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"Checose, Mota and the lesser Pottawatomie chiefs were less known among the whites, their bands having been greatly reduced in number, and having also remained here only a short time after the whites came. Mota is best recollected from the fact that he had been deprived of a portion of his nose. He was also an old man.
"The Miami chiefs, Waw-wa-esse and Flatbelly, were believed to be brothers and were in the neighborhood of sixty years of age, dark copper colored, rather fleshy, and, in the case of Flatbelly (despite his name), rather inclined to corpulency. Wabee, as the first named was usually called, wore a silver ring at times, and at other times a fish bone through the cartilage of his nose.
"Flatbelly was undoubtedly one of the most powerful chiefs of the Miami nation. In addition to his reserve of thirty-six sections of land, he alone, of all the Indian chiefs in the region, enjoyed the
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luxury of a brick house, a one-story building erected for him by the United States government. It was situated in the southeast corner of the village."
ESTIMATED INDIAN POPULATION
The Indian population of the county did not much, if any, exceed five hundred at the time of the arrival of the whites. Metcalfe Beck estimated it at that figure, proportioned among the tribes as follows: Wawbees, 75; Musquawbucks, 125; Monoquets, 150; Flat- bellys, 75; Checose, Motas and others, 75. Mr. Graves, while he thought the total amount about correct, believed that Monoquet's village contained nearly three hundred inhabitants in the summer of 1835.
The Indians of the Monoquet and Musquawbuck tribes remained in Kosciusko County about ten years after the treaty of the year named, when they were moved to their allotted lands west of the Mississippi by Alexander Coquillard, of South Bend, who had secured a government contract for that purpose.
CHAPTER IV
STATISTICAL, POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL BACKGROUND
INDIANA'S POPULATION BY DECADES, 1800-1910-INDEPENDENT IN- DIANA'S POLITICAL RECORD-ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTE, 1816- 1916-TERRITORIAL OFFICERS, 1787-1816-UNITED STATES SEN- ATORS AND STATE OFFICERS, 1816-1919-THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1816-THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1850-51-AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION-THE COUNTIES AND THEIR NAMES-OFFICIAL STATE FLOWER AND FLAG-INDIANA STATE SONG.
It might be straining a point to illustrate the undoubted truth that the story of the development of the section of the world known as Kosciusko County is a part of universal history, and could not be omitted without destroying the symmetry of the whole. But there can be no contention over the statement that it has a distinct relation to the history of the State of Illinois, and that in order to give it substance and true proportion certain sections of Indiana back- ground should be introduced to the picture. Information is there- fore here presented, largely of an official and statistical nature, cover- ing a variety of subjects which embrace Kosciusko County as a unit or a factor.
Nothing is uninteresting-not even figures-if it is considered with relation to its surrounding or dependent objects. As Kosciusko County cannot be isolated from Indiana, so the state cannot be ex- plained irrespective of the development of the Northwest and the West. For instance, we present the following table showing the in- crease of the state's population by decades, 1800-1910, inclusive, with an estimate of the Census Bureau for 1917:
Increase Over Preceding Census
for
Census Year
Population
Number
Per Cent
Per Cent of Increase Continental United States
1917
2,826,154
126,278
4.7
11.8
1910
2,700,876
184,414
7.3
21.0
1900
2,516,462
324,058
14.8
20.7
1890
2,192,404
214,103
10.8
25.5
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Increase Over Preceding Census
Census Year
Population
Number
Per Cent
Per Cent of Increase for Continental United States
1880
1,978,301
297,664
17.7
30.1
1870
1,680,637
330,209
24.5
22.6
1860
1,350,428
362,012
36.6
35.6
1850
988,416
302,550
44.1
35.9
1840
685,866
342,835
99.9
32.7
1830
343,031
195,853
133.1
33.5
1820
147,178
122,658
500.2
33.1
1810
24,520
18,879
334.7
36.4
1800
5,641
.
