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The court house will be open for public worship at all times, but the different religious de- nominations must arrange the time of holding their meetings among themselves.
Many of the old settlers will remember quite a lively theological discus- sion which was held in the court house in the winter of '51, which lasted
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for several days, and which would be best described by giving the published terms of debate.
The undersigned agree to debate the following proposition, to-wit: In the economy of man's salvation as revealed in the scriptures, is baptism a condition of pardon ?
On the first day Mr. Chatterton affirms that it is, and gives his arguments in favor of his position and Mr. Teas replies, each party occupying thirty minutes alternately. On the sec- ond day Mr. Teas affirms that it is not. and gives his arguments in favor of his position. and Mr. Chatterton replies, each party occupying thirty minutes alternately.
Said debate to be at the court house in Oskaloosa, to commence on Friday, the 31st day of January, 1851, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The discussion to be conducted under the supervision of Wm. T. Smith, Esq., as chairman, assisted by Esquires M. T. Williams and A. M. Cassiday, and be governed by parliamentary rules and usages. No new matter to be introduced into the closing speech by either party.
Agreed to by us, January 17th, 1851.
A. CHATTERTON, G. W. TEAS.
Mr. Smith informs us this debate was long and excited considerable in- terest. The committee appointed were simply to moderate the discussion and preserve order, and the committee made no report upon the merits of either argument. Another discussion of a similar nature took place be- tween Mr. Chatterton and Mr. I. M. Westfall, in October of this same year.
INCIDENTS.
During the early days in Mahaska it was customary for the young law- yers of Oskaloosa, and others, to go ont into the country and enlighten the " bushwhackers " upon the subject of politics, and kindred themes. On one of these occasions the accomplished clerk of the district court, with a party of friends, went down to hold a neighborhood meeting on Six Mile Prairie, in a settler's cabin of the regulation type, having a huge sod chimney out- side. The settler whose domicil this was, with a characteristic desire for intimacy with his domestics, had his chicken roost at the end of the house, the roost being a pole laid from the sod chimney to the eaves. When the speaking had fairly begun, and a young orator from the capital of the county was pouring forth the eloquence of his soul, a lively concert was started outside. Dame "Ke-tah-cut" and her entire chorus struck ont, en- tirely drowning the metropolitan speaker, who yielded the floor with bad grace, and claimed fowl play-which claim was not disputed by the amused spectators.
In the midst of a mud embargo, in the days when the frontiersman of the western border went eighty miles to mill, Van Delashmnntt and E. A. Boyer found themselves withont flour. To go to Bonaparte to mill was impossible. About a week after the barrel of meal had wasted, they heard of a rustic, several miles up the Des Moines, who had manufactured a hand- mill, so they sent a few bushels of wheat up there to be ground, but the grist arrived just in time to find the mill broken. Their case was getting unpleasant. However, on the following day Dr. Boyer saw a steamboat ascending the Des Moines, carrying a cargo of flour to soldiers. He hailed her, but to no purpose. Manning a large canoe with a couple of his men he was soon alongside, and demanded two barrels of flour, saying he was ready to pay for it. The captain refused, said it was government property and he could not sell it. Boyer told him it made no difference; his family was starving, and he proposed to have the flour or sink the boat. The cap-
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tain was not hard to persuade, and lowered two barrels of flour into the craft, for which he was fifteen dollars richer, and the government probably none the wiser. Boyer got his cargo to land, and rolled it up behind his cabin and covered it with some boards. Presently Van came up to canvass the discouraging situation with his friendly neighbor, who took him around the house and showed him a sight which probably suggested to Van's mind the story of Elijah and the ravens, if he had ever read it, for it seemed a profound mystery where Boyer could have obtained 400 weight of flour in the midst of that wilderness. The pirate explained, and Van got one barrel of the flour.
MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI R. R. LOAN.
Sometime about 1850 a great air-line railroad route was projected through Iowa from the Mississippi to the Missouri river. A company named the Mississippi and Missonri Railroad Company undertook the project, and began work at Muscatine. The route was proposed through Mahaska county. One hundred thousand dollars of county bonds in sub- scription were voted to the company during Judge Crookham's adminis- tration, but were not issued.
