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HENRY E. H. GILBERT
Of Coventry, was born in Mansfield, December 17, 1822. His father, John Gilbert, was for forty years a merchant in Mansfield, and a pio- neer in the temperance reformation ; having been Chairman of a meeting in Tolland, at which the first Temperance Society in the county was organized. His mother was a direct descendant of Increase and Cotton Mather through Rev. John Williams of Deerfield, and Rev. Nathan Strong, first minister in North Coventry. Mr. Gilbert, after a course of study in select schools in his own and neighboring towns, was for a time engaged in mercantile pursuits and teach-
ing. Later his business has been mainly farm- ing. He has resided in Coventry since 1859. Although Mr. Gilbert has served in most of the offices in the gift of his town he has never sought official position, and when he has accepted such positions, it has been as a duty rather than as a matter of personal interest. This is his third year in the Legislature, having been a member of the House in 1868 and 1872. In the present session he is House Chairman of the Committee on Temperance. Has been a Republican since the party was formed, but is not strongly partisan.
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CHARLES W. BRADLEY
Of Tolland, was born at Somers, November 20, 1845, and received a common-school education. He is a Republican in politics, and is engaged in farming. Mr. Bradley is a member of the Board of Relief in Tolland. The present is his first term in the Legislature.
AUSTIN L. EDGERTON
Of Tolland, served as Deputy Sheriff in Tolland County for three years from June 1, 1880, and has been a Constable for a number of years. His general business is farming. He was born at Tolland, November 11, 1851, and received a common-school education. Mr. Edgerton is a member of the Republican party.
ASAHEL P. LATHROP
Of Andover, is a member of the Board of Select- men, and is an active participant in Republican politics in that town. He is engaged in farming. Mr. Lathrop was born at Lebanon, April 12, 1846, and was educated in the common schools. The present is his first term in the General Assembly.
CHARLES NORTHAM LOOMIS
Of Bolton, is a member of the Democratic party, and is a farmer by occupation. He was born at Bolton, September 17, 1840, and received a dis- trict-school education. He holds the office of Deacon in the Bolton Congregational Church, and is an influential resident of the town.
FRANK P. COLLINS
Of Columbia, is a member of the Democratic party, and is at present Town Treasurer. He is engaged in farming and the grocery business. Mr. Collins was born in Coventry, August 11, 1852, and was educated in the common and select schools. [Mr. Collins's election was contested by Rev. F. D. Avery, and by vote of the House he was retired and the latter gentleman awarded his seat February 18, 1885.]
FREDERICK D. AVERY
Of Columbia, the successful contestant for the seat to which that town is entitled in the Con- necticut House of Representatives, took his oath and his seat Tuesday, February 24th. Mr. Avery was born in Groton, October 30, 1818, and is therefore 66 years of age. At the age of 17 he left the farm upon which he was reared, to become an apprentice in a cabinet-maker's shop. Two years thereafter he began to study with a view of the ministry. Seven years later, or in 1844, he graduated from Yale College, and in 1847 from Yale Theological Seminary. In 1850 he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Columbia, which charge he has retained up to the present time-the longest continuous pastor- ate in the State, with a single exception. Mr. Avery has been Moderator of the General Asso- ciation of Connecticut, School Visitor for thirty- two years, and is President of the Board of Trustees of the "Hale Fund." He made the tour of Europe in 1879, visiting England, Scot- land, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Holland. He has been a Republican since the organization of that party.
ELEAZER B. KINGSBURY
Of Coventry, was born at Chaplin, in July, 1829, and received a common-school education. In 1852 he removed to South Coventry, where he has since resided. He is engaged in the woolen manufacturing business. In politics Mr. Kings- bury is a Republican. The present is his first term of service in the Legislature.
JOHN THOMPSON
Of Ellington, is a member of the Board of Selectmen of Ellington, serving three years on the Board, a portion of the time as Chairman. During the war he was a non-commissioned officer in Company F of the Twenty-fifth Con- necticut. He is a Republican in politics, and will act with that party in the Legislature. Mr. Thompson was born in Ellington, January 11, 1840, and received a common and High-School education there.
