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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
giving the years when eleeted.
1798-Jonas Platt.
1800-Benjamin Walker.
1802-Gaylord Griswold.
1830-Daniel Wardwell, Chas.
1804-Nathan Williams.
1806-William Kirk Patrick.
1808-John Nicholson.
1810-Silas Stow.
1812-14-Moss Kent.
1842-44-Orville Hungerford.
1816-David A. Ogden.
1846-Joseph Mullin.
1848-Charles E. Clark.
1820-Micah Sterling.
1850-Willard Ives.
1822-Ela Collins, Egbert Ten Eyck.
1852-Caleb Lyon. 1854-William A. Gilbert.
1824-Nicoll Fosdick, Egbert 1856-58-Charles B. Hoard.
Ten Eyck.
1860-62-Ambrose W. Clark.
1826-Silas Wright, Rudolph Bunner.
1864-68-Addison H. Laflin.
1870-72-Clinton L. Merriam. 1874-76-George A. Bagley.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The first constitution provided that the supreme legisla- tive power within the State should be vested in two sep- arate and distinct bodies of men ; the one to be called the Assembly, and the other the Senate of the State of New York, which together form the Legislature, and should meet at least onee in each year, for the dispatch of business.
The first Legislature had its first meeting at Kingston, which began September 9, and ended October 7, 1778, dis- persing on the approach of the enemy. The Governor, Chancellor, and Judges of the Supreme court, or any two of them, with the governor, were constituted by the con- stitution a Council of Revision, to revise all bills about to be passed into laws by the Legislature, as well as bills al- ready passed ; and if such bills were found objectionable by the eouneil the same were returned to the body in which the same originated, with the objcetions of the council in writing ; and only a two-thirds vote of the members pres- ent in both houses eould pass the bill over the objections.
Dayan.
1832-34-Daniel Wardwell.
1836-Isaac H. Bronson.
1838-40-Thos. C. Chittenden.
1818-William D. Ford.
1828-Joseph Hawkins, Geo. Fisher.
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HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
The council was abolished by the constitution of 1821, and its power, modified and restricted, vested in the governor, which power that officer still retains. During the existence of the Council it returned one hundred and sixty-nine bills to the Legislature, with its objections, fifty-one of which became laws notwithstanding.
The assembly originates all bills for appropriations of money, claiming that right soon after the organization of the government, which, though for a short time contested by the senate, was by that body, in November, 1778, tacitly surrendered, the latter body retaining the free exer- cise of its right to amend, modify, or reject, as it may deem proper. The two houses jointly, from 1777 to 1789, ap- pointed delegates to Congress ; since 1787, regents of the university ; since 1789, senators in Congress; and from 1816 to 1844, canal commissioners.
Under the first constitution the senate consisted of twenty- four members, apportioned among four great districts. After the first election they were divided by lot into four classes, so that the terms of six should expire each year. An ad- ditional senator should be added to each district whenever, by a septennial census, it was shown that the number of clectors in the district had increased one-twenty-fourth. This increase was to be allowed until the number reached one hundred. The census of 1795 made the number forty-three. In 1801, the rule being found unequal in its operation, the constitution was amended so as to fix the number permanently at thirty-two, which has ever since been retained.
The districts fixed by the constitution were the southern, middle, western, and castern, the western including Albany and Tryon counties as its territory, and being entitled to six senators. In 1791 the State was re-districted, by which action the western district comprised the counties of Albany, Herkimer, Montgomery, Ontario, Otsego, Sara- toga; Tioga from February 16, 1791, Onondaga from March 5, 1794, and Schoharie from April 6, 1795, and was entitled to five senators. Under the act of March 4, 1796, the western district comprised the counties of Alle- gany, Herkimer, Montgomery, until 1803, Onondaga, On- tario, Otsego, Sclioharie, Tioga, Steuben, from March 18, 1796, Oneida from March 15, 1798, Cayuga from March 8, 1799, St. Lawrence from March 3, 1802, Genesee from March 30, 1802, Seneca from March 29, 1804, Jefferson and Lewis from March 28, 1805, Madison from March 21, 1806, Broome from March 28, 1806, Cattaraugus, Cha- tauqua, and Niagara from March 11, 1808, and Cortland from April 8, 1808,* and was entitled to eleven members until 1803, nine from 1803 to 1808, and twelve from 1808 to 1815.
