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Theodore I. Barnett. December 12, 1840-July 13, 1842, resigned.
William A. Porter Appointed July 13, 1842-December 14, 1844.
Cyrus L. Dunham December 14, 1844-December 14, 1846.
George A. Bicknell August 15, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Samuel W. Short October 12, 1852; resigned, February 11, 1854. Second circuit.
Patrick H. Jewett Appointed March S, 1854-November 19, 1856.
Thomas M. Browne November 19, 1856-November 7, 185S.
Robert M. Weir November 7, 1858-November 7, 1860.
Ambrose B. Carlton November 7, 1860-November 7, 1862.
Thomas M. Browne
November 7, 1862-November 7, 1866.
Robert M. Weir
November 7, 1866-November 24, 1870.
Robert J. Shaw November 24, 1870-March 6, 1873. The act of
March 6, 1873, took Scott out of the Second and put it in the Fifth.
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Charles L. Jewett Appointed March 25, 1873-October 22, 1877.
John F. Bellamy.
October 22, 1877-March 7, 1879. The act of March
7, 1879, put Scott in the Sixth.
William G. Holland March 7, 1879-November 15, 1SS4.
Lincoln Dixon November 15. 1SS4-November 15, 1892.
Joseph H. Shea
November 15, 1892-November 15, 1894.
Francis M. Thompson
November 15, 1894-November 15, 1896.
Marcus R. Connolly
November 15, 1896-January 1, 1901.
Samuel B. Wells.
January 1, 1901-January 1, 1905.
Louis A. Lee
January 1, 1905-March 11, 1905. The act of March
11, 1905, made Jackson and Scott the Sixty-first, which was an error. but it was rectified by the following Legislature. February 13. 1907, when they were made the Fortieth.
Oren O. Swails
January 1, 1906-November 16, 1910.
Noble Hays
November 16. 1910-March 4, 1911. The act of
March 4, 1911, constituted Scott, Jennings and Ripley the Sixth, where they have since remained.
Joseph W. Verbarg. March 4, 1911; term expires January 1, 1917.
SHELBY COUNTY.
Shelby county was formed out of a part of Delaware county by an act of the Legislature, approved January 3, 1822, which became effective on April 1, 1822. Shelby county was named in honor of Gen. Isaac Shelby, of Revolutionary fame, who was at one time governor of Kentucky.
The locating commissioners met at the house of David Fisher on the first Monday in July, 1822, to examine three proposed sites for county seat: Marion, the farm of Isaac Lemaster, who offered to donate forty acres of land, and the present site of Shelbyville, near the center of the county. After four days of deliberation the commissioners selected the Shelbyville site. For a number of years these men were criticised for their selection, the principal reason being the fact that for several years the site of Shelbyville was partly covered with water a good share of the year, while the other places mentioned were high and dry.
The first session of the Shelby Circuit court convened on October 10, 1822, at the house of David Fisher in the town of Marion. The President Judge was William W. Wick, but he was not present at the first session, and John Sleeth and Wil- liam Goodrich, Associate Judges, presided. The court met first
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at the home of David Fisher; later at the home of John Sum- mers, and still later at the house of Hiram Aldredge. Hiram W. Curry was appointed prosecuting attorney at the first session of the court.
On January 1, 1823, the first action was taken toward pro- viding a court house, and authority was given the county agent to procure through contracts the erection of a temporary two-story frame building. This order was rescinded and the agent was instructed to give notice that a substantial brick building would be erected, but the board had doubts as to the wisdom of expending so much money for a court house and the matter was postponed. A year later, March, 1825, a contract was let for the erection of a brick building, fifty by sixty feet. The contract was awarded to William Bushfield and Arthur Major at two thousand two hundred and forty dollars. This court house was not completed for occupancy until 1830. This served for a county building until 1852-53, when the present building was erected by Edwin May, contractor, at a cost of twenty-seven thousand dollars. In 1878 the building was remodeled.
