacher of that
Church in the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and
California.
Mr. Prottsman served the State as Chaplain of the Sen-
ate and the House several times and was Secretary of the
Senate one session, and also Secretary of the State Board
of Equalization, which was then the Senate. Through his
efforts the Chapel at the Penitentiary was erected. His
character as a member of the annual Conference of the
Church is thus described by one of his cotemporaries :
' ' Prominent among the older members is Dr. Prottsman.
His humor is irrepressible, but so oiled with the grace of
kindness that the shaft pierces without hurting his victim.
He is game to the core, fights in the last ditch for his meas-
ure, votes vigorously in a minority of one, then joins
heartily in the laugh that closes his defeat. Woe to the
man who exposed the joint in his armor to the keen eye of
this veteran archer; he let his arrow fly without missing
its mark. If he had taken to politics, he would have been
what they call out West a ' hun mer . ' ' '
The House adopted the following resolution :
"Whereas, To day, the nireteenth day of February, 1897,
is the eightieth birthday of our beloved and respected
Chaplain, Rev. Wm. M. Prottsman; therefore, belt
Resolved, That the congratulations of this House is
hereby extended to him, with the hope that he may be
spared for many more years of usefulness and labor in the
divine cause of the Master. ' '
OFFICIAL FOLDER.
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H. H. BROWN, the Official Folder of the House, is a resident of
Jackson county, and is a farmer. He was born in Johnson county,
Mo., November 17, 1840, and educated in the common schools. He is a
Free Silver Democrat of the most pronounced type. Served as door-keeper
of the House in the Thirty-seventh General Assembly of Missouri. Mr.
Brown married Miss Emma R. Cleveland, of Johnson county, Mo., and from
this union have been reared nine children — five sons and four daughters.
Mr. Brown is a member of one of the oldest and most influential Missouri
families, whose ancestors were among the most prominent men of the nation,
being closely related to ex -United States Senators Bedford Brown, of North
Carolina, and Joe Brown, of Georgia, and an own cousin of United States
Senator J. N. Dolph, of Oregon. Mr. Brown's father, James S. Brown, was
born in North Carolina and came to Missouri in 1828 from Kentucky and
located in Johnson county, Mo., where he became one of the most extensive farmers and stock-raisers in the west.
For a number of years he was connected with the well-known firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell — the most exten
sive and famous overland freighters in the world. He died in Johnson county in 1890, where his family has resided
continuously for more than half a century. The subject of this sketch has made a capable and efficient officer of both
the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth General Assemblies and is deservedly popular with the members of both Houses
of the two Legislatures in which he has served.
H
READING CLERK.
MARTIN WILLIAMS, Reading Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, was born in Knox county, Ohio, August 7, 1840; was educated
' in the common schools of his native county and at the High school
at Johnstown, Ohio; began teaching at the age of sixteen years, and taught
almost continually for ten years. Began reading law in i860, and was
admitted to the bar in 1867, and practiced law at Crestline, Ohio; until
October, 1869, when he removed to Missouri and settled at Holden, Johnson
county. He continued the practice of law until 1874, when he removed to
Warrensbug, for the purpose of taking charge of the jol-inson County Demo-
crat, and advocating the candidacy of General Francis M. Cockrell for
Governor. After the defeat of Cockrell for Governor by one s'xth of one
vote Mr. Williams began a campaign for Cockrell for United States Senator,
and his paper soon obtained a Statewide reputation as one of the foremost
advocates of Democracy in the State. He severed his connection with the
Democrat in March, 1875, and took a position in the State Auditor's office,
where he remained until September of that year, when he resigned for the
purpose of again embarking in the newspaper business. During the next
two years he edited the Glenwood Criterion and the Fredericktown Jeffer-
sonian. In May, 1878, he returned to Warren-'^burg and established the
Warrensburg Press. In June following, he espoused the cause of the Green-
back party, and during the next ten years, was an active champion of the principles of that party, speaking in many
States of the Union. When President Cleveland sent his celebrated tariff message to Congress in December, 1887,
Mr. Williams returned to the Democratic party. Since then, he has fought a ceaseless battle for the cause of Jeffersonian
Democracy, and has achieved a national reputation as a political speaker and writer. In 1892, he was a candidate for
Presidential elector from the Ninth Congressional District. He is a leading advocate of the Single Tax doctrine as a
remedy for existing social wrongs, and has brought thousands to his belief by his able and persistent advocacy of
that idea. He is radical in his political opinions, and perfectly fearless and independent in the advocacy of his views,
and with the faith of all reformers, believes that one day, the principles which he holds dear as life itself, will be
crystalized into the laws and institutions of our government.
