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PORTRAITS
OF THE
HEADS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS
AND
PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES
OF
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Pa.
1893-94.
COMPILED BY WM. RODEARMEL.
HARRISBURG : E. K. MEYERS PRINTING HOUSE. 1893.
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Rodearmel, W Portraits of the heads of state departments and members of the Legislature, Pa. 1893-4
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Palm Beach
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THE STATE DEPARTMENTS
AND
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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
OF THE
LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
1893-94.
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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1893, By WM. RODEARMEL, Harrisburg, Pa., In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
INTRODUCTORY.
I HIS publication contains a portrait and sketch of every mem- ber of the Senate and House of Representatives, and por- traits of the Heads of Departments, with other illustrations running the number above three hundred. The author takes this method of thanking the legislative newspaper correspondents for the aid they have extended him in the preparation of the sketches, and to Mr. Lerue Lemer, of Harrisburg, Pa., the well-known pho- tographer, for his invaluable assistance in expediting the completion of the work by promptly furnishing the photographs from which nearly all the plates in it were made. The fine portraits which adorn the pages of the book are due largely to the well-executed photo- graphs from the establishment of Mr. Lemer, who, for nearly a quarter of a century, has made a specialty of making photographic groups of members of the Legislature. Thanks are also due, and warmly extended, to the State officials and members of the Senate and House, who, by their prompt encouragement of the enterprise, have made its success possible. Its originator feels like thanking himself that the arduous work he has been required to do is at an end.
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THE
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THE STATE DEPARTMENTS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The State Departments.
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ROBT. E. PATTISON, of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania.
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The State Departments.
WM. F. HARRITY, of Philadelphia, : Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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The State Departments.
W. U. HENSEL, of Lancaster, Attorney General.
XV
The State Departments.
D. MeM. GREGG, of Ferks, Auditor General.
The State Departments.
xvii
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JOHN W. MORRISON, of Allegheny, State Treasurer.
xix
The State Departments.
THOMAS J. STEWART, of Montgomery, Secretary of Internal Affairs.
XXI
The State Departments.
NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER, of Berks, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
xxiii
The State Departments.
W. W. GREENLAND, of Clarion, Adjutant General.
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The State Departments.
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GEORGE B. LUPER, of Crawford, Insurance Commissioner.
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The State Departments.
CHARLES H. KRUMBHAAR, of Philadelphia, Superintendent of Banking.
xxix
The State Departments.
LEVETYPE CO. PHILA
WILLIAM H. EGLE, M. D., of Dauphin, State Librarian.
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The State Departments.
xxxi
LEVYTYPE CO. PHILA
WM. HAYES GRIER, of Lancaster, Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding.
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The State Departments.
xxxiii
ROBERT WATCHORN, of Washington, Factory Inspector.
The State Departments.
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A. B. FARQUHAR, of York, Executive Commissioner of Board of World's Fair Managers.
The State Departments.
xxxvii
COL, C. T. O'NEILL, of Lehigh, Superintendent of State Arsenal.
The State Departments.
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HUMPHREY D. TATE, of Bedford, Private Secretary to Gorernor.
xli
The State Departments.
A. L. TILDEN, of Erie, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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The State Departments.
JAMES A. STRANAHAN, of Mercer, Deputy Attorney General.
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The State Departments.
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FREDERICK SHOBER. of Philadelphia, Chief Clerk Auditor General's Department.
The State Departments.
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G. MORRISON TAYLOR, of Philadelphia, Cashier State Treasury.
xlix
The State Departments.
ISAAC B. BROWN, of Erie, Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs.
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The State Departments.
HENRY HOUCK, of Lebanon, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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The State Departments.
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GEORGE C. KELLY, of Union, Chief Clerk AAdjutant General's Department.
lv
The State Departments.
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J. WOODS BROWN, of Northumberland, Deputy Insurance Commissioner.
Ivii
The State Departments.
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EDWIN K. MEYERS, of Dauphin, State Printer.
LEGISLATIVE NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.
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Correspondents.
W. K. BUCKINGHAM. The Press, Philadelphia.
PETER J. HOBAN, The Public Ledger. Philadelphia.
HENRY HALL, The Times. Pittsburg.
