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In 1859 Mr. Bond assumed charge of numerous patent interests, and his great success induced him in 1860 to de- vote himself exclusively to the patent business. In 1864 his extraordinary progress actually obliged him to form a co-partnership that the business of the office might not go unattended. Thence came the firm of West, Bond & Driscoll. Mr. Driscoll becoming city attorney the year following, he withdrew and the firm became West & Bond. A reference to the many cases in which Mr. Bond engaged would fill a volume. Among them may be mentioned those of the Babcock Fire Extinguisher, the Evarts Shin- gle Mill, the Tubular Lantern, the Marsh Harvester, the Keystone Corn Planter, the Kenyon Cultivator, the nu . merous test cases of the Moline Plow Company, the Furst and Bradley Manufacturing Company. In fact he has appeared on one side or the other, chiefly for the defense, in nearly all the agricultural implement cases tried in the United States Circuits. He has appeared in three hundred and thirty-five cases in this circuit and fifty in other cir- cuits since the great fire of '71.
Politically, Hon. Lester L. Bond is a staunch Repub- lican, his father in 1844 having been a member of the Free
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Soil party. In 1852 Mr. Bond first filled a political po- sition. In this year he was sent as a town delegate to the Pittsburgh Convention which nominated John P. Hill for president. In 1863 he was elected alderman from the Eleventh ward, and in 1864 was reelected for two years. He declined the office at the expiration of his term, owing to the pressure of business. In 1867 he was elected to the state legislature; reelected in 1869. During this session he was chairman of the judiciary committee, the most important in the house. During his first term he was a member of the committee on internal improvements, and was very conspicuous in the passage of the act for the improvement of the Illinois river.
In 1871, contrary to his wishes, he was elected alder- man of the tenth ward. He was a member of the Board of Education four years and in 1872 was presidential elector for the second congressional district of Illinois. On October 12, 1856, Mr. Bond married Miss Annie Scott Aspinwall, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel W. Aspinwall, of Peacham, Vermont, and both he and his wife are members of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church.
HARVEY D. COLVIN.
Harvey D. Colvin, the thirty-second Mayor of Chicago, elected in 1873, was born in Herkimer county, New York, Dec. 18, 1814. He was elected on the People's ticket by a majority of 10,251. When elected Mayor in the fall of 1873 Mr. Colvin was the general agent at Chicago, of the United States Express Company. His first business venture was the manufacture of boots and shoes at Little Falls, N. Y. In this enterprise he was successful and followed the business for seventeen years. Subsequently he became connected with the American Express Company. Remov- ing to Chicago in 1854 he organized an agency for the United States Express Company with a capital of about $500,000.
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MONROE HEATH.
Monroe Heath, the thirty-third Mayor of Chicago, was elected July 12, 1876, under a special election ordered by the council, consequent upon the general corporation act in April, 1875. There was no election in November of this year, the Mayor and alderman holding over until 1876. At the same time the city was divided into eighteen wards. He was born in Springfield, Sullivan county, New Hampshire, in 1828, of English descent. His mother dying when he was but four years old and his father when he was out eight, his grandmother cared for him until he was seventeen. In Boston he adopted a mercantile life and traveled considerably. He was in the Mexican war, and cherishes many recollections of that interesting period.
In 1851 he came to Chicago and commenced painting on the north side of Wells street bridge, where he em- ployed the first year but five men, in the second year as many as forty. In 1855, in company with Henry Milligan, now dead, he established his business on the South Side. His present headquarters are on Randolph street, near LaSalle, where an immense business is transacted. The firm name of Heath & Milligan is still retained. Mr. Heath served several terms in the council. Col. Elliott Durand, Mr. Heath's son-in-law, and a well-known reporter of former days, is one of the chief mainstays of the insti- tution.
CARTER H. HARRISON.
Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago for the fourth term, elected in 1879, 1881, 1883 and 1885, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, February 25, 1825. Richard A. Harrison, Cromwell's Lieutenant General, who led Charles I. to the block, is his earliest ancestor preserved in the family archives. The name was conspicuous in Virginia during the colonial period, and Carter H. Harri-
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son, his great-grandfather, and his brother, Benjamin Harrison, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, and father of President William Henry Harrison, are en- rolled in the annals of the infancy of the United States of America. Early intermarriages linked the Harrison family with the Randolphs, Cabells and Carters-two prominent · Virginia families. Through the former, Thomas Jefferson and John Randolph were of near kin ; through the latter, the Reeves, of Virginia, and the Breckenridges, of Ken- tucky. Robert Carter Harrison, grandfather of our sub- ject, located in Kentucky in 1812. His father and grand- father were graduates of William and Mary College.
