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John Law January 25, 1830-August 10. 1831, resigned.
General W. Johnston Appointed August 10, 1831-December 12, 1831.
Amory Kinney December 12, 1831-January 25, 1837.
Elisha M. Huntington_Jannary 25, 1837-January 28, 1839. The act of January 28, 1839, pnt Martin in the Tenth.
David MeDonald
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.
M. F. Burke November 1, 1858: died in office in June, 1864.
James C. Denny Appointed Jnne 27. 1864-November 1, 1864.
John Baker November 1, 1864-November 1, 1870.
Newton F. Mallott November 1, 1870-March 8, 1879. The act of March 6, 1873, put Martin in the Twelfth, and the act of March 8, 1879, put it in the Tenth. Mallott was transferred from the Third to the Twelfth by the act of March 6, 1873.
Eliphalet D. Pearson __ March 8, 1879-October 22, 1879. Judge Pearson had been on the bench of the Tenth since October 22, 1873.
Francis Wilson October 22, 1879-April 2, 1885. The act of April 2, 1885, put Martin in the newly created Forty-ninth with Daviess, where they have since remained.
David J. Ilefron 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. First circuit. The act of January 20, 1830, put Martin in the Seveuth.
E. M. Huntington January 25, 1830-January 25, 1832.
John H. Dowdeu January 25, 1832-April 9, 1833; died.
Erasmus H. McJunkin Appointed April 9, 1833-August 14, 1834, died.
John Cowgill
Appointed August 14, 1834-December 4, 1834.
David McDonald
December 4, 1834-August 17, 1837, resigned.
John Cowgill Appointed August 17, 1837-February 13, 1838.
Delana R. Eckles February 13, 1838-January 28, 1839. The act of January 28, 1839, put Martiu 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 Appointed November 22, 1855-August 15, 1857, re- signed.
William F. Parrett. Appointed August 31, 1857-November 12, 1857.
James M. Shanklin November 12, 1857; resigned October 11, 185S. Commission issued again November 24. 1858; served until August 3, 1859, when Shanklin was removed to Fifteenth.
R. 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 Martin in the Twelfth.
John H. O'Neall Appointed April 12, 1873-November 12, 1877.
Ephraim Moser November 12, 1877-March 8, 1879. The act of March 8, 1879, put Martin in the Tenth.
John R. East March 8, 1879-October 22, 1879.
Milton S. Mavity October 22, 1879-October 22, 1881.
Henry C. Duncan October 22, 1881-October 22, 1883.
Joseph E. Henley October 22, 1883-April 2, 1885. The act of April 2, 1885, put Martin in the newly created Forty-ninth with Daviess, where they have since remained.
Arnold J. Padgett April 2, 1885; resigned June 25, 1885. The act of April 2. 1885, transferred Padgett from the Twelfth to the Forty-ninth.
Hiram McCormack Appointed June 26, 1885-November 17. 1886. Joseph D. Laughlin November 17, 1886-November 17, 18SS.
Charles M. Mears November 17, 1888-November 17, 1892.
James M. Huff Novemmber 17, 1892-November 17, 1894.
Peter R. Wadsworth. November 17, 1894-November 17, 1896.
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James B. Marshall November 17, 1896-November 17. 1898.
Charles M. Mears November 17, 1898-Jannary 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.
MIAMI COUNTY.
Miami county was organized by the act of January 2, 1834, which went into effect on the first of the following March. The first county seat of Miami was at Miamisport, a town laid out in 1828 in the hope that it would be selected for the county seat. It was on the same section of land now occupied by Peru, a section originally set aside as a reservation for John B. Richardville, the noted Miami Indian Chief. Richard- ville sold the east half to William N. Hood and the western half to Joseph Holman and the two men then laid out Miamis- port. Hood and Holman failed to agree and in consequence Hood outbid Holman and secured the location of the county seat east of Miamisport, where Peru now stands. The growth of Peru was such that long since it took Miamisport within its limits. It was ordered vacated in June, 1841.
