ination for President; Member Fiftieth Congress (1887-1889) and Fifty-second and Fiftythird Congresses (1891-1895) as Democrat; in 1890 served as a member of the commission appointed by the governor of New York under a special statute to revise the judiciary article of the State constitution; in 1896 became advocate of the gold standard and campaigned for McKinley; on issue of anti-imperialism returned to Democratic Party 1900 and campaigned for Bryan; elected to Fifty-eighth Congress February 23, 1904, for unexpired term (1904–5) of George B. McClellan, resigned; reelected to Fiftyninth and Sixtieth Congresses (1905-1909), twelfth New York district; was not candidate for reelection 1909; resumed law practice at New York till 1920, when he was nominated for Congress by the Democratic Party to succeed Thomas F. Smith, who declined reelection; was elected, receiving 19,273 votes, against 14,333 for Warren S. Fisher and 2,748 for Bertha H. Mailly. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows: Beginning at West Eighty-sixth Street and the Hudson River; thence easterly along West Eighty-sixth Street to Central Park west, along Central Park west to West Ninety-ninth Street, thence across and through Central Park to Fifth Avenue and East Ninety-ninth Street, along East Ninety-ninth Street to Lexington Avenue, along Lexington Avenue to East Seventy-third Street, along East Seventy-third Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East Sixty-first Street, along East Sixty-first Street to Lexington Avenue, along Lexington Avenue to East Sixty-second Street, along East Sixty-second Street to Park Avenue, along Park and Fourth Avenues to East Fourteenth Street, along East Fourteenth Street and West Fourteenth Street to Seventh Avenue, along Seventh Avenue to West Thirty-eighth Street, along West Thirty-eighth Street to Eighth Avenue, along Eighth Avenue to West Fifty-fifth Street, along West Fifty-fifth Street to Ninth Avenue, along Ninth and Columbus Avenues to West Sixtieth Street, along West Sixtieth Street to Amsterdam Avenue, along Amsterdam Avenue to West Sixty-second Street, along West Sixty-second Street to the Hudson River, and along the Hudson River to West Eighty-sixth Street, the point or place of beginning. Population (1920), 217,882. OGDEN L. MILLS, Republican, of New York County, was born August 23, 1884, in Newport, R. I.; A. B. Harvard 1904 and LL. B. Harvard Law School 1907; admitted to the New York bar in 1908; in 1911 became a member of the firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell; has been treasurer of the Republican county committee of New York County since 1911; elected to the New York State Senate in 1914; reelected to the senate in 1916; resigned from the senate in 1917 to enlist in the United States Army, and served with the rank of captain until the close of the war; was delegate to the Republican national conventions in 1912, 1916, and 1920; in 1920 was chairman of the advisory committee on policies and platform of the Republican national committee; has been for several years past president of the New York State Tax Association; is chairman of the committee on executive budget of the National Tax Association and a member of the Harvard University committee on economic research; upon the organization of the New York State branch of the American Legion served as commander during the period of organization; is a director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway system, the Lackawanna Steel Co., Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Shredded Wheat Co., Crex Carpet Co., a trustee of the New York Trust Co., and a member of the State and city bar associations; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by a plurality of 15,000 over Herbert C. Pell, Democrat. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows: Beginning at the East River and East Sixty-third Street; thence westerly along East Sixty-third Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East Seventy-third Street, along East Seventy-third Street to Lexington Avenue, along Lexington Avenue to East Ninety-ninth Street, along East Ninety-ninth Street to the East River, and along the East River to East Sixty-third Street, the point or place of beginning. Population (1920), 203,677. JOHN F. CAREW, Democrat, New York City, N. Y.; Columbia, N. Y. (A. B. '93, LL. B. '96) (prize man); New York bar '97; New York Assembly '04; elected to Sixty-third (Judiciary), Sixty-fourth (Interstate and Foreign Commerce), Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses (Ways and Means), 1913-1923. NINETEENTH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows: Beginning at the North River and the west end of West One hundred and twenty-fifth Street, east across Riverside Park to West One hundred and twenty-fifth Street, to Fifth Avenue, south and across Mount Morris Park to Fifth Avenue, to East One hundred and sixteenth Street, east to Madison Avenue, south to East One hundred and tenth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, south to East Ninety-ninth Street, west across Central Park to West Ninety-ninth Street and Central Park west, south to West Eighty-sixth Street, west to the North River, and to the point of beginning. Population (1920), 258,139. WALTER M. CHANDLER, Republican, of