L. D. BANCROFT, The Dispatch, Pittsburg.
A. R. CRUM, The Commercial-Gazette, Pittsburg.
W. A. CONNOR, United Press. The North American, Philadelphia.
PETER BOLGER, The Record, Philadelphia.
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Correspondents.
WM. RODEARMEL, The Times, Philadelphia.
GEO. M. WANBAUGH, The Patriot, Harrisburg. The Chronicle- Telegraph, Pittsburg.
THOS. M. JONES, The Telegraph. Harrisburg. The Telegraph, Philadelphia.
SAM HUDSON, The Bulletin, Philadelphia. The Leader, Pittsburg.
W. R. STENGER, The Patriot, Harrisburg. United Press.
E. J. STACKPOLE, The Telegraph, Harrisburg. The Inquirer, Philadelphia.
JOHN P. DOHONEY, The Press, Pittsburg.
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THE SENATE
OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
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The Senate.
I OUIS ARTHUR WATRES, Presi- dent of the Senate, was born at Monnt Vernon, Lackawanna county, Pa., April 21, 1851. His father was Louis S. Watres, one of the early set- tlers of the Lackawanna Valley, and a descendant of the renowned James Otis, of Massachusetts. His mother was a gifted poetess, and under the nom de plume of "Stella, of Lackawanna," wrote numerous popular poems, many of which have been gathered since her decease and put in book form. Mr. Watres was obliged at an early age to leave school and seek employment. After having been engaged in sundry callings he became a bank clerk, then teller and afterwards cashier of the Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Com- pany. He studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1878, since which time he has been in the active practice of his profession. In 1877, after the reorgani- zation of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, Mr. Watres was elected Lieutenant of company C, Thirteenth regiment. In July, 1880, he was elected Captain of company A, Thirteenth regiment, Third brigade, which position he held until January, 1887, when he was appointed by Governor James A. Beaver as Gen- eral Inspector of Rifle Practice of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, with rank as colonel. He has always been a Republican. In 1882 he was elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania from, a strongly Democratic district and was re-elected in 1886. In 1890 he was elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority of 22,365, while the Democratic Governor was elected by 17,000 majority. In addition to being Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate of Pennsylvania, he is President of the Board of P'ardons. In 1891 he was selected chairman of the Re- publican State Committee, and led his party to a victory of unusual magnitude. By act of General Assembly he was made Commissioner from Pennsylvania to the World's Columbian Exposition and subsequently elected Vice-President of the Board. Mr. Watres is regular in attendance on the sessions of the Senate, presides over its deliberations with dignity and ability, and possesses the high esteem of all its members. In religion Mr. Watres entertains strong but liberal views and is a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1874 he married Effie Hawley, and has three sons Harold, Laurence and Reyburn.
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The Senate.
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G YEORGE HANDY SMITH, the vete- ran Senator who has represented the First district of the city of Philadel- phia since 1876, being the senior mem- ber in point of service, is a native of the the Quaker City, having been born in the Eighth ward on July 21, 1836. His ancestors were Scotch, and emigrated to America in 1632, settling in Maryland, where they were instrumental in estab- lishing, at Snow Hill, Worcester county, the first Presbyterian church erected on this continent. Senator Smith was edu- cated in the schools of his native city, graduating in the senior class of the Locust Street grammay school. He learned the arts and mysteries of jew- eler and silversmith, and successfully followed that occupation until the peo- ple called him into their service in other departments of life. He early became identified with the Republican party and has always been one of its sturdiest adherents and most efficient workers. After having creditably filled several positions under the municipal government of Philadelphia, he was, in 1871, elected to the House of Representatives from the First district, and re-elected in 1872 and 1873. He has served in the Senate since 1875. Here his knowledge of parliamentary procedure and careful consideration of pending legislation soon won him a prominence he has always retained. In 1885 he was honored with an election to the Presidency pro tempore of the Senate, and re-elected in 1887. He was chairman of the Republican joint caucus that nominated J. Donald Cameron for United States Senator in 1879 and 1891, and had the same honor in 1893, when M. S. Quay was nominated for a second term. Mr. Smith also placed Mr. Quay in nomination in the Senate. As chairman of the inauguration committee, he pre- sided at both inaugurations of Governor Hartranft and at that of Governor Hoyt, and was a member of that committee on both occasions when Governor Pattison was inducted into office. In the Senate he is chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations. Keeping a close watch on all legislation, he takes an active part in all important measures, and while never occupying the time of the Senate with useless discussions, exercises himself when occasion demands with clearness and force, and always with effect. In 1862 Mr. Smith enlisted in the Ninth Penn- sylvania regiment, returning from the service as corporal. He is a member of Hector Tyndale Post G. A. R., and of the Veteran Corps of the First regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania. A man of frank, out-spoken disposition and generous impulses, Senator Smith has a wide circle of warm friends, and, his friendship once given, he is unwavering in his adherence to those who deserve it. During an extended period of public service, he has shown that he possesses the qualities and the will to faithfully discharge every duty. Mr. Smith is now engaged in agricultural pursuits, and finds in the avocation of a farmer a pleasant recreation from the activities of public life.
