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1834-Constantine Perkins, Dennis Dent, Eli Shortridge, Samuel G. Frierson, Jolly Jones.
1835-Constantine Perkins, Dennis Dent, S. G. Frierson, Abel H. White, Jacob Wyzer.
1836-Samuel Johnson, George W. Crabb, D. Dent, H. W. Ellis, S. G. Frierson.
1837-George W. Crabb, Benjamin F. Porter, Pleasant H. May, M. D. Williams, William Simonton.
1838-Dennis Dent, Benjamin F. Porter, Reuben Searcy, Jabez Mitchell, M. D. Williams.
1839-Dennis Dent, John D. Phelan, J. Mitchell, M. D. Williams, B. F. Porter.
1840-Dennis Dent, Robert Jemison, Jr., H. Perkins, J. Mitchell, James G. Blount. 1841-Dennis Dent, Robert Jemison, Jr., William R. Smith, J. Mitchell, H. Perkins.
1842-Dennis Dent, W. R. Smith, William P. Merriwether, Marion Banks, B. F. Porter.
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1843-Dennis Dent, Bakus W. Huntington, M. Banks, W. P. Merriwether, J. Mitchell.
1844-Dennis Dent, Peter Martin, R. Jemison, Jr., J. Mitchell, W. P. Merriwether.
1845-Dennis Dent, James Guild, B. F. Porter, Abner Wynn.
1847-Dennis Dent, R. Jemison, Jr., B. F. Porter, H. Perkins.
1849-Dennis Dent, R. Jemison, Jr., H. Perkins, Moses McGuire.
1851-Robert Jemison, Jr., James B. Wallace, M. Banks, Rufus H. Clements. 1853-Robert Jemison, Jr., Joshua L. Martin, Newbern H. Brown.
1855-Robert Jemison, Jr., N. H. Brown, Ezekiel A. Powell.
1857-Robert Jemison, Jr., N. H. Brown, E. A. Powell.
1859-Robert Jemison, Jr., Newton L. Whitfield, N. H. Brown.
1861-Robert Jemison, Jr., William H. Jemison, J. C. Spencer. 1863-Robert Jemison, Jr., W. A. Bishop, T. P. Lewis.
1865-Ezekiel A. Powell, N. L. Whitfield, J. A. M. Lester.
1868-Ryland Randolph, S. W. Jones.
1870-W. S. Wyman, N. N. Clements.
LXII. WALKER COUNTY.
1834-Solomon B. Patton. 1835-S. B. Patton.
1836-Eldridge Mallard. 1837-James Cain.
1838-Joseph Rutherford. 1839-Eldridge Mallard.
1841-James Cain. 1842-James Cain.
1843-John E. Clancey. 1844-L. W. Baker.
1845-John Menasco. 1847-John Menasco.
1849-James Cain. 1851-John Menasco.
1853-William A. Hewlett, John Irwin.
1855- William A. Hewlett, John Menasco.
1857-William Reid. 1859-J. M. Easley.
1861-James A. Hill, W. Gravely.
1863-James A. Hill, John Menasco.
1865-John Menasco. 1868-W. T. Stubblefield. 1870-L. C. Miller.
LXIII. WASHINGTON COUNTY.
1819- William Trotter, John F. Everett, James Thompson.
1820- William Trotter, James Taggart, Benjamin S. Smoot.
1821-William Trotter, James Taggart, James Thompson. 1822-James Thompson.
1825- William Crawford, Ptolemy Harris.
1826- William Crawford, Ptolemy Harris.
1827-William Crawford, Ptolemy Harris.
1828-Ptolemy Harris. 1829-John Fitts.
1830-Ptolemy Harris. 1831-Ptolemy Harris.
1832-Alexander Trotter. 1833-Erasmus G. Collier.
1834-Joseph McCarty, Jr. 1835-William B. Trotter.
1836-John H. Owen. 1837-John H. Owen.
1838-James G. Slater. 1839-William Smith.
