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Karen Needles <[log in to unmask]>
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If I remember correctly, Hawkins was one of the men working on getting
votes from House members.  Not a member of Congress.  And I am a
decendent of the Hawkins of Oklahoma.
Karen

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:47 PM, John Philip Adams
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks
> No Hawkins relative here. I wonder who is referenced in the movie as the
> "Hawkins" swing voter?
> I did not like the characterization of this Hawkins person, which is why I
> am trying to discern who they mean as this character's pseudonym
> JPAdams
> Texas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Needles
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NEW QUESTION-
>
> Speaker of the House:
>     Schuyler Colfax (R-Indiana)
> Clerk of the House:
>     Edward McPherson
> Sergeant at Arms:
>     Edward Ball
> Chaplain of the House:
>     Thomas H. Stockton - Methodist 1
>     William Henry Channing - Unitarian
> Doorkeeper:
>     Ira Goodnow
> Postmaster:
>     William S. King
> Messenger to the Speaker:
>     Thaddeus Morrice 2
>     William D. Todd
> Democratic Caucus Chairman:
>     N/A
> Republican Conference Chairman:
>     Justin S. Morrill (R-Vermont) 3
>
> Alabama
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>     6. Vacant
>
> Arkansas
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>
> California
>
> All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
>
>     At-large. Cornelius Cole (R)
>     At-large. William Higby (R)
>     At-large. Thomas B. Shannon (R)
>
> Connecticut
>
>     1. Henry C. Deming (R)
>     2. James E. English (D)
>     3. Augustus Brandegee (R)
>     4. John H. Hubbard (R)
>
> Delaware
>
>     At-large. William Temple (D), until May 28, 1863
>         Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU), from December 7, 1863
>
> Florida
>
>     At-large. Vacant
>
> Georgia
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>     6. Vacant
>     7. Vacant
>
> Illinois
>
>     1. Isaac N. Arnold (R)
>     2. John F. Farnsworth (R)
>     3. Elihu B. Washburne (R)
>     4. Charles M. Harris (D)
>     5. Owen Lovejoy (R), until March 25, 1864
>         Ebon C. Ingersoll (R), from May 20, 1864
>     6. Jesse O. Norton (R)
>     7. John R. Eden (D)
>     8. John T. Stuart (D)
>     9. Lewis W. Ross (D)
>     10. Anthony L. Knapp (D)
>     11. James C. Robinson (D)
>     12. William R. Morrison (D)
>     13. William J. Allen (D)
>     At-large. James C. Allen (D)
>
> Indiana
>
>     1. John Law (D)
>     2. James A. Cravens (D)
>     3. Henry W. Harrington (D)
>     4. William S. Holman (D)
>     5. George W. Julian (R)
>     6. Ebenezer Dumont (R)
>     7. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
>     8. Godlove S. Orth (R)
>     9. Schuyler Colfax (R)
>     10. Joseph K. Edgerton (D)
>     11. James F. McDowell (D)
>
> Iowa
>
>     1. James F. Wilson (R)
>     2. Hiram Price (R)
>     3. William B. Allison (R)
>     4. Josiah B. Grinnell (R)
>     5. John A. Kasson (R)
>     6. Asahel W. Hubbard (R)
>
> Kansas
>
>     At-large. A. Carter Wilder (R)
>
> Kentucky
>
>     1. Lucien Anderson (UU)
>     2. George H. Yeaman (U)
>     3. Henry Grider (U)
>     4. Aaron Harding (U)
>     5. Robert Mallory (U)
>     6. Green C. Smith (UU)
>     7. Brutus J. Clay (U)
>     8. William H. Randall (UU)
>     9. William H. Wadsworth (U)
>
> Louisiana
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>
