agent in 1866; was elected member of common council in 1876, 1877,1878, and 1879, and was president of the body the latter three years; elected mayor in 1880; also alternate delegate to Republican national convention which nominated President Garfield; was reelected mayor in 1881, but resigned the same year, being appointed postmaster by President Garfield; in 1886 was again elected mayor; was a candidate in 1887 and 1888, but was defeated; in July, 1888, was appointed by Governor Ames general superintendent of prisons for the State, and served until 1893, when he was removed by the Democratic governor for political reasons; was again candidate for mayor in 1894 and defeated; elected mayor in 1895 by 734 majority, in 1896 by 1,514 majority, and in 1897 by 3,121 majority, and declined a reelection in 1898; was appointed postmaster by President McKinley, and entered upon his duties April 1, 1898; resigned this position and was elected to Congress May 31, 1898, to fill the unexpired term of the late John Simpkins for the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 13,463 votes, to 4,868 for Charles T. Luce, Democrat, and 1,277 for Thomas Stevenson, Socialist Labor. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

MICHIGAN.

SENATORS.

JAMES MCMILLAN, Republican, of Detroit, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, May 12, 1838; removed to Detroit in 1855, where he entered upon a business life; is an officer of a number of the largest manufacturing and financial institutions of Detroit; also is president of the Grace Hospital, and is a trustee of the Detroit Museum of Art; in 1879 succeeded Zachariah Chandler as chairman of the Republican State central committee, and was chairman in 1886, 1890, 1892, and 1894; was a Presidential elector in 1884, and was president of the Detroit park commission for three years; received the unanimous nomination of the Republican members of the legislature; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Thomas Witherell Palmer, and took his seat March 4, 1889. In 1895 he received every vote in the joint legislative convention for reelection. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.

JULIUS C. BURROWS, Republican, of Kalamazoo, was born at Northeast, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1837; received a common-school and academic education; by profession a lawyer; was an officer in the Union Army, 1862-1864; prosecuting attorney of Kalamazoo County, 1865-1867; appointed supervisor of internal revenue for the States of Michigan and Wisconsin in 1867, but declined the office; elected a Representative to the Forty-third, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses; appointed Solicitcr of the United States Treasury Department by President Arthur in 1884, but declined the office; elected a delegate at large from Michigan to the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1884; elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses; twice elected Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives during the Fifty-first Congress, and was elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress by over 13,000 plurality; resigned his seat in the House January 23, 1895, to assume the office of United States Senator from Michigan, to which he had been elected by the legislature to fill out the unexpired term of Francis B. Stockbridge, deceased, and took his seat in the Senate the same day; was reelected in 1899 for the full term of six years, receiving every vote of the Republican members of the legislature. His term of service will expire March 3, 1905.

COUNTY.-Part of Wayne.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.

JOHN B. CORLISS, Republican, of Detroit, was born at Richford, Vt.; was educated at the Vermont Methodist University; studied law at the Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C., and graduated from that institution in 1875; in September of the same year he settled in Detroit and engaged in the practice of law, which he has since continued; was elected city attorney of Detroit in 1881 and reelected in 1883; during his four years' incumbency of the office of city attorney he prepared the first complete charter of Detroit, which was passed by the legislature in 1884, and is still the fundamental law of the municipality; has always been active in Republican politics; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 16,659 votes, to 15,401 for James H. Pound, Democrat. Élected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

SECOND DISTRICT.

—Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, and part of Wayne.