The second term of the Shelby Circuit court began on May 1, 1823, at the house of Hiram Aldredge in Shelbyville, and at this time William W. Wick appeared as President Judge of the Fifth judicial circuit. For many years Judge Wick was a resident of Indianapolis. He was practically a self- educated man and was possessed of an intellect of the very highest order. After having served as postmaster at Indian- apolis, he moved late in life to Franklin, where he made his home with his daughter.
In March, 1825, Bethuel F. Morris assumed the duties of President Judge of the Fifth circuit. Judge Morris was suc- ceeded by Judge Wick in 1834 and the latter, by James Mor- rison in August, 1839. In December, 1842, William J. Peaslee assumed the duties of President Judge of the Fifth judicial circuit. His associates on the bench were Ira Bailey and Thomas Cotton. Judge Morris was also a resident of Indian- apolis, and, although he was considered not quite so able as his predecessor, is remembered as a man of superior ability. James Morrison, like his predecessors, was also a resident of
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Indianapolis. He served as attorney-general of the state from 1855 to 1857 and for some time was president of the old state bank of Indiana.
Judge William J. Peaslee was the first resident judge of the Shelby Circuit court. He remained on the bench until 1849. During his term the business of the court of Shelby county rapidly increased, and from the two terms a year the number was increased to four terms. The third term of Judge Wick in Shelby county immediately succeeded that of Judge Peaslee and he remained on the bench until the ratification of the new Constitution in 1852.
The first term of the Court of Common Pleas in Shelby county, created after the adoption of the Constitution of 1852, began on Monday, January 3, 1853, with James M. Sleeth as judge. He was a citizen of Shelbyville and had served in both the Senate and the Lower House of the General Assem- bly. George A. Buskirk, of Monroe county, succeeded to the Common Pleas bench in 1860. Oliver J. Glessner, who was a native of Maryland, succeeded Judge Buskirk in 1864. After retiring from the bench, he served in both houses of the General Assembly. Thomas W. Woollen, afterwards attorney- general of Indiana, began his first term as Common Pleas Judge in November, 1868, but resigned in October, 1870. He was succeeded by Richard L. Coffey. of Brown county, ap- pointed October 15, 1870, who began his term of office in November, 1870, and served until the court was abolished in 1873.
The first term of court under the new Constitution held in Shelby county began in 1853 with William M. McCarty, of Brookville, as judge. Reuben D. Logan, of Rushville, suc- ceeded Judge McCarty at the October term in 1853. Judge Logan was a man of ordinary ability, yet he continued to preside over the Shelby Circuit court until 1865, when he was succeeded by Jeremiah M. Wilson, who, at that time, lived at Connersville. By many it is believed that Judge Wilson was the ablest judge who ever sat upon the bench of the Shelby Circuit court. Subsequently locating in Washington, D. C., Judge Wilson became one of the eminent lawyers of the United States.
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Samuel P. Oyler, who succeeded Judge Wilson, held his first term in Shelby county in October, 1869. David D. Banta, the next judge, began his duties in Shelby county in October, 1870. He was a citizen of Johnson county and resided in Franklin.
Kendall M. Hord, the second citizen of Shelby county to occupy the Circuit bench, served as Circuit Judge from 1876 to 1888. Leonard J. Hackney, who succeeded Judge Hord on the bench, was also a citizen of Shelby county. In 1892 Judge Hackney was elected to the Supreme court of Indiana, and resigned as judge of the Circuit court. William A. John- son, of Johnson county, was appointed by Governor Chase to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Hackney on the Shelby Circuit bench. W. J. Buckingham, the successor of Judge Johnson, also lived in Johnson county. On February 28, 1899, the circuit was changed and Shelby and Rush counties were joined together in the sixteenth circuit. Douglas Mor- ris, of Rush county, became judge of the district comprising Shelby and Rush counties, and Judge Buckingham was trans- ferred to the eighth circuit. He had previously been elected judge of the circuit comprising Rush and Decatur counties. Judge Will M. Sparks, of Rush county, succeeded Judge Mor- ris and presided over the circuit until 1910, when he was suc- ceeded by Judge Alonzo Blair, whose term expires November 23, 1916. In the meantime, the Legislature (January 29, 1913) separated Shelby and Rush counties, making Rush the Sixty-fifth judicial circuit, leaving Judge Blair in the Shelby circuit, the Sixteenth circuit.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William Goodrich April 25, 1822; resigned, July, 1824.
