SEVENTH_DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Lee, Oldham, Owen, Powell, Scott, and Woodford (12 counties). Population (1910), 197,110.

JAMES CAMPBELL CANTRILL, Democrat, of Georgetown, was born at Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., July 9, 1870; was educated at Georgetown (Ky.) College: in 1893 he married Miss Carrie Payne, of Georgetown, who died December 8, 1913. To this union was born one son, James E. Cantrill; on June 26, 1918, married Mrs. Ethel Gist Ripy, of Newcastle, Ky.; in 1895 was elected chairman of the Scott County Democratic committee; in 1897 elected a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and reelected in 1899; in 1901 was elected a member of the Kentucky Senate from the twenty-second senatorial district; in 1904 was elected chairman of the joint caucus of the Kentucky Legislature; in 1904 was nominated at Lexington for Congress, but declined the nomination, although the nomination was equivalent to election; the same year he was elected a delegate to the Democratic national convention; in 1906 Mr. Cantrill became active in the work of organizing the tobacco growers of Kentucky, and for several years past has given almost his entire time to this work; January, 1908, he was elected president of the American Society of Equity for Kentucky, an organization for the cooperation of farmers in securing more profitable prices for their products; in 1916 was campaign chairman of the Democratic Party for Kentucky; was elected to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress by a large majority.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Adair, Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Shelby, and Spencer (11 counties). Population (1910), 165,822.

KING SWOPE, Republican, of Danville, Boyle County, Ky., was born at Danville, Ky., August 10, 1893; son of James H. and Jessie (King) Swope; attended Centre College and graduated in 1914 with the degree of bachelor of arts; graduated from the law school of Kentucky State University with the degree of bachelor of laws, and began the practice of law in 1915. In 1916 he was presidential elector on the Republican ticket for the eighth congressional district of Kentucky. After the declaration of war with Germany he volunteered for military service and was commissioned a captain of Infantry, and served in that capacity until_hostilities ceased, when he requested discharge to resume the practice of law. On May 21, 1919, he was nominated without opposition by the Republicans of the eighth congressional district for Congress, and was elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress on the 2d day of August, 1919. Was married March 22, 1918, to Miss Mary Margaret Richards, of Morganfield, Ky.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Harrison, Lawrence, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Robertson, Rowan, and Wolfe (19 counties). Population (1910), 273,343.

WILLIAM JASON FIELDS, Democrat, of Olive Hill, Carter County, Ky., was born at Willard, Ky., December 29, 1874; was educated in the common schools of Carter County and at Kentucky University, Lexington, Ky.; was married October 28, 1893, to Miss Dora McDavid, of Rosedale, Ky.; was elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixtysixth Congress.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, and Pike (10 counties). Population (1910), 141,111.

JOHN WESLEY LANGLEY, Republican, of Pikeville, was born in Floyd County, Ky.; received his early education in the common schools, in which he was a teacher for three years; attended the law departments of the National, Georgetown, and Columbian (now George Washington) Universities for an aggregate period of eight years; had conferred on him the degrees of bachelor of laws in the National University, master of laws in each of the three universities named, and doctor of the civil law and master of diplomacy in the George Washington University; was an examiner in the Pension Office, a member of the board of pension appeals, a law clerk in the General Land Office, and disbursing and appointment clerk of the Census Office; served two terms in the Kentucky Legislature, receiving the caucus nomination of his party for speaker of the house; was twice a delegate from his district to Republican national conventions, and a delegate at large to the Republican national convention of 1916; married Katherine Gudger, daughter of J. M. Gudger, jr., Member of Congress from North Carolina; was elected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress by about 7,500,

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Monroe, Pulaski, Rockcastlé, Russell, Wayne, and Whitley (15 counties). Population (1910), 250,248.

