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HENRY L. WAIT.
This is the Waitest man in the Legislature - by far the most fleshy - standing six feet in his broad-toed boots, and weighing two hundred and sixty-six pounds. He seems to have copied Falstaff's receipt for good living, and reminds us, when looking at his disc, of Mil- ton's description of Satan's shield, which, with a trifling alteration, is an admirable picture of his head and face :
- the broad circumference
Stands on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views."
MR. WAIT is a native of Athens, not the Capital of ancient Greece - but a beautiful little village, nestling itself upon the banks of the Hudson, in Greene county, and is forty years of age. After receiving a limited common school education, he went to the city of New York in 1839, to seek his fortune, and remained there until 1853. He then removed to the city of Albany, where he has since been employed as agent for the pro- pellors Erastus Corning and John Taylor. Politically, he was formerly an uncompromising and zealous Ameri- can, but since the abandonment of that organization he has been acting with the Democrats, by whom he was chosen to his present position by a majority of upwards of five hundred, in a closely contested district, over the Hon. William A. Young, who represented the same dis- trict in the House in 1859. He was once an unsuccess- ful candidate for Alderman in the second ward in Albany, but this is the first public position he has ever held.
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ALEXANDER WARD.
MR. WARD was a Member of the House in 1862, when he acquitted himself with considerable credit, and was re-elected at the last election by an increased vote.
He is a native of the city of New York, where he now resides, and is thirty-five years of age. He is of pure Irish descent. His education was limited, but, since leaving school he has made ample amends for his deficiency in that respect, and ranks well in his calling as an active and intel- ligent mechanic. Politically, he has always been a Demo- crat, and has adhered with unyielding tenacity to Tammany Hall through all her numerous trials and difficulties. He has been a member of the General Committee for six years, and still occupies that position. With the exception of Superintendent of Sidewalks, he never held any official posi- tion until his election to the Assembly, but by his course during the session, he has proved himself a good represen- tative and a popular man.
ABRAM B. WEAVER.
There are but few men in either branch of the Legis- lature who equal this gentleman in his personal appear- ance. Tall, erect, manly, well-proportioned, and fully developed, with jet black hair and heavy black whiskers, and a countenance denoting unusual decision of character and marked ability, it is rarely the case that we find
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any one so gracefully constituted. His manner and general bearing - kind, courteous and agreeable to all with whom he comes in contact - is equally captivating, and all combined, contribute to render him a leader among his peers, and one of the bright particular stars in the Legislative galaxy of the State.
MR. WEAVER was born in Deerfield, Oneida county, N. Y., on the 18th of December, 1830, and is, therefore, in the thirty-third year of his age. He is of pure German extraction. His father, George M. Weaver, is still living at the age of seventy-four, as is also his mother, whose maiden name was Delia Bellinger, and who has now attained the age of sixty-seven. His parents are both natives of the State of New York.
Mr. Weaver was educated at the Utica Academy and at Hamilton College. He pursued his course with a view to the study of the law, and was in due time ad- mitted to the bar, but, although standing well in his profession, he is now devoting himself chiefly to agri- cultural pursuits. In 1856 he was appointed School Commissioner, and in the following year was elected to the same office for three years. He has always been a bold, fearless and unyielding Democrat of the National Conservative school, and is a leading spirit in his party in the county of Oneida, where he has always resided. As a speaker he ranks prominently among the very best in the Assembly, and his speech in that body on the Governor's Message will long be remembered as one of the best efforts of the Session.
Mr. Weaver is unmarried, and attends the Reformed Dutch Church in the city of Utica.
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EBENEZER WESTBROOK.
Horace Greeley said of the Legislature of 1860 :
" It is an undeniable fact that the last Legislature was in part composed of as graceless a set of political demagogues, public plunderers, corrupt place-seekers, and low-bred pot- house politicians as ever went unwhipped of justice."
How far this is true of the Legislature of 1863 remains to be seen ; and its members should not forget that some things are like Hudibras' gun-
- - " Which aimed at duck or plover, Recoiled and kicked its owner over !"
BENJAMIN F. WIGGINS.
MR. WIGGINS is a native of Greenport, Suffolk county, N. Y., where he was born in 1829, and where he has always resided. He is a son of Benjamin Wiggins, who was of English descent, and who died in 1847, universally respect- ed by all who knew him, as a high-minded and honorable gentleman.
Mr. Wiggins was educated at the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1853. After leaving college, he devoted himself chiefly to teach- ing, until a few years ago, since which time he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In politics, he was ori- ginally a Whig, casting his first Presidential vote for Gen. Scott in 1852, and at the organization of the American party in his native county, the year following, became one of its chief supporters. In the fall of 1858, he was chosen
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a Member of Assembly by the combined vote of the Americans and Republicans in his district, and during the session that followed, was Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and a member of the Committee on the Erection and Division of Towns and Counties. He was renominated and elected to the present House as a straight Republican. Although seldom taking a very conspicuous part in legislative proceedings, he is a good speaker, and has not unfrequently addressed the people of his district upon the stump and in behalf of the cause of temperance.
Mr. Wiggins is still single, and attends the Congregational Church.
CHARLES S. WOODWARD.
MR. WOODWARD is a native of Mount Hope, Orange county, where he was born on the 21st of August, 1808, the first child born in the village after it received its name. He is descended from good fighting revolutionary stock, one of his ancestors having fallen in the battle of Minisink, or Beaver Brook, between the inhabitants of Goshen and adjoining towns and a party of Indians and tories under Brandt, in 1779. His grandmother was Mary Waldron, a lineal descendant from that family whom Diedrich Knick- erbocker, in his history of New York, describes as being cast away on the shores of Harlaem, but who, saving from the wreck a keg of Holland, did then and there set up a tavern and prosper greatly. His father, Col. Benjamin Woodward, was an influential and distinguished citizen,
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universally esteemed and beloved. He was thrice elected to the Assembly, was member of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1821, a State Senator from 1827 to 1830, and performed his duties with ability and honor. He died in May, 1841. The epitaph upon his tombstone-" A public benefactor, and the poor man's friend "-is justly expressive of his character.
In 1825, at the age of seventeen, the subject of this notice removed to New York, and served as clerk in a wholesale dry goods establishment for five years. He afterwards removed to Beaver Brook, Sullivan county, then a comparative wilderness, and engaged heavily in the lum- bering business, at the same time carrying on a store and farm. Since 1856 he has been a resident of his native vil- lage of Mount Hope, under the shadow of the Shawangunk mountain, famous for its minerals, as it was formerly for its novel and beautiful appearance, being cultivated to its very summit.
Mr. W., in youth, received a fair English education, and a fondness for reading through life has resulted in storing his mind with a fund of general information. He has had a diversity of occupations, since setting up for himself in the world, having been clerk, merchant, farmer, innkeeper, lum- berman, &c., &c. At present he has settled down to the agreeable occupation of an agriculturalist, occasionally act- ing in the capacity of a surveyor. He is also Supervisor of his town, an office with which he has been frequently hon- ored, both in Sullivan and Orange counties. Twice he has been the candidate for Congress from the Ninth Congres- sional District, but on both occasions, his party being in the minority, he was unsuccessful.
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In politics he is a Democrat-his motto being, the rights of the citizen, the State, and the National Government shall be supported and maintained in their integrity.
His views of religion are liberal, never having united with a church, but, on the contrary, holding to the doctrine that the simple teachings of the Gospel can better be fol- lowed by not becoming attached to any particular creed, dogma, or sect.
He has been twice married, his present wife being the daughter of the late James D. Swartwout, a highly respected citizen of Deer Park, by whom he has had eight children, all living.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF
MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
With the Districts and Counties they represent, Post- office address, and Politics.
Hon. THEOPHILUS C. CALLICOT, Speaker, Brooklyn.
Dis. Assemblymen. Counties. P. O. Address. Pol.
Adgate, George,. ..
Clinton, .
Keeseville, .. D.
1 Allen, Andrew L., ... Cattaraugus, Machias, R.
Aldrich, Newton, .. Warren,. Luzerne, R.
Andrus, Albert,
Franklin,
Malone, .. R.
1 Benjamin, Charles A., Jefferson
Smithville, ... R.
1 Bookstaver, Jesse F., Ulster,.
Saugerties, . D.
6 Boswell, Henry C., .. Kings, D.
Brooklyn, .. ..
2 Bostwick, Elias W.,. Columbia,.
Red Rock,. R.
1 Brand, Wm. H.,. .... Madison, . Leonardsville, .. R. Onondaga, Syracuse, R.
3 Breed, Joseph,
1 Brockett, Ira,
Saratoga,
Galway, ... D.
3 Brown, William, Monroe,.
Spencerport, ... R.
1 Brooks, Wm., ... Chickering, John, ... Lewis,
Otsego, Cooperstown, .. D. Copenhagen, .. R. Morris, R.
2 Church, Cornelius A , Otsego,
2 Clark, Elizur, .. . Onondaga,
1 Collins, Thaddeus W. Wayne, Wolcott, R.
4 Conger, Anson G., .. . Erie, . Collins' Centre, R.
Ithaca, R. Cornell, Ezra, .. Tompkins,
1 Courtney, Robert W., Delaware,
Salina, D.
Unadilla,.
R.
Cruttenden, Alvah E., Allegany,
Canaseraga, R.
3 Bemis, Horace, .
Steuben, .. Hornellsville, .. R.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Dis. Assemblymen.
Counties.
P. O. Address. Pol.
Albany, D.
4 Darcy, James, Kings, .
Brooklyn, D.
Owego,. . R.
15 Dean, Gilbert,. . . New York,
New York city, D.
3 Depew, Chauncey M., Westchester,
Peekskill,. . R.
2 Dewey, Lanson, .. . . ..
Ontario,
Victor,. . . .
R.
3 Dewey, William, ... Jefferson,.
Three Mile Bay, R.
2 Dow, Albert G., ...
Cattaraugus, Randolph, ..... R.
Poughkeepsie, .. D.
2 Durfee, Lemuel, ..... Wayne,
Palmyra, R.
Syosset,. D.
1 Dutcher, Luther S., .. Dutchess, South Dover, .. D.
1 Field, Perez H., .... Ontario,
Geneva,. R.
17 Fields, Thomas C., .. New York,
New York city, D.
Greene, R.
1 Fletcher, Benjamin H. Niagara, Lockport, ..
1 Flynn, Cornelius, ... New York,
New York city, D.
New York city, D.
Stapleton, . .. D.
Stamford, .... D.
2 Gilbert, Francis R., .. Delaware, Gillespie, William, .. Sullivan, Mongaup Va'y, D.
4 Gover, William C., .. New York,
New York city, D.
Genesee, .
Byron Center, . R.
Orangeburgh, .. D.
Suffolk, Patchogue, ... D. Essex, Essex, . .. R. Heacock, Willard J., Fulton & Hamilton, Gloversville, .. R. Healy, Byron, .
Warsaw, ..... R.
8 Hill, Thomas H., .
3 Hopkins, Timothy A., Erie,
2 Hopkins, Ervin, Jr.,. Washington,
2 Houghton, Nath'l M , Saratoga,
2 Hughes, Bernard, ... Kings,
Brooklyn, .. . Hulett, Charles, ..... Chemung, Horseheads, .. D.
14 Hutchings, Robt. C., New York,
New York city, D.
D.
9 Freeman, David A., . New York, Frean, Theodore, .... Richmond,
Green, Loren, . . Haring, James S., ... Rockland,
2 Havens, John S., .... Havens, Palmer E., ..
Wyoming,
New York, New York city, D. Williamsville, . D. Granville, R.
Corinth, R.
D.