READING CLERK POLLARD.
J
UDGE WILLIAM JEFF POLLARD, better known as plain Jeff Pollard, was
born in Kingston, Caldwell county, Missouri, in 1860, and was raised in St.
Louis. His father, Hon. Wm. S. Pollard, was a wealthy citizen of North Mis-
souri, and held the ofHce of Circuit Clerk and Repre.sentative of Caldwell
county for many years. At the breakinj? out of the war he espoused the Southern
cause, and lost his fortune. Judge Pollard entered politics in 1888— lie has been a
prominent iigure in St. Louis as wi'll iis Slate politics since tliattime. He was selec-
ted by Governor David R. Francis wlicn he becaiiu' a i-andidalt' for the Democratic
nomination for Governor in isss to liandlc liis caiiipaiuii and look after his interests
in several counties in the northci-ii part of the State. .Iiul^ie Pollard was ai)pointed
to a position in the Water Rates offlce in iss'.t. which he resigned to accept the office
of Justice of the Peace of the Fourteentli District, to whicii he was elected without
opposition. Has been repeatedly api)ointed by Mayor Edward A. Noonan, Acting
Judge of the First and Second I )istrict Police Courts, during the absence of the regu-
larly appointed judges. The heavy fines l>e imposed upon the thugs and hoodlums,
has made him a terror to the evil-doer. His ruling declaring sirrests without war-
rants by the police, for violations of t\ie city ordinances, illegal, and his prompt
discharge of every one so arrested, won for him the indorsement of the public, and
the entire press of the city. Judge Pollard was a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri. 18i)3. Though not nominated he
received a larg<' and flattering vote. Judge Pollard has won a national reputation
as a Keailing Clerk, although he has figured for many years as a Reading Clerk, it is
only necessary to publish his wonderful record during the tight for free silver to show the reputation the Judge has made as
"the man with a voice." He was Assistant Reading Secretary of the Ivansas City Democratic State Convention in 1804. and read
the silver ijlat form written by Rii-liaid P. Plaiid of Missouri and adopted by the convention . Next lie was iiiacU' Reading Secre-
tary of tlie Missouri Democratic Pertle S))i'ings Convention of 1895. of which Mr. Bland was Ciiairnian. Then he was both Tempor-
ary Secretary and Reading Seci'etaiy of the Sedalia Democrat ic* Convention, which selected delegates to tlie Democratic National
Convention at Chicago, and declai-ed for Mi'. Hland t'oi' President . i'ollowing this hi' was one oi the permanent Reading Secre-
taries of the National Convention at Chicago, which nominated William .(.Bryan for President, and c;illed tlie roll when the
stampede was made to Bi'yan. Tln'ii later, in St. Louis, he was Chief Heading Secretary of the National Silver Convention, which
also nominated Mr. Bryan, and was appointed 1)y Permanent Chairman Win. P. St. John of tliat convention to go before the
National Populist Convention, then also in session in St. Louis, and read the iilatform adopted by the National Silvei' Convention
and make the announcement of the nomination of Bryan and Sewell. Then followed the nomination of Mr. Bryan liy the Popu-
list party. After this Judge Pollard was Iteading S(!cretary of the Democratic State Convention at Jefferson City, which nomi-
nated Lon V. Stephens for Governor; also Reading Secretary of the Judicial Convention for the Eastern District of Missouri,
which met in St. Louis and nominatefl .Judge Charles C. Bland, brother of Richard P. Bland, for Judge of the St. Louis Court of
Appeals, and finally was Reading Secretary of the Twelfth District Democratic Convention, which nominated Robert H. Kem
for Congress. Judge Pollard's convention career in tlie free silver fight was rounded out in October, isyti, when he was made
Reading Secretary of the Second Quadrennial Convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs of the United States
that assembled in the great Auditorium in St. Louis and was presided over by Vice-President of the United States, A. E, Steven-
son. Judge Pollard was appointed Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives and has given general satisfaction. Judge
Pollard was honored by being selected by unanimous vote of the House as a member of the Reception Committee to receive Hon.
