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DELBERT A. STETSON.

      Delbert A. Stetson, Representative from the Thirty first District, Saline county, is a native of Orleans county, New York, where he was born February 2, 1857, and where he received his education. While a young man he came to Nebraska, and for some time was engaged in the mercantile business at Wilber. In 1880 he sold his business and moved onto a farm in North Fork precinct, Saline county, where he still makes his home. He has been a successful farmer, a hard worker and one who enjoys the truest respect of his neighbors. His official life, up to the present, has been confined to the school district and precinct affairs. His nomination by the Republican party for the office of Representative came to him entirely unsought, and his election proved the friendship the people of Saline county entertained for him. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and has taken an active interest in the welfare of the order. He has been always noted for his careful and common-sense reasoning and his fealty to the best interests of the people. He is a married man and has a family consisting of two sons and two daughters.

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FRANK A. SWEEZY.

     Frank A. Sweezy, Representative from the Forty-sixth District, composed of Webster and Adams counties, is one of the Republican members of the House. He was born in Riverhead, Long Island, New York, May 18, 1856. He was educated in the schools of his native state, and there took up the study of law and was admitted to the Nebraska bar at Sutton, in November, 1879, having arrived in the state from New York two months prior. In September, 1879, he located in Edgar, Clay county, and in 1881 settled at Blue Hill, in Webster county, which place has since been his home; He was county judge of Webster county in 1888 and 1889. He has been in the continuous practice of his profession since coming to the state and has been successful. Judge Sweezy was married June 24, 1878, to Miss Attie B. Edwards, and has a family of six children, three sons and three daughters.

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WILLIAM B. TEN EYCK.

     William B. Ten Eyck, Representative from the Tenth District, Omaha, Douglas county, was born in Albany, New York, March 15, 1864. His elementary education was received in the Albany public schools, and in I S83 he was graduated from the Albany Boys' Academy. He then entered Union College, and later the Albany Law School, class of 1886, and the same year was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Immediately after his admission to the bar, he went to Duluth, Minnesota, remained there one year and in July, 1887, settled in Omaha, which city has since been his home and where he has been in the continuous practice of his profession. Representative Ten Eyck is a Republican and one of the active workers for his party in his home city. This is his first official position except that of city prosecutor of Omaha. He was married June 17, 1896, to Miss Elizabeth Corby, of Omaha. Representative Ten Eyck, during the 28th Session, is serving as chairman of the Committee on Militia, and is also a member of the Committee on Judiciary, the Committee on Manufactures and Commerce and the Committee on Revenue and Taxation.

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