FLORIDA. SENATORS. SAMUEL PASCO, of Monticello, was born in London, England; when quite young removed with his father first to Prince Edward Island, thence to Massachusetts; was prepared for college at the high school in Charlestown and graduated at Harvard in 1858; in January, 1859, he went to Florida to take charge of the Waukeenah Academy, in Jefferson County, where he has ever since resided; in July, 1861, entered the Confederate army as a private; at the close of the war became clerk of the circuit court of his county; was admitted to the bar in 1868; in 1872 became a member of the Democratic State committee, and from 1876 to 1888 was its chairman; has represented Florida on the Democratic national committee since 1880; in 1880 was elected a Presidential elector at large; in 1885 was president of the constitutional convention of his State; in 1887, while speaker of the State house of representatives, was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, to succeed Charles W. Jones. The legislature charged with the election of his successor had not met at the expiration of his term and he was appointed by the governor to serve during the interim; when the legislature assembled in April, 1893, he was nominated by acclamation and reelected unanimously. His term of service will expire March 3, 1899. STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY, of Pensacola, was born November 2, 1848; entered Confederate army in Virginia in the fall of 1864; in the spring of 1865 was appointed midshipman in the Confederate navy; entered Georgetown College, District of Columbia, November, 1865, and graduated in June, 1869; taught a class at Georgetown College until July, 1871; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Louisiana at New Orleans in 1872; removed to Pensacola, Fla., in 1874, and began practicing law; was elected to the lower house of the legislature in 1876; was elected to the senate of Florida in 1880, and was reelected in 1884; was elected to the Fiftysecond and Fifty-third Congresses from the First district of Florida, and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate by the legislature of Florida for the term beginning March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903. REPRESENTATIVES. FIRST DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Calhoun, Citrus, De Soto, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Hillsboro, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Monroe, Pasco, Polk, Santa Rosa Taylor Wakulla, Walton, and Washington (25 counties). STEPHEN M SPARKMAN, of Tampa, was born July 29, 1849, in Hernando County, Fla.; was educated in the common schools of Florida, and taught school for about three years, from the age of 18 to 21, for the purpose of assisting in his education; read law under H. L. Mitchell, now governor of Florida, and was admitted to practice in October, 1872; has since practiced in the courts of the State and the United States; was State attorney for the Sixth judicial circuit for nine years, from 1878 to 1887; was a member of the State and Congressional committees from 1890 to 1892, when he was elected chairman, which position he now holds; was tendered the circuit judgeship for the Sixth judicial circuit of Florida by Governor Perry in 1888, and the position of associate judge on the supreme court bench in 1891 by Governor Fleming, both of which were declined; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 14,823 votes, against 2,797 votes for E. K. Nichols, Republican. SECOND DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Clay, Columbia, Dade, Duval, Hamilton, Lake, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, and Volusia (20 counties). ROBERT W. DAVIS, of Palatka, was born in Lee County, Ga., March 15, 1849; was educated in the common schools of his native State; entered the Confederate army at 14 years of age, and surrendered with the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Greensboro, N. C., at the close of the war; worked on a farm in Georgia after the war for several years; read law, and was admitted to the bar at 20 years of age; removed to Florida in 1879; was elected to the legislature from Clay County of the latter State in 1884; was elected speaker of the house of representatives at the session of 1885; was balloted for for governor of Florida in the State convention held in St. Augustine in 1888, and, though he had a large following, failed to receive the nomination; was made general attorney for the Florida Southern Railroad Company in 1885, which position he resigned when elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 14,376 votes, against 6,576 votes for J. N. Stripling, Republican; 1,156 votes for D. G. Ambler, Gold Democrat; 855 votes for W. R. Petersen, Populist, and 195 votes for M. E. Spencer, Prohibitionist. GEORGIA. SENATORS. AUGUSTUS OCTAVIUS BACON, of Macon, was born in Bryan County, Ga., October 20, 1839; received a high school education in Liberty and Troup counties; graduated at the University of Georgia, in the Literary and Classical Department in 1859, and in the Law Department in 1860; entered the Confederate army at the beginning of the war and served during the campaigns of 1861 and 1862 as adjutant of the Ninth Georgia Regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia; subsequently thereto was commissioned as captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and