An illustrated history of Sacramento County, California : containing a history of Sacramento County from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospective future portraits of some of its most eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and also prominent citizens of today, Part 7

Author: Davis, Winfield J., 1851- 4n
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 916

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The following were the county officers that were elected September 7, 1859, and served from October, 1859, to October, 1861: County Judge, Robert Robinson; Sheriff, Sylvester Marshall; Clerk and Recorder, Jerome Madden; District Attorney, Cornelius Cole; Treasurer, C. L. Bird; Assessor, E. B. Ryan; Surveyor, J. G. Cleal; Coroner, D. Murray; Public Administrator, Jared Irwin; School Superintendent, F. W. IIatch; Clerk Board of Supervisors and Auditor, Thomas Letson. Len Harris was elected County Warden in 1861, but the office was abolished. The Board of Supervisors in 1860 was composed of E. Granger, Thomas Hansbrow, P. H. Russell, A. Henley, J. S. Woods, A. M. Green, S. Waterman and Larkin Lamb. The president, Shattuck, was continued. These were the mem- bers of the board in 1861: President, William Shattuck; E. Granger, Thomas Hansbrow, P. H. Russell, S. Ilite, J. S. Woods, Jacob Dickerson, S. Waterman, and John Hall.

On the 4th of September, 1861, an election was held for county officers, and the following were elected, who served from October 7, 1861, to March 7, 1864: County Judge, Robert C. Clark; Sheriff, Benjamin N. Bngbey; Clerk and Recorder, Jared Irwin; District Attorney, W. W. Upton; Treasurer, C. L. Bird; Assessor, E. B. Ryan; Surveyor, G. W. Colby ; Coroner, J. W. Reeves; Public Administrator, F. MeComber;

School Superintendent, F. W. Hatch; Clerk Board of Supervisors and Auditor, Josiah Howell. Bird absconded and James C. MeDon- ough was appointed Treasurer by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors in 1862 was composed of E. Granger, N. L. Drew, Thomas Ross, S. Hite, J. L. Graves, Jacob Dickerson, D. L. Williams and J. Hall. Shat- tnek continued to be President. In 1863 the Legislature divided the city and county govern- ments and reduced the Board of Supervisors for the county to five members. In the spring the new organization was effected, and the board was composed of the following: A. C. Bidwell, Thomas Ross, Joseph IInll, H. A. Thompson and Dwight Hollister-Ross, Chairman.

At the same election (September 2, 1863), the following county officers were elected, and they served from March, 1864, to March, 1866: County Judge, R. C. Clark; Sheriff, James Mc- Clatchy; Clerk and Recorder, A. C. Bidwell; District Attorney, M. M. Estee; Treasurer, F. S. Lardner; Assessor, P. R. Beckley; Surveyor, G. W. Colby; Coroner, J. W. Reeves; Public Administrator, J. E. Miller; School Superin- tendent, Sparrow Smith; Clerk of Board of Su- pervisors and Auditor, Josiah Howell At the general election in September, 1863, the follow- ing were elected members of the Board of Su- pervisors: D. W. Clark, Thomas Ross, Joseph Hull, H. A. Thompson and Dwight Hollister. Thompson failed to serve, and on the 16th of November Jesse Couch was elected in his place. These were elected for a term of two years, and they took their seats the first Monday in Octo- ber, 1863.

An election was held September 6, 1865. The following were elected to fill the various county offices, and they served from March 5, 1866, to March, 1868: County Judge, Robert C. Clark; Sheriff, James Lansing; Clerk and Recorder, E. D. Shirland; District Attorney, James C. Goods; Treasurer, Ezra Woolson; Assessor, E. Black Ryan; Surveyor, A. G. Winn; Coroner, Joseph A. Conboie; Public Administrator, Findley R. Dray; School Superintendent, F. W. Hatch;

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Clerk of Board of Supervisors and Auditor, W. A. Anderson; members of the Board of Super- visors, D. W. Clark, M. McManus, Joseph Hull, Jesse Couch, William Beckman-Hull, Chairman.

