. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. e restor-ation of his State, and unexpectedly found himself the nominee ofthe Republican party for Congress. His canvass was memorable forthe fearlessness with which it was conducted, amidst dangers whichno one can appreciate who is not conversant with the the re-admission of Arkansas he took his seat in the FortiethCongress as a Representative from the First District, comprisingtwenty-four counties of that State. Daring the short session whichremained of the Fortieth Congress, there was little opportunit
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. e restor-ation of his State, and unexpectedly found himself the nominee ofthe Republican party for Congress. His canvass was memorable forthe fearlessness with which it was conducted, amidst dangers whichno one can appreciate who is not conversant with the the re-admission of Arkansas he took his seat in the FortiethCongress as a Representative from the First District, comprisingtwenty-four counties of that State. Daring the short session whichremained of the Fortieth Congress, there was little opportunity fora member so recently admitted to take a prominent part in legisla-tion, nevertheless, by constant attention to business, Mr. Roots madehimself useful to his constituents and the country. His principalspeech was an eloquent and appropriate eulogy on his deceased col-league, Hon. James Hinds, who was assassinated in his district. was unanimously renominated by the Republican Convention,and was, by a large majority, re-elected to the Forty-first Congress. 228. ^^H •g-V-SEPsrise-- A^^^^ H L J rJ i S K>£ L ij-. LiA-b it. = E?HESb;HTATIVE HOFTH CAEOI/J^-- ISRAEL G. LASH. ?^^^UT few men of wealth and position in the South had thecourage to resist the rebellion in its inception, and the per-^ sistent loyalty to remain true to the Union through all thetrying and weary years of the war. The subject of this sketch, how-ever, stands forth in honorable distinction as maintaining such a G. Lash was born August 18, 1810, in Be than ia County,North Carolina, where his ancestors settled about the middle of thelast century. Ilis opportunities for early education were few, andclosed when at fifteen he left school to engage in labor on his fathersfarm. At the age of twenty he embarked in mercantile pursuits, inwhich he was remarkably successful. Five years later, he engagedlargely and successfally in the manufacture of tobacco and the age of thirty-f
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