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1892.
Presidential candidates, Benjamin Harrison, 1,888; Grover Cleveland, 1,264; James B. Weaver, 83. Auditor, J. W. Wilson, 614 majority. W. J. Dixon, majority for clerk of the courts, 728. For recorder, A. J. Clouser, 496
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majority. James H. Tait. for county attorney, 593 majority. First district county supervisor, M. E. Wright, 188 majority.
NOVEMBER, 1893.
For governor, Frank D. Jackson (Republican), plurality over Horace Boies and Mr. Joseph of 661 votes. For county treasurer, R. G. Wilson, 830 plurality. Sheriff, Al De Garmo, plurality 861. School superintendent, C. E. Stalcoop, plurality of 808. Surveyor. A. T. Martin, plurality of 809. Coroner, Dr. C. M. Hopkins, plurality of 766. County supervisor, Chris Roth, plurality of 228.
NOVEMBER, 1894.
County clerk, W. J. Dixon, 1,126 majority over E. M. Whalen. J. W. Wilson, 1,660 majority over P. M. Lewis for auditor. A. L. Clouser, 1,073 over E. Hobbs for recorder. James H. Tait received the total vote for county attorney. James H. Neal. 183 majority over Reuben Lewis for supervisor.
NOVEMBER, 1895.
For Governor, F. M. Drake, 962 majority on the Republican ticket over opponents, W. I. Babb, S. B. Crane and Francis Bacon. County treasurer, D. E. Spafford, 1826; Charles Goodenow, 955. Sheriff, A. D. Garmo, 724 majority over C. S. Larimer. J. W. Jackson, 662 majority over Miss Irene Smedly for school superintendent. For supervisor, M. E. Wright, 178 majority over J. W. Huston. For coroner, C. M. Hopkins the total vote of county, 2,089. A .T. Martin for surveyor, total vote.
NOVEMBER, 1896.
Presidential vote, William Mckinley (Republican ), 2,513; William Jennings Bryan, 1,346; General Palmer, 17; Levering, 36; Bently, 5; Matchett, I. County attorney, Miles W. Newby, 1,238 majority over C. R. Metcalf. A. H. Montgomery, 1,045 majority over E. L. James for auditor. R. G. Wilson, 787 majority over Charles F. Drewry for county clerk. George WV. Cochrane, 1,044 majority over Theodore Yeager for recorder. August Lundell, 456 majority over Jacob Miller for supervisor.
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NOVEMBER, 1898.
Auditor. A. H. Montgomery, 1.011 majority over John H. Ketterer. County clerk, W. C. Waddell, 875 majority over J. S. Birt. G. W. Cochrane, 675 majority over George A. Heagy for recorder. Miles W. Newby, 618 majority over P. P. White for county attorney. L. C. Holdridge, 235 majority over J. H. Denman for supervisor.
NOVEMBER, 1899.
For governor, Leslie M. Shaw ( Republican ), 996 majority over Fred White ( Democrat ), 1,155, and M. W. Atwood, 130. County treasurer. Charles Sifford, 199 majority over Ed Drewry. H. \. Battie, 1,055 majority over Ed H. Berg and Sterling Wells for sheriff. C. H. Jump, 475 majority over J. M. Holiday and Walter Guthridge for superintendent of schools. A. T. Martin, 2,010 majority over Phil Huston for surveyor. Thomas Far- quhar, the full county vote for office of coroner. County supervisor, first district. August Lundell, 287 majority over John Gosch, second district. J. B. Williamson, 84 majority over James J. Fitzsimmons for supervisor.
NOVEMBER, 1900.
For presidential candidates, William Mckinley ( Republican), 1,572 plurality over W. J. Bryan, 1,214: Wooley, 124; Barker, 3; Debbs, 8. County attorney, W. H. Hart, 1,481 majority over P. W. White. Auditor, George A. Taylor, 1,497 majority over W. W. Webb, with 109 votes for A. E. Forsythe. County clerk, George B. Perkins, 1,221 plurality over Charles F. Drewry and Sterling Wells. For recorder, Belle Henton, 1,075 majority over S. H. Neumaker and a vote of 106 for Charles A. Smith. Sec- ond supervisor district, J. W. Williamson, 309 majority.
