Their example was especially valuable in holding thousands of young Kentuckians from following Breckinridge into the Confederate army.

Jackson gave his life to his country on one of the battle-fields of the war.
-- Missouri sent Francis P.Blair, Jr., and James S.Rollins, who had already been in the smoke and fire of civil conflict, and whose loyalty to the Union, under every form of peril, entitled them to the respect and confidence of patriotic men.
-- Massachusetts sent Benjamin F.Thomas of rare eloquence; Alexander H.Rice, afterwards the governor of his State; Thomas D.Elliott, John B.Alley, the venerable William Appleton; and Henry L.Dawes, whose long service attests his character, his ability, and the confidence of his constituents.
-- From New Hampshire came Gilman Marston, who soon after gained credit in the field; from Vermont, Justin S.Morrill, one of the most useful, industrious, and honorable members of the House; from Maine, its distinguished ex-governor, Anson P.Morrill; and Frederick A.Pike, of strong mind, keen and incisive in debate, but lacking the ambition necessary to give him his proper rank in the House.
Samuel C.Fessenden and Thomas A.D.Fessenden, brothers of the distinguished senator, were members of this House,--the only instance in which three brothers were ever in Congress at the same time from the same State.

Three Washburns had served in the preceding Congress, but they represented three States.
-- The far North-West was well represented by young men.

William Windom came from Minnesota, and from Iowa James F.Wilson, a man of positive strength, destined to take very prominent part in legislative proceedings.

Fernando C.Beaman came from Michigan, and John F.Potter and A.Scott Sloan from Wisconsin.