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From the town of Caroline. $155.50
6.
Danby 370.21
66 Dryden
178.14
66
= Groton. 216.06
66
Enfield 55.36
Ithaca
568.99
66
Lansing 306.97
Newfield
135.87
66 Ulysses
285.84
Making an aggregate of. $2272.94
The amount of drafts drawn on the County Treasurer by the Superintendents of the Poor was .. $7117.81
The amount raised during the last year for the support of the poor was. 5548.82
Leaving an unpaid balance of. $1568.99
The estimates of the County Superintendents for the en- suing year call for ...
$5740.00 1568.99
Aggregate amount called for ..
$7308.99 Amount to be collected from the several towns in the county $2272.94
The amount to he raised hy resolution of the Board of Supervisors for deficiency 1568.99 Amount to be raised hy Board per appropriation .. 2431.01
Aggregate amount to be raised in connty ...... $6272.94
Your committee would further report that the fences, the stock, and the other matters out-doors connected with the institution are
4
66 peas raised
none
13 onions raised. 10
18
66 beets raised.
10
20
= beans raised
7
6.
6
10 tomatoes raised.
none
500 heads of cabbage raised.
400
50 hushels of apples raised.
12 tons of hay raised.
Corn-stalks raised from eight acres all
800 lbs. of butter made.
400
Stock on farm belonging to the county and on hand, is as follows, viz. :
One pair of horses belonging to the keeper. One yoke of oxen be- longing to the county. Six milch cows belonging to the county. One bull fatteuing, belonging to the county. Ten hogs fattening, belong- ing to the county. Eight shoats wintering, helonging to the county. 150 common fowls, belonging to the county. There is also on hand 40 tons of coal, 15 cords of wood, 45 yards of full cloth, 10 yards of flannel. There is due in cloth, from Rockwell Brothers, $78.40 for grease. There is due in cloth, from Vandemark Brothers, $31.02 for grease. There is 9 yards of cottouade on hand, 55 yards of denims, 15 yards colored shirting, 50 yards factory, 25 yards bleached muslin, 56 yards calico, 6 yards gingham, 13 pairs of coarse boots, 8 hats, 22 pairs of shoes, 2 shronds, 13 aprons, 10 ladies' underwear, 4 towels, 6 pair suspenders, 12 shirts, 4 denim slips, 3 pair pants, 8 sheets, 10 pair stockings, 6 pair socks, 1 harrel of sugar, 1 barrel of molasses, half chest of tea, 6 lhs. of coffee, 4 1hs. rice, 15 lbs. of raisins, 20 lbs. of smoking tobaceo, 15 lbs. candles, 50 lbs. of tallow, 60 lbs. lard, 16 lhs. of cotton batting, 1 barrel vinegar, 3 barrels cider, 3 barrels of soap, 2 boxes plug tobacco, 6 skeins of stocking yarn, 10 casks of old pork.
We further report that all children sent to the county poor-house are transferred to the Orphan Asylum at Binghamton, or are found homes in good families.
The number of paupers in the poor-house, Nov. 15, 1876, was. 40
The number of births was 2
The number received into the County Poor-House during the 469 year was.
Total. 511
The number discharged during the year. 445
The number absconded was ...
8
The number hound out. 1
The number of deaths was. 4
Paupers in the Poor House Nov. 15, 1875. 53
511
The average expense for each pauper supported above the proceeds of the farm was.
$61.22
3
Dryden
3
Enfield
6.
Groton
Ithaca
19
4 €
Lansing.
6
16
Newfield.
5
7
Making an aggregate of. 511
The whole number of days the said paupers were supported in said poor-house during the year was. 19,804
The whole number of drafts drawn on the county trea- surer for bills audited by the superintendents for the support of the institution during the said year over and above the proceeds of the farm was ... $7,117.81
Which sums were expended as follows :
For out-door relief. For services of overseers. 221.80
$3,461.82
For transportation of paupers 32.93
For insurance. 45.00
For conveying insane to asylum. 34.25
For in-door expenses.
