enty-fourth General Assembly, Mr. Hurst was a member of committees as follows : Chairman of Fees and Salaries, Finance,, Taxation, Municipal Corporations No. 2, Insurance, Mines and Mining, Agriculture and State Building's. In the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly : Chairman Fees and Salaries ; Finance, Insurance, Municipal Corporations No. 2, Public Works and Public Lands, Claims, Sanitary Laws and Regulations, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Geological Survey, Mines and Mining. On the 17th of December, 1887, Senator Hurst married Ellen, the youngest daughter of Hon. E. R. Beufer, and they, have three children, two daughters and one son. Senator Hurst is a charter member of New Philadelphia Lodge, No. 510, B. P. O. E., a member of Modern Woodmen of America, and of Kaldenbaugh Camp, S. of V. In the summer of 1904 he was nominated by the Democratic Congregational. Convention of the Seventeenth District of Ohio for member in the lower House of the National Congress, but owing to the unprecedented popularity of President Roosevelt, he lost the election during the tidal wave of Republican victory. He lives with his family in, the beautiful little city of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Charles A. Judson, Collector of Customs at the port of Sandusky, Ohio, civil engineer and State Senator from the Thirtieth District, composed of the counties of Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottawa, was born on the 11th day of August, 1856, in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and received his early education in the district schools of his county. He lived on the farm until twenty years old, taught school for several winters and finally spent one year in the academy at Delaware, Ohio, and four years in Oberlin College, from which institution he has since received the degree of A. M. In 1882 Mr. Judson graduated from the latter institution and came in the same year to Sandusky, where he engaged in the practice of civil engineering, which he has followed until appointed to his present position as Collector of Customs. Senator Judson was City Engineer of Sandusky for seven years and Superintendent of its water works for thirteen years. He has always been a faithful Republican, and was Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of Erie County, during the campaigns of 1899, 1900 and 1902. In the summer of 19o1 the Republicans of the Thirtieth District nominated him for the State Senate and elected him at the following election by a large majority. Senator Judson. was Chairman of the Committee on Fish Culture and Game, and a member of the following Senatorial committees of the Seventy-fifth General. Assembly : Ditches and Drains, Federal Relations, Finance, Geological Survey, Insurance, Public Printing, Privileges and Elections, Sanitary Laws and Regulations, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Having served with distinction, he was re-elected to a second term. As a member of the Senate of the Seventy-sixth Gen- - 400 - eral Assembly he was Chairman of the Committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and a member of the standing committees on Drainage and 'Irrigation, Fish Culture and Game, Library, Village Affairs, Railroads and Telegraphs, Roads and Highways, Sanitary Laws and Regulations. In April, 1904, Senator Judson was appointed Collector of Customs of the port of Sandusky. Senator Judson was married in 1883 to Miss Roxie E. Lowry, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, and has a family of six children.. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Erie County Investment Company, doing an abstract, loan, real estate and insurance business at Sandusky, and one of the directors of the American Banking Company of the same city. Gordon F. Lauman, Of Lucasville, Ohio, member of the Senate of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly from the Seventh District, composed of the counties of Scioto, Adams, Pike and Jackson, was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, on the 17th of November, 1840. He came with his family to Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio, in about 1845, lived. in Chillicothe in 1846 and in Waverly in 1847. Soon he had to struggle for his existence, for as early as 1850 he worked for James Emmit at milling, and distilling. He held this job for three years, when he accepted a position in the store of Emmitte, yer & Co., and continued in their employ until the war broke out. When President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers. Senator Lauman enlisted on the 17th of April, 1861, in Company G, First O. V. I., from Portsmouth, Ohio. He was wounded on the 17th of June at Vienna, Virginia., and was discharged at E Street Hospital, Washington, D. C., at the expiration of three months. Since 1872 Senator Lauman was in the merchandise Photo by Baker, Columbus, O. business, and at the same time was interested in farming. Three years ago he retired from business, renting his farm. He was married twice, being married first to Miss Mary L. Watkins, on the 6th of October, 1864. His wife died on the 22d of October, 1892, and on the 28th of November, 1895, he was married to Mary E. Dever.. Senator Lauman has held several township offices. In the fall of 1903 he was elected to the Senate of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly by a large majority. The Senator was a member of the standing committees on Agriculture, Benevolent Institutions, Fees and Salaries, Mines and Mining; Sanitary Laws and Regulations, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and Taxation. William E. Miller, One of the representative business men of Newark, Licking County, Ohio, is one of the best-known citizens of Central Ohio, where he possesses a Multitude of friends. Mr. Miller was born on the 12th of March, 1856, at Newark, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools, after which he entered into public life in his home town, and was engaged in the - 401 - drug business until 1882, when he became engaged in the manufacture of engines, boilers and saw mills, in association with his father-in-law, Mr. R. Scheidler, under the firm name The Scheidler Machine Works, which firm is one of the most important of its kind in that part of the State. Mr. Miller is an active working, faithful Democrat, who has rendered many signal services to the party of his choice. He was a member of the Board of Education of the city of Newark in the years of 18861895, and a member of the Newark City Council in 1897-1898. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Miller was elected to the State Senate by a plurality of 1,256 votes. While serving in that body Senator Miller was Chairman of the Committee on Railroads and Telegraphs and a member of the standing committees on Finance, Public Works and Public Lands, Manufactures and Commerce, Labor, Mines nd Mining. Senator Miller was married on the 2d of October, 1879 to Miss Anna Scheidler, of Newark. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. T., Ohio Consistory; a Shriner, A. & A. S. R., R. A. M., K. of P., Royal Arcanum, and an Elk. W. F. Roudebush, Attorney-at-law at Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio, is undoubtedly one of the foremost citizens of the southwestern part of the great State of Ohio, and among the Democratic minority in the Senate of the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth General Assemblies none stood higher among his colleagues than the subject of this sketch, the Senator from the Second-Fourth District. His experience, good sense and unfailing courtesy and kindness made him everybody's friend, and party lines cut no figure with those who esteemed. his manly qualities. Hon. William F. Roudebush was the eldest son of Colonel Roudebush, born on a farm in Wayne Township, Clermont County, on the 3d of July, 1852. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, where he was thoroughly trained by his father to be industrious, honest and true. He received his education in a common school and graduated in 1874 at the National Normal University at - 402 - Lebanon, Ohio. He then studied law and graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1876, and at once commenced the practice of his profession at Batavia. He is a persevering, painstaking, careful lawyer, with a good practice ; a clear, logical thinker and an excellent public speaker, especially strong on economic and agricultural questions. Mr. Roudebush devotes a great deal of his time to agriculture, owning 1,200 acres or more of land in the county. He is a lover of stock and extensively engaged in raising cattle and sheep, being one of the most successful stock breeders in Clermont County. He is and has always been a reliable Democrat, commencing service for that party when only twenty years of age, by delivering speeches in the national campaign of 1872. Alert, active and earnest in all local political struggles, attending conventions, assisting in campaigns, he is one of the trusted and valuable men, ever ready with purse, pen and voice to defend the right or wage war to exterminate wrongs of the people. His financial ability, honesty and integrity were equally recognized when in time of trouble in the Clermont County Treasury, he was appointed Treasurer, and received the praise of all, and especially the gratitude of his party associates, in straightening out the tangled accounts and administering the office. And this at a time when he was the youngest County Treasurer in the State, and his youth, which was thought to be a bar, was only a signal proof of matured mind. He served by appointment one term, 1877-1878. In the summer and fall of 1899 he was nominated and elected State Senator from his district, and in 1901 renominated for a second term and elected in the Senate he took a leading part in all debate and legislation. He served on several important committees and was diligent in behalf of his immediate constituents and the people of the State at large. Senator Roudebush has two sons—William Anderson and Allen Cowen Roudebush. John C. Royer, Attorney-at-law at Tiffin, Ohio, ranks among the leaders of the Democratic party in his part of the State. He was born in Thompson Township, Seneca County, on the 6th of May, 1856, and was reared on the farm of his parents. He afterwards entered Heidelberg University, graduating therefrom with the class of 1879. He then began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio in October, 1881. Senator Royer then entered actively into the practice of his profession, but it was interrupted by his election as Probate Judge of Seneca County in 1887, and his re-election for a second term in 189o. In 1883 the Senator was elected Mayor of Tiffin, defeating the late General 'William H. Gibson by a large majority. He was re-elected in 1885. Senator Royer was married. in ,April,, 1883 to Miss Clara Baltzell, who died on the 22d of June, 1889, leaving three daughters. In 1899 Senator Royer was elected to represent the Thirty-first District in the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly, and in 1901 he was re-elected to the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General - 403 - Assembly. In his first term he was Chairman of the Committee on Sanitary Laws and Regulations, as well as a member of the Committees on Judiciary, Finance, Corporations other than Municipal, Public Lands, Insurance, Universities and Colleges, Library, Revision and Enrollment, Manufactures and Commerce, State Building, Fees and Salaries. In the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, Senator Royer was a member of the Committees on Federal Relations, Fees and Salaries, Judiciary, Insurance, Library, Public Printing, Railroads and Telegraphs, Revision and Sanitary Laws and Regulations. He was the author of the law in that Assembly authorizing the expenditure of $21,000 for the erection of monuments dedicated to Ohio troops on the battle-field of Antietam, and to mark the spot where commissary Sergeant William McKinley served the men of his regiment, the Twenty-third Ohio, during that bloody engagement ; also of a law regulating appeals to the Supreme Court. Senator Royer always held a conspicuous place among the members of the Democratic minority of the Senate, and was a representative party man on all occasions. When the Senate and House held memorial services for the late President McKinley, in the hall of the House, Senator Royer spoke in behalf of the minority and paid an eloquent tribute to the memory and worth of the martyred President. On the 6th of February, 1902, Senator Royer introduced a joint resolution in the Senate, providing for an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, doing away with the double liability of stockholders in private corporations. This resolution passed both branches of the Legislature, and in 1903 both the Republican and the Democratic State Conventions in their platforms endorsed the proposed amendment, and at the November election, 1903, the people of Ohio adopted the amendment, which is now a part of the Constitution. In the year 1901 corporations with a capitalization of over two hundred million dollars were doing business in Ohio, but under incorporation acts of other States. This was due to the double liability clause of the Ohio Constitution. By the amendment capital that formerly went out of the State for incorporations now remains in the State.. Senator Royer is a lawyer of extraordinary ability, and an able and forceful speaker. He was a painstaking legislator, thoughtful of the interests of the people, and always awake to their needs. His record as a member of the body of law-makers and while serving the people of his own county is one to be commended, for in them all he was faithful and true to all concerned. As a partisan he was fair, as a public servant he gave back untarnished the commission with which he was entrusted by the people. Oscar Sheppard, Was born on a farm near the village of Irville in Muskingum County, on the 15th of July, 1845. His father, Lenox Sheppard, came to Ohio when a child, with his parents, from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and his mother, Ellen McLain Sheppard, was a native of the county in which he was born. In 1857 his father removed with his family to Licking County and located on a farm one mile north of the city of Newark, and here the subject of our sketch continued the life of the ordinary country boy—attending district school in the winter and working on the farm in the summer—until the summer of 1861. On the 8th of July of that year he enlisted in the army and on the organization of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, became a member of Company C of that regiment, and served in its ranks until the close of the war, and was discharged as Sergeant-Major of his regiment on the loth of July, 1865. During his more than four years' service in the Union army Mr. Sheppard campaigned in eleven different States, and participated in all the battles of the old Army of the Tennessee, of which his regiment was a part from its organization. At the - 404 - battle of Atlanta, on the 22d of July, 1864, Mr. Sheppard was severely wounded, but after a few weeks in the hospital he rejoined his regiment, and participated in the great March to the Sea and in the grand review in Washington at the close of the war. On his return from the army he took up his studies where he had left them to enlist,> and from 1865 to 1868 he attended the Newark City High School in the winter, and worked with a firm of contractors and bridge builders in the summer. In 1868 he entered the Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and from that date to 1872 he was engaged in teaching and attending the university. In 1872 he was elected Principal of the West Alexandria (Ohio) public schools, and continued in that position until 1879, when he opened an office and began the practice of law, he having been admitted to the bar in May, 1877. In 1887 he was elected to the Legislature of Ohio from Preble County, and was re-elected in 1883. During the years 1884 to 1887 he was interested in the building of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railway, and for several years thereafter was a member of the Board of Directors. From 1872 to 1882 he was a member of the Board of County School Examiners, and from 1891 to 1897 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dayton State Hospital. In that year he was unanimously nominated by the Republicans of the Third Senatorial District as their candidate for State Senator, and at the ensuing election was chosen by a large majority to fill that office, and at the close of his first term was re-elected. In the organization of the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly he was made President pro tern of that body by the unanimous choice of his Republican colleagues, and as to the manner in which he discharged the duties of that position, we quote from the Senate Manual of 1901: "Both as presiding officer in the chair, and as Senator upon the floor, Mr. Sheppard fills well the part assigned him, and bears his honors with courtly dignity, and with great consideration for all with whom he comes in contact." In the organization of the Senate, in addition to being elected President pro tern of that body, Mr. Sheppard was made Chairman of the Committee on Rules, and under his direction the rules of the two branches of the General Assembly were revised and consolidated. He was also Chairman of the Committee on Taxation, and a member of the Committees on Judiciary, Finance, Municipal Corporations No. 1, Municipal Corporations No. 2, Railroads and Telegraphs, Benevolent