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Elisha Long, of Henry County, elected in 1831. Served in the Sixteenth, Seven- teenth and Eighteenth sessions, 1831-2-3; district, Henry, Hancock and Madison counties; re-elected in 1834; served in the Nineteenth regular session, 1834; district same as above; resigned as previously stated.
Thomas Bell, of Madison County, elected in 1835. Served in the Twentieth session, 1835; district, Henry, Hancock and Madison counties.
Thomas R. Stanford, of Henry County, elected in 1836. Served in the Twenty first, Twenty second and Twenty third sessions, 1836-7-8, Henry County alone constituting the district, as it continued to do until the adoption of the new constitution in 1851.
Jehu T. Elliott, elected in 1839. Served in the Twenty fourth, Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth sessions, 1839-40-1.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1842. Served in the Twenty seventh, Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth sessions, 1842-3-4.
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Eli Murphey elected in 1848. Served in the Thirtieth, Thirty first and Thirty second sessions, 1845-6-7.
George Evans elected in 1848. Served in the Thirty third, Thirty fourth and Thirty fifth sessions, 1848-9-50.
Ezekiel T. Hickman elected in 1851. Served in the Thirty sixth session only. He was the last State Senator serving under the constitution of 1816, and the last Democrat. since 1834, when General Long resigned, to represent Henry County in the Senate. But for the adoption of the new constitution, 1851, he would have served two years longer.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
The present constitution of the State which became effective November 1, 1851, pro- vides, article 4, section 1: "The legislative authority of the State shall he vested in the General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The style of every law shall be, 'Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,' and no law shall be enacted except by bill." .
Section 2. "The Senate shall not exceed fifty nor the House one hundred members." Section 3. "Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and Representa- tives for the term of two years from the day next after the general election."
Members of the General Assembly were first elected on the second Tuesday of October, until 1881, when the constitution was changed making the general election fall on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Section 9. "The sessions of the General Assembly shall be held hiennially on the Thursday next after the first Monday in January, 1853, and every second year thereafter
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From Senator William W. Williams to Senator Luther W. Hess, Henry County alone constituted a Senatorial district.
The biennial sessions of the Legislature are limited to sixty days.
STATE SENATORS UNDER THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
William W. Williams, elected in 1852. Served in the Thirty seventh and Thirty eighth regular sessions 1853-5.
Isaac Kinley, elected in 1856. Served in the Thirty ninth regular session. 1857; in a special session November 20 to December 15, 1858, and in the Fortieth regular ses- sion, 1859.
Joshua H. Mellett, elected in 1860. Served in the Forty first regular session, 1861; in a special session April 24 to June 2, 1861, and in the Forty second regular session, 1863.
Milton Peden, elected în 1864. Served in the Forty third regular session, 1865; re- signed at the close of the session to accept the Colonelcy of the 147th Regiment Indiana Infantry.
Thomas Reagan, elected in October, 1865, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Colonel Peden. Served first in a special session which convened November 15 to December 22, 1865, and in the Forty fourth regular session, 1867.
Luther W. Hess, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth regular session, 1869; in a special session April 8 to May 17, 1869, and in the Forty sixth regular session, 1871; district composed of Henry and Hancock counties. This district continued through the Senatorial terms of William R. Hongh and Benjamin Shirk.
William R. Hough, of Hancock County, elected in 1872. Served first in a special ses- sion November 13 to December 22, 1872, and afterwards in the Forty seventh and Forty eighth regular sessions, 1873-5, and later in a special session, March 9 to March 14, 1875.
Benjamin Shirk elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth regular session, 1877; in a special session March 8 to March 15, 1877, and in the Fiftieth regular session, 1879. At the Fiftieth regular session the district was changed to that represented hy Senator Bundy.
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Eugene H. Bundy, elected in 1880. Served in the Fifty first regular session, 1881; in a special session March 8 to April 15, 1881, and in the Fifty second regular session, 1883; district, Henry, Delaware and Randolph counties. This district continued during the first session of Senator Macy's term.
John W. Macy, of Randolph County, elected in 1884. Served in the Fifty third regular session, 1885, and in a special session March 10 to March 13, 1885.