Wm. J. Bryan when he addressed the House during the session by invitation.
ASSISTANT DOOR-KEEPER.
T
*HERE was no employee of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly better
known than the subject of this sketch, Mr. John Trimble, the affable
and accommodating Assistant Door-keeper of the House. Mr. Trimble was
born in West Virginia, June 23, 1834; moved with his parents to Illinois in
1 84 1. When seventeen years of age he made an overland trip to California
and remained on the Pacific Coast for thirteen years. He returned to Illi-
nois in 1865, but soon turned his face again toward the untamed and
unbroken prairies of the West. For a number of years he was engaged in
the overland freight business from the Missouri river to Colorado. In 1870
Mr. Trimble settled in Bates county, one of the best counties of the State,
and a year afterward married Miss Mary Hemstreet, an Iowa lady. He has
held various positions of trust in his county. In the Thirty-fifth General Assembly he was Messenger Clerk of the
House, Mail Clerk of the Senate of the Thirty-sixth; member of the Secretary's Staff in the Thirty-seventh; Clerk of
Committee on Enrolled Bills in the Thirty-eighth, and Assistant Door-keeper of the House in the Thirty-ninth.
Mr. Trimble was always faithful and efficient in the discharge of his official duties. He has a host of friends in
the Thirty- ninth General Assembly.
LIBRARY CLERK.
the thraldom of Republicanism,
having died four years ago.
EVERY member of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly is well acquainted
with Mr. E. S. Bement, the Library Clerk on the Doorkeeper's force.
No employe of the House was more ready to accommodate the members than
"Bert" as he was familiarly called. His courteous mauners and willingness
to perform his duties made him a favorite. He was born in Chillicothe, Mo.,
in 1871, and moved with his parents to Howell county in 1882. After assist-
ing his father in the grocery business in West Plains a few years he began
to learn a trade more congenial to his taste, that of a printer. Was local
editor of the paper upon which he learned his trade; held a lucrative and
pleasant position at the World's Fair, '93, and Atlanta Exposition in '95. He
is a Democrat in politics and took an active part in the campaign in Howell
county last fall and had the satisfaction of seeing his county redeemed from
Mr. Bement now lives with his mother and sister at West Plains, Mo., his father
Group of Seven Members of the Chief Clerk's Force.
Chas. E. SuUenger.
Frank W. Bradbury. Frank W. Hagerman.
i. L. Marquis.
Miss Mary Lee.
W. W. Berryman,
E. P. Thompson.
Brief Biographical Sketch of Members of Group on Opposite Page.
WALTER W. BERRYMAN, whose portrait appears in the group on the opposite page (right of upper row), was
born in Woodford county, Kentucky, in May, 1866, where he lived until ten years of age, when he moved with his
parents to Missouri. His position in the House was that of Printing Clerk, and he discharged the duties of that
responsible place to the entire satisfaction of all parties concerned. His occupation is that of book-keeper, and was
for a number of years with the banking house of J. S. Fleming, Jefferson City. Single.
FRANK W. HAGERMAN (Democrat), whose portrait is second in lower row of group on opposite page, is a
member of the Chief Clerk's force, and was born in Easton, Pa., forty-three ago ; reared in Randolph county, Ind.,
and educated at Winchester, Ind. His occupation is that of a broker and commission man, but he has devoted about
fourteen years of his life to teaching school — commenced teaching at the age of seventeen. He married Miss Ida M.
Cox, of Hamilton county, Ind., and has a family of three bright children: Ernest, age 14 ; Leoline, age 10, and
Louise, age 5. He is a resident of Springfield, Greene county.
CHARLES E. SULLENGER (Democrat), of Willow Springs, Howell county, is the handsome young gentleman
who held the important position of Private Secretary to the Chief Clerk of the House— his portrait is first in the
upper row of the group. He was born in Ballard county, Ky., and is only twenty years old ; was educated at Cairo,
111.; his ambition in life is to become a lawyer, for which profession he is now preparing himself. Single.
