FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT.

HAMILTON, ROBERT SHERMAN, (Senator, Republican), of Marissa, lawyer, was born near Marissa, and received his education in the public schools. Marissa Academy, and graduated from Monmouth College in 1892. He taught school a number of years at Marissa Academy; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1895; elected to the Senate in 1902.

KARCH, CHARLES A., (Representative, Democrat), of Belleville, lawyer, was born on a farm near Mascoutah; educated at the Illinois State Normal; taught school five years; graduated from Bloomington Law School in 1898; practiced in East St. Louis until 1900, then went to Belleville; was private secretary to Congressman Kern for two years; at present is assistant master-in-chancery; elected to the House in 1904. He is an Elk.

KECK, FRED, (Representative, Republican(, of Belleville, farmer, was born in St. Clair county, June 26, 1854, and received a common school education. He always has been a farmer. Has been a member of the county board from 1896 until the present time; was elected to the House in 1904.

TRAUTMANN, WILLIAM E., (Representative, Republican), of East St. Louis, lawyer, was born on a farm near Caseyville, Ill., 1872. Graduated from the law department of McKendree College, class of 1893, and from the literary department in 1895; was admitted to the bar in 1894; is a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Elk, and a member of several fraternal societies. He was elected to the House in 1898, 1902 and again in 1904.

FIFTIETH DISTRICT

BURNETT, O. H., (Senator, Republican), of Marion, lawyer, was born in Williamson county, Ill., 1872. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Indiana, class of 1892, and of Yale, class of 1899. He resigned his position as cashier of the bank at Marion to take up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He is a Knight of Pythias and an Elk. He was elected State Senator in 1900 and was re-elected in 1904.

GAUNT, CHARLES M., (Representative, Republican), of Mound City, insurance, was born in Pulaski county, Ill., 1865; is a graduate of the Normal University at Carbondale, and taught school for a number of years, but later entered mercantile pursuits; at the present time he is engaged in the insurance business. He has been active in politics for fourteen years. serving his party as member of congressional, senatorial and county committees: was sheriff of Pulaski county five years. He is a Mason; was elected to the House in 1992 and re-elected in 1904.

KIRKPATRICK, R. D., (Representative, Republican), of Benton, farmer and stockraiser. Was born in Franklin county, March 30, 1842. He received a common school education and taught for two years. He served for three years during the Civil War as a volunteer in the 63d Illinois Infantry. He was engaged for a number of years in mercantile pursuits and newspaper enterprises in Perry and Franklin counties and as a manufacturer in St. Louis, Mo. He was elected to the House in 1904.

WILLIAMS, WALTER W.. (Representative, Democrat), of Herrin, lawyer, was born in Herrin, January 18, 1873; attended the Southern Normal at Carbondale, and the University of Illinois; has taught school, worked on a railroad construction gang, in a lumber yard, was a book agent for a time, and was interested in two newspapers; is now a lawyer, banker, and coal operator. He is a Royal Arch Mason and an Elk; is chairman of the democratic county committee, and was elected to the House in 1904.

FIFTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

HELM, DOUGLAS W., (Senator. Republican), of Metropolis, lawyer, was born in Johnson county, Ill., 1860; educated at the Southern Illinois Normal and Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill., graduating in 1882 from the latter; admitted to the bar in 1883. He has been city attorney, State's attorney, and has served as chairman of the county central committee for three presidential campaigns. He was trustee of the Southern Normal by appointment of Governor Tanner and on the State Commission of Claims by appointment of Governor Yates. He is a Knight Templar Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He was elected to the Senate in 1902.

ORGAN, JOHN S., (Representative, Republican), of Broughton, physician, was born in Wilson county, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1844. He enlisted as a private in Co. D, 30th Mo. Inf. in 1862; honorably discharged with a view to promotion 1864: has been a resident of Hamilton county for thirty years; twice elected supervisor of his county. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow, and was elected to the House in 1904.

RONALDS, KENNETH C., (Representative. Republican), of Eldorado, lawyer, was born in Grayville in 1878; graduate of the Grayville high school; admitted to the bar in 1899, and to the Missouri bar in 1902. He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. He was city attorney of Grayville and twice elected city attorney of Eldorado. He was elected to the House in 1904.

SHAW, JOHN W.. (Representative. Republican), of Harrisburg, farmer and stock raiser, was born near Harrisburg in 1866; was reared on a farm and received a common school education; taught school for a year then embarked in the mercantile busines, in which he continued at various places until 1900, since which time he has been extensively engaged in farming and stock raising near Harrisburg; is a Chapter Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He never held oflice until he was elected to the House in 1904.

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.

JAMES H. PADDOCK, (Republican), Springfield, has served the Senate in the capacity of secretary during nine sessions, having been first chosen to that position in 1877, at the organization of the 30th General Assembly and re-elected at all succeeding sessions except five.

CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

JOHN A. REEVE, (Republican), Decatur, has served the House in the capacity of clerk for ten sessions, having been first chosen to that position in 1881, at the organization of the 32nd General Assembly and re-elected at each succeeding session except three.