On the 4th of September, 1867, an election was held, and the following were elected to the county offices, and they served from March. 1868, to March, 1870: Sheriff, Edward F. White (contested by Hugh M. Larne); Clerk, W. B. C. Brown; District Attorney, James C. Goods; Treasurer, A. Spinks; Assessor, F. R. Dray; Surveyor, John Doherty; Coroner, J. P. Connts; Public Administrator, William Shattuck; School Superintendent, Augustus Trafton; Clerk Board of Supervisors and ex-officio Auditor, W. A. MeWilliams; Board of Supervisors, John Do- mingos, C. H. Ross, Benjamin Bailey, James S. Meredith, William Beckman. Meredith was President. These members were elected for two years, and under the provisions of the statute in force at the time of their election their term of office would expire in October, 1869, but the Legislature of 1867-'68 extended the term of the members from the Third, Fourth and Fifth districts-Bailey, Meredith, Beckman-to 1871, making the term four years.

An election was held September 1, 1869, and the following were elected to the county offices, and served from March, 1870, to March, 1872: Sheriff, J. S. Wood; Clerk, W. B. C. Brown; Treasurer, Alfred Spinks; Recorder and ex- officio Auditor, W. A. McWilliams; Assessor, F. R. Dray; District Attorney, John K. Alex- ander; Surveyor, A. G. Winn; Coroner, J. P. Counts; School Superintendent, Augustus Traf- ton; Public Administrator, William Shattuck; Board of Supervisors, John Domingos, James H. Groth, Benjamin Bailey, James S. Meredith and William Beckman.

At the general election held September 6, 1871, the following were elceted to fill the c. unty offices from March, 1872, till March, 1874: Sheriff, Mike Bryte; Clerk, Lanren Up- son; Treasurer, John Bellmer; Recorder and Auditor, Jesse A. Stewart; Assessor, F. R. Dray;

District Attorney, Henry Starr; Surveyor, John Prentice; Coroner, J. W. Wilson; School Su- perintendent, S. H. Jackman; Public Adminis- trator, N. G. Feldheim; Board of Supervisors, John Domingos, James H. Groth, James S. Meredith, S. B. Moore and J. V. Sims. Sep- tember 3, 1873, there were elected Daniel Brown, J. J. Bauer, L. Elkus and H. O. Sey- mour.

At the same election the following were elected county officers: Sheriff, Hugh M. La Rue; Collector of Taxes, Joseph W. Houston; Clerk, Ham. C. Harrison; Treasurer, John Bell- mer; District Attorney, Charles T. Jones; Re- corder, Matthew Clarken; Auditor, Jesse A. Stewart; Public Administrator, H. S. Beals; Superintendent of Schools, G. R. Kelly; Sur- veyor, Ed. Murray; Coroner, J. P. Counts; Com- missioner of Highways, S. D. Johnson. The Supervisors serving in 1874-'75 were, James S. Meredith, S. B. Moore, Daniel Brown, J. V. Sims, H. O. Seymour, L. Elkus, J. A. Mason.

The September election of 1875 resulted in the following list: Sheriff, M. M. Drew; Clerk, A. A. Wood; District Attorney, C. T. Jones; Assessor, James Lansing; Treasurer, D. E. Callahan; Auditor, R. C. Lowell; Public Ad- ministrator, G. F. Bronner; Surveyor, A. G. Winn; Coroner, R. K. Wick; Superintendent of Schools, F. L. Landes; Supervisors, S. B. Moore, Edward Christy, P. R. Beckley; those holding over were, L. Elkus, Daniel Brown, II. O. Seymour, J. A. Mason. A. S. Hopkins and F. R. Dray served to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Seymour and Mason.

In September, 1877, the officers elected were: Sheriff, M. M. Drew; Clerk, Thomas II. Berkey; Treasurer, D. E. Callahan; Auditor, William E. Gerber; District Attorney, George A. Blanch- ard; Superintendent of Schools, F. L. Landes; Public Administrator, Troy Dye; Surveyor, John Prentice; Coroner, A. J. Vermilya. The Supervisors serving during the year, October, 1877, to October, 1878, were, S. B. Moore, J. W. Wilson, J. J. Baner, P. R. Beckley, Samuel Blair, Daniel Brown, Edward Christy. In

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1878-'79 Benjamin Bailey served in the place of Mr. Moore.

