. Centennial of the Bulfinch State House. Exercises before the Massachusetts legislature, January 11, 1898. n. From the list of SenatePresidents it is interesting to note that HarrisonGrray Otis, Nathaniel Silsbee and Henry Wilsonbecame United States Senators, the latter Vice-President. The position can hardly be called astejaping stone to the governorshij), since only onepresiding officer, William Clafiin, was thus pro-moted. We may add the name of Samuel Adams,bi;t he never presided in this building, his termbeing in the older structure of State Samuel Phillips to George E. Smith
. Centennial of the Bulfinch State House. Exercises before the Massachusetts legislature, January 11, 1898. n. From the list of SenatePresidents it is interesting to note that HarrisonGrray Otis, Nathaniel Silsbee and Henry Wilsonbecame United States Senators, the latter Vice-President. The position can hardly be called astejaping stone to the governorshij), since only onepresiding officer, William Clafiin, was thus pro-moted. We may add the name of Samuel Adams,bi;t he never presided in this building, his termbeing in the older structure of State Samuel Phillips to George E. Smith, bothinclusive, fifty-two men have presided in thisedifice, though the latter not in the old cham-ber. During these years, under the Constitution,nearly two thousand men have had the right toprefix Honorable to their names through service John Phillips was born in Boston, Nov. 26,1770, and died there. May 23,1823. He was graduated from Harvard in 1788, and became a lawyer. He wasa member of the Senate nineteen years, dying in office. As the father of Wen-dell Fhillips, he is entitled to enduring ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 47 as Senators. In the earlier times it was commonfor men to be elected to both branches at thesame time, and they could then take their those days mails were slow, and one man,coming down from the western part of theState, presented his certificate of election tothe House, was sworn in and assigned a came delayed credentials as a Senator-elect,whereupon he presented the same, and claimedthe privilege of being sworn in. A debate, last-ing two days, followed as to whether he couldbe sworn in twice in the same session; and thedecision was against him, it being ruled that hehad already made his selection when he was ad-mitted to the House. To look through the listof Senators during these years would be to readthe names of some of the most distinguished menwho have claimed Massachusetts as their Adamses, Sam., John Quincy a
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