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On April 21, 1817, the first session of the Daviess Circuit court convened at the house of Alexander Bruce, with William Prince as President Judge. The two Associate Judges were William H. Routt and James G. Read. George R. C. Sullivan was the Prosecuting Attorney. Judge Prince resigned May 16, 1818, and Governor Jennings appointed Thomas Blake to serve until the Legislature should select a successor. General W. Johnston was chosen by the Legislature on December 31, 1818, but resigned in the following April. Jonathan Doty (1819-22), who followed Johnston, found the work of Judge more onerous than remunerative and resigned in March, 1822. Jacob Call served the following two years, resigning July 28, 1824, in favor of John R. Porter. The act of January 20, 1830, put Daviess in the Seventh circuit and five days later the Legislature appointed John Law Judge of the new circuit. Judge Law resigned in August of the following year and was succeeded by General W. Johnston, who filled the bench until January 21, 1832. Amory Kinney succeeded Judge Johnston and served as President Judge until January, 1837, when Elisha M. Huntington came upon the bench. Judge Hunting- ton served until April, 1839, when he was succeeded by David McDonald, whose term as President Judge continued until 1852, when the new Constitution became effective.
The first Circuit Judge under the new Constitution in Daviess county was Alvin P. Hovey, who began his term on October 12, 1852, and served until 1854. Hovey was a dis- tinguished soldier in the Civil War and arose to the rank of major-general. He was elected a representative in Congress for the First district in 1886 and, two years later, was elected
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Governor of Indiana, dying during his term of office. General Hovey was succeeded as Circuit Judge by William E. Niblack, who began his term in 1854 and served until his resignation, October 24, 1857. Judge Niblack represented the First In- diana district in Congress during the thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first and forty-second sessions, from 1865 to 1873.
Ballard Smith succeeded Judge Niblack on the bench and served by appointment from October 24, 1857, to November 1, 1858. Michael F. Burke, of Washington, was commis- sioned Judge of the circuit by Governor A. P. Willard, on November 1, 1858, and continued until his death, May 22, 1864, after which he was succeeded by James C. Denny, who was appointed to the position by Governor Morton. In the following election John Baker was elected Judge of the cir- cuit and he continued in office until November, 1870, when he was succeeded by Judge Newton F. Malott, who had been elected in the fall of 1870. Judge Malott continued as Judge of the circuit until April 2, 1885, when a change in judicial districts was made and he became, by virtue of this act, a resident of another district. By this change Daviess county became a part of the Forty-ninth judicial circuit and David J. Hefron was appointed (April 2, 1885) by Governor Isaac P. Gray as Judge of the new circuit. At the following election, Judge Hefron was chosen to succeed himself and he continued in office until 1898, when Hileary Q. Houghton, of Shoals, was elected Circuit Judge. Judge Houghton served twelve years, his term ending November 15, 1910, when James W. Ogden, the present Judge, assumed the duties of the office. Judge Ogden's term expires November 15, 1916.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
James G. Read April 16, 1817.
William H. Routt
April 16, 1817; resigned June, 1821.
Philip Barton August 27. 1821; resigned June 25, 1825.
Ephraim Thompson August 27, 1821.
Ephraim Thompsou August 22, 1823.
Philip Barton August 22, 1823.
Rowley Scott
August 22, 1825, vice Philip Barton, resigned.
Michael Murphy April 30, 1829, to serve seven years from August 22, 1825.
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Michael Murphy September 8, 1830, to serve seven years from March 10, 1831; resigned December 18, 1834.
Ephraim Thompson September S, 1830, to serve seven years from March 10, 1831; resigned June, 1834.
John L. Caldwell August 5, 1834, to serve seven years from March 10, 1831; resigned March, 1836.
Elijah Chapman March 20, 1835, appointed, vice Michael Murphy (resigned), to serve seven years from March 10, 1831.
Cornelius Berkshire __ May 14, 1836, to serve seven years from March 10, 1831, vice John L. Caldwell, resigned.
Cornelius Berkshire August 21, 1837.
Kenneth Dye August 21, 1837.
Cornelius Berkshire August 27, 1844, to serve seven years from March 10, 1845.
