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Democrats who have served as legislators from Clay county since 1830 are these: 1830-31, Jared Peyton; 1832, William Yocum; 1835, Jesse J. Bur- ton; 1836-37, Samuel H. Smydth; 1838, John Os- born; 1839, Jesse J. Burton; 1840, Francis B. Yocum; 1841-42, John B. Nees; 1843, Allen T. Rose; 1844; Francis B. Yocum; 1845, John Lewis; 1846, Elias Bolin; 1847, John T. Alexander; 1848, Francis B. Yocum; 1849, Delaney Williamson; 1850, George Donham; 1852, Daniel Dunlavy;
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1856, George W. Duncan and James W. Modesitt; 1858, Lewis Row; 1860, Elias Cooprider; 1862-64, Adam C. Veach; 1866, John Hungate; 1868, John C. McGregor; 1870, John D. Walker; 1874, George W. Bence; 1876-78, Isaac M. Compton; 1880, George D. Teter; 1882, James M. Price; 1884, Charles W. Bailey; 1886, William A. Con- nely; 1890, James T. Moss; 1892, Felix G. Thorn- ton; 1896, Felix G. Thornson; 1898, Edward Cutty; 1900, John A. Trout; 1906, M. Beecher Frump; 1908, George J. Kayser; 1910, Albert Diel; 1912, Patrick H. Veach; 1914, Richard H. Griffith.
JOINT REPRESENTATIVES.
Montgomery, Putnam and Clay Counties.
1882-88-Fred J. R. Robinson.
1888-92-Michael J. Carroll.
1892-94-Frank D. Ader.
1896-98-George J. Kayser. Clay and Owen Counties.
1898-1900-Luther B. Downey.
1900-1902-Joshua R. Horsfield.
1904-08-Temple G. Pierson.
1908-10-B. F. Mugg.
1910-14-John Mason Duncan.
1914-16-Hubert Hickman.
SENATORS.
Vigo, Sullivan, Parke, Montgomery, Vermilion, Owen, Putnam, Greene, Hendricks, Morgan and Clay Counties.
1825-27-John M. Coleman.
Vigo, Sullivan and Clay Counties.
1828-William C. Linton.
1834-George Boone.
1843-Ransom W. Aiken.
1846-James H. Henry.
1849-James M. Hanna.
1852-Michael Combs.
1856-William E. McLean.
Putnam and Clay Counties.
1860-Archibald Johnson.
1864-Athel Staggs.
Sullivan and Clay Counties.
1868-James M. Hanna.
1870-Joshua Alsop.
1872-Morgan B. Ringo.
Clay and Owen Counties.
1876-Inman H. Fowler.
1880-Isaac M. Compton.
1884-Inman H. Fowler.
1888-George A. Byrd.
1892-Samuel R. McKelvay.
1896-Frank A. Horner.
1900-Ashbel H. Wampler.
1904-Ralph W. Moss.
Clay and Vigo Counties.
1908-Samuel D. Royse.
1910-Samuel D. Royse.
1914-Frank A. Kattman.
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HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CLINTON COUNTY
By Joseph Combs
C LINTON COUNTY is located in the north- central portion of the State, in the north part of the Ninth Congressional District, and in a fine agricultural region. The county is bounded on the north by Carroll and Howard, on the east by Howard, Tipton and Hamilton, on the south by Boone, and on the west by Montgomery and Tippecanoe.
Before the advent of the white men it was a portion of the territory occupied by the Miami tribe of Indians, but so far as known there was no permanent Indian settlement in the county. The first white settler was David Killgore, who located just north of where the village of Jefferson was afterward settled, in the year of 1826. Other settlers followed in rapid succession, and a year later the town of Jefferson, the first in the county, was occupied by several newcomers. This was the first town laid out in the county and it was named after the illustrious founder of the Democratic party.
The first step taken to establish local govern- ment was the act of the State Legislature of Jan- uary 24, 1828, by which the territory embraced in the county was added to Tippecanoe County under the name of Washington Township. The territory had been open to settlement for ten years prior to that time, but the southern part of the State and in and near Indianapolis as well as along the Wabash river offered greater attractions to the settler, and so emigration came slowly at first.
