Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . JAMES A. GARFIELD. Wmm n,,:^^ ^g- - • NATH. P. BANKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 23 after a protracted and exciting struggle, he was elected Speakerof the House of Representatives. In the body over which hehad so ably presided in ante-bellum days, he had again takenhis seat. While by no means taking the highest rank as adebater, he was familiar with the complicated rules governingthe House, and his opinion challenged the highest and Mr. Blaine were the only members of
Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . JAMES A. GARFIELD. Wmm n,,:^^ ^g- - • NATH. P. BANKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 23 after a protracted and exciting struggle, he was elected Speakerof the House of Representatives. In the body over which hehad so ably presided in ante-bellum days, he had again takenhis seat. While by no means taking the highest rank as adebater, he was familiar with the complicated rules governingthe House, and his opinion challenged the highest and Mr. Blaine were the only members of that Housewho had previously held the position of Speaker. Near General Banks sat the Hon. William D. Kelley ofPennsylvania. He had known many years of legislativeservice, and was long the father of the House. One of thefeatures of its successive organization, as many old memberswill recall, was the administration of the official oath to theSpeaker-elect by the member who had known the longestcontinuous service — the gentleman from in the fulness of time he passed to the house notmade with hands, his ma
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