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The Senate.
E `LLWOOD BECKER, who represents the Second Senatorial district, is in his fortieth year, having been born in Philadelphia July 20, 1853. His father was a tailor. On account of delicate health young Becker was not sent to school until he was about twelve years old. He attended the public school only and graduated from the senior class of the Park Avenue grammar school in Philadelphia. He entered the real estate business in the Fifth ward and was successful from the start. His geniality and business acumen won him many friends and brought to his office numerous and profitable clients, until to-day he has in his care 600 houses for rent. Senator Becker has always been a staunch Republican, and since he has reached manhood he has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his party. The ward in which he resides is doubtful, politically, but of recent years it has more frequently been found in the Republican column, and it is not too much to say that some of the credit for this result, if not a large share of it, is due to the efforts of Senator Becker. His popularity and political activity may be understood from the fact that he is the first Republican ever elected to the Senate from his district, which is composed of five wards, each of which is Democratic except the Fifth. Despite the political complexion of his district he was elected Senator over ex-Representative James D. Lee, a very popular Democrat, by a plu- rality of 98. This is the only political position Senator Becker ever held, but he has attended several conventions, the most important being the Republican State Convention of 1890, which nominated Delamater for Governor. In the Senate he is chairman of the Committee on Banks and since the death of Senator Neeb he also presides over the Committee on Vice aud Immorality. During the session he has introduced a bill for the assignment of mortgages and other securities; a medical examiners' bill; a bill to protect the trade marks and labels of labor organizations; a bill directing telephone companies to bury their wires within eighteen months, which was killed in committee, and a bill compelling agents representing foreign insurance companies doing business in this state to pay a license fee of $200.
Senator Becker is a director of the Merchants' Title and Trust Company, a member of Washington Lodge 59, F. and A. M., Harmony Chapter, Philadelphia Commandery, Philadelphia Consistory and one of the incorporators of the Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Lulu Temple. Mr. Becker has taken thirty-two degrees in Masonry.
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The Senate.
F 'RANCIS A. OSBOURN, who repre- sents the Third Senatorial district, was born March 1, 1845, in Philadel- phia. His ancestry dates back to the revolutionary war. At the outbreak of the rebellion young Osbourn joined company I, Twentieth regiment, In- . diana volunteers, and was at once sent into active service. He received his baptism of fire at the occupation of Fort Hatteras and the approaches to Roanoke Island in 1861, and was under the raking guns for two days at Newport News, Virginia, of the rebel ram Merrimac, and other vessels and in March of the follow- iug year witnessed the destruction of The Union frigates Cumberland and Congress, and the first great naval bat- tle between iron ships of war, the Mon- itor and the Merrimac. He participated in the capture of Norfolk and Ports- mouth, Virginia, in May, 1862, and was then transferred with his regiment to the Army of the Potomac, joining it at the desperate battles of Fair Oaks and the Seven Pines, within seven miles of Richmond. He also took part in Generals Kearney's and Hooker's attack on the Confederate capital on June 25, 1862, and while charging the enemy's line he was so dangerously wounded in the left arm by a rifle ball that amputation at the shoulder joint was found to be immediately necessary. On his return to Philadelphia he recruited a company. He went to Yorktown in October, 1863, whence he joined in the hazardous expedition to support the famous cavalry raid of General Kilpatrick to release the Federal prisoners in Libby. During the siege of Petersburg and Grant's movements in the assault and exploding of mines he was in the thickest of the fight and twice narrowly escaped with his life. On March 13, 1865, he was breveted a captain of United States volunteers by President Lincoln for gallant and meritorious service and commanded a company in the Sixteenth regiment Veteran Reserve Corps until the close of the war. In 1867 he left the army and began the study of law in the office of Chias. E. Lex, Esq. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar of Philadel- phia. In 1876 he was elected to the House, and during the term of 1877-78 he introduced the original municipal reform bill, which became the new city charter of Philadelphia in 1885. After the expiration of his term as a legislator he was appointed city solicitor by William Nelson West, which position he held with the approval of his superior for six years. In 1884 he was elected to the Senate from the Third district, and obtained his seat after a contest in 1889. At the session of 1893 Senator Osbourn was chairman of the Committee on Municipal Affairs and a member of Judiciary General, Judiciary Special, Military Affairs and Pensions and Gratuities Committees.