NOVEMBER, 1901.
For governor. A. B. Cummins ( Republican ), 1,883 plurality over T. J. Phillips, A. U. Coats, L. H. Weller. County treasurer, Charles Sifford. 1,438 majority over M. Bartlett. C. 11. Jump, for school superintendent, 1,680 votes. Adam Teepell, 1,386 majority over Fred Buss for sheriff. A. T. Martin, 1,703 votes for surveyor. Coroner, T. Farquhar, 1,696 votes. First supervisor district, L. C. Holdridge, 430 majority over J. C. Hudson.
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NOVEMBER, 1902.
County auditor, George A. Taylor, 943 majority over Thomas Yauger and Everitt Lee. George B. Perkins, 921 plurality over A. H. Quail and S. Wells for county clerk. Belle Henton, 893 plurality over John Seivert and William J. Martin for school superintendent. W. H. Hart, 1,580 votes for county attorney-no opposition. A. McCorkindale, 418 majority over Peter Woleen for supervisor.
NOVEMBER, 1903.
Governor, A. B. Cummins, 2,732; J. B. Sullivan, 731 : John B. Hanson, 123: John M. Work, 27. County treasurer, William H. Pettis, 1,810; J. H. Denman 739. A. B. Teepell, 959 majority over Godfrey Struchen for sheriff. H. C. Cole. 839 majority over Kittie M. Howard for school superin- tendent. W. H. Townsend, 1,071 majority over F. W. Johnson for coroner. Supervisor, J. B. Williamson 622; W. H. McDonald.
NOVEMBER, 1904.
Presidential candidates, Theodore Roosevelt, 2,609; Alton B. Parker, 833: Swallow, 100: Debbs, 49; Watson, 9. County auditor. J. J. Harter. 1,673 majority over John Seivert. Frank V. Healy, 394 majority over John H. Ketterer for county clerk. H. S. Parker, 1,547 majority over W. B. Jenkins for recorder. A. B. Barclay, majority of 1,559 over E. Baker for county attorney. First supervisor district, H. C. Goodman, 734: J. W. Hartsell, 295.
NOVEMBER, 1906.
For governor. A. B. Cummins, 1,940; Claude B. Porter, 931 : John E. Shank. 33; L. S. Coffin. 57. County auditor, J. J. Harter all the votes. Frank V. Healy, 472 majority over H. Purdom for clerk. W. H. Pettis, 367 majority over Charles Goodenow for treasurer. H. S. Parker had the full vote for recorder. Malcom Currie, 1.055 majority over Robert Leach for sheriff. H. C. Coe, 2,120 for school superintendent. A. T. Martin, 2,067, all votes, for office of surveyor. Coroner. W. H. Townsend, full vote. H. C. Goodman. first supervisor district, 462 majority over A. D. Cloud. Charles Hechtner. 248 majority in second district. A. McCorkindale, 627 majority over James McGloin for supervisor in third district.
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NOVEMBER, 1908.
Presidential candidates, William Howard Taft, 2,366 ; William J. Bryan, 1,204. For governor, B. F. Carroll (Republican), 2,188; Fred E. White, 1,176; Brown, 66. County auditor, Harry A. Baxter, 576 majority over C. F. Brobeil. Frank S. Brown, 691 majority over J. H. Denman for treasurer. A. E. Baker, 1,131 majority over Ross Mayhall for clerk. Mal- com Currie, 1,352 majority over J. Ed Johnson for sheriff. Charles Brynte- son, 1,177 majority over D. W. Brunton for recorder. Robert L. McCord, Jr., the full county vote for county attorney. W. H. Townsend, the full county vote for coroner. Harry Wood, full county vote for surveyor. John R. Slack, the full county vote for office of county school superintendent. Charles Hechtner, 270 majority over Ira Conger for supervisor from second district. Ben Braughton, 160 majority over John Gosch for supervisor from third district.
NOVEMBER, 1910.
