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The first session of the Probate court in St. Joseph county was held January 5, 1832, by Associate Judges John Baker and William McCartney, Sr. The session was held in the tavern of Calvin Lilley, in a room which had been fitted up by Alexis Coquillard, the owner of the building. The first elective Probate Judge was James P. Antrim, who was com- missioned by Governor Noble, December 10, 1832, but Judge Antrim did not hold a session until February 11, 1833. The court was in operation in the county for twenty years; until the adoption of the present Constitution. The last entry in the Probate record reads as follows: "And the court adjourns sine die, August 25, 1852. Elisha Egbert, Probate Judge."
The first session of the Common Pleas court met on the first Monday in January, 1853, with Elisha Egbert on the bench. Judge Egbert continued to preside over this court until his death, in 1870, when Edward J. Wood ascended the bench. Judge Wood filled the office until January, 1873, when he gave way to Daniel Noyes, who held the concluding session in March, 1873.
St. Joseph and Elkhart counties were united in a Superior court district by the legislative act of January 31, 1907, and continued as one district until they were separated with the act of February 21, 1913. Vernon W. Van Fleet was appoint- ed by the governor on April 4, 1907, as Judge of the St. Joseph-Elkhart Superior court, and when the district was divided on February 21, 1913, Judge Van Fleet was assigned to the St. Joseph court. He continued on the bench until December 31, 1914, when he was succeeded by George Ford, the present incumbent, for a four-year term.
When St. Joseph county was organized it was attached to the First circuit over which John R. Porter was serving as President Judge, and it remained in this circuit until the act of January 7, 1833, placed it in the Eighth. Gustavus A. Everts presided over the court while the county was a part of the Eighth circuit. The Legislative, act of December 19, 1836, created the Ninth circuit and St. Joseph became one of the counties of the circuit, Samuel C. Sample being the first
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President Judge of the new circuit. He served until August 8, 1843, when he resigned, the governor appointing John B. Niles on that date to serve until the Legislature should select his successor. When the Legislature met in December it chose Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, and he continued on the bench until he resigned in August, 1852. The governor ap- pointed Robert R. Lowry on August 8, 1852, to serve until the new Constitution should become operative, on the 12th of the following October.
The act of June 18, 1852, which recircuited the state to con- form to the new Constitution, again placed St. Joseph in the Ninth circuit, which at that time included the counties of St. Joseph, Laporte, Lake, Porter, Marshall, Starke, Fulton, Car- roll, Howard, Pulaski, White, Cass and Miami. Thomas L. Stanfield was the first Judge elected to preside over this ex- tensive circuit. Judge Stanfield resigned February 23, 1857, and the governor appointed Albert G. David to fill the vacancy. He was succeeded by Andrew L. Osborn in November, 1857, who served by successive elections until October 24, 1870. During this period Charles H. Test presided at a special term of the St. Joseph Circuit court in June, 1858; Thomas L. Stan- field presided at the regular April term, of 1859, and Alvin S. Dunbar appeared as special Judge at the April term of 1867 in place of Judge Osborn, who was ill. In the fall of 1870 Thomas S. Stanfield was again elected Judge and served a full term of six years. During his incumbency the Legis- lature, by the act of March 6, 1873, united St. Joseph with Laporte in the Thirty-second circuit, Judge Stanfield being transferred from the old Ninth to the newly created Thirty- second. Governor Hendricks appointed George Ford, April 7, 1873, as the first prosecutor of the new Thirty-second cir- cuit. Daniel Noyes came upon the bench October 24, 1876, and served eighteen years, being credited with the longest service of any Judge who has presided over the circuit. Judge Noyes was succeeded in November, 1894, by Lucius Hubbard, who served one term, being succeeded on November 14, 1900, by the present incumbent, Walter A. Funk. The act of January 30, 1897, separated St. Joseph and Laporte counties, leaving Laporte as the Thirty-second and constituting St. Joseph as
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the newly created Sixtieth circuit. Judge Hubbard, who was then on the bench of the Thirty-second, was transferred to the Sixtieth.