1840-Samuel S. Houston. 1841-Samuel S. Houston.
1845-Beloved L. Turner. 1843-Beloved L. Turner.
1844-Thomas McCarroll Prince.
1845-Beloved L. Turner, Thomas M. C. Prince.
1847-John S. Malone. 1849-B. L. Turner.
1851-B. L. Turner. 1853-E. H. Gordy.
1855-James White. 1857-J. B. Slade.
1857-James White. 1861-J. B. Slade.
1863-T. P. Ashe. 1865-George P. Younge.
1868-J. R. Waldrup. 1870-W. W. Coleman.
LXIV. WILCOX COUNTY.
1822-Edwin L. Harris. 1823-John Beck. 1824-John Beck. 1825-John W. Bridges.
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1826-John W. Bridges. 1827-John W. Bridges.
1829-Walter R. Ross, Allen Robinson.
1830-Walter R. Ross, Allen Moore.
1831-John W. Bridges, Walter R. Ross, Allen Moore.
1832-John W. Bridges, Walter R. Ross.
1833-John W. Bridges, S. S. Bonham, C. M. Pegues.
1834-John M. Burke, John W. Bridges, Henry E. Curtis.
1835-John M. Burke, John W. Bridges, Henry E. Curtis. 1836-John M. Burke, William H. Pledger, D. C. Smith.
1837-John M. Burke, Walter R. Ross, John W. Daniel.
1838-Walter R. Ross, Allen Moore, Malcolm M. Burke.
1839-Walter R. Ross, Allen Moore, C. M. Pegues. 1840-Walter R. Ross, Allen Moore, C. M. Pogues.
1841-Walter R. Ross, Thomas Jefferson, Littlebury W. Mason.
1842-Walter R. Ross, John W. Bridges, Charles Dear.
1843-Walter R. Ross, John W. Bridges, Charles Dear.
1844-Walter R. Ross, Thomas K. Deck, L. W. Mason.
1845-Calvin C. Sellers, Thomas K. Beck, L. W. Mason.
1847- Joseph D. Jenkins, James T. Johnson.
1849-John W. Bridges, Thomas E. Irby.
1851-James T. Johnson, Franklin K. Beck, David Sterrett.
1853-Daniel J. Fox, Robert H. Erwin.
1855-Franklin K. Beck, George Lynch.
1857-Felix Tait. 1859-Felix Tait. 1861-G. S. Gullett.
1863-Robert HI. Erwin, John Moore.
1865-Aaron B. Cooper, J. R. Hawthorn.
1868-William Henderson, A. G. Richardson.
1870-J. S. Perrin, William Henderson, Thomas McCusky.
LXV. WINSTON (formerly Hancock) COUNTY.
1853-James Vest. 1855-Abner Little.
1857-Abner Little. 1859-J. M. Bibb.
1861-C. C. Sheets. 1863-Zachariah White.
1865-J. W Wilhite. 1868-John Taylor. 1870-John Taylor.
[NOTE .- For some of the new counties no Representatives appear on the Journal of the House. Names marked thus (*) signify colored members. No distinction of this kind occurs in the roll of 1868-'69, as the author failed to obtain the proper information in time.]
PRESIDING OFFICERS, SECRETARIES AND CLERKS.
I residents of the Senate.
Secretaries of the Senate.
1819-Thomas Bibb,
Thomas A. Rogers,
1820-Gabriel Moore,
Marmaduke Williams,
1821-John D. Terrell,
Francis S. Lyon,,
1822-John D. Terrell, 1823-Nicholas Davis,
Francis S. Lyon,,
1824-Nicholas Davis,
Francis S. Lyon,
1825-Nicholas Davis,
Francis S. Lyon,
1826-Nicholas Davis,
Francis S. Lyon,
1827-Nicholas Davis,
Francis S. Lyon,
1828-Levin Powell, 1829-Levin Powell,
Francis S. Lyon,
1830-Samuel B. Moore,
Francis S. Lyon,
1831-James Jackson,
Charles D. Conner,
1832-Levin Powell,
Charles D. Conner,
1833-John Erwin, 1834-Francis S. Lyon,
Charles D. Conner, David S. Morton,
1835-Samuel B. Moore,
Charles D. Conner,
1836-Hugh McVay,
Charles D. Conner,
1837-Jesse Beene,
Charles D. Conner,
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Francis S. Lyon,
Francis S. Lyon,
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Presidents of the Senate.