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It is of interest to learn by examining the foregoing table that Indiana increased at a tremendous percentage from 1810 to 1830, but the interest is more than doubled by compiling figures for a parallel column, by which that increase may be compared with the increase of continental United States. It was not until 1860 and 1870 that the average increase of all the states in population was nearly equal to that of Indiana, that statistical transformation beiug brought about by the wonderful expansion of the West and North- west, after the Civil war and largely as a result of the expansion of the great railroad systems over that section of the country. In- diana progressed, but had no longer a preponderance of advantages. As the decades passed, this fact became more and more evident. In 1880 the average continental increase had decidedly overtaken that of the state, and the latest census figures uphold a similar compara- tive proportion or percentage.
INDEPENDENT INDIANA'S POLITICAL RECORD
(Electoral and Popular Vote, 1816-1916.)
Nothing so well illustrates the intelligent and independent char- acter of the average citizen of Indiana as his political record, laid down by the census enumerator. He could never be bound at all permanently to any political party or leader. So often was the Hoosier State doing something unexpected in politics that many elec- tions depended, in the final counting, upon its decision upon national issues. Indiana became the Pivotal State, and the reason for having retained that distinction is strikingly set forth by the following table
HISTORY OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
showing the candidates, with their politics, for whom its electoral and popular presidential votes have been cast since it has been a common- wealth :
Year of Election
Candidates for President
States
Political Party
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
1816
James Monroe
Virginia
Rep.
3
Rufus King
New York.
Fed.
1820
James Monroe
Virginie
Rep.
3
1824
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Rep.
7,343
5
John Quincy Adams.
Massachusetts
Rep.
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Rep.
5,315
1828
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Dem.
22,257
5
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts.
Nat.
Rep.
17,052
1832
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Dem.
31,552
9
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Nat.
Rep.
15,472€
Wm. Wirt
Maryland
1836
Martin Van Buren
New York.
Dem.
32,478
9
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Whig
41,28I
Hugh L. White.
Tennessee
Whig
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts ..
Whig
1840
William Henry Harrison
Ohlo
Whig
65,302
9
Martin Van Buren
New
York
Dem.
51,604
1844
James K. Polk.
Tennessee
Dem.
70,181
12
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Whig
67.867
1848
Zachary Taylor
Louisiana
Whig
69,907
12
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Dem.
74,745
Martin Van Buren
New York.
8,100
1852
Frenklin Pierce
New Hampshire.
Dem,
95 .. 340
13
Winfield ' Scott
New Jersey.
Whig
80,901
John P. Hale
New Hampshire.
Free Soil.
6,929
1856
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Dem.
118,670
13
John C. Fremont
Californie
Rep.
94,375
Miliard Filimore
New York
American
22.386
Illinois
Rep.
139,033
13
Stephen A. Douglas,
Illinois
Dem.
115.509
Kentucky
Dem
12.295
John Bell
Tennessee
Union
5,306
1864
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Rep.
150,422
13
George B. McClelian
New Jersey
Dem.
130,233
1868
Ulysses S. Grant.
Illinois
Rep.
176,552
13
1872
Ulysses S. Grant.
Illinois
Rep.
186,147
15
Horare Greeley
New York.
D. & L
163.632
Charles O'Conor
New York.
Tem.
1,417
James Bleck
Pennsylvanie
Temp.
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Dem.
B. Gratz Brown ..
Missouri
Dem.
Charles J. Jenkins,
Georgia
Dem.
David Davis
Illinois
Ind.
1876
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Dem.
213,526
15
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Ohło
Rep.
208.011
Peter Cooper
New York.
Gre'nb.
17.233
Green Cley Smith.
Kentucky
Proh.
141
1880
Jemes A. Garfield.
Ohin
Rep.
232.164
15
W. 8. Hancock.
Pennsylvania
Dem.
225.522
James B. Weaver
Jowe
Gre'nb.
12 986
Neal Dow
Maine
Proh.
1884
Grover Cleveland
New York.