New York City; was elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses; was defeated for election to the Sixty-sixth Congress; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by a majority of 18,650 votes over his Democratic opponent, Maj. William Kennelly. TWENTIETH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows: Beginning at Fifth Avenue and East One hundred and twentieth Street, to Park Avenue, south to East One hundred and eighteenth Street, east to Second Avenue, south to East One hundred and seventeenth Street, east to the East River, to East Ninety-ninth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, north to East One hundred and tenth Street, east to Madison Avenue, north to East One hundred and sixteenth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, north to East One hundred and twentieth Street, and to the point of beginning, and including Wards and Randalls Islands. Population (1920), 195,814. ISAAC SIEGEL, Republican, of New York City; born in that city in 1880; educated in New York City; received degree of LL. B. at New York University in 1901; admitted to the bar in 1902; special deputy attorney general in 1909 and 1910; member of the law firm of Siegel & Corn; chairman of the Overseas Commission, which visited France and Italy during July and August, 1918, for the purpose of improving the welfare and mail conditions of the men of our Army and Navy; married to Annie Natelson in 1907, and they have three children-Seymour, Gertrude, and Monroe. Elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion beginning at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West One hundred and twenty-fifth Street and running thence westerly along West One hundred and twenty-fifth Street to the Hudson River, and thence along the Hudson River to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, thence through Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River and along the boundary line between New York and Bronx Counties to Eighth Avenue; thence southerly along Eighth Avenue to West One hundred and forty-fifth Street, along West One hundred and forty-fifth Street to the Harlem River, and along the Harlem River to Fifth Avenue, and along Fifth Avenue to West One hundred and twenty-fifth Street, the point or place of beginning. Population (1920), 317,803. MARTIN CHARLES ANSORGE, Republican, of 575 Riverside Drive, New York City, was born in Corning, Steuben County, N. Y., January 1, 1882; educated in New York public schools, College of the City of New York; graduate of Columbia College 1903 (degree A. B.) and Columbia Law School 1906 (degree LL. B.); practicing attorney; member of law firm Podell, Ansorge & Podell, 100 Broadway, New York City; general honors and Philolexian prize for oratory and public speaking at Columbia; president Columbia University Republican Club and member Columbia track and football teams; chairman triborough bridge committee; president the Republican Club thirteenth assembly district 1918-1921; chairman meetings and speakers committee 1917-1920; member Harlem Board of Commerce, City Athletic Club, Steuben Society, National Republican Club, New York State Bar Association, New York County Lawyers' Association, Manhattan Republican Club, Central Republican Club, Republican Club twenty-second assembly district, Republican Club twenty-third assembly district, New York Young Republican Club, New York County committee, and numerous fraternal, civic, and philanthropic societies; delegate Republican State conventions 1910-1920-1918 honorary vice president, 1920 committee on resolutions; regular Republican nominee for Congress 1912 against Henry George, Democrat, and Jerome Reilly, Progressive, and in 1914 and 1916 against Murray Hulbert, Democrat, in strongly Democratic lines of former twenty-first congressional district; designated as Republican nominee for Congress in new lines of twenty-first congressional district in 1918 but declined and enlisted for overseas service in Motor Transport Corps, United States Army, and ordered to Camp Meigs when armistice was signed; designated as Republican nominee for Congress 1920 at unofficial convention and nominated at primaries over Andrew B. Humphreys and Louis A. Leavelle, and elected at general election November 2, 1920, over Jerome F. Donovan, Democrat, by plurality of 20,400. TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-North Brothers Island, South Brothers Island, Rikers Island, and that portion of the county of New York beginning at the Harlem River and East One hundred and seventeenth Street and thence westerly along East One hundred and seventeenth Street to Second Avenue, along Second Avenue to East One hundred and eighteenth Street, along East One hundred and eighteenth Street to Park Avenue, along Park Avenue to East One hundred and twentieth Street, along East One hundred and twentieth Street to Fifth Avenue, thence through Mount Morris Park and along Fifth Avenue to the Harlem River, and along the Harlem River to West One hundred and forty-fifth Street, along West One hundred and forty-fifth Street to Eighth Avenue, along Eighth Avenue to the Harlem River, thence along the Harlem River to East One hundred and seventeenth Street, the point or place of beginning, and that portion of the county of Bronx beginning at Jerome Avenue and the Harlem River, thence along Jerome Avenue to East One hundred and sixty-first Street, and along East One hundred and sixty-first Street to Melrose Avenue, along Melrose Avenue to East One hundred and fifty-seventh Street, along East One hundred and fifty-seventh Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East One hundred and fifty-sixth Street, along East One hundred and fifty-sixth Street to St. Anns Avenue, along St. Anns Avenue to East One hundred and fortyninth Street, along East One hundred and forty-ninth Street to the East River, thence along the East River, Bronx Kills, and the Harlem River to Jerome Avenue, the point or place of beginning. Population (1920), 232,926. ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN, Democrat, county of The Bronx and New York City, was born in the city of New York, son of James A. Griffin and Mary Ann (Zeluiff) Griffin; educated in the public schools, City College, Cooper Union, and New York Alpha. List State Del. Serv ice Stati tica Sena Con Ho Co C University Law School; admitted to the bar in 1892. Married Katherine L. Byrne, of Bronx, N. Y. Was a member of the Twelfth and the Sixty-ninth Regiments National Guard New York. In the latter he organized Company F, which he commanded during the Spanish-American War. Active in civic movements in The Bronx for many years. In 1906 established and edited The Bronx Independent. Elected to the New York State Senate in 1910 and again in 1912. Served successively as chairman of following committees: Military affairs, labor and industry, and codes. Served in New York State constitutional convention of 1915. In 1917 was chairman of the fusion Democratic platform committee during the mayoralty campaign. Member American Bar Association, Bronx Bar Association, Bronx Board of Trade, Bronx Chamber of Commerce, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and many civic and other organizations. Elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress at the special election March 5, 1918. Reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress November 5, 1918. Reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920. TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-BRONX COUNTY: That portion beginning at the Harlem River and Jerome Avenue, thence along Jerome Avenue to East One hundred and sixty-first Street, along East One hundred and sixty-first Street to Melrose Avenue, along Melrose Avenue to East One hundred and fifty-seventh Street, along East One hundred and fifty-seventh Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East One hundred and fifty-sixth Street, along East One hundred and fifty-sixth Street to St. Anns Avenue, along St. Anns Avenue to East One hundred and forty-ninth Street, along East One hundred and forty-ninth Street to Prospect Avenue, along Prospect Avenue to Freeman Street, along Freeman Street to Southern Boulevard, along Southern Boulevard to Pelham Avenue, along Pelham Avenue to Bronx River, along the Bronx River to the city line, along the city line to the Hudson River, along the Hudson River to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, thence through Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the Harlem River, and along the line separatingNew York from Bronx Counties to Jerome Avenue, the point or place of beginning. Population (1920), 391,050. ALBERT B. ROSSDALE, Republican, of The Bronx, N. Y., was raised in New York City and has been a resident of The Bronx, in the northerly part of the greater city, more than 20 years; was a clerk in the New York post office, and while in that service was president of the postal clerks' organizations for two years; resigned from the Postal Service in 1910 to go into the wholesale jewelry business and became a successful merchant; is unmarried, and resides with his sister, Miss Mattie Rossdale; has been active in Bronx fraternal, civic, and political affairs for many years; was one of the organizers of the Tremont Republican Club and was its first treasurer; later helped to organize the John Hay Republican Club and was its president three years; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by 38,915 votes, to 36,835 for Richard F. McKiniry, Democrat, and 22,949 for A. W. Josephson, Socialista plurality of 2,080 out of a total vote of 107,002 over his Democratic opponent and incumbent, who was elected two years previously by 21,594 majority. TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.-Portions of the counties of Westchester and Bronx. Population (1920), 355,754. BENJAMIN L. FAIRCHILD, Republican, of Pelham, Westchester County, was born in Sweden, Monroe County, N. Y.; received his education in Washington, D. C., in the public schools, business college, and in the law department of Columbian University (now George Washington University), graduating from that institution with a degree of LL. B. in 1883 and with the degree of LL. M. in 1885; was employed in Washington, D. C., in the Patent Office 1877-1879 and as a clerk in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving 1879-1885; is a lawyer in general practice New York City; as counsel to chambers of commerce and mercantile organizations he has given special attention to transportation matters before the Interstate Commerce Commission