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��CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS.

��2 brewers, i barber, i clergyman, i mail contractor, i surveyor, i shipper, i real estate operator, i ticket agent, i railroad president, i leather dealer, i educator, i printer, i teacher, i planter, i pilot, i civil engineer, 5 whose occu- pation is not given, and 1 engaged in inland transportation.

Six have served as governors of their states. 150 were educated at colleges and universities, and 142 were educated in the common schools and academies, or were self-educated. 45 were born in New York, 38 in Pennsylvania, 32 in Ohio, 20 in Tennessee, 1 8 in Kentucky, 14 in Virginia, 12 in Massachusetts,- 1 2 n North Carolina, 11 in Georgia, 10 in Indiana, 8 in Maine, 7 in Connecticut, 6 in South Carolina, 6 in Vermont, 6 in Maryland, 6 in New Hampshire, 5 in New Jersey, 4 in Illinois, 3 in Ala- bama, 3 in Missouri, 2 in Mississippi, 2 in Michigan, 1 in Arkansas, 1 in Florida, 1 in Iowa, 1 in Louisiana, 1 in Rhode Island, 4 in Germany (Schlei- cher of Texas, Muller of New York, Eickhoff of New York, and Morse of Massachusetts), 3 in England (Briggs of New Hampshire, Joyce of Vermont, and Dean of Massachusetts), 2 in Ire- land (Walsh of Maryland, and Patter- son of Colorado), 2 in Scotland (Phillips of Kansas, and Peddie of New Jersey), 1 in Canada, (Williams of New York), and 5 whose birthplace is not given.

Only 4 states were represented by members born in the states they repre- sented, viz : Maine, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia — though per- haps West Virginia ought to be reckon- ed in the list, inasmuch as her members were" all born on the soil of the " Old Dominion" from which the state was set off ; t,^ states were represented wholly or in part by members born in other states or countries (14 states wholly so) ; and 1 1 states claimed no member of the House of Representa- tives as a "favorite son."

1 member was less than 30 years of age (Acklem of Louisiana) ; 22 were between the ages of 30 and 40 ; 107 between 40 and 50 ; 108 between 50 and 60 ; 28 between 60 and 70 ; 3 between 70 and 80 ; and 1 above 80,

��(Patterson of New York, a native of New Hampshire), and 22 whose ages are not given.

At the close of the session, 1 mem- ber had served one year ; 1 24 two years ; 1 three years ; 94 four years ; 36 six years; 15 eight years; 9 ten years ; 1 fourteen years ; 3 sixteen years ; 3 eighteen years ; and 1 twenty- two years. Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania was the "Father of the House" in point of consecutive service, having been in that body continuously for 18 years. Banks, of Massachusetts, and Cox, of New York, have each served 18 years, and Alexander H. Stephens of Geor- gia, 22, but neither of them consecu- tively. The terms of service of the remaining four members are not given ; 48 performed military service in the Union Army, and 58 in the Confederate Army.

The amount of business that the Forty-fifth Congress was obliged to pass its judgment upon, exceeded that of any preceding Congress since the or- ganization of the government. In the House there were introduced 6525 bills, and 248 joint resolutions, of which number 478 bills and 44 joint resolu- tions became laws. In the Senate there were introduced 1865 bills, and 72 joint resolutions, of which number

bills, and joint resolutions

became laws (I have not the Senate Statistics at hand).

Col. J. H. Francis, the efficient Res- olution and Petition Clerk of the House, informs me that 10,467 petitions were received, indexed, and referred to the appropriate Committee, which he has analyzed as follows :

Claims,. . 1,597

Commerce,. . 668

Currency,. . 196

Liquor Traffic,. 204

Naval Affairs,. . 79 Patents, ... 192

Taxation,. . 254

Military Affairs,. 376

Pensions,. . 878

Miscellaneous,. 2,551

Polygamy,. 431

Postal Matters,. 541

Tariff,. . 2,440

A committee to which a petition may be referred, obtains jurisdiction of the

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