RY CASSORTE SMITH, Republican, of Adrian, was born in Canandaigua, une 2, 1859; in the panic of 1857 his father met with financial reverses and o a farm in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Mich., where the son remained, g district school until 13 years of age; worked on farm and in factories until en he entered Adrian College, doing chores for a farmer for his board and school in vacation until he graduated in June, 1878; was chosen orator for ge at the State intercollegiate contest, at Kalamazoo, 1877; the repetition of t on that occasion at Adrian brought him into public notice, and he went greenback campaign under Zach. Chandler, then chairman of the Repubte central committee; has taken part in every campaign since; read law des & Miller, of Adrian, and was admitted to the bar September 25, 1880; inted city attorney October 2, 1880, and assistant prosecuting attorney by atts January 1, 1881; was alternate to the Republican national convention uis in 1896; married Emma, daughter of Judge R. A. Watts, December 20, s elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 21,912 votes, to 19,999 for Pierce, Democrat, 779 for Porter Biel, Prohibitionist, and 126 for Byron E. pulist. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

THIRD DISTRICT.

-Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, and Kalamazoo (5 counties).

HINGTON GARDNER, Republican, of Albion, was born on a farm in County, Ohio; when 16 years of age entered the Union Army, serving in s of the Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry from October, 1861, to Decem; was severely wounded in action at Resaca, Ga.; graduated from the Ohio n University, 1870; studied in the school of theology, Boston University, graduated from the Albany Law School, 1876; practiced law one year in Rapids, Mich., and then entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal in which he served twelve years; was commander of the Department of n, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1888; was made professor in and public for Albion College, 1889; was appointed by Governor John T. Rich secretary in March, 1894, to fill out an unexpired term, and was subsequently twice ed by acclamation and elected to succeed himself; was elected to the Fiftyongress against the combined opposition of the Democratic, Union Silver, , and National parties, receiving 21,182 votes, to 19,864 for Albert M. Todd, at. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

.—Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, and Van Buren (6 counties). ARD LA RUE HAMILTON, Republican, of Niles, was born in Niles Townrrien County, Mich., December 9, 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1884; was to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiv40 votes, to 17,146 for Roman I. Jarvis, Democrat, 321 for John K. Cunningpulist, and 474 for George F. Cummings, Prohibitionist. Elected to the enth Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

5.-Ionia, Kent, and Ottawa (3 counties).

IAM ALDEN SMITH, Republican, of Grand Rapids, was born at Dowagiac, May 12, 1859; received a common-school education; removed with his parents 1 Rapids, Mich., in 1872; was appointed page in the Michigan house of reprees by the speaker, John T. Rich, in 1879; was assistant secretary of the Michate senate in 1882; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1883; was ed General Attorney of the Chicago & West Michigan Railway and the Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Companies in 1886; was a member of ublican State central committee in 1888, 1890, and 1892; is president of the Rapids Herald Co.; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Conand reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 22,021 votes, to 16,064 rge R. Perry, Democrat, 586 for C. Oldfield, Prohibitionist, and 97 for T. J. Populist. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

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SIXTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Genesee, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland; townships of Lavonia, Redford, Greenfield, Dearborn, and Springwells, of the county of Wayne, and the Twelfth, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth wards of the city of Detroit.

SAMUEL W. SMITH, Republican, of Pontiac, was born in the township of Independence, Oakland County, Mich., August 23, 1852; was educated at Clarkston and Detroit, and, after admission to the bar of Oakland County, graduated in the law department of the University of Michigan; in 1880 was elected prosecuting attorney of Oakland County, and reelected in 1882; in 1884 was elected State senator; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 22,981 votes, to 17,171 for Charles Fishback, Democrat; 892 for M. Voorhies, Prohibitionist, and 165 for J. N. Houghton, Populist. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac, and St. Clair, and Grosse Pointe, Gratiot, and Hamtranck townships of Wayne County.