Under the act of April 15, 1815, Jefferson County formed a part of the eastern district, the other counties composing the same being Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Her- kimer, Lewis, Montgomery, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Sara- toga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington, and Hamilton from April 16, 1816, the date of its organization, and the district was entitled to eight senators.
Under the constitution of 1821 the legislature, in joint session, appointed the secretary of State, comptroller, treas- urer, attorney-general, surveyor-general, and commissary- general, in addition to their former power of appointnient. A decennial census was provided for by this constitution also, by which the apportionment of senators and assembly- men should be from time to time equalized. The appoint- ments of the governor and senate, during the life of the constitution of 1821, numbered two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight. The State was divided into eight great senatorial distriets, caeh of which was entitled to four sena- tors, one being elected eaelt year, with official terms of four years. The fifth district comprised the counties of Her- kimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, and Oswego until May 23, 1836, when Otsego was annexed and Her- kimer transferred. By the constitution of 1846 the coun- ties of Jefferson and Lewis were constituted the twenty-first district, and were entitled to one senator. Under the act of April 13, 1857, these counties were constituted the eighteenth district, with the same representation, which constitution and representation remains unchanged at the ' present time.
The candidates for senators previous to 1848 were elected on a general ticket for the entire district, but since that time each district has been assigned a single member. Under the first constitution, Jefferson County had but a single senator resident within its borders, the same being Perley Keyes, who was elected in 1814, and sat in the senate until the close of the fortieth session, which ended April 14, 1817. In the fifth distriet, from 1822 to 1847, the senators who resided in Jefferson County, and who were elected therefrom, were as follows: 1824-27, Perley Keyes ;+ 1832-35, Robert Lansing; 1836-39, Micah Sterling ; 1842-43, William Ruger; 1844-45, George C. Sherman. The senators of the twenty-first district have been as follows: 1848-49, John W. Tamblin ; 1850-51, Alanson Skinner; 1851, Caleb Lyon (to fill vacancy) ; 1852-53, Ashley Davenport ; 1854-55, Robert Lansing ; 1856-57, Gardner Towne; 1858-59, Joseph A. Willard. In the eighteenth district : 1860-65, James A. Bell ; 1866- 69, John O. Donnell; 1870-73, Norris Winslow ; 1874-75, Andrew C. Middleton ; 1876-77, James F. Starbuck.
The assembly has always been chosen annually. It con- sisted, at first, of seventy members, with the power to increase one with every seventieth increase of the number of electors until it contained three hundred members.
T PERLKY KEYES was born in Acworth, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 24, 1774. lle first settled in Rutland : but on his appointment as sheriff of Jefferson County, in 1800, he removed to Watertown, where he ever afterwards lived until his death. Notwithstanding a lack of early education, his native strength of mind and clearness of judgment gave him the confidence of the Republican (Democratic) party, of which he was an ardent supporter, and he held successively the offices of magistrate, judge of the county court, sheriff, collector of customs at Sacket's llarbor, was twice elected to the State senate, and held terms of four years each time (1814-17 and 1824-27), and was in 1816 a member of the council of appointment. He was n leader in his party, and was strongly recommended to President Van Buren for the post of Territorial governor of Wisconsin, in 1830, by Silas Wright, Jr., A. C. Flagg, E. Croswell, and Governor W. L. Marey, but an npoplectie stroke prevented his appointment. He died in Watertown, May 13, 1834 .- IlorGR.
