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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Memoranda on limited continuity of US congressional members from the 10th Congress (1807-1809) to present, with only six uninterrupted House members and one Senate senator; notes similar rotation in executive and state governorships, prompting reflection on government system.
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MEMORANDA.
In the House of Representatives of the United States, there are now, out of 184 members, only six who were members of the 10th Congress (1807-8-9) and have continued in the House of Representatives without intermission. Of those who were members of that Congress, and are members of the present House of Representatives but who have had intermissions of service, there are but six or seven. Yet the principle of rotation is even more strongly illustrated, in the Senate of the United States, though intended by the Constitution to be the more permanent service. In that body there is but one individual who was a senator in the 10th Congress. In the Senate at present eight members out of forty were members of the House of Representatives in the 10th Congress; and of the present House of Representatives two members were in that Congress Senators, both from the State of Maryland.
These facts afford materials for much reflection on the practical operation of our system of government.
It may be added, that there is no member of the Executive Department of the government who was then concerned in the administration of the government. Mr. Monroe was then a Minister abroad, and Mr. Adams a member of the Senate. Of the present Governors of the several States, there is not one who at that day filled the same office. Of the twenty-two, two were then Representatives in Congress.
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March 14
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In the House of Representatives of the United States, there are now, out of 184 members, only six who were members of the 10th Congress (1807-8-9) and have continued without intermission. Of those who were members of that Congress and are members of the present House but with intermissions, there are but six or seven. In the Senate, there is but one individual who was a senator in the 10th Congress. In the Senate at present eight members out of forty were members of the House in the 10th Congress; and of the present House two members were in that Congress Senators, both from Maryland. There is no member of the Executive Department who was then concerned in the administration. Mr. Monroe was then a Minister abroad, and Mr. Adams a member of the Senate. Of the present Governors of the several States, there is not one who at that day filled the same office. Of the twenty-two, two were then Representatives in Congress. These facts afford materials for much reflection on the practical operation of our system of government.