Twelve different Judges have presided over the St. Joseph Circuit court since the county was organized in 1830, and of this number five were residents of St. Joseph at the time of their election, namely: Samuel C. Sample, Thomas L. Stan- field, Albert G. David, Lucius Hubbard and Walter A. Funk. During this same period of eighty-six years there have been thirty-eight different attorneys to serve as prosecutors over the St. Joseph circuit, and of this number the following have been residents of St. Joseph county at the time of their in- cumbency : Samuel S. Sample, Joseph L. Jernegan, George Ford, Andrew J. Egbert, A. L. Brick, Peter D. Connoly, Fran- cis M. Jackson, Oliver M. Cunningham, Thomas W. Slick, George E. Clark, George A. Kurtz, Joseph E. Talbott, Cyrus E. Pattee and Chester R. Montgomery.
The Judges of the St. Joseph Circuit court prior to 1894, when Lucius Hubbard came on the bench. have been mentioned in other counties. Lucius Hubbard, who served from 1894 to 1900, was born in Olive township, St. Joseph county, In- diana, January 7, 1844, his parents being among the earliest settlers of the county. Judge Hubbard entered Notre Dame University when he was fifteen years of age and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1866. In the same year he located in South Bend for the practice of his profession. He was in the State Senate from 1871 to 1875, the only other official position which he has held being that of Circuit Judge. He was married in 1869 to Mattie O. Davis and has one son, Arthur, who is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.
Walter A. Funk, the present Judge of the Circuit court, will have served eighteen years at the conclusion of his pres- ent term in 1918, thus equaling the record of Daniel Noyes. Judge Funk was born on a farm in Elkhart county, Indiana, December 18, 1857. He worked on the farm, went to the coun- try schools, and when he was sixteen years of age started to teach. He saved his money in order to continue his education, and after studying in the schools of Goshen and Valparaiso
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entered the University of Michigan, where he graduated from the law department in 1885. He had previously studied law with Judge Smith, of Cassopolis, Michigan, and Andrew An- derson, of South Bend. Immediately after graduating from the law school he located in South Bend, where he has since made his home. He was elected Judge in 1900 to succeed Lucius Hubbard, and was re-elected in 1906 and 1912, his present term expiring November 14, 1918. Judge Funk mar- ried Mary E. Harris and has one son, William.
George L. Ford, the present Judge of the Superior court of St. Joseph county, was born in South Bend on January 11, 1846. His whole career of seventy years has been spent in the city of his birth. After graduating from the law depart- ment of the University of Michigan in 1869 he located in South Bend for the practice of his profession. For several years he was associated in practice with Norman Eddy, a congressman from the old Ninth district from 1853 to 1855, and Joseph Henderson. His first official position was that of prosecuting attorney. When St. Joseph was united with La- porte in the Thirty-second circuit in 1873 Governor Hendricks appointed Judge Ford, April 7, 1873, as the first prosecutor of the new circuit. He served until the first election in the fall of the same year, when he was succeeded by James A. Crawley. Two years later Judge Ford was elected and served continu- ously by re-election from October 22, 1875, until January 15, 1885, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress in the fall of the previous year. He took his seat in Congress March 4, 1885, and upon retiring in 1887 resumed the prac- tice of law in South Bend. He held no other public office until his election as Superior Judge of St. Joseph county in the fall of 1914, succeeding Vernon W. Van Fleet on March 1, 1915, for a four-year term. Judge Ford was married in 1885 to Josephine Oliver, a daughter of James Oliver.