The first action taken by the authorities of Tip- pecanoe county to govern this new territory was by what was then called the Board of Justices of the county, which then acted as County Commis- sioners. This was in March, 1829, and the Board ordered that the new territory attached to their county be named "Washington Township;" that all elections be held at the house of David Killgore, and John Ross was appointed inspector of all elec- tions in the township for a period of one year. Also John Ross and Nathan Kirk were appointed supervisors of the State road leading from Lafay- ette to Newcastle in Henry county, which passed through the new township. Also Elijah Ferguson was appointed assessor of the township for the year of 1829. At the May session, 1829, of the Board, the place of election was changed to the house of John Ross, and an election was ordered to be held at his house on the first Monday of June following, for the purpose of electing two Justices of the Peace, for said township, and all elections
thereafter to be held in the township were ordered to be held at the house of the said John Ross. The assessor, Elijah Ferguson, was allowed $40.00 for assessing the township that year. In July of that year the board licensed J. K. Leming to vend foreign merchandise in the town of Jefferson, for the term of four months, the license fee being fixed at $3.33. At the same term the Board also appointed Joseph Hill constable for the township during the remainder of that year. At the Sep- tember session of the Board, Abner Baker and Aaron H. Southard were granted licenses to re- tail merchandise for the term of six months on the payment of a $5.00 fee. This was the last session of the Board of Justices, and in Novem- ber, 1829, they were superseded by the Board of County Commissioners. The only business affect- ing the new territory by this Board of County Commissioners, was the appointment of Isaac Cook, Thomas Canby, and Mordecai Mckinsey as road viewers, to view two "cartways" which were petitioned for by Nathan Kirk and Samuel Allen, which services they performed and made report thereof at the March session, 1830. While the new territory thus added to Tippecanoe county was named Washington township, the people began calling it "Washington Territory." By 1830 the population had increased to 1,423, and a petition was prepared and presented to the State Legis- lature for a separate county government. This petition was favorably acted upon, and the new county was ordered established. The question of building canals for transportation was then a live issue in this part of the State and so the new county was named "Clinton" in honor of Dewitt Clinton, the canal-building Governor of New York. The act establishing the new county was approved January 29, 1830. The first section of which fixed the boundary as given above and the name, the second section designated March 1, when the act should take effect, and the third sec- tion named Robert Taylor of Montgomery county, Henry Ristine of Tippecanoe county, Hugh B. Mc- Keen of Cass county, John Cary of Carroll county and Jeremiah Corbaly of Marion county, commis- sioners, to fix the county seat of the new county. Provision was also made for the election of three County Commissioners for the new county, who were, when elected, to meet at the house of Mat- thew Bunnell on the first Monday in May for the transaction of all of the business of the county. The Circuit Court was to be held at Jefferson
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and was attached to the first judicial circuit for that purpose. Provision was also made for the establishment of a public library for the county.
The Commissioners above named met in Jeffer- son on the first Monday in May as directed, and, after considerable time being taken in consider- ing the question of the location of the new county seat, some of the people strongly favoring Jeffer- son, while others opposed this place as not being centrally located, John Pence came forward and offered to donate sixty acres of ground and $100.00 if the county seat should be located on his farm. This offer was accepted, and the new town was later laid out and established, named Frank- fort, which has always remained the seat of gov- ernment for the county.
The first election was held May 3, 1830, at the cabin of Matthew Bunnell, just south and a little west of where the "Farmer's Chapple" church now stands, in Bunnell's cemetery. There was no poli- tics in this election. The two opposing parties in those days were the Jackson Democrats and the old Whig party, the latter afterward merged into the Republican. Jackson had been President a little over a year and was immensely popular; nearly every man elected at this first election was a Jackson Democrat.
John Douglass, Joseph Hall and Mordecai Mc- Kinsey were elected County Commissioners. John Pence was elected County Treasurer; Beal Dor- sey, Recorder; Samuel D. Maxwell, Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Auditor. The office of Clerk and Auditor were held by the same officer till 1841. William Douglass was elected Probate Judge, and Samuel Mitchell and John Ross, Asso- ciate Judges. Isaac D. Armstrong, one of our most prominent of the old-time Democrats, was appointed the first County Surveyor by Governor James B. Ray, shortly after the county was or- ganized. Solomon Young was the first Sheriff of the county.
From 1830 to 1840 there is little of political his- tory, either of the. Democrats or of any other party, to be recorded in Clinton county. There was nothing then in existence to which we can compare our present party organization. No such thing as a county chairman and secretary and precinct committeemen was then known. While candidates usually professed to be Jackson Demo- crats, or Whig Republicans, the elections usually turned and was decided on purely local or per- sonal considerations. The population was sparse and much scattered, and the number of voters but few. What few roads there were, were bad about half of the year or more, and so means of communication was difficult, and not much cam- paigning could be done, if it had been desired, which it was not. Electing candidates for the
few offices was a simple and informal matter as compared with more modern and present-day po- litical methods.
