COUNTY.-Westchester.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT.

Population (1905), 229,328.

JOHN EMORY ANDRUS, Republican, of Yonkers, retired manufacturer and banker, was born at Pleasantville, Westchester County, N. Y., February 16, 1841; fitted for college at Charlotteville Seminary, Schoharie County, N. Y.; was graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1862; taught school in New Jersey for four years; engaged in the manufacture of medicinal preparations; is president of the New York Pharmaceutical Association and of the Palisade Manufacturing Company; treasurer of the Arlington Chemical Company; trustee of Wesleyan University and other institutions; was elected mayor of Yonkers in 1903; was elected to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 27,966 votes, to 19,851 for William H. Lynn, Democrat, 1,237 for John J. Cleary, Independence League, 881 for Leon A. Malkiel, Socialist, and 392 for Stephen W. Collins, Prohibitionist.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Orange, Rockland, and Sullivan (3 counties).

Population (1905), 188,488.

THOMAS W. BRADLEY, Republican, of Walden, retired manufacturer and banker, was born April 6, 1844; entered the Union Army as a private soldier; was awarded the Congressional medal of honor for gallantry; was brevetted major United States Volunteers for meritorious service; was wounded at Gettysburg, at the Wilderness, and before Petersburg; is a member of the New York ChattanoogaGettysburg Battlefields Commission; was a member of the New York legislature; was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1908; was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 23,927 votes, to 17,979 for Richard E. King, Democrat, 310 for Ernest Harrison, Socialist, and 595 for Schuyler C. Pew, Prohibitionist.

TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, and Putnam (4 counties).

Population (1905), 171,987.

HAMILTON FISH, Republican, of Garrison, was born in Albany, N. Y., April 17, 1849, while his father was governor of the State; was educated in private schools and in Switzerland; graduated at Columbia College in 1869, and was admitted to the bar in 1873; is a widower, with five children; from 1869 to 1871 was private secretary to his father, Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States under President Grant's Administration; served eleven years in the assembly of the State of New York and was speaker in 1895 and 1896; was appointed in 1903 by President Roosevelt assistant treasurer of United States at New York; reappointed in 1907, resigning the office in October, 1908, to run for Congress, and was elected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 22,832 votes, to 19,725 for Andrew C. Zabriskie, Democrat, 425 for George Lazar, Independence League, 141 for George H. Warner, Socialist, and 790 for William W. Smith, Prohibitionist.

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Rensselaer and Washington (2 counties).

Population (1905), 169,005.

WILLIAM H. DRAPER, Republican, of Troy, born in Worcester County, Mass., June 24, 1841; moved to Troy in 1847 and has resided there ever since; attended the public schools until 1856 and then entered upon a mercantile career; is now engaged in manufacturing cordage and twine under the firm name of William H. Draper & Son; has served as trustee of the village of Lansingburg, and from 1896 to 1900 as commissioner of jurors for Rensselaer County; was elected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 22,980 votes, to 19,074 for Winfield A. Huppuch, Democrat, 645 for Le Roy C. Lane, Independence League, 294 for William Nugent, Socialist, and 614 for Edwin Bell, Prohibitionist,

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Albany and Schenectady (2 counties).

Population (1905), 241,732.