When our Mayor was eight months old his father died, but the circumstances of the family were left in an un- usually promising condition.
When he was fifteen, Carter was placed under the scholastic care of Dr. Lewis Marshall, brother of the Chief Justice and father of the famous Kentucky orator, Thomas T. Marshall. In 1845 he graduated from Yale College. He then studied law, but did not practice. A short time leisurely spent on his father's farm, six miles from Lexington, preceded a trip to Europe in 1851, when he visited every part of England, Ireland and Scotland, and other parts of Europe, and passed into Egypt, and, in company with Bayard Taylor, explored Syria and Asia Minor. Taylor's "Land of the Saracen " was the result of the tour. In 1853 Mr. Harrison entered the Transyl- vania Law School at Lexington, and finished the course in 1855.
In 1855, he came to Chicago, and at once commencer courting the city, which in after life it so pleased him to call his bride; that she has been a dutiful wife since, his present condition amply attests. Real estate transactions from that time forward engaged his attention aside from his political ventures.
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His political life commenced in 1871, when he was elected county commissioner. In 1872, he was nominated by the Democrats to congress, to represent a strongly Re- publican district, but was defeated. He reduced the Re- publican majority so greatly, however, that he was again placed in the field and elected by a majority of eight votes.
At the time he was put up, he was traveling with his family in Germany, Austria, the Tyrol and Switzerland. He at once came home to represent his district ; but in 1875, went back, and after traveling through Northern Europe, ended his trip in Paris. His family went to Ger- many, and he came to Chicago only to be. recalled by the death of his wife. While absent, he was reelected to con- gress. In 1879, his name was first suggested for the May- oralty, and in April following he was elected by a major- ity of over 5,000, although the city had gone Republican the fall before by a majority of 7,800. In 1881, he was reëlected by a majority of 8,000, although the city went Republican the fall before by 4,000. In this campaign, not only the press but the pulpit was opposed to hin. In 1883, he was reëlected by an increased majority.
In the fall of 1884, Mr. Harrison, in obedience to the peremptory demand of the Democratic party, was a candi- date for Governor of the State of Illinois, but was defeated by Gov. Oglesby; the state being preponderatingly Re- publican. Mr. Harrison, however, succeeded in reducing the former majority of 40,000 to 14,500. In the spring of 1885 he was reelected Mayor of Chicago.
THOMAS J. O'NEILL
was born in Ireland. He came to America when 17 years of age. After the usual experience of an Irish im- migrant, he drifted into journalism, and continued at that business until July, 1885, when he was appointed Mayor's Private Secretary, by Mayor Harrison.
CHICAGO'S COUNCILS.
1837. - By the charter of 1837, the city was divided into six wards, and each was entitled to elect annually two aldermen, except the third and fifth wards, which were entitled to but one alderman each, until the year 1839.
J. C. Goodhue and Francis Sherman, represented the first ward ; J. S. C. Hogan and Peter Bolles the second ward ; John D. Caton, the third ward ; Asahel Pierce and Francis H. Taylor, the fourth ward; Bernard Ward, the fifth ward; and S. Jackson and Hiram Pierce the sixth ward.
1838. - E. B. Williams and E. H. Hadduck, repre- sented the first ward ; John S. C. Hogan and James Cur- tiss, the second ward ; John D. Caton, the third ward ; F. H. Taylor and A. Pierce, the fourth ward; H. L. Rucker, the fifth ward ; and George W. Dole and Grant Goodrich, the sixth ward.
1839. - James A. Smith and O. H. Thompson, repre- sented the first ward ; E. S. Prescott and Clement Stoel, the second ward ; W. H. Stow and Ira Miltimore the third ward ; A. Pierce and J. Murphy, Jr., the fourth ward ; H. L. Rucker and John C. Wilson, the fifth ward; and John H. Kinzie and B. S. Morris, the sixth ward.
1840. - J. Wadsworth and O. Morrison, represented the first ward; A. Garrett and James Carney, the second ward ; Ira Miltimore and John Gage, the third ward ; S. Johnson and W. O. Snell, the fourth ward ; H. L. Rucker and William Allen the fifth ward ; and William B. Ogden and R. J. Hamilton, the sixth ward.