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JAMES HOYLE
Of Willington, was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, April 3, 1830. His early education was received from the common schools of his native town. In 1856, then a young man of twenty-six, he emigrated to America. On arriv- ing in this country, he went to Paterson, N. J., where he spent a year engaged in his trade of wool-sorting. He afterwards went to Norwich, Conn., and worked a year at the same trade, and subsequently to Webster, Mass., where he en- gaged with Nelson Slater. He plied his chosen avocation in several places in the Bay State until 1863, when he settled in Worcester, where for ten years he was engaged as foreman of the wool-sorting department of the Adriatic Mills, then run by Jordan, Marsh & Co. of Boston. In 1873 he removed to Willington, Conn., and bought a half interest in the Daleville Woolen
Mills, then owned and run by James J. Reagan. The business was carried on two years under the firm-name of Reagan & Hoyle, when the latter purchased the property and continued the busi- ness with two partners under the name of Hoyle, Smith & Co. He shortly after bought out his partners' interests, since which time he has ear- ried on the manufacturing business alone and quite successfully. During his ten years' pro- prietorship of the Daleville Mills, improvements in the little hamlet and in the mills have been steadily going on. He is a man of sterling in- tegrity and good business qualities, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen for his enter- prise and moral worth. He has never sought for office, and the present is his first term in the Legislature, to which he was chosen by a good majority. In politics he is a Republican.
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LOREN A. WALDO
Of Hebron, was a member of the First Con- necticut Light Battery during the war, enlisting in August, 1862. He was discharged by order of President Lincoln in the spring of 1864. Mr. Waldo was born at Hebron, March 14, 1844, and received a good common-school education. He has spent a number of years in teaching, and is at present a member of the School Board and Acting School Visitor at Hebron. For the past eight years he has been occupied with farming. Mr. Waldo is a Republican.
GEORGE C. HUTCHINSON
Of Hebron, has held the offices of Constable, Town Auditor, and Road Agent and Commis- sioner. He is a farmer by occupation. In poli- tics Mr. Hutchinson is a Republican. He was born at Gilead, April 22, 1827, and received a good district-school education.
DAVID CARR HOOKER
Of Mansfield, was born at Peacham, Vt., October 9, 1820, and received a common-school education. He was formerly a resident of Farmington, where he held the office of Grand Juror. He has been member of the Board of Selectmen at Mansfield, and is at present a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Hooker is a Republican, having acted with that party since its organization. In early life he was a Democrat, but left the party during the Pierce Campaign. His business is that of a miller and spoke manufacturer.
HENRY STARKWEATHER
Of Mansfield, is a native of the town which he represents, having been born there, March 17, 1822. He received a good education in the com- mon schools of that place, and at the Wilbraham Academy. He has been a teacher, but most of his life has been spent in farming, cattle dealing, butchering, and in the management of real estate. Mr. Starkweather has been a member of the Board of Assessors of Mansfield for a number of years, and has been Constable and Collector. He is a staunch Republican.
LAMBERT W. CADY
Of Somers, served in the Third Massachusetts Cavalry during the war. He was born at War- ren, Mass., January 17, 1846, and was educated in the common schools. He is a blacksmith by trade, and in politics is a Republican. The present is his first term in the General Assembly.
HENRY M. GAGER
Of Somers, is occupied with farming, the wood and lumber business and in supplying railroad ties for the railroad companies. He is forty-one years old, having been born at Somers, March 28, 1843, where he received a common-school education. In politics Mr. Gager is a Republican.
JOHN P. HAWLEY
Of Stafford, was a member of the House in 1862, serving on the Committee on Claims, and also in 1874, when he was a member of the Committee on Education. He received an academic educa- tion and engaged in teaching, preparing mean- while for a Collegiate course. This had to be given up on account of trouble with his eyes. Subsequently he commenced the study of law, but had to abandon the project on account of a recurrence of the old trouble. He then turned his attention to mercantile pursuits and engaged in business until 1866. Becoming personally interested in religion he gave up his business and began a theological course of study, graduating from the Hartford Seminary in 1869. While in business he held the offices of Selectman and Justice of the Peace. But since 1869 he has been constantly engaged in his ministerial work, nearly all of the time in this State. He became Acting Pastor of the Congregational Church at Stafford Springs a little more than a year ago, and was elected a Representative to the present Legislature from Stafford as a Republican, al- though the town is usually Democratic by a considerable majority. Mr. Hawley is a native of Norfolk in this State, and something over fifty years of age.
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HENRY LUFLER
Of Stafford, was born at Hingham, Mass., June 1, 1848, and received a common-school educa- tion. Mr. Luffer's father died when his son was but a mere infant. The family, consisting of two brothers and one sister, were in a few years divided. The present Representative, when nine years of age, went to live with Mr. E. G. Whiton of Gilead, and remained there until he was 21 years old. In the fall of 1863 Mr. Whiton moved to West Stafford, Conn. The next spring Mr. Lufler entered the machine shop owned by Mr. D. E. Whiton (brother of his guardian), where he served as an apprentice, day laborer, and contractor, until the spring of 1883, when Mr. Whiton tendered him the position of Super- intendent, which he now occupies. He has been a member of the Board of Relief at Stafford, and is highly honored by his fellow-townsmen. He is a Republican in politics.