The first court house, a brick building forty feet square, was burned down, March 16, 1843, destroying all county rec- ords but those of the county commissioners. The Legislature helped to straighten out the situation with the act of Decem- ber 26, 1843. On account of the destruction of the early rec- ords of Miami county, the history of the early courts is very obscure. The first court met either in August or September, 1834, after the organization of the county on January 2, when it was attached to the Eighth judicial district, composed of the counties of Cass, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Allen, La- grange, Elkhart, St. Joseph and Laporte. Gustavus A. Everts, of Laporte county, was President Judge and Stephen S. Shanks and Jacob Wilkinson, Associate Judges. The first session of the Circuit court was held in Miamisport. In September, 1835, the third term of the Circuit court was held at the tav- ern of Hugh A. B. Peoples, in a room not over eighteen feet square. Judge Everts was succeeded in 1836 by Samuel C.
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Sample, who had served as prosecuting attorney. After Judge Sample retired from the bench, he was succeeded by Charles W. Ewing, who served until the summer of 1839. After re- tiring from the bench in March, 1839, Judge Ewing became dissipated in his habits and died by his own hand on January 9, 1843.
Henry Chase, of Logansport, was appointed Judge in the Eighth district by Governor Wallace, September 1, 1839. The Legislature, which convened in December, 1839, chose John W. Wright as President Judge of the Eighth circuit. Judge Wright served a full term of seven years and while he was on the bench the Miami county court house was built, but it was scarcely completed before it was destroyed by fire on March 16, 1843.
The authentic history of the Miami Circuit court begins with the September term, 1843, which was held in the Presby- terian church, with John W. Wright as President Judge and Albert Cole and George S. Fenimore as Associate Judges. Spier S. Tipton was prosecuting attorney.
In January, 1847, Horace P. Biddle succeeded Judge Wright upon the bench. Judge Biddle was a man of scientific and literary turn of mind and the author of a number of books, including a collection of poems. Judge Biddle served until 1852, when he was elected a delegate to the Constitu- tional Convention, becoming one of its most active and dis- tinguished members. Upon his resignation, Robert H. Milroy, of Carroll county, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Judge Milroy, after having organized several companies at the out- break of the Civil War, became the colonel of the Ninth In- diana Infantry and was eventually promoted to the rank of major-general. He held but one term of court in Miami coun- ty and was succeeded by Thomas L. Stanfield, who was the first Judge of the Circuit under the new Constitution. The act of January 21, 1853, placed Miami in the Eleventh circuit and the Governor appointed John U. Pettit, already conspic- uous in public life. He had served as a member of the In- diana Legislature and as United States Consul to Rio de Ja- neiro, Brazil. He resigned in the fall of 1854 to enter Con- gress. He served as a colonel in the Civil War.
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The first term of the Circuit court in Miami county, under the present state Constitution, convened March 14, 1853, with Judge John U. Pettit on the bench and John M. Connell as prosecuting attorney. When Judge Pettit left the bench to enter Congress, Governor Wright appointed John Brownlee, of Grant county, which had, in the meantime, been added to the district, to the vacancy. Judge Brownlee held one term of court in Miami county during his appointment, in March, 1854, John M. Wallace, also of Grant county, having been elected in the fall of the same year to fill the unexpired term of Pettit. He first presided over the Miami Circuit court in March, 1855, at which time Isaiah M. Harlan was prosecut- ing attorney. Judge Wallace continued on the bench until 1860.
