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" Bills were allowed to William J. Ford : for office rent, $800; for prison expenses, $2,080; for services in criminal cases, $1,063.
" It is ordered that the board adjourn until to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock.
" SETH CHANDLER, Chairman."
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THE COURTS AND JUDICIARY.
DISTRICT COURT.
Under the law of 1850, Yuba county, of which Sierra was then a part, was in the eighth judi- cial district, and the first term of the court was commenced at Marysville June 3, 1850, by Hon. William R. Turner. The jurisdiction of this court was very large, including chancery, civil, and criminal cases. In 1851 the legislature formed Yuba, Nevada, and Sutter counties into the tenth judicial district, and Hon. Gordon N. Mott was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Judge Turner to another district. At the opening of the district court, October 10, 1851, Hon. W. T. Barbour was present, with a commission from the governor as district judge. He desired an interview with Judge Mott before making the formal demand for the office, and the court was adjourned until two o'clock in the afternoon. During the recess Judges Mott and Barbour, together with the members of the bar, held a consultation together. Judge Barbour stated that he had a commission from the governor, given in consequence of his election to the judge- ship by the people at the last general election, and that he had taken the constitutional oath of office. Judge Mott stated that he also had a commission from the governor as district judge, and claimed that, as his commission was given to fill a vacancy in the office occasioned by the failure of the legislature to elect, and as it did not mention the term for which he was to hold office, it would hold until the election of district judges in 1852. The constitution provided for the filling of such vacancies "at the next election by the people," and the question of right lay on the interpretation of these words-whether they meant the next election, or the next regular election for the office to be filled. Upon the assembling of the court in the afternoon, Mr. Barbour appeared and demanded the office and records, and then the court adjourned to allow the matter to be carried to the supreme court. There it was decided that Mr. Barbour was the rightful claimant to the position, and he took his seat without further interruption.
In 1853 Sierra county, having been organized the year previous, was placed in the tenth judicial district, with Yuba, Nevada, and Sutter counties. The first session of the district court was held in Downieville, July 5, 1853, with Judge William T. Barbour on the bench. In 1855 Nevada, Sierra, and Plumas counties were united as the fourteenth district, and the Hon. Niles Scarles of Nevada City became judge. In 1857 Plumas was detached, the district being too large. Two years after, in 1859, Sierra was joined to the seventeenth district, consisting of Sierra and Plumas counties, to the judgeship of which Peter Van Clief of Downieville was appointed by Governor Weller. He served on the bench one year. At the fall election of 1859 Hon. Robert H. Taylor was elected district judge. He was a resident of Downieville, and two years previous, when Sierra was a part of the fourteenth district, had been nominated for judge, but did not suc- ceed at the election. In 1859 he was the nominee of the Douglas wing of the democratic party, and as such defeated Judge Van Clief, the regular democratic nominee. He resigned the position in May, 1862, and Hon. L. E Pratt of Sierra county received from the governor the appointment as his successor. Judge Pratt served out Taylor's term, and in April, 1863, Sierra county was added to the tenth judicial district, which consisted of Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, and Sierra counties.
Hon. I. S. Belcher of Marysville was elected judge that fall, and held the position until 1869, when Judge Phil W. Keyser of Sutter county was elected to the position, and held it until the adoption of the new constitution in 1879, at which time the district courts of California were abolished and superseded by the superior courts.
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COURT OF SESSIONS.
Owing to the loss of the earliest minutes of the court of sessions, the date of the first meeting of that body cannot be definitely ascertained. Judge McCann organized the court some time in July, and appointed as his associates H. G. Brown and A. S. McMillen. The first proceedings on the records we quote :
"MINITS OF THE COURT OF SESSIONS.
" At a special term of the court of sessions, held August 19, 1852, present, Hon. Ferdinand J. . McCann, judge ; H. G. Brown, associate judge; Wm. J. Ford, sheriff ; J. Webb Nicholson, clerk. It is ordered by the court that the sheriff shall collect fifty cents on every hundred dollars, for the purpose of county taxes. It is further ordered that the petition of J. W. Dunn for auctioneer be granted for the sale of auction goods in the town of Downieville, on the plaza. It is also ordered that the petition of R. H. Martin be rejected on account of its not complying with the requirements of the statutes.
"It is ordered that the petition of Henry Kingsley be granted for inn-keeping in Sierra county. It is further ordered that this court adjourn until Monday, 28th August, 1852."