LEVI M. REED
· Of Union, was born at Sturbridge, Mass., June 28, 1847, and received a common school educa- tion. He has held the offices of Constable and Grand Juror, the latter of which positions he still retains. Mr. Reed is occupied with farming. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a resident of Union since he was four years old.
SILAS W. NEWELL
Of Union, was a member of the House in 1881, and has held the offices of Constable, Collector, and School Visitor. He is engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits, farming, and the lumber business. Mr. Newell was born at Union, November 21, 1844, and received a good common-school educa- tion, completing his course of studies at the Lawrence Academy, Groton Center, Mass. In politics he is a Democrat.
CROSLEY FITTON
Of Vernon (Rockville), is a native of England, and is 44 years of age. He received a common- school and academic education. Mr. Fitton is engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Rockville. In politics he is a Republican.
CHARLES PHELPS
Of Vernon (Rockville), was born in East Hart- ford, August 10, 1852, and graduated from the East Greenwich Seminary in 1871, and from Wesleyan University in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and has since practiced law at Rockville. He is Coroner of Tolland County. Mr. Phelps is a Republican.
PHILO WRIGHT
Of Willington, was born at Ashford, March 2. 1828, and received a common-school education. He has held the offices of Selectman, Assessor. Town Agent, and member of the Board of Re- lief. He is at present a member of the Board of Selectmen. He is engaged in farming and the sale of agricultural manufactures and tools. Mr. Wright is a Republican in politics.
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, ETC.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON THE JUDICIARY.
Senator Maltbie, 3d District.
Messrs. Newton of Durham, Joslyn of Hartford, Steele of Newington, Lee of Meriden, Gunn of Milford, Clerk, Slade of Bridgeport, Forbes of New Hartford, Phelps of Vernon.
ON SCHOOL FUND.
Senator Chapman, 2d District.
Messrs. Garvan of East Hartford, Wallace of Walling- ford, Comstock of Montville, Mead of New Canaan, Mur- dock of Thompson, Spencer of New Hartford, Coe of Middlefield, Fitton of Vernon, Clerk.
ON BANKS. .
Senator Turner, 5th District.
Messrs. Gay of Farmington, Platt of Derby, Mitchell of Norwich, Wildman of Danbury, Clerk, Hutchins of Plain- field, Swift of Warren, Pratt of Saybrook, Newell of Union.
ON STATE PRISONS.
Senator Curtiss, 20th District.
Messrs. Gilmour of Norwich, Willard of Wethersfield, Robertson of Waterford, Wildman of New Fairfield, Bul- lard of Pomfret, Woodruff of Winchester, Goddard of Essex, Kingsbury of Coventry.
ON NEW TOWNS AND PROBATE DISTRICTS.
Senator Morgan, 14th District.
Messrs. Crofut of Norwalk, Andrew of Naugatuck, Nor- ton of Colchester, Griswold of Rocky Hill, Clerk, Cox of Brooklyn, Bradley of Canaan, Griffin of East Haddam, Edgerton of Tolland.
ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Senator Robertson, 8th District.
Messrs. Beach of Bristol, Johnson of Bethany, Davis of East Lyme, Wakeman of Fairfield, Warren of Eastford, Clerk, Ford of Woodbury, Dibbie of Westbrook, Bradley of Tolland.
ON INCORPORATIONS.
Senator Walsh, 12th District.
Messrs. Clark of Haddam, Sessions of Bristol, Linsley of Branford, Spencer of Suffield, Stalford of Ridgefield, Allen of Putnam, Clerk, Chapman of North Stonington, Lufler of Stafford. .
ON CLAIMS.
Senator Brewster. 10th District.
Messrs. Carter of Waterbury, Warner of Berlin, Clerk, Burleson of Griswold, Hull of Monroe, Bennett of Canter- bury, Perry of Barkhamsted, Clark of Chester, Lathrop of Andover.
ON EDUCATION.
Senator Stanton, 9th District.
Messrs. Colyer of Darien, Davis of Meriden, Clerk, Harris of Wethersfield, Smith of Franklin, Griggs of Chaplin, Barber of Torrington, Charter of East Haddam, Waldo of Hebron.