John Sleeth April 25, 1822.
Joseph Dawson March 11, 1835 (special election), vice William Goodrich, resigned.
John Sleeth August 24, 1828, to serve seven years from April 25, 1829.
Azariah Williams August 24, 1828, to serve seven years from April 25, 1829.
Ira Bailey August S, 1835, to serve seven years from April 25, 1836. Y Thomas Cotton August 8, 1835, to serve seven years from April 25, 1836.
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Joshua B. Lucas August 6, 1842, to serve seven years from April 25, 1843.
Ira Bailey August 6, 1842, to serve seven years from April 25, 1843.
Jacob Kennerly August 20, 1849, to serve seven years from April 25, 1850; filed resignation March 17, 1851.
Joshua B. Lucas August 20, 1849, to serve seven years from April 25, 1850.
Colville Pearce August 16, 1851, to serve seven years from date.
David Thacker August 16, 1851, to serve seven years from date.
PROBATE JUDGES.
Erasmus Powell August 19, 1829.
Jacob Kennerly
August 6, 1835.
William H. Sleeth
August 6, 1842.
Cyrus Wright
August 17, 1847; filed resignation March 17, 1851.
Jacob Kennerly March 17, 1851, appointed.
Jacob Kennerly August 16, 1851.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
James M. Sleeth 1852-60.
George A. Buskirk 1860-64.
Oliver J. Glessner 1864-68.
Thomas W. Woollen. 1868-70, resigned.
Richard L. Coffey Appointed October 15, 1870-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Thomas A. McFarland _ 1852-54.
James Harrison
1854-60.
Stephen Thresher
1860-61, resigned.
James Harrison Appointed January 7, 1861-62.
David D. Banta 1862-64.
Kendall M. Hord 1864-66.
Francis M. Conner 1866-68.
James A. Reeves 1868-69, resigned.
William C. Sandifer Appointed May 24, 1869-70.
George W. Workman 1870-72, died in office.
James A. Jordan Appointed August 21, 1872.
Charles W. Snow 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
William W. Wick April 1, 1822-January 20, 1825, resigned. Fifth
circuit.
Bethuel F. Morris Appointed January 20, 1825-December 4, 1834, re- signed.
William W. Wick Appointed December 4, 1834-August 2, 1839, re- signed.
James Morrison
Appointed August 2, 1839-August 15, 1842.
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William Quarles August 15, 1842; returned commission September 28, 1842.
Stephen Major Appointed September 28, 1842; declined to accept.
Fabius M. Finch Appointed October 6, 1842-December 16, 1842.
William J. Peaslee December 16, 1842-September 17, 1849, resigned.
William W. Wick Appointed September 17, 1849-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
William M. McCarty __ October 12, 1852; resigned July 29, 1853. Fourth circuit.
William S. Holman Appointed July 29, 1853; resigned August 10, 1853.
Reuben D. Logan Appointed August 10, 1853-October 1, 1865.
Jeremiah M. Wilson October 1, 1865-May 5, 1869. The act of May 5, 1869 put Shelby in the Twenty-eighth.
Andrew L. Robinson - Appointed May 18, 1869-August 25, 1869.
Samuel P. Oyler August 25, 1869-October 24, 1870.
David D. Banta
October 24, 1870-October 24, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put Shelby in the Sixteenth, and transferred Banta from the Twenty-eighth to the Sixteenth.
Kendall M. Hord October 24, 1876-November 16, 1SSS.
Leonard J. Hackney November 16, 1SSS; resigned, January 2, 1893.
William A. Johnston - Appointed January 2, 1893-November 13, 1894.
William J. Buckingham November 13, 1894-February 28, 1899. The act of February 28, 1899, transferred Buckingham to the Eighth with the change of circuit, and also trans- ferred Douglas Morris from the Eighth to the Six- teenth.
Douglas Morris February 28, 1899-November 18, 1904.