Shortly after Judge Rhinehart was elected county judge, in answer to petition of more than one-fourth the voters of Mahaska county, under act of the legislature of January 25, 1855, he submitted to the people the question of whether, in addition to the subscription of $100,000 already subscribed, he should, in the name of the county, subscribe $150,000 more, in . bonds payable in twenty years, at ten per cent, payable semi-annually, and to be issued at the rate of ten per cent per month. The subscription was voted March, 1856, by a majority of 961. The judge refused to deliver the bonds without security on the part of the company that the road should be built. This security was not given, and the bonds were not delivered. Judge Rhinehart made a second proclamation in March, 1859, declaring that an opportunity would be given to the citizens to decide on the matter of rescinding the loan. The result showed 848 ballots for rescinding and 1,610 against. Bonds to the amount of $200,000 were delivered to John A. Dix, president, on the understanding that the road was to be completed to Oskaloosa before September, 1860 (it was then finished to Washington); that the company would expend a sum not less than $15,000 in Mahaska county during the summer of 1859; that the connty should pay the interest on $100,000 of the bonds until the road was completed to Oskaloosa, etc. The company gave its bond for the execution of the contract, and its cer- tificate of stock to the amount of the subscription. Some parts of this agreement not being complied with the sale of the bonds was soon enjoined, and thus the only loan ever made by the county to any corporation was annulled.
The bonds remained in the possession of the company until 1870, when measures were taken to secure them by the county. In June of that year the Board of Supervisors authorized its chairman to take steps for the re- covery of the bonds, at an expense not to exceed $500. This amount was paid the railroad company for their expense in printing the bonds, etc., and at the September meeting Wmn. G. Briggs, chairman, reported possession of the documents, and also of a receipt of the company in acknowledg-
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ment of certificate of stock. Mr. Briggs and the auditor were appointed a committee to burn the bonds, which they did.
COUNTY FINANCES.
The financial management of Mahaska county has always been an eco- nomical one. Opposed to running the county in debt, its financiers have never permitted useless extravagance, and in the opinion of many have ig- nored the best interests of the county by a too conservative management. The county taxes have been light in comparison with other counties of the State, and they have been judiciously expended. In the early days county orders were sometimes considerably below par, selling at from sixty to sev- ety cents on the dollar; but this was years ago, and the present high stand- ard of county warrants brings contract bids down to a cash basis, and se- cures for the county full work for orders drawn. No money has ever been paid out of the county treasury for any railroads through the territory of the county, nor has any considerable amount ever been spent for public buildings. The first court house and jail were built from proceeds of sale of Oskaloosa town lots. A rather badly mixed financial transaction is re- lated in regard to the commissioners of the early day. After the building of the court house there remained a considerable surplus of the lot fund, and the regular treasury was empty. The commissioners, understanding that the lot fund was not available for other purposes, borrowed, in the name of the commissioners of Mahaska county, the sum of $3,000 from the commissioners of Mahaska county, and gave as security the official pledge of the commissioners of said county. This surplus from sale of lots was afterward invested in a new county jail.
The present year found a mortgage on the county poor farm of $7,000 and a certain amount of accumulated interest. The law does not permit a sufficient levy to cancel this debt immediately, and in consequence it was decided by the supervisors that the same should be funded. Accordingly bonds to the amount of $8,000 have been issued, bearing the date July 1, 1878, payable in three, four and five years, or earlier at the option of the county, drawing eight per cent interest, payable semi-annually. These will probably be redeemed within two years from date of issue.
The outstanding county warrants July 1, 1878, were near $14,000, of which $8,600 belonged to bridge fund, and are not due till April 1, 1879. Thus it will be seen the county indebtedness is the merest trifle, and this exhibit should force upon its citizens the duty of building at an early day a court house which will be a glory to Mahaska county and an ornament to the county seat.
From the anditor's books we make the following quotations of the tax lists for 1877:
No. of polls in county
5,758
Acres of land (taxed).
359,931
Assessed valuation of land.
$4,079,293
Assessed valuation of lots.
738,631
Assessed valuation or personal property.
