Eureka Reporter | 1903-12-18 | Page 3 | Record to be Proud Of

RECORD TO BE PROUD OF representative sperry of connecticut a patriotic C representative nehemiah lah D sperry ot of the second connecticut district Is the father of the house in point ot of years and therefore in a class by him self he was 75 years old at his last birthday and yet his step Is as elastic and his mind as bright as when he first entered politics away bad in the 50 s mr sperry is one of the found ers of the can party he ile was secretary of state for connecticut when only 27 years of age and during lincoln s time was secretary of the republican national committee andoe and of the executive committee of seven for twenty eight years he was post master of new haven having been named by lincoln the first time the achievement he Is most proud of per haps is that he went on the bond of the builders of the monitor which whipped the merrimac he with the other bondsmen would have lost his all had the monitor tailed failed