Will W. Sparks November 18, 1904-November 21, 1910.
Alonzo Blair
November 21, 1910; term expires November 21, 1916. The act of January 29, 1913, made Shelby the sole county in the Sixteenth, the same act abolishing the Shelby-Marion Superior court dis- trict.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Harvey Gregg August 9, 1824-August 9, 1825. Fifth circuit.
Calvin Fletcher August 9, 1825-August 14, 1826.
James Whitcomb August 14, 1826-January 14, 1829.
W. W. Wick January 14, 1829-December 15. 1830, resigned.
Philip Sweetzer December 15, 1830-March 10, 1831. resigned.
Hiram Brown Appointed March 10, 1831-December 12, 1831.
Harvey Gregg December 12, 1831-April 11, 1833.
William Herod Appointed Aril 11, 1833-December 9, 1836.
William Quarles December 9, 1836-April 13, 1839, resigned.
William J. Peaslee Appointed April 13, 1839-January 29, 1841, re- signed.
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Hugh O'Neal January 29, 1841-January 29, 1843.
Abram A. Hammond January 20, 1843-January 29, 1847.
Edward Lander January 20, 1847-January 29, 1849.
David S. Gooding August 27, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Oscar B. Hord October 12, 1852; resigned August 1, 1854. Fourth circuit.
William Patterson November 2, 1854; resigned, July, 1858.
Sebastian Green Appointed August 13, 1858-November 2, 1858.
Henry C. Hanna November 2, 1858-November 2, 1860.
Milton H. Cullum
November 2, 1860-November 3, 1862.
Samuel S. Harrell November 3, 1862-November 3, 1864.
Creighton Dandy November 3, 1864-November 3, 1866.
Kendall M. Hord
November 3, 1866-November 3, 186S.
Platt Wicks November 3, 1868-May 5, 1869. The act of May 5, 1869, put Shelby in the Twenty-eighth.
William P. Hargrave. Appointed May 18, 1869-August 23, 1869.
Daniel W. Howe
Appointed August 23, 1869-August 23, 1870.
Nathan T. Carr
October 24, 1870-June 25, 1872, resigned.
John W. Morgan
Appointed June 25, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Shelby in the Sixteenth.
Francis T. Hord
Appointed March, 1873-July 16, 1874, resigned.
W. Scott Ray
Appointed July 16, 1874-October 24, 1878.
Leonard J. Hackney
October 24, 187S-October 25, 1SS0.
Frederick S. Stoff
November 17, 1882-November 17, 1SS6.
Peter M. Dill
November 17; 1886-November 17, 18SS.
John C. McNutt
November 17, 1SSS-November 17. 1892.
Thomas H. Campbell
November 17, 1892-November 17, 1896.
Alonzo Blair November 17, 1896-January 1, 1903.
Charles A. Hack January 1, 1903-January 1, 1905.
Elmer Basset
January 1, 1905-January 1, 1907.
Charles A. Hack
January 1, 1907-January 1, 1909.
John C. Cheney
January 1, 1909-January 1, 1911.
Dennis O'Neil
January 1. 1911: resigned, April 27, 1912.
John C. Cheney Appointed Aril 27, 1912-January 1, 1915.
Claude R. Henry January 1, 1915; term expires January 1, 1917.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The counties of Shelby and Marion were united in a Superior court district by the act of March 1, 1911. The fifth Superior court room had been established in Marion county with the act of March 9, 1907, and upon the creation of the Shelby-Marion Superior court district (March 1, 1911), the judge of Room 5, of Marion county, became the judge of the newly created district. The constitutionality of the 1911 act
Jacob L. White
October 25, 18SO-November 17, 1SS2.
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was attacked, but it was upheld by the Supreme court (176 Ind. 182). Pliny W. Bartholomew was serving as judge of Marion Superior court, Room five, when the Shelby-Marion Superior court district was created and by virtue of the act establishing the new district became its first judge. Judge Bartholomew served on the bench of the joint district until the district was abolished by the act of January 29, 1913, although Marion Superior court, Room five, was retained, Judge Bartholomew serving out his term. The latter act made Shelby the sole county of the Sixteenth judicial circuit and constituted Rush as the sole county of the newly created Sixty-fifth circuit.