1838-James M. Calhoun, 1839-Green P. Rice, 1840-J. L. F. Cottrell, 1841-Nathaniel Terry,
Secretaries of the Senate. Jones M. Withers, Pleasant Hill,
Pleasant Hill,
B. A. Philpot,
1842-Nathaniel Terry,
George B. Clitherall,
1843-Nathaniel Terry,
William J. Couch,
1844-Nathaniel Terry,
Pleasant Hill,
1845-John A. Winston,
Pleasant Hill,
1847-John A. Winston,
Jennings F. Marrast,
1849-Dennis Dent,
Jennings F. Marrast,
1851-Charles McLemore,
William L. Cain,
1853-William B. Martin,
Joseph Phelan,
1855-Benjamin C. Yancey,
Joseph Phelan,
1857-James M. Calhoun,
Joseph Phelan,
1859-John D. Rather,
Micah Taul,
1861-Robert M. Patton,
Micah Taul,
1862-James M. Calhoun,
Micah Taul,
1863-Robert Jemison, Jr.,*
Micah Taul,
1864-Thomas A. Walker,
Micah Taul,
1865-Walter H. Crenshaw,
Micah Taul,
1866-Walter H. Crenshaw.
Micah Taul, +
1868-A. J. Applegate, Lt. Gov.,
Matthew P. Blue,
1869-R. N. Barr,
Matthew P. Blue,
1870-E. H. Moren, Lt. Governor.
Matthew P. Blue.
Speakers of the House of Representatives.
Clerks of the House.
1819-James Dellet,
Jonas J. Bell,
1820-George W. Owen,
James J. Pleasants,
1821-James Dellet,
Nathaniel Dodson,
1822-Arthur P. Bagby,
Nathaniel Dodson,
1823-William I. Adair,
Nathaniel Dodson,
1824 -- Samuel Walker,
Nathaniel Dodson,
1825-William Kelly,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1826-Samuel W. Oliver,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1827-Samuel W. Oliver,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1828-Clement C. Clay,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1829-John Gayle,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1830-James Penn,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1831-James Penn,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1832-Samuel W. Oliver,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1833 -- Samuel W. Oliver,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1834-Samuel W. Oliver,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1835-James W. McClung,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1837-James W. McClung,
1838-James W. McClung,
1839- John D. Phelan,
1840-Samuel Walker,}
William Garrett,||
1841-David Moore,
Thomas B. Tuntstall,
1842 --- John Erwin,
Joseph Phelan,
1843-Andrew B. Moore,
Joseph Phelan,
1844-Andrew B. Moore,
Joseph Phelan,
*Mr. Jemison resigned during the session, on being elected to the Senate of the Confed- crate States, when the Hon. Thomas A. Walker was elected President of the Senate to fill the vacancy.
tIn the course of the session, Mr. Taul resigned, and William H. Garrett, of Coosa, was elected Secretary of the Senate.
#Mr. Walker resigned from indisposition, and Robert A. Baker, Esq., was elected in his place. "On being elected Secretary of State, Col. Garrett resigned as Clerk of the House, when Thomas R. Tuntstall was elected to fill the vacancy.
1836-Arthur P. Bagby,
Thomas B. Tuntstall, Gideon B. Frierson,
William Garrett, William Garrett,
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Speakers of the House of Representatives.