Institutions, Penitentiary, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Fees and Salaries, and Military Affairs. Mr. Sheppard has always been a Republican and has aided, from the stump and otherwise, the election of every Republican County, District and State ticket since his majority. He studied law in the office of Campbell & Gilmore, of Eaton, Ohio, and since his admission to the bar, in 1877, except while serving as a member of the General Assembly, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at the Preble County bar. - 405 - In 1878 Mr. Sheppard was married to Miss Alice Cary Gale at West Alexandria, Ohio, where they have since resided. He has a family of three children, one son and two daughters. George W. Sieber, Attorney-at-law at Akron, Ohio, belongs to the foremost members of the 'bar of Northeastern Ohio. He sprang from sturdy German stock. His father, Joseph Sieber, and his mother, Sarah (Moyer). Sieber, were born and raised in Pennsylvania, and the Senator was born on the 22d of February (Washington's Birthday), 1858, in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. In 1868 the family removed to Akron, Ohio, and young Sieber at once entered the public schools of that city, in which, and in Buchtel College, he received his education. Later he entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he graduated with the class of June, 1882, with the highest honors of his class. He at once began the practice of his profession in Akron, where he has ever since been engaged, having been a member of the well-known firm of attorneys, Green, Grant & Sieber, and afterward, of Grant & Sieber, upon the death of Judge Green. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States on the 25th of March, 1897. Senator Sieber entered politics in Summit County in 1886, and in the fall of that year was chosen Prosecuting Attorney, filling the important place with signal ability for two terms and retiring in 1893. In 1899 he was nominated and elected Senator from the Twenty-fourth — Twenty-sixth District, and served the people honorably and faithfully. He was one of the potent forces in the Seventy-fourth General Assembly, and a leader among his colleagues. His position was such that he was constantly consulted, and he left his impress upon the legislation enacted by that body. Senator Sieber has always been an uncompromising Republican, and he found time in his professional career to take an active interest in politics. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, a Knight of Pythias, an Elk and a member of the I. O. O. F. Charlie D. Wightman, Attorney-at-law at Medina, Ohio, is one of the best-known young lawyers in that part of the historic Western Reserve. He was born on a farm in Lafayette Township, Medina County, on the 25th of November, 1866. He passed the first eighteen years of his life in his native township, attending the local district schools and afterwards graduating from the High School in Medina. He subsequently entered the Adrian (Michigan) College, graduated from this institution in 1889, and took up the study of law in the office of Judge Hayden at Medina. Mr. Wightman was admitted to the bar in 1893, and immediately - 406 - embarked in the practice of his chosen profession, which he has since followed with gratifying success. While serving as Prosecuting Attorney of Medina County, an office to which he was twice elected, he was chosen President of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys of Ohio, and was in active practice when elected to the Senate in 1897. In 1895 and 1896 he was Chairman of the Medina County Republican Executive Committee, and in 1897 he was a delegate to the National Convention of Republican League Clubs, held in Detroit. In 1897 Mr. Wightman was elected to the Senate of the Seventy-third General Assembly from the Twenty-seventh—Twenty. ninth District, composed of the counties of Medina, Lorain, Ashland and Richland. He served with distinction and was a faithful representative of the people. At the expiration of his first term, Senator Wightman was re-elected to a second term. In the organization of the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly, Mr. Wightman was made Chairman on Judiciary, a committee whose membership comprised a majority of the whole Senate. In 1905 he was appointed Postmaster at Medina. Senator Wightman has always been a loyal Republican, ever ready to serve his party in any capacity when called upon. He is a conscientious, able lawyer, a talented orator and good debater. Since his majority he has taken an active part in every campaign, and has stumped the counties in the northern part of the State in the interest of his party. His office is located at Medina. B. F. Wirt. Among the dominant spirits in the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth General Assemblies, Hon. B. F. Wirt, who represented the Twenty-third Senatorial District, may easily be counted. He is a sturdy Republican, a gentleman of fine instincts, and one whose friendship is to be highly valued. The Wirt family is of German descent, their ancestors coming to the United States before the Revolutionary War, and serving in that conflict. A portion of the family settled in and about Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Peter Wirt, the grandfather of Senator Wirt, was one of the early settlers of the Connecticut Western Reserve. He came to that part of Ohio from Carlisle while it was a forest, and cleared up the farm on which he resided. The land is now part of the city of Youngstown. Senator Wirt was born on the 26th of M arch, 1852, of William and Eliza Jane Wirt, nee Sankey, in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, during the temporary sojourn of his parents, who had gone there from Ohio a short time previous to his birth. His father still survives, at the age of seventy-seven years. The Sankey family were among the early settlers of Western Pennsylvania, having located in Lawrence County. They have been prominent in business circles, and number some of the old-time leaders of the Republican party in that State, several of them having held positions at the hands of the - 407 - organization. The Senator was educated in the public schools and at the Rayen School in Youngstown, graduating from the latter in June, 1869. He began the study of law, and after being admitted to the bar, began the practice of his profession in Youngstown in 1873. For some time he was a partner of the late Congressman L. D. Woodworth, and late; was associated in business with Myron A. Norris. He is now practicing law alone. In the fall of 1899 Senator Wirt was elected to represent the people of the district composed of the counties of Mahoning and Trumbull, and two years later was re-elected by an increased majority. Senator Wirt was married on the 23d of June, 1881, to Miss Mary McGeehen. He is a consistent member of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Youngstown Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Senator Wirt belongs to the class of legislators whose influence is always for good, and Photo by Baker, Columbus, O. his record shows that he was never found wanting on any occasion. His opinions and views were always sought and heeded, and no man in the Legislatures of which he was a member stood higher in the good opinion of his colleagues.. He was a safe man at all times, and stood like a bulwark for the best interests of the people. Since the close of his term of service in the Ohio Senate, he has been engaged in the active practice of the law at his home in Youngstown. His name was among those prominently mentioned in connection with the nomination by the Republican State Convention for 1904 for the office of Secretary of State. He received many offers of support from all parts of the State. He declined to enter the contest. Cortez L. Williams, Attorney-at-law at Steubenville, Ohio, is still a young man, but nevertheless he is well known in all parts of the State through his connections with the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies. Mr. Williams is a product of the Buckeye State, born and reared in Steubenville, Jefferson County, where for a number of years he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. After, a thorough school education Mr. Williams took up the - 408 - study of law, was admitted to the bar, after which he opened an office in Steubenville. He has always been a faithful adherent of Republican principles, and is recognized as one of the principal factors among the young Republican element of Jefferson County. When the House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly was organized, Mr. Williams was appointed one of the clerks of that body,, and he was such an efficient officer that he was reappointed at the organization of the House of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Williams is a bright and conscientious young lawyer, who enjoys the confidence of his clients. His name will be heard of in future years in positions of trust. R. A. Pollock, Member of the Senate of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly from the Twenty-first District, is a prominent factor in the ranks of the young Republicans of Stark County. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born at North Lawrence, Ohio, on the 24th of August, 1870. After attending the public schools until thirteen years of age, he entered actively into business life and went to the coal mine to work, at which labor he continued for several years, but as he had paid close attention to literary work during his employment in the mines he followed the advice of his friends and abandoned the mine in order to get a more thorough education. With this point in view Senator Pollock returned to school, attended same for a couple of years more and also for "a short time Mt. Union College at Alliance, Ohio. Later on he took a commercial course at Valparaiso Normal School and then engaged in business with his father, who conducts a general store in his native town. Subsequently he took up the study of law, but did not complete the course, owing to business engagements.- Senator Pollock is a Republican who has always taken a very active part in the affairs of his party, and early in life he was recognized as a Republican leader in the west end of the county. Twice he has been elected Justice of the Peace and a member of the School Board. In the, summer of 1899 Senator Pollock was nominated to represent Stark County in the lower House of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly and elected in the fall of the same year after a hard fight by a large majority. On the floor of the House he soon took a leading part in all debates and became an able representative of the laboring interests. He was re-elected to the Seventy-fifth General Assembly and here again he rendered important and valuable services as Chairman and member of different standing committees. In the summer of 1903 he received the nomination to represent the Twenty-first Senatorial District in the Senate of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, and was elected after a very strenuous campaign. While being a member of the previous Legislature, Senator Pollock, had aroused the ire of Mr. Tom L. Johnson, who made it a personal business to try to prevent Senator Pollock's election. His efforts met with disastrous results. The people did not hesitate to support - 409 - their faithful servant, and elected him by a large majority. While being a member of the Senate, Mr. Pollock was a staunch advocate of all laboring measures. He is a man of conservative temperament, considerate judgment and unassuming manners. He has a bright political future before him. On the 18th of December he led to the marriage altar Miss Gloria C. Blakely, of Doylestown, Ohio, who joined heartily in the work of her husband, spending much of the time in Columbus during the sessions of the Legislatures, and when he took his seat as Senator she accompanied him to Columbus, where she contracted typhoid fever and died at his home at North Lawrence, Ohio, on the 6th of February, 1904, leaving her husband and, a bright little son, Robert A., Jr., six months of age, to share his sad loss. George T. Thomas, Attorney-at-law at Norwalk, Ohio, is one of the best-known men in the northern part of the State, and occupies a high rank among the members of the bar of Ohio. He descended from his father's side from English or Welsh stock, and on his mother's from Scotch-Irish. Judge Thomas was born on his father's farm near, Greenwich, Huron County, on the 11th of September, 1856. He was reared on the farm and had to work, as many other country boys. At the age of fourteen he entered Oberlin College, and in turn attended school at Buchtel College, Greenwich and Berea. During 1875-1880 Judge Thomas taught in the district schools of Huron County, and in 1882 began the study of law with Skiles & Skiles, of Shelby, Ohio, conducting the branch office of the firm at Greenwich. He was admitted to the bar in 1886, when he entered into partnership with Joseph R. McKnight. The firm opened a law office at Norwalk, the partnership continuing until Mr. Thomas was elected Probate judge of Huron County, in 1890. After he had served two terms, the partnership was resumed and continues to this time. Judge Thomas has always been a Republican. He was Mayor of Greenwich one term, two terms Clerk of the Township ; member of the Greenwich Board of Education, and Probate Judge of Huron County from 1891 to 1897. In the fall of 1899 Judge Thomas was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly. He was re-elected in 1901 and was prominently mentioned as the candidate for Speaker of the House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, but withdrew in favor of Hon. W. S. McKinnon. In 1903 Judge Thomas was re-elected for a third term in the Legislature, and when the Republican caucus of the House met in January, 1904, Judge Thomas was the unanimous choice for Speaker of the House. As presiding officer of the House of Representatives, Speaker Thomas showed a rare ability and high executive and administrative talent. Fortified with an experience secured in two former General Assemblies, Speaker Thomas brought to the important post that high ability and honesty without which no man could succeed. Speaker Thomas has always been a staunch adherent of the Republican faith, and has served his - 410 - party often and faithfully. He was Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of Huron County from 1894 to 1896, and also was President of the Young Men's Republican Club of Norwalk. He has often been a delegate to County, Congressional and State conventions, and at the State convention of 1902 placed Hon. L. C. Laylin in nomination for Secretary of State for a second term. He has taken part in the campaigns of Huron County as a speaker upon political questions for a number of years, and has upon frequent occasions delivered addresses of a patriotic character on Decoration Day, Fourth of July, and for the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Judge Thomas was selected by the House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly to deliver the address on behalf of the Republican members of the House in the McKinley memorial exercises at the joint memorial meeting of the House and Senate, and again, in 1904, on behalf of the Republican members, in the exercises in memory of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Judge Thomas was married on the 10th of April, 1880, to Miss Emma J. Miller. They have a son, Alton O. Thomas. Judge Thomas has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for over twenty years. He also is a K. of P. and an Elk. Charles L. Allen, Banker of Fayette, Fulton County, Ohio, has the proud distinction of having served not less than four terms in the Legislature of the State of Ohio. He comes from good New England stock, and was born on the 16th of November, 1838, at Clarkson, Monroe County, New York. His parents were Isaac and Mary Allen, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. His father, a hatter by trade, who had served his country faithfully in the War of 1812, at the age of twenty-one years, soon after the conclusion of hostilities in 1815, left his Connecticut home and settled in Clarkson, New York, where he purchased land and became a farmer, which vocation he pursued until his death at the age of ninety-one, in the year 1885. He had raised a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, ten of whom lived past middle age, and six sons and two daughters are still living. Charles L. Allen was the next youngest of the family. He obtained his education in the schools of his native place and in 1858 was graduated from Eastman's Commercial School in Rochester, New York. In 1859, at the age of twenty-one years, he removed to Ohio, taught school one term, after which he clerked in a country store until 1861, when, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He served as Second Lieutenant in Company K of that regiment, was for six months Brigade Ordnance Officer, for twelve months Regimental Quartermaster, and for the same length of time Adjutant. He was in the Fourteenth Army Corps under Major General George H. Thomas, participating in the battles of that corps, until the 1st of January, 1864, when he resigned because of disability. After partially regaining his health he was commissioned as Captain and instructed to enroll the militia - 411 - of Fulton County, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Allen is a Republican from the ground up, and has served his party in many capacities. Prior to the Civil War he was Clerk of Gorham Township, Fulton County. He has been a Justice of the Peace for three terms, and has