YALE MEN IN CONGRESS.
A Gain Over the Last Session—Bio-
graphical Sketches.
In the Fifty-Sixth Congress, which
is now in session, Yale is represented
by sixteen members, from all portions
of the United States, a gain over the
Fifty-Fifth Congress by one senator and
two representatives. It is interesting to
note that this is one senator and one
representative more than Harvard has
in the two houses. 3
The five Yale men in the Senate are:
Edward O. Wolcott, ex-65; William
M. Stewart, 52; Thomas R. Platt, ex-
53; Chanucey M. Depew, ’56, and Geo.
P. Wetmore, 67. Those in the House
of Representatives are: Ebenezer J.
Hill, ex-’65; John Dalzell, 65; Francis
G. Newlands, ’ex-’67; Thomas Hedge,
67; John-R. Thayer, ’69; Charles A.
Russell, 73.55 Charles Joy, “743. Chas:
N.. Fowler, 76; Victor H. Metcalf, ’76
L.S. 3. Henry =D Greené, -°77, ~ and
Aaron V. S. Cochrane, ’79. Below is
a short sketch of each member:
Edward Oliver Wolcott, Republican,
of Denver, Col., was born in Long-
meadow, Mass., March 26, 1898. He
served for a few months as a volunteer
during the Civil War and entered Yale
in 1860, but did not graduate. He took
a course in the Harvard Law School,
graduating in 1871 and then moved to
Colorado, where he now resides. Mr.
Wolcott was elected to the United States
Senate in 1889, and re-elected in 1895.
William Morris Stewart, of the Sil-
ver Party of Carson City, Nevada, was
born in Lyons, N. Y., August 9, 1827.
After leaving College he was attracted
by the gold discoveries in California and
engaged in mining in Nevada County.
He commenced the study of law soon
after and was appointed District At-
torney. In 1854 he was elected At-
torney-General of California. He was
first elected to the United States Senate
in 1864 and re-elected in 1869. In 1875
he resumed the practice of law until he
was elected again to the Senate in 1887,
and re-elected in 1893 and 1899.
Thomas Collier Platt, Republican, of
Owego, was born in Owego, N. Y., July
15, 1833, and was prepared for College at
the Owego Academy. He was unable
to finish his course at Yale on account
of ill-health. Soon after leaving Col-
lege he entered mercantile life and has
been active in ‘business ever since. He
was first elected United States Senator
in 1881, but resigned the same year.
He has been a member of the National
Republican Committee and was elected
to the United States Senate for the sec-
ond time in 1896.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Republican,
of Peekskill, N. Y., was born in that
city April 23, 1834, and graduated from
Yale in 1856. He began the prac-
tice of law in 1859. In 1862 he was
appointed United States Minister to
Japan, but declined the office. He was
appointed Attorney for the New York
& Harlem Railroad Company in 1866,
and has since been continuously identi-
fied with the New York Central Rail-
road Company. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1899.
George Peabody Wetmore, Republi-
can, of Newport, R. L., was born during
a visit of his parents abroad, at London,
August 2, 1846. After graduating from
Yale in 1867, he studied law at Colum-
bia College. Mr. Wetmore is a trustee
of the Peabody Museum in Yale Uni-
versity, and was nominated a Fellow of
the University in 1888, but declined. He
was Governor of Rhode Island in 1885-
87, and was elected to the Senate in
1894, receiving the unanimous vote of
the General State Assembly.
In the House of Representatives,
Ebenezer J. Hill, Republican, of Nor-
walk, Conn., entered Yale with the Class
of 1865, but remained only two years.
He had been prominent in State poli-
tics and was elected to the F ifty-Fourth
and Fifty-Fifth Congresses and te-
elected to the Fifty-Sixth.
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John Dalzell, Republican, of Pitts-
burg, after graduating from Yale in
1865, began the study of law. He has
since practiced his profession and has
been elected to the Fiftieth and Fifty-
sixth Congresses.
Francis Griffith Newlands, of the Sil-
ver Party, of Reno, Nevada, entered the
Class of 1867 at Yale and remained
through Junior year. Soon after he be-
gan the study of law and was admitted
to the bar. He was elected to the Fifty-
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Con-
grésses.
Thomas Hedge, Republican, of Bur-
lington, Iowa, graduated from Yale in
1867, and from the Columbia Law
School in 1869. He served as a private
and a Second Lieutenant in the Civil
War. In 1869 he began the practice of
law in Burlington. He was elected to
the Fifty-Sixth Congress.
John R. Thayer, Democrat, of Wor-
cester, Mass., graduated from Yale in
1869. After leaving College he began
the study of law and was admitted to
the bar in 1871. He has been one of
the leading lawyers of Worcester ever
since and was elected to the Fifty-Sixth
Congress.
Charles Addison Russell, Republican,
of Killingly, Conn., graduated from Yale
in 1873, and has been prominent in State
politics ever since. He has served in
every Congress from the Fiftieth to the
present one.
Charles Frederick Joy, Republican, of
St. Louis, Mo., after graduating from
Yale with the Class of 1874, engaged in
the practice of law, and has since de-
voted himself exclusively to his profes-
sion. He was elected to the Fifty-Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Congresses.
Charles Newell Fowler, Republican,
of Elizabeth, N. J., graduated from Yale
in 1876, and from the Chicago Law
School in 1878. He was elected to the
Fifty-Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Con-
eresses: <=
Victor Howard Metcalf, Republican,
of Oakland, Ca., entered Yale with the
Class of 1876. In Junior year however,
he left the Academic Department and
entered the Yale Law School, graduat-
ing therefrom in 1876. In 1881 he
formed a law partnership with George
D. Metcalf, Yale ’70. He was elected
to the Fifty-Sixth Congress.
Henry Dickinson Green, Democrat, of
Reading, Pa., graduating from Yale in
1877, began the study of law. He has
been prominent in the politics of his
State and was elected to the Fifty-
Sixth Congress. :
Aaron V. S. Cochrane, Republican, of
Hudson, N. Y., graduated from Yale
in 1879 and took up law as a profession.
He was elected to the Fifty-Fifth Con-
gress and re-elected to the Fifty-Sixth
Congress.
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the management that Dr. Walter B.
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Holt, Yale ’66, and the President and
Treasurer, ex officio.
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