For Governor, B. F. Carroll, 1,461 ; Claude R. Porter, 990; A. McEach- son, 63; John W. Work, 20. Auditor, J. W. Neal, 1,673; Robert McTigue, 687. L. B. Rake, 717 over C. F. Brobeil for treasurer. C. M. Whitted, 1,487, F. E. Hunt. 757, for county clerk. Alexander Rogers, 1,528 for sheriff. W. W. Walton, 1,558, and W. H. Nicodemus, 679, for recorder. R. L. McCord, 1.565, and J. M. Highland, 768, for county attorney. School superintendent, J. R. Slack, 1,549 : Lou Watson, 742 ; Harry Wood, 1,610, and J W. Wilkinson, 715, for surveyor. W. H. Townsend, 1,638, and elected to office of coroner. First supervisor district, E. C. Fuller, 432 ; James Mc- Cormick, 164. Second district, Ben Braughton, 333; John Fuchs, 519.
1912.
Presidential electors, William H. Taft ( Republican), 622; Woodrow Wilson (Democrat), 1,124; Chafin (Prohibition), 42; Eugene Debbs (Labor), 58; Roosevelt ( Progressive), 1,819. For governor, George W. Clarke (Republican), 1,442; E. G. Dunn (Democrat), 1,193; C. D. Jones (Prohibition). 32; J. S. McCrillis, 52; John L. Stevens (Progressive ), 702. For county auditor, J. W. Neal, 2,091 ; W. W. Chesley, 930. County treas- urer, L. B. Rake, 1,997; J. Kessler, 996. County clerk. C. M. Whitted, 1,915; A. B. Canady, 1,037; B. E. Adams, 44. For sheriff, J. W. Criss, 1,906; O. R. Finders, 1, 117. Recorder, W. W. Walton. 1,925: J. R. Quinn,
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1,057. County attorney, Malcom Currie. 2,114. Superintendent of Schools, John R. Slacks, 1,767; Esther M. Brown, 1,273. Coroner, Dr. W. H. Town- send, 2,227. Supervisor, first district, C. E. Fuller; second district, J. S. Havens.
SPECIAL PROPOSITIONS AND ELECTIONS.
In the history of Sac county there have been the following propositions voted on at regular and special elections :
At the August election in 1856 the question of allowing swine to run at large was voted upon in this county, and resulted in a vote of fourteen majority for restraining swine.
At the above annual election there was two majority for the calling of a constitutional convention in Iowa.
At the November, 1856, election the swine law was again up and this time "restraining hogs" was defeated by thirteen votes. At that election the result of voting on delegate to the state convention stood as follows: D. W. Price, 26 votes ; D. E. Brainard, 5 votes. For a new constitution for Iowa, 27 votes, against the measure, 51 votes. For locating the county seat of Sac county at a point in the east half of section 23 and west half of section 24. township 88, range 36, there were forty-three votes polled and for its being located in section 1, township 87, range 36, twenty-seven votes. This elec- tion appears to have been certified to by the county board of canvassers and Samuel L. Watt, Robert Quail and F. M. Cory, justices of the peace.
A special election was held Monday, June 8, 1858, on the question of having state banks in Iowa. The result was: Forty-four votes for and none against the proposition.
In April. 1859, a special election was held to determine whether twenty- five thousand dollars worth of Sac county swamp land should be voted to aid in the construction of a railroad through this county. Result: Thirty- three votes, all cast against the measure.
To fill a vacancy in the office of county judge, the following call was made for a special election : "State of Iowa, Sac County : On this day the honorable County Judge, Abel J. Cain, tendered his resignation of said office, which is accepted, with all due deference for the honesty and integrity with which he has filled said office. On this day have also ordered an election to be held to fill the vacancy, which is done by putting into the hands of the sheriff of said county two notices for each township therein, dated this day
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and calling for an election to be held on Tuesday, the seventh day of June. 1859.
(Signed) "WV. H. HOBBS, Clerk. "Per D. C. Early, Deputy Clerk."
The result of the election named above was as follows: William J. Wagoner, 25 votes ; Henry A. Evans, 23 votes.
