immediately came into life.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

(The numbers appended to the following sketches refer to preceding
pages of the book.)

[The names of Republicans are printed in ROMAN; of Democrats in
_ITALICS_.]

JOHN B. ALLEY was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, January 7, 1817. Having
learned the art of shoemaking, he devoted himself to the shoe and
leather trade. After having served several years in the City Council
of Lynn, he was chosen a member of the Governor's Council in 1851. He
was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1852, and of the State
Constitutional Convention held in the following year. In 1858 he was
elected a Representative in Congress from Massachusetts. He entered
upon his fourth Congressional term in 1865 as a member of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress; and was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by
General Butler.

WILLIAM B. ALLISON was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 2, 1829. He
was educated at Alleghany College, Pennsylvania, and at Western
Reserve College, Ohio. From 1851 to 1857 he practiced law in Ohio, and
subsequently settled in Dubuque, Iowa. He was a member of the Chicago
Convention of 1860. As a member of the Governor's staff; in 1861, he
rendered efficient service in raising troops for the war. In 1862 he
was elected a Representative in the Thirty-Eighth Congress, from Ohio.
He was re-elected in 1864, and again in 1866.--527.

OAKES AMES was born in Easton, Massachusetts, January 10, 1804. He has
devoted most of his life to the business of manufacturing, taking but
little public part in politics. Having served for two years as a
member of the Executive Council of his State, he was, in 1862, 1864,
and 1866, elected a Representative in Congress, from Massachusetts.--31.

_SYDENHAM E. ANCONA_ was born in Warwick, Pennsylvania, November 20,
1824. Removing to Berks County, he was, for a number of years,
connected with the Reading Railroad Company. In 1860 he was elected a
Representative to the Thirty-Seventh Congress from Pennsylvania, and
was subsequently returned to the Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth
Congresses. He was succeeded in the Fortieth Congress by _J. Lawrence
Getz_.

GEORGE W. ANDERSON was born in Tennessee, May 22, 1832. Having
received a liberal education, he adopted the profession of law. In
1853 he settled in Missouri, where he soon after became editor of the
"North-East Missourian." In 1858 he was elected to the State
Legislature