opened a law office in Corydon, Iowa, where he practiced for three years. In 1833 he came to Montana and settled in Billings, and began the practice of his profession. He soon found himself in possession of a splendid practice, which has increased steadily, until his clientage is regarded as one of the most desirable in the State. He has taken an active interest in the public affairs of his county, having been prominent in the councils of the Republican party of Montana and particularly of Yellowstone County. He was elected County Attorney of his county, and was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1889. In the campaign of 1890 he was elected State Senator by the Republicans of his county, and now holds that position. Mr. Goddard is a married man.

CORNELIUS HEDGES, of Helena, Lewis and Clarke County, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Mass., October 28, 1831; received a common school and academic education in his native town, after which he took a full collegiate course at Yale College, graduating with the class of '53; after teaching school for a few years he studied law in the Harvard Law School. In ad

dition to being a lawyer Mr. Hedges is an able editorial writer, having written for the Helena Herald for several years past. He came to Montana from Independence, Iowa, in July, 1864, by way of the Bozeman route, with a mule team, and spent the first year in Summit and Highland districts; located in Helena January 16, 1865, and has since resided there; during his residence in Montana he has held numerous positions of honor and trust, having been United States District Attorney, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Probate Judge; was elected to the Constitutional Convention to represent his district, and was also elected by the Republican party to serve in the Senate of the first State Legislature; has been Grand Secretary A. F. and A. M. since 1872. Senator Hedges is a married man and has five children living.

DANIEL J. HENNESSY, of Butte, Silver Bow County, was born in New Brunswick, of Irish parentage, in 1855, and is thirty-six years of age; attended school until twelve years of age; came to Montana in the spring of 1879, locating first in Helena, and going to Butte in July of that same year, where he entered the employ of E. L. Bonner & Co., for which firm he worked for seven

years, having full charge of their business at Butte the last four years. In 1886 he determined to branch out for himself in the dry goods business, and associating himself with Messrs. Courtney and Case, he established the mercantile firm of D. J. Hennessy & Co., which a few years later was incorporated as the D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, with a capital stock of $250,000, and is to-day one of the leading houses of the State, with branches in Anaconda, Missoula and Granite. Mr. Hennessy was elected to the first State Senate on the Democratic ticket in 1889, and re-elected the next year. He is a single

CHARLES WHEELER HOFFMAN, of Bozeman, Gallatin County, elected to the Senate in 1889 as a Democrat, was born in Niles, Mich., fortyfour years ago, and has spent just one-half of his life in Montana; was given a common school education and has been an apt pupil in the school of experiSenator Hoffman is a thorough Western man, having resided in Dakota

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prior to coming to this State, moving here from Fort Buford, N. D., in 1867; he has repeatedly been honored by the people of his county, having been elected to the lower house of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory; was promoted to the Council of the Sixteenth Assembly, and returned to the Senate of the first Legislature of the State. He is married.

ELMER DICKSON MATTS, of Missoula, Missoula County, was born at Paoli, Wisconsin, October 1, 1863. His first schooling was in the public schools of his native town, and from these he went to the High School at Madison, graduating there in 1881. He next went to the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated from the collegiate department in 1885. A year later he took the LL. D. degree from the same institution. Immediately following his final graduation he entered the practice of law, and in 1887 he was admitted to practice in all the courts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. He then opened a law office at St. Paul, being a member of the firm of Matts & Vernon. For three years he practiced in St. Paul with fair success. In 1889 he was

attracted to the West, and took up his residence in Missoula in the latter part of that year. He is a member of the law firm of Stephens, Matts & Denn. In the fall of 1890 Mr. Matts was nominated at the Missoula County Democratic Convention, and was subsequently elected, succeeding M. E. Rutherford, as State Senator. He took a prominent part in the political affairs of his county from the first, and sat in the State Senate in less than eighteen months after his arrival in the State. He is a single man.

WILLIAM PARBERRY, of White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, was born March 18, 1833, in Bourbon County, Kentucky; received a common school education, studying under Kerl, who has since gained a reputation as an author of school books; studied medicine and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, receiving a diploma in 1858; also attended other medical schools. After graduating in 1858, Mr. Parberry went to Missouri and commenced upon the practice of his profession; came to Montana in 1865, settling at Diamond City, Meagher County, where he again took up the practice of medicine; was elected Treasurer of Meagher County in 1869, and was