SPENCER COUNTY.
Spencer county was organized January 10, 1818, and began its independent career on the first of the following month. Rockport was selected by the locating commissioners as the seat of justice the same year the county was organized and until the past few years no other town in the county has threatened to deprive it of its county seat honors. . However, the town of Chrisney, on the Southern railroad, has the ad- vantage of being nearer the center of the county and is now being seriously considered for the county seat. A determined effort has been made within the past two years to move the county seat to Chrisney, but so far all efforts in this direction have been thwarted by the citizens of Rockport. The court house at Rockport is in a very poor condition and when the erection of a new building becomes necessary, there promises to be a bitter struggle between Rockport and Chrisney.
The court house at Rockport burned with all of the rec- ords in September, 1833, and for this reason it has been im- possible to obtain accurate records of the first courts of the county. It is thought the first Circuit court was held in No- vember, 1818, at the home of A. W. Dorsey. At that time David Hart was the President Judge of the circuit to which Spencer county belonged, and Samuel Snyder and Uriah La- mar were the Associate Judges. The first prosecuting attor-
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ney elected by the Legislature was Amos Clark, who served from 1824 to 1826.
It should be mentioned in connection with Spencer county that it was in this county that Abraham Lincoln lived from 1816 to 1831. He was eight years old when he came to the county with his parents from Kentucky and the family con- tinued to live on a little farm in the northern part of the county until young Lincoln grew to manhood. It is known that Lincoln frequently came to Rockport to attend trials and it was here that he got his first insight into public life. The brick house is still standing in the county seat where Lincoln as a youth used to stop. Lincoln's mother is buried at Lin- coln City, a small village in the northern part of Spencer county.
As far as is known, Spencer is the only county in the state with a complete set of photographs of all the Judges who have presided over the circuit to which the county has been at- tached during its judicial history of more than one hundred years. These are framed and hanging in the Judge's office in Rockport. The photographs and dates of tenure were secured by Judge Swan during his term of office. The present Judge, Ralph E. Roberts, has furnished the editor of this work with the full list of Judges, together with the dates of their tenure.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Samuel Snyder February 27, 1818.
Uriah Lamar February 27, 1818.
Matthew Rogers
August 24, 1818, vice Uriah Lamar, resigned.
Peregrine Alpha November 25, 1824, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 18, 1825; resigned, June, 1827.
William Smith November 25, 1824, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 18, 1825.
John W. Graham September 17, 1827, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 18, 1825, vice Peregrine Alpha, resigned.
John W. Graham August 29, 1831, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 27, 1832.
John Barnett August 29, 1831, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 27, 1832.
John A. Stuteville September 20, 183S, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 27, 1839.
Jacob Myers September 20, 183S, to serve seven years from-Feb- ruary 27, 1839.
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James Jones August 27, 1845, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 27, 18446.
John A. Stuteville. August 27, 1845, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 27, 1846.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John Proctor August 20, 1829.
Thomas Everton September 2, 1836.
Thomas Everton
August 18, 1843; died, March, 1844.
Abel I. Patridge March 13, 1844, appointed.
Rezin Ware
August 29, 1844.
Mason I. Howell
August 23, 1851.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Lemuel O. DeBruler 1852-60.
John J. Key 1860-61; resigned.
Charles J. Mason. Appointed November 15, 1861-62, resigned.
David T. Laird
Appointed November 1, 1862-70, resigned.
Charles J. Mason Appointed September 5, 1870-October 24, 1870. Milton S. Mavity 1870-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
William A. Wandell. 1852-54, office became vacant.
Harmon G. Barkwell. _ Appointed January 16, 1854.
Joshua B. Huckaby 1854-56.
John I. Key
Christopher A. Rudd 1856, failed to qualify.
Appointed March 3, 1857, resigned.
William H. Blunt Appointed November 20, 1857-59.
George P. Dewees 1859-60.
Wiley Adams 1860-62.
William C. Adams 1862-64.