> Maine
>
>     1. Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (D)
>     2. Sidney Perham (R)
>     3. James G. Blaine (R)
>     4. John H. Rice (R)
>     5. Frederick A. Pike (R)
>
> Maryland
>
>     1. John A. J. Creswell (UU)
>     2. Edwin H. Webster (UU)
>     3. Henry Winter Davis (UU)
>     4. Francis Thomas (UU)
>     5. Benjamin G. Harris (D)
>
> Massachusetts
>
>     1. Thomas D. Eliot (R)
>     2. Oakes Ames (R)
>     3. Alexander H. Rice (R)
>     4. Samuel Hooper (R)
>     5. John B. Alley (R)
>     6. Daniel W. Gooch (R)
>     7. George S. Boutwell (R)
>     8. John D. Baldwin (R)
>     9. William B. Washburn (R)
>     10. Henry L. Dawes (R)
>
> Michigan
>
>     1. Fernando C. Beaman (R)
>     2. Charles Upson (R)
>     3. John W. Longyear (R)
>     4. Francis W. Kellogg (R)
>     5. Augustus C. Baldwin (D)
>     6. John F. Driggs (R)
>
> Minnesota
>
>     1. William Windom (R)
>     2. Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)
>
> Mississippi
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>
> Missouri
>
>     1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. (R), until June 10, 1864
>         Samuel Knox (UU), from June 10, 1864
>     2. Henry T. Blow (UU)
>     3. John W. Noell (UU), until March 14, 1863
>         John G. Scott (D), from December 7, 1863
>     4. Sempronius H. Boyd (UU)
>     5. Joseph W. McClurg (UU)
>     6. Austin A. King (U)
>     7. Benjamin F. Loan (UU)
>     8. William A. Hall (U)
>     9. James S. Rollins (U)
>
> Nevada
>
>     At-large. Henry G. Worthington (R), from October 31, 1864
>
> New Hampshire
>
>     1. Daniel Marcy (D)
>     2. Edward H. Rollins (R)
>     3. James W. Patterson (R)
>
>
> New Jersey
>
>     1. John F. Starr (R)
>     2. George Middleton (D)
>     3. William G. Steele (D)
>     4. Andrew J. Rogers (D)
>     5. Nehemiah Perry (D)
>
> New York
>
>     1. Henry G. Stebbins (D), until October 24, 1864
>         Dwight Townsend (D), from December 5, 1864
>     2. Martin Kalbfleisch (D)
>     3. Moses F. Odell (D)
>     4. Benjamin Wood (D)
>     5. Fernando Wood (D)
>     6. Elijah Ward (D)
>     7. John W. Chanler (D)
>     8. James Brooks (D)
>     9. Anson Herrick (D)
>     10. William Radford (D)
>     11. Charles H. Winfield (D)
>     12. Homer A. Nelson (D)
>     13. John B. Steele (D)
>     14. Erastus Corning (D), until October 5, 1863
>         John V. L. Pruyn (D), from December 7, 1863
>     15. John A. Griswold (D)
>     16. Orlando Kellogg (R)
>     17. Calvin T. Hulburd (R)
>     18. James M. Marvin (R)
>     19. Samuel F. Miller (R)
>     20. Ambrose W. Clark (R)
>     21. Francis Kernan (D)
>     22. DeWitt C. Littlejohn (R)
>     23. Thomas T. Davis (R)
>     24. Theodore M. Pomeroy (R)
>     25. Daniel Morris (R)
>     26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (R)
>     27. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (R)
>     28. Freeman Clarke (R)
>     29. Augustus Frank (R)
>     30. John Ganson (D)
>     31. Reuben E. Fenton (R), until December 20, 1864
>
> North Carolina
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>     6. Vacant
>     7. Vacant
>
> Ohio
>
>     1. George H. Pendleton (D)
>     2. Alexander Long (D)
>     3. Robert C. Schenck (R)
>     4. John F. McKinney (D)
>     5. Francis C. Le Blond (D)
>     6. Chilton A. White (D)
>     7. Samuel S. Cox (D)
>     8. William Johnston (D)
>     9. Warren P. Noble (D)
>     10. James M. Ashley (R)
>     11. Wells A. Hutchins (D)
>     12. William E. Finck (D)