Benjamin Fitzgerald August 27, 1844, to serve seven years from March 10, 1845.
Jesse Morgan August 25, 1851. to serve seven years from March 10, 1852. Samuel A. Rodarmel __ August 25, 1851, to serve seven years from March 10, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
James Breeze August 13, 1829, resigned.
James McDonald July 23, 1832, appointed.
James McDonald September 3, 1832, to serve seven years from date.
December 23, 1838, vice James McDonald (removed
William G. Cole from county), to serve until August election, 1839.
William G. Cole August 14, 1839, to serve seven years from date.
William G. Cole August 21, 1846, to serve seven years from August 14, 1846; died July 16, 1849.
Alfred Davis August 7, 1849, vice William G. Cole, deceased.
John Brayfield September 7, 1850, to serve seven years from date.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Richard A. Clements, Sr.1852-66, resigned.
James C. Denny Appointed May 21, 1866-November 12, 1866.
Richard A. Clements, Sr.1866-67.
W. Ray Gardner Commission Issued October 22, 1867 (declined to accept ).
James T. Pierce 1867-73. 1
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
James H. McConnell 1852-54.
Clark M. Anthony 1854-55, resigned.
Henry S. Cauthorn Appointed July 2, 1855-56, resigned.
J. W. Burton Appointed March 29, 1856.
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William H. Donahey. 1856-58.
Oliver T. Baird
1858-60, resigned.
Noah S. Given
Appointed March 27, 1860-62.
James T. Pierce
1862-66.
Samuel H. Taylor
1866-70.
Europe F. Littlepage. 1870-72, resigned.
Frank B. Posey Appointed March 19, 1872.
Charles H. McCarty. 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
William Prince February 15, 1817-May 16, 1818; resigned. First circuit.
Thomas Blake Appointed May 16, 1818-December 31, 1818, re- signed.
General W. Johnston __ Appointed December 31, 1818-April 10, 1819, re- signed.
Jonathan Doty Appointed April 10, 1819-March 7, 1822, resigned. Jacob Call Appointed March 7, 1822-July 28, 1824, resigned.
John R. Porter Appointed July 28, 1824-January 20, 1830. The act
of January 20, 1830, put Daviess in the Seventh.
John Law January 25, 1830-August 10, 1831, resigned.
General W. Johnston. Appointed August 10, 1831-January 21, 1832.
Amory Kinney January 21, 1832-January 25, 1837, resigned.
Elisha M. Huntington. ._ Appointed January 25, 1837-January 28, 1839. The
act of January 28, 1839, put Daviess in the Tenth.
David McDonald
January 28, 1839-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Alvin P. Hovey October 12, 1852; resigned September 26, 1854. Third circuit.
William E. Niblack Appointed September 26, 1854; resigned October 24, 1857.
Ballard Smith Appointed October 24, 1857-November 1, 1858. Michael F. Burke November 1, 1858; died in office May 22, 1864.
James C. Denny Appointed June 27, 1864-November 1, 1864.
John Baker November 1, 1864-November 1, 1870.
Newton F. Mallott November 1, 1870-April 2, 1885. The act of March 6, 1873, put Daviess in the Twelfth, and trans- ferred Mallott from the Third to the Twelfth. The act of April 2, 1885, put Daviess in the newly created Forty-ninth with Martin, where they have since remained.
David J. Hefron Appointed April 2, 1885-November 15, 1898. Hileary Q. Houghton November 15, 1898-November 15, 1910.
James W. Ogden November 15, 1910; term expires November 15, 1916.
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
John Law August 9, 1824-January 20, 1830. The act of Jan- uary 20, 1830, put Daviess in the Seventh.
E. M. Huntington
January 25, 1830-January 25, 1832.
John H. Dowden January 25, 1832-April 9, 1833, died. Erasmus H. McJunkin_Appointed April 9, 1833-August 13, 1834, died.
John Cowgill Appointed August 14, 1834-December 4, 1834.
David McDonald
December 4, 1834-August 17, 1837, resigned.
John Cowgill August 17, 1837-February 13, 1838.
Delana R. Eckles February 13, 1838-January 28, 1839. The act of January 28, 1839, put Daviess in the Tenth.