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The Senate.
C HARLES WESLEY THOMAS, Sen- ator from the Fourth Philadelphia district, was born on June 6, 1860, in Philadelphia. His father. Benjamin Thomas, a grocer, was a native of Ches- ter county, Pa., and of Welsh ancestry. The Senator's mother, of Scotch-Irish descent, was also born in Chester county After attending the public schools of his native city, the boy was employed in a grocery store, and subsequently was a clerk in the general office of the Penn- sylvania railroad, on South Fourth street. He resigned that place to be- come a legislator, and is now in the real estate business. Mr. Thomas, who has ever been a stauneli Republican, was a member of the House of Representa- tives in the sessions of 1885, 1887 and 1889, resigning at the close of the latter session to accept a position of private secretary of the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, Thomas V. Cooper. He resigned this secretaryship in order to take his seat as State Senator, to which he was elected in 1890, as the successor of John J. Macfarlane. Mr. Thomas received an overwhelming majority for this office, 18,461 votes having been cast for him, while his highly esteemed Democratic opponent, Jolin S. Goldback, received only 10,531 votes. Early in this legislative term many of Mr. Thomas' fellow Sena- tors proposed that he should be the next President pro tem. of the Senate, and the newspapers of Philadelphia and its vicinity contained very favorable comments on the choice, which were copied in other journals. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Senate Committees on Finance, Railroads, Municipal Affairs, Insurance, Educa- tion and Legislative Apportionment, and is chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings. Among the bills introduced by him this session were those appropri- ating $625,000 for a new library and administration building and repairs to the capitol ; to provide for the care of the indigent insane ; fixing the terms of no- taries public, and providing for the investment of the funds of savings banks. Mr. Thomas has been a leader in the movement for the abolition of the Public Build- ing Commission of Philadelphia. His voice, representing that half of West Phila- delphia above Market street, is among the most influential in the Republican organization of his city. He served as assistant secretary of the Republican State Committee in 1887, and was secretary in charge during the presidential campaign of 1888. In the state conventions of 1888 and 1892 he was a delegate. His sagacity, amiability, fidelity to friends, and tireless industry and energy made him, first, the trusted subordinate, and, finally, the ever-welcome counsellor and fellow manager of the leaders of his party in city and state.
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The Senate.