and port investigations in New York; represented the sixteenth district of New York in the Fifty-fourth Congress and the twenty-fourth district in the Sixty-fifth Congress; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920. TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Rockland and Westchester, except the cities of Mount Vernon and Yonkers and the towns of Eastchester and Pelham. Population (1920), 232,515. JAMES WILLIAM HUSTED, Republican, of Peekskill, N. Y., was born in Peekskill, Westchester County, N. Y., March 16, 1870; was graduated in 1888 from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1892 from Yale University, and in 1894 from the New York Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1894; since that time has been in active practice in Peekskill, N. Y.; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1895, 1896, and 1897; was president of the village of Peekskill in 1903 and 1904; president of the New England Pin Co., Winsted, Conn., since 1912; president of the Peekskill National Bank; married Louise Wetmore Spaulding, of Winsted, Conn., June 12, 1895, and has six children; she died May 24, 1914; married Bertha Frances (Herrick) Lloyd September 21, 1915; was elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Dutchess, Orange, and Putnam (3 counties). Population (1920), 222,393. HAMILTON FISH, JR., Republican, of Garrison, Putnam County, N. Y., was born at Garrison on December 7, 1888; graduate of St. Marks School, Southboro, Mass., and of Harvard University; served three terms in the New York State Assembly (1914-1916); commissioned captain of Colored Infantry (Fifteenth New York Volunteers), later known as the Three hundred and sixty-ninth Infantry; took active part in Battle of Champagne July 15 and general offensive September, 1918; decorated with the croix de guerre in connection with capture of village of Sechoult; subsequently major of Infantry, Fourth Division, Army of Occupation; graduate of the Army General Staff College, A. E. F.; vice president of John C. Paige & Co. (general insurance, 115 Broadway, New York); was elected to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Hon. Edmund Platt by a majority of 21,000 over Rosslyn N. Cox, Democrat; reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster (5 counties). Population (1920), 194,171. CHARLES BONNELL WARD, Republican, of Debruce, Sullivan County, was born April 27, 1879, in Newark, N. J.; graduated from Pennsylvania Military College 1899, receiving degree of B. S.; is married; elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.-ALBANY COUNTY. RENSSELAER COUNTY: First, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth wards of the city of Troy. Population (1920), 228,556. PETER GANSEVOORT TEN EYCK, Democrat, farmer and civil engineer, of Albany, N. Y., was born in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, N. Y., November 7, 1873; attended the country school at Normansville, later the public schools of the city of Albany, and finally was prepared in the Albany Boys' Academy for entrance in 1892 to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, where he studied civil engineering; followed this profession for 15 years, during which time he was signal engineer of the New York Central lines and later chief engineer and vice president and general manager of the Federal Railway Signal Co.; was a member of draft board No. 4, of Albany, and served either as chairman or member of practically every civilian war-service committee in his district during the World War; president of the Albany County Agricultural Society and Exposition, secretary and treasurer of the Albany County Farm Bureau Association, trustee of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, at Geneva, N. Y.; was married April 15, 1903, to Miss Bertha F. Dederick; one child; was elected to the Sixty-third Congress, receiving 23,193 votes, to 23,076 Republican, 4,918 Progressive (Democrat), 404 Independent Democrat, 787 Socialist, and 215 Prohibitionist; was nominated for Congress September 14, 1920, at a Democratic primary of the twenty-eighth New York congressional district, having a normal Republican majority of about 15,000, receiving 51,210 votes, to 42,214 Republican, 1,692 Socialist, 3,931 blank-total vote, 99,047. TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Rensselaer, except the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth wards of the city of Troy; Saratoga, Warren, and Washington (4 counties). Population (1920), 207,269. JAMES S. PARKER, Republican, of Salem, was born at Great Barrington, Mass., June 3, 1867; prepared for college in the public schools of his native town and completed his education at Cornell University; in 1888 removed to Salem, Washington County, N. Y., where he has since made his home; after finishing his course at Cornell taught for several years at the St. Paul School, Concord, N. H.; for the last 15 years has been engaged in farming at Salem, N. Y.; represented Washington County in the assembly in 1904, 1905, 1908-1912; was elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. THIRTIETH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Schenectady (4 counties). Population (1920), 216,188. FRANK CROWTHER, Republican; born July 10, 1870, at Liverpool, England; graduated Harvard