represented Fulton County in the State Legislature for four terms. From 1865 to 1877 he was Postmaster at Fayette, Ohio. For nine years he was notary public, and for the same length of time School Examiner of Fulton County. While being a member of the House of the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth General Assemblies, Mr. Allen was Chairman and member of a number of important standing committees. For a period of seventeen years he kept a general store, and at present he is cashier and manager of the Bank of Fayette at Fayette, Ohio. He is also a director of the St. Antonio Tel. Company, Treasurer of the Fayette Canning Company and the Gorham Elgin Creamery Company. In 1865 Mr. Allen was married to Susan C. Gamber. He is the father of two daughters, Carrie B. and Elsie M., the latter of whom is married to Dr. C. S. Campbell. His office is located on the corner of Main and Cherry Streets, Fayette, Ohio. B. W. Baldwin, One of the principal citizens of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and a member of the lower House of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, is a native of the county in which he resides, being born on the 31st of May, 1854, at Colebrook Township. He received a very careful education, and became early in life interested in the political affairs of his country, State and county. Identifying himself with the Republican party, he soon became a prominent figure in the ranks of the active workers. When he had reached the age of twenty-eight, in 1882, he was honored with the nomination for the important position of Sheriff of Ashtabula County, and was elected to that office by a large majority. Retiring from his office at the expiration of his term, he became largely interested in business affairs, in building of traction lines, etc. In 1903 he was elected a member of the State Legislature, in which body he rendered very valuable services on the floor of the House, as well as in different committee rooms. He resides at Jefferson, the seat of Ashtabula County. James Hartley Beal, Scio, Ohio, Professor of Chemistry at Scio College, and Professor of Applied Pharmacy at the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was born on the 23d of September, 1861, near New Philadelphia, Ohio. He received a common school education at the public schools of New Philadelphia, and worked during vacation on a farm and in a coal mine. For a period of five years he served as drug clerk in Uhrichsville and Akron, - 412 - Ohio. During these years in which he was engaged in laborious pursuits he accumulated sufficient funds to fulfill his strongest embition—that of gaining a collegiate education. Consequently, he entered Scio College and graduated from that institution in 1884 with the degree of Ph.B. Later, he took one year in the study of chemistry and pharmacy in the University of Michigan, and also one year in the Law Department of the same institution, from where he entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating is 1886. While several years of Mr. Beal's life have been devoted to the study of law, he has never practiced that profession, but often had use for his knowledge of the laws pertaining to pharmacy and the adulteration of food and drugs. In the year of 1895 Dr. Beal was awarded the honorary degree of Sc.D. from Mt. Union College ; Ph.G. from the Ohio Medical University in 1894, and Phar. D. from the University of Western Pennsylvania in 1902. Dr. Beal has been Dean of the Department of Pharmacy of Scio College since 1887, and was Acting President of that college from 1902 to 1904. He was Chairman of the Section of Education and Legislation of the American Pharmaceutical Association in 1897-1898; First Vice President of the American Pharmaceutical Association in 1900-1901, and President of that association for the year 1904-1905 ; President of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association in 1898-1899 ; Chairman of the Committee on Uniformity in Legislation, Methods of Analysis and Marking of Food Products, at the National Pure Food and Drug Congress in 1898. He is the author of Notes on Equation Writing and Chemical Arithmetic, Pharmaceutical Interrogations, Interrogations in Dental Metallurgy, and of the Era Course in Pharmacy, and of some lesser publications relating to pharmaceutical science. Dr. Beal is a frequent contributor to pharmacy journals and Association proceedings. At the present writing he is Chairman of the Council and President of the American Pharmaceutical Association, member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention, member of the Board of Trustees of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. In politics he has always been an active Republican, and served in the lower House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, where he became known all over the State as the author of the Beal Local Option Law and other local measures. While a member of the Assembly he was Chairman of the Committee on County Affairs, a member of the Committee on Claims and the Committee on Common Schools. On the 29th of September, 1886, he was married to Fanny Snyder Young, of Uhrichsville. He is the father of two children, George Denton and Nannie Esther Beal. In religious belief he is a Methodist Episcopal, and attends that church in Scio, Ohio. - 413 - Tom D. Binckley, Attorney-at-law at New Lexington, Ohio, and member from Perry County in the House of the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies, was born on a farm near Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, on the 5th of April, 1869. He comes from a family distinguished for their martial record. His great-great-grandfather, Christian Binckley, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the Continental Army ; his great-grandfather, Adam Binckley, fought for his country in the War of 1812, and his father, James K. Binckley, enlisted when but fourteen years of age in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862, and served for three years in the Civil War. The Binckleys came originally from Maryland. Captain Binckley's mother was Sedora J. Whitter Binckley, a descendant of a Maryland family. Tom D. Binckley's early life was spent on the farm. He worked in summer and attended the rural district school in the winter. When eighteen years of age he began teaching school, following that profession for five years. Later he clerked for two years in a hardware store, and then entered the Law Department of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, from which institution he graduated on the 1st of July, 1896, with the degree of B.L. He was admitted to the bar and became a member of the law firm of Crossan & Binckley. On the 15th of March, 1898, he was commissioned Captain of Company A, Seventeenth O. N. G.; mustered into the United States volunteer service with the Seventh O. V. I., on the 13th of May, 1898, and commissioned Captain on same date. He was appointed Acting Quartermaster and recruiting officer, and detailed on recruiting service at Columbus, Ohio, recruited about one hundred and twenty-five men and returned to Camp Alger, Virginia, joining his regiment. On the 6th of November, 1898, Captain Binckley was mustered out of volunteer service with his regiment. Captain Binckley has always been an uncompromising Republican, and in 1897 was elected City Solicitor of New Lexington. He served with such distinction that he was re-elected to the same position twice, holding his office for three terms. In the fall of 1901 he was elected Representative from Perry County to the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, carrying a close county by a majority of over boo. In that body he was Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, and a member of the standing committees on Federal Relation, Geology, Mines and Mining, and Insurance. The splendid services of Captain Binckley were appreciated by the citizens of his district, the result being that he was re-elected to the House of the. Seventy-sixth General Assembly by an increased majority. In that body he was Chairman of the most important Judiciary Committee, and a member of the standing committees on Rules, Mines and Mining, and Military Affairs. He introduced the following bills : To increase the salary of the Lieutenant Governor ; to strengthen the uniform accounting bills ; to appropriate S10,000 to build a mon- - 414 - ument for General Sheridan ; to aid labor by allowing attachments on labor claims with giving bond. He was appointed a. member of the Sheridan Monument Commission by Governor Herrick. Captain Binckley was united. in marriage in December, 1898, to Miss Nellie M. Jackson. Three children, Dora C., James R. and William, are the issue of their union. The Binckley family attends the Lutheran church. Charles A. Brannock, Attorney-at-law at Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, and