reputation established by his practice at
the bar and his service on the bench.--H. Boardman Smith of the Elmira
district, New York, was afterwards well known on the Supreme Bench of
his State.--Jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin came with a good war record, and
subsequently became Governor of his State.--Mark H. Dunnell, from
Minnesota, was a native of Maine, had been a member of each branch of
the Maine Legislature, and for several years was Superintendent of
Public Instruction.--John T. Averill was also a native of Maine. He
had won the rank of Brigadier-General in the war, and had afterwards
become extensively engaged in manufacturing in Minnesota.--James Monroe
from the Oberlin district, Ohio, was a man of cultivation and of high
character. He had served for several years in the Legislature of his
State, and had been Consul-General at Rio Janiero under Mr. Lincoln's
Administration.--Isaac C. Parker, a Republican from Missouri, made so
good a reputation in the House that he was appointed to the United
States District bench.--Walter L. Sessions, an active politician,
entered from the Chautauqua district of New York.--Alfred C. Harmer,
well known in Philadelphia, entered from one of the districts of that
city.--John Hancock, a man of ability and character, entered from
Texas.--Gerry W. Hamilton, with a fine legal reputation, came from
Wisconsin.--Henry Waldron, who had served some years before, returned
from Michigan.

The political disabilities imposed by the third section of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution affected large classes in the
Southern States. When the Amendment was under discussion in Congress,
the total number affected was estimated at fourteen thousand, but
subsequently it was ascertained to be much greater. It included not
only those who had been members of Congress, or held any office under
the United States, but all those who had been Executive or Judicial
officers or members of the Legislatures in the revolted States. The
Proclamation, making its ratification known to the people, was issued
by Secretary Seward on the twentieth day of July, 1868; but in advance
of this formal announcement Congress (then in session) began to
relieve the persons affected. The first act was for the benefit of
Roderick R. Butler of Tennessee, representative-elect to the Fortieth
Congress. It was approved on the 19th of June (1868), and permission
was given him to take a modified oath. On the 25th of June amne