Congressional Directory 2nd Session, 56th Congress (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...WEST VIRGINIA. SENATORS. STEPHEN BENTON ELKINS, Republican, of Elkins, was born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841; received his early education in the public schools of Missouri, and graduated from the University of that State, at Columbia, in the class of 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1864, and in the same year emigrated to New Mexico, where he acquired a knowledge of the Spanish language and began the practice of law; was a member of the Territorial legislat1ve assembly of New Mexico in 1864 and 1865; held the offices of Territorial district attorney, attorney-general, and United States district attorney; was elected to the Forty-third Congress, and while abroad was renominated and elected to the Forty-fourth Congress; during his first term in Congress was made a member of the Republican national committee, on which he served for three Presidential campaigns; after leaving Congress he removed to West Virginia and devoted himself to business affairs; was appointed Secretary of War December 17, 1891, and served until the close of President Harrison's Administration; in February, 1894, was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Hon. Johnson N. Camden. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901. NATHAN BAY SCOTT, Republican, of Wheeling, was born December 18, 1842, in Guernsey County, Ohio; received a common-school education; enlisted in the army in 1862 and was mustered out in 1865; after the war engaged in the manufacture of glass at Wheeling, W. Va., where he has resided ever since; is president of the Central Glass Works and president of the Dollar Savings Bank of that city; was elected to the city council in 1880, and served two years as president of the second branch; was elected, in 1882, to serve four years in the State senate, a...