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12 A. Smith; Jackson, John Rose; Clackamas, James K. Kelly. James K. Kelly was elected president, and A. S. Watt chief clerk. House—John F. Miller, Thomas Smith, Jackson; A. M. Berry, Jackson and Josephine; Aaron Rose, Douglas, Coos and Curry; A. E. Rogers, D. C. Underwood, Umpqua; James Monroe and Robert Cochran, Lane; A. J. Matthews, Josephine; Delazon Smith, H. L. Brown and William Ray, Linn; J. C. A very and James A. Bennett, Benton; A. J. Welch, Walter M. Walker, Polk and Tillamook; L. F. Grover, William P. Harpole and Jacob Conser, Marion; A. L. Lovejoy, Felix M. Collard and William A. Starkweather, Clackamas; William Allen, Yamhill; George W. Brown, Multnomah; H. N. V. Johnson, Washington; Samuel E. Barr, Columbia; James Taylor, Clatsop. L. F. Grover was elected speaker, and D. C. Dade chief clerk.

An event occurred in Washington in 1856 which had some influence upon the political future of General Lane. Senator Brooks, of South Carolina, as it will be remembered, made a personal assault upon Senator Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the senate. Wilson, the colleague of Sumner, denounced the assault as an outrage in unmeasured terms. Brooks challenged Wilson on account of the language he used in reference to the matter, and General Lane, as the friend of Brooks, was the bearer of the challenge. This created an impression in the public mind to some extent that Lane favored the conduct of Brooks.

Nominations for President and Vice-President, preparatory to the November election of 1856, were made as follows: Democratic±James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, for President; J. C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, for Vice-President. Republican—John C. Freemont, the western explorer, for President; W. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, for Vice-President. Know-Nothing—Milliard