BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. OF SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN- SENATORS. Walter Scott Alexander, Fulton county, was born in Wells Valley, Bed- William W. Betts, Clearfield county, was born at Newark, N. J., May 1, Henry R. Brown, of Montgomery county, was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 15, Gerard Crane Brown, York county, was born in the Tower of London, England, Nov. 12, 1842. (His father, Benjamin F. Brown, an American citizen who was temporarily sojourning abroad, returned to his home in Putnam county, N. Y. in 1845;) educated at Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., graduated in class of 1859, and entered Yale College as a member of class of 1863; upon the breaking out of the rebellion he volunteered in April, 1861, and recruited company G, 38th regt., N. Y. S. V.; was commissioned ist lieut; was wounded at Bull Run, and honorably discharged in Sept., 1861; in 1863, le engaged in farming in Westchester county, N. Y., and since 1874 has been farming in York county, Pa.; was appointed State grange deputy in 1876 for York county, and in 1882 for Adams county; in 1879, he organized the Lower Windsor Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which he has since been secretary; was elected to the Senate, Nov., 1886. Frank R. Brunner, Berks county, was born January 24, 1835, in Douglass township, Berks county, Pa.; educated at subscription schools and two years (1857-58) at Union Seminary, New Berlin, Union county, Pa.; learned shoemaking: taught school three sessions; read medicine, attended two courses of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and graduated in the spring of 1861; at present is practitioner of medicine and surgery; is a school-director, a newspaper correspondent, and a contributor to three medical journals; elected to Senate, Nov., 1884. Thomas Valentine Cooper, Delaware county, was born at Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, January 16, 1835; educated in the public schools; learned the art of printing; served in the three month's service as 1st lieut. 4th Pa., and three years as private in company C, 26th Pa., and is at present editor of the Delaware County American; was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1870 and 1872; member of the Senate, 1874-5-6, and reelected for a term of four years, from December, 1876; elected President pro tem. of the Senate at the close of the session of 1877; re-elected President pro tem. for the session of 1878; in November, 1880, again elected to the Senate for the full term of four years, and re-elected November, 1884; chairman of Republican State Committee, 1881-2-3-4-5-6; author of work entitled "American Politics." Jacob Dachrodt, Northampton county, was born in Easton, Northampton county, Pa., Sept. 11, 1828; educated in public schools; graduated from private school of Prof. John Wandervere; entered the U. S. service as captain company B, 1st regt. P. V., April 20, 1861; elected Lieut. Col. of 153d regt. P. V., Sept. 16, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville, and honorably discharged July 24, 1863, on account of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg; served in the city council of Easton from 1853 to 1856; is engaged in mercantile business; was elected to the Senate, Nov., 1886. George Wallace Delamater, Crawford county, was born at Meadville, Crawford county, Pa., March 31, 1849; at the age of twenty years he graduated from Allegheny College; after study at Harvard Law School, and in the office of H. L. Richmond & Sons, Meadville, Pa., he was admitted to practice law in the courts of Crawford county; after about three years of active practice in his profession, he engaged in various business enterprises; to these he has since mainly devoted his time and energy, and has been reasonably successful. He isa member of the banking house of Delamater & Co., director of the Merchant's National Bank, president and owner of the controlling interest in the Meadville and Linesville Railway Company, president of the Meadville Fuel Gas Company, and connected with many other local enterprises. He has always been a Republican, and active in promoting his party's interest; he was mayor of Meadville in 1876; senatorial delegate to State convention in 1878; and chairman of Republican county committee during campaign of 1878 and 1879; in 1880 he was chosen a Garfield presidential elector for Pennsylvania; elected to Senate, 1886. Lewis Emery, junior, McKean county, born in Cherry Creek township, Chautauqua county, New York, August 10, 1839; in early life his parents removed to the state of Michigan, where he received a common school education; learned the trade of miller; subsequently removed to Pennsylvania; at present engaged in the oil business; was a member of the House of Representatives, session of 1879, and elected to the Senate November, 1880, for four years, and re-elected November, 1884. John P. S. Gobin, Lebanon county, was born January 26, 1837, at Sunbury, Northumberland county, Pa.; educated in the common schools and academies of Sunbury; learned printing business on Sunbury American; subsequently read law; his present profession is attorney-at-law; held no public positions except while in the army; was provost judge of Charleston, S. C., until January, 1866; served in the war of the rebellion from April 19, 1861, until January 6, 1866, as 1st licut. Co. F, 11th Pa. Vols., captain company C, Major, Lieut. Col. and Col. 47th Pa. Vols., and Bvt. Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols.; is at present Brigadier General commanding 3d brigade, P. N. G.; elected to Senate, November, 1884. John C. Grady, Philadelphia, was born in Philadelphia, October 8, 1847; educated at the High School, and University Law School; admitted to the bar in October, 1871, and elected to the State Senate,November, 1876; re-elected in 1880, and again in 1884. Abram D. Harlan, Chester county, was born September 3, 1833, in West Marlborough township, Chester county; educated in the public and private schools of the county; learned the business of merchant; is at present a dealer in real estate and banking; was transcribing clerk, House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, regular and extra sessions, of 1864; message clerk of same body, 1865, 1866, 1867; assistant clerk of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 1872-73; special clerk in the Internal Revenue Department, under Hon. A. P. Tutton, for two years; assistant cashier of customs at the port of Philadelphia for six and one half years, ending December 31, 1882; elected Senator to fill the unexpired term of Senator Everhart, March 31, 1883; re-elected November, 1884, for four years; schooldirector of Coatesville borough for twenty years. Milton C. Henninger, Lehigh county, was born near Emaus, Lehigh county, April 22, 1851; educated in the common schools, Freeland