3,322.01
Making an aggregate of. $7,117.81
The amount of produce raised on the county-honse farm during the year, and the amount on hand the 15th day of November, 1877, is shown as follows, viz. :
269 bushels of wheat raised.
191 bushels on hand.
800 oats raised. 789
1000
ears of corn raised. 600
450
66 potatoes raised. 350
66
turnips raised.
6
nonc 10 tons on hand.
Amount of deficiency.
The average expense per week was. 1.17 The whole number of days' board of county paupers was 6254 $1049.07
Caroline.
Ulysses
377
AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES, NEW YORK.
being kept in good condition ; the Poor-House needs repairs, as the roof is in a leaky condition ; the out-buildings are becoming somewhat dilapidated from age, and will soon require quite extensive repairs, and upon a careful examination into the condition of the inmates of the institution, we believe they are properly cared for, omitting the hospital department, which the sub-committee will notice in a follow- ing report to this Board. To the Superintendents we extend our thanks for information imparted and courtesies received.
EZRA MARION, EPENETUS HOWE, L. II. VAN KIRK, J. P. KING, NELSON STEVENS, Committees.
CHAPTER LX.
POLITICAL AND CIVIL HISTORY.
The Constitution of 1797 and Amendments-The Elective Franchise -Qualification of Voters-Members of Assembly from Organiza- tion of County until 1823-The Council of Appointment-Abolished -County Officers from Organization of County until 1823-Judges -Surrogates-Clerks-Sheriffs-Congressmen - The Constitution of 1821-Judicial-Senators-Members of Assembly-County Offi- cers-Congressmen-Electors-The Constitution of 1846 -- State Officers-Judicial-Senators-Members of Assembly-County Offi- cers-Congressmen-Electors-First Vote of Tompkins County- Vote for Governor from 1820 to 1876-Vote of 1876 by Towns.
THE convention of the representatives of the State of New York, which adopted the constitution of 1777, con- vened at Kingston, having adjourned from Fishkill to that place. The constitution was reported March 12, and was discussed and finally adopted April 20, 1777, being the first constitution of the State.
The first convention which assembled in this State after the organization of the State government and adoption of the constitution of 1777, was called to ratify the Federal constitution. It convened at Poughkeepsie June 17, 1788, under a concurrent resolution of the Legislature, passed in January of that year. At that time Tompkins County was not organized, but was a part of Montgomery County, which county was represented in that convention by six members, viz., John Frey, William Harper, Henry Staring, Volkert Veeder, John Winn, and Christopher P. Yates, all of whom voted against the ratification, except Yates, who did not votc.
Previous to the constitution of 1777, voting was viva voce, but by that constitution the Legislature was author- ized to pass an act to vote by ballot for Governor and Licu- tenant-Governor, but retaining the viva voce system for members of the Legislature. In 1787 this was also abol- ished, and the ballot used in general elections, which took place on the last Tuesday in April, and might be held five days. To vote for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Senator, required the voter to be possessed of a freehold to the value of £100 over all debts charged thereon. Six months' residence, and the ownership of a freehold of £20 value, or an annual rent of forty shillings, with an actual rating and payment of taxes, entitled a person to vote for members of Assembly. The Assembly has always been chosen annually, and consisted at first of 70 members, with the power of increase of one member for every one-seven- teenth increase of clectors, until it contained 300. At the
time of the amendment of the constitution, in 1801, the number had reached 108. It was then reduced to 100, to be increased, after cach seven years' census, at the rate of two annually, until the number reached 150. In 1808 the increase was 12, and in 1815 it was 14.
Tompkins was first represented in the Assembly at the forty-first session thereof, by Samuel Crittenden and John Sutton.
