His subsequent service on the Supreme Bench of New York has added to an already exalted reputation.
-- Henry W.Slocum, who now came as a Democratic representative from the city of Brooklyn, was a graduate of West Point in the class of 1852, but remained in the Regular Army only about four years.

After his resignation he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Syracuse.

When the civil war broke out he joined the Volunteers and rose to high rank.

He was appointed a Major-General and placed in command of a corps.

His record as an officer was without blemish.
Though allied with the Democrats, he was not a bitter partisan, and his course in the House was that of an enlightened and liberal man.
-- Eugene Hale entered the House from Maine in his thirty-third year.
He began the practice of law as soon as he attained his majority, and was almost immediately appointed county attorney,--a position which he held for nine years.