ON SALE OF LANDS.
Senator Smith, 13th District.
Messrs. Troup of New Haven, Phelps of Avon, White of Groton, Hawley of Huntington, Smith of Scotland, Tiffany of Barkhamsted, Purple of Chatham, Clerk, Hooker of Mansfield.
ON FINANCE,
Senator Glover, 15th District.
Messrs. Gay of Winchester, Freeman of Simsbury, Brown of Waterbury, Burnham of Lyme, Hoyt of Stamford, Clerk, Converse of Thompson, Cornwall of Portland, Usher of Plainville.
ON RAILROADS.
Senator Allen, 21st District.
Messrs. Couch of Stonington, Abbe of Enfield, Miles of Milford, Clerk, Nichols of Fairfield, Staub of New Milford, Mathewson of Plainfield, Atwell of Durham, Loomis of Bolton.
ON MILITARY AFFAIRS,
Senator Turner, 5th District.
Messrs. Houston of Enfield, Hubbard of Southington, Butler of Oxford, Clerk, Williams of New London, More- house of Wilton, Randall of Killingly, Beers of Cornwall, Gager of Somers.
ON AGRICULTURE.
Senator Crandall, 11th District.
Messrs. Grosvenor of Pomfret, Platt of Southbury, Capen of Bloomfield, Gregory of Danbury, Thompson of Bethle- hem, Morse of Litchfield, Sage of Cromwell, Clerk, Stark- weather of Mansfield.
ON HUMANE INSTITUTIONS.
Senator Pember, 23d District.
Messrs. Hawley of Stafford, Wilcox of Simsbury, Corn- wall of Cheshire, Clerk, Satterlee of Ledyard, Ambler of Bethel, Waldo of Killingly, Jackson of Torrington, Law- ton of Middletown.
ON CITIES AND BOROUGHS.
Senator Tatem, 16th District.
Messrs. Jackson of Derby, Halladay of Suffield, Stark of New London, Mead of Greenwich, Morrison of Windham, Clerk, Stone of New Milford, Marvin of Saybrook, Hutch- inson of Hebron.
ON FISHERIES.
Senator Chaffee, 24th District.
Messrs. Lake of Woodstock, Fenton of Windsor, Clerk, Graham of Orange, Brown of Groton, Barnes of Sherman, Mattoon of Watertown, Warner of Haddam, Inslee of East Windsor.
ON INSURANCE.
Senator Cooley, 1st District.
Messrs. Corbin of New Britain, Arnold of Manchester, Colton of Granby, Stiles of North Haven, Wheeler of North Stonington, Nickerson of Redding, Keigwin of Windham, Allen of Goshen, Clerk.
ON MANUFACTURES.
Senator Day, 7th District.
Messrs. Selden of Norfolk, Cheney of Manchester, Clerk, Kinne of Hartford, Fowler of Guilford, King of Lebanon, Platt of Easton, Hammond of Putnam, Goodwin of Salis- bury.
ON ENGROSSED BILLS.
Senator Stanton, 9th District.
Messrs. Pigott of New Haven, Allen of Sprague, Spurr of Salisbury.
ON APPROPRIATIONS.
Senator Batcheller, 18th District.
Messrs. Frisbie of Farmington, Troup of New Haven, Barber of Stonington, Swartwout of Stamford, Newton of Hampton, Clerk, Parker of Thomaston, Clark of Haddam, Thompson of Ellington.
JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES.
ON TEMPERANCE.
Senator Clarke, 17th District.
Messrs. Gilbert of Coventry, Cruttenden of Madison, Ford of Bozrah, Palmer of Ridgefield, Hibbard of Wood- stock, Clerk, Stone of Litchfield, Pelton of Clinton, Cady of Somers.
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ON FEDERAL RELATIONS.
Senator Alsop, 22d District.
Messrs. Williams of New London, Barnes of Burlington, Rossiter of Guilford, Bristoll of Brookfield, Cary of Can- terbury, Stillman of Colebrook, Strong of Chatham, Hoyle of Willington.
ON FORFEITED RIGHTS.
Senator Clarke, 18th District.
Messrs. Phelan of Bridgeport, Hayes of Granby, Howe of Cheshire, Davoll of Lebanon, Clerk, Buxton of Ash- ford, Bryant of Harwinton, Seymour of Norfolk, Reed of Union.
ON CAPITOL, FURNITURE, AND GROUNDS.
Senator Cooley, 1st District.
