SECOND DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Bradley, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Polk, Saline, Scott, and Sebastian (14 counties).

JOHN S. LITTLE, Democrat, of Greenwood, was born at Jenny Lind, Sebastian County, Ark., March 15, 1853; was educated in the common schools and at Cane Hill College, Arkansas; was admitted to the bar in 1874; in 1877 was elected district attorney for the Twelfth circuit of Arkansas, composed of Sebastian, Scott, Crawford, and Logan counties, and was reelected for four successive terms; was elected a representative to the legislature in 1884; in 1886 was elected circuit judge for a term of four years; in 1893 was chosen as chairman of the State judicial convention; in September, 1894, was elected, without opposition to fill the unexpired term of C. R. Breckinridge in the Fifty-third Congress; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fiftyfifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress without opposition, receiving 3,415 votes.

THIRD DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Ashley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Columbia, Desha, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, Sevier, and Union (16 counties). THOMAS CHIPMAN MCRAE, Democrat, of Prescott, was born at Mount Holly, Union County, Ark., December 21, 1851; received a limited education at the private schools at Shady Grove, Columbia County, Mount Holly, Union County, and Falcon, Nevada County, Ark.; in boyhood he worked on a farm, and one year in a wholesale mercantile establishment at Shreveport, La., and one year in a retail store at Falcon, Ark.; received a full course of instruction at Soulé Business College, New Orleans, La., in 1870; graduated in law at the Washington and Lee University, Virginia, in class of 1871-72; was admitted to practice in State circuit courts in Rosston, Nevada County, Ark., January 8, 1873, in the Arkansas supreme court January 27, 1876, and in the United States Supreme Court January 4, 1886; was a member of the State legislature of Arkansas in 1877, in which year the county seat was changed, and he moved from Rosston to Prescott, where he has since practiced his profession; was a member of the town council of the incorporated town of Prescott in 1879; was a Presidential elector for Hancock and English in 1880; was chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1884; was delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1884, and is now the Democratic national committeeman for Arkansas; was elected to the Fortyninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress without opposition, receiving 3,866 votes.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Conway, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, and Yell (8 counties).

WILLIAM LEAKE TERRY, Democrat, of Little Rock, was born in Anson County, N. C., September 27, 1850; when 7 years of age removed with his parents to Tippah County, Miss., and thence to Arkansas in 1861; received his preparatory education at Bingham's Military Academy, North Carolina, and was admitted to Trinity College, North Carolina, in 1869, and graduated in June, 1872; studied law under Dodge & Johnson, attorneys, of Little Rock, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1873; served in the State troops under Governor Baxter in the Brooks-Baxter troubles, and was second officer in command of Hallie Rifles in the fight at Palarm, in May, 1874; was elected to city council in April, 1877; was elected to the State senate in September, 1878, and was elected president of senate at close of session in March, 1879; served eight terms as city attorney of Little Rock; was elected to the Fifty-second, Fiftythird, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress without opposition, receiving 3,665 votes.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Faulkner, Madison, Newton, Searcy, Van Buren, and Washington (10 counties).

HUGH ANDERSON DINSMORE, Democrat, of Fayetteville, was born in Benton County, Ark., December 24, 1850; was educated in private schools in Benton and Washington counties; studied law at Bentonville under Samuel N. Elliott; in April, 1873, was appointed by the governor clerk of the circuit court for Benton County, and served in that office until the autumn of 1874, when he was admitted to the bar;

in April, 1875, he moved from his native county of Benton to Fayetteville, where he has since resided, and engaged in the practice of law; in September, 1878, he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fourth judicial district of Arkansas; was reelected in 1880, and again without opposition in 1882; was chosen a Presidential elector in 1884 on the Democratic ticket, and voted for Cleveland and Hendricks; in January, 1887, he was appointed by President Cleveland to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States in the Kingdom of Korea and served in that capacity until May 25, 1890, when he was relieved by Mr. Augustine Heard, appointed by President Harrison; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 6,423 votes, to 2,706 for V. J. T. Hopper, Republican.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Arkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Lonoke, Marion, Monroe, Prairie, Stone, and White (12 counties).