St. Joseph county has been the home of several congress- men who have been elected from the district to which the county has been attached. Samuel C. Sample, who was Presi- dent Judge from 1836 to 1843, resigned to accept a seat in Congress, serving from 1843 to 1845. The next congressman from South Bend was Norman Eddy, who served from 1853
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to 1855. Eddy was succeeded in 1855 by Schuyler Colfax, who was in Congress continuously from 1855 to 1869. Colfax was elected Vice-President in 1868 and served with President Grant during his first administration. Colfax was a news- paper editor, but it seems appropriate to include him in the sketch of his county inasmuch as he is probably the most prominent man that the county has ever produced. He died at Mankato, Minnesota, January 13, 1885. The next Congress- man from South Bend was Benjamin F. Shively. His first service in Congress was in 1885, when he filled out the unex- pired term of William H. Calkins, who had resigned. He was only twenty-eight years of age at that time, and as soon as he left Congress, in the summer of 1855, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan and graduated in the following spring. George Ford, as has been stated, served in Congress from 1885 to 1887. In the fall of 1886 Shively was again elected to Congress and served until 1893. He was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor in 1896, but was defeated by James A. Mount. In 1909 he was elected to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Indiana, and was still serving at the time of his death, March 14, 1916. Shively was married in 1889 to Laura Jenks. They had two sons, both of whom are now students at Indiana University, of which institution Senator Shively was a trustee from 1893 until his death, serving the last twenty years as president of the board of trustees.
Abraham Lincoln Brick, a native of St. Joseph county, was the next member of the local bar to be elected to Con- gress. His service began in 1899 and continued until 1908. Brick was born in Warren township on May 27, 1860. He was a student at Yale, Cornell and the University of Michi- gan, graduating from the law department of the latter uni- versity in 1883. He at once settled in South Bend and made that his home until his death, April 7, 1908. Upon retiring from Congress in 1908 he again resumed practice in South Bend, and was so occupied until his death. He was married in 1884 to Anna Meyer.
It is not possible within the limits of this chapter to make mention of the many able attorneys who have practiced be-
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fore the local bar, However, it seems fitting that one other lawyer of the county should be mentioned in this connection, Timothy E. Howard. Judge Howard was identified with the history of St. Joseph county since 1859 as a lawyer, his- torian, university professor and as member of the Supreme court-a varied and useful life in the county of his adoption. An extended sketch of his career is given in the chapter on the Supreme court. He died, July 9, 1916.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William Brookfield August 11, 1830; removed from county, August,
1831.
Charles Vail August 11, 1830; removed from county, August, 1831.
Chappel W. Brown August 24, 1831, to serve seven years from August, 11, 1830; resigned, May, 1832.
John Banker August 24, 1831, to serve seven years from August 11, 1830.
William McCartney July 31, 1832, to serve seven years from August 11, 1830, vice Chappel W. Brown, resigned.
John Ireland August 22, 1837, to serve seven years from August 11, 1837.
Reynolds Dunn August 22, 1837, to serve seven years from August 11, 1837.
Peter Johnson August 14, 1839, vice Reynolds Dunn, resigned.
John D. Robertson August 21, 1844, to serve seven years from August 11, 1844.
Powers Green August 21, 1844, to serve seven years from August 11, 1844.
John D. Robertson August 21, 1851, to serve seven years from date.
Philo Bennett August 21, 1851, to serve seven years from date.
PROBATE JUDGES.
James P. Antrim December 11, 1832, appointed.
Elisha Egbert
November 9, 1833; resigned.
John I. Deming
October 2, 1838, vice Elisha Egbert, resigned.
Edward F. Dibble
August 14, 1839.
John I. Deming
August 19, 1846.
Elisha Egbert September 5, 1848, vice Edward F. Dibble.
Elisha Egbert
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Elisha Egbert 1852-70; died in office.
Edward J. Wood 1870-72.
Daniel Noyes 1872-73.
August 25, 1849.
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DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Horace Corbin 1852-54, resigned.
James L. Foster
Appointed February 10, 1854.
Edward F. Dibble
Presided over one term in 1854.
Joseph Henderson 1854-56.
Andrew Anderson, Jr ._ 1856-57, resigned.
Charles H. Reeve. Appointed November 12, 1857.
Reuben I. Farnsworth_ Appointed December 31, 1857-5S.