1845-Andrew B. Moore,
Joseph Phelan,
1847-Leroy Pope Walker,
Alexander B. Clitherall,
Alexander B. Clitherall,
1849-Leroy Pope Walker, 1851-John D. Rather,
Alexander B. Clitherall,
Malcolm D. Graham,
1855-Richard W. Walker,
1857-Crawford M. Jackson,
Albert Elmore,
1859-Alexander B. Meek,
Albert Elmore,
1861-Walter H. Crenshaw,
Alexander B. Clitherall,
1862-Walter H. Crenshaw,
Alexander B. Clitherall,
1863-Walter H. Crenshaw,
1864-Walter H. Crenshaw,
Albert Elmore,
1865-Thomas B. Cooper,
Turner Clanton,
1866-Thomas B. Cooper,
Turner Clanton,
1868-George F. Harrington,
William B. Cloud,
1870-Jolin P. IIubbard. Ellis Phelan.
II. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Names of Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States from Alabama since 1819 :
SENATORS.
Service.
1819 to 1844-William R. King,
1844 to 1848-Dixon H. Lewis,
1826 to 1831-John Mckinley,
1848 to 1849-Benjamin Fitzpatrick,
1831 to 1837-Gabriel Moore,
1849 to 1853-Jeremiah Clemens,
1837 to 1842-Clement C. Clay,
1853 to 1861-C. C. Clay, Jr.,
1842 to 1848-Arthur P. Bagby,
1819 to 1822-John W. Walker,
1848 to 1853-William R. King,
1822 to 1825-William Kelly,
1853 to 1861-Benjamin Fitzpatrick.
REPRESENTATIVES.
16th Congress, 1819-'21, John Crowell.
17th Congress, 1821-'23, William Kelly.
18th Congress, 1823-'25, John McKee, Gabriel Moore, George W. Owen.
19th Congress, 1825-'27, John McKee, Gabriel Moore, George W. Owen.
20th Congress, 1827-'29, John McKee, Gabriel Moore,
21st Congress, 1829-'31, Robert E. B. Baylor, Clement C. Clay, Dixon H. Lewis.
22d Congress, 1831-'33, Clement C. Clay, Dixon H. Lewis, Samuel W. Mardis.
23d Congress, 1833-'35,
Clement C. Clay,
24th Congress, 1835-'37, Reuben Chapman, Joab Lawler,
Dixon H. Lewis,
Samuel W. Mardis,
John Mckinley,
John Murphy.
4 . Dixon H. Lewis, Joshua L. Martin, Francis S. Lyon.
25th Congress, 1837-'39, Reuben Chapman, Joab Lawler,* Dixon H. Lewis,
26th Congress, 1839-'41, Reuben Chapman, George W. Crabb,
James Dellet,
Joshua L. Martin,
David Hubbard, Dixon H. Lewis.
Francis S. Lyon.
Clerks of the House.
1853-William Garrett,
Albert Elmore,
Albert Elmore,
Service. 1825 to 1826-Henry Chambers,
George W. Owen.
* Mr. Lawler died at Washington City in 1838, and Gen. George W. Crabb was elected to serve out the unexpired term.
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27th Congress, 1841-'43, Reuben Chapman, George S. Houston, Dixon H. Lewis, William W. Payne, Benjamin G. Shields.
28th Congress, 1843-'45, James E. Belser, Reuben Chapman, James Dellet, George S. Houston, Felix G. McConnell, William W. Payne, William L. Yancey.
29th Congress, 1845-'47, Reuben Chapman, Edward S. Dargan, Henry W. Hilliard, George S. Houstony Felix G. McConnell, William W. Payne, William L. Yancey .*
30th Congress, 1847-'49, Franklin W. Bowdon, W. R. W. Cobb, John Gayle, Sampson W. Harris. Henry W. Hilliard, George S. Houston, Samuel W. Inge.
31st Congress, 1849-'51, William, J. Alston, Franklin W. Bowdon, W. R. W. Cobb, Sampson W. Harris, Henry W. Hilliard, David Hubbard, Samuel W. Inge.
32d Congress, 1851-'53, James Abercrombie, John Bragg, W. R. W. Cobb, Sampson W. Harris, George S. Houston, William R. Smith, : Alexander White.