STEPHEN BRUNDIDGE, JR., Democrat, of Searcy, was born in White County, Ark., January 1, 1857; was educated in the private schools of the county; studied law at Searcy with the firm of Coody & McRae, and in 1878 was admitted to the bar, and has since resided in Searcy, where he has been engaged in the practice of law; in September, 1886, was elected prosecuting attorney for the First judicial district of Arkansas, and reelected in 1888 without opposition; since 1890 has served a term as member of the Democratic State central committee of Arkansas; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress without opposition, receiving 3,500 votes.

CALIFORNIA.

SENATORS.

GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS, Republican, of Oakland, was born at Kennebunkport, Me., in 1839; was reared on a farm, with limited educational advantages; at the age of 12 went to sea as a cabin boy; followed this calling and that of a sailor for several years; in 1855 shipped "before the mast" on a sailing vessel bound for San Francisco, Cal., where he arrived in the autumn of that year; engaged in mercantile business at Oroville and was very successful; subsequently engaged in banking, milling, mining, and the steamship business, in which he has been engaged during the past twenty-five years, operating steamships on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, and Mexico; in 1868 was elected to the State senate, serving eight years; has been president of the Merchants' Exchange in San Francisco; also of the San Francisco Art Association; is a director California Academy of Sciences, and other public institutions; in 1879 he was elected governor of California, serving until January, 1883; was appointed, July 24, 1893, United States Senator, to fill, until the election of his successor, the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Leland Stanford, and took his seat August 8, 1893. In January, 1895, having made a thorough canvass before the people of his State, he was elected by the legislature on the first ballot to fill the unexpired term. In the fall election of 1896 he was a candidate before the people of California for reelection, and received the indorsement of the Republican county conventions that comprised a majority of the senatorial and assembly districts in the State. When the legislature convened in joint convention (January, 1897) for the purpose of electing a United States Senator, he was reelected on the first ballot, although at the time he was absent from the State attending to his Congressional duties. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, and Trinity (14 counties).

JOHN A. BARHAM, Republican, of Santa Rosa, was born in Missouri July 17, 1844; removed with his parents to California in 1849; was educated in the common schools and at the Hesperian College, in Woodland, Cal.; taught in the public schools of

California for three years; studied law and was admitted to practice in 1868, and has practiced his profession since; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 19,598 votes, to 18,244 for Emmet Seawell, Fusionist.

SECOND DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Eldorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Tuolumne, and Yuba (15 counties).

MARION DE VRIES, Democrat, of Stockton, San Joaquin County, Cal., was born near Woodbridge, in said county, August 15, 1865; was educated in the public schools of said county until 15 years of age, at which time he entered San Joaquin Valley College, at Woodbridge, which school he attended and graduated from in 1886, having conferred upon him there the degree of Ph. B.; he then entered the University of Michigan, law department, whence he graduated in 1888, with degree of LL. B.; was admitted to the supreme court of Michigan in 1887 and of California in the same year; commenced the practice of law in Stockton, January 1, 1889, with John B. Hall; August 1, 1889, formed a copartnership with W. B. Nutter; under Mr. Nutter acted as assistant district attorney for San Joaquin County from January, 1893, to February, 1897; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fiftysixth Congress, indorsed by the People's Party, receiving 25,196 votes, to 20,400 for Frank D. Ryan, Republican.

1HIRD DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Solano, and Yolo (7 counties).