John I. Watts February 1, 1839-February 1, 1843.
William G. Quick
February 1, 1843-February 1, 1845.
Craven P. Hester
February 1, 1845-February 1, 1849.
William M. Franklin August 23, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Andrew L. Robinson October 12, 1852-November 7, 1854. Third circuit.
Nathaniel Usher November 7, 1854-November 22, 1855, resigned.
Harmon G. Barkwell ._ November 22, 1854; resigned August 15, 1857, to take effect August 31, 1857.
William F. Parrett Appointed August 31, 1857-November 12, 1857.
James M. Shanklin November 12, 1857. Record states Shanklin re- signed August 11, 1858, although commission was issued again November 24, 1858, and served until August 3, 1859, when Shanklin was transferred to Fifteenth.
Richard A. Clements, Jr.Appointed August 3, 1859-August 14, 1866.
W. Ray Gardiner Appointed August 14, 1866-November 3, 1866.
Cutler S. Dobbins. November 3, 1866-November 3, 1872.
Samuel H. Taylor November 3, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March
6, 1873, put Daviess in the Twelfth.
John H. O'Neall Appointed April 12, 1873-November 12, 1877.
Ephraim Moser November 12. 1877-November 12, 1879.
John S. Long. November 12, 1879-November 17, 1882.
Arnold J. Padgett November 17, 1882-April 2, 1885. The act of April
2, 1885, put Davies in the Forty-ninth where it has since remained.
Hiram McCormack Appointed June 26, 1885-November 17, 1886.
Joseph D. Laughlin November 17, 1886-November 17, 1888.
Charles M. Mears November 17, 1888-November 17, 1892.
James M. Huff November 17, 1892-November 17, 1894.
P. R. Wadsworth November 17, 1894-November 17, 1896.
James B. Marshall November 17, 1896-November 17, 1898.
Charles M. Mears November 17, 1898-January 1, 1901.
Alvin J. Padgett January 1, 1901-January 1, 1905.
Edgar T. Laughlin January 1, 1905-January 1, 1909.
Elmer E. Hastings January 1, 1909-January 1, 1911.
Flavian A. Seal January 1, 1911-January 1, 1915.
Charles M. Mears January 1, 1915; term expires January 1, 1917.
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DEARBORN COUNTY.
Dearborn was the third county in the state to be organized, following Knox and Clark counties. It was created by the Territorial Legislature on March 7, 1803, and occupied a tri- angular tract, known in Indiana history as the "Gore," which reached from the Ohio river to a point in Jay county. It included all of the present counties of Dearborn and Ohio, to- gether with parts of Switzerland, Franklin, Union, Wayne, Randolph and Jay.
When Dearborn county was organized, its seat of justice was located at Lawrenceburg, the court house being one-half of a double-log cabin belonging to Jabez Percival, one of the territorial Judges. Rising Sun was anxious to have the county seat and when it found that Lawrenceburg was to have the honor, its leading citizens began to agitate the question of organizing a new county, of which Rising Sun should be the county seat. The struggle between the two towns was finally the cause of Lawrenceburg losing the county seat for a few years. On September 26, 1836, Wilmington became the county seat of Dearborn county and it was not until April 4, 1844, that it was moved back to Lawrenceburg in accordance with the legislative act of January 3, 1844. It was out of this fight that Ohio county came into existence as a result of the act of January 4, 1844. The Lawrenceburg court house was gutted by fire on the morning of March 6, 1826, and all of the county records were lost. A new structure was immediately erected, the same foundation and walls being utilized. This building continued in use (with the exception of the eight years the county seat was at Wilmington) until 1870, when it was torn down to make way for the present building.
Dearborn county was in existence thirteen years under the old territorial government of Indiana and during this time had a variety of local courts. There were Common Pleas courts, General Quarter-sessions of the Peace courts, Orphans' courts, Probate courts and courts of Jail Delivery. It is not certain when the first term of court convened in the county, but the best authority states that the first court was held in February, 1803. This first session was held in the log cabin of Dr. Jabez Percival, one of the Associate Judges. The first
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Judges of the Court of Common Pleas were commissioned by Governor Harrison on March 7, 1803. They were Benjamin Chambers, John Brownson, Jeremiah Hunt, Jabez Percival, Barent Hulick and Richard Stevens. These six Judges also presided over both the Quarter Sessions and the Orphans courts. A complete list of all of the Judicial officers of the county from 1803 to 1816 is given in a subsequent paragraph of this chapter.