1,775,985
Exempted from taxation. .
28,139
Total value (less exemption). .
6,565.770
Consolidated tax for the county.
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150,485.50
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State tax.
$13.131.75
County tax.
19,697.82
School tax.
6,565.95
Bridge tax
19,697.78
Poor tax.
6,565.93
Insane tax.
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6,565.93
School house.
11,153.07
School district
36,105.54 -
Contingent.
15,882.66
Judgment tax
3,283.11
City tax.
12,967.15
Poll tax.
2,879.00
Irregular school tax.
638.00
Road tax.
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3,471.30
Total tax
$158,604.99.
The assessment for 1878 is as follows:
358,703 acres of land valued at.
$3,772,177
Town lots.
738,631
Railroads. .
309,367
Personal property.
1,593,300
Total valuation.
$6,413,475.
BRIDGES.
Few counties have been called upon for larger expenditure for bridges than Mahaska, and in this respect the response of the people has been lib- eral. Crossed as the county is by three large streams and a number of smaller ones, the expense of building and maintaining bridges for the con- venience of the public has been considerable. In most cases substantial iron bridges have been constructed, and there are now in the county about thirty iron structures, both arch and truss, costing amounts varying from $900 to $5,000. These do not include the handsome iron bridge built across the Des Moines river at Wilson's Ferry, a point near the Des Moines and Jefferson township lines. This was built in 1877 by Messrs. Mckay & . Nelson, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., at an expense of $25,200. It is a heavy iron truss bridge, with substantial stone abutments and piers. It consists of four spans of 1623 feet each, or 650 feet in all. This bridge has brought in di- rect and convenient communication the southwestern part of the county with the county seat and surrounding country-an advantage and improve- ment worth twice the money expended. As above stated the outstanding warrants on this bridge are $8,600, due April 1, 1879, the money for pay- ment of which is now ready in the treasury.
POOR HOUSE.
Asylumns for the poor, the disabled and the orphans, are distinctively christian institutions. It has been frequently remarked, that among heathen nations, Rome, Greece and Macedon, no state institutions were ever estab- lished for the use of the destitute. Mahaska county has performed its duty of public benevolence in providing an excellent poor farm for its paupers; and not only so, but this institution by its last report has been shown to be self-sustaining, thus solving in a practical way a problem which has puzzled continental economists for centuries.
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The question, " Shall Mahaska county have a poor farm?" was probably submitted to the people for the first time in April, 1864. The question was negatived. The matter was again agitated in a meeting of the board of supervisors November, 1866, but without action.
A popular vote was again taken in 1867, which, being favorable, resulted in the purchase of 80 acres on sec. 30, tp 75 north, 15 west, being about three miles southeast of the city of Oskaloosa, and known as the Stanley farmn. This was secured at a cost of $4,000, being improved by a good, frame dwelling house; this was fitted up for the occupancy of the county poor. The first board of directors having in charge the poor farm was elected by the board of supervisors in January, 1868, and was composed of M. Kins- man, W. S. Edgar and C. Houtz. Allen Williamson was chosen first steward, being the lowest bidder of fourteen applicants for the position. Mr. Wil- liamson proved a very efficient steward, and retained his office until 1871. The report of the directors for 1868 showed the expenses, including price of the farm, to be $7,983.40. Proceeds from farm products, $132.43. Omitting amounts paid for permanent fixtures, the amount paid for keep- ing the poor at farm was $972.05. The average number of paupers cared for was 5 1-7 persons.
January, 1869, lots nos. 27, 28, 33 and 34 were purchased in Forest Cemetery as burial ground for paupers.
The directors for 1869 were W. S. Edgar, M. Kinsman and C. Houtz. For 1870 the same were continued. In 1871 a single individual, John Jeffries, was appointed director. He resigned June, 1872, and C. Houtz was appointed to fill vacancy. Mr. N. P. Weaver was steward from 1871 till 1873, when T. W. Hyde was appointed, who gave good account of his stewardship until the farm was sold in 1876.
