They succeeded in getting the exact number, Senator Henderson being one.

He appears to have been the only one of that number that politically survived that act.

All others soon passed into political oblivion; although several of them subsequently identified themselves with the Democratic party.

While it may be said that Senator Henderson survived the act, it is true that his election as a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1884 and his selection as the permanent chairman thereof are the only prominent illustrations of that fact.
During the deliberations of the Convention Mr.Bishop, one of the delegates from Massachusetts, introduced a resolution to change the basis of representation in future National Conventions of the party.

His plan was to make the number of Republican votes cast, counted, certified and returned at the last preceding National election, the basis of representation in succeeding National Conventions.
Hon.