JOHN MARSHALL ROBSION, Republican, of Barbourville, Ky., was born in Bracken County, Ky.; was reared on a farm and attended the common schools; received the degree of bachelor of science from the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio; also attended the National Normal University of Ada, Ohio, and Holbrook College, at Knoxville, Tenn.; received the degree of bachelor of laws from Center College, Danville, Ky.; taught for several years in the public schools of Kentucky and two years in Union College, Barbourville, Ky., and was for several years a trustee of the said college; was admitted to the practice of law in 1898, and has ever since followed the practice of law actively in the courts of Kentucky and the Federal courts; is now and has been for several years president of the First National Bank of Barbourville, Ky.; was a delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago in June, 1916, and was the member from Kentucky on the resolutions committee which drafted the platform at the said convention; became a candidate for Congress early in 1918 against the Hon. Caleb Powers, but later ran the race out in the Republican primary, August, 1918, with the Hon. D. C. Edwards, former Congressman from the eleventh district of Kentucky; was opposed in the final election by the Hon. Nat B. Elliott, Democrat, of Laurel County, Ky.; defeated the Democratic nominee by something like 18,000 majority; never before sought or held office; was unanimously chosen by the Republicans of the Sixty-sixth Congress for service on the Committees on Roads, Pensions, Education, and Mines and Mining; was married the 25th day of January, 1902, to Lida Stansberry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stansberry, of Grays, Ky.; to this union there were born two children-Daisy S. and John M., jr.

LOUISIANA.

(Population (1910), 1,656,388.)

SENATORS.

JOSEPH EUGENE RANSDELL, Democrat, of Lake Providence, was born in Alexandria, La., October 7, 1858, the eighth child of John H. and Amanda (Terrell) Ransdell; obtained his early education in the private schools of Alexandria, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in June, 1882, which institution elected him honorary chancellor and conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his graduation, June, 1907; was admitted to the bar of Louisiana in June, 1883; was elected district attorney of the eighth judicial district of Louisiana in April, 1884, which office he held for 12 years; was married to Olive Irene Powell, of Lake Providence, November 15, 1885; was a member of the fifth Louisiana levee board from May, 1896, until August, 1899; represented East Carroll Parish in the State constitutional convention of 1898; was elected to the Fiftysixth Congress in September, 1899, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. S. T. Baird, who died April 22, 1899; on his election to Congress gave up the practice of law and has devoted himself exclusively to his congressional duties and cotton-planting interests; has been especially active in behalf of legislation for waterways and flood control; served continuously in the lower House until the close of the Sixty-second Congress; received the nomination for United States Senator in a Democratic primary election held January 23, 1912; was elected by the legislature to succeed Hon. M. J. Foster May 21, 1912, and took his seat on March 4, 1913. His first term of service expired on March 3, 1919. In August, 1918, he was unopposed for nomination by the Democratic Party for the term ending March 4, 1925, and at the general election in November was elected without opposition.

EDWARD JAMES GAY, Democrat, of Plaquemine, a son of Andrew H. Gay and Lodoiska (Clement) Gay, was born on his father's Union Plantation May 5, 1878; was educated at Pantops Academy, Charlottesville, Va., Lawrenceville School, New Jersey, and Princeton University. Since reaching manhood has been engaged in sugar production and the cultivation of other agricultural products; was married to Miss Gladys Fenner, of New Orleans, from which union there are four children; was a member of the Louisiana State Legislature for 16 years, and was a delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1904; was nominated for the United States Senate at the Democratic primary to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator R. F. Broussard, and was elected at the general election without opposition, taking his seat in the Senate December 2, 1918. His term of office will expire March 3, 1921.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.-CITY OF NEW ORLEANS: Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and fifteenth wards. PARISHES: Plaquemines and St. Bernard. Population (1910), 203,120.

JAMES O'CONNOR, Democrat, of New Orleans, La., was born April 4, 1870; educated in the public schools of New Orleans; graduated from the law department of Tulane University and admitted to the bar in 1900; married Florence Bland in 1903 and has a family of three sons; in 1912 was named assistant city attorney at New Orleans, serving until 1918, when he became judge of the criminal court of the parish of Orleans; resigned the judgeship in 1919 to take a seat in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-sixth Congress, to which elected to succeed Hon. Albert Estopinal, deceased.

SECOND DISTRICT.-CITY OF NEW ORLEANS: First, second, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth wards. PARISHES: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John. Population (1910), 220,557.

HENRY GARLAND DUPRÉ, Democrat, of New Orleans, was born at Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, La., on July 28, 1873; is the eldest child of the late Laurent Dupré and of Marie Celeste (Garland) Dupré; was educated in the public schools of Opelousas, and was graduated in 1892 from the Tulane University of Louisiana, at New Orleans, with the degree of bachelor of arts. He subsequently received the degree of bachelor of laws from the same institution; began the practice of his profession in the city of New Orleans in 1895; served as assistant city attorney of New Orleans from 1900 to 1910; was elected to the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana from the fourteenth ward of the parish of Orleans in 1900; was reelected in 1904 and in 1908; was speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana for the sessions of 1908 and 1910; was chairman Democratic State convention in 1908 to select delegates to the Democratic national convention at Denver; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress on November 8, 1910, to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of the Hon. Samuel L. Gilmore, and at the same election was elected to the Sixty-second Congress. He was reelected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixtyfifth Congresses, and was nominated and elected without opposition as a Member of the Sixty-sixth Congress.

