ey were among the conspicuous members of the
New-York delegation.--Judge A. B. James, of long service on the Supreme
Bench of his State, came from the Ogdensburg district, and George W.
Patterson, in his seventy-ninth year, from the Chautauqua district.
Mr. Patterson was Lieutenant-Governor of the State when Hamilton Fish
was governor.

Among the prominent Ohio representatives were Jacob D. Cox, from the
Toledo district; Joseph W. Keifer, from the Madison district,
afterwards promoted to the Speakership of the House; Amos Townsend,
from the Cleveland district, a successful merchant and a man of strong
sense.--General Thomas Ewing came from the Fairfield district. He
was one of the private secretaries of President Taylor before he had
attained his majority, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Kansas at thirty-one years of age and a member of the Ohio
Constitutional Convention in 1873-74. He was an able lawyer and
strong debater.--William McKinley, jun., entered from the Canton
district. He enlisted in an Ohio regiment when but seventeen years
of age, and won the rank of Major by meritorious service. The interest
of his constituency and his own bent of mind led him to the study of
industrial questions, and he was soon recognized in the House as one
of the most thorough statisticians and one of the ablest defenders of
the doctrine of Protection. He was more widely known afterwards as
a platform speaker, always welcomed by large audiences.

Russell Errett and Thomas M. Bayne entered from the Pittsburg
districts, Pennsylvania. Mr. Errett was a veteran editor in the
anti-slavery cause, and Mr. Bayne was recognized as a young man of
superior ability, ready in debate and with special adaptation to
parliamentary service.--John I. Mitchell, afterwards chosen senator,
entered from the Lycoming district, and Edward Overton from the
Bradford district.--General Harry White entered from the Armstrong
district. He had been confined in Libby Prison for sixteen months
during the war and being a member of the Pennsylvania Senate his
absence made a tie vote. He was not allowed to send his resignation
and thus permit a Republican successor to be chosen, because the
Confederates were not engaged at that time in promoting Republican
success. His resignation was finally sent through the lines, concealed
in a Testament carried by an exchanged surgeon.

The distinctive measure of the Forty-fifth Congress was the passage
of the