VICTOR HOWARD METCALF, Republican, of Oakland, was born in Utica, Oneida County, N. Y., October 10, 1853; graduated from the Utica Free Academy, also from Russell's Military Academy, New Haven, Conn., and then entered the class of 1876, Yale; during the college vacations he studied law in the office of Senator Francis Kernan, as also in the offices of Horatio and John F. Seymour, Utica, N. Y.; left the academical department of Yale in his junior year and entered the Yale Law School, graduating therefrom in 1876; was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Connecticut in June, 1876, and in the supreme court of New York in 1877; practiced law in Utica, N. Y., for two years, and then moved to California, locating in Oakland; formed a law partnership in 1881 with George D. Metcalf (who is also a graduate of Yale) under the firm name of Metcalf & Metcalf; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 20,592 votes, to 14,051 for John Aubrey Jones, Democrat and People's Party, and 1,309 for Thomas F. Burns, Socialist Labor.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS OF CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.-Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-ninth, Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth.

JULIUS KAHN, Republican, of San Francisco, was born at Kuppenheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, on the 28th day of February, 1861; removed with his parents to California in 1866; was educated in the public schools of San Francisco, having been a member of the class of 1878 of the Boys' High School. After leaving school he entered the theatrical profession, which he followed for ten years, playing with Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Tomasso Salvini, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, Clara Morris, and other well-known "stars." In 1890 he returned to San Francisco, and began studying law; in 1892 was elected to the legislature of the State of California, serving during the thirtieth session; in July, 1893, was elected secretary of the finance committee of the California Midwinter International Exhibition; in January, 1894, was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of California; and was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 13,695 votes, to 12,084 for James H. Barry, Democrat, 1,006 for W. J. Martin, Socialist Labor, and 594 for Joseph P. Kelly, Independent

Democrat.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara (3 counties).

EUGENE FRANCIS LOUD, Republican, of San Francisco, was born in Abington, Mass., March 12, 1847; at the age of 13 went to sea and to California; in 1862 enlisted in California Cavalry Battalion, which formed a part of Second Massachusetts Cavalry;

was with the Army of the Potomac and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley until the close of the war; returned to California and studied law; was in the customs service; followed mercantile business; was member of California legislature in 1884, and was elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 20,254 votes, to 17,352 for William Craig, Democrat, and 1,532 for E. T. Kingsley, Socialist Labor.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura (6 counties).

RUSSELL JUDSON WATERS, Republican, of Los Angeles, was born June 6, 1843, at Halifax, Vt.; removed at the age of 4 to Franklin County, Mass., where he grew to manhood; his early life was spent in factory and on the farm, attending district schools as he could find time; learned the machinist trade at Sherburne Falls, Mass.; taught school at Charlemont Center, Mass.; graduated at Franklin Institute, same State, where he was later engaged as professor of Latin and mathematics; studied law with Rich & Waterman, Chicago, and was admitted to the bar in 1863, continuing in the practice of his profession there until 1886; went to California for his health, and has since been actively and prominently engaged in the development of the southern part of the State; located at Redlands, and removed to Los Angeles in 1894; is a director of the Columbia Savings Bank, president of the Pasadena Consolidated Gas Company, president of the Los Angeles Directory Company, treasurer of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, vice-president of the Citizens' Bank, and connected with many other public institutions; was married in 1869 to Mary Adelaide Ballard, daughter of Hon. Jonathan Ballard, of Charlemont, Mass., and has four children; was unanimously nominated for the Fifty-sixth Congress, and elected, receiving 24,050 votes, to 20,508 for C. A. Barlow, Fusionist, and 1,132 for J. T. Van Rensselaer, Prohibitionist, fusion being for the first time defeated in the district.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Stanislaus, Merced, San Benito, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego (12 counties).

JAMES CARSON NEEDHAM, Republican, of Modesto, was born September 17, 1864, in Carson City, Nev., in an emigrant wagon, his parents being at the time en route across the plains to California; his early education was received in the public schools of California; gråduated at the San Jose High School, and subsequently took a collegiate course at the University of the Pacific at San Jose, graduating in the year 1886 with the degree of Ph. B.; he then entered the law department of the University of Michigan and spent one year, at the end of which time he was appointed, under civil-service rules, to a clerkship in the Adjutant-General's Office at Washington, D. C.; resigning from the War Department, he returned to the University of Michigan and completed his law course, graduating with the class of 1889 with the degree of LL. B.; began the practice of law in November, 1889, at Modesto, where he has ever since resided; in 1890 was nominated by the Republican party for State senator, but the district being overwhelmingly Democratic, was defeated; has been chairman of the Republican county committee, member of the State central committee, and member of the Congressional committee; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 20,793 votes, to 20,680 for C. H. Castle, Fusionist, and 35 scattering.

