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3 Dewey, William,. . . Jefferson,
Three Mile Bay, R.
4 Doyle, William, ..... Albany,.
Albany,. D.
1 Dutcher, John B., ... Ely, Smith,
Dutchess, .
Pawling,. R.
2 Fisher, Francis B., ... Chenango,.
Greene, R.
1 Fletcher, Benjamin H. Niagara,.
1 Fulton, John,
Saratoga,
Waterford, R.
3 Gere, R. Nelson,
Onondaga,
Geddes, R.
3 Goslin, Ezra P.,. Gray, Thomas S.,
Erie,
Akron, R.
Warren, Warrensburgh, R.
Dutchess, Tivoli,. R.
Queens, . Jamaica, . D.
1 Halsey, William A., .. Cayuga, .. Port Byron, R.
2 Halsted, Newbury D., Westchester. Rye, . D.
Haring, James S., ... Hause, Alvin C., .... Schuyler,
Rockland, Orangeburgh, .. D.
Weston,.
R.
Patchogue, .. D.
2 Havens, John S., .... Suffolk, Havens, Palmer E., .. Essex, ..
Essex, . R.
2 Hazleton, George W., Jefferson, Black River, ... R.
2 Houghton, Nath'l M., Saratoga, South Corinth, R.
1 Hudson, Daniel R , .. Orange, . Blooming Grove R.
3 Hulburd, Calvin T.,. St. Lawrence, Brasher Falls, . R.
Lockport,
D.
2 Green, Edmund,.
2 Hall, Henry D., .. .
Richmond, New Brighton, D.
Durham, . D.
2 Church, Cornelius A., Otsego, .
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Dis. Assemblymen.
2 Johnson, Willard, ... Oswego,.
17 Jones, Edward,. .. New York,.
4 Kenny, William J. C., New York,
2 Lake, Henry C.,. .. Chautauqua,
2 Lalor, Richard I., .... Kings, . Lamont, William, ... Schoharie,.
2 Leamy, Daniel, ...... New York,
3 Loutrel, George L., .. New York,
2 Loveridge, Edw'd D., Allegany, Ludington, Benj. L., Sullivan,
1 Lyman, Frederick A., Onondaga,
16 McCabe, Dennis, .... New York,
1 McGonegal, George E., Monroe,
9 McLeod, Alexander, .. New York,
7 McMullen, Edgar, .... Kings,
6 Maddox, Samuel T.,. Kings,
2 Mason, Francis O., ... Ontario,
2 Maxon, David G., .. Rensselaer,
1 Moore, Orson, .
Herkimer, .
Russia, R.
1 Murphy, John W., .. Erie,.
2 Neher, Philip H., .... Washington, Newkirk, Nicholas, .. Montgomery,
W. Pawlet, Vt., R.
Fort Hunter, ... D.
New York, .... D.
Penn Yan, ... R.
New York, .... D.
South Otselic,. D. Java,. R.
Camden, R.
New York, D.
Ontario,
Gorham, R.
Esopus, .. ..
Niagara, Niagara Falls, . R.
2 Porter, Peter A., ... Pringle, Benjamin, .. Genesee, .. Batavia, .... .. R.
1 Provost, Andrew J.,. Kings,. Williamsburgh, R.
2 Pryne, Abram, ...... Wayne, Williamson, ... R.
P. O. Address. Pol.
Fulton, D.
New York, .... D.
New York, .... D.
Charl'tte Ce'tre, R.
Brooklyn, ..... D. Charlotteville, . D. New York, .... D.
New York,
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Cuba, . R.
Monticello, R.
Marcellus, R.
New York,
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Rochester, R.
New York,. .. R.
Brooklyn, .. . . R. Williamsburgh, R. Canandaigua, .. R. Petersburgh, ... R.
Buffalo, . D.
10 O'Brien, Daniel M., .. New York, Ogden, Darius A., ... Yates,
8 Olvany, William G.,. New York,
1 Parce, David B., . Chenango, Peck, Lucius, . . .. Wyoming,
3 Penfield, Thomas D., Oneida,
14 Phelps, Royal,
New York,
1 Pickett, David,
2 Pierce, George T. . Ulster, R.
Counties.
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Assemblymen.
Counties.
2 Purdy, Albert G., ... Madison,
Reed, Thomas H.,. .. Putnam, .
2 Redington, James, ... St. Lawrence
Waddington, .. R. Ellicottville, ... R.
2 Rice, Addison G., ... Cattaraugus,.
1 Root, Elias, .
Oswego, .
Owego, R.
1 Saxe, Charles J., .... Rensselaer, Schermerhorn, Sim. J. Schenectady,
Troy,.
D.
1 Scholefield, Chas. M., Oneida,.
Whitestown, .. R.
2 Seymour, Horatio, ... Erie,.
Buffalo, .. D.
2 Sherwood, Henry, ... Steuben,.
Addison, R.
2 Skinner, Samuel, .... Livingston, Nunda, R.
New York,
D.
Snyder, H. D. H., Jr., Lewis,
Port Leyden, .. R.
1 Serls, Willet, .
Albany,
Springer, George, .
Herkimer
Coeymans, ..... D. Starkville, ..... R.
Stetson, Lemuel, Clinton,
Plattsburgh, ..
R.
4 Sweet, Jeremiah, .... Oneida,
Utica, .. R.
1 Talman, Pierre C., .. , Westchester,
Morrisania, . D.
1 Taylor, George H., ... Washington, Fort Edward, .. R. Hudson, D.
1 Ten Broeck, Jacob, .. Columbia,
1 Thomas, Eron N., ... Wayne,. Rose,. R.
3 Thomas, William M., Kings, .
Brooklyn,
R.
1 Townsley, Elias P., .. St. Lawrence Tracy, Benjamin F.,. Tioga,
De Kalb, R.
Oswego,
R.
2 Trimmer, Eliphaz, .. Monroe,
Rochester,
D.
Huguenot,
D.
2 Van Etten, John, Jr., Orange, Van Vleet, Peter J., .. Seneca,
Ovid, . ..
D.
13 Ward, Alexander, ... New York,
New York, D.
2 Waterbury, Daniel, .. Delaware, .. Margaretville, .. R.
3 Waterbury, Sylvester Rensselaer,
Nassau, .
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3 Wells, Benjamin R.,. Monroe,
North Chili, R.
3 Westbrook, Ebenezer, Ulster,
Accord, D.
1 Wheeler, Nelson K.,. Delaware,
Deposit, R.
1 Wiard, Matthew, . .. Livingston, East Avon, R.
2 Wilbor, Samuel, .... Columbia,
Chatham, .. R.
P. O. Address. Pol. Oneida, ... ... R. Brewster's St'n, R.
Schenectady, .. D.
12 Smith, Andrew, ..... New York,
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ways and Means .- Hulburd, Seymour, Rice, Alvord, Pierce, D. Waterbury, Provost.
Commerce and Navigation .- Phelps, Ely, Saxe, Townsley, Coles. Canals .- Ogden, Murphy, Johnson, Gere, Taylor, Beadle, Love- ridge.
Railroads .- Tracy, Trimmer, Banks, Dutcher, Houghton.
Banks .- Root, Beadle, Phelps, Scholefield, Gray.
Insurance Companies .- Alvord, P. E. Havens, Bookstaver, Mc- Mullen, Reed.
Two-Thirds and Three-Fifths Bills .- Maxon, Ward, Neher, Townsley, Callahan.
Colleges, Academies and Common Schools .- Porter, Trimmer, McLeod, Pryne, Church.
Grievances .- Sweet, Dewey, Maddox, Haring, Green.
Privileges and Elections .- Bryan, Talman, Stetson, McCabe, Bowe.
Petitions of Aliens .- Ludington, Neher, Leamy, Case, E. N. Thomas.
Claims .- Rice, Fisher, Mason, Avery, Kenney.
Erection and Division of Towns and Counties .- Hudson, Talman, Barry, Cruttenden, Newkirk.
Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties .- Purdy, Bookstaver, Bryan, Lake, J. S. Havens.
Medical Colleges and Societies .- Bowen, Hause, Lamont, W. M. Thomas, Peck.
State Charitable Institutions .- Wheeler, Bush, Pringle, Reding- ton, Childs.
Affairs of Cities .- Pringle, Coddington, Benedict, Seymour, Halsey, Fulton, Porter.
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Affairs of Villages .- Penfield, Lyman, Hall, J. C. Davis, Springer, Manufacture of Salt .- P. E. Havens, Penfield, Gere, Wells, Smith. Trade and Manufactures .- Wiard, Snyder, Alley, Loutrel, Van Vleet.
State Prisons .- Anthony, Wheeler, Andrus, Depew, Ten Broeck. Engrossed Bills .- E. Davis, A. J. Cornell, Olvany, Schermerhorn, Bush.
Militia and Public Defense .- Pierce, Darrow, Fletcher, Gray, Scholefield, Alley, Jones.
Roads and Bridges .- Dutcher, Skinner, S. Waterbury, Van Etten, Moore. .
Public Lands .- Redington, Ackley, McGonegal, A. J. Cornell, Parce.
Indian Affairs .- Allen, Doyle, Maxon, Ward, Schermerhorn.
Charitable and Religious Societies .- Burr, Darcy, Pryne, Cowles, Brand.
Agriculture .- E. Cornell, Goslin, Westbrook, Pickett, McGonegal. Public Printing .- Mason, Fisher, McCabe, Ludington, Lalor.
Expenditures in the Executive Department .- Houghton, Halsted, Coey, Loveridge, Lyman.
Judiciary .- Stetson, Waterbury, Tracey, O'Brien, Benedict, Bart- lett, Sherwood.
Joint Library .- Coddington, Banks, McLeod, Hulburd, Depew. Expenditures of the House .- Maddox, Wiard, Case, Fletcher, Loutrel.
Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules .- Scholefield, Al- vord, Pierce, Hulburd, Rice.
Federal Relations .- Scholefield, E. Davis, Saxe, Wilbor, Dewey, Loveridge, Childs.
Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules .- Scholefield, Al- vord, Pierce, Hulburd, Rice.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY IN 1863.
THEOPHILUS C. CALLICOT,
SPEAKER.
MR. CALLICOT is a native of Fairfax county, Virginia, and is about thirty-seven years of age. He is descended from an English family who originally settled in that State. When only ten years of age he was sent from his father's farm to a grammar school in Alexandria, then in the District of Columbia, where he remained several years. His parents, however, removing to the eastern shore of Maryland, he was transferred to the academy at New London, Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he was prepared for college. He then, in 1841, entered the Sophomore class of Delaware College, at Newark, Delaware, where he completed his course, sub- sequently receiving the degree of A. M. He afterwards studied law at Elkton, Maryland, with the Hon. Hiram Mccullough, one of the most eminent lawyers in that State, and after spending some time at the lectures and
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moot-courts of the Yale College Law School, became a student of the New York practice in the office of the distinguished and lamented Nathaniel B. Blunt. In 1847 he was admitted to practice in all the courts of the State of New York, after passing a rigid examination in the first class who presented themselves before the Supreme Court for that purpose under the new Consti- tution.
In politics Mr. Callicot has always been a firm and unyielding Democrat, but never a violent partisan. His first appearance in public life was as a Member of Assembly, in 1860, from the Third District of Kings county, which had always before given a strong anti- Democratic majority. At the opening of the session of that year he was the Democratic candidate for Speaker, receiving his full party vote, but by the numerical strength of his opponents was defeated at the organiza- tion of the House for that position by Mr. Littlejohn, the Republican candidate. He was also a member of the Committee of Ways and Means, and the Judiciary Committee, and was generally regarded as the leader of his party in the Assembly during that winter. He was again a candidate for a seat in that body in the fall of 1860 from the same district, but although receiv- ing a larger number of votes than when elected, he was defeated by sixty majority. He was renominated at the last election, and, after a very active and exciting canvass, was triumphantly elected by more than five hundred majority.
Although not participating in the Democratic caucus at the opening of the present session of the Legislature
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Mr. Callicot voted steadily for Mr. Dean, the Demo- cratic candidate for Speaker, throughout most of the exciting contest that preceded the organization, as the result of a tie between the Democratic and Republican forces. He refused, however, to do so any longer after the Republicans had abandoned their regular candidate for Speaker, and expressed their intention of voting for him for that position. The inevitable result of this course, therefore, was his own election as Speaker, and in return, apparently for the favor thus shown him by his political opponents, he immediately voted with them in completing the organization of the House.
As a presiding officer he has exhibited far more ability than it was generally supposed he possessed before his promotion to the Speakership. He is always promptly at his post, and notwithstanding the embar- rassing position in which he finds himself in consequence of the circumstances of his election as Speaker, he has succeeded in the discharge of his duties to a degree that would have been creditable to some of his more distinguished predecessors in that capacity.
GEORGE ADGATE.
It is rarely the case that as good and valuable a man as Mr. ADGATE is found in the lower branch of the Legislature. Possessed of a sound judgment, good in- tellect, and a character distinguished for its integrity
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and honesty of purpose, together with a kind, courteous and agreeable disposition, he is evidently "the right man in the right place," and has shown himself one of the most reliable and useful men his district has had in the Legislature for many years.
Mr. Adgate is a native of the town of Peru, Clinton county, N. Y., and is fifty-three years of age. He is descended from English stock. After receiving a limi- ted English education he turned his attention to agri- cultural pursuits, which he successfully followed, and for several years has been devoting most of his time to merchandising. He has held various town offices in his town and county since becoming a voter, including that of Supervisor, holding the position of Chairman of the Board several years. In politics he has always been a Democrat of the old Jeffersonian school, and has for many years been one of the chief leaders of his party in the county of Clinton. He was nominated at the lest election with unusual unanimity for the seat he now holds in the Assembly, and was triumphantly elected over the Hon. Lemuel Stetson, one of the strongest men in the last Legislature.
Mr. Adgate was married in 1843 to Miss C. M. Learned, and attends the Presbyterian Church. He is a gentleman of fine social qualities, and enjoys a high degree of personal popularity.
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ANDREW L. ALLEN.
MR. ALLEN was a member of the last House, where he served, with credit, as Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. He is a quiet, conscientious, and in- dustrious man, and has exhibited very good representa- tive ability since a member of the Legislature.
Mr. Allen is a native of the town of Hamburgh, Erie county, N. Y. He was born on the 17th of August, 1824. He is of English and Irish descent. His father, Cheney Allen, is still living at the age of seventy-seven, and his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Lytle, died in 1852, at the age of sixty-one.
Mr. Allen was educated in a common district school. He was reared a farmer, and has always been success- fully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He removed into Cattaraugus county, in 1836, where he has always since resided, and where he sustains a prominent and influen- tial position. He was originally a Seward Whig, and after the abandonment of the Whig organization, became a Republican. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace some four years, and was returned to the present House by an increased majority as a straight Republican candidate. He acts more and talks less than men gene- rally.
Mr. Allen was married on the 1st of November, 1847, to Miss Elvire Bush, and usually attends the Unitarian Church.
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NEWTON ALDRICH.
MR. ALDRICH is a native of the town of Luzerne, Warren county, N. Y., and is thirty-three years of age. His pater- nal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Connecti- cut, and he is supposed to be of English descent. After receiving a limited English education he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he has been engaged most of his life in his native town, where he now resides. Politically he is an ardent Republican, of Woolly-head antecedents, and was defeated as the straight candidate of his party for the Assembly, in the fall of 1861, by the Hon. Thomas S. Gray, one of the leading men of the last House. He was again nominated at the last election, for the same position, and by the aid of the late Union movement was elected over a straight Democratic opponent. His course in the House has been so quiet that but little is known of him as a legislator.
ALBERT ANDRUS.