The county officers elected in September, 1879, were: Sheriff, Adolph Heilbron; Clerk, Thomas H. Berkley; Assessor, Joseph W. Honston; Auditor, William E. Gerber; Treasurer, Ezra Woolson; Public Administrator, George F. Bronner; District Attorney, Henry L. Buckley; Superintendent of Schools, Charles E. Bishop; Coroner, A. J. Vermilya; Surveyor, James C. Pearson; Supervisors, 1879-'80, J. W. Wil- son, Benjamin Bailey, P. R. Beckley, Edward Christy, S. W. Butler, Samnel Blair and John F. Dreman.

By an act of the Legislature of 1882, the time of election was changed to November, making the day correspond with that for the election of President of the United States. In November of that year, the following were chosen as county officers: Sheriff, A. H. Estill; Clerk, C. M. Coglan; Assessor, John T.Griffitts; Treasurer, A. S. Greenlaw; District Attorney, John T. Carey; Anditor and Recorder, W. E. Gerber; Public Administrator, George F. Bron- ner; Coroner, J. Frank Clark; Surveyor, J. C. Pierson; Supervisors, J. F. Dreman, J. W. Wilson, Samuel Blair, S. W. Butler, Edward Christy, P. R. Beckley, Benjaman Bailey.

At the election held November 4, 1884, the

following county officers were elected: Sheriff, J. W. Wilson; Clerk, W. B. Hamilton; Audi- tor and Recorder, J. Henry Miller; District At- torney, Henry L. Buckley; Treasurer, George E. Kuchler; Public Administrator, F. H. Rus- sel; Coroner, J. Frank Clark; Surveyor, J. C. Pierson; Supervisors, B. U. Steinman, George O. Bates, George C. McMullen, S. J. Jackson, L. H. Fassett.

November 2, 1886, the following were elected : Clerk, W. B. Hamilton; Sheriff, M. M. Drew; Assessor, A. L. Frost; Treasurer, John L. Hun- toon; District Attorney, Elwood Bruner; Andi- tor and Recorder, J. H. Miller; Superintendent of Schools, B. F. Howard; Public Administra- tor, S. B. Smith; Coroner, J. Frank Clark; Sur- veyor, J. C. Pierson; Supervisors, H. C. Ross and F. F. Tebbets. During the year, Miller resigned as Auditor and Recorder, and Frank T. Johnson was elected to succeed him.

At the election held November 6, 1888, the following were chosen: Sheriff, George C. Mc- Mullen; Clerk, W. B. Hamilton; Anditor and Recorder, Frank T. Johnson; District Attorney, Elwood Bruner; Treasurer, John L. Huntoon; Public Administrator, G. W. Harlow; Coroner, J. Frank Clark; Surveyor, J. C. Boyd; Super- visors, Andrew Black, George O. Bates, Erskine Greer. Ross and Tebbets held over.

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SACRAMENTO COUNTY LEGISLATORS.

CHAPTER VIII.

E PRESENT below a list of the per- sons who have represented Sacramento County in the Legislature since the organization of the State Government, together with remarks as to their present residence, etc.

At the first session the members represented Sacramento District, which included the entire northern portion of the State-there being at that time no county subdivisions. The consti- tution of 1849 provided that until the Legisla- ture should divide the State into counties, and into senatorial and assembly districts, the Dis- trict of Sacramento should be entitled to four senators and nine assemblymen. It appears from the following list that the district had twelve assemblymen. This is accounted for by the fact that Cornwall resigned January 28, 1850, and was succeeded on March 4 by Deal; White resigned February 9, 1850, and was suc- ceeded on March 15 by IIenley, and Dicken- son's seat was declared vacant December 18, 1849, and Bigler was seated in his place. The first Legislature, on April 4, 1850, made Sacra- mento County the Twelfth Senatorial District, and provided that it should be represented by one senator and three assemblymen. On May 1, 1851, the county was constituted the Eleventh Senatorial District, to be represented by two senators and four assemblymen. On May 18, 1861, in the reapportionment the county was made the Sixteenth Senatorial District, to be represented by two senators and five assembly-

men. This apportionment was retained in the Political Code which was adopted March 2, 1872. On May 16, 1874, the county was made the Eighteenth Senatorial District, to be represented by two senators and three assemblymen. On March 8, 1883, in the present apportionment Sacramento County was constituted the Thir- teenth Senatorial District, to be represented by one senator; and by the act of March 13, 1883, the First and Third wards of the city were constituted the Eighteenth Assembly District; the Second fand Fourth wards the Nineteenth District, and the balance of the county the Twentieth District, each of which is entitled to one assemblyman. The list is as follows:

SENATORS.