I. L. MARQUIS (Democrat), of Walker, Chief Docket Clerk of the House, whose portrait is in the center of the
upper row of the group, was born in St. Clair county, this State, and is 24 years of age ; was educated at Schell City
and Chillicothe. Teacher. Was united in marriage to Miss Ada Underwood, of Walker, Mo. His position in the
House was a very responsible one, and Mr. Marquis demonstrated his ability and proved to be the right man in the
right place.
MISS MARY LEE, of Jefferson City, whose portrait appears in the group on the opposite page, was born in
Keytesville, Mo. ; was educated in the public schools of Keytesville and Jefferson City. Her position in the House
was that of stenographer on the Chief Clerk's force.
FRANK W. BRADBURY, (Democrat), of Jefferson City, whose portrait appears first in the lower row, is the bril-
liant, genial, whole-souled, handsome young gentleman who has held the position of Postmaster of the House during
the past session of the Legislature. He was born in Morgan county, this State, and is twenty-two years of age. He
was Assistant Postmaster of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly. Single.
R. P. THOMPSON, whose portrait appears last on the lower row of the group, is the Assistant Chief Clerk of
the House, and a short biographical sketch appears elsewhere in this souvenir.
LIST OF SENATE EMPLOYEES.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
Abbott, Dade, ianitor
Allen, W. H.,bill clerk
Allen, Perry, page
Ballard, Louis B. , corp. , etc
Bargess, James, eleemosynary...
Barrows, W. J. smooth journal
Barren, Wallace, page
Beasley, Minerva, jurisprudence.
Bogie, B. S., chf. engros. cJk
Bowers, J. A., insurance
Brown, Robert H., postmaster
Burns. J. M., enroll, clerk
Carr. Silas, stationary
Carter, T. S , chf. roughjournal.
Cases, Miss Kate, stenographer..
Chandler, J. H., engross, clerk
Chapman, A. K., smooth jourial.
Clamath, Wm., janitor
Clippard, Wm. , attendant
Connor, J. B., typewriter
Dayisson, Geo., engros. clerK
Dawson, Geo. S., roughjournal.
Day, Geo., lighter
Deatharage, G. W. cities H6,000..
DePriest, L. H., engros. clerk...
Dickson, Thos. smooth journal. ,
Dimmett, E. E., printing
Disney, Ed., penitentiary
Dooley, Clark, roughjournal
Dunklin, John P. , engros. clerk.
Dupee, Geo. (col.), attendant
Edwards, J H., docket clerk
Ellis, E. P., smooth journal
Finks, J. H., chf, enroll elk
Fisher, Wm., janitor,
Jeflferson City, Cole.
Clinton, Henry.
Clinton, Heniy.
Montrose, Henry.
Caledonia, Washington.
Waynesville, Pulaski.
Hercuianeum, Jett'erson.
Mineral Springs, Howell.
Richmond. Ray.
Sedalia, Pettis.
Harrisonville, Cass.
Grain Valley, Jackson.
Jonesburg, iSIontgomery.
Sturgeon, Boone.
6131 V^ictoria Place, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Jackson.
Denver., ^^■orth.
Jeflerson City, Cole.
Marble Hill, Bollinger.
2618 Gamble St., St. Louis.
Blue Ridge, Harrison.
Grant City, Worth.
Ashland. Boone..
Kansas City. Jackson.
Ecainence, Shannon.
Ellington, Reynolds,
Butler, Bates,
liiberty. Clay.
Houston, Texas.
Coffman, St. Genevieve.
Jeflerson City, Cole.
St. Charles, St. Charles.
Commerce, Scott.
Salisbury, Chariton.
Jeflferson City, Cole.
Foster, Grover, page
Franklin, P. J. , retrench, reform...
Friemel, David, janitor
Gordon, W. B. , engros. clerk
Garver, H. H., night custodian
George, Claude, cloak room
Gill, Chas., attendant
Given, Rev. J. C, Chaplain
Gooding, C. J., roughjournal
Green, A. P., printing
Halligan, J. C. , com. engros bills.
Hanailton. Miss Jene, education
Hersley, W. L., eng corps
Hiatt. Wm., enroll, bills
Hill. W. K., attendant
Howell. Frank, copy clerk
Hudson, S. P., stenographer
Hughey, G. W, justices of peace ...