Dem.
244 990
15
Jemes G. Blaine ..
Malne
Rep.
238 463
John P. St. John
Kansas
Proh.
8,028
Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Gre'nh.
8,293
1888
Grover Cleveland.
New York.
Dem.
261 013
15
Benjamin Harrison
Indiane
Rep.
263 -01
Clinton B. Flak.
New Jersey.
Proh.
Alson J. Streeter.
Tilinots
I. L.
R. H. Cowdry.
Illinois
T''d L.
James L. Curtia.
New York
Americen
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts.
Itep.
3,095
William H. Crawford.
Georgie
Rep.
John Floyd
Georgia
Indep.
Anti-Mason
Wililam P. Mangum.
North Carolina
Whig
2.106
James G. Birney.
New York.
1860
Abraham Lincoln
J. C. Breckinridge
Horatio Seymour
New York
Dem.
166,980
James B. Walker.
Illinois
Americen
John W. Phelps.
Vermont
Americen
P. D. Wigginton.
Callfornis
American
* The vote for Wirt is Included In Clay's vote.
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Year of Election
Candidates for President
States
Political Party
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
1892
Grover Cleveland.
New York
Dem.
262,740
15
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Rep.
255,615
James B. Weaver.
low a
Peop.
22,208
John Bidwell
California
Proh.
13.050
Simon Wing
Massachusetts.
Soc. L.
William Mckinley
Ohio
Rep.
323,754
15
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Dem. and Peop ..
305,573
Joshua Levering
Maryland
Proh.
3,056
John M. Palmer.
Illinois
N. Dem.
2,145
Charles H. Matchett.
New
York
Soc. L.
324
Charles E. Bentley
Nebraska
Nat.
2.267
1900
William Mckinley
Ohio
Rep.
336,063
15
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Dem. P.
309,584
John G. Wooley.
Illinois
Prob.
13,718
Whartoo Baker
Pennsylvania
M. P.
1,438
Eugene V. Debs.
Indiana
Soc. D.
2,374
Jos. F. Malloney
Massachusetts
Soc. L.
663
J. F. P. Leonard.
low a
U. C.
Seth H. Ellis
Ohio
U. R.
254
Theodore Roosevelt
New York,
Rep.
368.289
15
Alton B. Parker.
New York.
Dem.
274,335
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Soc.
12,013
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Proh.
23.496
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Popu ..
2,444
Charles H. Corrigan
New York.
Soc. L.
1.598
1908
William H. Taft.
Ohio
Rep.
348,993
15
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Dem.
338,262
Eugene V. Debs ..
Indiana
Soc.
13.476
Eugene W. Chafin.
Arizona
Proh.
18 045
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Popu.
1,193
August Gillhaus
New York.
Soc. L.
643
Thomas L. Hisgen.
Massachusetts
Ind.
514
1912
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Dem.
281.990
15
William H. Taft
Ohio
Rep.
151,267
Theodore Roosevelt
New York.
Prog.
162,007
Eugene V. Debs.
Indiana
Soc.
36,931
Eugene W. Chafin.
Arizona
Proh.
19.249
Arthur E. Reimer
Massachusetts
Sor. L.
3,130
1916
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey.
Dem.
334.063
15
Charles E. Hughes
New York.
Rep.
341.005
Allan J. Benson.
New York.
Sốc.
21.855
J. Frank Hanly.
Indiana
Proh.
16,368
Arthur E. Reimer
Massachusetts ..
Soc. L.
1.659
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS, 1787-1816
It would follow of necessity that those public officials who have served Indiana must have been able, broad, energetic and far beyond the average caliber. If the student of American history, especially of state history, will carefully examine the official and political record of any of the commonwealths of the Union which have really been influential, he will find that each presents a more or less distinct type of public servant. A mere mention of Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Iowa, Colorado and California, in this connection will be illustrative to the mind of the thoughtful historical reader ; and Indiana's public men have almost stood forth in a class by themselves.