The names of the members of Assembly from Tompkins since the organization of the county until the election under the constitution of 1821 are as follows :
1818. Samuel Crittenden. 1820. Joshua Philips.
John Sutton. 1821. Samuel Crittenden.
1819. Samuel Crittenden. Peter Hager.
1820. Ilerman Camp.
Jolin Sutton. 1822. Samuel Crittenden. Peter Hager (2d).
The Council of Appointment, which was abolished by the constitution of 1821, consisted of four senators-one from each district-openly nominated and appointed each year by the Assembly, and not eligible two successive years. The Governor was the presiding officer, had a casting vote, and alone had the power of nomination until the Constitu- tional Convention of 1801, when concurrent power of nomi- nation was given to the several members of the Council. The imnense political power wielded by this body may be judged of by the fact that in 1821, 8287 military and 6663 civil officers held their commissions from this source! So unpopular had this power become with the people, that the Convention of 1821 abolished it without a dissenting voice.
The following is a list of the county officers from the organization of the county until the adoption of the con- stitution of 1821 :
JUDICIARY.
The Court of Common Pleas was continued from the colonial period, and the number of judges and associated judges differed greatly in the several counties,-in some the number reaching twelve. In 1818 the office of Associate Justice was abolished and the judges limited to five, includ- ing the first judge.
Oliver C. Comstock, appointed April 10, 1817.
Richard Smith, appointed June 10, 1818.
CLERKS.
Clerks were appointed as follows :
Archer Green, April 11, 1817. John Johnson, Feb. 14, 1821.
By an act of the Legislature of the 12th of February, 1796, the office of Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Termi- ner was abolished, and its duties vested in the county clerks. Seven assistant attorney-generals for as many dis- tricts were also directed to be appointed, who performed the duties which now devolve upon district attorneys.
SHERIFFS.
Sheriffs were appointed annually, and no person could hold the office for more than four years in succession, could hold no other office, and must be a freeholder in the county.
Herman Camp, April 11, 1817.
Henry Bloom, June 26, 1817. Nieoll Halsey, March 2, 1819. Nicholas Townley, Feb. 12, 1821.
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HISTORY OF TIOGA, CHEMUNG, TOMPKINS,
SURROGATES.
Surrogates were appointed for an unlimited period. Ap- peal lay from their decision to the Court of Probate, which court was abolished in 1823.
Andrew D. W. Bruyn, appointed April 11, 1817.
Edmond F. Pelton, appointed March 21, 1821.
CONGRESSMEN.
Under an act of the Legislature of June 10, 1812, the Twentieth District was constituted, embracing the counties of Cayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins (in 1817), and from the organization of Tompkins to the ap- portionment under the census of 1820, the district was represented by the following-named persons : Fifteenth Congress, by Oliver C. Comstock, of Trumansburg, and Daniel Cruger, of Bath, Steuben County. Sixteenth, Ca- leb Baker, Ithaca, and Jonathan Richmond, Aurora. Sev- entcenth, David Woodcock, Ithaca.
THIE CONSTITUTION OF 1821.
In January, 1821, a bill was passed by the Legislature, submitting to the people the question of a convention to revise the constitution. It was adopted, and delegates were chosen to a convention which assembled in Albany, August 28, and adjourned Nov. 10, 1821. Tompkins was represented in that body by Richard Smith and Richard Townley.
The office of County Superintendent of Common Schools was established in 1843 and abolished in 1857.
JUDICIAL.
The Court of Common Pleas was continued without material change by the constitution of 1821. The first judges under this constitution were as follows :
Richard Smith," appointed June 10, 1818. Andrew D. W. Bruyn, appointed Jan. 18, 1826. Amasa Dana, appointed March 16, 1837. Henry D. Barto, appointed Feb. 18, 1843.
The surrogates were Miles Finch, appointed March 27, 1823; Charles Humphrey, March 4, 1831; Evans Hum- phrey, Jan. 8, 1834; Arthur S. Johnson, March 3, 1838; and George G. Freer, Feb. 14, 1843.