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1841 .- Charles Follansbee and John Davlin represented the first ward ; Jason McCord and Peter Page the second ward ; Ira Miltimore and William H. Stow the third ward ; Otis Snell and George W. Rogers the fourth ward ; Henry L. Rucker and Samuel Grier the fifth ward; and James L. Howe and George F. Foster the sixth ward.
1842 .- Norman B. Judd and John Calhoun represented the first ward ; Caleb Morgan and Charles McDonnell the second ward ; Alson S. Sherman and Hamilton Barnes the third ward ; Daniel Elston and E. S. Chalmer the fourth ward ; Edward Carroll and George Brady the fifth ward ; and George O. Bryan and George W. Dole the sixth ward.
1843 .- Hugh T. Dickey and Cyrenus Beers represented the first ward ; Jason McCord and Charles Sauter the second ward ; A. Peck and Charles Taylor the third ward ; John Murphy, Jr., and W. S. Warner the fourth ward ; Samuel Grier and John Curver the fifth ward ; and George W. Dole and Joseph Maraback the sixth ward.
1844 .- Asher Rossiter and John P. Chapin represented the first ward ; William Wheeler and S. W. Talmage the second ward ; George Davis and Ira Miltimore the third ward ; John Murphy, Jr., and James Poussard the fourth ward ; Elihu Granger and Thomas Brown the fifth ward; and B. S. Morris and M. Diversey the sixth ward.
1845 .- J. Y. Scammon and Thomas Church represented the first ward ; R. P. Hamilton and J. H. Woodworth the second ward ; Francis Edwards and Francis H. Tay- lor the third ward ; Asahel Pierce and T. McDonough the fourth ward ; Elihu Granger and Samuel Grier the fifth ward; and M. D. Ogden and Richard C. Ross the sixth ward.
1846 .- George Manierre and Levi D. Boone represented the first ward; N. H. Bolles and A. Smith the second
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ward ; M. Kehoe and James Curtiss the third ward ; Jo- seph Wilson and H. McGee the fourth ward ; Elihu Gran- ger and Samuel Grier the fifth ward ; and R. C. Ross and W. M. Larrabee the sixth ward.
The Act of 1847 created three more wards, and provi- ded that two aldermen should be elected from each, who were divided into two classes by LOT. The second class held over, and, thereafter, one alderman was annually elected from each ward, and held his office for two years. During this year J. H. Woodworth and P. L. Updike rep- resented the first ward ; Levi D. Boone and Isaac Speer the second ward ; B. W. Raymond and J. W. Brinkerhoff the third ward ; Robert H. Foss and Charles McDonnell the fourth ward ; Thomas James and John Sheriff the fifth ward ; A. Pierce and A. Smith the sixth ward ; Elihu Granger and O. Sloan the seventh ward ; W. B. Snowhook and James Lane the eighth ward ; and W. B. Ogden and Michael McDonald the ninth ward.
1848. - Edward Manierre, represented the first ward ; H. L. Rucker, the second ward ; William Jones, the third ward; Robert H. Foss, the fourth ward; J. C. Haines, the fifth ward; A. Pierce, the sixth ward; P. Turbot, the seventh ward; W. B. Herrick, the eighth ward ; and Samuel Mckay, the ninth ward.
1849. - Peter Page and R. C. Bristol, represented the first ward ; George W. Snow, the second ward; William H. Adams, the third ward; A. G. Throop, the fourth ward ; E. J. Chapin, the fifth ward ; J. E. Killick, the sixtlı ward ; George Brady, the seventh ward ; H. R. Pay- son, the eighth ward ; and F. C. Hagerman, the ninth ward.
1850. - Peter Page, represented the first ward ; I. L. Milliken, the second ward ; S. J. Sherwood, the third ward ; Robert H. Foss, the fourth ward ; Jolin C. Haines, the fifth ward ; G. W. Wentworth, the sixthi ward ; Elihu
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Granger, the seventh ward ; John C. Dodge, the eighth ward; and R. J. Hamilton, the ninth ward.
1851 .- John Sears, Jr., represented the first ward ; Hugh Maher, the second ward ; William Wheeler, the third ward; A. G. Throop, the fourth ward ; J. L. James, the fifth ward ; Daniel Elston and Read A. Williams, the sixth ward ; C. E. Moore, the seventh ward ; Robert Malcom, the eighth ward ; and F. C. Hagerman and W. L. New- berry, the ninth ward.