EDGAR WEEKS, Republican, of Mount Clemens, Macomb County, was born at Mount Clemens, August 3, 1839; received his education in the public schools of Mount Clemens; learned the trade of a printer and followed that business until about 18 years of age, when he began the study of law in the office of Eldredge & Hubbard, at Mount Clemens, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1861; at the outbreak of the civil war enlisted in Company B of the Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, June 19, 1861, and was made first sergeant of the company; in 1862 was promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant of the Twenty-second Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Col. Moses Wisner, ex-governor of the State); in 1863 was promoted to be a captain in the same regiment; in December of that year, on account of injuries received in the service, was mustered out. During his service he participated in the army movements in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and in 1863 was appointed assistant inspector-general of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, under Gen. Gordon Granger, and participated in the movements from Nashville to Chattanooga until after the battle of Chickamauga; on returning to civil life first became one of the proprietors of a Republican newspaper, of which he was editor; in 1866 resumed the practice of law at Mount Clemens, which he has pursued ever since; was twice elected prosecuting attorney, and was afterwards appointed judge of probate of Macomb County; is a past commander in the Grand Army of the Republic; was a candidate for Congress in 1884, but was defeated; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 18,623 votes, to 12,888 for Fred E. Burton, Democrat, and 279 for Dr. James Henderson, Populist. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Clinton, Saginaw, Shiawassee, and Tuscola (4 counties).

JOSEPH W. FORDNEY, Republican, of Saginaw, W. S., was born in Blackford County, Ind., November 5, 1853; received a common-school education, living with his parents on a farm until 16 years of age; came to Saginaw in June 1869; began life in the lumber woods, logging and estimating pine timber, thus acquiring a thorough knowledge of the pine land and lumber industry, which has occupied his attention since; is also interested in an artificial ice plant at Hartford City, Ind.; was vicepresident of the Saginaw Board of Trade; was elected alderman in 1895 and reelected in 1897; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 16,798 votes, to 15,089 for Ferdinand Brucker, Democrat. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

NINTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Benzie, Lake, Leelanaw, Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, and Wexford (9 counties).

ROSWELL P. BISHOP, Republican, of Ludington, was born at Sidney, Delaware County, N. Y., January 6, 1843; worked on a farm until August 3, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Forty-third New York Volunteer Infantry; April 28, 1862, he was wounded at Lees Mills, Va., necessitating the amputation of his right arm; was discharged in the field near Fredericksburg, Va., December, 1862; subse

attended school at Unadilla Academy, Cooperstown Seminary, and Walton , New York; taught school several years, and entered Michigan University nber, 1868, where he remained until December, 1872; was admitted to the ay, 1875, at Ann Arbor; commenced practicing law at Ludington, Mich., soon ere he has since resided; was elected prosecuting attorney of Mason County, 78, and 1884; was elected to the Michigan legislature, 1882 and 1892; was o the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth , receiving 15,687 votes, to 9,291 for C. J. Chaddock, Democrat, 505 for rout, Prohibitionist, and 127 for N. B. Farnsworth, People's Party. Elected fty-seventh Congress.

TENTH DISTRICT.

-Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, morency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, and Presque Ile (15 counties).

SEAU O. CRUMP, Republican, of West Bay City, was born in Pittsford, County, N. Y., May 20, 1843, and received his education in the Pittsford and er schools; his parents were of English birth and came to the United States in ling in Pittsford, N. Y.; he has always followed the lumber business; estabs first home in Plainwell, Mich.; in June, 1881, while making a tour of the d northern Michigan, stopped in Bay City; impressed with the business push rgy of the two Bay Cities, he decided to locate there, and built his first mill mber, 1881; in the fall of 1883 he purchased his partner's interest in the , and in February, 1884, the corporation of the Crump Manufacturing Coms formed by him; is an active Mason having been one of the first trustees Iasonic Temple Association; is a member of the Wenona Lodge, Blanchard Bay City Commandery, the Michigan Sovereign Consistory of Detroit, and Temple; also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Royal n, and Knights of Pythias; in politics he is a Republican of the stalwart st his first vote for Lincoln; has served West Bay City as alderman for four d in the spring of 1892 was nominated and elected mayor of West Bay City s reelected in 1894; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Conand reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 16,482 votes, to 13,230 ert J. Kelly, Fusion Democrat, and 117 for J. J. Miller, Prohibitionist. Elected ifty-seventh Congress.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.

s.—Antrim, Charlevoix, Clare, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Isabella, Kalkaska, Mecosta, aukee, Montcalm, Osceola, and Roscommon (12 counties).