2 Cutler, John, Albany,
Davis, Nathaniel W.,. Tioga,
2 Doughty, Joseph C.,. Dutchess,
1 Duryea, Charles T., .. Queens, .
2 Fisher, Francis B., .. Chenango, ..
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Dis. Assemblymen. Counties.
3 Johnson, Samuel E., . Kings, . ..
7 King, Vincent C., ... New York,
1 Kisselbrack, Peter G , Columbia,
6 Korn, Julius, . New York, New York city, D.
2 Lake, Henry C., Lawrence, Samuel, .. Schuyler,
2 Leamy, Daniel, ... .. New York,
11 Ledwith, Thomas A., New York, New York city, D.
2 Le Fever, Jacob, .. .. Ulster,
7 Leslie, Charles P., ... Kings,
Brooklyn, .... D.
Vermillion, .... R.
Jamaica, . . D.
New York city, D.
Cuba, ..
. R.
16 McCann, Michael, ... New York, New York city, D.
4 McDougall, Isaac, ... Oneida,
1 McGonegal, Geo. E., . Monroe,.
2 McGowan, Arch'd C., Herkimer,
1 Mckeon, James, .. Rensselaer,
McLean, James, ... . Seneca,
McShea, John, Jr., .. Schenectady,
2 Marshall, John E., .. Westchester,
1 Mattoon, Abner C , .. Oswego, Mayham, Stephen L., Schoharie,
Oswego, . R.
No. Blenheim, . D.
Antwerp,. R.
Somerset, ..
R.
Moulton, Freeman P., Montgomery,
Flat Creek, D.
Camillus, R.
Buffalo, D.
New York city, D.
West Troy,. .. D.
Oswego,
Parish, R.
Orleans, Medina, R.
3 Parker, Abraham X.,. St. Lawrence,
Potsdam, . R.
1 Paulding, John, ..... Kings, New Utrecht, .. D.
P. O. Address. Pol. Brooklyn, .... D. New York city, D. Cop'e I'n W'ks, D.
Charlotte C'tre, R. Havana, .... R.
New York city, D.
New Paltz, . .. R.
2 Loomis, Hiram W., . Oswego,
2 Lott, Henry S.,. .... Queens,
3 Loutrel, George L., .. New York,
2 Loveridge, Edw. D., . Allegany,.
Delta, R.
Rochester, R.
Frankfort, R.
Troy, D.
Waterloo, D.
Niskayuna, . D.
Portchester, ... D.
2 Miller, Levi, .. . Jefferson,
2 Morgan, William, ... Niagara,
1 Munro, James M., ... Onondaga,
1 Murphy, John W., .. Erie, .
10 O'Brien, Daniel M., . New York,
4 Oswald, Wm. L., ... Albany,
3 Palmer, Harvey, Parks, John,.
. Chautauqua,
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Dis. Assemblymen. Counties.
1 Post, George I., ..... Cayuga,
2 Prescott, Daniel M., .. Oneida, .
1 Prindle, Elizur H., .. Chenango,
2 Quackenbush, J. A.,. Rensselaer, .
2 Redington, James, ... St. Lawrence,
2 Robinson, William P., Cayuga, Roe, Luke, Greene,
5 Rogers, Henry, .
New York, New York city, D. Cazenovia, R.
2 Seymour, Horatio, . . . Shaw, Guy,.
Yates,
Penn Yan, . R.
3 Sherman, Asa S., ... .. Oneida,
2 Sherwood, Henry, ...
Steuben,
Addison, R.
Nunda, ..
R.
New York, .
New York city, D.
Fowlerville, ... R.
Union, R.
Red Mills, D.
1 Snyder, Wm. J., .. .. Albany, Bethlehem Cen. D.
3 Strait, Ebenezer S., .. Rensselaer,
Nassau, D.
1 Steward, John,
,
Chautauqua,
Panama, R.
Fairfield, R.
Steuben, . . Hamm ondsport R.
1 Talman, Pierre C., ... Westchester, Morrisania, .... D.
1 Tefft, Asa C., ..
Washington, Fort Miller, . R.