Representative of that county in the House of the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies, is a native of his home county, where he was born on the 3oth of September, 1871. He obtained a good education in the public schools of Clermont County, after which he studied law. He was admitted to the bar on the 6th of June, 1893, and immediately became engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Brannock has always. been a faithful Republican, and always ready to serve his party in any capacity when called upon. He was nominated for the General Assembly by the Republicans of Clermont County in June, 1901. Having served with distinction, he was renominated and re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1903. While being a member of the General Assemblies, Mr. Brannock was a true and faithful servant of his constituents and the people of Ohio in general. He was Chairman and a member of some very important committees, and the author of the famous Brannock Local Option Law, which was passed by both houses of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Brannock was married to Miss Mattie Williams on the 3oth of October, 1895. He lives in the pretty village of Bethel, Ohio. W. H. Burnett, Member of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, was born and raised in Highland County. He received his education in the country school, after which he became engaged in farming and in the breeding of fine cattle and horses. He has been a lifelong stalwart Republican, ever ready to serve his party when called upon. His present office was unsought. - 415 - He was nominated by acclamation, and received over goo majority in a county that has been carried by the Democracy for a number of years by like pluralities. Mr. Burnett is of English-German extraction. His father's grandfather was killed in battle in the Revolutionary War, and on the maternal side the grandfather helped to ring the Bell of Independence in Philadelphia on the 4th of July, 1776, and also served with distinction as a soldier during the war and married a sister of George Ross, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Dr. L. F. Cain, Member of the lower House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, representing the counties of Morgan and Noble, belongs to the best-known Republicans of the State of Ohio. He is a native of Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, where he was born on a farm on the list of July, 1856. He remained at home, working on the farm and attending the schools of his county, until sixteen years of age, when he began teaching. Through his own efforts he acquired an education at the State University of Indiana, and later graduated in medicine at Louisville, Kentucky. He then settled in Caldwell, Noble County, where he has an extensive practice. Dr. Cain has always been a faithful Republican, who has rendered his party many valuable services. He has been in politics more or less all his adult life, and in the fall of 1901 was elected to represent Morgan and Noble Counties in the Legislature. He at once became a prominent figure on the floor of the House, and was among the Republican leaders of that body. He was Chairman of the Committee on Medical Colleges and Societies, and a member of the Committee of Taxation. besides taking a prominent part in all legislation. He made one of the speeches seconding the nomination of Senator Foraker for a second term in the United States Senate. Dr. Cain did not return to the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, but will represent Noble County again in the next Legislature, and he is a prominent candidate for the important office of Speaker of the next House. In 1877 he married Miss Quintilla J. Wiley, of Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio. To them were born four boys and one girl. Two of the sons are dead. Dr. Cain's oldest son, Durward C., volunteered in the United States service on the 19th of June, 1898, in the Seventh Ohio, and remained in that command until the close of the Spanish-American War. He re-enlisted in the Ninth Infantry, and was sent to the Philippine Islands. Just previous to the trouble in China he was transferred to the Seventeenth Regiment, and remained there until his regiment was ordered home. Desiring not to leave the service, he was transferred to the Twenty-seventh Infantry, where he served until the close of his term in July, .1902, with an experience of four years on all sides of the globe. Dr. Cain lives with his family in Caldwell, Ohio. - 416 - M. M. Carrothers, A well-known physician of Findlay, Ohio, and member of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, was born on the 8th of February, 1845, in Crawford County, Ohio. He spent his youth on a farm, and at the age of eighteen years enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-third O. V. I. After the expiration of his term of service in the army Dr. Carrothers taught school for several winters and worked on his father's farm during the summer. In the fall of the year he attended college. In 1869 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. A. E. Jenner, of Crestline, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Wooster on the 29th of February, 1872. The following day he entered upon the practice of his profession at Sulphur Springs, in his native county, where he practiced for fifteen years. Dr. Carrothers was married on the 18th of July, 1872, to Mary Wert, of Crawford COunty. In 1887 he moved to Findlay, where he has since resided. For five years Dr. Carrothers was a member of the Board of Health and for six years thereafter a member of the City Council. He was again elected as President of the City Council under the new Municipal Code, in 1893: On the 30th of September, 1903, Dr. Carrothers was nominated by acclamation for Representative on the Republican ticket, and was elected by a plurality of 390 votes on the 3d of November the same year. Dr. Carrothers has always been a staunch Republican, and has served his party in many capacities. The Doctor has been a member of the English Lutheran Church for the past thirty years. Thomas Coughlin, Manager of the Cleveland office of the American Bonding Company of Baltimore, and one of the leading Democrats of the Forest City, was born on the 21st of June, 1876, at Cleveland, Ohio. His parents, John Coughlin and Mary Comyns Coughlin, were both natives of Ireland, and emigrated to this country in 1847. His education was obtained in the Holy Name School at Cleveland, Ohio, and at St. Mary's College, at Dayton, from which latter institution he graduated with honors on the 22d of June, 1893. He early in life became - 417 - prominently identified with the Democratic party, taking a keen interest in the great questions promulgated by that organization, and in recognition of his efforts his party placed his name in nomination as a member of the City Council from the Seventh District of Cleveland when he was barely twenty-one years of age. His election followed, and he held that position from 1898 to 1900. One year later he was elected to the House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, and while a member of that distinguished body was on the standing committees on Insurance, Municipal Corporations, and Library. He was the author of some local legislation of interest to his immediate constituents. In 1902 Mr. Coughlin was honored by the Democratic party with the nomination for Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, but was defeated by a small margin. For the past nine years Mr. Coughlin has been manager of the American Bonding Company of Baltimore, a surety company which has offices in all the principal cities of the United States, and whose local managers are all chosen for rare executive ability and absolute integrity. Mr. Coughlin is a Catholic, and attends St. Catherine's Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and other Catholic societies. On the 21st of June, 1899, Miss Mary Agnew became the wife of Mr. Coughlin, and by that union they have one child—a girl, Mary. Mr. Coughlin's residence is located at 1265 Woodland Hills Avenue, and his office is to be found at 614 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio. William H. Crafts, On account of the financial problems that were up for consideration and settlement in the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies, the post of Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Senate and House were mos timportant and far-reaching in their results. In the House the Western Reserve furnished the man to control the purse-strings of the State, in the person of Hon. William H. Crafts, of Portage County, and how well he discharged the onerous duties of this important post the official record well testifies. Mr. William H. Crafts was born at Auburn, Geauga County, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1849. In 1853 he removed with his parents to Portage County, where he has resided ever since, and is one of the leading members of the community of Mantua. His early life was spent on a farm, but he later attended school at home, followed by a special course of study at Hillsdale, Michigan, and Hiram College. He afterwards engaged in mercantile pursuits, and is to-day known as a conservative and safe banker, and one of the most extensive wool and hide buyers in his section. In 1885 he established the banking house of Crafts, Hine & Co., recognized as one of the foremost private banks in Ohio. Mr. Crafts comes in a direct line from Puritan stock. He has always been a Republican and a leader of his party in Portage County and the Western Reserve. In 1869 Mr. Crafts married Miss Augusta Merriman, of Burton, Ohio, and five children were born to them—three sons and two daughters. Mr. Crafts is a worthy member of the - 418 - Methodist Episcopal Church at Mantua, where he resides, and the new and beautiful school building at that place owes its erection largely to his individual exertions. His efforts have always been along the line of moral and educational advancement. An active worker in the church and Sunday-school, he contributes liberally to the support and maintenance of both. He belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, having served as W. M. two terms, and is a Royal Arch Mason. In the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies his work as Chairman of the House Finance Committee was of the most satisfactory character. He entered the position of Chairman of this most important committee fortified with experience secured in the Seventy-fourth General Assembly, when he stood next to Representative McKinnon on the House Finance Committee. Charged with the duty of preparing the appropriation bills, he did so with an eye to the interests of the State, as well as justice to the many institutions involved, and it was a mark of the highest consideration for the correctness of his work when the bills as he reported finally became laws with but little change or amendment. Mr. Crafts undoubtedly has more and higher political honors in store for him. William Ford, One of the best-known insurance men in the State of Ohio, and associate manager of the Ohio Department of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, having charge of the Toledo branch of that company, was born on the 4th of November, 1866, at Lebanon, Ohio, where his father, Colonel Cain Ford, was at that time Superintendent of Schools, and who is now manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Company for Ohio. Mr. William Ford received a careful education under the guidance of his father, attending the public and private schools of Cincinnati, and Denison University, at Granville, Ohio. Determining, at the age of twenty, to engage in the business in which his father had made a marked success, the son William started in active life as a solicitor in the office of his father. He soon displayed an unusual aptitude for the insurance business, and his progress was steady and rapid until at the present writing he has charge of a large and very remunerative territory. In the spring of 19o1 the Aetna Life Insurance Company opened offices in Toledo, Ohio, placing Mr. William Ford at the head of them. His success in life has been largely contributed to by his commanding appearance, affableness of manner, tremendous business capacity and rare executive ability. In politics Mr. William Ford has always been affiliated with the Republican party, and, in 1891, he was nominated as a member of the General Assembly of Ohio. His election followed. During his term of office Mr. Ford was a valuable member of that distinguished body, and was prominent in all legislation enacted by that General Assembly for the public good. In 1888 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth B. Simpkinson, and by that union he is the father of one son, named - 419 - Collin. Mr. Ford resides in an attractive home in a beautiful part of Toledo, Ohio, in which city he has gained a multitude of friends. William Eugene Guerin, Jr., Formerly a well-known lawyer of Sandusky, Ohio, and a member of the House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, now at Bend, Crook County, Oregon, is a native of Kansas, born at Fort Scott on the 24th of November, 1870. His father, Hon. W. E. Guerin, was for many years President of the Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking Railway. Mr. Guerin was carefully educated in the public schools of. Columbus, and at the Ohio State University. He received his legal education at Cornell University. Soon after his graduation he was admitted to the bar and took up the practice of his chosen profession at Sandusky, where he became a member of the law firm of King & Guerin. In the spring of the year 1904 Mr. Guerin removed to Bend, Oregon, where he represents large corporation interests. In political belief he has always been a Republican, having inherited his party predilection from his father, who, until a few years ago, was one of the leading Republicans of Central Ohio. In the fall of 1901 Mr. Guerin was elected on the Republican ticket to the lower House of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, to represent Erie County in that body. While being one of the youngest members of the Legislature, Mr. Guerin made a record of which his constituents and himself ought to be proud. Although serving his first term in any legislative body, he took to his work naturally, and was constant in his attention to public duty. On the floor and in the committee rooms his influence was felt, and always on the side of the people. He was among the best orators in the House, and when Senator Foraker was chosen for a second term in the United States Senate, Mr. Guerin delivered one of the nominating speeches in behalf of the Republican majority of the House. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Revision, and under his management that committee became one of the most important in the House. He was also a member of the standing committees on Enrollment, Fish Culture and Game, Judiciary, and of the House Code Committee of Twenty-three, during the special session of 1902. He also belonged to the Joint Conference Committee of the Municipal Code. Mr. Guerin served one full term of enlistment and part of another in Company A of the Old Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guards. Socially, he is a member of all the Masonic bodies, to and including the thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Masons, an Elk and a member of the Chi Psi college fraternity. - 420 - Robert Calvin Huey, Among the young men who attained creditable rank in the Seventy-sixth General Assembly is Hon. Robert Calvin Huey, Representative in the House from Mahoning County. He was born on a farm in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of August, 1872. Mr. Huey's parents were of English descent. His maternal ancestors came across the Allegheny Mountains and early settled in Western Pennsylvania. The Heys were among the pioneers of Westmoreland County in the same State. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of a family of four children. He and a sister alone survive. Mr. Huey's early years did not differ widely from those of the average farmer lad. These have been sung for all time by the Quaker Poet in his familiar "Barefoot Boy." His were the free air and vigorous exercise of the country. His early educational advantages were limited to a few months each year in the little red school house. The struggle for an honest living kept the family busy throughout the year on the little farm. The youth was not satisfied with the limited education that it was possible for him to gain in the rural school. In 1892 he went to the Normal College at Volant, Pennsylvania, where he remained three terms. It was here that he took a very active interest in literary society work. He was soon recognized as a good debater and a ready public speaker. When chosen to deliver an address, he invariably applied himself diligently to the study of his theme, and came to the rostrum so thoroughly prepared. that he spoke effectively and with ease and confidence. From the Normal School he went to Unity Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where he taught school for five years. As a teacher he was uniformly successful. In local institutes and debating societies he found opportunity for further forensic practice. His taste turned to the law, and he gave his leisure moments to the study of Blackstone. By rigid economy he saved sufficient means to enable him to take a course in the law department of the Ohio Normal University at Ada. Here he entered upon his studies in 1898, and was graduated in 1900 with the degree of LL.B. In