>     13. John O'Neill (D)
>     14. George Bliss (D)
>     15. James R. Morris (D)
>     16. Joseph W. White (D)
>     17. Ephraim R. Eckley (R)
>     18. Rufus P. Spalding (R)
>     19. James A. Garfield (R)
>
> Oregon
>
>     At-large. John R. McBride (R)
>
> Pennsylvania
>
>     1. Samuel J. Randall (D)
>     2. Charles O'Neill (R)
>     3. Leonard Myers (R)
>     4. William D. Kelley (R)
>     5. M. Russell Thayer (R)
>     6. John D. Stiles (D)
>     7. John M. Broomall (R)
>     8. Sydenham E. Ancona (D)
>     9. Thaddeus Stevens (R)
>     10. Myer Strouse (D)
>     11. Philip Johnson (D)
>     12. Charles Denison (D)
>     13. Henry W. Tracy (IR)
>     14. William H. Miller (D)
>     15. Joseph Bailey (D)
>     16. Alexander H. Coffroth (D)
>     17. Archibald McAllister (D)
>     18. James T. Hale (IR)
>     19. Glenni W. Scofield (R)
>     20. Amos Myers (R)
>     21. John L. Dawson (D)
>     22. James K. Moorhead (R)
>     23. Thomas Williams (R)
>     24. Jesse Lazear (D)
>
> Rhode Island
>
>     1. Thomas Jenckes (R)
>     2. Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R)
>
> South Carolina
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>
> Tennessee
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>     6. Vacant
>     7. Vacant
>     8. Vacant
>
> Texas
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>
> Vermont
>
>     1. Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)
>     2. Justin S. Morrill (R)
>     3. Portus Baxter (R)
>
> Virginia
>
>     1. Vacant
>     2. Vacant
>     3. Vacant
>     4. Vacant
>     5. Vacant
>     6. Vacant
>     7. Vacant
>     8. Vacant
>     9. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863
>     10. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863
>     11. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863
>
> West Virginia
>
>     1. Jacob B. Blair (UU), from December 7, 1863
>     2. William G. Brown, Sr. (UU), from December 7, 1863
>     3. Kellian Whaley (UU), from December 7, 1863
>
> Wisconsin
>
>     1. James S. Brown (D)
>     2. Ithamar C. Sloan (R)
>     3. Amasa Cobb (R)
>     4. Charles A. Eldredge (D)
>     5. Ezra Wheeler (D)
>     6. Walter D. McIndoe (R)
>
> Non-voting members
>
>     Arizona Territory. Charles D. Poston (R), from December 5, 1864
>     Colorado Territory. Hiram P. Bennet (R)
>     Dakota Territory. William Jayne, until June 17, 1864
>
>         John B. S. Todd (D), from June 17, 1864
>
>     Idaho Territory. William H. Wallace (R), from February 1, 1864
>     Montana Territory. Samuel McLean (D), from January 6, 1865
>     Nebraska Territory. Samuel G. Daily (R)
>     Nevada Territory. Gordon N. Mott (R), until October 31, 1864
>     New Mexico Territory. Francisco Perea (R)
>     Utah Territory. John F. Kinney (D)
>     Washington Territory. George E. Cole (D)
>
> Names were not changed to protect the innocent or guilty in the House of
> Representatives.  Spielberg did an excellent job of portraying a historical
> accuracy of members in Congress.  Read the Congressional Globe during this
> time period and read the speeches.  This is a great movie!
> Karen Needles
> Lincoln Archives Digital Project
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> An accurate portrayal of events? Hardly. You should read the reviews on
> this.
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:02 AM, John Philip Adams wrote:
>>
>>>  Since this is supposedly an accurate portrayal of events, so who is
>>> she talking about?
>>
>>
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