Bailey, James E
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 15, 1822, in Montgomery, Tenn. He was educated at the Clarksville academy and the university of Tennessee; studied law; and was admitted to the bar at Clarksville, Tenn., in 1840. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1853; and was elected a senator of the United States from Tennessee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Johnson, serving during 1877-81. He died Dec. 29, 1885, in Clarksville, Tenn. BAILEY, JAMES MONTGOMERY, journalist, author, was born Sept. 25, 1841, in Albany, N. Y. Widely known at one time as The Danbury News Man. He was a journalist of Danbury, Conn., who was among the earliest to exploit a kind of native humor, chiefly concerned with local allusion and application. He has had many imitators, whose methods have been much less legitimate than his. He was the author of Life in Danbury; England from a Back Window; The Danbury Boom; Mr. Phillis' Goneness; and They All Do It. He died March 4, 1894.