J. J. McAllister
1864-66, resigned.
Milton S. Mavity Appointed January 29, 1866.
Sidney B. Hatfield 1866-6S.
John W. Buskirk 1868-69, resigned.
William Farrell Appointed June 14, 1869-70.
John C. Schafer 1870-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
David Hart
February 1. 1818-January 2, 1819, resigned.
Fourth circuit.
Richard Daniel Appointed January 2, 1819-February 21, 1822.
James R. E. Goodlet February 21. 1822-December 12, 1831.
Samuel Hall December 12. 1831 ; resigned in April. 1835.
Charles I. Battell Appointed April 20. 1835-December 11, 1835. Elisha Embree December 11. 1835-January 1, 1846.
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James Lockhart January 1, 1846; resigned in May, 1851, to take effect September 21, 1851.
Alvin P. Hovey Appointed May 31, 1851, to serve from September 21, 1851-October 12, 1852. CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Alvin P. Hovey October 12, 1852; resigned, September 26, 1854. Third circuit.
William E. Niblack. Appointed September 26, 1854-October 24, 1857, resigned.
Ballard Smith Appointed October 24, 1857-November 1, 1858.
Michael F. Burke November 1, 1858-February 22, 1859. The act of February 22. 1859, put Spencer in the Fifteenth.
William F. Parrett Appointed August 3, 1859; resigned, March 10, 1869.
James G. Jones Appointed March 12, 1869-October 24, 1870.
David T. Laird October 24, 1870-October 24, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put Spencer in the Second, and transferred Laird from the Fifteenth to the Sec- ond.
John B. Handy. October 24, 1876-November 26, 1882.
George L. Reinhard November 16, 1882; resigned, March 10, 1891.
Edward Gough Appointed March 12, 1891-November 16, 189S.
Elbert M. Swan November 16, 1898-November 16, 1904. The act of March 3, 1903, constituted Spencer and Warrick the Second, where they have since remained.
Roscoe Kiper November 16, 1904-November 16, 1910.
Ralph E. Roberts November 16, 1910; term expires November 16, 1916.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Amos Clark August 9, 1824-August 14, 1826. Fourth circuit.
Charles I. Battell
August 14, 1826-December 30, 1832.
John Pitcher December 30, 1832-August 10, 1836.
Eben D. Edson Appointed August 10, 1836-January, 1837.
John A. Breckinridge __ January, 1837-December 7, 183S.
Eben D. Edson December 7, 1838-December 10, 1840.
John Pitcher December 10, 1840-August 6, 1841, resigned.
John Ingle Appointed August 6, 1841-December 10, 1841.
James Lockhart December 10, 1841-September 19, 1845.
Eben D. Edson September 19, 1845-August 27, 1846.
Samuel S. DeBruler August 27, 1846-August 27, 184S.
Andrew L. Robinson August 23, 1849-September 1, 1851.
Harmon G. Barkwell September 1, 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, 1855; resigned, August 15, 1857.
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William F. Parrett. Appointed August 31, 1857-November 12, 1857.
James M. Shanklin November 12, 1857; resigned, October 11, 1858. Commission issued November 24, 1858, served until August 3, 1859, when Shanklin was removed by act of Legislature 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 Spencer in the Second.
Edwin R. Hatfield March 6, 1873-October 26, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, transferred Hatfield from the Fifteenth to the Second.
George L. Reinhard. October 26, 1876-October 26, 1880.
Sidney B. Hatfield October 26, 1SSO-November 17, 1884.
William A. Land November 17, 1884-November 17, 1886.
James A. Hemenway November 17, 1886-November 17, 1890.
Richard M. Johnson November 17, 1890-November 17, 1892.
Harold Deweese
November 17, 1892-November 17, 1894.
William Henning
November 17, 1894-November 17, 1896.
Thomas W. Lindsey
November 17, 1896-January 1, 1901.
Philip Zoercher
January 1, 1901-January 1, 1903.
Union Youngblood January 1, 1903-January 1. 1905. The act of March 3, 1905, constituted Spencer and Warrick the Second, where they have since remained.
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