At the election on July 7, 1860. the question of whether or not a court house should be erected in Sac county to cost ten thousand dollars, by bond- ing the county at ten per cent. bonds, was held. The question called for two distinct expressions from the voters of this county. One was on the original question and the other on the tax levy for the same object. The total num- ber of votes cast was forty-one, on both measures. There were 23 votes cast for the propositions and 18 against them. (See court house history in County Government chapter in this volume. )
A special election was held March 1, 1862, on the swamp land question. Thirty-three votes were cast for ratifying a contract and transfer of swamp lands, and six votes were cast against the proposition. At the annual elec- tion of 1862, held in October, the matter of bonding the county warrants was up and resulted in twelve votes for bonding and none against the proposition.
The special election held in February, 1863, had for its issue the question of whether the county should use the court house money for buying in the county orders outstanding. The result was thirty-two for and six against the measure.
In 1867, at the annual election, the question of stock running at large came up before the voters of this county, and it resulted in, for restraining stock, 137; against the measure, 46 votes.
At the same date the question of locating the court house in the public square was up and resulted in 156 votes for the proposition and 101 against it. At the November annual election in 1872 the question of building the court house in the public square came up and resulted as follows: For, 276; against the measure, 130.
At the same time the question of borrowing thirty thousand dollars with which to build a court house was up and resulted as follows: For borrow- ing, 276 votes ; against borrowing, 130 votes.
In October, 1874, the question of stock running at large was again up and resulted as follows: For restraining stock, 470 votes ; against the propo- sition, 2 votes.
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ELECTION CONTEST.
On August 5, 1857, in the county court was present County Judge S. L. Watt, F. M. Cory, Robert Quail, former county commissioner, also came Eugene Criss and A. J. Cain, who were decided to be tied in votes of said county for the office of county judge. The canvassers prepared the lot slips for the two candidates, and the result was that the lot marked Abel Cain was drawn and he was declared county judge.
On October 8, 1857, William Kromer was appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of prosecuting attorney, and he forthwith qualified to fill such posi- tion and gave sufficient bond. October 12th, that year, William V. Lagourge was appointed deputy sheriff.
On October 19, 1857, F. M. Cory was appointed messenger, with the abstract of election for state representative in the thirteenth district in Iowa. His appointment was made by County Judge A. J. Cain.
PROHIBITORY AMENDMENT VOTE, JUNE 27, 1882.
On June 27, 1882, all the counties in Iowa voted at a special election on the question of whether or not there should be added to the Constitution in Iowa a prohibitory liquor clause which had for its object the prohibition of all alcoholic liquors, including ale, wine and beer. By townships the vote in Sac county stood as follows :
For
For
Against
Boyer Valley
64
Against 39
Jackson 219
48
Cedar
64
6
Levy
81
74
Clinton
80
27
Richland
225
93
Cook
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13
Sac
54
61
Coon Valley
54
26
Viola
24
64
Delaware
71
14
Wall Lake
102
43
Douglas
51
2
Wheeler
76
1 2
Eden
58
12
Eureka
59
14
Total vote
1,383
548
In the state it carried by a majority of about thirty thousand, but was later declared unconstitutional on a technicality, the error of an engrossing clerk in the House of Representatives, who left out a single word in the record that had been in the original bill. Since then many local option schemes have been in vogue to control the sale of liquor in lowa, and today
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more than seventy-five per cent. of the counties are practically saloonless or in the column known as "dry," while the remainder of the counties are still classed in the "wet" column. At this date ( January, 1914), Sac county is a "dry" county.
Under the present law an election was held in 1899 to determine whether the county would permit saloons to exist within this county, and the same resulted in 2,239 votes being cast for saloon licenses being granted, but this was not sufficient, as the legal number required was sixty-five per cent. of the voters, which would have been 2,293, so the county went into the "dry" list.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE OF COUNTY.
Republican. Votes.
Democratic. Votes.