In the fall of 1860, Horace P. Biddle was elected Judge of the Eleventh district, then composed of Carroll, Cass, Miami, Grant, Wabash and Huntington counties. He assumed the duties of his office in October, 1860, and continued upon the bench until 1872, when he was succeeded by Dudley H. Chase, who served from November 3, 1872, to December 14, 1872. On the latter date the Legislature placed Miami in the Twen- ty-second circuit, John U. Pettit being appointed Judge of the new circuit. Judge Pettit was elected in the fall of 1873 and served for a full term of six years. Judge Pettit was suc- ceeded by Lyman Walker, who was the first resident of Miami county to occupy the position of Circuit Judge. Judge Walker was a native of Vermont, who first attended Dartmouth College and later graduated at Middlebury College. After having reorganized the public schools of Peru upon com- ing to Indiana, he had practiced law with Harvey J. Shirk. In 1878 he was elected Judge of the Twenty-seventh judicial circuit and served one term. He died on March 5, 1894. The act of March 6, 1873, united Miami and Wabash in the Twenty-seventh circuit.
In the fall of 1884, James D. Conner, of Wabash county, was elected Circuit Judge. The Legislature of 1889 made Miami county the sole county of the Fifty-first judicial cir- cuit. As Judge Conner lived in Wabash county, the Governor appointed James M. Brown as Judge of the newly established
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Miami Circuit court. Judge Brown had previously been prom- inent in public life in Miami county, having served several terms as mayor of Peru, as city engineer, as a member of the school board and as a member of the city council.
In November, 1890, Jabez T. Cox was elected to succeed Judge Brown. Judge Cox was a native of Clinton county, Indiana, and, for a time, lived in both Tipton and Frankfort. During a short residence in Kansas, he had been a candidate for attorney-general on the Democratic ticket. Judge Cox served two terms as Judge of the Miami Circuit court and, since retiring from the bench, has been the senior member of the firm of Cox & Andrews.
In 1902 Joseph N. Tillett, a native of Miami county, suc- ceeded Judge Cox on the bench. He was re-elected in 1908 and served until 1914, when Charles A. Cole was elected to preside over the court. Judge Cole's term expires November 17, 1920.
John Bush is credited with having been the first resident attorney of Miami county. Little is known of him beyond the fact that he purchased the ferry across the Wabash river and operated it in connection with his law practice. At the September, 1843, term of the Miami court, Daniel D. Pratt, Horace P. Biddle, William Z. Stuart, Ebenezer P. Loveland, Alphonso A. Cole, Nathan O. Ross, Spier S. Tipton and M. W. Seely were admitted to the practice. Of these men, Loveland, Cole, Ross and Seely resided in Miami county. E. P. Love- land, a native of Vermont, received his legal education in a law office at Richmond, Indiana, and in 1840 began the prac- tice of his profession at Peru. He was vice-president of the company which built the railroad between Peru and Laporte and one of the prime movers in bringing the Howe Sewing Machine Works to Peru. Loveland lost his life February 10, 1871, when the factory burned. Alphonso A. Cole was a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and, on his paternal side, was descended from Revolutionary stock. In 1834 Alphonso A. Cole accompanied his father to Peru. He became a promi- nent citizen of this county and for a number of years repre- sented Miami county in the Legislature. He died on August 2, 1862. Judge Charles A. Cole, the present Judge of Miami
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county, is his son. John M. Wilson was a colonel in the Mexi- can War. He became one of the most noted criminal lawyers of the Wabash valley, practicing law almost continuously until his death in April, 1876.
Josiah and John L. Farrar also became well known as at- torneys. They were natives of Jefferson county, New York, and came to Miami county in 1847. John L. Farrar achieved a wide reputation as a criminal lawyer. His brother, Josiah, served in the Civil War and was mustered out of the service as colonel of the Ninety-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. William C. Farrar, a son of Josiah, is now a practicing attor- ney at Peru.
James N. Tyner, for many years a practicing attorney at Peru, was a nephew on his mother's side of Noah Noble, Governor of Indiana, and of James Noble, one of the early United States senators from this state. He was postmaster- general in the cabinet of President Grant (1875-76).