CHARLES A. PORTER, of the Fifth district, Philadelphia, was born May 15, 1839, in that section of the city known half a century ago as North Mulberry ward, on Cherry street, above Fifth. His parents were people of mod- erate circumstances, and as a boy he re- ceived his education principally in the Zane Street Grammar School. On at- taining manhood he took up the busi- ness of his father-that of contractor. He was always of a studious disposition. and early in life evinced an interest in politics. He cast his first vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln. When but twenty-three years of age he received his first political appointment, that of supervisor of the streets of the city of Philadelphia, and served in that posi- tion for four years under Mayors Henry and McMichael. In 1869 he was elected a member of the City Republican Campaign Committee from the Eighth ward, served almost continuously for twenty-four years and won the confidence and respect of his party in his district. In 1872, 1873 and 1874 he was elected to the lower house of the Legislature from the Eighth and Ninth wards. On May 15, 1875, Mr. Porter removed to the Twenty-eighth ward and has since that time been recognized as the leader of the Republican forces in that section. In 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention that nominated General Harrison for the Presidency of the United States. In 1889 he was unanimously elected as chairman of the Republican City Committee and has been chosen to the same position every subsequent election. He is an able manager and his conduct of political affairs has always resulted in party harmony. In 1890 he was elected State Senator for the unexpired term of Hon. J. E. Reyburn. As a Senator, Mr. Porter was always at his post, and has introduced many measures of great importance affecting the interests of his native city. Among them the bill to vest the authority over all the public schools in the city in the board of edu- cation and abolish the sectional boards, and the bill to equalize the representa- tion in the councils of the city. In 1892 Senator Porter was elected to the Sen- ate for the full term. He has assisted many men to political positions and has always insisted upon giving the young element of the Republican party an oppor- tunity of showing what could be done. He is a liberal contributor to cam- paign funds and does not hesitate to assist, financially, those who appeal to him. Unassuming in his methods and unostentatious in his dealings with men, he manages to make himself as popular with the division workers as with those who take part in political contests only when it suits their pleasure and convenience. Mr. Porter has followed the business of general contractor for the past thirty years. He has been successful in business and enjoys a comfortable fortune. He is at present a director of the Chestnut Street National Bank.
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The Senate.
B DOIES PENROSE, representing the Sixth district of Philadelphia, was born on November 1, 1860, at 1331 Spruce street, where he still resides. He is the eldest son of R. A. F. Penrose, M. D., LL. D., a professor in the med- ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and a grandson of Charles B. Penrose, one of the best known and highly esteemed lawyers of the state, Speaker of the State Senate for several terms, and Solicitor of the United States Treasury, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. His great-grandfather was Clement Biddle Perrose, who was educated in France and Switzerland, and who, on his return to Philadelphia, was appointed by Thomas Jefferson, then President of the United States, one of the three commis- sioners to take charge of the recently acquired territory of Louisiana. Boies Penrose, on both sides, comes from pure old colonial stock. Through his father he is a direct descendent of William Bid- dle, a friend and contemporary of William Penn, who came to America about the same time as Penn, and who was one of the proprietors of the then Province of New Jersey. William Biddle had been an officer in the British army, and had been converted to Quakerism by George Fox, the founder of the sect. Wil- liam Biddle was the founder of the Biddle family of Philadelphia. Nicholas Scull, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania in the old colonial days, was another paternal ancestor. Philip Thomas, private secretary to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and founder of the Thomas family of Maryland, was a direct ancestor on the maternal side. Boies Penrose was educated by private tutors at home, until, at the early age of sixteen, he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated with high honors in 1881. He was one of the graduates selected to deliver an oration at the com- mencement, and his subject was " Martin Van Buren as a Politician." He studied law in the office of Wayne McVeagh and George Tucker Bispham, and was ad- mitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1883. In 1884 he was elected to represent the Eiglith ward of Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and in 1886 the Sixth district in the Senate. May 9, 1889, he was elected Presi- dent pro tempore of the Senate, and was re-elected January 6, 1891, to the same office. November 4, 1890, he was re-elected to the State Senate. He is the author, in connection with his law partner, Mr. Allinson, of a history of the city govern- ment of Philadelphia, a volume entitled " Philadelphia, 1681-1887." and a "His- tory of Ground Rents in Philadelphia." Mr. Penrose is devoted to his profession. At the session of 1893 he was chairman of the Judiciary Special Committee and was a member of a number of other important committees. He introduced much important legislation, including the bill for the abolition of the Philadelphia Public Building Commission, in which he showed a great interest.
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The Senate.
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JOHN C. GRADY was born in Eastport, Maine, October 8, 1847. Practically his career began in Philadelphia as a book-keeper in the employ of Gould & Co. After he had closed the day's ac- counts he devoted his evenings to the acquirement of the rudiments of law. He was admitted to practice in the courts of Philadelphia in October, 1871, and was very soon conceded a standing as an attorney of considerable knowledge and ceaseless application. In 1876 he con- sented to the use of his name for State Senator, and was elected from the Seventh district. His majority was greater than his party's. He entered the Senate the youngest man in the body, and was re-nominated in 1880 without opposition and elected. Dur- ing his second terni as United States Senator a bolt occurred, dividing the The contention continued for weeks,
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