THIRD DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Assumption, Iberia, Lafayette, Lafourche, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and Vermilion (8 parishes). Population (1910), 234,382.

WHITMELL PUGH MARTIN, of Thibodaux, was born in Assumption Parish August 12, 1867. He studied in public schools and under private tutors until he entered the Louisiana State University, and was graduated from there in 1888 with the degree of B. S.; studied law at the University of Virginia, and after passing examinations before the courts of Virginia and Louisiana entered upon the practice of law in 1891. After practicing his profession for a short time in Assumption, he moved to Thibodaux, which place has since been his home; was superintendent of public education from 1894 to 1900; district attorney from 1900 to 1907; elected judge of the twentieth judicial district in 1907; was married to Miss Amy Williamson, of De Soto Parish, in 1896, and four children were born to them-Amy, Whitmell Pugh, jr. (who died at the age of 12 years, in May, 1914), Marshall Leigh, and Robert Campbell. In 1912 Judge Martin was alternate delegate to the Baltimore convention that nominated President Woodrow Wilson and was an ardent supporter of Wilson, but when the Underwood tariff bill placing sugar on the free list was passed, materially reducing the duty upon other products of Louisiana, believing that the Democratic Party had violated its traditions and platform pledges, and being of the opinion that a free-trade policy would prove ruinous to the interests of Louisiana, he left the Democratic Party and joined the Progressive Party. He was nominated by convention as the Progressive candidate for Congress and defeated his Democratic opponent by 1,426 votes, being the first non-Democratic Congressman to be sent from Louisiana in over 25 years. He was reelected to the Sixty-fifth Congress on the Progressive ticket. He was nominated by the Democrats for the Sixty-sixth Congress, and elected without opposition.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, and Webster (7 parishes). Population (1910), 185,041.

JOHN THOMAS WATKINS, Democrat, of Minden, was born at Minden, La., January 15, 1854; was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; studied law and was admitted to the bar July, 1878; January 15, 1879, married Miss Lizzie R. Murrell; was elected district judge

in 1892 and reelected in 1896 and 1900, his last term expiring December 8, 1904; was elected to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll (14 parishes). Population (1910), 204,036.

RILEY JOSEPH WILSON, Democrat, of Harrisonburg, was born in Winn Parish, La., November 12, 1871; educated in the public schools of Louisiana, and at Arcadia Male and Female College, Arcadia, La., and Iuka Normal College, Iuka, Miss., graduating at the latter institution in 1894; was principal of Harrisonburg High School for 1895 and 1896; while teaching took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar of Louisiana November, 1898, by the supreme court; represented Catahoula Parish in the Louisiana constitutional convention of 1898, and also in the legislature from 1900 to 1904; was married to Miss Pearl Barnett, of Iuka, Miss., June 14, 1899; has three children, two boys and one girl; was editor of Catahoula News from 1898 to 1904; was elected district attorney of the eighth judicial district of Louisiana November, 1904, and reelected to the same office November, 1908; resigned the office of district attorney May, 1910, on being elected judge of the same district to fill out an unexpired term, and was reelected as judge November, 1912; was elected a Member of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana (12 parishes). Population (1910), 247,612.

JARED YOUNG SANDERS, Democrat, of Bogalusa, Washington Parish, was born near Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, La., January 29, 1869; was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives on the antilottery Democratic ticket in 1892; was admitted to the bar in 1893; served as a member of the constitutional convention of 1898; elected speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1900, lieutenant governor in 1904, and governor in 1908; is married and has one son, J. Y. Sanders, jr., recently a captain in the National Army, now practicing law; was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress without opposition.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, and St. Landry (8 parishes). Population (1910), 165,563.