The next meeting did not occur until the thirtieth of August, at which time the sheriff was instructed to be at Goodyear's bar on the fifteenth of September, for the purpose of collecting taxes, and he was allowed one week in each election precinct for such purpose. Licenses were then granted to Samuel Aston and James Golden to sell wares and liquors, and to R. H. Martin for auctioneering.
The first grand jury for the court of sessions was drawn at the regular term in October. Twenty-one names were drawn by the sheriff, but on the eighteenth only seventeen were sworn as a grand jury. Their names are G. B. Bope, Samuel Walker, Charles H. Cummings, Louis Day, Charles Simmons, Richard Hobbs, Adam Young, F. M. Proctor, Thomas Clement, G. M. Lechten- berger, James W. Hamilton, Benjamin Green, George Pierson, Malcom S. Scott, N. R. Shaw, Daniel Shepp, Barnabus Hallett. C. H. Cummings was elected foreman, and Thaddeus Purdy delivered the charge to the jury. The first indictments found by this body were against Frederick Ketzler, Charles Ketzler, and James Mckibben, for assault with deadly weapons on Alanson Smith; against John Carter, for assault with intent to kill on H. Kelly ; against George Richardson, James Richardson, and Albert T. Turner, for constructing unlawful bridges ; and against William Taylor and James Taylor for murder.
The court of sessions continued to transact the business of the county now done by the board of supervisors until the supervisor system was adopted in the state in May, 1855, when it became merely a criminal court, subordinate to the district court. In 1863 it was abolished altogether, Judge S. B. Davidson being then on the bench. The judges who presided over the court of sessions during its existence were Ferdinand J. McCann, S. J. Pettibone, P. C. Shaffer, Alanson Smith, William Campbell, and S. B. Davidson. Those who sat as associate justices before the establish- ment of the board of supervisors are as follows : H. G. Brown, A. S. McMillen, L. B. Graham, Daniel F. Finley, Charles Stanwood, George A. Booth, J. H. Marshall, S. J. Pettibone, C. D. Aiken, H. McNulty, C. L. Thomasson, Louis Bartlett, William Patterson, A. J. Howe, and G. Harris.
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COUNTY COURT.
The county court for Sierra county held its first session in Downieville March 7, 1853. Sheriff William J. Ford pronounced, in stentorian tones, the "Oh, yes! Oh, yes!" that summoned the bar and spectators to the tribunal of justice ; while the Hon. Ferdinand J. McCann sat upon the bench, and J. Webb Nicholson transcribed in a clerkly hand the proceedings. The court-room was on the second floor of John Craycroft's mammoth saloon, the fortunate location being very conducive to frequent adjournments for refreshment. In 1855 the board of supervisors having accepted the new court-house, the court was transferred to the classic precincts of Durgan flat, where it continued to be held until the adoption of the new constitution, in 1879, which did away entirely with it.
JUDGE FERDINAND J. MCCANN was a resident of Kentucky before coming to California, and was of Irish and Spanish descent. He has always been considered a very accomplished gentleman, and an able and popular jurist. He was educated in Maryland, came to California in 1850, practiced law a few months in Marysville, and in 1851 came to Downieville. At the first election, June 14, 1852, he was elected county judge, holding the office for two years, when he resigned, and went back to Kentucky. There he married into a distinguished family, and again came to California. From 1871 to 1873 he was in partnership, at Marysville, with Judge Peter Van Clief. From there he went to Santa Cruz, where he still resides. Judge McCann has always been a strong democrat in politics.
JUDGE S. J. PETTIBONE .- Upon the resignation of Judge McCann, in 1854, Governor Bigler appointed S. J. Pettibone to fill the unexpired term. He was a miner, and lived near Forest City. His legal attainments were not of a high order, though he held the office of justice of the peace at the time of his appointment, and had sat as one of the associate judges in the court of sessions with his predecessor. He also resigned in October, 1854, not considering the office suitable to his tastes or sufficiently remunerative. He was succeeded by Judge P. C. Schaffer, who occupied the bench until the election of his successor, in the fall of 1855.
JUDGE ALANSON SMITH was the know-nothing candidate for the office of county judge in 1855, his democratic contestant for the position being Robert H. Taylor, afterwards district judge. He succeeded by a goodly majority, and took his seat in Jannary, 1856. Prior to his arrival in this state, Judge Smith was a New York school-teacher, had run some kind of an academy, and claimed to have studied law with Judge Cowan of the Empire state. Though a well-educated man in some respects, he was not an able jurist, and his knowledge of the dead languages was somewhat defect- ive. He was rather severe in his court discipline ; on one occasion, while presiding over the court of sessions, having fined County Clerk Nicholson one hundred dollars for being absent from his post of duty, which, however, he afterwards remitted for " satisfactory reasons." Judge Van Clief, at another time, felt the weight of his displeasure to the tune of fifty dollars, for having differed from his honor on a point of law. This was also remitted, when Van Clief proved in defense that the court was wrong. Judge Smith served out his full term of four years.