1852. - Eli B. Williams, represented the first ward ; Isaac L. Milliken, the second ward ; O. J. Rose, the third ward ; Charles McDonnell, the fourth ward; John C. Haines, the fifth ward ; T. B. Dwyer and A. C. Ellithorpe, the sixth ward; Ezra Tayler, the seventh ward; A. J. Brown, the eighth ward ; and John H. Kinzie, the ninth ward. The election in the sixth ward, between Ellithorpe and Dwyer, was contested by the latter, and the council ordered a special election, at which Alderman Dwyer was elected, after Ellithorpe had occupied a seat in the council for about a month.
1853. - A. D. Taylor, represented the first ward; John Evans, the second ward ; J. H. Gray, the third ward ; William Kennedy, the fourth ward; W. H. Scoville, the fifth ward; William Carpenter, the sixth ward ; Michael O'Neill, the seventh ward ; F. A. Hoffman, the eighth ward ; and H. A. Mitchell, the ninth ward.
1854. - Eli B. Williams, represented the first ward ; Levi D. Boone, the second ward ; William L. Church, the third ward ; J. C. Outhet, the fourth ward ; J. D. Ward, the fifth ward ; William Wayman, the sixth ward ; Elihu Granger, the seventh ward ; W. H. Stickney, the eighth ward; and Morgan L. Keith, the ninth ward.
1855. - Sylvester Sexton, represented the first ward ; T. Allen (two years) and R. M. Hough (one year) the sec- ond ward; Lorenzo Fletcher, the third ward ; William
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Colby, the fourth ward ; C. N. Holden, the fifth ward ; A. C. Ellithorpe, the sixth ward ; J. L. Howe, the sev- enth ward ; Samuel Ashton, the eighth ward; and Samuel McKay, the ninth ward.
1856 .- James Long represented the first ward ; L. A. Willard and O. Kendall, the second ward ; Calvin De- Wolf, the third ward ; Samuel Myers, the fourth ward ; Russell Green, the fifth ward; Henry Greenebaum and John Dempsey, the sixth ward; L. D. Larue; and C. L. Niehoff, the eighth ward; and Michael Diversey, the ninth ward. Mr. Kendall was elected in July, 1856, vice Thomas Allen resigned. Mr. Niehoff, in June, vice Samuel Ash- ton, resigned.
1857. - This year another ward was created. William Bross represented the first ward ; O. Kendall, the second ward ; H. Joy, the third ward; J. M. Kennedy, the fourth ward; A. Carter, the fifth ward; George Sitts, the sixth ward; John Dunlap, the seventh ward; C. Wahl, the eighth ward; P. Conley, the ninth ward; D. Coughlin and J. Schmidt, the tenth ward.
1858. - James Long, the first ward; Charles H. Ab- bott and S. McClevy, the second ward; L. J. North, the third ward; S. Meyers, the fourth ward; J. D. Ward, the fifth ward; J. Van Horn, the sixth ward; H. Wendt, the seventh ward; A. J. Wright, the eighth ward; B. Carpen- ter, the ninth ward; and A. Enzenbacher, the tenth ward.
1859 .- J. K. Botsford, represented the first ward; Jacob Harris, the second ward; F. Jones, the third ward; J. M. Kennedy, the fourth ward; L. B. Taft, the fifth ward; C. A. Reno, the sixth ward; J. Alston, the seventh ward; C. Wahl, the eighth ward; J. A. Huck, the ninth ward, and John Comiskey, the tenth ward.
1860. - William Colby represented the first ward; J. M. Marshall, the second ward; H. Joy, the third ward;
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S. Meyers, the fourth ward; Robert H. Foss, the fifth ward; J. W. Cobb, the sixth ward; G. S. Hubbard, the seventh ward; R. Prindiville, the eighth ward; G. Perkins, the ninth ward; and M. McDonald, the tenth ward.
1861. - J. K. Botsford represented the first ward; J. Q. Hoyt, the second ward; A. D. Titsworth, the third ward; W. Baragwanath, the fourth ward; C. C. P. Holden, the fifth ward; E. S. Solomon, the sixth ward; Alonzo Har- vey, the seventh ward; W. G. White, the eighth ward; Robert Law, the ninth ward, and John Comiskey, the tenth ward.
1862 .- John F. Edwards represented the first ward, Peter Shimp, the second ward; James A. Harper, the third ward; A. Schall, the fourth ward; W. A. Groves, the fifth ward; F. C. Brown, the sixth ward; James Conlan, the seventh ward; C. L. Woodman, the eighth ward; W. T. Schufeldt, the ninth ward, and R. Sheridan, the tenth ward.