Among the other well-known lawyers, who have practiced before the Miami county bar, may be mentioned John Mitchell, Harvey J. Shirk, William J. Holman, J. D. Connor, John F. Dodds, Joseph B. Underwood, Isaac Hartman, E. P. Dickey, Meredith H. Kidd, R. P. Effinger, John M. Connell, Daniel M. Cox, John R. Coffroth, James M. Talbott, John M. Washburn, J. M. Robinson, Calvin Cowgill, S. W. Robertson, W. W. Sulli- van, A. B. Charpie, Henry T. Underwood and Alexander Hess.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Stephen G. Shanks. June 6, 1834, to serve seven years from date; re- moved from county. January, 1836.
Jacob Wilkinson June 6, 1834, to serve seven years from date.
George S. Feuimore. March 14, 1836 (special election), vice Stephen G. Shanks, removed.
Albert Cole August 17, 1840, to serve seven years from June
6. 1841.
George S. Fenimore. August 17. 1810, to serve seven years from June 6. 1841.
George S. Fenimore August 30. 1847. to serve seven years from June 6. 1848.
Daniel Potter August 30. 1847. to serve seven years from June 6, 1S-18
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PROBATE JUDGES.
Joseph Holman March 3, 1835, to serve seven years from date; resigned May 24, 1836.
John Bush August 14. 1836. ( Bush failed to produce his cer- tificate at this time.)
Jolın Bush August 16, 1838.
Jonathan R. Smith March 19, 1841, appointed.
Jonathan R. Smith September 15. 1841, to serve seven years from date.
Reuben C. Harrison August 29, 1848, to serve seven years from Sep- tember 15, 1848.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Robert F. Groves 1852-56.
Samuel L. McFadden. 1856-60.
Kline G. Shryock 1860-62.
David D. Dykeman
1862-65, resigned.
Thomas C. Whiteside
Appointed May 12, 1865-70, resigned.
Daniel P. Baldwin Appointed August 25, 1870-October 24, 1870.
James II. Carpenter 1870-71.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Samuel L. McFadden __ 1852-54.
Josiah Farrar
1854-58.
John Guthrie
1858-60, resigned.
William DeHart
Appointed October 26, 1860, resigned.
W. W. Shuler Appointed December 22, 1860-61, resigned.
E. T. Dickey Appointed November 2, 1861-62.
Stewart T. McConnell_ 1862-64.
John A. Farrell
1864-66, resigned.
Dyer B. McConnell Appointed March 14, 1866.
Horace S. Foot.
1866-68.
Jerome Q. Stratton. 1868-70.
Hiram G. Depuy 1870-71. The act of February 3. 1871, put Miami in the Twenty-fifth district.
Avery B. Charpie.
Appointed February 20, 1871-72.
James M. Howard 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Gustavus A. Everts. March 1, 1834-July 5, 1836, resigned. Eighth cir- cuit.
Samuel C. Sample. Appointed July 5, 183G-December 10, 1836; trans- ferred to the Ninth.
Charles W. Ewing December 10, 1836-September 1. 1839. resigned.
Henry Chase Appointed September 1, 1839-December 15, 1839.
John W. Wright. December 15, 1839-January 29, 1847.
Horace P. Biddle. January 29, 1847; resigned, April 20, 1832.
Robert II. Milroy Appointed August 20, 1852-October 12, 1852.
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CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Thomas L. Stanfield. October 12, 1852-January 21, 1853. The act of January 21, 1853, took Miami out of the Ninth and put it in the Eleventh.
John U. Pettit Appointed January 25, 1853; resigned August 2S, 1854, to go to Congress.
John Brownlee Appointed September 6, 1854-October 25, 1854.
John M. Wallace. October 25, 1854-October 26, 1860.
Horace P. Biddle October 26, 1860-November 3, 1872.
Dudley H. Chase November 3. 1872-December 15, 1872. The act of December 14, 1872, put Miami in the Twenty- second.
John U. Pettit. Appointed January 6, 1873-October 22, 1879. The act of March 6, 1873. put Miami in the Twenty- seventh, and transferred Pettit from the Twenty- second to the Twenty-seventh.
Lyman Walker
October 22, 1879-October 22, 1885.
James D. Conner
October 22, 1885-February 16, 1889. The act of February 16. 1889, made Miami the sole county in the newly created Fifty-first, where it has since remained.
James M. Brown Appointed February 23, 1889-November 17, 1890.
Jabez T. Cox November 17, 1890-November 17, 1902.
Joseph N. Tillett November 17, 1902-November 17, 1914.
Charles A. Cole November 17. 1914; term expires November 17, 1920.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Samuel C. Sample March 1, 1834-July 5, 1836, resigned. Eighth cir- cuit.
Joseph L. Jernegan Appointed July 5, 1836-December 10, 1836; trans- ferred to Ninth.
Thomas Johnson December 10, 1836-December 3, 1838.
John W. Wright December 3, 1838-December 5, 1839.
Lucian P. Ferry December 5, 1839-December 15, 1841.
Spier S. Tipton December 15, 1841-December 15, 1843.
William Z. Stuart. December 15. 1843-December 15, 1845.
David M. Dunn December 15, 1845-December 15, 1845.
William Potter August 23, 1849-August 28, 1851, resigned.
George E. Gordon August 28, 1851; resigned September 15, 1852.
John M. Wilson Appointed September 15, 1852-October 12, 1852.
D. J. Woodward October 12, 1852-January 21. 1853. The act of January 21, 1853, took Miami out of the Ninth and put it in the Eleventh.
John M. Connell January 25, 1853-January 1, 1854.
Isaiah M. Harlan January 1, 1854-February 27, 1856, resigned.
Orris Blake Appointed February 27, 1856-October 30, 1856.
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Charles H. Parrish October 30. 1856-December 1, 1858.
Richard P. DeHart December 1, 1858-October 29, 1860, resigned.
Meredith H. Kidd. Appointed November 1, 1860-February 17, 1862, re- signed.
Thomas C. Whiteside __ February 17, 1862-November 3, 1864.
Dudley II. Chase November 3, 1864-November 3, 1870.
Alexander Hess November 3, 1870-December 14, 1872. The act of December 14, 1872, put Miami in the Twenty-sec- ond. However, the act of March 6, 1873, put Miami in the Twenty-seventh. Evidently Hess served until the latter date.
James K. Marsh March 6, 1873-November 3, 1874. Marsh had been serving in the Twenty-seventh since October 24, 1870.
Nott N. Antrim November 3. 1874-November 3, 187S.
Macy Good
November 3, 1878-Noteuber 17, 1884.
Charles R. Pence.
November 17, 1884-Xoveluber 17, 1886.
Ethan T. Reasoner
November 17, 1886-Noven ber 17, 1890. The act of February 16, 1889, made Miami the sole county in the newly created Fifty-first, where it has since remained. This act also transferred Reasoner from the Twenty-seventh to the Fifty-first.
Frank D. Butler
November 17, 1890-November 17, 1894.
J. N. Tillett.
November 17, 1894-November 17, 1898.
Lyman B. Sullivan
November 17, 1898-Jannary 1, 1901.
John T. Armitage
January 1, 1901-Jannary 1, 1903.
Claude Y. Andrews
January 1, 1903-January 1, 1905.
John Allen Shunk.
January 1, 1905-January 1, 1907.
Vites E. Kagy
January 1, 1907-January 1, 1911.
George F. Merley
January 1, 1911-May 2, 1912.
Hal C. Phelps. Appointed May 2. 1912; term expires January 1, 1917.
MONROE COUNTY.