In the early history of the county, when poli- tics became more prominent, the county usually went Democratic, and was so classed. Whenever partisanship was aroused and party lines were tightly drawn between the old Whig party and the Democratic party prior to the time of the Civil War, the majority was generally Democratic. At times the majority was slender, ranging from one hundred up to three hundred, but the last figure was unusual and rarely reached. When the slav- ery question became foremost, as it did about 1850 and after, the Democratic majority in the county was reduced. Occasionally a Whig was elected to a county office, but rarely; after the Republican party came into existence majorities changed, the Democratic majority was reduced and from 1860 to 1872, at presidential elections, the county went Republican. Generally at State elections the county was reliably Democratic and the county officers were Democrats with occasionally an ex- ception.
The first Clerk of the Circuit Court was Samuel D. Maxwell, an old-time Whig. He held the office for fourteen years, eleven of which he served also as County Auditor. He was succeeded as clerk by John Barner, a Democrat, who filled this office for fifteen years, and was succeeded by his son, David P. Barner, also a Democrat, who performed the duties of this office for two terms of four years each. David P. Barner is still living (1917) and one of the oldest Democrats in the county. His father, John Barner was also County Treasurer for three years. The first County Auditor was John P. Crothers, who served fourteen years. As County Recorder, Beal Dorsey served nine years and died in office and J. G. Smith served out his unexpired term. I. D. Armstrong, before men- tioned, who served six years as County Sur- veyor, was elected County Recorder and served in that office for fourteen years. After the Civil War Mr. Armstrong also served Clinton county four years as County Treasurer, and, altogether, served the county in some official capacity for nearly a quarter of a century.
During this early period the Judges' offices were filled by the following persons: Circuit Court Judges-President Judges, John R. Porter of Vermillion County, 1830-37; Isaac Naylor of Montgomery county, 1838-51. Associate Judges, Samuel Mitchell, 1830-36; John Ross, 1830-33; Joseph Wood, 1834-36; John Brown, 1837-43; J. F. Aughe, 1837-43; Thomas Kenard, 1844-46; C. B. Pence, 1844-52; James Purdum, 1847-52. The early districts or circuits included a number of counties in the western part of the State, which
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were "traveled" by the President Judges, the As- sociate Judges being local residents. At the April term, 1852, the Associate Judges were discon- tinued under the new constitution and the Circuit Court, with a single judge, was inaugurated.
Probate Judges-Mr. William Douglass, 1830- July, 1831; Nathan Kirk, Aug. 1831-39; N. T. Catterlin (Dem.), 1851; E. Winship, 1851-2. The Probate Court was abolished by the Constitution of 1851 and the business was transferred to the Common Pleas Court.
The judges of the Clinton Circuit Court, from the formation of the Constitution, in 1852, to the present time are as follows: William P. Bryant (Parke county), 1852-1858; John M. Cowan, 1858- 1870; Thomas F. Davidson, 1870-1873; Truman H. Palmer (Dem.), 1873-1878; Thomas J. Terhune (Dem.), 1878-1883; Joseph C. Suit (Rep., 1883- 1884; Allen E. Paige (Dem), 1884-1890; Samuel H. Doyal (Rep.), 1890-1896; James V. Kent (Dem.), 1896-1902; Joseph Claybaugh (Rep.), 1902-1908; Joseph Combs (Dem), 1908-1920 (present judge).
From the time the county was organized in 1830 to the present time (1916), the offices of County Clerk, County Auditor, County Recorder, County Treasurer, County Sheriff and the Representa- tives and Senators in the General Assembly have been held by the following persons, with dates of their terms and their politics so far as it could be given :
Clerks-Samuel D. Maxwell (Whig), 1830- 1844; John Barner (Dem.), 1844-1859; David P. Barner (Dem.), 1859-1867; DeWitt C. Bryant (Dem.), 1868-1874; Samuel P. Fisher (Dem.), 1874-1878; Elwood Avery (Dem.), 1878-1886; Oliver Gard (Rep.), 1887-1893; Lawson C. Mer- ritt (Rep.), 1894-1902; George Smith (Dem.), 1903-1907; Isaiah M. Cue (Dem.), 1911-1915; William N. Berryman (Dem.), present clerk.