the following December he was admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Soon afterward he opened an office in Youngstown, Ohio, and entered upon his chosen profession. Although a young man and a comparative stranger in the city, by applying himself assiduously to interests committed to his care he soon won the confidence of the Court and the respect of his fellow attorneys. He entered the arena of politics, served on local committees and became identified with the Foraker Club of Youngstown, the largest Republican organization in Eastern Ohio. A stirring address on the occasion of an annual meeting of the club was the subject of much favorable comment, and marked him for further honors at the hands of the party. At the - 421 - urgent request of friends he became a candidate for Representative in May, 1903, and was nominated by a majority of 1,500 in a total vote of 2,000. He conducted a successful campaign and defeated a popular Democratic incumbent by a plurality of 1,532. In the Seventy-sixth General Assembly he served on the following committees : Cities, Corporations, Library, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. The same industrious habits and straightforward methods that won success in other fields made him a useful and influential member of the House. To his efforts, more than to those of any other member of that body, was due the passage of the act providing additional and much-needed room for the Ohio State Library. He opposed the "public service franchise bill" and other corporation measures drawn without due regard to the interests of the people. He favored all important measures designed to better the condition of the laboring classes and to provide additional facilities for popular education. Mr. Huey was soon recognized as one of the able debaters of the House, but he did not permit his ability to make a good speech to lead him into the mistake of imposing on the patience of his fellow legislators. His record was highly satisfactory to his constituents, and his re-election is practically assured. His leading characteristic is fidelity—fidelity to principle, to party and to friends. Those who have watched his career confidently expect him to take rank as one of the leaders on the Republican side in the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. Isaac E. Huffman, Attorney-at-law at Oxford and Hamilton, Ohio, and Representative from Butler County in the lower House of the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies, has the proud distinction of being one of the few Democrats who more than held their own in the Republican landslide of 1903. In fact, he was re-elected to the Legislature by a larger majority than he had obtained two years previous. This result was due to the personality of Mr. Huffman, who has a multitude of friends, not only among the Democrats of Butler County, but also among the Republicans. Mr. Huffman, who comes from German stock, his ancestors having emigrated from the Fatherland to the land of liberty, was born on the 31st of December, 1868, at Springdale, Ohio, where he spent his earlier years on the farm. He received the first rudiments of his education in the district schools. After graduating from the High School he entered the State Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, from which place he graduated in June, 1890. The following September he began teaching in the Butler County Schools, and was employed in the Oxford Township schools for eight years, continuously spending his summers at work on the farm. His work as a teacher was unusually satisfactory, and earned him a reputation throughout the county, because of his advanced methods. In 1898, Mr. Huffman began the study of law, which profession he has adopted for his future field of labor. Being essentially a man of the people, - 422 - he is well equipped to serve his constituency. Mr. Huffman- is a loyal supporter of the Democratic party ticket, and of its principles. In the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, Mr. Huffman was a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylum, Fees and Salaries, and Labor, while in the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, Mr. Huffman served on the standing committees on Finance, Railroads and Telegraphs, and Library. Mr. Huffman is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Oxford, and Chapter 41 of Hamilton, K. of P., and I. O. O. F. He is Vice President of the Butler County Pythian Association and State Representative of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. His office is located in Hamilton. He is still unmarried, and lives in the pretty village of Oxford, Butler County. Hollis C. Johnston, Attorney-at-law at Gallipolis, Ohio, was born on the 2d of October, 1861, and received a careful education, after which he attended the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he graduated in May, 1886, and was admitted to the bar. He immediately became engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Hollis C. Johnston has always been an enthusiastic, faithful Republican, and always ready to serve his party, when called upon. In April, 1895, he was appointed trustee of the Athens State Hospital by Governor McKinley, and was re-appointed to the same position by Governor Nash in April, 1900. On the 5th of November, 1901, Mr. Johnston was elected to the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly by a majority of 1,659. He was re-elected to the Seventy-sixth General Assembly by an increased majority. When the Republican caucus met in the early part of January, 1904, Mr. Johnston was the unanimous choice of his colleagues for Speaker pro tem of the House. He also was Chairman of the standing committee on Fees and Salaries, and a member, of the committees on Epileptic Hospital, Rules, and Banks and Banking. H e was married on the 15th of February, 1892, to Nell F. Dages, and has three children, Mabel C., Esther A. and Fred D. Arthur H. Jones, Republican member of the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies from the Delaware-Morrow joint districts, was born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, on the 22d of September, 1854, being a son of the late Judge T. C. Jones. In 1855, with his father's family, he moved to a farm in Troy Township, Delaware County, where he has lived ever since. His education was received in the common schools with some help from private teachers and a short course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. He is a farmer both by education and inclination, and is pre-eminently successful as a cattleman. He is particularly interested in thoroughbred short horns, and is at the present time the owner of the oldest and largest herd of pure-bred cattle in Ohio, and a herd which ranks among the - 423 - largest in the world. He is a member of the Polled Durham and American Short Horn Associations, was director in the latter for a period of twelve years, and is a life member of the Short Horn Association of Great Britain. He is a director in the Delaware County .National Bank, which was originally established by his grandfather on his mother's side as a branch of the old State Bank of Ohio. He takes the liveliest interest in the schools of the country, and has served as a member of various School Boards from the time of his first vote. When eighteen years old he was appointed by President Grant as a member of a commission to settle with the Chippeway Indians for lands in Northern Minnesota. This temporary appointment is the only salaried office he has ever held. Mr. Jones has always been active in politics, and a Republican from the ground up. In 1878 he was married to Miss Clara J. Phelps, of Franklin County. His record in both sessions of the General Assemblies is an enviable one. He is Chairman and a member of a number of important committees, and it can truthfully be said that he always was a faithful servant of the people. John C. Jones, Attorney-at-law at Sylvania and Toledo, Ohio, and one of . the ,Representatives from Lucas County in the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth General Assemblies, was born in Mildford. Township, Knox County, Ohio, on the 9th of April, 1857. Though born' in Knox County, his boyhood days and early manhood were spent on a farm in Licking County, where he obtained his early education in the country schools. At the age of seventeen years he began to teach school in the winter, arrd attended school in the spring and fall until the 3d of June, 1881, when he graduated from the Normal School at Utica, Ohio. He continued to teach in Licking County until the fall of 1886, when he took charge of the public school of Sylvania, Ohio, his present home, where he remained for five years. Mr. Jones, while teaching, applied himself to the study of law, registering with Hon. J. K. Hamilton and the late J. D. Ford, at   - 424 -