De Kalb, .. R.
Rochester, .... D.
New Windsor, D.
Preble, .. R.
Albany, D.
13 Ward, Alexander, ... New York,
New York city, D.
1 Weaver, Abram B., .. Oneida,
3 Westbrook, Ebenezer Ulster, Accord, D.
1 Wiggins, Benjamin, .. Suffolk,
2 Woodward, C. S., ... Orange,
P. O. Address. Pol. Fair Haven, ... R. W'hing'n Mills, R. Norwich, ...... R. Schaghticoke, . R. Waddington, .. R. Auburn, . , R.
Cairo, . D.
2 Rouse, George L., ... Madison, .
Erie,
Buffalo,
D.
2 Skinner, Samuel, .... Livingston,
12 Smith, Andrew, ..
.
1 Smith, Hamilton E.,. Livingston, Smith, Francis B., ... Broome,
Smith, Saxton, .. . Putnam,
1 Sweet, Griffin, . . Herkimer, .
1 Taggart, John W., ...
1 Townsley, Elias P., .. St. Lawrence,
2 Trimmer, Eliphaz, ... Monroe,
1 Van Buren, John D., Orange, .
Van Hoesen, H. B., .. Cortland,
3 Wait, Henry L., .. . Albany, .
Deerfield, D.
Greenport, R.
Mount Hope, .. D.
Durhamville, .. D.
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ways and Means. - Depew, Dean, W. Dewey, Woodward, Andrus Steward, Mayham.
Commerce and Navigation .- Mattoon, Haring, Leamy, Cutler, Bostwick.
Canals .- Trimmer, Breed, Bookstaver, McGowan, T. A. Hopkins, Mattoon, Hulett.
Railroads .- Healy, Talman, Houghton, Duryea, Loomis.
Banks .- S. Smith, P. H. Field, Doughty, Rouse, Cornell.
Insurance Companies .- King, P. E. Havens, Boswell, F. B. Smith, Van Buren.
Two-Thirds and Three-Fifths Bills .- Brooks, Parker, Mayham, Aldrich, Murphy.
Colleges, Academies and Common Schools. - Church, Gover, Loveridge, Weaver, Conger.
Grievances. - Van Buren, H. E. Smith, Westbrook, Courtney, Strait.
Privileges and Elections .- E. P. Havens, Moulton, Church, S. Smith, Fisher.
Petition of Aliens .- O'Brien, Palmer, Gilbert, Morgan, Oswald.
Erection and Division of Towns and Counties -Prescott, Wait, Taggart, Woodward, Shaw.
Claims .-- Parker, Brockett, Cruttenden, Hill, Breed.
Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties .- J. S. Havens, Le Fever, Moulton, Benjamin, Freeman.
Medical Colleges and Societies .- Sweet, Korn, Bostwick, Boswell, Houghton.
State Charitable Institutions .- Tefft, Gillespie, L. Dewey, Dutcher, Brand.
Affairs of Cities .- Seymour, Fisher, A. Smith, Bemis, Parks, Hutchings, Lake.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Affairs of Villages .- Munro, Paulding, Brand, Snyder, F. B. Smith.
Manufacture of Salt .- Clark, McDougall, Hulett, Tefft, Talman. Trade and Manufactures .- Heacock, Hamilton, McShea, Van Hoesen, Kisselbrack, H. E. Smith.
State Prisons .- Adgate, Robinson, Marshall, Brown, Roe.
Engrossed Bills. - Gilbert, Wiggins, Bookstaver, Van Hoesen, Leslie.
Militia and Public Defense .- Fletcher, Davis, Weaver, Lawrence, McLean, Quackenbush, Flynn.
Roads and Bridges .- Ward, Wiggins, Wait, McDougall, Skinner. Public Lands .- Lott, Allen, McCann, Chickering, Leslie.
Indian Affairs -Dow, E. Hopkins, Jr., Durfee, Duryea, Hughes. Charitable and Religious Societies. - Redington, Clark, Green, Dutcher, Miller.
