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ALEXANDER F. BURNS, of East Helena, Lewis and Clarke County, was born at Liberty, Mo., December 7, 1832, when that was one of the frontier posts of civilization; received a common school education in his native State; went to California in 1852, where he mined and prospected until 1855, when he returned to Missouri and sold goods at Savannah until the war broke out; joined the Confederate Army as Captain of Company H, First Missouri Regiment; was captured at the battle of Franklin, and at the end of the war was a prisoner at Johnson's Island, being released June 7, 1865; came to Montana in 1866, and has since been engaged in farming, his present occupation; is a married man and has eight children; was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and is now a member of the House of Representatives, occupying a seat upon the Democratic side of the House. He has been a Democrat all his life.

PATRICK CARNEY, of Virginia City, Madison County, was born March 11, 1851, in Ireland, of Irish parentage; came to America when a mere boy, locating in Massachusetts; afterward moved to Montana, and was one of the early settlers in the Butte mining camp in 1869 and 1870; moved to Madison County in 1879; attended school in Massachusetts and Montana; was a candidate on the Democratic ticket in 1888 for Representative, and was only defeated by a few votes; the next year he overcame the Republican majority and was elected as a member of the House. He is a married man and a farmer.

JOSEPH K. CLARK, of Butte, Silver Bow County, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1842, of American parentage; had the

misfortune to receive only a common school education in his native county at the Cross Keys school-house, where they always had a "deadlock" about Christmas time, which generally continued until the teacher met the demands of the scholars; therefore, the "deadlock" which characterized the first Legislature did not worry Mr. Clark as it did others; at an early age was thrown upon his own resources. He is one of the pioneers of Montana, having resided in the State twenty-six years, arriving in 1864. He came here from Colorado, where he lived two years, and for six years previous to that he had lived in Iowa. Since coming to Montana he has been engaged in mining, in which he

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has had a large and varied experience, through which he has succeeded in securing an ample fortune, and is at present Superintendent of the Moulton mine, Walkerville, one of the leading silver producers of the district. Mr. Clark is a large owner in many of the most successful mining ventures in this State and Idaho, and is regarded as one of the shrewdest mining men in the State. He never held a public office until his election to the lower house of the present Legislature in 1889, to which he was elected as a Democrat. He is married and lives in Walkerville.

DAVID A. CORY, of Helena, Lewis and Clarke County, was born in Wellington, Ontario, forty-eight years ago, of Canadian parents; received an academic education; came to Montana eight years ago, having resided for a while in Chicago; is a member of the wholesale grocery house of Bach, Cory & Company, of Helena; is a widower; was elected to the Legislature on the Republican ticket at the first State election.

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CHARLES M. CRUTCHFIELD, of Missoula, Missoula County, was born at Richmond, Virginia, in 1863. His early education was acquired at home, but he is a graduate of the law school of Washington Lee University, under John Randolph Tucker; following his matriculation he practiced law in the courts of Richmond; in 1887 he came to Montana and commenced the practice of law at Phillipsburg, Deer Lodge County; he was nominated by the Democrats of Deer Lodge County and elected a member of the first State Legislative Assembly, and took an active part in both the first and second sessions; during his term of office he removed to Missoula and entered the law firm of which Thomas C. Marshall is the head. He is unmarried.

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A. M. DAY, of Butte, Silver Bow County, was born May 9, 1865, at Minneapolis, Minn.; received most of his education at Stephen's Seminary of Glencoe, Minn., finishing the same in business college at Minneapolis; came to this State four years ago; is a married man and has a cozy little home in Butte, where he is employed as a furnaceman in the Reduction Works; he is one of the youngest members in the House, this being his first advent into public life; was elected on the Democratic ticket.

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ALPHONSE M. DUSSAULT, of Butte, Silver Bow County, is a French Canadian, having been born at Marieville, Roumille County, Canada, August 28,1857; was educated at the Marieville (Canada) Seminary, from which institution he graduated with distinction June 18, 1875; has resided in this State for the past twelve years, coming here from Rhode Island, in which State he lived for a while after leaving his native country; is a married man and a merchant by occupation. Mr. Dussault was elected to the House by the Democratic party, and although he is a natural politician he had never held office before.

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