MR. ANDRUS is emphatically one of the best and safest Members of the Assembly, and served as a member of that body in 1862 with commendable success. He is of genuine old New England Congregational stock, and himself a member of that church. Three of his uncles, on his father's side, and seven cousins have been minis- ters of that denomination. One of the latter is Presi-
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dent of Marietta College, Ohio, and another was for- merly pastor of the Tabernacle Church in New York. He is one of five brothers, four of whom, including him- self, have been members of legislative bodies-three in New York and one in Illinois. Theology and politics seem to characterize the family.
The native place of Mr. Andrus is Malone, Franklin county, N. Y., where he was born in 1819, and is now, therefore, forty-four years of age. He received an ordi- nary education at Malone, and St. Albans, Vermont, and was educated in reference to the mercantile business. In 1835 he went to Constantine, Michigan, where he served as clerk in a store two years, after which he com- menced business on his own account, and pursued it nine years, when he returned to his native town - the climate of the West not agreeing with his constitution. He was very successful, however, in his Western busi- ness, and on his return to Malone commenced buying and selling real estate, in connection with a store, and has amassed a handsome property. He still continues this business with good success.
The father of Mr. Andrus, Hon. Cone Andrus, was born in Connecticut in 1782, and died in Malone in 1822, at the age of forty ; his mother, Anna Parker Andrus, died in Vermont in 1834, aged thirty-nine. He was married in 1845, to Miss Mary Ann Jackson, of Milton, Vermont, daughter of Giles Jackson, Esq. The grand- father of Mrs. Andrus was one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Vermont, of Irish descent, and re- motely connected with Gen. Andrew Jackson.
Mr. Andrus has been the usual round of town officers ;
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is Vice-President of the Franklin County Mutual Insu- rance Company ; a Director in the Bank of Malone, and one of the Trustees of the Franklin County Academy. He is of old Henry Clay Whig antecedents, but for the last seven years has acted with the Democrats, and was defeated in 1857 as the Democratic candidate for the Assembly, by one vote. On the breaking out of the rebellion he avowed himself a Union man, and united with the Republicans and others in forming a Union organization. In the fall of 1861 he was nominated for the Assembly, as the candidate of that party, and was elected by 1,387 majority over the Democratic nominee, Mr. Stephens, formerly sheriff of that county. As a legislator he has proved himself safe, prudent and relia- ble, and one of the most active and intelligent members of the Assembly. His constituents have wisely returned him again for the present year ; and his experience, tact and energy renders him one of the most valuable mem- bers. He is strongly conservative in his views, and does not approve the emancipation policy of the Presi- dent, but under the circumstances is willing to give it a fair trial.
In the prolonged contest for Speaker, it is known that the Democrats offered him the candidacy for that posi- tion, after having failed in electing an exclusive party man, but he declined the honor.
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HORACE BEMIS.
MR. BEMIS is a native of Vermont, and is thirty-five years old. He is a lawyer, is located in Hornellsville, Steuben county, N. Y., and was elected to the Assembly of 1863 by a majority of six hundred and seventy-eight.
In politics, Mr. Bemis professes to be a Democrat, though it would seem that he is not very reliable in party matters. He was elected as a Union Democrat, and with his name added to the Republican list, the parties were tied, on the opening of the Legislature. In the Republican or Union caucus, it is said that he threatened to go over to the De- mocrats, and thereby elect a Democratic Speaker, unless the Republican members would unite upon his colleague, Mr. Sherwood; and in order to avoid this dilemma, his demand was acceded to, and that gentleman received the nomination. After several ballotings, it became apparent that neither of the regular candidates could be elected, un- less some one dropped off from either side, thus giving the opposing party the preponderance. At this critical period, the Republicans succeeded in drawing Mr. Callicot to their aid, and the way was apparently made clear for his election. But an unexpected difficulty arose. Some two or three Republicans would not support that gentleman, and the
case stood as dubious as ever. At this juncture, Mr. Bemis offered to throw his weight in the Democratic scales, and indeed voluntarily promised to do so; but for some unex- plained reason he did not come up to the mark, and the recusant Republicans being induced to act with their bre- thren, the contest was decided by the election of Callicot.
