Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Forty-First General Assembly of ...
Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Forty-First General Assembly of ...
James Sutherland
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He was elected over a young lawyer, Jesse S. Cox, by 1,111 majority. During his first term in the Senate it became evident that he possessed legislative abilities of a high order, and his entire record was unreservedly indorsed by his con- Digitized by Google 76 BIOORAPHIOAL SKETCHES. stituents. He was re-elected to tlie Senate in 1858. In 1856 he was elected Cashier of the Bloomington Bank, and held that po- sition until the Bank suspended in consequence of the deprecia- tion of Missouri bonds... in December, 1860. He is a Democrat confirmed in the faith — not dictatorial in party affairs, but rather cautious, and not hasty in adopting his policy on any given sub- ject which involves any considerable decree of interest. He is not a partisan in the general acceptation of that term; but when he becomes convinced of the correctness of the principles of a pub- lic measure, he advocates them with an ability that is acknowl- edged by all who know him. He is one of the most efficient members of the present Senate, and is so acknowledged by his peers in that body.
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