# The dates here given are the times of organization of the counties respectively.
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HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
When the constitution was amended in 1801 the number had reached one hundred and eight, when it was reduced to one hundred, with a provision that it should be inereased after each septennial eensus, at the rate of two annually, until the number reached one hundred and fifty. This inerease was twelve in 1808, and fourteen in 1815. Mem- bers in the several counties were eleeted on a general tieket. The constitution of 1821 fixed the number of members of assembly permanently at one hundred and twenty-eight, which number was continued by the present constitution. No change ean be made in the representation of counties between the period fixed by the constitution for the appor- tionment based upon the eensus taken in years ending in five ; the votes in new counties, organized in the mean time, being eanvassed in the original counties as if no division had been made, until a new apportionment is made after another State eensus is taken. The constitution of 1846 also required the boards of supervisors of the several counties to meet on the first Tuesday of January sueeeeding the adoption of the constitution and divide the counties into distriets of the number apportioned to them, of eon- venient and contiguous territory, and as nearly of equal population as possible. After each State eensus a re-appor- tionment is made by the legislature, and a re-distrieting of counties ordered. Pursuant to this provision, the boards met in January, 1847. Fulton and Hamilton counties were assigned one assemblyman together, and every other county in the State had one or more. Jeffer- son had three members. Fulton and Hamilton have re- ceived no addition to their representation sinee their first assignment. On March 31, 1802, Oneida was given four members, and St. Lawrence, formed of a part of its terri- tory, continued to be represented with it till 1805, when Jefferson and Lewis were formed from Oneida, and St. Lawrenee taken from the representative distriet of Oneida and associated with the new counties, and three members assigned to the new distriet. On April 1, 1808, Jefferson was given two members, and so continued to be repre- sented until 1823, when three members were assigned as its representation, which latter apportionment continued until 1866, when the representation was reduced to two members, which remains unchanged at this date.
In 1804, David Coffeen was one of the representatives from Oneida county, and in 1805, at the time the county was divided, the assemblymen were George Brayton, Joseph Jennings, Joseph Kirkland, and Benjamin Wright. Walter Martin, of Lewis county (afterward), was also returned as having an equal number of votes as Mr. Wright, but the latter was admitted to his seat November 7, 1804.
The assemblymen from Jefferson have been as follows:
1819 .- George Brown, Jr., J. Cowles.
1820 .- II. Steele, C. McKnight.
1821 .- Amos Stebbins, R. Goodale.
1822 .- G. Andrus, J. B. Esselstyn.
1823-25,-Richard Goodale, George White, John B. Esselstyn.
1826-28 .- David W. Bucklin, Daniel Wardwell, Alpheus S. Greene. 1829 .- Jerre Carrier, Titus Ives, Fleury Keith.
1830 .- Aaron Brown, Curtis G. Brooks, Charles Orvis. 1831 .- Walter Cole, Fleury Keith, Joseph C. Budd.
1832 .- William H. Angel, Philip Maxwell, Nathan Strong.
1833 .- Jotham Ives, John Burch, William H. Angel.
1834 .- William H. Angel, Eli West, Calvin MeKnight. 1835 .- Charles Strong, Eli Farwell, Calvin Clark.
1836 .- Lowrey Barncy, Otis P. Starkey, Richard Hulbert.
1837 .- Jotham Bigclow, Richard Hulbert, John W. Tamblin.
1838 .- Daniel Wardwell, Richard Hulbert, John W. Tamblin.
1839 .- Calvin Clark, Charles E. Clarke, Philip Gage.
1840 .- Calvin Clark, Charles E. Clarke, Stephen Johnson.
1841 .- William C. Pierrepont, Joseph Webb, William McAllaster. 1842 .- Elihu McNeil, Elihu C. Church, John W. Tamblin.
1843 .- Elihu C. Church, Joseph Graves, Job Lamson.
1844 .- Samuel Bond, William Carlisle, Eli West.