33d Congress, 1853-'55, James Abercrombie, W. R. W. Cobb, James F. Dowdell, Sampson H. Harris, George S. Houston, Philip Phillips, William R. Smith.
34thiCongress, 1855-'57, W. R. W. Cobb, James F. Dowdell, Sampson W. Harris, George S. Houston, Eli S. Shorter,
William R. Smith, Percy Walker.
35th Congress, 1857-'59, W. R. W. Cobb, 1 Jabez L. M. Curry, James F. Dowdell, George S. Houston, Sydenham Moore, Eli S. Shorter, James A. Stallworth.
36th Congress, 1859-'61, David Clopton, W. R. W. Cobb, Jabez L. M. Curry, George S. Houston, Sydenham Moore,
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James L. Pugh,
James A. Stallworth.
[NOTE .- On the passage of the Ordinance of Secession, in Jannary, 1861, the Senators and Representatives of Alabama withdrew from Congress, and the State was not again represented in that body until 1868. In the meantime, under the Reconstruction policy of President Johnson, Representatives were elected in November, 1865, to serve until March 4, 1867, viz : From the 1st District, Charles C. Langdon ; 2. George C. Freeman ; 3. Cullen A. Battle ; 4. Joseph W. Taylor ; 5. Burwell T. Pope ; 6 Thomas J. Foster. At the session of the Legislature in 1865. the Hon. Lewis Parsons was elected a Senator in Congress for the term expiring March 8, 1871 : Gen. George S. Houston for the term expiring March 3, 1867, and the Hon. John Anthony Winston for a term of six years, commencing on the 4th March, 1867. None of these gentlemen were admitted to seats in Congress.
In April, 1867, the Military Commander of the Fourth District-consisting of Georgia, Florida and Alabama-took control of the State Government, under the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and the Convention elected pursuant to his orders formed a Constitution, which provided for the election of Representatives in February, 1868, when the following were de- clared duly elected to the 40th Congress : From the 1st District, F. M. Kellogg; 2. Charles W. Backley ; 3. Benjamin W. Norris; 4. Charles W. Pierce ; 5. John B. Cullis ; 6 .- Haughey- the term of service to expire March 3, 1869.
At the session of the Legislature in July, 1868. George E. Spencer and Willard Warner, Esqrs .. were elected Senators in Congress, who, being free from objections as to loyalty, were allowed to take their seats.
* Mr. Yancey resigned in 1846, and the Hon. James LaFayette Cottrell was elected to serve out the unexpired term.
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In August, 1869, an election was held for Representatives to the 41st Congress, and in No- vember, 1870, for the 42d Congress, with the following results:
41st Congress, 1869-'71,
1. Alfred E. Buck,
2. Charles W. Buckley,
3. Robert S. Hetiin,
3. William A. Handley,
4. Charles Hays,
4. Charles Hays,
5. Peter M. Dox,
5. Peter M. Dox,
6. William C. Sherrod.
6. Joseph H. Sloss.
At the session of the Legislature in 1870-'71, the Hon. George Goldthwaite was elected a Senator in Congress, to succeed the Hon. Willard Warner, whose term expired on the 3d of March, 1871. Mr. Spencer has occupied a stat in the Senate from Alabama since the war.]
III. GOVERNORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS-1819 TO 1872.
As preliminary to the list proper, it may be observed that, in 1802, Georgia ceded the whole district of country now forming Alabama and Mississippi, in con- sideration of $1,250,000, and the guaranty, by the United States, of the extin- guishment of the Indian title to all the lands within her remaining limits.
The Territorial Government of Mississippi, organized in 1798, was formed on the basis of the Ordinance of 1787, for the government of the North-Western Ter- ritory, except the clause forbidding slavery, or involuntary servitude. In 1803, President Jefferson appointed Robert Williams, Esq., (brother of Judge M. D. Williams, of Tuskaloosa,) Governor of the Territory, in which office he remained six years. It was subsequently filled by the Hon. George Poindexter, and others, up to the division of the Territory in 1818, when the name of Alabama was given to the eastern half. The Hon. William Wyatt Bibb was appointed by President Monroe the first Governor of the Alabama Territory, and Henry Hitchcock, Esq., Secretary.