IAM S. MESICK, Republican, of Mancelona, Antrim County, was born 26, 1856, at Newark, Wayne County; N. Y.; was educated in the common Kalamazoo (Mich.) Business College, and the University of Michigan; d to the bar in 1881; has been in active practice of the law since; held the prosecuting attorney of Antrim County, Mich., for one term; was elected to y-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 18,545 o 11,799 for Alva W. Nichols, Democrat-Populist, and 610 for Harvey M. Prohibitionist.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.

s.-Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Isle Royal, Kenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft (16 counties). LOS DOUGLAS SHELDEN, Republican, of Houghton, Houghton County, rn in Walworth, Walworth County, Wis., June 10, 1840; seven years later he with his parents to Houghton County, Lake Superior district, Michigan, where er was the pioneer general merchant of the "copper country;" was educated in ion School, Ypsilanti, Mich., and returned to his home in the fall of 1861; through the war of the rebellion as captain in the Twenty-third Michigan y; at the close of the war he returned to Houghton and entered mercantile h his father; always took an active interest in the political affairs of his State tion, and served his fellow-townsmen in various offices of trust and honor; service was selected to represent his district in the lower branch of the Michgislature in 1892, and was promoted to the State senate in 1894, where he igned to the most important committees; for his services in this capacity was to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiv895 votes, to 8,921 for S. S. Curry, Democrat, 825 for H. B. Hatch, Prohibitionfor E. D. Cox, Populist, and 28 scattering. Elected to the Fifty-seventh

MINNESOTA.

SENATOR.

KNUTE NELSON, Republican, of Alexandria, was born in Norway February 2, 1843; came to the United States in July, 1849, and resided in Chicago, Ill., until the fall of 1850, when he removed to the State of Wisconsin, and from there he removed to Minnesota in July, 1871; was a private and noncommissioned officer in the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment during the war of the rebellion, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1867; was a member of the assembly in the Wisconsin legislature in 1868 and 1869; was county attorney of Douglas County, Minn., in 1872, 1873, and 1874; was State senator in 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878; was Presidential elector in 1880; was a member of the board of regents of the State University from February 1, 1882, to January 1, 1893; was a member of the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses for the Fifth district of Minnesota; was elected governor of Minnesota in the fall of 1892 and reelected in the fall of 1894; was elected United States Senator for Minnesota January 23, 1895, for the term commencing March 4, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona (10 counties).

JAMES A. TAWNEY, Republican, of Winona, was born in Mount Pleasant Township, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., January 3, 1855; at the age of 15 entered the blacksmith shop of his father as an apprentice; subsequently learned the trade of machinist; on July 6, 1877, left Pennsylvania, arriving at Winona, August I, where he was employed as a machinist until January 1, 1881, when he commenced the study of law in the office of Bentley & Vance, of that city, having devoted mornings and evenings to the study of that profession for about two years previous; was admitted to the bar July 10, 1882; entered the law school of the Wisconsin University September following, it being the only school he attended after reaching the age of 14; was elected to the State senate of Minnesota in 1890, and was elected to the Fiftythird, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 18,939 votes, to 11,931 for Milo White, Democrat. Elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

SECOND DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine (18 counties).

JAMES THOMPSON MCCLEARY, Republican, of Mankato, was born at Ingersoll, Ontario, February 5, 1853; was educated at the high school there and at McGill University, Montreal; taught for some years in Wisconsin; in 1881 resigned the superintendency of the Pierce County, Wis., schools to become State institute conductor of Minnesota and professor of history and civics in the State Normal School at Mankato, continuing in this position until June, 1892; during summer vacations conducted institutes in Wisconsin, Dakota, Virginia, Tennessee, and Colorado; in 1888 published Studies in Civics, and in 1894 a Manual of Civics, which are used in the best schools of the country; in 1891 was chosen president of the Minnesota Educational Association; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses,