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" In forked flashes, a commanding tempest,"
Which was liable to burst upon the nation at any moment. Through such a crisis our country seemed destined to pass. The question as to the admission of Missouri was to be the beginning of this crisis, which distracted the public counsels of the nation for more than forty years afterward.
Missouri asked to be admitted into the great family of States. "Lower Louisiana," her twin sister Territory, had knocked at the door of the Union eight years previously, and was admitted as stipu- lated by Napoleon, to all the rights, privileges and immunities of a State, and in accordance with the stipulations of the same treaty, Missouri now sought to be clothed with the same rights, privileges and immunities.
As what is known in the history of the United States as the " Mis- souri Compromise," of 1820, takes rank among the most prominent
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measures that had up to that day engaged the attention of our National Legislature, we shall enter somewhat into its details, being connected as they are with the annals of the State.
February 15th, 1819. - After the House had resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill to authorize the admission of Mis- souri into the Union, and after the question of her admission had been discussed for some time, Mr. Tallmadge, of New York, moved to amend the bill, by adding to it the following proviso ; -
"And Provided, That the further introduction of slavery or involun- tary servitude be prohibited, except for the punishment of erime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and that all chil- dren born within the said State, after the admission thereof into the Union, shall be free at the age of twenty-five years."
As might have been expected, this proviso precipitated the angry discussions which lasted nearly three years, finally culminating in the Missouri Compromise. All phases of the slavery question were pre- sented, not in its moral and social aspects, but as a great constitu- tional question, affecting Missouri and the admission of future States. The proviso, when submitted to a vote, was adopted - 79 to 67, and so reported to the House.
Hon. John Scott, who was at that time a delegate from the Terri- tory of Missouri, was not permitted to vote, but as such delegate he had the privilege of participating in the debates which followed. On the 16th day of February the proviso was taken up and discussed. After several speeches had been made, among them one by Mr. Scott and one by the author of the proviso, Mr. Tallmadge, the amendment, or proviso, was divided into two parts, and voted upon. The first part of it, which included all to the word " convicted," was adopted - 87 to 76. The remaining part was then voted upon, and also adopted, by 82 to 78. By a vote of 97 to 56 the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The Senate Committee, to whom the bill was referred, reported the same to the Senate on the 19th of February, when that body voted first upon a motion to strike out of the proviso all after the word " convicted," which was carried by a vote of 32 to 7. It then voted to strike out the first entire clause, which prevailed - 22 to 16, thereby defeating the proviso.
The House declined to concur in the action of the Senate, and the bill was again returned to that body, which in turn refused to recede from its position. The bill was lost and Congress adjourned. This
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was most unfortunate for the country. The people having already been wrought up to fever heat over the agitation of the question in the National Councils, now became intensely excited. The press added fuel to the flame, and the progress of events seemed rapidly tending to the downfall of our nationality.
A long interval of nine months was to ensue before the meeting of Congress. The body indicated by its vote upon the " Missouri Ques- tion," that the two great sections of the country were politically divided upon the subject of slavery. The restrictive clanse, which it was sought to impose upon Missouri as a condition of her admission, would in all probability, be one of the conditions of the admission of the Territory of Arkansas. The public mind was in a state of great doubt and uncertainty up to the meeting of Congress, which took place on the 6th of December, 1819. The memorial of the Legisla- tive Council and House of Representatives of the Missouri Territory, praying for admission into the Union, was presented to the Senate by Mr. Smith, of South Carolina. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Some three weeks having passed without any action thereon by the Senate, the bill was taken up and discussed by the House until the 19th of February, when the bill from the Senate for the admission of Maine was considered. The bill for the admission of Maine included the " Missouri Question," by an amendment which read as follows :
"And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes, north latitude (except- ing such part thereof as is) included within the limits of the State, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, other- wise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited ; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any State or Territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or services as aforesaid."
The Senate adopted this amendment, which formed the basis of the " Missouri Compromise," modified afterward by striking out the words, " excepting only such part thereof."
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 24 to 20. On the 2d day of March the House took up the bill and amendments for consideration, and by a vote of 134 to 42 concurred in the Senate amendment, and 8
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the bill being passed by the two Houses, constituted section S, of "An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territory."
This act was approved March 6, 1820. Missouri then contained fif- teen organized counties. By act of Congress the people of said State were authorized to hold an election on the first Monday, and two suc- ceeding days thereafter in May, 1820, to select representatives to a State convention. This convention met in St. Louis on the 12th of June, following the election in May, and concluded its labors on the 19th of July, 1820. David Barton was its President, and Wm. G. Pettis, Secretary. There were forty-one members of this convention, men of ability and statesmanship, as the admirable constitution which they framed amply testifies. Their names and the counties repre- sented by them are as follows : -
Cape Girardeau. - Stephen Byrd, James Evans, Richard S. Thomas, Alexander Buckner and Joseph McFerron.
Cooper. - Robert P. Clark, Robert Wallace, Wm. Lillard.
Franklin. - John G. Heath.
Howard. - Nicholas S. Burkhart, Duff Green, John Ray, Jonathan S. Findley, Benj. H. Reeves.
Jefferson. - Daniel Hammond.
Lincoln. - Malcom Henry.
Montgomery. - Jonathan Ramsey, James Talbott.
Madison. - Nathaniel Cook.
New Madrid. - Robert S. Dawson, Christopher G. Houts.
Pike. - Stephen Cleaver.
St. Charles. - Benjamin Emmons, Nathan Boone, Hiram H. Baber. Ste. Genevieve. - John D. Cook, Henry Dodge, John Scott, R. T. Brown.
St. Louis. - David Barton, Edward Bates, Alexander McNair, Wm. Rector, John C. Sullivan, Pierre Choutean, Jr., Bernard Pratte, Thomas F. Riddick.
Washington. - John Rice Jones, Samuel Perry, John Hutchings. Wayne. - Elijah Bettis.
On the 13th of November, 1820, Congress met again, and on the sixth of the same month Mr. Scott, the delegate from Missouri, pre- sented to the House the Constitution as framed by the convention.
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The same was referred to a select committee, who made thereon a favorable report.
The admission of the State, however, was resisted, because it was claimed that its constitution sanctioned slavery, and authorized the Legislature to pass laws preventing free negroes and mulattoes from settling in the State. The report of the committee to whom was referred the Constitution of Missouri was accompanied by a preamble and resolutions, offered by Mr. Lowndes, of South Carolina. The preamble and resolutions were stricken out.
The application of the State for admission shared the same fate in the Senate. The question was referred to a select committee, who, on the 29th of November, reported in favor of admitting the State. The debate, which followed, continued for two weeks, and finally Mr. Eaton, of Tennessee, offered an amendment to the resolution as fol- lows : -
" Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to give the assent of Congress to any provision in the Constitution of Missouri, if any such there be, which. contravenes that clanse in the Constitution of the United States, which declares that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States."
The resolution, as amended, was adopted. The resolution and proviso were again taken up and discussed at great length, when the committee agreed to report the resolution to the House.
The question on agreeing to the amendment, as reported from the committee of the whole, was lost in the House. A similar resolution afterward passed the Senate, but was again rejected in the House. Then it was that that great statesman and pure patriot, Henry Clay, of Kentucky, feeling that the hour had come when angry discussions should cease,
" With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraver Deliberation sat and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic " * * * *
proposed that the question of Missouri's admission be referred to a committee consisting of twenty-three persons (a number equal to the number of States then composing the Union ), be appointed to act in conjunction with a committee of the Senate to consider and report whether Missouri should be admitted, etc.
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The motion prevailed ; the committee was appointed and Mr. Clay made its chairman. The Senate selected seven of its members to act with the committee of twenty-three, and on the 26th of February the following report was made by that committee : -
" Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled : That Missouri shall be admitted into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, upon the fundamental condition that the fourth clause, of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the Constitution submitted on the part of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoy- ment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled, under the Constitution of the United States ; provided, That the Legislature of said State, by a Solemn Public Act, shall declare the assent of the said State, to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act ; upon the receipt whereof, the President, by proclamation, shall an- nounce the fact ; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State into the Union shall be considered complete."
This resolution, after a brief debate, was adopted in the House, and passed the Senate on the 28th of February, 1821.
At a special session of the Legislature held in St. Charles, in June following, a Solemn Public Act was adopted, giving its assent to the conditions of admission, as expressed in the resolution of Mr. Clay. August 10th, 1821, President Monroe announced by proclamation the admission of Missouri into the Union to be complete.
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CHAPTER VII.
MISSOURI AS A STATE.
First Election for Governor and other State Officers - Senators and Representatives to General Assembly - Sheriffs and Coroners-U. S. Senators - Representatives in Congress - Supreme Court Judges- Counties Organized - Capital Moved to St. Charles - Official Record of Territorial and State Officers.
By the Constitution adopted by the Convention on the 19th of July, 1820, the General Assembly was required to meet in St. Louis on the third Monday in September of that year, and an election was ordered to be held on the 28th of August for the election of a Governor and other State officers, Senators and Representatives to the General Assembly, Sheriff's and Coroners, United States Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress.
It will be seen that Missouri had not as yet been admitted as a State, but in anticipation of that event, and according to the provi- sions of the constitution, the election was held, and the General As- sembly convened.
William Clark (who had been Governor of the Territory ) and Alexander McNair were the candidates for Governor. McNair re- ceived 6,576 votes, Clark 2,556, total vote of the State 9,132. There were three candidates for Lieutenant-Governor, to wit : William H. Ashley, Nathaniel Cook and Henry Elliot. Ashley received 3,907 votes, Cook 3,212, Elliot 931. A Representative was to be elected for the residue of the Sixteenth Congress and one for the Seventeenth. John Scott who was at the time Territorial delegate, was elected to both Congresses without opposition.
The General Assembly elected in August met on the 19th of Sep- tember, 1820, and organized by electing James Caldwell, of Ste. Genevieve, speaker, and John McArthur clerk ; William H. Ashley, Lieutenant-Governor, President of the Senate ; Silas Bent, President, pro tem.
Mathias MeGirk, John D. Cook, and John R. Jones were appointed Supreme Judges, each to hold office until sixty-five years of age.
Joshua Barton was appointed Secretary of State ; Peter Didier, State Treasurer ; Edward Bates, Attorney-General, and William Christie, Auditor of Public Accounts.
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David Barton and Thomas H. Benton were elected by the General Assembly to the United States Senate.
At this session of the Legislature the counties of Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole, Gasconade, Lillard, Perry, Ralls, Ray and Saline were organized.
We should like to give in details the meetings and proceedings of the different Legislatures which followed ; the elections for Govern- ors and other State officers ; the elections for Congressmen and United States Senators, but for want of space we can only present in a con- densed form the official record of the Territorial and State officers.
OFFICIAL RECORD-TERRITORIAL OFFICERS.
Governors.
Frederick Bates, Secretary and
William Clark 1813-20
Acting-Governor . 1812-13
OFFICERS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
Governors.
Lieutenant-Governors.
Alexander McNair . 1820-24
William H. Ashley 1820-24
Frederick Bates . 1824-25
Benjamin H. Reeves 1824-28
Abraham J. Williams, vice
Daniel Dunklin . 1828-32 Lilburn W. Boggs . 1832-36
Bates . 1825
Franklin Cannon
1836-40
John Miller
1828-32
M. M. Marmaduke. 1840-44
James Young 1844-48
Thomas L Rice.
1848-52
Wilson Brown
1852-55
Hancock Jackson 1855-56
Thomas C. Reynolds 1860-61
Willard P. Hall
1861-64
George Smith 1864-68
Edwin O. Stanard 1868-70
Austin A. King .
1848-52
Joseph J. Gravelly . 1870-72
Sterling Price 1852-56
Charles P. Johnson
1872-74
Trusten Polk (resigned) . 1856-57
1857
Henry C. Brockmeyer
1876-80
Robert A. Campbell (present incumbent) 1880
Secretaries of State.
Joshua Barton 1820-21
William G. l'ettis 1821-24
Joseph W. McClurg 1868-70
B. Gratz Brown . 1870-72
P. H. McBride
1829-30
Silas Woodson 1872-74
Charles H. Hardin . 1874-76
John S. Phelps
1876-80
signed 1837) 1830-37
Peter G. Glover. 1837-39
Thomas T. Crittenden (now Governor) 1880
1857-60
Hancock Jackson, vice Polk . Robert M. Stewart, vice Polk . C. F. Jackson (1860), office va- cated by ordinance; Hamil- ton R. Gamble, vice Jackson ; Gov. Gamble died 1864.
Willard P. Hall, vice Gamble. 1864
Thomas C. Fletcher 1864-68
1836-40
Thomas Reynolds (died 1844), . M. M. Marmaduke vice Rey- nolds - John C. Edwards . 1844-48
1840-44
Daniel Dunklin, (1832-36) re- signed ; appointed Surveyor General of the U. S. Lilburn W. Boggs, vice Dunklin .
1886
Lilburn W. Boggs .
Norman J. Coleman
1874-76
Hamilton R. Gamble 1824-26 Spencer Pettis 1826-28
John C. Edwards (term expired 1835, reappointed 1837, re-
James L. Minor.
1839-45
John Miller, vice Bates 1826-28
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HISTORY OF MISSOURI.
OFFICERS OF STATE GOVERNMENT - Continued.
F. H. Martin . 1845-49
Ephraim B. Ewing
1849-52
John M. Richardson 1852-56
Benjamin F. Massey (re-elected
1860, for four years). 1856-60
Mordecai Oliver . 1861-64
Francis Rodman (re-elected 1868 for two years) . 1864-68
Eugene F. Weigel, (re-elected
1872, for two years) . 1870-72
Michael K. McGrath (present
incumbent)
1874
State Treasurers.
Peter Didier 1820-21
Nathaniel Simonds 1821-28
James Earickson 1829-33
John Walker 1833-38
Abraham Mcclellan 1838-43
Peter G. Glover. 1843-51
A. W. Morrison . 1851-60
George C. Bingham 1862-64
William Bishop . 1864-68
William Q. Dallmeyer 1868-70
Samuel Hays . 872
Harvey W. Salmon 1872-74
Joseph W. Mercer .
1874-76
Elijah Gates
1876-80
Phillip E. Chappell (present in- cumbent) 1880
Attorney-Generals.
Edward Bates. 1820-21
Rufus Easton . 1821-26
Robt. W. Wells
1826-36
William B. Napton 1836-39
S. M. Bay . 1839-45
B. F. Stringfellow 1845-49
William A. Robards 1849-51
James B. Gardenhire 1851-56
Ephraim W. Ewing
1856-59
James P. Knott . 1859-61
Aikman Welch 1861-64
Thomas T. Crittenden 1864
Robert F. Wingate .
1864-68
Horace P. Johnson .
1868-70
A. J. Baker 1870-72
Henry Clay Ewing . 1872-74
John A. Hockaday .
1874-76
Jackson L. Smith . 1876-80
D. H. McIntire (present in- cumbent) 1880
Auditors of Public Accounts.
William Christie 1820-21
William V. Rector 1821-23
Elias Barcroft 1823-33
Henry Shurlds 1833-35
Peter G. Glover.
1835-37
Hiram H. Baber 1837-45
William Monroe 1845
J. R. McDermon 1845-48
George W. Miller 1848-19
Wilson Brown 1849-52
William H. Buffington 1852-60
William S. Moseley 1860-64
Alonzo Thompson 1864-68
Daniel M. Draper 1868-72
George B. Clark
1872-74
Thomas Holladay . 187 -80
John Walker (present incum- bent) . 1880
Judges of Supreme Court.
Matthias MeGirk 1822-41
John D. Cooke . 1822-23
John R. Jones 1822-24
Rufus Pettibone. 1823-25
Geo. Tompkins 1824-45
Robert Wash
1825-37
John C. Edwards
1837-39
Wm. Scott, (appointed 1841 till meeting of General Assem- bly in place of McGirk, re- signed; reappointed 1843
P. H. McBride . 1845
Wm. B. Napton . 1849-52
John F. Ryland . 1849-51
John H. Birch 1849-51
Wm. Scott, John F. Ryland, and Hamilton R. Gamble (elected by the people, for six years) 1851
Gamble (resigned) . 1854
Ahiel Leonard elected to fill va- cancy of Gamble.
Wm. B. Napton (vacated by failure to file oath).
Wm. Scott and John C. Rich- ardson (resigned, elected Au- gust, for six years) . 1857
E. B. Ewing, (to fill Richard- son's resignation) . 1859
Barton Bates (appointed) . . 1862
W. V. N. Bay (appointed) . . 1862
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HISTORY OF MISSOURI.
OFFICERS OF STATE GOVERNMENT - Continued.
John D. S. Dryden (appointed) 1862
Barton Bates . 1863-65
W. V. N. Bay (elected) . . . 1863
John D. S. Dryden (elected) . 1863
David Wagner (appointed) . . 1865
Wallace L. Lovelace (appoint- ed) 1865
Nathaniel Holmes (appointed) 1865
Thomas J. C. Fagg (appointed) 1866
James Baker (appointed) 1868
David Wagner (elected) .
1868-70
Philemon Bliss
1868-70
Warren Currier .
1868-71
Washington Adams (appointed
to fill Currier's place, who re- signed) . 1871
Ephraim B. Ewing (elected) . 1872
Thomas A. Sherwood (elected) 1872
W. B. Napton (appointed in place of Ewing, deceased) . 1873
Edward A. Lewis (appointed,
in place of Adams, resigned) 1874
Warwick Hough (elected) . . 1874
William B. Napton (elected) . 1874-80
John W. Henry . .
1876-86
Robert D. Ray succeeded Wm.
B. Napton in 1880
Elijah H. Norton (appointed in 1876), elected . . . 1878
T. A. Sherwood (re-elected)
1882
United States Senators.
T. H. Benton . 1820-50
D. Barton
1820-30
Alex. Buckner 1830-33
L. F. Linn .
1833-43
D. R. Atchison 1843-55
H. S. Geyer
1851-57
James S. Green .
1857-61
T. Polk.
1857-63
Waldo P. Johnson .
1861
Robert Wilson 1861
B. Gratz Brown (for nnexpired
term of Johnson) 1868
J. B. Henderson . 1863-69
Charles D. Drake 1867-70
Carl Schurz 1869-75
D. F. Jewett (in place of Drake, resigned) 1870
F. P. Blair 1871-77
L. V. Bogy 1873
James Shields (elected for unex-
pired term of Bogy) 1879
D. H. Armstrong appointed for unexpired term of Bogy.
F. M. Cockrell (re-elected 1881) 1875-81 George G. Vest . 1879
Representatives to Congress.
John Scott 1820-26
Ed. Bates
1826-28
Spencer Pettis
1828-31
William H. Ashley
1831-36
John Bull ..
1832-34
Albert G. Harrison .
1834-39
John Miller
1836-12
John Jameson (re-elected 1846 for two years) 1839-14
John C. Edwards 1840-42
James M. Hughes 1842-44
James H. Relfe
1842-46
James B. Bowlin
1842-50
Gustavus M. Bower 1842-44
Sterling Price 1844-46
William McDaniel . 1846
Leonard H. Sims 1844-46
John S. Phelps 1844-60
James S. Green (re-elected
1856, resigned) 1846-50
Willard P. Hall. 1846-53
William V. N. Bay 1848-61
John F. Darby
1850-53
Gilchrist Porter .
1850-57
John G. Miller .
1850-56
Alfred W. Lamb
1852-54
Thomas H. Benton. 1852-54
Mordecai Oliver 1852-57
James J. Lindley 1852-56
Samuel Caruthers
1852-58
Thomas P. Akers (to fill unex- pired term of J. G. Miller, deceased)
1855
Francis P. Blair, Jr. (re-elected 1860, resigned) 1856
Thomas L. Anderson 1856-60
James Craig . 1856-50 Samuel H. Woodson 1856-60
John B. Clark, Sr. 1857-61
J. Richard Barrett . 1860
John W. Noel 1858-63
James S. Rollins 1860-64
Elijah H. Norton 1860-68
John W . Reid 1860-61
William A. Hall
1862-64
Thomas L. Price (in place of Reid, expelled) 1862
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HISTORY OF MISSOURI.
OFFICERS OF STATE GOVERNMENT - Continued.
Henry T. Blow 1862-66
Aylett H. Buckner . 1872
Edward C. Kerr. 1874-78
Charles H. Morgan 1874
John F. Philips . 1874
B. J. Franklin 1874
Austin A. King . 1862-64
Benjamin F. Loan . 1862-69
Rezin A. De Bolt
1874
John G. Scott (in place of Noel,
Anthony Ittner
1876
deceased) 1863
Nathaniel Cole
1876
John Hogan 1864-66
Robert A. Hatcher .
1876-78
Thomas F. Noel. 1864-67
R. P. Bland 1876-78
A. H. Buckner
1876-78
Robert T. Van Horn 1864-71
J. B. Clark, Jr. 1876-78 T. T. Crittenden 1876-78
George W. Anderson . 1864-69
B. J. Franklin 1876-78
William A. Pile 1866-68
John M. Glover
1876-78
C. A. Newcomb
1866-68
Joseph J. Gravelly .
1866-68
James R. MeCormack
1866-73
L. S. Metcalf .
1876-78
H. M. Pollard
1876-78
David Rea . 1876-78
Erastus Wells 1868-82
S. L. Sawyer .
1878-80
G. A. Finklenburg. 1868-71
Samuel S. Burdett .
1868-71
G. F. Rothwell
1878-82
Joel F. Asper 1868-70
John B. Clark, Jr.
1878-82
David P. Dyer 1868-70
W. H. Hatch
1878-82
Harrison E. Havens 1870-75
A. H. Buckner
1878-82
Isaac G. Parker . 1870-75
M. L. Clardy .
1878-82
James G. Blair
1870-72
R. G. Frost
1878-82
Andrew King
1870-72
L. H. Davis 1878-82
Edwin O. Stanard
1872-74
R. P. Bland
1878-82
William H. Stone
1872-78
J. R. Waddell
1878-80
Robert A. Hatcher (elected)
1872
T. Allen
1880-82
Richard B. Bland
1872
R. Hazeltine
1880-82
Thomas T. Crittenden
1872-74
T. M. Rice
1880-82
Ira B. Hyde
1872-74
R. T. Van Horn .
1880-82
John B. Clark, Jr.
1872-78
Nicholas Ford
1880-92
John M. Glover.
1872
J. G. Burrows
1880-82
COUNTIES - WHEN ORGANIZED.
Adair ... January 29, 1841
Caldwell December 26, 1836
Andrew. January 29, 1841
Callaway November 25, 1820
Atchison .January 14, 1845
Camden January 29, 1841
Audrain. December 17, 1836
Cape Girardeau. October 1, 1812
Barry January 5, 1835
December 12, 1835
Bates January 29, 1841
Cas .September 14, 1835
Benton January 3, 1835
Cedar February 14. 1845
Bollinger. March 1, 1851
Chariton November 16, 1820
Boone. November 16, 1820
Christian. March 8, 1860
Buchanan February 10, 1839
Clark December 15, 1818
1876-78
Chas. H. Morgan
1876-78
John H. Stover (in place of McClurg, resigned) . 1867
Robert A. Hatcher
John F. Benjamin . 1864-71
John R. Kelsoe . 1864-66
David Rea 1874
Joseph W. McClurg 1862-66
Sempronius T. Boyd, (elected in
1862, and again in 1868, for two years.)
Barton
Carroll January 3, 1833
Carter. .March 10, 1859
N. Ford 1878-82
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HISTORY OF MISSOURI.
COUNTIES, WHEN ORGANIZED - Continued.
Butler.
February 27, 1849
Monroe ..
January 6, 1831
Clay
January 2, 1822
Montgomery. December 14, 1818
Clinton
January 15, 1833
Morgan ..
January 5, 1833
New Madrid October 1, 1812
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