Auditors-J. P. Crothers, 1841-54; Joshua Armentrout (Dem.), 1855-1863; John W. Ulm, 1864-1867; James V. Knight (Dem.), 1867-1870; William H. Ghere (Rep.), 1871-1873; Cyrus Clark (Dem.), 1873-1878; Newton J. Gaskill (Dem.), 1878-1886; William T. Cooper (Rep.), 1887-1891; Martin P. Davis (Dem.), 1891-1895; Emanuel Burgett (Rep.), 1895-1899; Hezekiah M. Cohee (Rep.), 1899-1903; Orville E. Burgett (Rep), 1903-1907; Charles F. Cromwell (Dem.), 1907- 1915; Edward Spray (Rep.), 1915- (present Auditor.
Recorders-Beal Dorsey, 1830-39; Jeremiah G. Smith (appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Beal Dorsey), 1839-39; I. D. Armstrong (Dem.), 1839-1852; C. J. Miller, 1853-1860; J. Q. A. Youkey (Rep.), 1861-1864; J. D. Cornelison (Dem.), 1864-1868; David B. Carter (Rep.),
1868-1872; John P. Dearth (Dem.), 1873-1878; J. A. Hedgecock (Dem.), 1880-1888; William M. Wood (Rep.), 1889-1895; George M. Good (Dem.), 1896-1900; Charles A. Davis (Dem.), 1900-1904; Thomas P. Blinn (Rep.), 1904-1908; Sylvester H. Harshman (Dem.), 1909-1917; Harry Bryan (Rep.), 1918-1922.
Treasurers-John Pence, 1830-1837; John Bar- ner (Dem.), 1837-1840; William Seawright (Dem.), 1840-1844; Samuel Maxwell, 1844-1844 (filled vacancy caused by death of William Sea- wright) ; James Scroggy, 1845-1848; James G. Frazier (Dem.), 1849-1855; Henry Y. Morrison (Dem.), 1855-1858; Samuel Ayres, 1859-1860; Isaac D. Armstrong (Dem.), 1862-1865; John G. Clark (Rep.), 1866-1869; Stephen Shanks (Dem.), 1869-1873; John Fleming (Dem.), 1873- 1878; Thomas R. Engert (Dem.), 1882-1884; Alexander B. Given (Rep.), 1884-1886; William J. Barnett (Rep.), 1886-1890; Willard P. Maish (Dem.), 1890-1892; John G. Mckinney (Rep.), 1892-1896; John P. Bond (Rep.), 1896-1898; John F. Fall (Dem.), 1898-1900; Alexander B. Given (Rep.), 1900-1902; Nathaniel Carter (Rep.), 1902-1904; Frank P. Barnett (Rep.), 1906-1908; Robert McDonald (Dem.), 1908-1910; Elmer M. Caldwell (Dem.), 1910-1914; Earl McDonald (Dem.), 1914-1916; O. M. Roush (Rep.), 1917- 1919 (present Treasurer).
Sheriffs-Charles J. Hand, 1830-30 (appoint- ment before organization of county) ; Solomon Young, 1830-1833; Noah T. Catterlin (Dem.), 1834-1836; J. W. Harland (Dem.), 1836-1838; W. M. Parcel, 1839-1840; James F. Suit, 1840 (ap- pointed to fill vacancy) ; R. Babb, 1840-1844; James Gaster (Dem.), 1844-1847; William V. Johnson, 1847-1851; Isaac Cook (Dem.), 1852- 1854; E. Armentrout (Dem.), 1854-1856; Frank D. Caldwell (Dem.), 1857-1859; Samuel Merritt (Rep.), 1860-1862; Leonidas Mitchell (Dem.), 1862-1866; M. T. Campbell (Dem.), 1866-1868; N. Franklin, 1869-1871; Fred Tice (Dem.), 1871- 1875; William A. McCray (Dem.), 1875-1877; W. A. Brandon, 1877 -; T. P. Holmes (Dem.), 1878- 1880; John A. Petty (Dem.), 1884-1886; William D. Clark (Rep.) 1886-1890; Levi Wratten (Dem.), 1890-1892; William T. Hill (Rep.) 1892- 1896; Jerome Clark (Dem.), 1896-1900; Frank P. Corns (Rep.), 1900-1904; John W. Haggard (Dem.), 1904-1908; John H. Mattix (Dem.), 1908-1912; John D. Miller (Dem.), 1912-1916; Joseph W. Pence (Dem.), 1917-1919 (present Sheriff).