GEORGE N. SOUTHWICK, Republican, of Albany, was born at 55 Ten Broeck street, Albany, N. Y., his present residence, March 7, 1863; his parents were Henry C. and Margaret J. Southwick; his early education was acquired at private school and later at Public School No. 6; entered the Albany High School in 1875, whence he was graduated in 1879; in the fall of 1880 entered Williams College, whence he was graduated in 1884; entered the Albany Law School, but financial reverses compelled him to seek active business life, and early in 1885 he entered the service of the Albany Morning Express, in both an editorial and a reportorial capacity; also represented the Associated Press as reporter of proceedings in the senate or assembly during the legislative sessions of 1886, 1887, and 1888; in the last-mentioned year became managing editor of the Morning Express and early in 1889 of the Albany Evening Journal; Mr. Southwick's literary activity has extended beyond the field of the daily papers, with which he has been connected as editor, reporter, or correspondent; he has been an occasional contributor to the columns of the magazines, among others the North American Review; his political career began in the campaign of 1884 with voluntary contributions of editorial articles to the Albany Morning Express in the interest of James G. Blaine; in 1888 stumped Albany County for Benjamin Harrison and Republican principles, and since that year his voice has been heard on the stump throughout the State of New York, at every recurring election, in the interest of the Republican party; in 1892 sought the Republican nomination for Congress in the Albany district, but was deterred by factious differences which existed within party lines; in 1894 secured the Congressional nomination, and won at the election, defeating Charles Tracey by a majority of 1,640; in 1896 was reelected to Congress, defeating Thomas F. Wilkinson by a majority of 4,705; in March, 1896, presided as permanent chairman over the stormy scenes of the Republican State convention in the city of New York, which selected delegates at large to the St. Louis convention in favor of the nomination of Levi P. Morton; in 1898 was again a candidate for Congress, but was defeated by Martin H. Glynn by a majority of 551; in 1900 Mr. Southwick and Mr. Glynn were again the contestants, the former winning, being elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress by a majority of 2,456. Mr. Southwick was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress in the new district consisting of Albany and Schenectady counties, and to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 30,593 votes, to 30,008 for William H. Keeler, Democrat, 764 for George C. Hisgen, Independence League, 1,173 for Herbert M. Merrill, Socialist, and 526 for Harry S. Weeks, Prohibitionist.

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, and Ulster (4 counties).

Population (1905), 206,455.

GEORGE WINTHROP FAIRCHILD, Republican, of Oneonta, was born in Oneonta, Otsego County, N. Y., May 6, 1854, the son of the late Jesse Fairchild, who came from Connecticut, being a direct descendant of Thomas Fairchild, who settled in Stratford, Conn., in 1639; his mother is a granddaughter of Thomas Morenus, a Revolutionary soldier, and daughter of Jeremiah Morenus, a veteran of the war of 1812; is married. Was elected to the Sixtieth Congress, and reelected to the Sixtyfirst Congress, receiving 28,496 votes, to 23,059 for G. Hyde Clark, Democrat, 1,443 for George W. Ostrander, Independence League.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, and Warren (5 counties).

Population (1905), 190,896.

CYRUS DUREY, Republican, of Johnstown, was born in Caroga, Fulton County N. Y., May 16, 1864; educated in common schools and Johnstown Academy; is presi dent and acting manager of Caroga Lumber Company, engaged in lumbering; has been supervisor's clerk, supervisor, postmaster at Johnstown (1898-1906), and was a member of the Republican State committee in 1904-1906; was elected to the Sixtieth Congress and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 27,152 votes, to 19,927 for Joseph D. Baucus, Democrat, 1,408 for Charles E. Robbins, Prohibitionist, 610 for William B. Murphy, Independence League, and 790 for Waldemar W. Rohde, Socialist,

TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence (4 counties).

Population (1905), 219, 186.

GEORGE R. MALBY, Republican, of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, was born at Canton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., September 16, 1857; educated in Canton Union School and St. Lawrence University, from which he received the degree of M. S.; is an attorney and counselor at law, doing business under the firm name of Malby & Lucey; was elected to the New York State assembly in 1890 and served in that body continuously for five years; was elected leader of his party in 1893 in that body, and speaker in 1894; was elected to the New York State senate in 1895 and served continuously in that body until January, 1907, being a member of committees on military affairs, insurance, miscellaneous corporations, chairman of codes, and for eleven years member of the finance committee, and the last four years its chairman; married in 1883; was elected to the Sixtieth Congress and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 30,615 votes, to 14,914 for Ellis Woodworth, Democrat, 394 for John P. Judge, Independence League, and 189 for Frederick G. Thomas, Socialist.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Herkimer and Oneida (2 counties).

Population (1905), 194, 105.