Johnson, Harold, minority elk...
Judge, Jos. W. enroll, clerk
Kinspy, Austin, typewriter
Kitch, Elijah, folder
Knox, W. P., bill file clerk
Lancaster, A. A., library clerk
Leftwich, John M., accounts
LaPage, Prosser, janilor
Mabry, Walter, assistant sec'y
Major, S. R. doorkeeper
Major, James J., enroll, clerk
Mann, Miss S. K., stenog
Mai-vin, E. R., official reporter
Mason, Miss Alice, const, amend.
Mayhall, Ed., supt. heat, etc
McCutcheon. W. L., towns organ
Mclntyre, J. C, enroll, clerk
Kansas City, Jackson.
Kansas City, Jackson.
Jefferson City. Cole.
Kenett. Dunklin.
Grant City, Worth.
Platte City, Platte.
310.5 Olive St., St. Louis.
Jefferson City, Cole.
5621 Wabash Ave., St. Louis.
Jefferson City. Cole.
Union, Franklin.
Richmond, Ray.
Bonne Terre, St. Francois.
Cabol, Texas.
Warrenton, Warren.
Troy, Lincoln.
Sturgeon, Boone.
Springfield, Greene.
81634 Chestnut St. Louis.
lOls'Hamilton Ave .St. Louis
Carrollton, Carroll.
Poplar Bluffs, Butler.
Caledonia, Washington.
1130 Compton Ave. , St. Louis
Benton, Scott.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Wellsville, Montgomery,
Bowling Green, Pike.
Pans, Monroe.
Jefferson City. Cole.
Kansas City, Jackson.
Mexico, Audrain.
Bowling Green. Pike.
Pleasant Hill, Cass.
Fulton, Callaway.
LIST OF SENATE EMPLOYEES.— Continued.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
McMinn. J. S., ways and means...
MochltT. Geo . elections
Moore. Thos.. page
Niemeyer. John, nlglit engineer..
Peers. E. Porter, judiciary
Priest. Chas. P.. rougli journal
Ray. K. I)., smooth journal
Kerder, Harry, enr. clerk
Rhodes, John, janitor
Rice, Bohert, janitor
Rinn. Frank, janitor
Roach. Cornelius sec'y senate
Robinson. John. eng. clerk
Rothgeb. I). L . eng. clerk
Rothwell. Rolla. eng. clerk
Samuel, R. L., enr. clerk
Sanderson, R. J., smooth journal.
Selzer, Fritz. api)r()])rijitions
Slater, R. .S. cni'. clerk t*.
Soper, Lee. docket clerk
Sparks. J. W., eng. clerk
Spencer, Park K., janitor
Stanton. Eugene, page
Steele, W. C. janitor
Stevenson, H. C. minority clerk...
Taylor. J. J., mail clerk
Zalma. Bollinger.
St. Louis City.
Bowling Green. Pike.
Jetferson City. Cole.
Warrenton, Warren.
Jackson. Cape Girardeau.
Carrollton, Carroll.
Lexington. Lafayette.
Cedar City. Callaway.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Carthage. Jasper.
Clianiois. Osage.
New Lebanon, Cooper.
iNIoberly, Randolph.
Kansas City, JacKson.
Louisiana. Pike.
Hunnewell. Shelby.
Kansas City, Jackson.
Liberty. Clay.
Marshall Saline.
Louisiana. I'ike.
Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Gen've.
Rolla, Phelps.
California, Moniteau.
Caledonia. Washington.
'Thein, Miss Kate, smooth journal..
Thompson. 1). F., engr. clerk
Thompson, James, janitor
Tilden, C. B.. sergeant-at-arms
Towles, H. M.. eng. clerk
Tomlinson. Jouett. labor
Towne. Edward, page
Townsend, W. L.. minute clerk...
Tutt. Will. enr. clerk
limbics. Peter, (col) attendant
Valle, Louis, (col) janitor
Vickars, J. H., bill file clerk
Waggener. J. H.. agriculture
Walsh. A. F., clerk on absentees...
Weaver. John N., day custodian...
^^'ells. D., janitor
Wells, .T. T., assistant sergt. arms..
White. Malon. enroll, clerk
Wilson, E. L.. railroads..