Representatives in General Assembly-Jacob Angle and John Nelson, 1830-1832; John H. Good- bar and Jesse Carter, 1832-1833; David Vance and Jacob Angle, 1833-1834; Jacob Angle and Thomas M. Curry, 1834-1835; Henry Ristine and
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Henry Lee, 1835-1836; Edwin Winship, 1836- 1837; Andrew Major, 1837-1839; Samuel C. Dunn, 1839-1840; Martin Z. Saylor, 1840-1842; Andrew Major, 1842-1843; Ephraim Byers, 1843- 1844; James Hill, 1844-1845; Wilson Seawright (Dem.), 1845-1846; James F. Suit, 1846-1847; Thomas Kenard, 1847-1848; James Hill and Alexander W. Young, 1848-1849; Ephraim Byers, 1849-1850; James S. McLeland and Newton I. Jackson, 1850-1851; James F. Suit, 1851-1852; Wilson Seawright (Dem.), 1852-1854; James W. Wilson, 1854-1856; John W. Blake (Dem.), 1856- 1858; James B. Newton, 1858-1860; Leander Mc- Clurg (Dem.), 1860-1862; Cornelius J. Miller, 1862-1866; Henry Y. Morrison (Dem.), 1866- 1868; Truman H. Palmer (Dem.), 1868-1870; Franklin D. Caldwell (Dem.), 1870-1872; Mar- quis L. Martin and William Strange, 1872-1874; Franklin D. Caldwell (Dem.), 1874-1876; Allen E. Paige (Dem.), 1876-1878; Franklin D. Cald- well (Dem.), 1878-1880; Dewitt C. Bryant (Dem.), 1880-1882; Dewitt C. Bryant (Dem.), 1882-1884; Erastus H. Staley (Dem.), 1884-1886; Newton A. Logan (Rep.), 1888-1890; James Kel- leher (Dem.), 1890-1892; William Stephenson (Rep.), 1892-1894; Edward R. Floyd (Rep.), 1894-1896; James A. Hedgecock (Dem.), 1896- 1898; Braden Clark (Rep.), 1898-1900; Arthur L. Cooper (Rep.), 1900-1902; Asa H. Boulden (Rep.), 1902-1904; Frank B. Long (Rep.), 1904- 1906; Jefferson P. Holloway (Rep.), 1906-1908; David F. Maish (Dem), 1908-1910; Hez. M. Co- hee (Rep.), 1910-1912; Nathan B. Combs (Dem.), 1912-1914; William W. Rose (Rep., 1914-1916; Russell P. Harkis (Rep.), 1917-1919 (present Representative).
Senators in General Assembly-Joseph Orr (Dem.). 1830-1831; John Beard (Dem.), 1831- 1836; Samuel Milroy (Dem.), 1836-1837; Aaron Finch, 1837-1840; Horatio J. Harris, 1840-1843; Andrew Major, 1843-1846; Philip Waters, 1846- 1849; Thomas Kenard, 1849-1852; Washington F. Black, 1852-1855; James F. Suit, 1855-1858; James Odell, 1858-1863; Leander McClurg (Dem.), 1863-1867; F. G. Armstrong (Dem.), 1867-1871; Thomas M. Hamilton, 1871-1873; A. J. Boone (Dem.), 1873-1876; James V. Kent (Dem.), 1876-1880; Henry M. Marvin (Dem.), 1880-1884; Dewitt C. Bryant (Dem.), 1884-1888; George H. Gifford (Dem.), 1892-1896; William B. Gill (Dem.), and James A. Campbell (Dem.), 1896-1900; Oliver Gard (Rep.), 1900-1904; John C. Farber (Rep.), 1904-1908; Milton T. McCarty (Dem.), 1908-1912; Fred H. Engel (Dem.), 1912- 1916; Robert Bracken (Dem.), 1917-1921 (pres- ent Senator).
The other county officers holding office at this date (January, 1916) are as follows: Charles
G. Guenther (Dem.), Prosecuting Attorney; Wil- liam A. Clark (Dem.), County Assessor; Dr. James B. Wise (Dem.), County Coroner; Guy D. Brewer (Dem.), County Surveyor; Robert W. Gable (Dem.), James P. Bond (Rep.), John Shanks (Dem.), County Commissioners; William D. Thomas (Dem.), Horace F. Campbell (Rep.), James D. Lipp (Dem.), Joseph L. Goldsberry (Dem.). John S. Orr (Dem.), George Mundell (Dem.), Stephen A. Bryan (Dem.), County Council.