1856-John C. Fremont 25
James Buchanan 35
1860-Abraham Lincoln 25
Stephen A. Douglas 40
1864-Abraham Lincoln 44
George B. McClellan 22
1868-U. S. Grant
132
Horatio Seymour 45
1872-U. S. Grant
305
Horace Greeley 18
1876-Rutherford .B. Hayes
(maj.) 495
1880-James A. Garfield 1,346
1884-James G. Blaine (maj.)_ 673
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland 1,002
Grover Cleveland 1,261
W. J. Bryan ( Dem.) 1.346
Gen. Palmer (Gold Dem.) 17
Levering ( Prohib.) 36
Bently (National)
5
Matchett ( Social Labor) I
W. J. Bryan (Dem.) 1,214
Wooley ( Prohib.) I24
Barker (M. P.) 3
Debs (Soc. Dem.) 8
Alton B. Parker ( Dem.) 833
Rev. Swallow ( Proh. ) IO0
Debs (Labor) 49
Watson (Socialist ) 9
William J. Bryan ( Dem.) .1,204
1912-William H. Taft 60
Woodrow Wilson ( Dem. ) ___ 1, 102 Theo. Roosevelt ( Progressive) _1,768
1900-William Mckinley .2,786
1904-Theodore Roosevelt 2,609
.
1908-William H. Taft 2,366
1888-Benjamin Harrison 1,831
1892-Benjamin Harrison 1,188
1896-William Mckinley 2,513
Samuel J. Tilden
W. S. Hancock 425
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GUBERNATORIAL VOTES.
Republican.
1857-Ralph P. Lowe
8
Democratic Nom.
43
1859-Samuel J. Kirkwood 28 A. C. Dodge 37
1861-Samuel J. Kirkwood 5
1863-William M. Stone 2I
James M. Tuttle
25
1865- 1867-Samuel Merrill I32
Charles Mason 34
Geo. Gillespie
55
J. C. Knapp 89
Jacob G. Vale 93 1 I 1 1
Shepherd Leffler 185
J. H. Lozier ( Proh.) 2
John P. Irish
D. P. Stubbs
E. Jessup ( Proh.)
H. H. Trimble
Daniel Campbell (Grb.)
L. G. Kinnie
L. G. Kinnie
606
1885-William Larrabee
( Maj.) 548
1887 -- William Larrabee (Maj.) 555
1889-J. G. Hutchison ( Maj.) - 315 1891-Hiram Wheeler ( Maj.) - 458 1893- 1895-F. M. Drake (Maj. ) ___ 962
1 897-
1899-Leslie M. Shaw 2,151
1901-Albert B. Cummins. 1,605
1903-Albert B. Cummins .2,732
Whiting
T. J. Anderson
Horace Boies
Horace Boies
W. I. Babb
745
S. B. Crane
305
Francis Bacon 93
Fred E. White 1,155
T. J. Phillips 422 1
A. U. Coats 188
L. H. Weller I
9
J. B. Sullivan 731 1
John B. Hanson
1
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1
123
John M. Work 27 1
1869-Samuel Merrill
185
1871-Cyrus C. Carpenter I37
1873-Cyrus C. Carpenter
332
1875-S. J. Kirkwood
515
1877-J. H. Gear ( Maj.) 528
1879-J. H. Gear (Maj.) 638
1881-B. R. Sherman ( Maj. )_ 858
1883-B. R. Sherman 1,358
Democratic.
W. H. Merrett 43
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Republican.
1906-A. B. Cummins ---- 1,940
Claude B. Porter 931
John E. Shank 33
L. S. Coffin ( Proh.) 57
Fred E. White 1,176
Brown 66
Claude R. Porter 993
1910-B. F. Carroll 1,461
1912-George W. Clarke. 1,442
Ed C. Dunn
1 1,192
John L. Stevens 659 1 1
CONGRESSIONAL VOTE.
The following shows the vote on representative in Congress from 1856 to 1882, in Sac county :
Republican. Democratic.
Greenback.
