Show SEVEN LIVING EX SPEAKERS tile the oiliest or of the number is III flobert C VI ilon robert C winthrop of boston recently celebrated the eighty third anni vardary of ins his birth there is perhaps no linn inin in the united states slates today in tin the storehouse of whose mind are trens tr ensured more recollections of celebrated amen cans land and notable events mr air winthrop winthro enjoys the distinction lis of having beer been acquainted with every pre president silent of the th united states except washington and ami jefferson lie he visited charles carroll the list last suri bur ivin iving signer of the beclar apiou of independence pen dence in 1832 and alid four years later lie ho was the guest uca of lion hon paino paine wingate then the only living t nex ex member of the faist senate ot of the united state stater za Z 4 1 1 1 T thoro liere are now evl alive seven ex 1 speakers of tile national house ot of ox r c wM representatives they tire are robert C winthrop of massachusetts chu Galus galusha lia A grow of pennsylvania james G dlaine claine of maine J cancu keifer of ohio john G carlisle of kentucky thomas B D reed deed of maine alaine a and nd nathaniel P banks ot of massachusetts of these mr winthrop is the oldest by a remarkable coin cadence six of this distinguished list ingui shed septet met in III washington on a recent oc occasion casOn hon robert C winthrop early in life agreeably surprised his friends and ac quain hiis youthful training was such as would have fitted him for a ci ca I 1 of I 1 usury and social successes but bul this was not to his liking and ho he devoted himself to affairs of of state ile ho became a member of tho the whig party when it was still in its infancy his ability gained almost recognition and at tile the age of twenty four he was elected to the mass massachusetts legislature ile ho served three terms on the floor of the house and three terms as is speaker soon after tho the election of genei general ii william henry hart II anison ison to the preside presidency pey hon abbott lawrence resi resigned ned his 1113 seat in congress aiom the boston district and mr ir winthrop became his successor when lie he his seat in he be was waa but thirty one years of a ase e ile he was afterward elected speaker and it is said that he made as good a presiding preside ng officer henry clay not excepted as the dional house of representatives has ever lad in daniel webster resigned his seat eat in tho the united states senate to become come secretary of state in mr FiU Fill mores inores cabinet and governor driggs briggs appointed mr winthrop to the vacancy thus created he served with distinction in the senate since his retirement from ii u aich ho be has taken little part in active politics mr 11 ar winthrop is one of the oldest ang living graduates of harvard his name is is in intimately ti associated with many events of national importance he delav delivered ered tho the oration at the laying m of the coonc 0 of r the washington monument july 4 1348 and was also to have been the ora tor for when it was unveiled feb 29 22 1833 but illness kept him a away so that h chiq address had to be read by some one else he retains his health and strength to a remarkable degree |