rict.

--William D. Washburn, a native of Maine but long a resident in the
North-West, came as the representative of the Minneapolis district. Of
seven brothers, reared on a Maine farm, he was the fourth who had sat
in the House of Representatives. Israel Washburn represented Maine,
Elihu B. Washburne represented Illinois, Cadwalader C. Washburne
represented Wisconsin. They were descended of sturdy stock and
inherited the ability and manly characteristics which had received
consideration in four different States.

The Democratic ascendency in the South had become so complete that out
of one hundred and six Congressional districts the opposition had only
been able to elect four representatives,--Leonidas C. Houck from East
Tennessee, Daniel L. Russell of North Carolina, Milton G. Urner of
Maryland, and Joseph Jorgensen of Virginia. These were the few
survivors in a contest waged for the extermination of the Republican
party in the South.

Among the new senators were some well-known public men:--

John A. Logan took his seat as the successor of Governor Oglesby. He
had been absent from the Senate two years, and returned with the
renewed endorsement of the great state which he had faithfully served
in war and peace. He had been in Congress before the rebellion. He
was first a candidate for the House of Representatives in the year of
the famous contest between Lincoln and Douglas, and was a partisan
supporter and personal friend of the latter. He changed his political
relations when he found himself summoned to the field in defense of the
Union. General Logan's services at that time were peculiarly
important. He lived in that section of Illinois whose inhabitants were
mainly people of Southern blood, and whose natural sympathies might
have led them into mischievous ways but for his stimulating example
and efforts. The Missouri border was near them on the one side, the
Kentucky border on another, and if the Southern Illinoisans had been
betrayed, in any degree, into a disloyal course the military operations
of the Government in that section would have been greatly embarrassed.
General Logan did not escape without misrepresentation at that critical
time, but the impartial judgment of his countrymen has long since
vindicated his course as one of exceptional courage and devoted
patriotism. His military career was brilliant and successful, and his
subsequent course in Congress enlarged his reputation. Indeed no