1845 .- Edward S. Salisbury, Azel W. Danforth, Lysander H. Brown. 1846,-Levi Miller, Henderson Howk, Elihu M. McNeil,
1847 .- John Boyden, John D. Davidson, Samuel J. Davis.
Jefferson County, under the new constitution, was divi- ded into three assembly distriets, as follows :
The First District, comprising Watertown, Henderson, Adams, Ellisburg, Lorraine, Rodman, Hounsfield, and Worth.
The Second District, comprising Rutland, Champion, Wilna, Philadelphia, Antwerp, Le Ray, Theresa, and Alexandria.
The Third District, comprising Brownville, Lyme, Cape Vineent, Clayton, Pamelia, and Orleans. The members under that arrangement were as follows :
First District. Second District. Third District.
1848 .- Benjamin Maxon. Harvey D. Parker. Fleury Keith,
1849 .- George Gates. John L. Marsh. Beruard Bagely.
. 1850 .- John Winslow. Joel Haworth. Alfred Fox.
1851 .- William A. Gilbert. John Pool, Jr. Lorin Bushnell.
1852 .- Williamu A. Gilbert. Merril Colburn. William Rouse.
1853 .- James Gifford. Dewitt C. West. Charles Smith.
1854 .- Calvin Littlefield. Jesse E. Willis. William Dewey.
1855 .- Calvin Littlefield. Moses Eames.
Joshua Main.
1856 .- Hart Massey. Franklin Parker, Isaac Wells.
1857 *.- Calviu Littlefield. Cleanthus Granger.
Abner W. Peck.
1858 .- George Babbitt.
Elihu C. Church. Robert F. Austin.
1859 .- Russell Weaver.
Patrick S. Stewart. Firman Fish.
1860 .- Barnard D. Searles. W. W. Taggart. Moses C. Jewett.
1861 .- David Montague. David J. Wager. Harvey Bailey.
1862,-Jonathan M. Ackley. George W. Hazleton. William Dewey. 1863 .- Chas. A. Benjamin. Levi Miller. William Dewey.
1864 .- Geo. M. Hopkinson. Lewis Palmer.
William Dewey,
1865 .- Jas. G. Kellogg. Lewis Palmer. R. B. Biddlecom.
18661 .- Theo. Canfield.
Nelson D. Ferguson. R. B. Biddlecom.
1867 .- Lafay. J. Bigclow. Albert D. Shaw,
1806 .- Henry Coffeen. 1807 .- Moss Kent.
1808 .- Lewis Graves.
1809 .- Corlis Hinds, D. I. Andrus.
1810-11 .- Moss Kent, E. Bronson.
1812 .- D. 1. Andrus, John Durkce.
1813 .- E. Ten Eyck, Clark Allen.
1814 .- E. Bronson, Clark Allen. 1815 .- E. Bronson, M. Hopkins.
1816 .- Amos Stebbins, Abel Cole. 1817 .- A. Stebbins, Eben. Wood. 1818 .- Abel Cole, Horatio Orvis.
# In 1857 a new apportionment and redistricting was made, the representation remaining unchanged, but the districts being altered. Brownville was transferred from the first to the third ; Watertown to the second from the first; Alexandria from the second to the third ; and Theresa from the second to the third.
In 1866 the representation of Jefferson County was reduced to two assemblymen and the county divided into two districts. The first one comprising the towns of Adams, Champion, Ellisburg, Henderson, Hounsfield, Lorraine, Rodman, Rutland, Watertown, and Worth; tho second district comprising the towns of Alexandria, Antwerp, Brownville, Cape Vincent, Clayton, Le Ray, Lyme, Orleans, Pamelia, Philadelphia, Theresa, and Wilna. These districts con- tinue thus limited at the present time.
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HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
1868 .- L. J. Bigelow.
Andrew Cornwall. W. W. Butterfield.
1869-70 .- Jay Dimick.
1871 .- Oliver B. Wyman.
James Johnson.
1872 .- Oliver B. Wyman.
Wm. W. Enos.
1873 .- Elam Persons. Horatio S. Hendie.
1874 .- Elain Persons.
Hugh Smith.
1875 .- Elam Persons.
George E. Yost.
1876 .- Lotus Ingalls.
Lansing Bocker.
1877 .- Charles R. Skinner. Henry Spicer.
DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
1821 .- Egbert Ten Eyck and Horace Steele.
1846 .- Alpheus S. Greene, Azel Danforth, and Elihu M. McNeil.
1867 .- James A. Bell, M. II. Merwin, Marcus Bickford, and Edward A. Brown.
County Clerks .- By appointment annually by the gover- nor and council before 1821, and by election since. Terms, three years :
Henry Coffeen, 1805-6; Egbert Ten Eyck,1807-10; Ben- jamin Skinner, 1811-12 ; Richard M. Esselstyn, 1813-14 ; B. Skinner, 1815-20; George Andrus, 1820-21 ; Henry H. Sherwood, 1822-24; Peleg Burehard, 1829-40 ; Daniel Lee, 1841-43; Charles B. Hoard, 1844-46; James G. Lynde, 1847-49; Isaae Munson, 1850-52; John L. Marsh, 1853-58; R. B. Biddlecom, 1859-61 ; Dexter Wilder, 1862-67 ; Nelson D. Ferguson, 1868-70; Jacob Stears, Jr., 1871-76; George Cole, 1877, and present incumbent.
Sheriff's (by appointment previous to 1821, and by elec- tion sinee. Terms, three years) .- Abel Sherman, 1805-7; Perley Keys, 1808-11; David I. Andrus, 1812; John Paddock, 1813-14; David I. Andrus, 1815-17; Joseph Clark, 1818 ; Amasa Trowbridge, 1819-20; Jason Fair- banks, 1821-25; Henry II. Coffeen, 1826-28; John Fay, 1829-31 ; Heman Millard, 1832-34; Chauncey Baker, 1835-37; Abner Baker, 1838-40; Albert P. Brayton, 1841-43; Herman Strong, 1844-46 ; Walter Collins, 1847-49; Rufus Herrick, 1849-51; Daniel C. Rouse, 1852-54; Wells Benton, 1855-57 ; Abner Baker, 1858- 60 ; Francis A. Cross, 1861-63; Nathan Strong, 1864- 66; James Johnson, 1867-69; Addison W. Wheelock, 1870-72; George Babbitt, 1873-75; Abner W. Peck, 1876-78.
County Treasurers (by appointment of Board of Super- visors till 1848, and by election since) .- Benjamin Skinner, 1805-7; Joseph Clark, 1807-13; Wm. Smith, 1813-23; Marianus W. Gilbert, 1823-28; Jason Fairbanks, 1828- 38 ; Thomas Baker, 1838-40 ; Adriel Ely, 1840-42; John Sigourney, 1842-43; Wm. H. Robinson, 1843-46; Silas Clark, 1846-48; Wm. Smith, 1849-51; Silas Clark, 1852 -54; James M. Clark, 1855-57 ; Myron Beebee, 1858- 63 ; Benj. F. Hotchkiss, 1864-69; John M. Carpenter, 1870-75 ; L. W. Tyler, 1876, and present incumbent.
District Attorneys .- In 1796 (February 12) the office of Assistant Attorney-General was created for districts, the incumbents to be appointed by the governor and council of appointment, and to be in charge of the criminal business previously performed by the clerks of the court. Otsego and Herkimer counties were constituted one distriet. In 1801 the office was abolished, and the office of district at- torney created in lieu thereof, with the appointment there- for vested in the governor. The counties of Otsego, Oneida, Herkimer, and Chenango were constituted one dis-
trict, to which Jefferson County was attached by the aet of creation. In 1808, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence were constituted a separate district, and in 1818, Jefferson alone composed one.