CHARLES STEPHEN MILLINGTON, Republican, of Herkimer, was born in the town of Norway, Herkimer County, N. Y., March 13, 1855, the son of Dr. Stephen R. and Harty (Lambertson) Millington. He was educated in the district schools of Poland, the Fairfield Academy, and at Hungerford Collegiate Institute, and at the age of 17 entered the employ of the Hungerford National Bank, at Adams, N. Y.; he later organized and became the cashier of the Bank of Poland, which, in 1880, he organized into a national bank; he continued as its cashier until 1894, when he moved to Herkimer as vice-president of the Herkimer Bank, of which he was made president in 1895, and which became a national bank in 1898. Mr. Millington is also president of the First National Bank of Dolgeville, vice-president of the Mohawk Valley Real Estate Company, and a trustee of the Herkimer Free Library. On March 6, 1878, he married Allie T., daughter of John Robert Webster, of Poland; Mrs. Millington died February 13, 1902. Their children are Maud (Mrs. Edwin Caswell Pelton), Harty, and Ada Millington. He was elected to the Sixtyfirst Congress, receiving 26,962 votes, to 21,365 for Curtis F. Alliaume, Democrat, 380 for William J. Hoffman, Independence League, 398 for A. L. Byron-Curtiss, Socialist, and 844 for Daniel H. Conrad, Prohibitionist.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego (3 counties).

Population (1905), 176,459.

CHARLES LUMAN KNAPP, Republican, of Lowville, was born at Harrisburg, Lewis County, N. Y., July 4, 1847; was educated at Lowville Academy and Rutgers College, N. J., graduating from the latter in 1869; studied law and was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Lowville in 1873; in 1885 was elected to the State senate from the district consisting of Lewis, St. Lawrence, and Franklin counties; served in the senate during 1886 and 1887 on the committees on judiciary, railroads, and miscellaneous corporations, and was chairman of the committee on literature and public education; in 1889 was appointed by President Harrison consul-general to Montreal, and served during Harrison's term and until September, 1893, when he returned to Lowville and resumed the practice of his profession; was married June 26, 1887, to Sarah Dorrance, daughter of Hon. Daniel G. Dorrance, of Oneida Castle, New York; was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress November 5, 1901, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. A. D. Shaw, and to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixtyfirst Congress, receiving 25,948 votes, to 15,756 for Andrew C. Cornwall, Democrat, 2,372 for Sylvanus V. Barker, Prohibitionist, 236 for A. C. Moore, Independence League, and 527 for Thomas H. Lynch, Socialist.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES.-Onondaga and Madison (2 counties).

Population (1905), 217,671.

MICHAEL EDWARD DRISCOLL, Republican, of Syracuse, was born in that city February 9, 1851. When about 1 year old his parents moved to a small farm in the town of Camillus, Onondaga County. He was educated in the district schools, Monroe Collegiate Institute, at Elbridge, and graduated from Williams College in 1877. Immediately after graduation he commenced the study of law in Syracuse; was admitted to the bar in 1879, and followed the practice of his profession continuously until he entered Congress, and built up a large and lucrative trial practice. In the year 1895 he was appointed by Governor Morton, of New York, one of five commissioners to draft a uniform charter for cities of the second class in that State; the work of that commission was afterwards enacted into law, practically without change, and is the charter for those cities. Aside from that appointment he never held public office until he was elected to Congress in 1898. In 1905 he was appointed by the superintendent of insurance of the State of New York as counsel in the examination of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of New York, which was the beginning of the investigation of the great insurance companies of that city. He has always been a Republican and has been active in politics, especially as a speaker during campaigns. He has attended many conventions of his party, and in 1906 was temporary chairman of the New York State convention at Saratoga. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 33,664 votes, to 20,527 for Alphonso E. Fitch, Democrat, 1,238 for Frank Smith, Socialist, and 1,569 for Charles M. Tower, Prohibitionist.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins (5 counties).

Population (1905), 200,224.

JOHN WILBUR DWIGHT, Republican, of Dryden, was born May 24, 1859, in that place; was elected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 30,622 votes, to 19,818 for Alexander D. Wales, Democrat, 264 for Murray E. Poole, Independence League, 300 for George W. Beach, Socialist, and 2,334 for Ďell June, Prohibitionist.

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne, and Yates (4 counties).

Population (1905), 186,962.