JUDGE WILLIAM CAMPBELL was elected to the judgeship on the democratic ticket in 1859. He was an able newspaper man, having been editor for several years of the Sierra Democrat. In 1855 he had been defeated for the office of county clerk by Alfred Helm. He left the county in 1862, but drew his salary until 1863, when he resigned, went to Virginia City, and entered into a law partnership there with Judge R. H. Taylor. He was afterwards a district attorney in Nevada, and died in 1876.
JUDGE SAMUEL B. DAVIDSON was appointed by Governor Stanford to fill the unexpired term of Judge Campbell, and took his office in June, 1863. In the fall he was elected county judge on
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the republican ticket, over A. P. Williams, former partner of Ex-Governor Johnson. He served out his full term, reaching to 1868. Prior to coming to California, Judge Davidson practiced law in New Brunswick, where he was born March 6, 1821. He was admitted to the superior court of that province in 1847. In 1849 he came to California, via the Horn, stopping for a year at Val- paraiso, and arriving at San Francisco in June, 1851. He came directly to Downieville, and went into partnership on the Texas claim with James Haslam. In 1853 he went to San Juan, Nevada county, and helped to open the San Juan diggings; but not being successful there, he afterward mined on Kanaka creek, which paid better. In January, 1854, in company with W. E. Riley, he opened a store and express office at Chips' flat, which business he followed until 1857, when he re- sumed mining at Chips' and Smith's flats. In 1860 he opened a law office at Cumberland, and the year following was elected district attorney of Sierra county, and moved to Downieville, where he has since resided. Since. the expiration of his term as county judge he has been practicing law. Judge Davidson was married in 1864, at Moore's flat, Nevada county, to Mrs. Lambert of that place, to whom has been born one daughter.
JUDGE GARLAND HARRIS was elected to the office of county judge in the fall of 1867, on the republican ticket. He was a Missourian before coming to the Pacific coast, and had been sheriff of a Missouri county. He brought with him the peculiar dialect of that region, which invariably tinctured his language with strange and outlandish figures of rhetoric. . He was a very good man, but not sufficiently versed in the law for the position he held. In 1851 he was a constable at Downieville, under Justice Graham, at which time he bore the title of " Pap Harris"; and after- wards he became justice of the peace. He served until 1872.
JUDGE D. H. COWDEN succeeded Judge Harris, having been elected the fall previous on the republican ticket. Judge Cowden was a man well qualified, and made an excellent judge. In 1867 he had been elected district attorney, but refused to take that office again, because during his term the salary was cut down from $2,400 to $1,200 per annum. He served all but two months of his judicial term, when he resigned. He died in Downieville in the winter of 1881.
JUDGE A. J. HOWE was appointed to the judgeship in 1875, and at the same time was elected to the position. He served until 1879, when the county court ceased its labors. Judge Howe was born in Attica, New York, March 28, 1818, where he lived till 1844, when he removed to Wiscon- sin. There he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1846. He conducted a law office at New Diggings for two years, and then went to Missouri and practiced law there for five years. In 1853 he came to California, arriving at Nevada City in September, and mined there until the spring of 1855. He then came to St. Louis, Sierra county, practiced law a number of years, and in 1863 removed to Plumas county, where he was soon appointed district attorney. In the fall of 1864 he returned to Sierra county. After the expiration' of his term as county judge he was elected superior judge, a position he still holds. He was first married January 1, 1855, to Mrs. C. Johnson, who died at Downieville, March 30, 1880. He was again married in February, 1882, to Mrs. Ryan.
SUPERIOR COURT.
By the adoption of the new constitution, in 1879, the district and county courts were abolished, and supplanted by the superior court with the same jurisdiction of both the others. At the elec- tion in the fall of 1879, D. H. Cowden was the republican candidate for superior judge of Sierra county, and A. J. Howe was the democratic nominee for the place. The latter was successful over his opponent by a party vote, and immediately entered upon his official duties. Judge Howe holds the office until 1884, when his successor is qualified.
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SIERRA COUNTY BAR.