The foundation of the civil organization of Monroe county was made on January 14, 1818, when an act of the Legisla- ture, authorizing the organization of the county, was signed by the Governor. Bloomington was chosen as the county seat by the locating commissioners, and a double log court house was soon erected, at a cost of about four hundred dollars, by Samuel Elliott. The work was pushed along so rapidly that the building was first occupied in August, 1818. Early in 1823, the second court house was nearly completed and ready for occupancy, but it was not fully finished and was not occu-
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pied for sometime afterward. It was finally completed in 1826 at a cost of eight thousand three hundred dollars. The court house was a fine structure for that early day and was the pride of Bloomington and Monroe county. In 1856-58 the court house was remodeled by John F. Rogers, who built two brick wings at a cost of about seven thousand dollars. This building served the purposes of Monroe county as a tem- ple of justice until the completion of the magnificent court house, which now adorns the public square at Bloomington, on June 1, 1908. The present structure cost two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Among the well-known attorneys of Monroe county, past and present, may be mentioned Craven P. Hester, Eli K. Millen, James Hughes, John H. Louden, George A. Buskirk, John W. Buskirk, John R. East, William H. East, Robert C. Foster, John Graham, J. E. Henley, Robert W. Miers, James F. Morgan, Jeremiah F. Pittman, William P. Rogers and James B. Wilson.
John H. Louden, a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the law department of Indiana University in 1864, became one of the state's best lawyers. At different times he prac- ticed with Capt. John W. McCoy, Frank Wilson, M. F. Dunn and R. W. Miers.
George A. Buskirk, who was born in 1829, the son of Abram Buskirk, was a student at Indiana University when the Mexican War broke out. He served until the end of the war. After graduating from Indiana University in 1850, he served in the Legislature and was speaker of the Lower House. He organized the First National Bank of Blooming- ton. John W. Buskirk, the second son of John B. Buskirk, was a native of Lawrence county, Indiana, and practiced law at Paoli and Bloomington. He was a veteran of the Civil War. John R. East, a native of Monroe county and the son of William East, served in the Civil War. He graduated from the State University in 1870, and for a time (1878-79) served as prosecuting attorney. His brother, William H. East, taught school and read law in his early life and practiced in this city for many years.
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Robert E. Foster, another well-known attorney of Bloom- ington, served for twenty-five years as secretary of Indiana University. He was also a member of the Legislature from this county. John Graham, a native of Bloomington, served two years as librarian of the Supreme court of Indiana and as a member of the Legislature from Monroe county. J. E. Henley, a native of Orange county, Indiana, graduated from the State University in 1875. After teaching for some time, he studied law and, for many years practiced with William P. Rogers. He served one term as prosecuting attorney. Robert W. Miers, the present Circuit Judge, graduated from the State University in 1871. He has served as prosecuting attorney of this district, as a representative in the State Legis- lature, as a member of Congress and as a Judge (1885, 1890-91) of the circuit to which Monroe was attached.
William P. Rogers, who practiced law for many years in partnership with J. E. Henley, was formerly dean of the Indiana University law school and later dean of the law school of the University of Cincinnati. James B. Wilson, Circuit Judge from 1902 to 1914, was born in Owen county, Indiana, in 1859. He is the candidate of the Progressive party for United States senator in 1916.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Lewis Noell March 28. 1818.
Joseph Berry
March 28, 1818; resigned, July, 1821.
John Sedwick August 23, 1821, vice Joseph Berry, resigned.
William Matlock
September 30, 1832.
William Edmonson November 26. 1824, to serve seren years from March 17, 1825.
Michael Buskirk November 26, 1824, to serve seven years from March 17, 1825.
Abram Buskirk September 9, 1831, to serve seven years from March 28, 1832.
Stephen C. Seal
September 9. 1831, to serve seven years from March 28, 1832.
John M. Berry March 16, 1839, to serve seven years from March 28, 1839.
Joseph Reeves March 16, 1839, to serve seven years from March 28, 1839.
"August 17, 1845, a writ of election issued to the sheriff of Monroe county commanding him to cause an election, to be held in said county for the
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