Agriculture .- Cornell, McGonegal, Shaw, Westbrook, Palmer. Public Printing. - Robinson, Korn, Townsley, Mckeon, Mc- Gonegal.
Expenditures in the Executive Department .- Marshall, Aldrich, Rogers, Dow, Brooks.
Expenditures of the House .- Post, A. Smith, Green, Brockett, Le Fever.
Judiciary .- Sherwood, Johnson, Collins, Frean, Prindle, Healy, Ledwith.
Federal Relations .- W. W Dewey, Davis, Trimmer, Post, King, Loveridge, Sherman.
Joint Library .- Loomis, Gillespie, P. H. Field, Sherwood, Pauld- ing.
Grinding Committee .- Loveridge, Davis, L Dewey, Fisher, Free- man, Johnson, Lott, Miller, Moulton, Monroe, Quackenbush, Wait.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Name. Office. County.
James Terwilliger, ... Clerk, . . . Onondaga.
Charles G. Fairman, .. Journal Clerk, Chemung.
William Hotchkiss, .. Deputy Clerk, Warren.
Henry B. Ensworth, . Deputy Clerk, Monroe.
George W. Fay,. Deputy Clerk, Tioga.
Herman Rulison, . ... Librarian,
Jefferson.
Richard U. Owens, ... Sergeant-at-Arms, Oneida.
Caleb S. Babcock, ... Postmast'r & Asst. Ser .- at-Arms Westchester.
Stephen C. McConnell Assistant Postmaster, Albany. Washington.
Orville Griffin, .. Doorkeeper, 1st Assistant Doorkeeper, .. Herkimer.
Charles Johnson, . Sanders Wilson, 2d Assistant Doorkeeper, .. St. Lawrence.
Giles H. Holden, .. . 3d Assistant Doorkeeper, .. Niagara.
Nathaniel Goodwin, .. Keeper Senate Chamber, ... Albany.
Myer Stark,
Janitor,
Albany.
Orrin Abbott, . Doorkeeper, Erie.
REPORTERS.
Name.
Paper.
T. S. Gillett, .
Albany Evening Journal.
D. A. Manning,
Albany Atlas and Argus.
William H. Bogart,
New York World.
Nathan Comstock,
New York Tribune.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
D. A. Levien, Associated Press.
Sullivan C. Kimball,
Albany Statesman and Standard.
John C. Jacobs, New York Express.
Jacob C: Cuyler, Albany Express.
P. Harlow, . Ulster Democrat.
Spence Spencer, . American Citizen.
Geo. W. Bull, N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
G. E. Williams, Oswego Times.
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OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
1862.
Name.
Office. County.
Joseph B. Cushman, ... Clerk,
Oneida.
Stephen C. Agnew, Assistant Clerk, Sullivan.
Charles R. Dayton, Journal Clerk, Suffolk.
John A. Sabin,. Engrossing Clerk, Franklin.
John C. Spafard,
Financial Clerk,
Otsego.
Elias H. Jenner,
Deputy Clerk,
Chautauqua.
Bailey G. Hathaway,
Librarian,.
Kings. Orleans.
Levi M. Gano, .
Sergeant-at-Arms, Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms, ..
Wayne. Erie.
Norman B. Sprague,
Doorkeeper,
Dutchess.
Thomas Miller,
1st Ass't Doorkeeper, 2d Ass't Doorkeeper, .... Essex.
Henry Janes, . Doorkeeper Ladies' Gall'y, Livingston.
George H. Myers,
middle outer door, Rensselaer.
Daniel B. Shafer,
north outer door,. Delaware.
Gentlemen's Gall'y
range.
Herman B. Young, . Squire Rightmire, .
Cloak room, Tioga.
Charles E. Young, .
. . .
Richard E. Winsor, . Geo. W. Burger, William Carey,
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Chautauqua.
Keep'r Assembly Chamb'r, Ulster. Postmaster, Saratoga.