The breadth, vigor and vitality of such men as Arthur St. Clair and William Henry Harrison entered into the life of the young North- west and the expanding United States of America to a degree which
1896
1904
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is immeasurable. They, with Gen. W. Johnston and others, were men who did many things thoroughly and wisely. They were called upon to be soldiers, diplomats, statesmen ; negotiators for peace both with the wily savage and the shrewd white man; to adapt themselves to a thousands new conditions and human temperaments. These builders of an empire in the wilderness were certainly men to whom the Hoosier of today, able and versatile as he is, must give the palm.
Examine the list. Consult the biographical encyclopedias which are accessible, and spend a few profitable hours in becoming acquainted with the strong and remarkable men of the territorial period. The principal officials of those times are given, as follows :
GOVERNORS
Arthur St. Clair, 1787-1800.
John Gibson (acting), July 4, 1800-January 10, 1801. William Henry Harrison, 1801-1812.1
Thomas Posey, 1812-1816.
SECRETARIES, NORTHWEST TERRITORY
Winthrop Sargent, 1787-1798.
William Henry Harrison, 1798-1799. Charles W. Byrd, 1799 -.
SECRETARY, INDIANA TERRITORY
John Gibson, 1800-1816.
AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Peter Jones, commissioned September 5, 1805; resigned, 1810. William Prince, commissioned April 13, 1810; resigned, 1813.
General W. Johnston, commissioned January 20, 1813; resigned, 1813.
William Prince, commissioned February 8, 1813; resigned, 1813.
Davis Floyd, commissioned June 15, 1813; served until admission of State into Union.
TREASURERS
William McIntosh, commissioned February 9, 1801; removed for cause.
1 Harrison was appointed early in the year 1800, but was not sworn into office until January 10, 1801. John Gibson, the Secretary of the Territory, aeted as Governor until Harrison's arrival.
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James Johnson, commissioned September 4, 1805; resigned, 1813. General W. Johnston, commissioned May 29, 1813; served until State was admitted to Union.
ATTORNEYS-GENERAL
John Rice Jones, commissioned January 29, 1801; resigned, 1804.
Benjamin Parke, commissioned August 4, 1804; appointed terri- torial judge; elected to first Legislature and then to Congress.
Thomas Randolph, commissioned June 2, 1808; killed at Tippe- canoe in 1811.
CLERKS OF SUPREME COURT
Daniel Lymmes, 1794-1804.
Henry Hurst, 1804-1817.
ADJUTANTS-GENERAL
John Small, February 4, 1801.
Daniel Sullivan, August 4, 1812.
Charles Smith, October 21, 1812.
Daniel Sullivan, January 14, 1813.
General W. Johnston, September 10, 1813.
Waller Taylor, February 24, 1814.
Allen D. Thom, September 7, 1814.
JUDGES OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY, 1787-1800. APPOINTED BY CONGRESS
Samuel Holden Parsons, October 16, 1787-1790.
John Armstrong, October 16, 1787. (Declined appointment.)
James Mitchell Varnum, October 16, 1787. (Died in office, Jan- uary 10, 1789.)
John Cleves Symmes, February 19, 1788-1800. (Took place of Armstrong, January 16, 1788.)
JUDGES OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY, 1787-1800. APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WITH CONSENT OF SENATE
John Cleves Symmes (reappointed), August 20, 1789-1800.
Samuel Holden Parsons (reappointed), August 20, 1789, to death in 1790.
William Barton, January 10, 1789. (Declined appointment.)
George Turner, September 12, 1789-February 1, 1796. (Resigned ; succeeded William Barton, 1789.)
Rufus Putnam, March 31, 1790-December, 1796. (Resigned to be- come Surveyor-General; succeeded S. H. Parsons.)
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Joseph Gilman, December 22, 1796-1800. (Succeeded Rufus Put- nam.) Return Jonathan Meigs, February 12, 1798-1800. (Succeeded George Turner, 1796.)
