PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, 1884. Oswald Ottendorfer. Eugene Kelly. Frederick White. John Delmar. Charles L. Lyon. Robert Black. John A. Connolly. Benjamin Wood. Jacob Windmuller. John T. Agnew. Arthur Leary. John C. Valentine. Adolph L. Sanger. Charles W Dayton. Moses Mehrbach. John Hunter. John M. Helck. James H. Haldane. William B. Fitch. Charles G. Curtiss. Timothy W. Jackson. Frederick A. Fuller, Jr. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 1, 1885. PRESIDENT.. THE EXECUTIVE. .......................... CHESTER A. ARTHUR, of New York. THE CABINET. Secretary of State...... FRED'K T. FRELINGIIUYSEN, of New Jersey, Secretary of the Treasury.. HUGH MCCULLOCH, of Maryland. Secretary of War..... ROBERT LINCOLN, of Illinois. Secretary of the Navy....... WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Interior.... HENRY M. TELLER, of Colorado. Postmaster-General. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, of Indiana. Attorney-General... BENJ. HARRIS BREWSTER, of Pennsylvania. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1883-84. The Constitution requires nine years' citizenship to qualify for admission to the Senate, and seven years to the House of Representatives. An act approved July 26, 1866, requires the Legislature of each State, which shall be chosen next preceding the expiration of any Senatorial Termi, on the second Tuesday after its first meeting, to elect a successor, each house nominating viva voce, and then convening in Joint Assembly to compare nominations. In case of agreement, such person shall be declared duly elected; and if they do not agree, then balloting to continue from day to day. at 12 M., during the session. until choice has been made, Vacancies are to be filled in like manner. The members of each House receive a salary of $5,000 per annum, and mileage at the rate of twenty cents per mile. For each day's absence, except when caused by sickness, $8 per diem is deducted from the salary. The Presi dent pro tem, of the Senate receives the same compensation as the VicePresident. The Speaker of the House of Representatives receives double the salary of a member. SENATE. GEORGE F. EDMONDS, of Vermont, PRESIDENT, pro tem. *Appointed by Governor, Legislature will elect a successor in January, 1885. 1887 Angus Cameron 1885 1887 NAMES OF SPEAKERS. NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. From 1789 to 1884. 1st Congress.—FREDERICK Augustus MUHLENBURGH, of Pennsylvania, was elected speaker of the house of representatives, April 1, 1789, and served to March 3, 1791. 2d Congress.—JONATHAN TRUMBULL, of Connecticut, was elected speaker, and served from the 24th of October, 1791, to March 3, 1793. 3d Congress.-FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBURGH, of Pennsylvania, was elected speaker, and served from December 2, 1793, to 3d of March, 1795. 4th and 5th Congresses.-JONATHAN DAYTON, of New Jersey, was elected speaker, and served from 7th of December, 1795, to 3d of March, 1799. 6th Congress.THEODORE SEDGWICK, of Massachusetts, was elected speaker, and served from 2d December, 1799, to 3d March, 1801. 7th, 8th and 9th Congresses.-NATHANIEL MACON, of North Carolina, was elected speaker, and served from 7th Decem ber, 1801, to March 3, 1807. 10th and 11th Congresses.-JOSEPH B. VARNUM, of Massachusetts, was elected speaker, and served from October 26, 1807, to 3d March, 1811. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Congresses.-HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, was elected speaker, and served from 4th November, 1811, to 3d March, 1821. 17th Congress.-PHILIP P. BARBOUR, of Virginia, was elected speaker, and served from 3d December, 1821, to 3d of March, 1823. |