Amasa Johnson
1858-60, resigned.
Charles P. Jacobs 1860-62.
James Davis Presided over one term in 1861.
William Andrew 1862-6S.
Joseph D. Arnold 1868-70, resigned.
O. T. Chamberlain Appointed July 15, 1870.
William B. Hess 1870-72.
George Ford 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
John R. Porter April 1, 1830-January 7, 1833. The act of January 7, 1833, took St. Joseph out of the First and put it in the Eighth.
Gustavus A. Everts. January 9, 1833-July 5, 1836, resigned.
Samuel C. Sample Appointed July 5, 1836-August S, 1843, resigned to go to Congress. The act of December 19, 1836, put St. Joseph in the newly created Ninth and Sample was transferred with it.
John B. Niles Appointed August S, 1843-December 1, 1843.
E. M. Chamberlain December 1, 1843; resigned in August, 1852.
Robert R. Lowry Appointed August 28, 1852-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Thomas L. Stanfield __ October 12, 1852; resigned, February 23, 1857. Ninth circuit.
Albert G. David Appointed February 23, 1857-November 27, 1857.
Andrew L. Osborn November 17, 1857-October 24, 1870.
Thomas L. Stanfield __. October 24, 1870-October 24, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put St. Joseph in the Thirty-second with Laporte and transferred Stanfield from: the Ninth to the Thirty-second.
Daniel Noyes October 24, 1876-November 14, 1894.
Lucius Hubbard
November 14. 1894- November 14, 1900 The act of January 30, 1897. made St. Joseph the sole county in the Sixtieth, where it has since re- mained. Judge Hubbard was transferred from the Thirty-second to the Sixtieth with the change of circuit.
Walter A. Funk. November 14, 1900; term expires November 14, 1918.
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Edward A. Hannegan __ April 1, 1831-January 25, 1833. First circuit.
Andrew Ingram January 25, 1832-January 7, 1833. The act of January 7, 1833, took St. Joseph out of the First and put it in the Eighth.
John B. Chapman January 10, 1833-August 11, 1834, resigned.
Samuel C. Sample. Appointed August 11, 1834-July 5, 1836, resigned. The act of December 10, 1836, put St. Joseph in the newly created Ninth.
Joseph L. Jernegan December 10, 1836-August 15, 1838, resigned. The act of December 10, 1836, transferred Jernegan from the Eighth to the Ninth.
John B. Niles Appointed August 15, 1838-December 7, 183S.
William C. Hanna December 7. 183S-December 15, 1842.
E. M. Chamberlain December 15, 1842; resigned, June 15, 1843.
Reuben L. Farnsworth_ Appointer September 19, 1843-September 19, 1845, removed from state.
Johnson Horrell September 19, 1845; failed to file with secretary of state his bond and oath of office. His commis- sion returned under date of April 29, 1846, said Farnsworth not vacating his office.
James Bradley Appointed April 13, 1846-August 25, 1846, vice Farnsworth, removed from state and Horrell, who, failed to file with secretary of state his bond and. oath of office.
Joseph H. Mather August 25, 1846-August 25, 1848.
James S. Frazer August 28, 1851-October 12. 1852.
D. J. Woodward October 12, 1852-November 7, 1854. Ninth circuit.
Morgan H. Weir November 7, 1854-October 1, 1856, resigned.
Reuben L. Farnsworth_ Appointed October 3, 1856-October 30, 1856.
Mark S. Dumont October 30, 1856-November 15, 1858.
William B. Biddle
November 15, 1858-November 15, 1860.
David T. Phillips. November 15, 1890-November 15, 1864.
Aaron G. Guiney November 15, 1864-November 15, 1866.
William H. Calkins. November 15, 1866-November 15, 1870.
Michael L. Essick November 15, 1870-November 15, 1872.
Thomas I. Wood. November 15, 1872-March 6, 1873. March 6, 1873, put St. Joseph in the Thirty-second.