On the 2d of March, 1819, Congress passed "An act to enable the people of Alabama Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the ad- mission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States ;" in pursuance of which act a Convention was held at Huntsville, and the first Con- stitution of Alabama was formed on the 2d of August, 1819. There were then twenty-two counties, and, of course, the other forty-three counties have been or- ganized since that time.
As the part of signing the Constitution of a State (and such a State as Ala- bama) is an honor of which any man, or his descendants, may be proud, I have copied, as an act of justice to gentlemen who have passed away, their names in the order in which they were affixed to the Constitution, enrolled on parchment, with the original signatures, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State. They are as follows :
John W. Walker, President of the Convention.
MADISON COUNTY .- Clement C. Clay, John Leigh Towns, Henry Chambers, Lemuel Mead, Henry Minor, Gabriel Moore, John M. Taylor.
MONROE .- John Murphy, John Watkins, James Pickens, Thomas Wiggins.
BLOUNT .- Isaac Browne, John Brown, Gabriel Hanby.
LIMESTONE .- Thomas Bibb, Beverly Hughes, Nicholas Davis.
SHELBY .- George Phillips, Thomas Amis Rodgers.
MONTGOMERY .- John Dandridge Bibb, James W. Armstrong.
WASHINGTON .- Israel Pickens, Henry Hitchcock.
TUSKALOOSA .- Marmaduke Williams, John L. Tindall.
LAWRENCE .- Arthur F. Hopkins, Daniel Wright. FRANKLIN .- William Metcalf, Richard Ellis.
COTACO .- (now Morgan) Thomes D. Crabb, Milkijah Vauglın.
CLARKE .- Reuben Saffold, James Magoffin.
CAHABA .- (now Bibb) Littlepage Sims.
CONECUH .- Samuel Cook.
DALLAS .- William R. King.
MARENGO .- Washington Thomson.
MARION .- John D. Terrell.
LAUDERDALE .- Hugh McVay.
42d Congress, 1871-'73,
1. Benjamin F. Turner,*
2. Charles W. Buckley,
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ST. CLAIR .- David Conner. AUTAUGA .- James Jackson. BALDWIN .- Henry Toulmin. MOBILE .- Samuel H. Garrow.
It is due to John Campbell, Secretary of the Convention, to say that the parch- ment roll, in his writing, is remarkable for neatness and regularity.
A partial list of Attorneys under the Territorial Government shows, among a number of gentlemen commissioned in 1818 to practice law, the names of John Gayle, Jr., Jesse Beene, Peter Martin, Samuel Chapman and Thomas Owen ; and, in 1819, James White McClung, Hopson Owen, John McKinley, Joshua L. Martin and Hardin Perkins.
The first Governor of Alabama, under the State Constitution, was his Excel- lency William W. Bibb, who was installed into office November 9, 1819, and died July 10, 1820. The unexpired term was filled by his brother, Hon. Thomas Bibb, of Limestone, President of the Senate.
The succeeding Governors have been-
1. Israel Pickens, 1821 to 1825.
2. John Murphy, 1825 to 1829.
3. Gabriel Moore,* 1820 to 1835
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4. John Gayle, 1831 to 1835.
5. Clement C. Clay, ¿ 1835 to 1837.
6. Arthur P. Bagby, 1837 to 1841.
7. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 1841 to 1845.
8. Joshua L. Martin, 1845 to 1847.
9. Reuben Chapman, 1847 to 1849.
10. Henry W. Collier, 1849 to 1853.
11. John A. Winston, 1853 to 1857.
12. Andrew B. Moore, 1857 to 1861.
13. John Gill Shorter, 1861 to 1863.
14. Thomas H. Watts, 1863 to 1865.
Lewis E. Parsons, Provisional Governor from July to December, 1865. Robert M. Patton, Governor from December, 1865, to July, 1868.