1863 .- The number of wards was increased to fifteen. A. D. Titsworth, represented the second ward; James H. Roberts and Stephen Barrett, the third ward; B. E. Gal- lup, the fourth ward; Constantine Kann and Mark Sheri- dan, the fifth ward; David Walsh and M. McDonald, the sixth ward; James E. Abbott and John Comiskey, the sev- enth ward; Richard Clarke, the eighth ward; Mancel Tal- cott, the ninth ward; George Himrod and C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; G. Von Hollen and L. L. Bond, the elev- enth ward; W. Gastfield and Chris. Cassleman, the twelfth ward; J. M. Armstrong and David Alickner, the thirteenth ward; Valentine Ruh and Anton Hottinger, the fourteenth ward, and Michael Sullivan, the fifteenth ward. Titsworth, Roberts, Gallup, Kann, Walsh, Abbott, Clark, Talcott, Himrod, Von Hollen, Gastfield, Armstrong, Ruh and Sul- livan had two-year terms.
1864. - Sixteen wards. George W. Gage and Charles
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D. Peacock, represented the first ward; Peter Sheimp, the second ward; Stephen Barrett, the third ward; Samuel McRoy, the fourth ward; Mark Sheridan, the fifth ward; John Wallwork, the sixth ward; Joseph Sherwin and John Comiskey, the seventh ward; Patrick Rafferty, the eighth ward; Willard Woodard, the ninth ward; C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; L. L. Bond, the eleventh ward; N. W. Huntley, the twelfth ward; Mathias Franzen, the thirteenth ward; A. Hottinger, the fourteenth ward; Iver Lawson, the fifteenth ward, and C. L. Woodman and J. J. O'Sullivan, the sixteenth ward.
1865 .- J. C. Knickerbocker, represented the first ward; William H. Carter, the second ward; Charles G. Wicker, the third ward; H. M. Wilmarth, the fourth ward; Con- stantine Kann, the fifth ward; T. C. Hatch, the sixth ward; Avery Moore, the seventh ward; M. L. Frisbie, the eighth ward; Mancel Talcott, the ninth ward; Edmund Bixby, the tenth ward; S. I. Russell, the eleventh ward; William Gastfield, the twelfth ward; L. Proudfoot, the thirteenth ward; Valentine Ruh, the fourteenth ward; Samuel Shackford, the fifteenth ward, and Robert Clark, the sixteenth ward.
1866 .- William Cox, represented the first ward; C. De- Wolf, the second ward; Stephen Barrett, the third ward; A. C. Calkins, the fourth ward; M. Finucane, the fifth ward; J. Walwork, the sixth ward; Max Schuler, the sev- enth ward; P. Rafferty, the eighth ward; W. Woodard, the ninth ward; C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; H. Ackoff, the eleventh ward; N. W. Huntley, the twelfth ward; M. Franzen, the thirteenth ward; R. Engle, the fourteenth ward; Iver Lawson, the fifteenth ward, and J. J. O'Sullivan and M. O'Sullivan, the sixteenth ward. Ald. J. J. O'Sullivan died Oct. 10, 1866, and M. O'Sullivan was elected to fill the vacancy.
1867 .- J. C. Knickerbocker represented the first ward;
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Arthur Dixon, the second ward; Charles G. Wicker, the third ward; Samuel McRoy, the fourth ward; John Raber, the fifth ward; David Walsh, the sixth ward; John Macal- ister, the seventh ward; John Comiskey, the eighth ward; John H. Carpenter, the ninth ward; E. Bixby, the tenth ward; S. I. Russell, the eleventh ward; C. Casselman and John Buehler, the twelfth ward; George T. Beebe, the thirteenth ward; Theodore Schintz, the fourteenth ward, Samuel Shackford, the fifteenth ward; and George B. Man- sur, the sixteenth ward.
Alderman Bixby died December 5, 1867, and Alvin Salisbury was elected to fill the vacancy.
1868 .- William Cox, represented first ward; P. M. Don- nellan, the second ward; Stephen Barrett, of the third ward, died May 21, 1868, and James A. Hahn was elected to fill the vacancy; A. C. Calkins represented the fourth ward; Mark Sheridan, the fifth ward; Michael Keeley, the sixth ward; J. H. Hildreth, the seventh ward; P. Rafferty, the eighth ward; W. Woodard, the ninth ward; Alvin Sal- isbury and C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; B. F. Rus- sell, the eleventh ward; John Buehler, the twelfth ward; K. G. Schmidt, the thirteenth ward; Louis A. Berger, the fourteenth ward; John Herting, the fifteenth ward; and Edward Kehoe, the sixteenth ward.