The office has been filled as follows : Nathan Williams, 1807; S. Whittlesey, 1808; Amos Benedict, 1810; S. Whittlesey, 1811; Amos Benedict, 1813-14 ; Ela Col- lins, 1815; D. W. Bucklin, 1818; Horatio Shumway, 1820 ; D. W. Bueklin, 1821. Under the constitution of 1821 the attorney was appointed by the court, the succes- sion being: D. W. Bucklin, Robert Lansing, George C. Sherman, Wm. D. Ford, D. N. Burnham, Joseph Mullen, Robert Lansing. Under the constitution of 1847 the office was elective, and has been filled as follows: Joshua Moore, Jr., 1848-51 ; James F. Starbuck, 1852-53 ; De- lano C. Calvin, 1854-56; D. M. Bennett, 1857-59; Brad- ley Winslow, 1860-62; L. J. Bigelow, 1863-65; Bradley Winslow, 1866-68; Pardon C. Williams, 1869-74; Wat- son M. Rogers, 1875-77.
Commissioner of Insolvency .- S. Whittlesey, April 8, 1811.
Commissioners to perform duties of Judge of Supreme Court .- Wm. D. Ford, 1817; David W. Bucklin, 1821.
Coroners, with date of first appointment : 1804, Eleazer House, of Turin ; this territory extended over this county ; 1805, Ambrose Pease, Hart Massey, Fairchild Hubbard ; 1808, Orimel Brewster ; 1809, Benjamin Poole, Jr. ; 1810, Nathaniel Haven ; 1811, Jason Fairbanks, William War- ing, Andrew S. Bond; 1812, Simcon Forbes ; 1813, Elijah Fox, Henry Martin, Seth Bailey, Ezra Stearns; 1814, Daniel Leonard; 1815, Elijah Sheldon, Nathan Burnham ; 1816, James Perry ; 1817, Hiram Steele; 1818, Seth Otis, John B. Esselstyn, James Shields, Joseph Kellogg, John Cowles, Nathan Brown, Abijah Jenkins; 1820, Wil- liam Merrills; 1821, Suel Wilson, Luther Gilson, Gideon S. Sacket, Eseck Lewis, Jacob C. Greene, Sylvester Smith, John Chamberlain, Eleazer A Scott, Pardon Smith ; 1822, Alfred M. Ackley.
Under the late and present constitution coroners have been elected, but we have not been able to procure the names of those between 1822 and 1828.
Azariah Walton, Alfred M. Ackley, William Wood, Abijah Jenkins, in 1828; A. Jenkins, Archibald Fisher, James McKenzie, Elijah Fields, in 1831 ; Luther G. Hoyt, E. Fields, Mahlon P. Jackson, in 1834 ; Truman S. Angel, E. Fields, Jotham Bigelow, Ebenezer Sabin, in 1837 ; Henry D. Caldwell (did not qualify), Asahel Smith, Liberty Comins, Samuel W. Vincent, James G. Lynde, in 1841 ; Arba Strong, Jedediah McCumber, Pearson Mundy, in 1843 ; Samuel W. Gilbert, in 1844; Samuel J. Davis, in 1845; James White, Thomas Benjamin, Jacob Cramer, John W. Fuller, in 1846 ; Andrew Cornwell, in 1847 ; Abraham Schuyler, Thomas Benjamin, Horace P. Mitehell, in 1849; Jesse Davis, in 1850; A. Schuyler, Aaron Eddy, Patrick Keon, in 1852; Lyman E. Hungerford, in 1853; Ambrose HI. Huntington, 1854; Loren Bushnell, Nathaniel Inger- son, Walter Failing, 1855 ; Win. D. Lewis, Peter O. Wil- liams, 1856; Rinaldo M. Bingham, 1857 ; Rinaldo M. Bingham, Jesse Davis, James A. Bell, 1858; Loren Bush- nell, Win. D. Lewis, 1859; Robert G. Angel, Valentine
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HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Parker, 1861; J. B. Tamblin, Robert G. Angel, 1864 ; Anson G. Thompson, Orrin F. Saunders, 1865 ; Orrin W. Smith, Addison W. Goodale, Anson G. Thompson, Orrin F. Saunders, 1868 ; Orrin W. Smith, 1870; F. B. A. Lewis, 1870-74; Eugene H. Chapman, 1870-72; Henry W. Jewett, 1870-75 ; Joseph Thibault, 1871-72; Perry Caswell, 1872-75; S. D. Lord, 1873 and 1876-77 ; Geo. N. Hubbard, 1874-77; L. B. Phillips, 1875-77 ; Jacob Snell, 1876-77.