Following is a complete list of the attorneys at law who have resided in the county and prac- tieed in the courts of Sierra county, together with the dates of their admission to practice, so far as they can be ascertained. Those marked with an asterisk are the present members of the Sierra county bar.
*Francis Anderson. July 22, 1869.
J. A. Brooks .July 25, 1853.
D. T. Berry April 30, 1854.
Louis Bartlett
December 7, 1855.
S. F. Brown November 13, 1857.
T. J. Bowers April 6, 1871.
A. W. Baldwin
April 6, 1871.
E. Barry
April 6, 1871.
H. B. Cossitt July 5, 1852.
J. A. Clark
December 7, 1855.
W. W. Crane
September 15, 1856.
R. Campbell
March 9, 1857.
W. Campbell
July 18, 1857.
J. F. Cowdery September 19, 1859.
D. H. Cowden
March 10, 1862.
J. P. H. Cowden
April 4, 1866.
- Compton
. April 23, 1866.
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William Cain
. April 23, 1866.
*
Church .
. 1882.
A. Druillard
April 28, 1852.
*S. B. Davidson . June 13, 1861.
J. Frazee
August 1, 1853.
*M. Farley.
T. W. Gilmore March 13, 1856.
John Gale
October 6, 1862.
H. L. Gear.
November 28, 1863.
James Galloway
Erastus Gates
I. L. Hogan November 1, 1852. S. C. Huff . October 24, 1854.
O. C. Hall November 26, 1855.
*A. J. Howe December 3, 1855.
R. D. Hill
June 9, 1856.
I. G. Hargraves August 28, 1860.
J. M. Haven March 31, 1864. *John Hodgess. July 19, 1867.
Creed Haymond
O. F. Hakes
January 9, 1877.
J. A. Johnson.
November 9, 1861.
Moses Kirkpatrick
November 3, 1855.
A. J. Lowell
.June 9, 1856.
R. C. Logan
July 7, 1856.
Joseph MeKibben
July 5, 1852.
J. C. Musser
October 24, 1854.
T. H. Merry
March 11, 1861.
J. P. O'Grady
April 2, 1864.
*L. H. Osgood
October 27, 1879.
J. B. Pittman
July 26, 1853.
S. J. Pettibone
October 24, 1854.
J. R. Plunkett.
November 3, 1855.
C. H. Patelin
April 20, 1868.
L. E. Pratt
May 4, 1860.
Alonzo Platt
Thaddeus Purdy 1852.
S. W. Schultz
September 8, 1857.
- Southworth
September 8, 1857.
J. G. Stephenson
July 19, 1864.
P. C. Schaffer
April 18, 1854.
W. S. Spear
1852.
Alanson Smith
W. M. Stewart
*F. D. Soward.
October 26, 1875.
*S. A. Smith
October 27, 1879.
Robert H. Taylor
November 8, 1853.
O. B. Tyler
September 15, 1856.
R. Tregaskis
.July 18, 1857.
J. Tidball.
December 12, 1859.
C. T. Tracey
: April 13, 1866.
Harry I. Thornton, Jr
A. Van Clief .
November 19, 1855.
*Peter Van Clief
A. P. Williams
May 3, 1858.
*George Wood
*F. B. Wehe.
April, 1882.
G. C. Hough.
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1OFFICERS OF SIERRA COUNTY FROM 1852 TO 1882.
COUNTY CLERK.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SHERIFF.
SCHOOL SUP'T.
1852. J. Webb Nicholson. .
.2Thaddeus Purdy .. . William J. Ford.
1853. J. Webb Nicholson. . . H. B. Cossitt William J. Ford.
1854. J. Webb Nicholson. .. H. B. Cossitt
William J. Ford.
1855. J. Webb Nicholson. . . H. B. Cossitt.
William J. Ford.
1856. Alfred Helm J. J. Musser
Edward Irwin.
F. S. Seabury.
1857. Alfred Helm .3J. J. Musser
Edward Irwin. Z. W. Keyes.
1858. Ralph Ellis Harry I. Thornton, Jr. Edward Irwin. Z. W. Keyes.
1859. Ralph Ellis
Harry I. Thornton, Jr. Edward Irwin. . Z. W. Keyes.
1860. George H. Tuttle. . 4Harry I. Thornton, Jr . P. J. White. J. R. Plunkett.
1861. George H. Tuttle. .L. E. Pratt
P. J. White
F. M. Hackett.
1862. George H. Tuttle.
5S. B. Davidson
John Kirkpatrick. William C. Pond.
1864.
W. F. Thomas.
J. F. Cowdery
John Kirkpatrick. William C. Pond.