1849-'50-John Bidwell, Elisha O. Crosby, Thomas J. Green and Henry E. Robinson. Bid- well is one of the very earliest pioneers who came to this State, having arrived here in 1841. He came by the overland route, and the journey occupied six months. Ile had charge of Forts Bodega and Ross, and also of General Sutter's Feather River possessions. During the war with Mexico he entered the army and rose to the rank of Major. He was the first man to find gold on the Feather River, in 1848. He was elected from Sacramento District to the first Constitutional Convention, but did not serve; and was a delegate to the Charleston (Demo- cratic) National Convention in 1860. He was

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elected to Congress from the old Third District November 8, 1864. He ran in the Republican Convention for the nomination for Governor in 1867, but was defeated by George C. Gorham, who was beaten at the election by Henry H. Haight. In 1875 Bidwell was nominated for Governor on the Independent ticket, but was defeated by William Irwin, the Democratic nomince. General Bidwell now lives at Chico, where he is extensively engaged in agriculture. Crosby arrived in California in December, 1848. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention, and has lived at Alameda for many years, where he now serves as justice of the peace. Green was elected a Major-General by the Legislature April 11, 1850. He left here in early days, and died in Warren County, North Carolina, December 13, 1863. Robinson was a lawyer by education, but followed merchandis- ing. He arrived in San Francisco in March, 1849, in the California, the first steamer that ever entered that port. In his will he left some $40,000 to be used by the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco for the benefit of the poor of that city. He was a member of the first coun- cil of this city, and an early postmaster. For many years he resided in Alameda County, where he amassed a large fortune. He died in Nor- walk, Connecticut, January 9, 1880.

1851-Henry E. Robinson.

1852 -- Henry E. Robinson and James II. Ralston. Ralston was for many years a leading lawyer in this city. He went to Washoe at the breaking out of the mining excitement there, and afterward settled at Austin. When ram- bling over the county in search of mineral ledges in May, 1864, he lost his way, and after wander- ing many days and nights, succumbed to starva- tion. His body was discovered and buried by Indians, but was afterward disinterred and buried at Austin.

1853-James II. Ralston and A. P. Catlin. A biography of Judge Catlin appears in another department of this work.

1854-A. P. Catlin and Gilbert W. Colby. Colby was a pioneer, and in early days ran a

ferry across the Upper Sacramento at Colby's Landing. He was county surveyor here from 1862 to 1866. He lived at Nord for many years, and then located at Martinez, and became interested in banking. He died at San Fran- cisco, Angust 20, 1881.

1855-Gilbert W. Colby and A. S. Gove. The latter, a merchant, returned to Vermont, and died there many years ago. He was a member of the City Council when he was elected to the Senate.

1856-A. S. Gove and W. I. Ferguson. Fer- guson, a native of Illinois, was shot in a duel with George Pen Johnston, and died September 14, 1858, at San Francisco, from the effects of his wound. He was a lawyer of ability, and an effective and popular speaker. He was nick- named "Ipse Doodle." He was a man of unusual courage, and it is said that when he received the wound that caused his death, he exclaimed, "I am a gone community," and fell. His remains are interred in the State plat of our city cemetery. George Pen Johnston died at San Francisco, March 4, 1884.

1857-W. I. Ferguson and Josiah Johnson. Johnson was at one time a supervisor, and sub- sequently city trustee. He died in this city, December 10, 1888.

1858-W. I. Ferguson and Josiah Johnson.

1859-J. M. McDonald and Dr. Johnson Price. McDonald removed to San Francisco years ago, and is now one of the prominent capitalists and mining men of that city. Price, who was elected at a special election to fill the Ferguson vacancy, was a Kentuckian. He had been a member of the convention to revise the constitution of his native State, and an officer during the Mexican war. He came to this State in 1849, and practiced medicine in this city. On Jannary 10, 1860, he was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Latham, and held that office until the expiration of the term of Governor Downey. He afterward was a stock-broker in San Francisco, and died there of consumption on February 8, 1868.

1860-J. M. McDonald and Robert C. Clark.