William H. Smith, Governor, under the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, from July, 1868, to November, 1870.
Robert B. Lindsay, elected Governor by the people, under the new Constitu- tion, in November, 1870.
SECRETARIES OF STATE.
1. Thomas A. Rodgers, 1819 to 1821. 8. James H. Weaver, 1856 to 1860.
2. James J. Pleasants, 1821 to 1824.
9. Patrick H. Brittan, 1860 to 1865.
3. James I. Thornton, 1824 to 1834. 10. Albert Elmore, 1865 to 1866.
4. Edmund A. Webster, 1834 to 1836. 11. David L. Dalton, 1866 to 1867.
5. Thomas B. Tunstall, 1836 to 1840. 12. Micah Taul, 1867 to 1869.
6. William Garrett, 1840 to 1852. 13. Charles A. Miller, 1869 to 1870.
7. Vincent M. Benham, 1852 to 1856.
14. Jabez Jackson Parker, 1870 -.
COMPTROLLERS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
1. Samuel Pickens, 1819 to 1828. 5. William J. Green, 1855 to 1865.
2. George W. Crabb, 1828 to 1835. 6. M. A. Chisolm, 1865 to 1868.
3. Jefferson C. Van Dyke, 1835 to 1847. 7. E. M. Reynolds, Auditor, 1868 -.
4. Joel Riggs, 1847 to 1855.
*Governor Moore resigned in 1830, on being elected to the Senate of the United States, and the balance of his term was filled by the Hon. Samuel B. Moore, of Pickens, as President of the Senate.
tGovernor Clay resigned in June, 1837. on being elected a Senator in Congress, and the unexpired term was served by the Hon. Hugh MeVay, of Lauderdale, as President of the Senate.
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STATE TREASURERS.
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1. Jack F. Ross, 1819 to 1821.
2. John C. Perry, 1821 to 1829.
3. Hardin Perkins, 1829 to 1835.
4. William Hawn ;* 1835 to 1840.
5. Samuel G. Frierson, 1840 to 1847. 10. James F. Grant, 1870 -.
IV. COURT ROLL.
Names of Judges of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Circuit Court, Attorney Generals and Solicitors from 1819:
SUPREME COURT.
Judges.
Judges.
1832-Abner S. Lipscomb,
1850-Silas Parsons,
1832-John M. Taylor,
1851-Daniel Coleman,
1832-Reuben Saffold,
1852-David G. Ligon,
1834-Harry I. Thornton, 1852-George Goldthwaite,
1834-Henry Hitchcock,
1852-John D. Phelan,
1834-Arthur F. Hopkins,
1852-Lyman Gibbons,
1836-Henry W. Collier,
1854-Samuel F. Rice,
1837-John J. Ormond, 1856-A. J. Walker,
1838-Henry Goldth waite,
1856-George W. Stone,
1842-Henry W. Collier,
1858-Richard W. Walker,
1842-Henry Goldthwaite,
1860-Richard W. Walker,
1842-John J. Ormond,
1863-John D. Phelan,
1843-Clement C. Clay,
1865-A. J. Walker,
. 1844-Henry Goldthwaite,
1865-William M. Byrd,
1847-Edward S. Dargan,
1865-Thomas J. Judge,
1847-Henry W. Collier,
1868-E. Woolsey Peck,
1848-William P. Chilton,
1868-Thomas M. Peters,
1849-Silas Parsons,
1868-B. F. Saffold.
REPORTERS OF DECISIONS.
1. Henry Minor, 1820 to 1826.
2. George F. Stewart, 1827 to 1831.
3. Stewart & Porter, 1832 to 1834.
4. Benjamin F. Porter, 1834 to 1839.
5. By the Judges, 1840 to 1847.'
10. Thomas G. Jones, 1869 - -.
LIBRARIANS-SUPREME COURT LIBRARY.