1866. W. F. Thomas
J. M. Haven
E. M. Purinton. William C. Pond.
1867. W. F. Thomas J. M. Haven
E. M. Purinton
William C. Pond.
1868. Harry Strange
D. H. Cowden
E. M. Purinton
J. H. Thorpe.
1869. Harry Strange
D. H. Cowden
E. M. Purinton.
J. H. Thorpe.
1870. Harry Strange
John Gale
John Campbell. J. H. Thorpe.
1871. Harry Strange John Gale.
John Campbell J. H. Thorpe.
1872. Harry Strange
6John Gale
John Campbell.
A. M. Phalin.
1873. Harry Strange
John Gale.
John Campbell. A. M. Phalin.
1874. Harry Strange E. Barry
H. Spaulding
A. M. Phalin.
1875.
Harry Strange
E. Barry .
H. Spaulding
A. M. Phalin.
1876. Harry Strange
Francis Anderson
H. Spaulding A. M. Phalin.
1877. Harry Strange
Francis Anderson
H. Spaulding A. M. Phalin.
1878. Harry Strange
F. D. Soward
N. B. Fish
J. S. Wixson.
1879. Harry Strange.
F. D. Soward
N. B. Fish
J. S. Wixson.
1880. Harry Strange
F. D. Soward
N. B Fish.
J. S. Wixson.
1881. Harry Strange
F. D. Soward
N. B. Fish
J. S. Wixson.
1882. Harry Strange.
F. D. Soward
N. B. Fish
J. S. Wixson.
1 Records of district and county judges may be found in the chapter on " Courts and Judiciary."
2 Shot in Downieville September 8, 1853; H. B. Cossitt appointed.
8 Resigned in May, 1858; Harry I. Thornton, Jr., appointed.
4 Resigned in October, 1860; successor elected.
5 Resigned August 5, 1863; J. F. Cowdery appointed.
6 District attorney became ex-officio public administrator in 1871.
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1863. George H. Tuttle
J. F. Cowdery
John Kirkpatrick.
William C. Pond.
1865. W. F. Thomas
J. F. Cowdery John Kirkpatrick. William C. Pond.
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OFFICERS OF SIERRA COUNTY FROM 1852 TO 1882
TREASURER.
ASSESSOR.
CORONER. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
1852. T. M. Ramsdell. . E. Frazer
Cyrus D. Aiken.
1853. T. M. Ramsdell ..
E. Frazer
Cyrus D. Aiken. . .James McNabb.
1854. B. M. Fetter.
.1J. D. Scellen .
. Samuel Hungerford .James McNabb.
1855. B. M. Fetter F. M. Proctor
Samuel Hungerford . . James McNabb.
1856. Benjamin Green A. J. Mckinsey
L. V. Flint
O. S. Burnham.
1857.
Benjamin Green A. J. Mckinsey
Josiah Lefever T. M. Ramsdell.
1858.
William Thomas. A. J. McKinsey
Alemby Jump T. M. Ramsdell.
1859.
William Thomas A. J. Mckinsey
E. D. Sloat. T. M. Ramsdell.
1860. William Thomas. Samuel Taylor.
John C. Stanley T. M. Ramsdell.
1861. William Thomas. Samuel Taylor
John C. Stanley T. M. Ramsdell.
1862. J. St. Clair Wilson . . Alfred Marmon
.T. R. Kibbe Solomon Purdy.
1863. J. St. Clair Wilson :. Alfred Marmon.
T. R. Kibbe Solomon Purdy.
T. R. Kibbe Solomon Purdy. 1864. 2H. Molineux D. Grush
1865. H. Molineux
D. Grush T. R. Kibbe
Solomon Purdy.
1866. H. Molineux
John Corbett
Alemby Jump.
H. K. W. Bent.
1867. H. Molineux
John Corbett
Alemby Jump
H. K. W. Bent.
1868. A. B. Asher
John Corbett
Aleniby Jump Jacob White.
1869. A. B. Asher.
John Corbett Alemby Jump
Jacob White.
1870. A. B. Asher
J. A. Larrieu
Alemby Jump
Jacob White.
1871. A. B. Asher J. A. Larrieu
Alemby Jump.
3Jacob White.
1872. H. G. Weir
J. A. Larrieu .
G. C. Chase.
1873. H. G. Weir
J. A. Larrieu
G. C. Chase.
1874. H. G. Weir
J. A. Larrieu
. Alemby Jump.