LADISLAS LAZARO, Democrat, of Washington, La., was born June 5, 1872, near Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish (then St. Landry), of the marriage of Alexandre Lazaro and Miss Marie Denise Ortego; educated in the public and private schools of St. Landry Parish and St. Isadore's College, New Orleans; graduated in medicine in 1894 and followed medicine as a profession until 1913; also is interested in farming. Was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1908 and in 1912, both times without opposition; elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses, and reelected without opposition to the Sixty-sixth Congress.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-PARISHES: Avoyelles, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon, and Winn (8 parishes). Population (1910), 196,077.

JAMES BENJAMIN ASWELL, Democrat, of Natchitoches, was born in Jackson Parish, La., December 23, 1869; was reared on a cotton farm and worked his way through school; was graduated from Peabody Normal College in 1892; received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from the University of Nashville in 1893 and 1898; taught in country schools, high school, and did graduate work in Chicago University; specialized in literature, pedagogy, and political science; was State institute conductor 1897-1900; president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute 1900-1904; elected twice to office of State superintendent of public education without opposition 1904-1908; elected chancellor of the University of Mississippi in 1907, but was prevented from accepting by the earnest solicitation of the Louisiana teachers; president Louisiana State Normal School 1908-1911; received the degree of LL. D. from the University of Arkansas in 1907; reorganized the, State public-school system; elected to the Sixty-third, Sixtyfourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses.

MAINE.

(Population (1910), 742,371.)

SENATORS.

BERT M. FERNALD, Republican, of West Poland, Me., governor of Maine 1909-10, was elected to the United States Senate September 11, 1916, to succeed the late Edwin C. Burleigh, receiving 79,254 votes, to 66,632 for Kenneth C. M. Sills, his Democratic opponent. Reelected September 9, 1918.

FREDERICK HALE, Republican, of Portland, Cumberland County, Me., was born at Detroit, Mich., October 7, 1874; prepared for college at Lawrenceville and Groton schools, and graduated from Harvard in 1896; admitted to the bar in 1899; served in the Maine Legislature in 1905; elected to the United States Senate in September, 1916, to succeed Senator Charles F. Johnson. His term of service will expire March 3, 1923.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cumberland and York (2 counties). Population (1910), 180,540.

LOUIS B. GOODALL, Republican, of Sanford, was born in Winchester, N. H., September 23, 1851, son of Thomas and Ruth (Waterhouse) Goodall. On July 21, 1877, he married Rose V. Goodwin, of Saco, Me., who died on April 15, 1894. He has two daughters and a son. Mr. Goodall is treasurer of the Goodall Worsted Co., known as the Palm Beach Mills, which originated the well-known Palm Beach cloth. He is president of the Sanford National Bank. He was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress, receiving 20,357 votes, to 16,807 for Lamont A. Stevens, Democrat; 310 for Orville F. Brigham, Socialist; 86 for James Perrigo, Prohibitionist; and 3 scattering.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Androscoggin, Franklin, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, and Sagadahoc (6 counties). Population (1910), 180,968.

WALLACE HUMPHREY WHITE, JR., Republican, of Lewiston, was born in that city August 6, 1877; was educated in the public schools of Lewiston, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1899. Following his graduation he came to Washington as assistant clerk to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, and later served as secretary to the President of the Senate and as private secretary to the late Senator Frye, of Maine. He is a lawyer by profession. He was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress, receiving a majority of 2,784.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Hancock, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo, and Washington (5 counties). Population (1910), 201,027.

JOHN ANDREW PETERS, Republican, of Ellsworth, Me., was born in that city August 13, 1864; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1885; was admitted to the bar in Maine in 1887; practiced law since 1887; was elected representative to the Maine Legislature for the sessions of 1909, 1911, and 1913, and speaker of the house of representatives for the session of 1913; delegate at large to Republican national convention 1916; was elected to the Sixty-third and subsequent Congresses.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Aroostook, Penobscot, and Piscataquis (3 counties). Population (1910), 179,836.

IRA GREENLIEF HERSEY, Republican, of Houlton, was born March 31, 1858, at Hodgdon, Me.; educated in the public schools and Ricker Classical Institute, at Houlton, Me.; admitted to the Maine bar in September, 1880; married Annie Dillen January 6, 1884; representative in the Maine Legislature 1909-10, 1911-12; State senator 1913-14, and president of the Maine Senate 1915-16. He was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress, receiving 17,647 votes, to 12,969 for Leonard Pierce, Democrat, and 156 for Esterline, Socialist. Reelected September 9, 1918, to the Sixty-sixth Congress.