1856
20
17
1858
31
37
1862
23
7
1864
44
22
1866
64
34
1868
I32
45
1870
204
52
1872
287
II7
1874
398
134
1876
659
162
138
1878
1
1
1
1
614
64
39I
1880
1,350
743
59
1882
I
1
1,116
535
59
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
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1
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1
1
1
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STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
The following is a list of representatives in the state Legislature from Sac county by sessions : Eugene Criss, in the twelfth session; George H. Wright, thirteenth session; James N. Miller, fifteenth session; D. J. McDaid, in the eighteenth and twentieth sessions: Phil Schaller, twenty-first session ; I. S. Hunter, in the twenty-second session : A. B. Smith, twenty-third session ; William P. Drewry, twenty-fourth session; Charles L. Early, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions; Charles E. Stalcoop, twenty-seventh and twenty-
Democratic.
1908-B. F. Carroll 2,188
John W. Work 20
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eighth sessions; Joseph Mattes, twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first ses- sions; Will Drury, thirty-second and thirty-third sessions; W. J. Dixon, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
From rather imperfect election records, it appears that the following is about the order in which the county officers in this county have served since its organization, more than fifty years ago:
COUNTY JUDGES.
The dates given are supposed to be the year in which they were elected. S. L. Watt, 1856; A. J. Cain, 1857: Eugene Criss, 1859: John Alexander, 1861: John Alexander, 1863.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
The office of county judge was abolished in 1868, to take effect January I, 1869, when the office of county auditor was created to go into effect. The first to hold this office was William H. Hobbs, in 1869, having been elected in the fall of 1868. The list since that date has been : William Chapin, 1871; William Chapin, 1873; William Chapin, 1875; A. D. Peck, 1877; A. D. Peck, 1879: A. D. Peck, 1881; A. D. Peck, 1883; A. D. Peck, 1885: C. C. Cleve- land, 1887; C. C. Cleveland, 1889; J. W. Wilson, 1892; J. W. Wilson, 1894 ; A. H. Montgomery, 1896; A. H. Montgomery, 1898; George A. Taylor, 1900; George A. Taylor, 1902; J. J. Harter, 1904; J. J. Harter, 1906; Harry A. Baxter, 1908; J. Wilbur Neal, 1910: J. W. Neal, 1912.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
The offices of treasurer and recorder prior to 1864 were combined in one office, known as "treasurer and recorder." D. C. Early was the first to hold the office in Sac county. He was elected in 1856. He succeeded himself in 1859 and 1861; N. W. Condron, 1862; R. Ellis, 1867; Ed. R. Duffie, 1869; W. H. Hobbs, 1871 ; W. H. Hobbs, 1873; W. H. Hobbs, 1875; Phil Schaller, . 1877; Phil Schaller, 1879: Phil Schaller. 1881 ; Phil Schaller, 1883; Thomas J. Marks, 1885; Thomas J. Marks, 1887; J. C. Bodine, 1889; R. G. Wilson, 1891 ; R. G. Wilson, 1893 ; D. E. Spafford, 1895; D. E. Spafford, 1897; D. E.
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Spafford, 1899: Charles Sifford, 1901 ; Will H. Pettis, 1903; Will H. Pettis, 1906 ; Frank S. Brown, 1908: L. B. Rake, 1910; L. B. Rake, 1912.
COUNTY RECORDERS.
This office was same as treasurer until 1864-See list. N. W. Condron was the first to hold the single office of "recorder," and was succeeded by hini- self in 1868: William Chapman, 1870; Levi Davis, 1872; N. B. Flack, 1874; N. B. Flack, 1876; N. B. Flack, 1878; N. B. Flack, 1880; W. F. Moyer, 1882; W. F. Moyer, 1884; W. F. Moyer, 1886; W. F. Moyer, 1888; W. F. Moyer, 1890; A. L. Clouser, 1892; A. L. Clouse, 1894 ; George W. Cochrane, 1896; G. W. Cochrane, 1898; Belle Henton, 1900; Belle Henton, 1902; H. S. Parker, 1904; H. S. Parker, 1906; Charles Brynteson, 1908: W. W. Walton, 1910; W. W. Walton, 1912.
SHERIFFS.