James N. Huston, of Fayette County, elected in 1884 to represent the counties of Rush, Fayette and Union. The State was redistricted at the session of 1885 and a new district formed consisting of the counties of Henry and Fayette, and thus Senator Huston represented Henry and Fayette counties in the Fifty fourth regular session in 1887. This district continued through the Senatorial term of William Grose.
William Grose, elected in 1888. Served in the Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth regular sessions, 1889-91.
Leonidas P. Newhy, elected in 1892. Served in the Fifty seventh and Fifty eighth regular sessions, 1893-5; re-elected in 1896. Served in the Fifty ninth and Sixtieth regu- lar sessions, 1897-9; district Henry, Fayette and Union counties. This district continued through the Senatorial term of Albert D. Ogborn.
Albert D. Ogborn, elected in 1900. Served in the Sixty first and Sixty second regu- lar sessions, 1901-3.
Edward E. Moore, of Fayette County, elected in 1904. Served in the Sixty third regular session, 1905; term of office extends through the Sixty fourth regular session, 1907. However, Senator Moore will not represent Henry County, as at the Sixty third regular session a new district was formed consisting of the counties of Henry and Madi- son. A Senator will be elected for the district at the November election, 1906.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
JAMES GREGORY and Amaziah Morgan, the first and second Senatorial representatives of Henry County, were very closely identified with the early history of the State.
GENERAL ELISHA LONG is fully mentioned in the text preceding the list of State Senators.
THOMAS BELL was a well known citizen of Madison County.
THOMAS R. STANFORD was respectively associate judge, county commissioner, mem- ber of the lower house of the General Assembly and county surveyor. He was one of the earlier citizens of the county who seemed to have possessed in a full degree the confidence of the people. Further reference is made to him under the head of Associate Judges.
JEITU T. ELLIOTT was the eminent jurist so long Judge of the Henry Circuit Court `and afterward a Justice of the State Supreme Court. A full biographical sketch of Judge Elliott will be found elsewhere in this History.
ELI MURPHEY was born in North Carolina May 5, 1811, and came with his parents to Henry County in 1823. He was identified with the growth of the county seat from its inception and gave largely of his time and talent to its material prosperity. He studied law together with the late Judge Jehu T. Elliott at Centreville and began the practise of his profession at the age of 22 in New Castle. During the cholera epidemic of 1833 he was a faithful and constant attendant upon the suffering. While a member of the State Senate in 1845 he reported and advocated the bill chartering the New Castle and Richmond railroad, was earnest in his efforts to build the road and after its completion acted as treasurer of the company for some time. In the various official positions to which his fellow citizens elected him he was a very capable man and the records in the county clerk's office written by him are models of conciseness and beautiful penmanship. For forty years he was an earnest, honest, enterprising citizen and his life work was always well and faithfully carried out. He was for nearly ten years clerk of Henry County, and served three sessions (1845-6-7) in the State Senate to which he was elected as a Whig but later in life became a Democrat. He was married in 1835 to Rebecca Car- penter, and five children were born to them-one daughter. Caroline, now deceased, and four sons, namely, William H., Henry C., Charles P. and George R. Henry C. is engaged
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in business in Chicago and the three other sons are prominent in the business life of New Castle; William H. is a manufacturer, George R. cashier of the First National Bank, and Charles P., a prominent jeweler. Eli Murphey died September 11, 1877, and Rebecca (Carpenter) Murphey died September 11, 1899. Both are buried in South Mound Cemetery.
GEORGE EVANS was a rugged Henry County pioneer who emigrated from North Carolina and lived for many years in Spiceland Township. Politically he was early classed as a moderate Whig. In 1848 the Whigs of Henry County nominated as their candidate for State Senator, Robert M. Cooper. ot Raysville. The manner of Mr. Cooper's nomination, or at least some facts connected with it, caused much dissatisfaction and accordingly Mr. Evans became an independent candidate. This was the year when the Free Soil Democrats, the Free Soil Whigs and the Abolitionists joined in a conven- tion at Buffalo, New York, and nominated ex-President Martin Van Buren for President and Charles Francis Adams (Whig) for Vice President. After this convention, the Democrats of Henry County determined to support Evans for State Senator, he having in the meantime issued an address to the people of the county which was received with much favor by the Democrats. Evans was elected by a small majority. While in the State Senate he was considered a moderate Democrat and acted with that party. On the formation of the Republican party he became a Republican and so continued until his death. He was an active member of the Friends' Church at Spiceland. Owen Evans, who prior to the Civil War moved to Minnesota and went into the army from that State- his military service being elsewhere in this History appropriately set out-was his son. After the war Owen Evans returned to Henry County and was for nearly six years deputy auditor under Seth S. Bennett. Later he moved to Arkansas, where he died and is buried.