1. James S. Albright, 1856 to 1860.
2. Warren D. Brown, 1860 to 1865.
5. Patrick Ragland, 1868 - -. Junius Moore Riggs, Assistant.
FIRST CIRCUIT.
Judges.
1819-Abner S. Lipscomb,
Judges. 1852-Andrew B. Moore,
1825-Abner S. Lipscomb, 1857-William M. Brooks,
1832-Ptolemy Harris,
1858-Porter King,
1836-Ptolemy Harris,
1861-Porter King,
1837-Ptolemy Harris,
1865-B. F. Saffold,
1841-John D. Phelan,
1866-John Moore,
1847-John D. Phelan,
1868-B. L. Wheelan,
1850-John D. Phelan, t
4. Henry L. Taylor, 1866 to 1868.
3. Matthew W. Allen, 1865.
6. J. J. Ormond, 1847 to 1849.
7. N. W. Cocke, 1849 to 1851.
8. John W. Sheperd, 1852 to 1868.
9. John L. C. Danner, 1868.
1869-Milton J. Saffold.
*Mr. Hawn resigned April, 1840, on being appointed Cashier of the State Bank, and the Executive appointed E. F. Comegys, Esq., Treasurer until December, 1840.
+The Constitution was amended in 1849 so as to make the Judges of the Circuit Court, and Judges of the Courts of Probate, elective by the people. The first election for this purpose was held in May, 1850.
6. William Graham, 1847 to 1857.
7. Duncan B. Graham, 1857 to 1865.
8. Lydal B. Saxton, 1865 to 1868.
9. Arthur Bingham, 1868 to 1870.
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Solicitors.
Solicitors.
1819-John Gayle, Jr.,
1846-William E. Clarke,
1821-Eldridge S. Greening,
1852-Henry C. Lea,
1822-John Elliott,
1854-Young L. Royston,
1822-Thomas Murray,
1855-R. Gaillard,
1829-David Crawford,
1856-Young L. Royston,
1833-Isaac H. Erwin,
1837-Benjamin B. Breedin,
1840-William M. Brooks,
1865-Rufus J. Reid.
SECOND CIRCUIT.
Judges.
Judges.
1819-Reuben Saffold,
1850-Ezekiel Pickens.
1825-Reuben Saffold,
1852-Nathaniel Cook,
1833-John S. Hunter,
1859-Nathaniel Cook,
1835-Ezekiel Pickens,
1865-Francis Bugbee,
1837-Ezekiel Pickens,
1843-Ezekiel Pickens,
1847-Nathaniel Cook.
Solicitors.
Solicitors.
1825-Henry Goldthwaite.
1828-Eli Terry,
1848-Milton J. Saffold,
1832-Jesse Beene,
1850-James A. Stallworth,
1832-James B. Clarke,
1855-C. C. Pegues,
1832-Henry C. Lea,
1837-John P. Graham,
1865-Elmore J. Fitzpatrick,
1866-Elmore J. Fitzpatrick
THIRD CIRCUIT.
Judges.
Judges:
1819-Henry Y. Webb,
1845-Lincoln Clark,
1823-John Gayle, Jr.,
1845-George D. Shortridge,
1825-John Gayle, Jr.,
1850-George D. Shortridge,
1827-Eli Shortridge,
1855-Sydenham Moore,
1830-Henry W. Collier,
1856-William S. Mudd,
1836-Peter Martin,
1862-William S. Mudd,
1837-Peter Martin,
1865-William S. Mudd,
1843-Peter Martin,
1866-William S. Mudd,
1843-Walker K. Baylor,
1868-William S. Mudd.
1844-Walker K. Baylor,
Solicitors.
Solicitors.
1819-Constantine Perkins,
1859-Benjamin Wheelan,
1823-Constantine Perkins,*
1860-Newbern H. Brown,
1848-William S. Mudd,
1864-Alberto Martin,
1852-William S. Mudd,
1865-James T. Leeper,
1856-Lucian V. B. Martin,
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