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Judge Clark was a son of James Clark, an early Congressman, Supreme Judge and Governor of Kentucky. He arrived in California in 1853, and settled here to practice law. In 1861 he was elected county judge, and was continuously re-elected to that office until it was abolished by the new constitution. In 1879 he was elected a superior judge of the county, and filled that office until the time of his death-January 27, 1883.

1861-R. C. Clark and E. H. Heacock. The latter practiced law here for several years. He was city attorney from 1863 to 1867. He re- moved to Santa Cruz and was for many years county judge there. He then located in Santa Barbara County, and on Jannary 15, 1880, was appointed superior judge of that county by Governor Perkins, to succeed Engene Faucett, deceased, who will be recollected as the judge who tried Sprague for the killing of More. Heacock at present represents the connties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura in the State Senate.

1862-E. II. Heacock and Dr. A. B. Nixon. The latter has practiced medicine in this city many years, and is now in charge of the Rail- road Hospital. He was among the first in this State who espoused the principles of the Re- publican party. Latterly the Doctor has been prominently identified with the Prohibition movement, and in the spring of 1884 ran against J. Q. Brown for mayor on the Prohibi- tion ticket. He also ran as a St. Jolin elector in 1884.

1863-Dr. A. B. Nixon and Newton Booth. A sketch of the latter will be found in the bio- graphical department of this volume.

1863-'64-J. E. Benton and E. II. Heacock. Benton was at that time a minister at Folsom. It is related of him that on one occasion in Sacramento he was so shocked by some irrever- ent remark he overheard a young rough make, that he gave him a reprimand. The young man, after liearing the reproof, asked him rather pointedly who he was, when Benton re- plied, "I am a follower of the meek and lowly

Jesus." "Well," was the rejoinder, "if I was the meek and lowly, and a fellow looking like you was following me, I would hit him in the nose." Benton built the first church that was erected in Folsom. He was afterward post- master of Oakland, and died there, February 18, 1888.

1865-'66-J. E. Benton and E. H. Heacock.

1867-'68 -- E. H. Heacock and N. Greene Curtis. Judge Curtis arrived in California in May, 1850. and was recorder or police judge of this city from 1853 to 1855. He has practiced law among ns since the early days, and the reputation he has acquired as a criminal lawyer is second to that of no other practitioner in the State. Soon after his arrival in Sacramento he was appointed deputy postmaster, and shortly afterward his principal, Jonathan Tittle, went East on business, leaving Curtis in charge of the office. While Tittle was absent, Richard Eads came out with a notification that he had been appointed to that office. Curtis refused to give it up until Eads presented his commis- sion and filed his bond, and he retained the office until those necessary formalities were ar- ranged-some seven months. When Eads came in he retained Curtis until the latter was elected recorder. The Judge is a prominent Mason, and, although a Democrat, has been elected in this Republican county to the Legislature every time his party has been fortunate enough to in- duce him to run.

1869-'70-N. Greene Curtis and A. Comte, Jr. The latter is now a lawyer in San Fran- cisco, but graduated from the public schools of Sacramento and from Harvard College, and was admitted to the bar from our law offices.

1871-72-A. Comte, Jr., and James A. Duffy. The latter resided in San Francisco for several years. For a long time he was chief clerk of the old California Steam Navigation Company here, and for a time was clerk in the office of the Secretary of State under Melone. He died in Lake County, in September, 1889.

1873-'74-James A. Duffy and IIenry Edger- ton. The latter is a native of Vermont, and a

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distinguished lawyer. He served for several terms as district attorney of Napa County, and as such conducted the prosecution of Edward McGowan for his connection with the killing of James King of William, the editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, out of which grew the vigilance committee of 1856. He was Senator from Napa County in 1860 and 1861; ran un- successfully for Congress in 1861 and 1882; was a member of the late Constitutional Con- vention; was the only Republican presidential elector elected in 1880, and was re-elected to that office in 1884. He died in San Francisco, November 4, 1887.

1875-'76-IIenry Edgerton and Creed IIay- mond. The latter has a national reputation as a lawyer. He arrived in California from Vir- ginia in 1852, and practiced in Plumas County for many years, then removed to this city, and was appointed one of the commissioners to draft a code of laws for the State. He was a dele- gate to the last three National Republican Con- ventions. He now holds a prominent position in the law department of the Central Pacific Railroad Company at San Francisco.

1877-'78-Creed Haymond and N. Greene Curtis.