Late Sabbath evening, Dec. 12, 1875, after all the panpers had retired, it was discovered by the steward that the house was on fire, having, it is supposed, caught from a spark on the roof. Eleven paupers were asleep in the building, all of whom were roused only in time to escape with their lives, and in a few minutes an insurance policy for $1,200 was all that the supervisors had to show for the first county poor house.
Here was a quandary. The paupers were to be taken care of, and the county needed a poor house, but this could not be built without submitting the question to a vote of the people, with doubtful result. Another county in Iowa was in the same predicament. So a special act of the Sixteenth General Assembly was secured, by which the board was authorized to pro- vide a new poor house, without submitting the question to the people. After a prolonged discussion of matters, it was decided to buy a new farm. Accordingly on March 8, 1876, the board bought from A. M. Coonrod a farm of 320 acres, being south & sec. 24, in Scott township. On this farm was a large brick house, which is now used as a county poor house. The price paid was $16,000-$1,000 and the old poor farm at a valuation of $4,000 on date of purchase, 4,000 in August, 1876, and the remainder secured by mortgage, $7,000. As the law does not allow a levy sufi ient to liquidate this it was deemed best to fund the debt, and bonds to the amount of $8,000 have been issued, as already mentioned more particularly under the head of county finances. The payment of these bonds will prob- ably be anticipated, and two or three years hence the poor farm will be substantially without expense to the county. T. H. Lucas is the present steward who has had charge ever since the new farm was bought. The num-
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ber of paupers averages at present about twenty-five, a number of whom are aged, infirm and unable to work.
LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
We regret to be compelled to give this list to the public in an incomplete form. We were unable to find any record of elections prior to 1857, and the list given previous to that was picked up by piecemneal and doubtless con- tains inaccuracies which were unavoidable as we were sometimes obliged to rely upon the unaided memory of old settlers.
The financial affairs of the county were first managed by a board of com- missioners, viz:
April to August, 1844-A. S. Nichols, Wilson Stanley, Robert Curry.
August, 1844, to August, 1845-A. S. Nichols, Harmon Davis, Simeon Drowillard.
August, 1845, to August, 1846-A. S Nichols, Simeon Drowillard, Jacob H. Majors.
· August, 1846, to August, 1847-A. S. Nichols, Harmon Davis, Jacob H. Majors.
August, 1847, to August, 1848-Jacob H. Majors, Harmon Davis, Nathan Brown.
August, 1848, to Angust, 1849-Harmon Davis, Theo. Cox, Nat. Brown.
August, 1849, to August, 1850-Nathan Brown, Theo. Cox, M. W. Well- man.
August, 1850, to August, 1851 -- Nathan Brown, Thos. Ross, Sylvester Phelps.
This was the last board of commissioners and by act of the legislature the county affairs were managed by a county judge.
COUNTY JUDGES.
Judge John A. L. Crookham, August, 1851, to August, 1855; Jas. Rhine- hart, August, 1855, to January, 1864; Samuel Thompson, January, 1864, to January, 1870, when the office was abolished. The management of county affairs, however, was virtually taken out of the hands of the county judge, in 1861, being given into the hands of sixteen supervisors, by Art. 11, Chap. 22, Revised Code of Iowa, enumerated below, and the judge's office was confined to probate business.
SUPERVISORS.
Sixteen were first elected, of whom one-half were for two years, and the remainder for one year, divided by lot.
1861.
Thos. Paul, Wm. G. Briggs, E. Munsell, P. G. Butler, Thomas Jones, P. Loughridge, Orange Hollister, E. H. Bobbitt, Thos. Counor, A. N. Atwood, Wmn. Ankeney, S. A. Aiken, Thos. B. Campbell, L. Osborne, J. J. Kinker, J. N. Dixon.
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1862.
E. Munsell, P. Loughridge, E. H. Bobbitt, Thos. Connor, A. N. Atwood, Wm. Ankeny, J. J. Klinker, J. N. Dixon, G. B. McFall, P. G. Butter, Wm. G. Briggs, Thos. Jones, S. A. Aiken, Lauren Osborne, John Hiatt, Orange Hollister.
CORONERS.
No early records preserved except 1844.
Britain Edwards, April to August, 1844.