Seminary, a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa., and also a graduate of Muhlenberg College in 1874; worked upon a farm and in the blacksmith shop; taught public school; was a tutor at Muhlenberg College; read law and was admitted to the bar of Lehigh county in 1876, and practiced law ever since; was district attorney of Lehigh county from 1878 to 1881, and elected to the Senate from said county in 1882, for a term of four years; was re-elected to said office, November, 1886. George Washington Hood, Indiana county, was born December 1, 1846, at Indiana; educated at the Tuscarora Academy, Juniata county, and graduated at Westminster College, Lawrence county, class of 1870; read law, and is at present engaged in the practice of the legal profession; elected to the Senate, November, 1884. George Franklin Huff, Westmoreland county, was born at Norristown, Montgomery county, Pa., July 16, 1842; was educated in the public schools at Middletown, Dauphin county, and Altoona, Blair county; learned the trade of car finishing at Altoona; is at present engaged in the banking business at Greensburg, Pa., and largely identified with the industrial and mining interests of Western Pennsylvania; was a member of the National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1880; elected to the Senate,November, 1884. Luther R. Keefer, Schuylkill county, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., March 5, 1834; educated in the public schools; learned the business of foundryman, and is at present an iron founder; was assistant deputy marshal of the 14th sub-district and enrolling officer in 1863, and was a member of Co. A, 27th regt. P. V.; elected to the Senate, November, 1876; re-elected November, 1880, and again re-elected November, 1884. Orrin A. Lines, Susquehanna county, was born in Montrose, Susquehanna county, April 4, 1843; was educated at Montrose Academy; worked on a farm when a boy, afterwards learning the harness making business; served a short enlistment in 28th Pa. regt., and afterwards as private in Co. D, 50th P. V., until the close of the war; elected to the Senate,November, 1886. William McAleer, Philadelphia, was born January 6, 1838, in County Tyrone, Ireland; came to Philadelphia with his parents in 1851; attended public and private schools; is a flour merchant; engaged in the business with his father and brothers in 1861, at 618 South Second street; was a member of Southwark Literary Society; director of Mechanic's Institute; vice president and president of St. Philips Literary Institute; member of councils from 1871 to 1873; elected by councils a member of the board of guardians of the poor, June, 1873; re-elected for a fifth consecutive term of three years in June, 1885, and was also vice president and president of the board; is a member of the Commercial Exchange; a director and vice president in 1876, and president in 1880; was a director of Chamber of Commerce in 1880; elected president of first district charity organization in 1886; elected to the Senate, November, 1886. H. J. McAteer, Huntingdon county, was born January 4, 1838, in West township, Huntingdon county; received a common school education; taught school, and was employed in the railway service; is at present engaged as a coal operator; was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1870 and 1871; elected to Senate, November, 1884. Samuel McClure, Mercer county, was born Janury 3, 1839, in Little Beaver township, Beaver county, Pa.; received a common school and academic education; brought up in the mercantile business, which business he followed until twenty-three years of age, since which time, and at present, engaged in the iron business in Mercer county, Pa.; was school-director of Wheatland, Pa., 1872; elected to the Senate, November, 1884. John J. Macfarlane, Philadelphia, is a native of that city where he was born June 5, 1846; educated in the public schools, and graduated at the Central High School of Philadelphia in 1863; was engaged as an officer of Girard College for seven years, and was principal of Chestnut Hill Grammar School for over ten years; is at present engaged in the insurance business; served in the army in 1862 and 1863; member of Senate of 1883-85; re-elected 1886. Joseph Rankin McLain, Washington county, was born January 8, 1828, in Cross Creek township, Washington county, Pa.; removed with his father to a farm near Claysville in Buffalo township, in 1830; was educated at common and private schools; raised on a farm and followed farming and teaching most of his life; was elected jury commissioner for Washington county in 1867, and served three years; served as school-director in Buffalo and Donegal townships and in Claysville borough; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876, and served in the sessions of 1877 and 1878; elected to the Senate, November, 1886. William A. Martin, Adams county, was born in Franklin township, Adams county, August 17, 182; was raised on a farm and received a common school education; represented Adams county in Legislature in 1877-78; was enumerator for Menallen township for U. S. census of 1880; secured right of way for the entire line of Harrisburg and Gettysburg railroad, and inspected the first ties used in its construction; is at present engaged in farming, manufacture of lumber and burning of charcoal; elected to the Senate, November, 1886. William Boling Meredith, Armstrong county, was born September 17, 1839, at Kittanning, Armstrong county, Pa.; educated at Elder's Ridge Academy and Jefferson College; graduated from latter August, 1860; engaged in oil and iron business; at present treasurer and secretary Kittanning Water Company; elected to the Senate, November, 1884. Verus H. Metzger, Lycoming county, was born in Clinton township, Lycoming county, Pa., March 25, 1859; at an early age moved to Williamsport, where he now resides; educated at public schools, Dickinson Seminary and Pennsylvania College; studied law and was admitted to the Lycoming county bar in April, 1881, and at present engaged in practice of that profession; was elected district attorney of Lycom.ng county in 1883, for a term of three years; also served five years in State Militia; elected to the Senate, November, 1886. Amos H. Mylin, Lancaster county, was born in West Lampeter township, Lancaster county, September 29, 1834; educated at Andover, Mass., and graduated from law epartment University of Pennsylvania, 1864, and is at present a farmer; was member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1873-76; elected Senator, November, 1876, for a term of four years; reelected November, 180; elected President pro tem. for the extra session of 1883, and re-elected Senator November, 1884, for a term of four years; in January, 1885, again elected President pro tem, of the Senate for the session of 1885. John K. Newell, Bradford county, was born July 28, 1843, in Wysox township, Bradford county, Pa.; educated at Wyoming Seminary, Luzerne |