JUDGES OF INDIANA TERRITORY, 1800-1816
William Clarke, July 4, 1800, to death in 1802.
Henry Vanderburgh, July 4, 1800, to 1816. John Griffin, July 4, 1800, to 1816.
Thomas Terry Davis, 1802-1816. (Succeeded William Clarke.)
DELEGATES IN CONGRESS
William Henry Harrison, Delegate for Northwest Territory, 1799- 1800.
Indiana Territory, had no delegate from 1800-1805.
Benjamin Parke, 1805-1808.
Jesse B. Thomas, 1808-1809.
Jonathan Jennings, 1809-1815.
LEGISLATURE, NORTHWEST TERRITORY
First General Assembly met at Cincinnati from September 16, 1799, to December 19, 1799.
Edward Tiffin, Speaker House of Representatives.
Henry Vanderburgh, President of Council.
LEGISLATURE, INDIANA TERRITORY
First session, July 29, 1805-August 26, 1805.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jesse B. Thomas, Speaker.
MEMBERS
Jesse B. Thomas-Dearborn.
Davis Floyd-Clark.
Benjamin Parke-Knox.
John Johnson-Knox.
Dr. George Fischer-Randolph.
Shadrack Bond-St. Clair.
William Biggs-St. Clair.
COUNCIL
Benjamin Chambers, President. Vol. 1-5
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MEMBERS
Benjamin Chambers-Dearborn. Samuel Gwathmey-Clark. John Rice Jones-Knox. Pierre Menard-Randolph. John Hay-St. Clair.
U. S. SENATORS AND STATE OFFICERS, 1816-1919
Neither Indiana nor any other state in the Union has invariably placed her strongest men in the gubernatorial chair, although insist- ence is still made on the claim that altogether her chief executives have been as nearly representative of the Hoosier type as was pos- sible. As the commonwealth developed, the character of its public men also underwent a change, but such great governors as Oliver P. Mor- ton and Thomas A. Hendricks, while cultured and rounded men, also retained many of the rugged traits of the territorial officials, so neces- sary to accomplish the work of their times.
Later Governor Morton served Indiana in the United States Senate and Governor Hendricks had already been a member of the upper house of Congress. The unique Daniel W. Voorhees followed the war governor in the Senate; and what state could have produced him but Indiana? And the brilliant Albert J. Beveridge, as well as the ubiquitous Tom Taggart, United States senators from Indiana-no American could ever mistake them for anything but Hoosiers. So the official lists might be analyzed in detail; but they are left here as a matter of valuable record.
UNITED STATES SENATORS
James Noble, from 1816 to 1831 (died). Waller Taylor, from 1816 to 1825.
William Hendricks, from 1825 to 1837.
Robert Hanna (appointed, vice Noble), 1831.
John Tipton (appointed), from 1831 to 1833.
John Tipton, from 1833 to 1839. Oliver H. Smith, from 1837 to 1843.
Albert S. White, from 1839 to 1845.
Edward A. Hannegan, from 1843 to 1849. Jesse D. Bright, from 1846 to 1862.2
2 Expelled February 5, 1562. (Vacaney one year, 1845.)
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James Whitcomb, from 1849 to 1852.3
Charles W. Catheart (appointed, vice Whitcomb), from 1852 to 1853.
John Petit, from 1853 to 1855.
Graham N. Fitch, from 1857 to 1861.4
Joseph A. Wright (appointed, vice Bright), from 1862 to 1863.
Henry S. Lane, from 1861 to 1867.
David Turpie, 1863. (Unexpired term of Bright.)
Thomas A. Hendricks, from 1863 to 1869.
Oliver P. Morton, from 1867 to 1877 (died).
Daniel D. Pratt, from 1869 to 1875.
Joseph E. McDonald, from 1875 to 1881.
Daniel W. Voorhees (appointed, vice Morton), from 1877 to 1879.
Daniel W. Voorhees, from 1879 to 1897.
