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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], Pictures drawn from the Yankee House of Representatives . (search)
Pictures drawn from the Yankee House of Representatives.
We gave, a day or two ago, some pictures from the Yankee Senate, drawn by a correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Here are some, by the same Jenkins, from the House of Representatives:
Directly in front of the Speaker's chair, and on the inside row of seats, sits James A. Garfield, of Ohio, the youngest member of the House.
He is a quiet, unassuming looking man, with light hair and whiskers; yet he has written his name on the scroll of fame, as well with the point of his trusty sword as by the silvery eloquence of his tongue.
At the outbreak of the rebellion he enlisted in the army and fought his way up to a major-generalship, which he resigned to take his seat in Congress.--Further on to the right of the Speaker, in the same row, but on the Democratic side of the House, is his colleague, Mr. George Bliss, a burly man, with a profusion of black hair--one of the most influential members of his party, and one o