Messrs. Arnold of Manchester, Parsons of East Windsor, Clark of East Granby, Linsley of Branford, Morse of Prospect, Brown of Colchester, Baldwin of Colebrook, Clerk, Bradley of Washington.
ON REVISION OF JOINT RULES.
Senator Maltbie, 3d District.
Messrs. Slade of Bridgeport, Tuttle of Wolcott, Hoyt of Middlebury, Platt of Southbury, Douglass of Salem, Hall of Voluntown, Peck of Old Lyme, Gridley of Harwinton.
ON NEW COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.
Senator Clarke, 17th District.
Messrs. Staub of New Milford, Mix of West Hartford, Munson of Hamden, Smith of North Branford, Benjamin of Preston, Spencer of New Hartford, Green of Goshen, Wright of Willington.
ON CANVASS OF VOTES FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Senator Dunbar, 4th District.
Messrs. Stark of New London, Darlin of East Hartford, Day of Marlborough, Nichols of Stratford, Sturges of Wes- ton, Turkington of Morris, Griswold of Killingworth, Col- lins of Columbia.
ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Senator Dunbar, 4th District.
Messrs. Miles of Milford, Turner of Glastonbury, Clerk, McManus of New Britain, Clark of Woodbridge, Peck of Old Lyme, Griffin of Redding, Deming of Sharon, Russell of Woodbury.
ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Senator Golden, 6th District.
Messrs. Crofut of Norwalk, French of Hartland, Pigott of New Haven, Mitchell of Norwich, Kenyon of Sterling, Selden of Norfolk, Carroll of Middletown, Hawley of Stafford.
ON STATE LIBRARY.
Senator Cooley, 1st District.
Messrs. Spencer of Old Saybrook, Emmons of Hartland, Judd of Seymour, Clerk.
ON MANUAL AND ROLL.
Senator Golden, 6th District.
Messrs. Wildman of Danbury, Spencer of Suffield, French of Hartland.
OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Senator Richardson, 19th District.
Messrs. Joslyn of Hartford, Curry of Windsor.
OFFICERS AND ATTACHES OF THE SENATE.
CHAPLAIN.
Rev. Graham Taylor of Hartford.
CLERK.
Allan W. Paige of Danbury.
MESSENGERS.
Lorenzo D. Converse of Somers, Chauncey H. Eno of Simsbury.
DOORKEEPERS.
Charles H. Thomas of Hartford, George W. Anderson of Stamford, Frederick M. Cooke of Winchester.
REPORTERS.
William A. Countryman, Hartford Post; Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford Courant; W. O. Burr, Hartford Times; William Sheffield, New Haven Palladium; Frank M. Love- joy, New Haven Journal and Courier; George W. Fitch, Norwich Bulletin; W. A. J. Buckley, New Britain Herald.
OFFICERS AND ATTACHES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CHAPLAIN.
Rev. Raynor S. Pardington of Hartford.
CLERKS.
William Sidney Downs of Derby, Austin Brainard of Haddam.
MESSENGERS.
Charles W. Pickett of Washington, John L. Wilson of Suffield, Brigham Payne of Vernon, Worthington B. But- ton of Hampton.
DOORKEEPERS.
David B. Date of Franklin, Albert L. Church of Chap- lin, David S. Bartram of Redding, George R. Waugh of Killingworth, Henry M. Rossiter of Guilford.
TELLERS.
First Division, Frederick J. Brown of Waterbury; Sec- ond Division, John J. Phelan of Bridgeport; Third Divi- sion, Thomas A. Lake of Woodstock; Fourth Division, Erastus Gay of Farmington.
REPORTERS.
E. Hart Fenn, Hartford Post; John C. Kinney, Hart- ford Courant; George D. Curtis, Hartford Times; John F. O'Neil, Hartford Telegram; J. H. Carlin, New Haven Union; H. Alloway, New Haven News; D. S. Adams, New Haven Register; William F. Graham, Meriden Re- publican; F. H. Nash, Bridgeport Standard; Thomas J. Campion, Waterbury American; C. E. Woodruff, New Britain ·Herald.
POLITICAL DIVISION.
Rep.
Dem.
SENATE,
17
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
COUNTIES.
Rep.
Dem.
Hartford,
30
15
New Haven,
18
15
New London,
17
13
Windham,
20
4
Fairfield,
15
Litchfield,
24
17
Middlesex,
17
5
Tolland,
19
3
-
Total,
160
Republican majority, 1885-Senate, 10; House, 71; Joint Ballot, 81.
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