Cattaraugus.
Gurdon B. Taylor,
Assistant Librarian,
Lauren L. Rose,
Wm. H. Creed,
Oswego.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
James W. Miller, Ass't Postmaster, Columbia.
Henry A. Rodgers, Janitor,
Broome.
Henry C. Wood, Bank Messenger, . Oneida.
Matthew O. Hallenbeck, Clerk's Messenger,
New York.
REPORTERS.
Name.
Paper.
Philander Deming, Albany Evening Journal.
Douglas A. Levien,
Atlas & Argus, and Ass'd Press.
William Hastings, . Albany Knickerbocker.
William I. Gearon, Albany Statesman.
J. F. Cleaveland, . N. Y. Tribune.
J. C. Holley,.
N. Y. Times.
Hiram Calkins,
N. Y. Herald.
Alex. Wilder,
N. Y. Evening Post.
Julius Korn,
N. Y. Staats Zeitung.
W. C. Gover, . Brooklyn City News.
A. Fonda,
Troy Budget.
J. S. Thorn, Troy Times.
A. B. Caldwell, Syracuse Courier.
R. M. Griffin,
Albany Standard.
D. A. Levien, Jr., Brooklyn Eagle.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
1863.
Name.
Joseph B. Cushman,. Clerk,.
Office. County. Oneida.
Charles R. Dayton, .. Journal Clerk, Suffolk.
J. Thomas Davis, .... Financial Clerk, Rensselaer.
Richard E. Winsor, .. Assistant Clerk,
John L. Parker,. Moses Rich,
Engrossing Clerk,
Deputy Clerk,
Addison S. Burdick, Assistant Journal Clerk,
Albert S. Burdick, .. Librarian,
Alonzo Durrin, . Assistant Librarian
Levi M. Gano, .
Sergeant-at-Arms,.
Thos. M. Riley, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Kings.
Chas. E. Young, Alex. Frier, .
Doorkeeper, . . Oswego.
1st Assistant Doorkeeper, .. Columbia.
Willard L. Cook,. . 2d Assistant Doorkeeper, . Jefferson. Ladies' Gallery, Queens, Herkimer.
Samuel W. Bowker, Wm. Smith,
Gentlemen's Gallery,
Richard Curry,
Middle outer door,
Steuben. Ulster.
Daniel Bostwick, . Jacob B. Lozier, .... Doorkeeper,
Thomas Daley, .. ...
Inside cloak room,
New York. Richmond.
Seneca.
Chautauqua.
Cayuga. St. Lawrence. Madison.
Washington. Westchester. Cattaraugus.
Abram J. Myer,
North outer door,
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Owen E. O'Maley, ... Doorkeeper, Monroe.
Chas. S. Houghton, .. Doorkeeper, Saratoga.
Benj. Conger, . Keeper Assembly Chamber, Dutchess.
John Callahan, .. . Postmaster,.
New York.
G. H. F. Van Horne, Assistant Postmaster, Montgomery.
Daniel A. Knapp, ... Janitor, Niagara.
Gaylord H. Church,. Bank Messenger, Otsego.
Nelson P. Wells, .... Clerk's Messenger, Monroe.
REPORTERS.
Name.
Paper.
Stephen C. Hutchins, Albany Evening Journal.
R. M. Griffin,
Albany Statesman & Standard.
H. J. Hastings, . Albany Knickerbocker.
D. A. Levien, . Atlas & Argus.
Hiram Calkins, N. Y. Herald.
C. D. Brigham,
N. Y. Daily Times.
Nathan Comstock,
N. Y. Tribune.
A. Wilder,
N. Y. Evening Post.
G. W. Bull,
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
W. W. Perkins,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Benjamin R. Wells,
Rochester Democrat.
A. M. Clapp,. Buffalo Express.
George W. Peck,.
Auburn Daily Advertiser.
E. Fenn,
Brooklyn City News.
A. B. Caldwell, Syracuse Constitutionalist.
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