By the act passed March 10, 1869, by the General As- sembly, the city was divided into twenty wards, and the time for the city election changed from April to Novem- ber. . The persons then in office held their respective positions until the first Monday of December, 1869.
1869-70 .- Richard Somers and William Cox represented the first ward; Arthur Dixon and P. M. Donnellan, the second ward; Joseph A. Montgomery and James A. Hahn, the third ward; John H. McAvoy and A. C. Calkins, the fourth ward; George S. Whitaker and Peter Daggy, the fifth ward; William Tracy, Mark Sheridan and Daniel
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Heenan, the sixth ward; William Batterman and P. J. Hickey, the seventh ward; William S. Powell and James H. Hildreth, the eighth ward; George Powell and John Comiskey, the ninth ward; Thomas Wilce and C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; James Walsh and B. F. Russell, the eleventh ward; Samuel McCotter and Willard Woodard, the twelfth ward; James L. Campbell and A. D. Robinson, the thirteenth ward; P. B. Shiel and B. G. Gill, the four- teenth ward; James J. McGrath and John Buehler; the fifteenth ward; James D. Tyler and K. G. Schmidt, the sixteenth ward; Theodore Schintz and Louis A. Berger, the seventeenth ward; Thomas Carney and A. Bengley, the eighteenth ward; James Macauley and John Herting, the nineteenth ward; and M. A. Divine and Edward Kehoe, the twentieth ward. Mark Sheridan resigned, and Daniel Heenan was elected Jan 8, 1870.
1870-71 .- J. J. Knickerbocker and Richard Somers rep- resented the first ward; Joseph E. Otis and Arthur Dixon, the second ward; Daniel Coey and Joseph A. Montgomery, the third ward; Harvey M. Thompson and John H. McAvoy, the fourth ward; Peter Daggy and George S. Whitaker, the fifth ward; Michael Schmitz and William Tracy, the sixth ward; P. J. Hickey and William Bat- terman, the seventh ward; Michael B. Bailey and William S. Powell, the eighth ward; W. B. Bateham and George Powell, the ninth ward; C. C. P. Holden and Thomas Wilce, the tenth ward; Herman O. Glade and James Walsh, the eleventh ward; Henry Whitbeck and Samuel McCotter, the twelfth ward; S. S. Gardner and James L. Campbell, the thirteenth ward; B. G. Gill and P. B. Shiel, the fourteenth ward; John Buehler and James J. McGrath, the fifteenth ward; K. G. Schmidt and James D. Tyler, the sixteenth ward; Louis Schaffner and Theodore Schintz, the seventeenth ward; John McCaffery and Thomas Carney, the eighteenth ward; William M. Clarke and
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James McCauley, the nineteenth ward; and Gustavus A. Busse and M. A. Devine, the twentieth ward.
1871-72 .- Chauncey T. Bowen and John J. Knicker- bocker represented the first ward; Arthur Dixon and Jo- seph E. Otis, the second ward; John McGenniss and David Coey, the third ward; John H. McAvoy and Harvey M. Thompson, the fourth ward; R. B. Stone and Peter Daggy, the fifth ward; William Tracy and Michael Schmitz, the sixth ward; Edward F. Cullerton and P. J. Hickey, the seventh ward; J. Clowry and M. B. Bailey, the eighth ward; George Powell and William B. Bateham, the ninth ward; Lester L. Bond and C. C. P. Holden, the tenth ward; Henry Sweet and H. O. Glade and T. T. Verdier, the eleventh ward; Monroe Heath and Henry Whitbeck, the twelfth ward; George W. Sherwood and S. S. Gardner, the thirteenth ward; S. E. Cleveland and B. G. Gill, the fourteenth ward; J. J. McGrath and John Buehler, the fifteenth ward; Thomas Stout and K. G. Schmidt, the sixteenth ward; Jacob Lengacher and Louis Schaffner, the seventeenth ward; Thomas Carney and John McCaffrey, the eighteenth ward; Mahlen D. Ogden and William M. Clarke, the nineteenth ward; and Charles L. Wood- man and G. A. Busse, the twentieth ward.
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