The first court house in the county was erected in 1810 and stood on the site of the present structure. It was a two- story brick building and served the purpose for which it was built until it was destroyed by fire, March 5, 1826.
The act of December 24, 1816, divided the fifteen counties of the state into three Judicial circuits, Dearborn being placed in the third with Franklin, Wayne, Switzerland and Jefferson. Only one other change was made in the circuit before 1852. This was provided for by the act of January 15, 1847, which put Dearborn in the Thirteenth with Franklin, Decatur and Ripley. John Test, of Franklin county, was elected by the Legislature in December, 1816, as the first President Judge of the Third circuit and he served until he resigned, January 2, 1819. Alexander O. Meek was elected by the Legislature to succeed Judge Test, but he resigned a month later and John Watts, of Dearborn county, was chosen in his stead. Judge Watts served less than a year, being followed by Miles C. Eggleston, of Switzerland county, who served continuously until December, 1844. Courtland Cushing, of Jefferson county, succeeded Judge Eggleston and presided over the Dearborn Circuit court until the act of January 15, 1847, put Dearborn in the Thirteenth circuit. Six days later the Legis- lature elected George H. Dunn, of Dearborn county, as Presi- dent Judge of the new circuit. Judge Dunn was followed in January, 1850, by William M. McCarty, of Franklin county, who served until the new Constitution went into effect, Oc- tober 12, 1852.
Judge McCarty was the only President Judge in the state elected to the Circuit bench under the new Constitution in 1852. Dearborn county was placed in the Fourth circuit by the act of June 17, 1852, the circuit also including Franklin,
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Decatur, Shelby, Rush, Fayette and Union. Judge McCarty resigned, July 29, 1853, and the Governor appointed Reuben D. Logan, of Decatur county, on the 10th of the following October as his successor. Judge Logan served by appointment and subsequent election until October 12, 1865. At that time, Jeremiah M. Wilson, of Fayette county, came upon the bench and he was presiding at the time the act of April 22, 1869, put Dearborn in the newly-created Twenty-sixth circuit with Union, Franklin and Ohio. Judge Wilson was left in the Fourth circuit, which was composed of Decatur, Rush and Fayette, and the Governor appointed (April 28, 1869) Robert N. Lamb, of Switzerland county, as the first Judge of the newly-created Twenty-sixth circuit. Judge Lamb was suc- ceeded by Henry C. Hanna, of Franklin county, in October, 1870, and the latter served until the act of March 6, 1873, united Dearborn and Ohio in the Seventh circuit. Judge Lamb was left in the Sixth circuit and the Governor appointed (March 29, 1873) Omer F. Roberts as Judge of the Seventh. Judge Roberts was elected in the fall of 1873 and served a full term of six years.
Following Judge Roberts in 1879 came Noah S. Givan, William H. Bainbridge and A. C. Downey, who served six years each in succession. During the incumbency of Judge Bainbridge, the act of February 4, 1891, added Switzerland to the Seventh circuit, but this county was detached with the act of February 24, 1897, and added to Jefferson to constitute the Fifth circuit. Dearborn and Ohio have constituted the Seventh since 1897. Noah S. Givan again came on the bench in October, 1897, for a six-year term. He was followed in 1903 by George E. Downey, of Dearborn county, who served by re-election until he resigned in May, 1913, to become comp- troller of the United States treasury. Warren N. Hauck, of Dearborn county, the present incumbent, was appointed May 10, 1913, to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Downey and was elected in the fall of 1914 for a regular term of six years.