In addition to the Democrats above mentioned who have held office in the county, or in the State Legislature the following have been prominent in local or State politics: William G. Morris, postmaster under President Cleveland's first ad- ministration, from 1884 to 1888; Willard H. Mor- ris, brother of William G. Morris. He never held office, but was a shrewd politician; Major David F. Allen, State Tax Commissioner under Gov- ernor Claude Matthews, candidate for Secretary of State in 1904, and District Chairman and mem- ber of the State central committee for several years; Eli Marvin, a financier of local promi- nence; Jesse B. Marvin, local business man; James W. Morrison and John C. Morrison, attor- neys, and brothers of Congressman Martin A. Morrison; John W. Hedgecock, Deputy Oil In- spector under the administration of Governor Ralston: Jerome Clark, probation officer, former Sheriff two terms and Mayor of the city of Frank- fort from 1902 to 1906, when the city was strong- ly Republican; Charles E. McQuinn of Forest township, County Commissioner from 1911 to 1915; James R. Brown, County Surveyor for many years and an expert in his profession; John Pruitt of Johnson township, County Commission- er prior to 1886; John Enright of Ross township, also County Commissioner, who served along with John Pruitt; Samuel M. Stough, private secre- tary under Congressman Morrison, and Deputy Internal Revenue Collector at present of the Terre Haute district; Robert C. Houston, State Bank Examiner under the administrations of Governors Marshall and Ralston, and former editor of the Frankfort Crescent; Milton T. Mc- Carty, State Senator from 1908 to 1912, physi- cian; Ralph T. Cheadle, local merchant, and Dem- ocratic candidate for Mayor in 1909; John A. Devitt, local agent for the Clover Leaf railroad, City Councilman from 1909 to 1913, and Demo- cratic candidate for Mayor in 1913; Joseph P. Gray, attorney, now a resident of Omaha, Neb .; William F. Palmer, attorney, Prosecuting Attor- ney from 1896 to 1898, now a resident of Los An- geles, Cal .; William A. Staley, Prosecuting Attor- ney from 1884 to 1886, now a resident of Okla- homa City, Okla .; William R. Moore, Prosecuting
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Attorney from 1878 to 1882; Colonel John B. Green, former Mayor of the city of Frankfort; Harvey H. Flora, present postmaster under the administration of President Wilson; James V. Kent, former State Senator and ex-Judge of the Clinton Circuit Court; Dallas S. Holman, Prose- cuting Attorney from 1910 to 1912; Joseph W. Pence. Deputy Sheriff under John D. Miller; Frank Burroughs, Deputy Clerk under Isaiah M. Cue, and now city mail carrier; Carl Cue, Deputy County Clerk; Ralph Smith, cashier American National Bank; Thomas J. Smith, postmaster un- der the second administration of President Cleve- land, from 1892 to 1896; Walter M. Troxel of Mulberry, County Commissioner from 1908 to 1911; Isaac C. Micahel, County Commissioner from Michigan township; Perry T. Gorham of Kirklin township, County Commissioner from 1890 to 1893; Willard Salmon of Union township, County Superintendent of Schools for several years past; Oscar S. Baird, former County Su- perintendent of Schools; Henry C. Walter of For- est township, former probation officer and truant officer; Dr. W. H. McGuire, former Mayor of city of Frankfort; Arthur McGuire, former Prosecut- ing Attorney. now a resident of the State of Washington.
Also the following are prominent Democrats in local and State affairs: M. Epstein, merchant, and one of the trustees appointed by Governor Ralston of the hospital for the insane at Long- cliff, Logansport, Ind .; William A. Morris, local business man and well known over the State in Masonic and other orders, and was a candidate for Treasurer of State at the Democratic State convention of 1914; William B. Walsh, real estate business, and well known in State politics; Thomas A. Morrison, grain dealer and elevator business; William B. Kramer, retired lumber mer- chant; Jacob Miller, Democratic Township Trus- tee of Center township; John Wharry, Trustee of Union township; Henry Cook, Trustee of Madi- son township; John Birden, Trustee of Sugar Creek township; Jesse Beydler, Trustee of Ross township; Charles Swazee, Trustee of Forest township; James O. Gregg, Trustee of Johnson township.
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