1880-Grove L. Johnson and William John- ston. Find Johnson's sketch elsewhere by the index. Johnston is a wealthy fruit-grower at Richland. Hle served for a time as a member of the State Board of Equalization, by appoint- ment from Governor Perkins, and was a dele- gate to the National Republican Convention of 1880. In 1886 he was a prominent candidate for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant- Governor.

1881-Grove L. Johnson and William John- ston.

1883-Frederick Cox and Joseph Routier. Cox is one of the most prominent land-owners and stock-raisers in the State, and has been for years a bank director. A sketch of Routier ap- pears elsewhere in this volume.

1885-Frederick Cox and Joseph Routier.

1887-Findley R. Dray. A full biography

of this gentleman may be found elsewhere by the index.

1889-Findley R. Dray.

ASSEMBLYMEN.

1849-'50-H. C. Cardwell, P. B. Cornwall, Rev. W. Grove Deal, W. B. Dickenson, T. J. Henley, E. W. Mckinstry, John Bigler, George B. Tingley, Madison Walthal, Dr. Thomas J. White, John T. Hughes and John F. Williams. Cardwell died at Los Angeles, July 4, 1859. Cornwall arrived in Sacramento in August, 1848, was a member of the first City Council, and has been for several years and is now a prominent business man in San Francisco. Cornwall, with Sam Brannan, foreseeing that a great city would very soon spring up at the head of navigation on the Sacramento River, came up from San Francisco to purchase a suit- able site. They perceived that Sutterville was the most eligible spot on which to locate the place, but were unable to effect satisfactory ar- rangements with L. W. Hastings, the owner of the land there. They had passed two launches loaded with supplies for the mines, on the way up the river, and after their failure to make terms with Hastings, returned and met then, and induced them to land their cargoes at the Sutter Embarcadero -Sacramento. From this little circumstance a trading post was estab- lished here, and before many months a city had grown up. They arranged with Sutter for an interest in the land, and had the city laid out. Had Hastings arranged with them, there is no doubt that the city would have been located on his land.

Henley, the father of Congressman Barclay Henley, was a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1807 In that State he served several terms in the Assembly, and was once speaker. He was a Congressman from Indiana for three terms, serving with President Lincoln. In 1840 he arrived in California, and engaged in bank- ing at Sacramento. He was elected presidential elector in 1852; chosen postmaster of San Fran- cisco in 1853; appointed Superintendent of

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Indian Affairs in 1854, and defeated for presi- dential elector in 1868. He died on his farm at Round Valley, Mendocino County, on May 1, 1875. Mckinstry is a native of Michigan, and arrived in California in March, 1849. He was elected judge of the Seventh District, No- vember 2, 1852; re-elected September 1, 1858; elected judge of the Twelfth District (San Fran- cisco) October 20, 1869, but resigned in the latter part of 1873, having been elected a jus- tice of the Supreme Court on October 15, 1873. He was re-elected supreme justice on Septem- ber 3, 1879, and resigned October 1, 1888. Bigler was a Pennsylvanian, and a journalist and lawyer. He arrived in Sacramento in 1849, and employed himself as an auctioneer and a wood-chopper. He was for a time speaker of the first Assembly; was elected Governor September 3, 1851; re-elected September 7, 1853; defeated for that office in 1855; served as United States Minister to Chili from 1857 to 1861; defeated for Congress in 1863; served as a delegate to the National Democratic Conven- tions of 1864 and 1868; appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for this district in 1866, and edited the State Capital Reporter from January, 1868, until his death, November 29, 1871. His remains repose in the city cemetery. Tingley was a native of Ohio. He was a brilliant law- yer. He removed to Indiana, and there served in the Legislature with Vice-President-elect T. A. Hendricks and T. J. Henley. He served as an officer in the Mexican war; came across the plains to California in 1849 with Henley; was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate; was defeated for Congress in 1851. Ile died at San Francisco, August 3, 1862. His daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Ridinghood), is the talented lady correspondent to newspapers. White was speaker until February 6, when he resigned the office, and was succeeded by Bigler White was once a city councilman, and died at Los Angeles in December, 1861. Deal was a Methodist minister, and was elected to succeed Cornwall, who resigned, and qualified March 4, 1850. He is now living in the East.

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Author: Davis, Winfield J., 1851- 4n Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 916

Author: Davis, Winfield J., 1851- 4n
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 916