SENATORS.
The State was divided into eight Senate Districts. Tompkins was embraced in the Sixth District, together with the counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Dela- ware, Otsego, and Tioga. April 18, 1826, Steuben was annexed and Delaware transferred; March 29, 1836, Che- mung was added; and May 23, of the same, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, and Steuben were annexed, and Otsego and Cortland transferred. The senators from Tompkins, under this constitution, were Peter Hager, Ebenezer Mack, and George D. Beers.
· MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.
The number of members of Assembly was fixed at 128, and Tompkins apportioned two, until the census of 1826,
when it was increased to three, and under the census of 1836 there were but two, as follows :
1823. Jacob Conrad. 1834. Charles Humphrey. Thomas B. Sears.
Peter Ilager (2d).
1824. Peter Hager (2d). 1835. Charles Humphrey. Nicol 1Ialsey. Parvis A. Williams. Caleb Woodbury.
1825. Josiah North. Jared Patchin.
1836. William R. Fitch. George B. Guinnip. Charles Humphrey.
1827. Nathan Benson. Benjamin Jennings.
Johu Sayler.
1838. Elbert Curtiss. Robert Swartwout.
1839. David Bower.
Jesse McKinucy.
1829. Amasa Dana.
Samuel H. Dean. Jonathan B. Gosman.
1841. Levi Hubbell.
1830. Elijah Atwater.
Jonathan B. Gosman. Ebenezer Mack.
1841. Charles Humphrey. Bernardus Swartwout.
1831. John Ellis.
Jehiel Ludlow.
John Sayler.
1844. Peter Lounsbury. Charles M. Turner.
1832. John Ellis. Horaee Maek.
John James Speed, Jr.
1833. Thomas Bishop.
Daniel B. Swartwood.
1846. James W. Montgomery. Henry S. Walbridge.
Ira Tillitson,
1834. George B. Guinnip.
1847. Samuel Lawrence. Henry W. Sage.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
District Attorneys were appointed by the Court of Gen- eral Sessions in each county, and the appointments in Tompkins were as follows :
1818. David Woodeoek. 1840. Benjamin G. Ferris.
1823. Amasa Dana. 1845. Alfred Wells.
1837. Samuel Love.
1847. Arthur S. Johnson.
COUNTY CLERKS.
County Clerks were elected for the term of three ycars, commencing in 1822, as follows :
1822. John Johnson.
1840. Willett B. Goddard.
1828. Samuel Love. 1843. IIenry B. Weaver.
1834. Arthur S. Johnson.
1846. Ezra Weaver.t
1837. Wait T. Huntington.
SHERIFFS.
Sheriffs were elected for three years, and incligible for the succeeding term. The following is the list, commencing in 1822 :
1822. Nicholas Townley. 1837. Jehiel Lueklow.
1825. Ebenezer Viekery. 1839. Edward L. Porter.
1828. Thomas Robertson. 1842. Ephraim Labar.
1831. Peter Hager (2d).
1845. John P. Andrews.
1834. Minos MeGowen.
CONGRESSMEN.
Under the act of April 17, 1822, Tioga and Tompkins constituted the Twenty-fifth Congressional District until 1832, and was represented as follows: Samuel Lawrence, 1823-25; Charles Humphrey, 1825-27; David Wood-
# Appointed under the previous constitution by the Council of Appointment.
+ Appointed vice H. B. Weaver, deceased.
1826. Nathan Benson. David Woodeoek.
1837. Lewis Halsey.
Benjamin Jennings.
1828. Amasa Dana. Samuel 1I. Dean. Josiah Hedden.
1840. Wm. H. L. Bogert. Robert Swartwout.
Alpha H. Shaw.
1843. Sylvanus Larned. George T. Spink.
1845. Sherman Miller. Lyman Strobridge.
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AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES, NEW YORK.
eoek, 1827-29 ; Thomas Maxwell, 1829-31 ; Gamaliel H. Barstow, 1831-33.