Williams, Robert, enroll clerk
Womack. R.. chf. smooth journal,.
Woodside. IL copy clerk
Woods. C. R., smootli journal.
Yeates. Dr. S. N.. library clerk
Young. C. A., criminal cost
Zoll, C. IL, engross, clerk
Jefferson City, Cole.
Tuscumbia. Miller.
J eft'erson City. Cole.
Sulpher Springs. Jefferson.
Doniphan. Ripley.
Mexico. Audrain.
Liberty, Clay.
Hillsboro. Jefferson.
Borland. Lafayette.
Pilot Grove, Cooper.
Allentown, St. Louis.
Montrose. Henry.
l'"cstus. ^Madison.
Kansas City, .lackson.
New Loiiclon, Ralls.
Bowling Green, Pike.
Kcnnett. Dunklin.
Warsaw. Henton .
Denver. ^V■ol■tll.
Louisiana, I'ike.
Hannibal. Mai'ion.
Thomas vi He. Oregon.
Neosho. Newton.
Sturgeon, Boone.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Sedalia, Pettis.
LIST OF EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND OOUNTY.
Name and Position.
POSTOFFICE AND COUNTY.
Adam, Owen, page -
Arnett, R. C, Eng. clerk
Avery. W. E.. rough journal
Aycock. W. .1., enrolling clerk
Bailey. Al. janitor
Ualthis. F. S., elk. com. bnks.& bnkg
Barr. S. E. rougli journal
Bement. Bert, library clerk
Berryman. W. W. printing clerk
Bourn, B. J. elk. com. crim. costs
Bradbury. F. W., postmaster
Brown, Forest, ass't postmaster
Blown, II. L. janitor
Brown! W. H. H., folder
Buck, O. elk. com. ways & means
Burk. A. J., smooth journal
Carey. Joe M., page
Church, Chas. It., eng. clerk
Clarke, .las. M.. eng. clerk
Colburn. J. P., enr. clerk
Collier. U. E., elk. com. elee'm'y inst
Cook. G. B., enr. clerk...
Cruml)augh. Ed. J., bill clerk
Culln-rtsoii. W. C. elk. com. agricl. .
Cunningliam, Ed, smooth journal...
Cupp, Henry C, minute clerk
Daugherty, C. F. rough journal
Daugherty, .J. M.. docket clerk
DavHult, Alf, page
Dickinson, J. J., elk. com. educa't
Dougherty, G. A., sup. sm'th jour..
Durham. L. E.. smooth journal
Duvall, .T. A., rough journal
Edmonston, W. (\, enr. clerk
Ellis, Hosea, janitor
Evans, Chas., smooth journal
Popular Bluff. Butler
Frederick town. Madison.
St. Louis City. 3103 Olive St.
Lebanon, Laclede,
Troy, Lincoln.
Huntsville. Randolph.
Vienna, Maries.
West Plains; Howell.
.Jeff er.son ( 'ity. Cole.
Memphis. Scotland.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Raytown, Jackson.
Hinton, Boone.
Raytown. Jackson.
Bloomfield, Stoddard.
Newtonia. Newton.
JefPerson City, Cole.
Stockton. Cedar.
Dunnigan, Polk.
Kansas City. Jackson.
Bircli Tree, Shannon.
Marquand. Madison.
Columbia, Boone.
Liberty, Clay.
Carthage. Jasper.
New London, Ralls.
Meyci's. Howard.
Higbee. Howard.
New Florence, Montgomery
St. Louis City.
Meadville, Lynn.
Elston, Cole.
Richmond, Ray.
Clinton. Henry.
Appleton City. St. Clair.
Pineville, McDonald.
Edwards, H. A-, supt, rough jour
Farris, Fred L.. eng. clerk
Fitch, Chas. .T.. messenger clerk
Ford. Smith M., docket clerk..
