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     James Angus Douglas, Representative from the Fifty-first District, composed of Brown and Rock counties, was born on a farm in Hamilton county, Iowa, December 29, 1860. He resided on the home farm until he was about twenty years old. He received his education in the public schools and Eastern Iowa Normal. Upon leaving home, for four years he taught school. In 1883 he came to Nebraska and took up a homestead in what is now Rock county. In 1885 he was elected county superintendent of Brown county, and by re-election to the office served until 1890; then he entered the law department of Drake University, from which he was graduated in 1892. In June, 1896, he was appointed to the office of coun y (sic) attorney of Rock county and elected to the same office in 1896 and re-elected in 1898 and again in 1900. His home is at Bassett, Nebraska, where he is engaged in the practice of law. He is also interested in banking, and one of the directors of the Commercial Bank of Bassett. He has never been other than a steadfast Republican. Mr. Douglas was married in 1883 to Miss Jennie May, and has two children, one son and one daughter.

     Peter Eggenberger, Representative from the Thirty-seventh District, Fillmore county, is one of the Populist members of the House. He was born January 7, 1871, in the famous city of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and when one year of age came to America with his parents and settled in Fillmore county, near what is now Strang, Nebraska. His early education was received in the district school and in the school at Carleton, Nebraska, and later at the school in Hebron. He received a commercial education in the Lincoln Business College, when it was under the management of Messrs. Lillibridge and Courtney. Mr. Eggenberger has held different minor offices in his town and township. This is his first term in the House. He is one of the bachelor members
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     Ezra Eugene Fellers, Representative from the Twenty-fifth District, composed of Platte and Nance counties, is a Populist member of the House. He was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, December 2, 1873, and when four years of age came to Nebraska with his parents, who settled in Platte county. He received his elementary education in the district schools and for two years, ending with 1894, was a student in the Fremont Normal College at Fremont. For four years he taught school in Platte county. Mr. Fellers is serving his first term in the Legislature and has never before held office of any kind. He is one of the youngest members in the House and is unmarried. His post-office address is Monroe, Nebraska.

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