Under the aet of June 29, 1832, Chemung (1836), Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins constituted the Twenty- second District. The representatives were as follows : Nieoll Halsey and Samuel G. Hathaway, 1833-35 ; Stephen B. Leonard and Joseph Reynolds, 1835-37; Cyrus Beers* and Hiram Gray, 1837-39; Amasa Dana and Stephen B. Leonard, 1839-41 ; Samuel Partridge and Lewis Riggs, 1841-43 .*
Under the act of Sept. 6, 1842, Chemung, Tompkins, and Yates constituted the Twenty-sixth Distriet. The Representatives were as follows: Amasa Dana, 1843-45 ; Samuel S. Ellsworth, 1845-47.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Previous to 1825 the Legislature chose the Presidential Eleetors. At the election in 1828 they were chosen by Congressional Distriets, and by an act of the Legislature of 1829 the present general-ticket system was established. The following is the list: Andrew D. W. Bruyn, 1828; Lyman Strobridge, 1836 ; John J. Speed, Jr., 1840 ; Jacob E. Bogardus, 1844.
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1846.
The delegates from Tompkins County to the convention which framed the existing constitution were Thomas B. Sears and John Young.
Tompkins County has been represented in the State ad- ministration-since the adoption of the present constitution- by George W. Sehuyler, who was elected treasurer in 1863, and superintendent of the banking department in 1866. He was appointed auditor of the canal department by Gov- ernor Tilden, and continued by Governor Robinson. Ste- phen B. Cushing elected attorney-general in 1855.
JUDICIAL.
In the organization of the judicial districts, Tompkins was ineluded in the sixth, and Douglas Boardman, of Ithaca, was elected justiee in 1865, and is still in office.
COUNTY JUDGES.
1847-51. Alfred Wells. 1851-55. Douglass Boardman.
1855-59. Samuel P. Wisner. 1859-67. Henry S. Walbridge.
1867-74. Miles Van Valkenburg. 1874. Mareus Lyon. Present incumbent.
SPECIAL JUDGES.
1858-62. Jerome Rowc.t
1862-71. Arthur S. Johnson. 1871-73. George W. Wood.
1875. Jesse M. Mckinney. Present incumbent.
The constitution of 1846 abolished the office of Surro- gate exeept in counties where the population exceeds 40,000, and devolved its duties on the eounty judge.
SENATE.
In the legislative branch of the government, Seneca, Tompkins, and Yates formed the Twenty-fifth Senate Dis- triet until the apportionment under the census of 1855, when Broome, Tioga, and Tompkins constituted the Twenty- fourth District. Tompkins had the following Senators :
1852-55. Josiah B. Williams. 1874. John II. Selkreg.t 1864-67. Ezra Cornell.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.
The following-named persons have officiated as members of Assembly since the adoption of the constitution of 1846 :
1848. John Jessup. 1856. Robt. II. S. Hyde.
Alpheus West.
1857. Alexander Bower.
1849. Darius Ilall. Elias W. Cady.
Charles J. Rounsville.
1858. Edward S. Esty.
1850. Henry Brewer.
1859. William Woodbury.
Elias W. Cady. 1860-61. Jeremiah W. Dwight.
1851. Alexander Graham.
1862-63. Ezra Cornell.
Benjamin G. Ferris.
1864-65. IIenry B. Lord. 1866. Lyman Congdon.
1852. Alvan Ilulburt. Stephen B. Cushing.
1867-71. John II. Selkreg.
1853. David Crocker, Jr.
Ebenezer S. Marsh.
1874. Wm. L. Bostwick.
1854. Benjamin Joy.
1875. Geo. W. Schuyler.
Eli Beers.
1876. Samuel D. Halliday.
1855. Frederick S. Dumont.
1877. Silas R. Wieker.
Justus P. Pennoyer.