1875. H. G. Weir J. A. Larrieu
G. W. Hughes Alemby Jump.
1877. H. G. Weir
G. W. Hughes
Alemby Jump.
1878. John Scott
G. W. Hughes Alemby Jump.
1879. John Scott
G. W. Hughes Alemby Jump.
1880. John Scott
W. T. Luther A. J. Mckinsey.
1881. John Scott W. T. Luther
A. J. Mckinsey.
1882. John Scott W. T. Luther.
A. J. McKinsey.
1 Resigned in October, 1854. F. M. Proctor appointed.
2 Appointed county treasurer by the board of supervisors.
8 Public Administrator abolished, and duties performed by the district attorney.
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Alemby Jump.
1876. H. G. Weir
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OFFICERS OF SIERRA COUNTY FROM 1852 TO 1882.
SURVEYOR.
RECORDER.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
1852. W. G. Still.
1853. W. G. Still.
1854.
M. H. Stone.
1855. M. H. Stone
Seth Chandler, William Henry, Gustavus B. Wright.
1856. J. J. Knowlton
J. H. Hickox, R. S. Carter, C. B. Land.
1857. William G. Still
Adolphus Waitz, W. H. Burgess, John B. Bope.
1858. Isaac E. James
William H. Graham, M. J. Goodfellow, Smith Scogin.
1859. Isaac E. James
Z. W. Keyes . D. W. Kane, M. J. Goodfellow, Smith Scogin.
1862. H. W. K. Bent. .1W. S. Day. . Seth Chandler, J. A. Reticker, R. Lyman.
1863. H. W. K. Bent.
W. S. Day 4Seth Chandler, J. A. Reticker, R. Lyman.
1864. Jonas Carter
W. S. Day 5S. Dickenson, A. B. Asher, R. Lyman.
1865. Jonas Carter W. S. Day J. C. Rued, A. B. Asher, J. G. Cowden.
1866. 2Jonas Carter J. W. Brown Seneca McCrory, A. B. Asher, J. G. Cowden.
1867. Charles W. Hendel. J. W. Brown. Seneca McCrory, L. Byington, E. P. Meiley.
1868. E. Spaulding J. W. Brown. .. Seneca McCrory, L. Byington, Dan. T. Cole.
1869. E. Spaulding. &J. W. Brown. .C. F. Smith, L. Byington, Dan. T. Cole.
1870. C. W Hendel
C. F. Smith, John Weil, Dan. T. Cole. C. F. Smith, John Weil, Dan. T. Cole.
1871. C. W. Hendel
1872. I. G. Jones W. R. Morgan, John Weil, Dan. T. Cole.
1873. I. G. Jones W. R. Morgan, John Weil, Dan. T. Cole.
1874. I. G. Jones W. R. Morgan, John Weil, G. Wood.
1875. I. G. Jones
B. J. Sammons, John Weil, G. Wood.
1876. I. G. Jones
B. J. Sammons, L. Byington, G. Wood.
1877. I. G. Jones B. J. Sammons, L. Byington, G. Wood. 1878. I. G. Jones J. K. Walls, L. Byington, G. Wood.
1879. I. G. Jones J. K. Walls, Dan. T. Cole, G. Wood.
1880. I. G. Jones J. K. Walls, Dan. T. Cole, A. Davis.
1881. I. G. Jones J. K. Walls, Dan. T. Cole, A. Davis.
1882. I. G. Jones
J. K. Walls, Dan. T. Cole, A. Davis.
1 Ex-officio auditor.
2 Removed before the expiration of term, and Charles W. Hendel appointed.
8 Clerk became ex-officio recorder and auditor in 1871.
4 Resigned 1863.
5 Resigned 1864.
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1860. Isaac E. James Z. W. Keyes .D. W. Kane, J. A. Reticker, Smith Scogin.
1861. Isaac E. James.
J. M. Williams, M. J. Goodfellow, S. C. Whipple.
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SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN.
Sierra county was allowed by the legislature, after her organization, one state senator and two assemblymen to represent her in the counsels of state. The first election when these officers were chosen occurred September 7, 1853. At that election, James H. Gardner, who for two years prior had represented Yuba county in the assembly, received 1,896 votes for senator, and Edward W. Haskell 1,495 votes, giving the former a majority of 401. There were four candidates for the assembly : John C. James receiving 1,817 votes ; Francis Anderson, 1,620; C. A. Purinton, 1,542 ; W. T. Ferguson, 1,530. James and Anderson were declared elected. Following is a list of the senators and representatives for Sierra county from 1853 to the present time:
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