The act of
George Ford Appointed April 7, 1873-October 22, 1873.
James A. Crawley October 22, 1873-October 22, 1875.
George Ford October 22. 1875: resigned, January 15, 1885. to run for Congress. He was elected and served from 1885 to 1SS7.
Andrew J. Egbert Appointed January 15, 1SS5-October 22. 1887.
Abraham L. Brick October 22, 1SS7-October 22, 1889.
Joseph G. Orr October 22. 1SS9-October 22, 1891.
Peter D. Connoly October 22, 1891; died, May 22, 1893.
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Oliver M. Cunningham_ Appointed May 25, 1893; declined to serve.
Francis M. Jackson Appointed May 31, 1893-October 22, 1895.
John C. Richter
October 22, 1895-January 30, 1897. The act of
January 30, 1897, made St. Joseph the sole county in the Sixtieth, where it has since remained.
Thomas W. Slick Appointed March 23, 1897-January 1, 1901.
George E. Clark January 1, 1901-January 1, 1905.
George A. Kurtz
January 1, 1905-January 1, 1907.
Joseph E. Talbott January 1, 1907-January 1, 1909.
Cyrus E. Pattee January 1, 1909-January 1, 1911.
C. R. Montgomery January 1, 1911 ; term expires January 1, 1917.
SCOTT COUNTY.
Scott county was organized January 12, 1820, and the act became effective on the first of the following month. The Legislature appointed a commission to organize the county and its final limits, as defined by the commission, included parts of Clark, Jackson, Jennings, Jefferson and Washington counties. At the time the county was organized, Lexington was the only village of any importance in the county and, although it was in the southeastern part of the county, the locating commissioners selected it (March 6, 1820) for the county seat. A further inducement which led the commis- sioners to select Lexington was the offer of a donation of eleven thousand dollars by thirteen public-spirited citizens of the town.
Although Lexington was the county seat for fifty years, at least three efforts were made to move it during that time. As early as January 10, 1823, the Legislature passed an act providing for commissioners to investigate the relocation of the seat of justice, but they decided in favor of retaining it at Lexngton. In 1839, a second attempt was made to move the county seat to a more central location and the act of Feb- ruary 12th, of that year, provided for a vote on the question of relocation on the first Monday of August, 1839. The re- sult of this election has not been found, but it is certain that it was not moved from Lexington. Evidently the vote was so close that the advocates of relocation felt that another effort would meet with success, since they succeeded in get- ting the Legislature to pass a bill the following year (Feb-
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ruary 13, 1840) providing for a second election on June 8, 1840. But again Lexington won the fight and for more than thirty years remained in undisputed and uncontested posses- sion of the county seat.
The fourth attempt to move the county seat opened in 1871 and finally resulted in the commissioners ordering it moved to the newly platted town of Scottsburg. This town was sit- uated on the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis rail- road and had been platted in March, 1871, and named in honor of Horace Scott, who was then superintendent of the rail- road. The town came into existence as a result of the peti- tion which had been presented on March 10, 1871, to the coun- ty commissioners, asking for the removal of the seat of jus- tice to this particular site. The contract for the court house and jail at Scottsburg was let on March 6, 1873, for $13,500, and the court house was ready for occupancy in the latter part of February, 1874.
The first term of the Circuit court of Scott county was held at the house of James Ward in Lexington in April, 1820, with Davis Floyd as President Judge and Edward Tucker and Jabez Reeves, Associate Judges. Judge Floyd appointed H. P. Thornton as the first prosecutor.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Jabez Reeves March 18, 1820.
Edward Tucker
March 18, 1820; resigned, July, 1823.
John Johnson
August 27, 1823, vice Edward Tucker, resigned.
Calvin W. Ruter August 23, 1826, to serve seven years from March 18, 1827; removed from county, October, 1830.
Jabez Reeves August 23, 1826, to serve seven years from March 18, 1827; resigned, February, 1828.