1878. Samuel D. Halliday.
1856. William C. Coon.
SHERIFFS.
John P. Andrews, Charles C. Howell, Lewis II. Van Kirk, Richard J. Ives, Smith Robertson, Homer Jennings, Edward Hungerford, Eron C. Van Kirk, Horaee L. Root, E. C. Van Kirk, and Barnard M. Hagin.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Arthur S. Johnson, Douglass Boardman, William March, John A. Williams, Marcus Lyon, Harvey A. Dowc,¿ Samuel F. Wilcox, Merritt King, Samuel D. Halliday, and David M. Dean.
CLERKS.
Norman Crittenden, Horace Mack, Ezra Wenver, Charles G. Day, Stephen H. Lamport, Martin S. De Lano, Thomas J. Mellheny, Dr. Tarbell, and Orange P. Hyde.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Previous to the present constitution the office was filled under appointment by the Board of Supervisors. It is now eleetive; term, three years. The following have held the office sinee 1846 :
William S. Hoyt, Leander Millspaugh, Wesley Hooker, Edward C. Seymour, George II. Bristol, and K. S. Van Voorhees .! ]
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
The act creating this office was passed in 1856. The first election was held in November, 1859. The following-named persons have held the office in this county :
First District .- T. R. Fergusson, William W. Ayers, two terms, John D. Thatcher, Alviras Snyder, aud A. II. Pierson.
Second District,-Marcus Lyon, T. S. Armstrong, Alviras Snyder, Jackson Graves, Albert II. Pierson, Robt. G. HI. Speed, Orville S. Ensign, and James MeLachlan, Jr.
CONGRESSMEN.
Under the act of July 19, 1851, the counties of Che- mung, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins constituted the
# Re-elected in 1876; still in office.
2 Appointed née Lyon, removed from the county.
| Resigned in 1877 and the present treasurer, E. K. Johnson, ap- pointed.
[ Sceond District united with First in 1857; county again divided in 1868.
# Elected in 1838, vice Bruyn, deceased.
Special Judge and Surrogate.
1872-73. Anson W. Kuettles.
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Twenty-seventh Congressional District, and have had the following representatives :
1853-55. John J. Taylor. 1859-61. Alfred Wells.
1855-59. John M. Parker. 1 1861-63. Alexander S. Diven.
Under the act of April 23, 1862, Tompkins, together with Tioga, Broome, and Sehuyler, were organized as the Twenty-sixth District, and has been represented as follows : 1863-67. Giles W. Hotchkiss. 1869-71. Silas W. Hotchkiss.
1867-69. William S. Lincoln. - 1871. Milo Goodrich.
Under the act of June 18, 1873, the district was changed to the Twenty-eighth, and has been represented as follows :
Thomas C. Platt, 1873-75; Jeremiah W. Dwight, present represen- tative.
The following is a record of votes cast for the successful candidates at the first election held in Tompkins County in 1817 :
De Witt Clinton,
Governor.
John Taylor, Lieut .- Governor.
Jedialı Prender-
grast, Senator.
Isaac Wilson,
Senator.
John Sutton,
Samuel Crittenden,
Assembly.
Assembly.
Caleb Smith,
Assembly.
lector ...
87
84
52
94
52
87
216
220
Covert.
223
226
208
207
198
286
283
53
54
Lansing
228
229
228
228
88
88
267
267
Division
202
201
202
202
121
121
109
111
Total.
1286
1278
1016 1148 1254 1248 1081 1088
Horace Peirce had one vote for Governor ; Phineas Cul- ver, one vote ; David Woodcock had one vote for Lieuten- ant-Governor ; John Wilson had one vote for Senator ; David June, one vote for Senator; and Isaac Wilson, one vote for Senator,-all from the town of Hector. John Sutton had one vote for Governor, and Nathaniel King one vote for Lieutenant-Governor,-both from Covert. Peter B. Porter, for Governor, had six votes in Dryden.