James E. Alexander, August, 1851, to August, 1853.
Alonzo Moore, Angust, 1853, to August, 1855. , August, 1855, to August, 1857.
A. T. Young, Angust, 1857, to January, 1860.
Joseph Kelly, 1860-1861.
W. C. Cummings, 1862-1863.
Robert Miller, 1864-1865. 1866-1867.
G. W. Norton, 1868-1869.
David Needham, 1869-1873.
D. M. Gunn, 1874-1875.
J. M. Byers, 1876-present incumbent.
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
David Stump, April, 1844-1846. Silas Sawyer, 1846-1848.
I. N. Seevers, 1848-1853.
Samuel Bresslar, August, 1853, to August, 1855.
A. T. Wright, August, 1855, to August, 1857.
Samuel Thompson, 1857-1864.
N. Caven, 1864-1873.
Samuel Thompson, 1874; present incumbent, 1878.
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Van B. Delashintt, 1857-1859.
S. H. Berry, 1860-1861 (never qualified).
E. E. Herbert, 1862-1863 (never qualified).
(By appointment) Samuel Thompson, 1861, 1862, 1863.
Nat. Caven, 1864-1873 (office abolished.)
ASSESSORS.
Mahaska county had one county assessor, Isaac J. Fancett, 1857-1858, when the office was abolished.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
A. M. Cassiday, 1851-1855.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John White, 1844-1849. Jno. Bond, 1849-1851.
The probate business then passed into the hands of the county judge. (See above.)
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DELEGATES.
First Constitutional Convention, 1844, Van B. Delashmutt, S. B. Shelle- dav.
Second Constitutional Convention, 1846, Stephen B. Shelleday. Third Constitutional Convention, 1857, James A. Young.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES.
Council Delegate-Enoch Ross. House Delegate-S. B. Shelleday, 1845. 66 66 66 66
1846.
1863.
G. B. McFall, P. G. Butler, Wm. G. Briggs, Thos. Jones, S. A. Aiken, Lauren Osborne, Jno. Hiatt, Orange Hollister, D. H. Hybarger, P. Longh- ridge, E. H. Bobbitt, Thos. T. Tinsley, A. N. Atwood, W. Ankeny, S. W. Lewis, Martin Hawk.
1864.
D. H. Hybarger, P. Loughridge, E. H. Bobbitt, Thos. T. Tinsley, A. N. Atwood, W. R. Ankeny, S. W. Lewis, Martin Hawk, Solomon Shaw, R. A. Haller, P. G. Butler, R. V. Clark, James Rhinehart, Terry Mays, Cyrus H. Tolbert, R. F. Burden.
1865.
Solomon Shaw, R. H. Haller, P. G. Butler, R. V. Clark, James Rhine- hart, Terry Mays, Cyrus H. Talbert, R. F. Burden, P. Longhridge, A. Ag- new, W. C. Rhinehart, J. A. Stewart, Wm. H. Darland, Andrew Ruby, Wm. R. Ankeny, Jehu Hiatt, J. H. Fry.
1866.
P. Loughridge, A. Agnew, W. C. Rhinehart, J. A. Stewart, Wm. II. Dar- land, Andrew Ruby, Wm. R. Ankeny, Jehu Hiatt, J. H. Fry, J. Y. Simp- son, Aaron Oldham, P. G. Butler, J. F. Hildreth, C. P. Searle, R. F. Bur- den, Hardin Tice.
1867.
Jehu Hiatt, J. Y. Simpson, Aaron Oldham, P. G. Butler, J. F. Hildreth, C. P. Searle, Robert F. Burden, Hardin Tice, Stephen Lewis, Mahlon Stanton, Andrew Ruby, Geo. Lay, James S. Chew, Martin Hawk, James Odem, M. Kinsman, Samuel Harlan.
1868.
Mahlon Stanton, Andrew Ruby, Geo. Lay, James S. Chew, Martin Hawk, James Odem, M. Kinsman, Samnel Harlan, Robert Wharton, Samuel Gil- more, Wm. G. Briggs, D. M. Gunn, W. J. Jackson, R. F. Burden, Geo. Hill.
1869.