EZEKIEL T. HICKMAN came from West Virginia to Henry County about 1831, identi- cal with the time that the Beavers, Hickman, Ice, Mellett and Veach families came, so numerously, from Monongalia and Marion counties. West Virginia, and settled in Prairie Township. Senator Hickman was for many years, and at the time of his election, a pros- perous farmer living on the main road to Muncie at the upper end of what is known as the Harvey neighborhood, eight miles north of New Castle, his election to the Senate being due to the fusion movement fully set out in the introduction to the preceding chap- ter. He was always an uncompromising Democrat and as such was the only Democratic representative from Henry County in the State Senate, excepting George Evans just above mentioned, since party lines were drawn in the county (1835-7). The author is unable to classify the politics of Senators Gregory, Morgan and Bell. Aside from these, Senators Long, Evans (independent) and Hickman are the only Democratic Senators. Late in life Mr. Hickman sold his farm and moved to New Castle, where he remained until' his death, leaving behind him an enviable reputation. His two sons are highly prosperous business men. at present conducting a department store in Muncie.
WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS was a prominent citizen and active Whig who lived first at Knightstown, where he operated a tanyard and then at Ogden in the mercantile business. He was one of the last associate judges, serving from January 17, 1849, until the office was abolished. See Associate Judges in this chapter. He moved to Madison County and died there.
ISAAC KINLEY was one of Henry County's most distinguished Civil War soldiers. In Chapter XVI of this History will be found full biographical reference to him.
JOSHUA H. MELLETT was one of Henry County's most distinguished citizens and foremost lawyers. Elsewhere in this History will be found a full biographical sketch of Judge Mellett.
MILTON PEDEN was another of the county's distinguished soldiers. In Chapter XXII of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of Colonel Peden. His wife died July 3, 1905, and is buried in the old cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
THOMAS REAGAN and other members of the Reagan family came to Greensboro at a very early day from North Carolina. The first and second postmasters at Greensboro, as shown in Chapter I of this History, were William and Thomas Reagan, brothers of Wiley Reagan, who was the father of the Senator. Immediately preceding the Civil War,
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Senator Reagan built the fine residence and large store room at Greensboro which still stands as a monument to his enterprise. In the Winter of 1881-2, Thomas Reagan and Morgan James organized at Greensboro an emigration movement to Nebraska. The party consisted of the following named persons and their families, all of whom settled in Polk County, Nebraska, near Osceola, the county seat: Thomas Reagan, Morgau James (fa- ther of Leander M. James, the well-known auctioneer of New Castle), Ambrose B. Bar- nard, Harper Byers, Cornelius Dillee, Josiah Fentress, Jasper James, Frank Wilson, Lewis Walton and perhaps others. Thomas Reagan resided there until his death. Morgan James returned to New Castle after about twenty years and died at the home of his son, Leander M. James, November 2, 1897, and is buried in Addison Cemetery in Rush County, two and one-half miles south of Knightstown. Mr. Barnard returned to Greensboro, where he now lives, the owner of a saw mill, and is also engaged in farming. The others all remained in Nebraska. Thomas Reagan in company with Milton Peden, Daniel Har- vey, George W. Goodwin, Isaac Howard, George W. Woods and others comprised a party who sought the gold fields of California in 1849. They returned within two years. Mr. Reagan was a merchant in Greensboro from that time until he moved to Nebraska.
LUTHER W. HESS was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, December 12, 1821, of which State his parents, Thomas and Matilda ( Scott) Hess, were natives. Thomas Hess was born in 1790 and his wife in 1789. They came to Henry County about 1829 and set- tled in Prairie Township, afterward moving to Harrison Township, where the mother died in 1868 and the father in 1870. Luther W. Hess began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Horn at Middletown, in 1845, where he practised his profession until 1852, when he moved to Cadiz and throughout the remainder of his life enjoyed an extensive practise. He was an earnest, honest, intelligent man who had the respect and confidence of the people throughout Henry County. July 4, 1847, he was married to Phoebe A. Pick- ering. Of their four children but two are living: Angelina M., born December 20, 1852, widow of Dr. Walter A. Boor, of New Castle, to whom she was married September 24. 1873, and Frank C., born June 1, 1856, who was married November 30, 1882, to Lena. daughter of Daniel and Malinda Harvey, pioneers of Henry County. Frank C. succeeded to his father's practise on the death of the latter which occurred March 8, 1883, and stands high in his profession and in the esteem of the people of Harrison Township.