The following exhibit shows the vote for Governor from 1820 to 1876 :
1820 .- Daniel D. Tompkins, 941 ; De Witt Clinton, 582.
1822 .- Joseph C. Yates, 1798; seattering, 9.
1824 .- De Witt Clinton, 1667; Samuel Young, 1897.
1826 .- De Witt Clinton, 1548; William B. Rochester, 2130.
1828 .- Martin Van Buren, 3062; Smith Tompson, 1595; Sol. South- wick, 713.
1830 .- Francis Granger, 2591 ; Enos T. Throop, 1882.
1832 .- William L. Marey, 3269; Franeis Granger, 3093.
1834 .- William L. Marey, 3511; William H. Seward, 3077. 1836 .- William L. Marey, 2997 ; Jesse Buel, 2718. 1838 .- William H. Seward, 3444; William L. Marcy, 3211. 1840,-William HI. Seward, 3903; William C. Bouck, 3632. 1842 .- William C. Bouek, 3619; Luther Bradish, 3395.
1844 .- Silas Wright, 4051; Millard Fillmore, 3831. 1846 .- Silas Wright, 3009; John Young, 3153. 1848 .- Hamilton Fish, 3116; John A. Dix, 2655.
1850 .- Horatio Seymour, 3473; Washington Hunt, 3344. 1852 .- Horatio Seymour, 3556; Washington Hunt, 3476. 1854 .- Myron H. Clark, 2347; Horatio Seymour, 1482. 1856 .- John A. King, 3900; Amasa J. Parker, 1511. 1858 .- Edwin D. Morgan, 3389 ; Amasa J. Parker, 1969. 1860 .- Edwin D. Morgan, 4293; William Kelley, 3067. 1862 .- James S. Wadsworth, 4005; Horatio Seymour, 2627. 1864 .- R. E. Fenton, 4509; Horatio Seymour, 3006. 1866 .- R. E. Fenton, 4456; John T. Hoffman, 2952. 1868 .- John A. Griswold, 4627 ; John T. Hoffman, 3138. 1870 .- S. L. Woodford, 3965; John T. IIoffman, 3002; M. H. Clark, 118.
1872 .- John A. Dix, 4391 ; Francis Kernan, 3432. 1874 .- John A. Dix, 3370; Samuel J. Tilden, 3340. 1876 .- L. Robinson, 4046; E. D. Morgan, 4559.
GUBERNATORIAL VOTE OF 1876 BY TOWNS.
E. D. Morgan.
L. Robinson.
E. D. Morgan.
L. Robinson.
Dryden ...
739
501
Ulysses .... 491
381
Groton ......
618
314
Danby ..
350
192
Lansing ...
387
418
Enfield .. 266
221
Ithaca .....
1428
1313
Caroline ...
374
260
Total .. 4959
4046
Newfield ...
306
443
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY TOWNS IN 1876.
Tilden.
Hayes
Tilden.
Hayes.
Dryden.
500
762
Ulysses. 578
503
Groton
306
627
Danhy
190
352
Lansing
116
389
Enfield.
222. 268
Ithaca.
1311
1449
Caroline.
263
375
Newfield
442
307
Total 4028
5032
CHAPTER LXI.
EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS.
The_Common Schools-Foundation of the Common-School System- Governor Clinton's Activity-Peek, Comstock, and Hawley-Num- ber of School Districts in the State in 1819-Number in 1871- Present Condition of the Schools in Tompkins County-Number of Distriets-Number of Teachers-Children between the Ages of Five and Twenty-one Years-Number Attending Sehool-Average Daily Attendance-Value of School-IIouses and Sites-Summary of Churches in County-Financial Condition, etc.
IN the year 1795 George Clinton, then Governor of the State of New York, laid the foundation of the common- school system, when in his message to the Legislature that year he recommended to the people " the establishment of common schools throughout the State."
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