Dental College 1898 with degree of D. M. D.; elected to New Jersey Legislature in 1904, and reelected in 1905; appointed on Middlesex County board of taxation by Gov. E. C. Stokes for three-year term; went to Schenectady, N. Y., in 1912; elected president of common council in 1917, and elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress by a plurality of 623 votes over George R. Lunn, DemocratProhibition, and Herbert Merrill, Socialist; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress by a plurality of 23,000 votes over John Kelly, Democrat, and Harry Christian, Socialist. THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence (4 counties). Population (1920), 207,431. BERTRAND H. SNELL, Republican, of Potsdam, born in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., December 9, 1870. Attended public schools there until 1884, when he entered the State Normal School at Potsdam, N. Y. Graduated from the State Normal School in 1889. After taking postgraduate course at the normal, he entered Amherst College in the fall of 1890; graduated in 1894. Married Miss Sara L. Merrick, of Gouverneur, N. Y., June 3, 1903; two daughters-Helen L. and Sara Louise. Began his business career as bookkeeper, and afterwards became secretary and manager of the Racquette River Paper Co. at Potsdam, N. Y. Is sole owner of the Snell Power Plant at Higley Falls, N. Y. Is president and manager of the Phenix Cheese Co., with offices at 345 Greenwich Street, New York City. Director of the Northern New York Trust Co., Watertown; director of the St. Lawrence County National Bank, Canton; trustee of the Potsdam Savings, Loan & Building Association; trustee and president of the board of trustees of the Clarkson Memorial College, Potsdam; trustee Potsdam Public Library; trustee A. B. Hepburn Memorial Hospital, of Ogdensburg, N. Y.; member local board of Potsdam Normal School; a member of the Republican State committee from the second assembly district of St. Lawrence; chairman executive committee of Republican State committee; delegate from thirty-first congressional district to Republican national convention at Chicago June, 1916 and 1920; was elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress by a plurality of about 32,000. THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, and Oswego (4 counties). Population (1920), 216,534. LUTHER WRIGHT MOTT, Republican, of Oswego, was born in Oswego November 30, 1874; was educated at the Oswego High School and Harvard College, and has received degree of LL. D. from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., and George Washington University, Washington, D. C.; since that time he has been in the banking business at Oswego, and was president of the New York State Bankers' Association in 1910 and 1911; was elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixtyfourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress by increased plurality. THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Herkimer and Oneida (2 counties). Population (1920), 247,795. HOMER P. SNYDER, Republican, of Little Falls, N. Y.; born Amsterdam, N. Y.; interested in industries and banking; married; served in various capacities in municipal government; defeated Sixty-third Congress; elected Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses; reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress; chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs first session Sixty-sixth Congress. THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego (4 counties). Population (1920), 237,553. JOHN DAVENPORT CLARKE, Republican, of Fraser, Delaware County, N. Y.; born in Hobart, Delaware County, N. Y.; educated in the schools of Delaware County; graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1898; took postgraduate courses in economics and history at Colorado College; studied law in New York Law School and was graduated from the Brooklyn Law School in 1911; worked for the Oliver Iron Mining Co. (mining department of the Carnegie Steel Co.); assistant to the secretary of mines of the United Stat Steel Corporation from its formation to 1906; since then secretary and treasurer of cer mining companies and practicing lawyer; purchased farm in native county of Delaware in 1915 and has been actively engaged in farming ever since; is married; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by approximately 31,000 majority; the largest majority ever heretofore given a candidate in this district, with women voting, was approximately 17,000 for his predecessor. THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cortland and Onondaga (2 counties). Population (1920), 271,090. WALTER WARREN MAGEE, Republican, of Syracuse, was born at Groveland, N. Y.; attended the common schools and Geneseo State Normal; graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, in the class of 1885, and from Harvard College in the class of 1889; married Sarah Genevieve Wood, a daughter of the late Brig. Gen. Palmer G. Wood; is a lawyer; served as a member of the board of supervisors of Onondaga County in session of 1892-93; was corporation counsel of Syracuse for 10 years from January 1, 1904; elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress; reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses. |