Forquer. Joseph, rough journal
Gehrs, George M.. rougli journal
George. A. F.. rougli journal
Gill, Burt v., smooth journal
Green, Charles W., chief clerk
Hagerman, F. W., minute clerk
Haley, Edwin, speaker's page
Hall, .John, speaker's page
Hamilton, D.. (Miss) eng. clerk
Hiet, E. W.. rough journal
Hough. Ed, elk. com. elections
Housley, Oscar L., eng clerk
Hughes, R. E.. resolution clerk
Hunter. Geo. W., eng clerk
Ingllsh, D.. elk. com. crim
.Tames, Bertie, page
Johnson. O. T. enr. clerk
Joliiiston. C. L.. official reporter
.Jones, J. H., printing clerk
Jones, T. H., calendar clerk
Ivaup, W. A., endorsing clerk
Ivellogg, A D., smooth journal
Ivenamore, C, elk. com. jut. ptg
IvribJjen, A. C. cjk. com. accts
.Ivuhlman, Henry, enr. clerk
Lee. Miss Mary, stenograplier
Leedy, A., elk. com. eng. bills
Leftwich. G. A , chief enr. elk
I^ocker. W. H., ck. com. rds & hg'ys
Loftus. .J. Pat, rough journal
Lovell. E. Frank, eng. clerk
Malone, Wm. M.. doorkeeper
Boonville, Cooper,
Lelianon, Laclede.
Ijebanon, Laclede,
Kansas City, Jackson.
Kansas i'Aty. Jackson.
I'yrmont. Morgan.
Stontluiid. Camden.
( 'hil locof lie. Livingston.
Brooktield. Jjynn.
Springtield, Green.
Steelville, Crawford.
Marshall. Saline.
Warrensburg, Jolinson.
New Lebanon, Cooper
Sedalia, I'ettis.
Appleton City, St. Clair.
I'leasant HIU, Cass.
Albany, Gentry.
Lamar. Barton.
St. Louis City. 3121 High St.
^^'est ville. Montgomery
Warrensburg. .(ohnsoii .
Mill Springs. Wayne.
Ivansas City, 93S Grove St.
Brookfield. Linn.
Ki-ytes ville. Chariton.
Salem. Dent.
.l()iies))urg. Montgomery.
Louisiana, i^ike.
.bfferson City, Cole.
-Moutevallo. Vernon.
Uiclmiond. liay.
Wayiiesville, Pulaski.
St. J>ouis City.
Prairie Home. Cooper.
Greenfield. Dade.
LIST OF EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE— Continued.
Name and Position.
PosTorncE and County.
Name and Position.
PosTOFFiCE and County.
Mauphin. P., janitor
Marquis. I. L.. messenger
Mashburn. Marvin, janitor
Miller, Frank P.. elk. com. ins
Moore, Jodie, janitor
Morris. Jesse O.. janitor
Moss, M. H., elk. int. imp'ts
MeBrid(\ U. A., enrolling clerk
McClanaliiin. K. H.. stationery elk.
McCleliaiKl. T. J., enr. clerk
McMaiioM. Russell, page
McCrae. Charles, page
Nelson, I. E.. elk. judicial com
Newman, M. C. rough journal
Newton. E. elk. com. nuiii cor
Nicholson, Miss Cora. enr. elk
O'Rell, Miss Essie L., elk. com. lab
Organ, J. B., elk. jnt. com. on ptg..
Orear. Loen, page
Phillips. R. S.. elk. spl. com. elec...
Pollard. W. JelT. reading clerk
Prottsman, W. M.. chaplain
Quinn. Edmund, elk. com. claims ...
Rebo. John, night watchman
Reed, F. W, janitor
Reynolds, Joe B., minute clerk
Riley, W. S.. enr. clerk
Robertson. R. H.. resolution elk
Rogers. Phil, rough journal
Roland, W. L.. janitor
Ross, Henry, enr. clerk
Roy, Sidney J., docket clerk
Sapp. James H.. enrolling clerk
Springer, Wm. B.. mes. ser at arms
See, Clifton, night watchman
Slianks, John A., enrolling clerk ....
Denver, Worth.
Walker, Vernon.
Humansville. Polk.
Springfield. Green.
Linkville, Platte.
Westboro. Atchison.
Van Buren. Carter.
Warrensburg, Johnson.
Milan. Sullivan.
Liberty, Clay.
Jefferson City, Cole.
Rolla. Phelps.
New Home. Lincoln.
Huntsville, Randolph.
Springfield. Green.
St. Joseph. Buchanan.
Leeper. Wayne.
Salem. Dent.
Marshall. Saline.
Conway. Laclede.
St. Louis City.