Dearborn county, the third county in the state to be organ- ized, has had a long roster of eminent lawyers during its career of one hundred and thirteen years. Even before the name Indianapolis had ever been coined, there was a long list
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of successful barristers practicing at Lawrenceburg, among them being Jesse B. Thomas, James Noble, William Hendricks, Jesse L. Holman, Amos Lane, Elijah Sparks, John Lawrence, Thomas Wardell, Daniel J. Caswell and Moses Hitchcock. This list of twelve lawyers contains one Governor, two United States senators, three congressmen, five Judges, and some of the lawyers held other positions as well. The three decades following 1820 saw a large number of lawyers practicing before the local bar, but they could hardly be compared to the group of the first two decades (1800-20). Among the leaders during this period from 1820 to 1850 were John Test, George H. Dunn, Daniel S. Major, James T. Brown, Horace Bassett, Arthur St. Clair Vance, Ezekiel Walker, Phillip L. Spooner, Edwin Piatt and Theodore and Carter Gazlay.
When the corner-stone of the present court house was laid, a list of all the lawyers practicing in the county was placed in a receptacle and sealed up, that future generations might have preserved for them the list of the men who attempted to preserve law and order in 1871. This list of Dearborn county lawyers of 1871 contained the following names: Daniel S. Major, William S. Holman, John D. Haynes, John Swartz, John K. Thompson, William W. Tilley, George B. Fitch, Noah S. Givan, Francis Adkinson, William H. Bainbridge, Omer F. Roberts, George M. Roberts, Elmer W. Adkinson, Hamilton Conaway, William H. Mathews, Isaac M. Dann, Hugh D. McMullen, Oliver B. Liddell, Richard Gregg and George R. Brumblay.
TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY.
March 7, 1803 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions and Orphans Court: Benjamin Chambers, John Brownson, Jeremiah Hunt, Jabez Percival, Barnet Hulick aud Richard Stevens.
March 7, 1803 Justices of the Peace: William Major and James McCarty.
March 7, 1803 Judge of Probate: John Brownson.
August 30, 1803 Justice of the Peace: Jonathan McCarty.
September 8, 1804 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions. William Cotton.
December 14, 1805 Judges of the Common Pleas: Benjamin Chamb- ers, Barnet Hulick aud William Major.
April 11, 1806 Justices of the Peace: Justus Gibbs, James Adair, Sr., Benjamin Drake, John Templeton and Richard Rue.
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July 19, 1806 Justice of the Peace: James Adair, Sr. December 24, 1806. Justices of the Peace: John Livingston and Sam- uel Fulton.
August 22, 1807 Justice of the Peace: Jonathan McCarty.
September 14, 1807 Justice of the Peace: Benjamin MePiatt.
September 15. 1807 Justice of the Peace: George Craig.
December 2, 1807
Justice of the Peace: William Wilson.
March 17, 1808 Justice of the Peace: Euoch McCarty.
June 12, 1808 Justices of the Peace: Thomas T. Gayness and Chambers Foster.
January 16, 1809 Justice of the Peace. David Hoover.
March 16, 1809 Justice of the Peace: John Clendening.
July 4, 1809. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Jabez Per- cival, vice Barnet Hulick, resigned.
October 21, 1809 Justices of the Peace: Jeremiah Meeks, Jesse Davenport, Johu Ireland, Abraham Elliott, John Cox and Stanhope Roister.
April 10, 1810 Justice of the Peace: Lewis Jones.
June 13, 1810 Justice of the Peace: William Dubois.
July 3, 1810 Justice of the Peace: William Ross, Sr.
August 28, 1810 Justice of the Peace: James Allen.
December 14, 1810 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Solomon Manwarring, vice Benjamin Chambers, resigned.
December 14, 1810. Prosecuting Attorney : James Dill, for the coun- ties of Dearborn and Jefferson.
March 4, 1811 Justice of the Peace: Moses Wiley.
May 28, 1811 Prosecuting Attorney, Jesse L. Holman, vice James Dill, resigned.
December 10, 1811 Justices of the Peace: Timothy Davis, Amos Boardman and Ezekiel Jackson.
March 17, 1812 Justice of the Peace: Isaac Polk.
February 18, 1813. Justices of the Peace: William Caldwell and
Daniel Lynn.
September 11, 1813 Justice of the Peace: Ezra Gard.
January 6, 1814 Judges of the Circuit court : William Major, first judge: Isaac Dunn, second judge; Solomon Man- warring, third judge.
January 25, 1814 Justices of the Peace: George Nichols and Alex- ander White.
