Show I i CONGRE AT 82 h D Sperry of ot Connecticut Conn f who wad again elected to congress ss last Jast week has be almost continuously in office since ce he left Tale Yale nearly nearl sixty years ago Sperry Is said to have have has been one of oC th the e h n rulof of New N England En land ad advisers advisers of oL before l fore he be became became became came president of the Republican party Since the veteran v ier officeholder ho der entered politics at atthe the geo 26 6 elected selectman councilman rou c un n and d finally al ai alderman alderman aiderman derman of ot Nm Hav Haven n he has con constantly constantly constantly been in In 1835 1855 he was secretary t ry of otate state for tor Connecticut I In that th t e bolted the American party at Its famous convention because It was not right on the slavery ques question tion In 18 he was a delegate to the first Republican convention He lie was ivan chosen chos n chairman n of the Republican state committee In that year and was wasat wasat at lt the head of oC the the th Republican Rep organ organization n as national committeeman throughout the civil war In 1861 Lin Lincoln Lincoln coln coin appointed him postmaster of New NewHaven NewHaven Haven and he retained that office till Cleveland In 1889 Four years later Harrlson reappointed him but retired in 1893 by Cleveland le eland He Re entered congressman 1895 from the Second Connecticut nn t district and d he has been reelected f elected ever since He 84 U years of age when bin hin next terin t expires and has given his constituents notice that a e will n nOt it again be a candidate This is the most ost remarkable feature of hir hiE career since the habit wh n a once ac acquired acquired Is rarely voluntarily volu changed |