Jefl'erson City. Cole.
Carthage, Jasper. -
Kahoka. Clarke.
Reeds. Jasper.
Popular Blult'. Butler.
Levick's Mill. Randolph.
Plattsburg. Clinton.
St. Joseph. Buchanan.
Marshall. Saline.
Marshall. Saline.
Hannibal. Marion.
Joplin. .las)K'r.
Nelson, Saline.
Butler, Bates.
Killwinning. Scotland.
Shortridge. C. A., ck. off. fees & sal..
Simcoo. Miss Carrie, smooth jour
Smedley. Tlios. A., endr. elk
Smitli. ^liss Maud C, stenographer.
Smith. Al. (col) janitor
Sterritt. J. B.. rough journal
Stewart, Thos., page
Stewart. T. J., elk. com. pri. cor
Sullenger. Chas. E.. messenger
Summers. A. ,1.. sergeant at arms ....
Summers, .T. C. asst. ser. at arms...
Tall. Joseph L.. eng clerk
Taylor. J. M.. printing clerk
Terrill. J. W., elk. com. ptg
Th(ini|)son. R. P.. asst. chief elk
Thompson, C., sup. veatil'n
Thurber. George, watej' carrier
Tidrick. Otto B.. janitor
Towles. T. O.. elk com. appro
Trimble. .Tolni. asst. door keeper
Tui'Mci'. .lames A., enrolling clerk. ...
Vandiveei'. Lola M.. enr. clerk
Vandiveei-. Winston, janitor
Walters. Frank, day watchman
Warden. H. P.. docket clerk
Warren. Miss Inez, eng clerk
Warren, R. H.. chief eng. clerk
Warren. W. B.. eng. clerk
Weant, Emanuel, .lanitor
Williams, H. Martin, reading clerk
Wilson, J. A., enrolling clerk
Wolf, L. Paris, janitor
Young. F.. elk. com. university
Young, Miss Katheryn. smooth jour
Young, T. C, elk. com. cler. force...
Macon City. Macon.
Fulton. Callaway.
^Marcclline. Linn.
St. Louis Cy. 28141/2 Lucas Av
Sedalia. I»ettis.
Sla" "r. Saline.
St. Joseph. But'hanan.
Donipiian. Ripley.
Willow Springs. Howell.
Ava, Douglass.
Springfield, (ireene.
Kahoka. Clarke.
Woodland vi lie. Boone.
GroviMlale, Maries,
Cassville. Barry.
Warren sbui'g. .lohnson.
Wari'cnsbnrg. Johnson.
I Hloonifield. Stoddard,
.letft'rson City. Cole.
Butk'P. Hates.
Cafi'ollton. Carrol.
Montevallo. Vernon.
Monte vallo. Vernon.
Lamar, Barton.
Mexico. Audrain.
El Doi'ado Si)rings, Cedar.
El Dorado Springs, Cedar.
Coelleda. Camden.
Jefferson City, Cole.
St. Louis Cy. 913 N. Garrison
Carthage. Jasper.
California. IMoniteau.
Deer I'ark, Boone.
St. Joseph, Buchanan.
Lexington, Lafayette.
ESTABLISHED J844-.
HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE
CHARTERED 1859.
FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
FAYETTE, M/SSOUR/.
The Departments
of Vocal and In-
strumental Music,
Painting and Draw-
in<i. Elocution. Del-
sarte and Physical
Culture are under
the instruction of
thorough special-
ists.
A large Gymnas-
ium.equipped thor-
ousjlily.
Two Flourishing
Literary Societies;
each has an ele-
gan tly furnished
hall.
Location beauti-
ful, healthful; at-
tractive three acre
campus; college
l)uilaing arranged
for c o n V enience
and comfort; thor-
oughly ventilated;
heated by steam,
lighted by electric-
ity. Bath rooms-
hot and cold water.
i'r('i)uratory and
College Departm'ts
— College course is
higher tlian is usu-
ally prescribed for
young women.
Rev. Hiram D. Groves,
President.
Madison House,
CORNER MAIN AND MADISON STREETS,
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.
RATES S2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY.
mT^
POLIX
Under New Managemt
Best Location in
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)epartments.
ible
LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS. ALL ROOMS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAUFORNIA UBRARY