Statewide County CO Archives History .....Government January 8, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marta Norton martanorton@q.com November 13, 2008, 2:47 pm Fifty-Sixth Congress (Second Session - Beginning December 3, 1900) Official Congressional Directory For the use of the United States Congress Compiled under the Direction of The Joint Committee on Printing by A. J. Halford Second Edition Corrected to January 8, 1901 Washington: Government Printing Office 1901 COLORADO SENATORS: EDWARD OLIVER WOLCOTT, of Denver, was born in Longmeadow, Mass., March 26, 1848; served for a few months as private in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers in 1864; entered Yal College in 1866, but did not graduate; graduated from Harvard Law School in 1871, and removed to Colorado; is a lawyer; was elected to the United States Senate, to succeed Thomas M. Brown, Republican, and took his seat March 4, 1889; was reelected in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901. HENRY MOORE TELLER, Silver Republican, of Central City, was born in the town of Granger, Allegany County, N.Y., May 23, 1830; educated in the common schools, Rushford Academy, and Alfred University; taught school several years; studied law at Angelico, Allegany, County; was admitted to practice at Binghamton, N.Y. In January, 1858, removed to Illinois and practiced law there until April, 1861, when he removed to Colorado and resumed the practice of law; received the degree of LL.D from Alfred University in 1886; never held an office until he was elected to the United States Senate from Colorado on the admittance of that State; took his seat in the United States Senate December 4, 1876, and drew the term ending March 3, 1877; was reelected December 11 for the full term, and served until April 17, 1882, and served until March 3, 1885; was reelected to the Senate in January, 1885, and took his seat March 4, 1885; was reelected in 1891, a Republican in politics, but withdrews from the national Republican convention at St. Louis in June, 1896, because of dissatisfaction at the financial plank of the platform; was reelected in January, 1897, as an Independent Silver Republican, receiving 94 votes out of a total of 100; took his seat March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903. ------------------------------------- COLORADO REPRESENTATIVES: First District Counties - Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Park, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma (13 Counties). JOHN F. SHAFROTH, Silverite, of Denver, was born in Fayette, Mo., June 9, 1854; entered the University of Michigan in teh fall of 1872, and graduated in the literary department in the class of 1875; studied law in the offices of Hon. Samuel C. Major, in his native town; was admitted to the bar in August, 1876, and soon thereafter formed a partnership with his preceptor; preacticed law at Fayette, Mo., until October, 1879, when he removed to Denver, Colo., where he has ever since pursued his profession; in April, 1887, he was elected city attorney of Denver, and was reelected to the same poistion in April, 1889; in 1887 he formed a partnership with Judge Platt Rogers, of Denver; was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress as a Repbulican, and reelected to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses as a Silver Republican, receiving 43,111 votes, out of 18,850 for Charles Hartzell, Republican. Second District Counties - Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejob, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Funnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mesa, Minersl, Montezuma, Montrose, Otero, Ouray, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Summitt and Teller (44 counties) JOHN C. BELL, Populist, of Montrose, was born in Grundy County, Tenn., December 11, 1851; attended the public schools of his native county in early youth, and further pursued his studies for two years at Alto and two years at Boiling Fort, Franklin County, Tenn.; read law in Winchester, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar of that state in 1874, and the same year moved to Colorado and commenced the practice of law at Saguache in June, 1874; was appointed county attorney of Saguache County and served until May, 1876, when he resigned and removed to Lake City, Colo., then the most thriving city in the great San Juan mining region; was electred county clerk of Hinsdale County, 1878, but did not perform the duties personally; was twice elected mayor of Lake City, and in August, 1885 resinged that position, and forming a law partnership with Hon. Frank C. Goudy, removed to Montrose, where he has since resided; in November, 1888, was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth Coungresses, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth, receiving 52,728 votes, to 27,335 for B. C. Wheeler, Republican. ------------------------------------- Following is a List of Members of the House of Representatives, Showing the Congresses in Which they have Served and the Commencement of their Terms of Service: Name: Bell, J.C. State: Colorado Congresses: 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th Commencement of Service: March 4, 1893 Name: Shafroth, J.F. State: Colorado Congresses: 54th, 55th, 56th Commencement of Service: March 4, 1895 Name: Waters, R.J. State: Colorado Congresses: 56th Commencement of Service: March 4, 1899 ------------------------------------- Below is the Committees of the Senate: Standing Committees (January 3, 1901) Henry M. Teller: Appropriations Claims Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game Judiciary Private Land Claims (chairman) Relations with Cuba Rules Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (select) Edward O. Wolcott: Civil Service and Retrenchment Finance Foreign Relations Interstate Commerce Post-Offices and Post-Roads (chairman) Transporation and Sale of Meat Products (select) Investigate the Transporttation of Mails by Railroad ------------------------------------- Below is a list of Committees of the House Standing and Select Committees (January 3, 1901) John C. Bell: Appropriations Joint Committees on Centennial of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in Washington Joint Committees on Labor, Agriculture and Capital John F. Shafroth: Coinage, Weights and Measures Public Lands R.J. Waters: Coinage, Weights and Measures Expenditures in the Navy Department -------------------------------------- Directory of Rooms - United States Senators Senator Teller Committee: Private Land Claims Location: Gallery floor, north side Senator Wolcott Committee: Post-Office and Post-Roads Location: Ground lorr, north side -------------------------------------- Governors of the Several States and Territories: State: Colorado Capital: Denver Governor: James B. Ornran Terms of Service: 3 Expiration of Term: Jan., 1903 Salary: $5,000 -------------------------------------- Foreign Consuls in the United States Belgium - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: J. Mignolet for Colo, Wyo, New Mex Rank: Consul Costa Rica - Residence: Dever, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Casimiro Barela Rank: Consul Denmark - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Rank: Vice-consul France - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Henry C. Charpeott Rank: Consular agent Great Britain - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Richard Pearce Rank: Vice-consul Mexico - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Casimiro Barela Rank: Consul Sweden and Norway - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Hjalmar R. Sanlgaard Rank: Vice-consul Switzerland - Residence: Denver, Colo. Name and Jurisdiction: Emile-Jaques Reithmann for Colo, Utah, New Mex and Ariz. ------------------------------------- Newspapers Represented in the Press Galleries Paper: Denver Eveing Post Name: Marie Mattingly Office: Post Building Residence: 2314 Eithteenth St. Paper: Denver Republican Name: J. A. Breckons Office: 501 Fourteenth St. Residence: 1464 Rhode Island Ave Other Papers they Repersented: Honolulu Daily Bulletin, Cheyenne Leader Paper: Denver Rocky Mountain News Name: Frank H. Hosford Office: 1415 G St. Residence: 141 Massachusetts Ave NE Other Papers they Repesented: Anaconda Standard, Grand Rapids Herald Paper: Denver Times Name: C. C. Randolph Office: 515 Fourteenth St. ------------------------------------- Senators Address Name: Henry M. Teller, (Sil Rep) and wife Home Post-office: Central City, Colo Washington Address: The Colonial (The Colonial was most likly a Hotel located at the corner of Fifteenth and H Streets NW) Name: Edward O. Wolcott, (Rep) Home Post-office: Denver, Colo Washington Address: 1221 Conn. Avenue NW --------------------------------------- Representative Addresses Name: John C. Bell, (P) and wife Home Post-office: Montrose, Colo District: 2 Washington Address: 1135 Twelfth Street NW Name: J. F. Shafroth (S) and wife Home Post-office: Denver, Colo District: 1 Washington Address: 1346 Yale Street NW ---END--- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/statewide/history/other/governme8gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 9.6 Kb