March 31, 1814 Judge of the Circuit court: Roger Brown, third judge.
September 3, 1814 Justice of the Peace: John Walker.
September 16, 1814 Associate Judges of the Circuit court: William Major, first associate: Isaac Dunn, second asso- ciate.
May 19, 1815. Justices of the Peace: Levi Miller and Robert Miller. July 29, 1815. Justice of the Peace. Spencer Wiley.
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July 31, 1815 Justice of the Peace: John Dawson.
March 7, 1816 Justice of the Peace: James Blackhouse, William Purcell and Ezra Ferris.
May 25, 1816 Justice of the Peace: Charles L. Brasher.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
John Livingston February 15, 1817, to serve seven years from date.
Solomon Manwaring February 14, 1817.
Solomon Manwaring. August 28, 1823.
John Livingston
August 28, 1823.
Isaac Dunn
September 8. 1:30, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 14. 1831; resigned, May. 1837.
George Kingsbury August 14, 1837. vice Isaac Dunn, resigned.
John MePike September 8, 1830, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 14, 1831.
Samuel H. Dowden August 8, 1835, vice John McPike (resigned), to serve seven years from February 13, 1831.
Alfred Z. Cotton August 14, 1837.
John Livingston. August 14. 1837.
Jehu Emrie (Emery ) August 26, 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 14, 1845.
David Conger August 26, 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 14, 1845.
Richard Spicknell August 26. 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 14, 1852.
Bryant Connelly August 16. 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- mary 14, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
George H. Dunn August 12, 1829.
John Livingstone August 15, 1831, resigned.
John MePike. June 23, 1837. appointed.
John Palmer August 14, 1837, died. Certificate of death filed March 30, 1843.
Theodore Gazley May 3, 1843, appointed, vice Johu Palmer. deceased.
William S. Holman August 21, 1843.
Alfred Z. Cotton April 13, 1847, vice William S. Holman, resigned.
Alfred Z. Cotton August 21, 1847. to serve seven years from date.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
William S. Holman 1852-56.
Jeremiah Bundy 1856-60.
Francis Adkinson 1860-64.
Robert N. Lamb
1864-68.
Scott Carter. 1868-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Charles N. Shook 1852-54.
Horace A. Mayhew 1854-56.
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Isaac H .Carabaugl 1856-58. resigned.
Robert O. Terrill Appointed January 23. 1858-59, resigned.
Greene Durbin Appointed May 16, 1859.
William S. Schryver 1859-60.
John Barber. 1860-62.
Solon Russell 1862-64.
William D. Wilson 1864-66.
Albert B. Goden. 1866-67.
William P. Adkinson.
Appointed December 7. 1867-68.
ITugh D. MeMullen 1868-70.
Isaac M. Dunn
1870-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
John Test December 18. 1816-Jannary 2. 1819, resigned. Third
circuit.
Alexander O. Meek Appointed January 2, 1819-February 2, 1819.
John Watts February 2. 1819-Januray 21, 1820.
Miles C. Eggleston January 21, 1820-Deember 18, 1844.
Courtland Cushing December 18. 1844-January 15, 1847. The act of January 15, 1847. put Dearborn in the Thirteenth.
George H. Dunn January 21, 1847-January 24, 1850.
William M. MeCarty January 24, 1850-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
William H. MeCarty October 12, 1852: resigned July 29, 1853. Fourth circuit.
Reuben D. Logan Appointed August 10, 1853-October 12, 1865.
Jeremiah M. Wilson October 12. 1865-Ajril 22, 1869. The act of April 22. 1869, put Dearborn in the newly created Twenty-sixth.
Robert N. Lamb Appointed April 28, 1869-October 24, 1870.
Henry C. Hanna October 24. 1870-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6. 1873. put Dearborn in the Seventh.
Omar F. Roberts. Appointed March 29, 1873-October 21, 1879.
Noah S. Givan October 21. 1879-October 21, 1885.
William H. Bainbridge_ October 21. 1885-October 21, 1891. The act of February 4, 1891, added Switzerland to the Seventh.
Alexander C. Downey __ October 21. 1891-October 21, 1897. The act of February 24. 1897. made Dearborn and Ohio the only counties in the Seventh, where they have since remained.
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