Benjamin Harrison, from 1881 to 1887.
David Turpie, from 1887 to 1899. Charles W. Fairbanks, from 1897 to 1905.5 Albert J. Beveridge, from 1899 to 1911.
James A. Hemenway, from 1905 to 1909.
Benjamin F. Shively, from 1909 to March 15, 1916.6
John W. Kern, from 1911 to 1917.
Tom Taggart, from March 20, 1916, to 1917.
Harry New, from 1917 to -
James E. Watson, from 1917 to
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE
Jonathan Jennings, from 1816 to 1822.7
Ratliff Boone, from September 12 to December 5, 1822. William Hendricks, from 1822 to 1825.8 James B. Ray (acting), February 12 to December 11, 1825.
3 Died, and was sueceeded by John Petit.
+ The position remained vacant for two years, and was filled by election of Abraham N. Fitch, 1857.
5 Charles W. Fairbanks resigned Mareh 4, 1905, having been elected Vice- President; James A. Hemenway eleeted to succeed.
6 Benjamin F. Shively died and Tom Taggart appointed by Governor Ralston.
7 Jonathan Jennings, having been elected to Congress before the end of his second term, resigned the office of Governor September 12, 1822, and was succeeded by Ratliff Boone, who served until December 5th of the same year.
8 Governor Hendricks having been elected a Senator of the United States, resigned his office on the 12th day of February, 1825, and was succeeded by James B. Ray, the President of the State Senate, who served as Governor during the remainder of the term.
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James B. Ray, from 1825 to 1831.
Noah Noble, from 1831 to 1837.
David Wallace, from 1837 to 1840.
Samuel Bigger, from 1840 to 1843.
James Whitcomb, from 1843 to 1848.9
Paris C. Dunning (acting), from 1848 to 1849.
Joseph A. Wright, from 1849 to 1857.
Ashbel P. Willard, from 1857 to 1860.10
Abram A. Hammond (acting), from 1860 to 1861.
Henry S. Lane, from January 14 to January 16, 1861.11
Oliver P. Morton (acting), from 1861 to 1865.
Oliver P. Morton, from 1865 to 1867.12
Conrad Baker (acting), from 1867 to 1869.
Conrad Baker, from 1869 to 1873.
Thomas A. Hendricks, from 1873 to 1877.
James D. Williams, from 1877 to 1880.13
Isaac P. Gray (acting), from 1880 to 1881.
Albert G. Porter, from 1881 to 1885.
Isaac P. Gray, from 1885 to 1889.
Alvin P. Hovey, from 1889 to 1891.14
Ira J. Chase (acting), from November 24, 1891, to January 9, 1893.
Clande Matthews, from 1893 to 1897.
James A. Mount, from 1897 to 1901. Winfield T. Durbin, from 1901 to 1905. J. Frank Hanly, from 1905 to 1909.
Thomas R. Marshall, from 1909 to 1913.
Samuel M. Ralston, from 1913 to 1917. James P. Goodrich, from 1917 to 1921.
9 Governor Whitcomb was elected a Senator of the United States December 27, 1848, and Paris C. Dunning, Lieutenant-Governor, served as Governor during the remainder of the term.
10 Governor Willard died on the third day of October, 1860, and Abram A. Hammond, the Lieutenant-Governor, served as Governor during the remainder of the term.
11 Governor Lane was elected a Senator of the United States January 16, 1861, and Oliver P. Morton, the Lieutenant-Governor, served as Governor the remainder of the term.
12 Governor Oliver P. Morton was elected Senator of the United States on the 23d day of January, 1867. On the day following he resigned his office, and Conrad Baker, the Lieutenant-Governor, served as Governor during the remainder of the term.
18 Governor Williams died November 20, 1880, and Isaac P. Gray, Lieuten- ant-Governor, served as Governor the remainder of the term.
14 Governor Hovey died November 23, 1891, and Lieutenant-Governor Ira J. Chase served as Governor the remainder of the term.