Robert Wharton, Samuel Gilmore, Wm. G. Briggs, D. M. Gunn, W. J. Jackson, R. F. Burden, Geo. Hill, J. A. Harrold, Mahlon Stanton, C. J.
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Jackson, E. H. McCann, Wm. Stewart, Wm. Freeman, S. G. Gary, J. S. Chew, Elwood Fisher.
1870.
J. A. Harrold, Mahlon Stanton, C. J. Jackson, E. H. McCann, Wm. Stewart, Wm, Freeman, S. G. Gary, J. S. Chew, Elwood Fisher, John War- ner, Nelson Cone, Chas. Stoddard, James Hiatt, Wm. G. Briggs, W. J. Jackson, D. A. Hurst.
1871.
In 1870 the law was again changed, and the county affairs placed in the hands of three commissioners. The first board took their seats in Janu- ary, 1871.
Jno. R. Barnes, 1871-187 ?
James K. Woods, 1871-1874, inclusive.
Jehu Hiatt, 1871-187 ?
L. P. Shriver, 1873-1875, inclusive. W. F. Schee, 1874-1876.
Win. Stewart, 1875-1877.
Samuel Knowlton, 1876-1878.
Samuel Gilmore, 1877-term expires 1879.
E. W. Myrick, 1878-term expires 1880.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
The first auditor under the laws of Iowa took his office in January, 1869.
Samuel Thompson, county judge-ex-officio auditor for 1869. James Ruan, 1870-1873.
Geo. A. Ross, 1874-present incumbent.
COUNTY TREASURERS AND RECORDERS.
These two offices were included under one person until 1865, except in first election.
Wm. D. Canfield, treasurer, April till Angust, 1844.
Wm. Pilgrim, recorder, April till August, 1844.
TREASURERS AND RECORDERS.
Wm. Pilgrim, August, 1844, to August, 1846. Richard Parker, 1846-1847.
Geo. W. Baer, August, 1847, to August, 1849.
H. Blackburn, August, 1849, to August, 1855. Wesley Moreland, August, 1855. to Angnst, 1857. John H. Shoemake, August, 1857, to January, 1860. John N. Kinsman, January, 1860, to January, 1862. James A. Young, January, 1862, to January, 1864. At this date the offices were divided:
RECORDERS.
Jolın Larmer, 1865-1872. W. R. Cowan, 1873-present incumbent (1878).
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TREASURERS.
James A. Young, 1865-1871.
Henry R. Kendig, 1872-1877. John R. Barnes, 1877-present incumbent (1878).
CLERKS OF COURT
M. T. Williams, April, 1844, to August, 1854.
Wm. S. Edgar, August, 1854, to January, 1863.
Richard Dumont, 1863-1866.
Capt. C. P. Searle, 1867-1874.
David R. Moore, 1875-present incumbent (1878).
SHERIFFS.
Wm. Edmundson, 1844, to Angust,
- Kinsman August, 1851, to August, 1853.
D. J. Swearingen, August, 1853, to August, 1855.
J. K. Kennedy, elected August, 1855-served several months.
Wm. Edmundson, elected to fill vacancy, 1856-1859.
Jas. H. Macon, 1860-1862.
J. F. Allumbaugh, 1862-1863.
J. W. Hinesley, 1864-1873.
Jas. E. Hetherington, 1874-1877.
Marquis Barr, 1878-present incumbent (1878).
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. (Office established April, 1858.)
J. M. Loughridge, 1858-1865.
J. F. Everett, 1866-1869.
Geo. T. Carpenter, 1870-1871.
E. Baker, 1872-1873.
Jasper Hull, 1874-1875.
J. W. Johnson, 1876-1877.
J. C. Williams, 1878-present incumbent.
STATE SENATORS FROM THIS DISTRICT.
R. R. Harbour, 1847-1850.
Jos. Lowe. 1850-1851,
Jno R. Needham, 1852-1855.
Wm. Longhridge, 1856-1859.
H. H. Williams, 1860-1863.
J. A. L. Crookham, 1864-1867.
Jno. R. Needham, 1868-1869.
Jno. N. Dixon, 1870-1871.
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