COLORADO.

SENATORS.

EDWARD OLIVER WOLCOTT, Republican, of Denver, was born in Longmeadow, Mass., March 26, 1848; served for a few months as private in the One hundred and fiftieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers in 1864; entered Yale College in 1866, but did not graduate; graduated from Harvard Law School in 1871, and removed to Colorado; is a lawyer; was elected to the United States Senate, to succeed Thomas M. Bowen, Republican, and took his seat March 4, 1889; was reelected in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.

HENRY MOORE TELLER, Silver Republican, of Central City, was born in the town of Granger, Allegany County, N. Y., May 23, 1830; educated in the common schools, Rushford Academy, and Alfred University; taught school several years; studied law at Angelico, Allegany County; was admitted to practice at Binghamton, N. Y. In January, 1858, removed to Illinois and practiced law there until April, 1861, when he removed to Colorado and resumed the practice of law; received the degree of LL. D. from Alfred University in 1886; never held an office until he was elected to the United States Senate from Colorado on the admittance of that State; took his seat in the United States Senate December 4, 1876, and drew the term ending March 3, 1877; was reelected December II for the full term, and served until April 17, 1882, when he resigned to enter the Cabinet of President Arthur as Secretary of the Interior, and served until March 3, 1885; was reelected to the Senate in January, 1885, and took his seat March 4, 1885; was reelected in 1891, a Republican in politics, but withdrew from the national Republican convention at St. Louis in June, 1896, because of dissatisfaction at the financial plank of the platform; was reelected in January, 1897, as an Independent Silver Republican, receiving 94 votes out of a total of 100; took his seat March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Park, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, and Yuma (13 counties).

JOHN F. SHAFROTH, Silverite, of Denver, was born in Fayette, Mo., June 9, 1854; entered the University of Michigan in the fall of 1872, and graduated in the literary department in the class of 1875; studied law in the office of Hon. Samuel C. Major, in his native town; was admitted to the bar in August, 1876, and soon thereafter formed a partnership with his preceptor; practiced law at Fayette, Mo., until October, 1879, when he removed to Denver, Colo., where he has ever since pursued his profession; in April, 1887, he was elected city attorney of Denver, and was reelected to the same position in April, 1889; in 1887 he formed a partnership with Judge Platt Rogers, of Denver; was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress as a Republican, and reelected to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses as a Silver Republican, receiving 43,111 votes, to 18,850 for Charles Hartzell, Republican.

SECOND DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mesa, Mineral, Montezuma, Montrose, Otero, Ouray, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Summit, and Teller (44 counties).

JOHN C. BELL, Populist, of Montrose, was born in Grundy County, Tenn., December 11, 1851; attended the public schools of his native county in early youth, and further pursued his studies for two years at Alto and two years at Boiling Fork, Franklin County, Tenn.; read law in Winchester, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar of that State in 1874, and the same year moved to Colorado and commenced the practice of law at Saguache in June, 1874; was appointed county attorney of Saguache County and served until May, 1876, when he resigned and removed to Lake City, Colo., then the most thriving city in the great San Juan mining region; was elected county clerk of Hinsdale County in 1878, but did not perform the duties personally; was twice elected mayor of Lake City, and in August, 1885, resigned that position, and, forming a law partnership with Hon. Frank C. Goudy, removed to Montrose, where he has since resided; in November, 1888, was elected judge of the Seventh judicial district of Colorado for a period of six years; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fiftyfourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 52,728 votes, to 27,335 for B. C. Wheeler, Republican.