WILLIAM R. HOUGH was, and is now, a leading attorney residing in Greenfield.
BENJAMIN SHIRK was for eight years 'clerk of the Henry Circuit Court. Biograph- ical reference to him will be found elsewhere in this History.
EUGENE H. BUNDY was, in 1884, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, afterward Judge of the Henry Circuit Court and is now one of the leading attorneys of New Castle. A full biographical sketch of Senator Bundy will be found elsewhere in this History.
JOHN W. MACY was an attorney residing at Winchester and is the present judge of the Randolph Circuit Court. In the Civil War he was a gallant soldier in Company A, 84th Indiana Infantry.
JAMES N. HUSTON was a resident of Connersville and for several years chairman . of the Republican National Committee. He was Treasurer of the United States under President Benjamin Harrison.
WILLIAM GROSE reached the highest rank of any soldier from Henry County in the Civil War. In Chapter IX of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of him. LEONIDAS P. NEWBY is the well-known lawyer, banker and politician residing at Knightstown.
ALBERT D. OGBORN was a Captain in the Spanish-American War. In Chapter XXXI of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of him.
EDWARD E. MOORE, at the time of his election, was editor of the Weekly Courier at Connersville.
In April, 1864, Colonel George W. Lennard, then in the field with his regiment, the 57th Indiana Infantry, was nominated by the Republicans, or as they then styled them- selves, the Union party, for State Senator. He would have been elected at the October election following, but unfortunately he was killed at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, and
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Milton Peden, then Captain of Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry, was nominated vice Lennard. In Chapter XXIX of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of Colonel Lennard.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER THE FIRST CONSTITUTION.
Thomas Hendricks, of Shelby County, elected in 1823. Served in the Eighth regu- lar session, 1823; re-elected in 1824. Served in the Ninth regular session, 1824; district Henry, Decatur, Rush and Shelby counties, which continued the same through the Tenth regular session.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1825. Served in the Tenth regular session, 1825.
Elisha Long, elected in 1826. Served in the Eleventh regular session, 1826; re- elected in 1827. Served in the Twelfth regular session, 1827; re-elected in 1828. Served in the Thirteenth regular session, 1828; district, Henry, Hamilton, and Madison counties; re-elected in 1829. Served in the Fourteenth regular session, 1829; district, Henry, Ham- ilton, Hancock and Madison counties, and all the country north to the State line not at- tached to any other district. Long was re-elected in 1830. Served in the Fifteenth regular session, 1830; district same as in 1829.
William Conner, of Hamilton County, was the joint representative in the Fourteenth regular session, 1829.
Thomas Bell, of Madison County, was the joint representative in the Fifteenth regu- lar session. 1830.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1831. Served in the Sixteenth regular session, 1831; re-elected in 1832. Served in the Seventeenth regular session, 1832; re-elected in 1833. Served in the Eighteenth regular session, 1833; re-elected in 1834. Served in the Nine- teenth regular session, 1834. Henry County alone constituted the district for the four- terms above, as also through the Twentieth regular session.
David Macy, elected in 1835. Served in the Twentieth regular session, 1835.
David Macy and Richard Henderson, elected jointly in 1836. Served in the Twenty first regular session, 1836. Henry County alone constituted the district and so continued with joint representatives in all succeeding sessions under the first constitution, except the last one, for which session there was but one representative elected, Isaac H. Morris.
David Macy and Miles Murphey, elected jointly in 1837. Served in the Twenty second regular session, 1837.
Robert M. Cooper and Jesse H. Healey, elected jointly in 1838. Served in the Twen- ty third regular session, 1838.
Ralph Berkshire and Robert M. Cooper, elected jointly in 1839. Served in the Twenty fourth regular session, 1839.
Thomas R. Stanford and David C. Shawhan, elected jointly in 1840. Served in the Twenty fifth regular session, 1840.