Abraham Noakes August 23, 1828, to serve seven years from date, vice Jabez Reeves, resigned.
John Close January 17, 1831 (special election), to serve from March 28, 1827, vice Calvin W. Ruter, removed.
John Close August 13, 1833, to serve seven years from March 18, 1834.
Abraham Noakes August 13, 1833, to serve seven years from March 18, 1834; resigned, July, 1835.
Thomas L. Tucker August 11, 1835, to serve seven years from March 18, 1834, died, June, 1836.
William Norton August 9, 1836, to serve seven years from March 18, 1834, vice Thomas L. Tucker, deceased.
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Abraham Noakes August 12, 1840, to serve seven years from March 18, 1841.
John Clark August 12, 1840, to serve seven years from March 18, 1841.
Abraham Noakes August 17, 1847, to serve seven years from March 18, 1848.
Aaron Hubbard August 17, 1847, to serve seven years from March 18, 1848; resigned, September, 184S.
William Trulock
November 24, 1848 (special election).
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Jabez Reeves August 22, 1829.
Jabez Reeves
August 9, 1836.
James V. White August 15, 1843.
Isaac Howland August 24, 1850.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Amos Lovering 1852; resigned, March 24, 1864.
William W. Gilleland. Appointed April 28, 1864-November 4, 1864.
Nathan P. Willard. 1864-68.
Patrick H. Jewett. 1868-72.
Charles P. Ferguson
1872-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Patrick H. Jewett 1852-54, resigned.
William Trulock
Appointed November 9, 1854-56.
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Benjamin F. Walter 1856-60.
John Batt
1860-62.
James A. Ghormley
1862-66.
Isaac N. Caress.
1866-67.
Thomas J. Jackson Appointed March 18, 1867-68.
Robert J. Shaw 1868-70.
John McCarty
1870-72.
Charles L. Jewett.
1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Davis Floyd February 1, 1820-December 18, 1823. Second cir-
cuit
John F. Ross. December 18, 1823; died in office in 1834.
John H. Thompson Appointed July 5, 1834; resigned, December 30, 1844.
William T. Otto
December 30, 1844-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
George A. Bicknell October 12, 1852-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, took Scott out of the Second and put it in the Fifth.
John R. Cravens Appointed March 13, 1873-October 22, 1873.
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James Y. Allison October 22, 1873-March 7, 1879. The act of March 7, 1879, put Scott in the Sixth.
John G. Berkshire March 7, 1879-November 20, 1SS2. Judge Berk- shire had been on the bench in the Sixth since October 28, 1876.
Jeptha D. New November 20, 1882-November 20, 1SSS.
Thomas C. Batchelor __ November 20, 1SSS-November 20, 1894.
Willard New
November 10, 1894-March 11, 1905. The act of March 11, 1905, made Jackson and Scott the Sixty- first circuit, which was an error, but it was recti- fied by the following Legislature, February 13, 1907, when they were made the Fortieth.
John M. Lewis
March 11, 1905-November 16, 1906. Judge Lewis was appointed to serve on the bench while Jack- son and Scott composed the Sixty-first.
Joseph H. Shea November 16, 1906-March 4, 1911. The act of March 4, 1911, constituted Scott, Jennings and Ripley the Sixth, where they have since remained. Francis M. Thompson __ March 4, 1911-November 20, 1912. Judge Thomp- son had been on the bench of the Sixth since No- vember 20, 1906.
Robert A. Creigmile. __. November 20, 1912; term expires November 20, 1918.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
John Kingsbury August 9, 1824-August 14, 1826. Second circuit.
Milton Stapp August 14, 1826-December 30, 1826.
John Kingsbury December 30, 1826-December 30, 1828.
John H. Thompson. December 30, 1828-December 30, 1832.
Isaac Howk December 30, 1832-June 5, 1833; died.
Charles Dewey Appointed June 5, 1833-June 4, 1836, transferred to Supreme court.
John W. Payne. Appointed June 4, 1836-December 12, 1840.
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