assigned to general staff duty; at the close of the war resumed the study of law, and began practice in 1866 at Macon, from which date he has actively continued the same both in the State and Federal courts; was frequently a member of State Democratic conventions; was president of the State Democratic convention in 1880, and was delegate from the State at large to the national Democratic convention in Chicago in 1884; in 1868 he was elected Presidential elector (Seymour and Blair) on the Democratic ticket; in 1871 was elected to the Georgia house of representatives, of which body he has served as a member for fourteen years; in this time, during two years he was the speaker pro tempore, and during eight years he was the speaker of the Georgia house of representatives; was several times a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia, and in the Democratic State convention of 1883 he came within one vote of a nomination for governor, when the nomination was equivalent to an election; was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, in November, 1894, for the term beginning March 4, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901. ALEXANDER STEPHENS CLAY, of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., was born September 25, on a farm in Cobb County; received his primary and preparatory education in the country schools and the high school at Palmetto, Ga.; graudated from Hiawassee College in 1875; taught school for two years; studied law under Judge David Irwin, of Marietta, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1877, and has been engaged actively in the practice of law since; was elected a member of the city council in 1880 and reelected in 1881; in 1884-85 and 1886-87 represented Cobb County in the general assembly of the State; in the latter term was elected speaker pro tempore; was reelected for 1889–90, and served as speaker for two years; in 1892 was elected to the State senate, and served as president of that body for two years; in 1894 was elected chairman of the State Democratic executive committee, and conducted the State campaign between the Democrats and Populists that year; was reelected to the same position in 1896, and still occupies the place; was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, to succeed John B. Gordon, in October, 1896, and took his seat March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903. REPRESENTATIVES. FIRST DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Burke, Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham, Emanuel, Effingham, Liberty, McIntosh, Screven, and Tatnall (10 counties). RUFUS E. LESTER, of Savannah, was born in Burke County, Ga., December 12, 1837; graduated at Mercer University, Georgia, 1857; admitted to the bar in Savannah and commenced the practice of law in 1859; entered the military service of the Confederate States in 1861; remained in the service till the end of the war; resumed the practice of law at the close of the war; was State senator from the First senatorial district of Georgia 1870-1879; was president of the senate during the last three years of service; was mayor of Savannah from January, 1883, to January, 1889; was elected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 8,786 votes, against 2,670 votes for Miller, Populist, and 4,716 votes for Doyle, Republican. SECOND DISTRICT. (Population, 180,300.) COUNTIES.-Baker, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth (15 counties). JAMES M. GRIGGS, of Dawson, was born at Lagrange, Ga., on March 29, 1861; was educated in the common schools of Georgia and at the Peabody Normal College, at Nashville, Tenn., from which institution he was graduated in May, 1881; after graduation taught school and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883, and commenced the practice of law in 1884 at Alapaha, Berrien County, Ga.; was for a short while engaged in the newspaper business; removed to Dawson in 1885; was elected solicitor-general (prosecuting attorney) of the Pataula judicial circuit in 1888, and was reelected in 1892; in 1893 resigned; was appointed judge of the same circuit, and was twice reelected without opposition; resigned this office in 1896 to make the race for Congress; has often been a member of State Democratic conventions, and in the gubernatorial convention of 1892 was chairman of the committee on resolutions; was a delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1892, and was one of the vice-presidents of that body; has been a member of the public-school board of the city of Dawson since its establishment, and was chairman of the board from its organization until 1896, when he refused a reelection; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 7,454 votes, against 3,868 votes for J. E. Peterson, Republican, and 3,035 votes for J. A. Sibley, Populist. THIRD DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Lee, Macon, Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Twiggs, Taylor, Webster, and Wilcox (13 counties). ELIJAH BANKS LEWIS, of Montezuma, was born in Dooly County, Ga., March 27, 1854; removed to Montezuma, his present home, at the age of 17 years; was educated in the commom schools of Dooly and Macon counties; has had a business training, his father making him his partner in the banking and mercantile business before his maturity, and is still in the banking and mercantile business; always took an active interest in politics, working for his friends and political party, but never accepted any office until 1894, when he was elected to the State senate for the years 1894-1895; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 7,459 votes, against 3,096 votes for Seaborn Montgomery, Republican. FOURTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.--Carroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and Troup (10 counties). WILLIAM CHARLES ADAMSON, of Carrollton, was born at Bowdon, Ga., August 13, 1854; spent his youth alternately in working on the farm and in hauling goods and cotton between Atlanta and Bowdon; took the collegiate course at Bowdon College, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1874, the degree of A. M. being conferred a few years later by the same institution; read law in the office of the Hon. Sampson W. Harris; was admitted to the bar October, 1876, and has lived at Carrollton, Ga., ever since, practicing law in the circuit and supreme courts of the State and the Federal courts; was judge of the city court of Carrollton from 1885 to 1889, and was attorney for the city of Carrollton for a number of years; was Presidential elector in 1892; had never held nor sought any other office until elected to the Fiftyfifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 8,519 votes, against 4,304 votes for Alonzo H. Freeman, Republican. FIFTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Campbell, Clayton, Dekalb, Douglas, Fulton, Newton, Rockdale, and Walton (8 counties). LEONIDAS F. LIVINGSTON, of Kings, was born in Newton County, Ga., April 3, 1832; is of Scotch-Irish descent; his grandfather immigrated to this country from North Ireland, and served under General Washington during the Revolutionary war; was educated in the common schools of the county; is a farmer by occupation and has always lived on his farm; was a private soldier in the Confederate army from August, 1861, to May, 1865; was for two terms a member of the house of representatives and one term a member of the State senate; was chairman of the committee on agriculture in both the house and senate; was vice-president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society for eleven years and president of the same for four years; was president of the Georgia State Alliance for three years, but resigned when elected to Congress; has been prominent in all political struggles in his State for many years; was elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 9,258 votes, against 6,715 votes for Hendrix, Republican. SIXTH DISTRICT. (Population, 165,942.) COUNTIES. Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jones, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, and Upson (10 counties). CHARLES L. BARTLETT, of Macon, was born at Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., on January 31, 1853; removed from Monticello to Macon, Ga., in 1875, and has resided in Macon since then; was educated in the schools at Monticello, the University of Georgia, and the University of Virginia; graduated at the University of Georgia in August, 1870; studied law at the University of Virginia and was admitted to the bar in August, 1872; was appointed solicitor-general (prosecuting attorney) for the Macon judicial court January 31, 1877, and served in that capacity until January 31, 1881; was elected to the house of representatives of Georgia in 1882 and 1883, and again in 1884 and 1885, and to the State senate in 1889, from the Twentysecond senatorial district; was elected judge of the superior court of the Macon circuit January 1, 1893, and resigned that office May 1, 1894; was nominated by the Democrats as a candidate for Congress, and was elected to the Fifty-fourth and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 8,236 votes, against 4,696 votes for Murphy, Populist. SEVENTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Barton, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, Dale, Floyd, Gordon, Haralsɔn, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield (13 counties). JOHN W. MADDOX, of Rome, was born on June 3, 1848, in Chattooga County, Ga.; received a common-school education; enlisted in the service of the Confederate States at the age of 15 and served as a private until the end of the war between the States; read law in Summerville, Ga.; was admitted to the bar at the September term, 1877, and practiced law there until 1886; was elected county commissioner in January, 1878; was elected to the State legislature in October, 1880, and reelected in 1882; was elected to represent the Forty-second senatorial district in 1884; was elected judge of the superior court, Rome circuit, in November, 1886, and reelected in November, 1890; resigned that office September 1, 1892, to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress; was elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 10,719 votes, against 5,087 votes for W. L. Massey, Republican, and 4,256 votes for J. W. Garrity, Populist. EIGHTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Putnam, and Wilkes (12 counties). WILLIAM MARCELLUS HOWARD, of Lexington, Ga., was born at Berwick City, La., of Georgia parents, December 6, 1857; was graduated from the University of Georgia; began practice of law February, 1880; was elected solicitor-general of the northern judicial circuit of Georgia by the State legislature in 1884; was reelected to that office in 1888 and in 1892, and was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 9,088 votes, against 2,962 votes for G. L. Anderson, Populist, and 2,701 votes for W. P. Henry, Republican. NINTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES. Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Milton, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, Union, and White (17 counties). FARISH CARTER TATE, was born at Jasper, Pickens County, Ga., where he now resides, November 20, 1856. He received his education in the common schools and in the North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega, Ga.; was admitted to the bar in 1880, and has practiced law since; was a member of the general assembly of Georgia for six years, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887; was chairman of the railroad committee of 1884-85 and of the judiciary committee of 1886–87, and was a member of the special committee to redistrict the State in 1882; served as a member of the Democratic executive committee of Georgia from the Ninth Congressional district in 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887, and was elected a member of that committee from the State at large by the Democratic convention of 1890, but resigned this position in March, 1892, to run for Congress; was elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 11,037 votes, against 5,421 votes for H. P. Farrow, Republican, and 3,926 votes for T. C. Winn, Populist. TENTH DISTRICT. (Population, 160,758.) COUNTIES.-Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Hancock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkinson (11 counties). WILLIAM HENRY FLEMING, of Augusta, was born at Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., on October 18, 1856; was brought up in the country a few miles from the city, and for a number of years after the war worked on the farm; was educated at Summerville Academy, Richmond (County) Academy, and the State University at Athens, Georgia, from which institution he received the degrees of civil engineer and master of arts; was chosen private anniversarian of the Phi Kappa Society in 1873; was awarded junior debaters' medal in 1874; was awarded the college medal for the best essay and was chosen commencement orator for the Phi Kappa Society in 1875; in the military department of the college was appointed captain of the first company, and for two years held the battalion prize for the best drilled company; while in college earned a small salary for part of the time by acting as college postmaster, and afterwards was appointed a salaried tutor while an undergraduate; also received assistance from Alexander H. Stephens by a loan of money, which was afterwards repaid with interest; was elected superintendent of the public schools of Augusta and Richmond County, Ga., in January, 1877, and resigned in August, 1880; was admitted to the bar in November, 1880, having studied law in the office of lion. John T. Shewmake, and has continued in regular practice since; was elected to the State legislature from Richmond County in 1888, 1890, and 1892, and was chairman of the finance committee; again elected in 1894, and was speaker of the house; in April, 1894, sustained a severe and almost fatal injury by a kick in the face by a runaway horse; was elected president of the Georgia State bar association in 1894, and at the annual meeting in 1895 delivered an address on the "Ethics of the bar in relation to the state;" was chosen in 1895 grand commander of the Knights Templar for the State of Georgia; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 10,119 votes, against 7,105 votes for John T. West, Populist. ELEVENTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Appling, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Dodge, Glynn, Irwin Johnson, Laurens, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pierce, Telfair, Ware, and Wayne (18 counties). WILLIAM G. BRANTLEY, of Brunswick, was born at Blackshear, Pierce County, Ga., on September 18, 1860, and lived there until his removal to Brunswick in 1889; was educated in common schools, with two years at University of Georgia; read law with ex-Congressman John C. Nicholls, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1881; represented Pierce County in Georgia house of representatives in 1884–85; represented Third senatorial district in Georgia senate in 1886-87; was elected solicitorgeneral (prosecuting attorney) of Brunswick circuit in 1888 for a term of four years, and reelected in 1892 for another term of four years, which last term had not expired when an unexpected nomination to Congress, unanimously made, was tendered him on June 18, 1896; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 9,141 votes, against 6,019 votes for Benjamin Milikin, Populist. IDAHO. SENATORS. GEORGE L. SHOUP, of Boise, was born at Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., June 15, 1836; was educated in the public schools of Freeport and Slate Lick; moved with his father to Illinois in June, 1852; was engaged in farming and stock raising near Galesburg until 1858; removed to Colorado in 1859; was engaged in mining and mercantile business until 1861; in September, 1861, enlisted in Captain Backus's independent company of scouts, and was soon thereafter commissioned second lieutenant; during the autumn and winter of 1861 was engaged in scouting |