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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS
Christopher Harrison, from 1816 to 1819.
Ratliff Boone, from 1819 to 1825. John H. Thompson, from 1825 to 1828. Milton Stapp, from 1828 to 1831. David Wallace, from 1831 to 1837. David Hillis, from 1837 to 1840. Samuel Hall, from 1840 to 1843.
Jesse D. Bright, from 1843 to 1845.15
Godlove S. Orth (acting), 1845.
James G. Reed (acting), 1846. Paris C. Dunning, from 1846 to 1848.
James G. Reed (acting), 1849. James H. Line, from 1849 to 1853. Ashbel P. Willard, from 1853 to 1857.
Abram A. Hammond, from 1857 to 1860.
Oliver P. Morton, from January 14 to January 16, 1861.
John R. Cravens (acting), from 1861 to 1863.16
Paris C. Dunning (acting), from 1863 to 1865.
Conrad Baker, from 1865 to 1867. Will Cumback (acting), from 1867 to 1869.
Will Cumback, from 1869 to 1872.
George W. Friedley (acting), from 1872 to 1873.
Leonidas Sexton, from 1873 to 1877.
Isaac P. Gray, from 1877 to 1880.
Frederick W. Viehe (acting), 1881. Thomas Hanna, from 1881 to 1885.
Mahlon D. Manson, from 1885 to 1887.17
Robert S. Robertson, from 1887 to 1889.
Ira J. Chase, from 1889 to November 24, 1891.18
Francis M. Griffith, President pro tem. of Senate (acting), Lieu- tenant-Governor from 1891 to 1893.
Mortimer Nye, from 1893 to 1897. William S. Haggard, from 1897 to 1901.
15 Jesse D. Bright was elected to the Senate of the United States March 6, 1845.
16 Henry S. Lane resigned as Governor and was elected United States Senator. Oliver P. Morton succeeded Lane, and John R. Cravens, the Presi- dent of the Senate, acted as Lieutenant-Governor.
17 Vacated office by qualifying as Revenne Collector.
18 Lieutenant-Governor Chase assumed the duties of Governor November 24, 1891.
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HISTORY OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
Newton W. Gilbert, from 1901 to 1905. Hugh T. Miller, from 1905 to 1909. Frank J. Hall, from 1909 to 1913. William P. O'Neill, from 1913 to 1917. Edgar D. Bush, from 1917 to 1921.
SECRETARIES OF STATE
Robert A. New, from 1816 to 1825. William W. Week, from 1825 to 1829. James Morrison, from 1829 to 1833. William Sheets, from 1833 to 1837. William J. Brown, from 1837 to 1841. William Sheets, from 1841 to 1845. John H. Thompson, 1845 to 1849. Charles H. Test, from 1849 to 1853. Nehemiah Hayden, from 1853 to 1855.
Erasmus B. Collins, from 1855 to 1857.
Daniel McClure, from 1857 to 1859 (resigned).
Cyrus L. Dunham, from 1859 to 1861. William A. Peelle, from 1861 to 1863. James S. Athon, from 1863 to 1865. Nelson Trusler, from 1865 to 1869. Max F. A. Hoffman, from 1869 to 1871.
Norman Eddy, from 1871 to 1872 (died).
John H. Farquhar, from 1872 to 1873. William W. Curry, from 1873 to 1875. John E. Neff, from 1875 to 1879. John G. Shanklin, from 1879 to 1881.
Emanuel R. Hawn, from 1881 to 1883.
William R. Myers, from 1883 to 1887. Charles F. Griffin, from 1887 to 1891. Claude Matthews, from 1891 to January 9, 1893.19
Myron D. King, from January 9, 1893, to January 17, 1893. William R. Myers, from 1893 to 1895. William D. Owen, from 1895 to 1899. Union B. Hunt, from 1899 to 1903. Daniel E. Storms, from 1903 to April 1, 1906.20 Fred A. Sims, from 1906 to 1910.
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