SERENO ELISHA PAYNE, Republican, of Auburn, was born at Hamilton, N. Y., June 26, 1843; graduated from the University of Rochester in 1864; was admitted to the bar in 1866, and has since practiced law at Auburn; is now a member of the firm of Payne, Payne & Clark; was city clerk of Auburn, 1868-1871; was supervisor of Auburn, 1871-72; was district attorney of Cayuga County, 1873-1879; was president of the board of education at Auburn, 1879-1882; has received the degree of LL. D. from Colgate University, also from the University of Rochester; has been twice chairman of the Republican State convention of New York; was a delegate to the national Republican conventions in 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904, serving as chairman of the committee on credentials at the convention in 1900; was appointed a member of the American-British joint high commission in January, 1899; was elected to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fiftyfifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 28,990 votes, to 17,891 for John A. Curtis, Democrat, 736 for George S. Ellis, Independence League, and 956 for Leroy Carl, Socialist.

COUNTY.-Monroe.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.

Population (1905), 239,521.

Vacancy.

THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, and Steuben (4 counties).

Population (1905), 177,933.

JACOB SLOAT FASSETT, Republican, of Elmira, was born in Elmira, N. Y., November 13, 1853, and has always lived in Elmira; was graduated from the University of Rochester in June, 1875; was admitted to the bar as attorney in 1878, and as counselor in 1879. Immediately thereafter he was appointed by Governor Lucius Robinson to the office of district attorney for the county of Chemung, which position he held for one year. He then became a student at Heidelberg University, at Heidelberg, Germany. He was elected to the New York State senate in 1883, and served eight years as senator; was elected temporary president of the senate in 1889; was secretary of the Republican national committee for the campaign of 1888; September 9, 1891, he was nominated for governor of New York by the Republicans in State convention held at Rochester, but was defeated by Roswell P. Flower; was temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in Minneapolis in 1892; was temporary chairman of the Republican State convention held at Saratoga in 1904; was elected to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 24,580 votes, to 20,319 for James A. Parsons, Democrat, 410 for Emmett D. Hees, Independence League, 378 for Hawley S. Pettibone, Socialist, and 1,417 for Samuel Mitchell, Prohibitionist.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

COUNTIES.-Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming (5 counties).

Population (1905), 220,208.

JAMES S. SIMMONS, Republican, of Niagara Falls, was born in Frederick County, Md., November 25, 1861; was educated at Liberty Academy and Frederick College; has been engaged in the real estate business during all of his business life; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 30,298 votes, to 23,298 for Frank W. Brown, Democrat, 321 for Geo. N. Archer, Independence League, and 1,448 for J. Llewellyn Davis, Prohibitionist.

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.

CITY OF BUFFALO.-The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth wards.

Population (1905), 238,667.

DANIEL A. DRISCOLL, Democrat, of Buffalo, was born in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., March 6, 1875; was educated at Central High School; engaged in the undertaking business of his father, Timothy Driscoll; never held public office prior to his election to Congress; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress, receiving 25,866 votes, to 20,093 for L. Bradley Dorr, Republican, 133 for Charles Reinagel, Independence League, 626 for Samuel F. Leary, Socialist, and 108 for Joseph A. Dixon, Prohibitionist.

THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.

ERIE COUNTY.-Seventh and Eighth assembly districts.

CITY OF BUFFALO.-The Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-fifth wards.

Population (1905), 235,033.

DE ALVA STANWOOD ALEXANDER, Republican, of Buffalo, was born July 17, 1846, in Richmond, Me.; at the age of 15 entered the Army, serving three years, and until the close of the war, as a private soldier; upon leaving the service prepared for college at Edward Little Institute, in Auburn, Me., and in 1870 took his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, of which he is now an overseer and which has conferred upon him the degree of LL. D.; in 1874 located at Indianapolis, Ind., where he practiced law in partnership with Hon. Stanton J. Peelle, now chief justice of the Court of Claims in Washington; was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1872; was secretary of the Indiana Republican State committee from 1874 to 1878; in 1881 was appointed Fifth Auditor of the Treasury Department, and during his residence in Washington was elected and served one term as commander of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic; moved to Buffalo in 1885, forming a law partnership with his college classmate, Hon. James A. Roberts, formerly comptroller of the State of New York; in 1889 was appointed