Robert M. Cooper and Joel Reed, elected jointly in 1841. Served in the Twenty sixth regular session, 1841.
Isaac Parker and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1842. Served in the Twenty seventh regular session, 1842.
Robert I. Hudelson and Joel Reed, elected jointly in 1843. Served in the Twenty eighth regular session, 1843.
John W. Grubbs and Isaac Parker, elected jointly in 1844. Served in the Twenty ninth regular session, 1844.
Marble S. Cameron and Samuel Coffin, elected jointly in 1845. Served in the Thir- tieth regular session, 1845.
John Powell and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1846. Served in the Thirty first regular session, 1846.
Samuel Coffin and Jesse W. Baldwin, elected jointly in 1847. Served in the Thir- ty second regular session, 1847.
Martin L. Bundy and William A. Rifner, elected jointly in 1848. Served in the Thirty third regular session, 1848.
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Samuel W. Stuart and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1849. Served in the Thir- ty fourth regular session, 1849.
Isaac H. Morris, elected in 1851. Served in the Thirty sixth regular session, 1851.
Butler Hubbard and Russell Jordan, elected jointly in 1850. Served in the Thirty fifth regular session, 1850.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
Joseph Yount and James S. Ferris, elected jointly in 1852. Served in the Thirty seventh regular session, 1853. During this and all subsequent sessions under the present constitution, Henry County alone constituted the district, unless otherwise specified.
Luther C. Mellett and Milton Peden, elected jointly in 1854. Served in the Thirty eighth regular session, 1855.
Nathan H. Ballenger and William Grose, elected jointly in 1856. Served in the Thirty ninth regular session, 1857.
Joshua H. Mellett, elected in 1858. Served in a special session from November 20 to December 15, 1858, and in the Fortieth regular session, 1859.
Martin L. Bundy, elected in 1860. Served in the Forty first regular session, 1861, and in a special session April 24 to June 2, 1861.
Charles D. Morgan, elected in 1862. Served in the Forty second regular session, 1863.
David W. Chambers, elected in 1864. Served in a special session November 13 to December 22, 1864, and in the Forty third regular session, 1865: re-elected in 1866. Served in the Forty fourth regular session, 1867.
John R. Millikan, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth regular session, 1869, and in a special session April 8 to May 17, 1869.
George F. Chittenden, of Madison County, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth regular session, 1869, and in a special session April 8 to May 17, 1869; district, Henry and Madison counties. This representation was in addition to the member (John R. Millikan) elected from Henry County alone. Thomas S. Lines, John O. Hardesty, Addi- son R. A. Thompson, Joseph T. Smith and Exum Saint were respectively members from this joint district, in addition to the member elected from Henry County alone.
John R. Millikan, elected in 1870. Served in the Forty sixth regular session, 1871.
Thomas S. Lines, elected in 1870. Served in the Forty sixth regular session, 1871.
John Hedrick, elected in 1872. Served in a special session November 13 to Decem- ber 22, 1872, and in the Forty seventh regular session, 1873.
John O. Hardesty, of Madison County, elected in 1872. Served in a special session November 13 to December 22, 1872, and in the Forty seventh regular session, 1873.
Mark E. Forkner, elected in 1874. Served in the Forty eighth regular session, 1875, and in a special session March 9 to March 14, 1875.
Addison R. A. Thompson, elected in 1874. Served in the Forty eighth regular ses- sion, 1875, and in a special session March 9 to March 14, 1875.
Charles S. Huhhard, elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth regular session, 1877, and in a special session March 6 to March 14. 1877.
Joseph T. Smith, of Madison County, elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth regular session, 1877, and in a special session March 6 to March 14, 1877.
Charles S. Hubbard, elected in 1878. Served in the Fiftieth regular session, 1879.
Exum Saint, elected in 1878. Served in the Fiftieth regular session, 1879.
William M. Bartlett, elected in 1880. Served in the Fifty first regular session, 1881, and in a special session March - to April 16, 1881.
Isaac Franklin, of Madison County, elected in 1880. Served in the Fifty first regu- lar session, 1881, and in a special session March 8 to April 16, 1881; district, Henry, Han- cock and Madison counties. This district continued through the terms of joint repre- sentatives, Henry Marsh and Joseph Franklin, the representation being in addition to that of Henry County alone.
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