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During this period of excitement, which lasted some three weeks, the course of Mr. Bemis was so vascillating as to excite much remark ; and a good deal of apprehension was engendered among his friends, lest he should go over to the Democrats. Evidently he desired to do so ; but that party, not considering the "game as worth the candle," manifested no particular anxiety to secure him ; and, fearing that he might "be left out in the cold," he concluded to remain as he was.
Mr. Bemis began his career as an apprentice to a shoe- maker; but his ideas soon getting above "peg" work, he left his native State and turned up in Steuben county, where he hung out his shingle as an insurance agent. Sub- sequently he studied law, which he has always since follow- ed, with indifferent success, in justices' courts.
CHARLES A. BENJAMIN.
MR. BENJAMIN is a native of the town of Brownville, Jefferson county, N. Y., and is forty-two years of age. His ancestors were residents of Vermont. He received only such an education as is usually afforded farmers' sons in a new country, and has passed most of his life as an agriculturalist. Politically, he is a firm and un- yielding Republican, and was elected to the Assembly as the straight Republican candidate by a handsome majority over his Democratic opponent. Although he is said to be a gentleman of respectability and influence in his native county, where he now resides, his course
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in the House has been remarkably quiet, and he is but little known outside of the immediate circle of his personal friends.
JESSE F. BOOKSTAVER.
MR. BOOKSTAVER may almost be said to have been born a politician. He has been active in political matters ever since he became a voter. He enjoys the excitement of political gatherings, and of arranging and carrying out legi- timate political schemes. He has keen, perceptive facul- ties, understands human nature, is energetic and indefati- gable, when thoroughly aroused and determined to carry a point ; has a pleasant exterior and companionable and social qualities, and hence, has been remarkably successful in political matters. He is always ready, when his party asks / his services, and few men can work to better advantage.
Mr. Bookstaver was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., on the 15th of August, 1828, of German descent. His father, Levi Bookstaver, died in October, 1862, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catharine Snyder, died several years ago. Mr. Bookstaver obtained a fair educa- tion at the academy in his native town. He then com- menced the study of law in the office of his brother, John L. Bookstaver, then in practice in Montgomery. He ob- tained his license soon after reaching the age of twenty-one. His brother dying soon after, he succeeded to his business, a large part of which consisted in acting as a general agent for the estate of Robert L. Livingston, one of the descen-
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dants of the well-known family which obtained the "Liv- ingston Patent." He at length removed to Saugerties, Ulster county, where he still resides.
Mr. Bookstaver was originally a Democrat. In 1854 he joined the American organization, and in the following year was elected by that organization, Surrogate of the County of Ulster. Upon the disintegration of the American party, he went back to the Democratic party, to which he has since remained steadfastly attached. In the fall of 1861 he was elected Member of Assembly, and re-elected in 1862, by a largely increased majority. He has several times been elected a Director of the Village of Saugerties. In the Assembly he is always active, and exerts no small influence upon the proceedings of that body. He never makes set speeches, and seldom talks over five minutes at a time, but success usually follows his efforts.
Mr. Bookstaver was married in May, 1852, to Miss Eliza . beth Marshall.
HENRY C. BOSWELL.
MR. BOSWELL is a native of Trenton, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and is fifty years of age. His maternal ances- tors were always residents of that State, and his father's family were from Pennsylvania. After receiving a good, practical business education, he turned his attention to the study of medicine, and is now a druggist in Brooklyn. Although a firm and consistent Democrat of the Conserva- tive stamp, he was never a politician, but his great personal
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strength always makes him a formidable opponent. He was nominated by the Democrats of his district with great unanimity, and was triumphantly elected over his prede- cessor in the House. He is one of the most quiet men in the Legislature, but has shown himself an efficient and capable legislator.
ELIAS W. BOSTWICK.
DR. BOSTWICK was born in Canaan, Columbia county, N. Y., and is thirty-four years of age. His father, Herman B. Bostwick, was a descendant of the New England Puritans, as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Mary H. Lee. His father died in the town of Austerlitz, on the 10th of October, 1834. The Doctor obrained his education, principally, at the district school, and had in view the profession of medicine. After he was prepared, he entered the Medical College at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he took his diploma, and entered upon the practical duties of his profession in Kinderhook, Columbia county.
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