Andrew J. Taylor, 1857; Miles Manning, 1859; David Basler, 1861 ; David Barber, 1863: J. S. Tiberghien, 1867; William Impson, 1869; Charles WV. Allen, 1871 ; W. L. Pratt, 1873; Criss Waddell, 1875; C. Waddell, 1877 and 1879: H. L. Wilson, 1881 ; H. L. Wilson, 1883; Thomas Batie, 1885; Thomas Batie, 1887: H. B. Allen, 1889: H. B. Allen, 1891 ; A. DeGarmo, 1893; A. DeGarmo, 1895: H. A. Batie, 1899; Adam Teepell, 1901; A. B. Teepell, 1903: Malcom Currie, 1906; Malcom Currie, 1908; Alexander Rog- ers, 1910: J. W. Criss, 1912.
COUNTY CLERKS.
The first to hold this important office in this county was H. A. Evans, elected in 1856; William Hobbs, 1858; J. G. Browning, 1860; William H. Hobbs, 1864: William H. Hobbs, 1868; L. Davis, 1870; John Alexander, 1872: John F. Moody, 1874; John F. Moody, 1876; C. E. Lane, 1878; C. E. Lane, 1880; C. E. Lane, 1882; C. E. Lane, 1884; C. E. Lane, 1886: Charles L. Early, 1888; Charles L. Early, 1890; W. J. Dixon, 1892; W. J. Dixon, 1894; R. G. Wilson, 1896; W. C. Waddell, 1898; George B. Perkins, 1900; George B. Perkins, 1902; Frank V. Healy, 1904; Frank V. Healy, 1906; A. E. Baker, 1908; C. M. Whitted, 1910; C. M. Whitted, 1912.
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SAC COUNTY, IOWA.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
The following. with possibly a few others, have constituted the county supervisors of Sac county during the years of its history. Until about 1876 there was one member of the board from each civil township, but since then the county has been divided into three supervisor districts and one member elected from each. The records show that in 1861 the supervisors included the names of M. S. Lee and T. K. Lane; in 1862, W. H. Hobbs, T. K. Lane, M. S. Lee : in 1864, M. S. Lee, F. M. Cory, Joseph Williams ; in 1866, came William Montgomery, chairman, W. W. Lagourge; 1868. Joseph Williams, William Montgomery, W. W. Lagourge; 1869, H. W. Crandall, Washington Allen, H. A. Pierce; 1870, Washington Allen, H. A. Pierce, Edwin Miller, H. A. Pierce, J. H. Underwood, Mr. Tiberghien ; 1873. Tiberghien, Under- wood and Pierce, with E. R. Chase, J. O. Platt, Phil Schaller, S. E. Gordon, C. N. Levy ; in 1874, N. Prentice, C. N. Levy, J. O. Platt, Phil Schaller, S. E. Gordon, William Hawks, J. H. Wodell, E. Criss; elected in 1874, J. N. Mc- Clellan, Andrew Mason, Phil Schaller; in 1875, E. Criss, S. E. Gordon; in 1876, William Hawks, O. Birt; in 1878, Henry Reinhart, E. Criss, J. C. Bodine, James Fleming; in 1879, William Hawks, J. C. Bodine. M. S. Lee; in 1881, Pierce Coy and E. Criss ; in 1882, William Hawks, William Mont- gomery ; in 1883, Henry Reinhart, D. R. Herrold ; in 1884, Messrs. Pierce and I. S. Baily ; in 1885, H. H. Fitch ; in 1886, C. W. Marcy, W. W. Shaw; in 1887. C. H. Babcock, C. L. Martin; in 1888, H. H. Fitch; in 1889, Messrs. Hahne and C. W. Marcey; in 1890, C. H. Babcock; in 1892, first district. M. E. Wright; in 1894, James A. Neal, Reuben Lewis; in 1895, M. E. Wright; in 1896, August Lundell; in 1898, L. C. Holdridge, in 1899, first district, August Lundell, second district, J. B. Williamson; in 1900. J. B. Williamson; in 1902, A. McCorkindale; in 1903, J. B. Williamson ; in 1904, first district, H. C. Goodman; in 1906, first district, H. C. Goodman, second district, Charles Hetchtner, third district, A. McCorkindale; in 1908. second district, Charles Hechtner, third district, Benjamin Braughton; in 1910. first district, E. C. Fuller, second district, John Fuchs.
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