of his
associates; Ichabod Bartlett, "the Randolph of the North," who could
measure swords with Mason or Webster or Clay, without either shield or
shame; and Joel Parker, who honored alike the bar, the bench, and the
lecture-room.

As members of one branch or the other of our National Legislature, we
record other honored names in alphabetical order:

Samuel C. Allen, who voted _alone_ in his place in Congress, in favor
of suffrage without regard to color. Helium Allen, Lemuel H. Arnold,
Samuel Bell, Samuel N. Bell, Silas Betton, Abijah Bigelow, John
Blanchard, Daniel Breck, Elijah Brigham, David Brunson, Joseph Buffum,
Dudley Chase, Daniel Chipman, Martin Chittenden, Daniel Clark, in
every public position a leading spirit, Judah Dana, Samuel Dinsmoor,
Daniel M. Durell, Ira A. Eastman, Thomas M. Edwards, Walbridge A.
Field, Benjamin F. Flanders, Isaac Fletcher, George G. Fogg, Sylvester
Gilbert, Calvin Goddard, Daniel W. Gooch, John N. Goodwin, George
Grennell, James W. Grimes, pioneer statesman of the far West, Matthew
Harvey, Henry Hibbard, Henry Hubbard, a man of rare abilities and
influence, Jonathan Hunt, Luther Jewett, Joseph S. Lyman, Asa Lyon,
Rufus McIntire, Charles Marsh, George P. Marsh, the honored son of an
honored father, Gilman Marston, Ebenezer Mattoon, Jeremiah Nelson,
Moses Norris, John Noyes, Benjamin Orr, Albion K. Parris, James W.
Patterson, whose eminent abilities and elaborate culture have placed
him in the foremost rank of the present generation of New England
statesmen, Charles H. Peaslee, Edward C. Reed, Erastus Root, Joseph
Richardson, Eleazer W. Ripley, equally fearless as a soldier and a
statesman, Ether Shepley, alike conspicuous for mental and moral
powers, John S. Sherburne, George A. Simmons, who by his own efforts
attained rare eminence, Peleg Sprague, Samuel Taggart, Amos Tuck, a
pioneer in philanthropic politics, John Wentworth, who in large
measure maintains the reputation of an ancient and honored family,
Phineas White, Leonard Wilcox, Charles W. Willard, Hezekiah Williams,
and William Wilson. To which should be added the names of James C.
Alvord and Sylvanus Backus, who were elected to Congress, but did not
live to take their seats.

When Daniel Webster entered the American Senate, five of its twelve
New England representatives were Dartmouth alumni. Their labors in
Congress form a part of the history of every Administration of our
National government.

Amos Kendall, beside l