Loan Commissioners .- 1808, Gershom Tuttle, Amos Stebbins ; 1810, Henry H. Sherwood, in place of Stebbins ; 1818, Daniel Eames, in place of Tuttle ; 1822, Seth Otis, in place of Eames ; 1829, Curtis G. Crooks, in place of Sher- wood ; 1835, Joseph Graves, in place of Brooks; 1839, Daniel Eames, in place of Otis ; 1840, Albert P. Lewis, in place of Graves ; 1843, Joel Woodworth, in place of Lewis ; Martin L. Graves, in place of Eames. M. L. Graves and Joel Woodworth were commissioners when this fund was consolidated with the United States deposit fund in 1850.
United States Deposit Fund .- April 28, 1837, Jason Marsh, John Maeomber ; February 28, 1840, Edward B. Hawes, in place of Marsh ; January 12, 1841, Oliver Child, in place of Macomber; April 4, 1843, Moses Brown, in place of Child; Rufus H. King, in place of Hawes ; February 29, 1848, Nathan Ingerson, in place of Brown; Wells Benton, in place of King; February 28, 1852, Phi- lander Smith, in place of Benton ; Solon Massey, in place of Ingerson ; 1857-60, Joseph Fagel, John C. Cooper ; 1861-63, J. E. Willis, A. C. Moffatt ; 1864-66, A. C. Mof- fatt, E. J. Marsh ; 1866-68, E. D. Allen, D. M. Hall ; 1869-73, Carlton C. Moore, Hiram Converse; 1874-77, Hiram Converse, Henry Bailey.
Excise Commissioners (by appointment of county judge and justices of peace under the law of 1857) .- 1859-64, John Winslow, Seth Strickland, Jack Putnam ; 1865-71, C. A. Benjamin in place of Strickland ; 1868-71, John L. Hotchkiss in plaec of Winslow; 1870-71, B. K. Hawes in place of Putnamn. The office was abolished in 1871.
School Commissioners .- Under the act of 1840, the board of supervisors of Jefferson County appointed two commissioners of schools in November, 1841, Ira May- hew and Henry D. Sewell. In 1842, Lysander H. Brown was appointed in place of Mr. Sewell, and in 1843 Porter Montgomery sueeceded Mr. Mayhew. This year the county was divided into two districts, and Mr. Brown had charge of the northern one, and Mr. Montgomery the southern. In 1844 this division was abolished, and Mr. Montgomery put in charge of the whole eounty. In 1845 Erwin S. Barnes was appointed, and held the position until the office was abolished in 1848. In 1857 the commissioners were eleeted, and sinee then have been as follows ; 1858-60, Henry H. Smith, Lafayette Lytle, J. Ferdinand Dayan ; 1861-63, Henry H. Smith, Jedediah Winslow, William IIawes ; 1864-66, George A. Ramsey, Samuel D. Barr, George H. Strough ; 1866, Joseph M. Beaman ; 1867-69, Alonzo E. Cooley, Joseph M. Beaman, Charles A. Kelsey ; 1870-72, Alphonso E. Cooley, Bennett F. Brown, Horace E. Morse ; 1873-75, Willard C. Porter, Henry Purcell, George H. Strough ; 1876-78, W. H. Sias, Ambrose E. Sawyer, Don A. Watson,
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