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Postmaster-General, Nathan K. Hall, from July 23, 1850, to Septem- ber 14, 1852. When Mr. Fillmore made up his cabinet he selected Daniel Webster for secretary of state; Thomas Corwin, secretary of the treasury; John J. Crittenden, attorney-general, and his former student and law partner, Nathan K. Hall, for postmaster-general. Mr. Hall had then been member of congress only one term, and his selection was criticised as favoritism in some quarters; but his high character and conceded ability well fitted him for the post.
Secretary of War, Peter B. Porter, from May 26, 1828, to March 9, 1829. Mr. Porter was the first cabinet officer from Western New York, and was appointed by President Adams to fill a vacancy that had oc- curred. General Porter discharged the duties of the position with ability during the remainder of Mr Adams's term and then retired to private life; still later he removed to Niagara Falls, where he died in 1844.
Ministers in Foreign Countries .- Thomas M. Foote, charge d'affaires in New Granada, from the spring of 1849 to the summer of 1852; Thomas M. Foote, chargé d'affaires in Austria, from the summer of 1852 to the spring of 1853; James O. Putnam, minister resident in Belgium, from May 19, 1880, to July 1, 1882. During his term in the latter position Mr. Putnam was appointed by the government and served as delegate to the International Industrial Congress held in Paris in November, 1881.
Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, Almon M. Clapp, from June 4, 1869, to April 6, 1877.
Members of Congress .- Changes in the division of this State into Con- gressional districts were made in 1789, 1792, 1797, 1802, 1804 and 1808, in which year Niagara county, including what is now Erie county, was erected. That division created fifteen districts, Niagara, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee and Ontario constituting the Fif- teenth District. By the act of April 17, 1822 (the year after the erec- tion of Erie county), that county with Niagara and Chautauqua was constituted the Thirteenth District. The act of June 29, 1832, constituted Erie county alone the Thirty-second District. It so remained until 1862, when it was made the Thirtieth District. In 1873 it was again made the Thirty-second. In 1883 the First, Second and Third Assembly Districts of the county, as then constituted, were made the Thirty-second Con- gressional District and the county of Niagara and the Fourth and Fifth Assembly Districts were constituted the Thirty-third Congressional
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District, which condition existed until 1894. At the present time the Thirty-second District comprises the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir- teenth, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth wards of Buffalo; the Thirty-third District comprises the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth wards of Buffalo and the Fourth and Fifth As- sembly Districts of the county.
Following is a list of members of the House of Representatives from Niagara county (1808 to 1821), and Erie county since its formation :
Peter B. Porter. Eleventh Congress and re-elected to the Twelfth, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1813. Mr. Porter when first elected was a resident of Canandaigua, but removed to Black Rock in the spring of 1810. There was no representative from Niagara county in the Thirteenth Congress, and in 1812, when the State was divided into Twenty-one districts, with Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chau- tauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara and Ontario constituting the Twenty- first District, that district was entitled to two members; Mr. Porter was again elected, holding from March 4, 1815, until his resignation in February, 1816; and Archibald S. Clarke, from June, 1816, to March 3, 1817. Benjamin Ellicott, Fifteenth Congress, March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819; Albert H. Tracy, Sixteenth Congress, re-elected to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth, holding from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825; Ebenezer F. Norton, Twenty-first Congress, March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831 ; Millard Fillmore, Twenty-third Congress, March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835; in the Twenty-second Congress this district was represented by Bates Cook of Ni- agara county. Thomas C. Love, Twenty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837; Millard Fillmore, Twenty-fifth Congress, re-elected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh, holding from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843; William A. Moseley, Twenty-eighth Congress, re-elected to the Twenty-ninth, holding from March 4, 1842, to March 3, 1847; Nathan K. Hall, Thirtieth Congress, March 4, 1847, to March 3, : 849; Elbridge G. Spaulding, Thirty-first Congress, March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851; Solomon G. Haven, Thirty-second Congress, re-elected to the Thirty- third and Thirty-fourth, holding from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857; Israel T. Hatch, Thirty-fifth Congress, March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1859; Elbridge G. Spauld- ing, Thirty-sixth Congress, re-elected to the Thirty-seventh, holding from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1863; John Ganson, Thirty-eighth Congress, March 4, 1863, to Maren 3, 1865; James M. Humphrey. Thirty-ninth Congress, re-elected to the For- tieth, holding from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1871; William Williams, Forty-sec- ond Congress, March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873; Lyman K. Bass, Forty-third Con- gress, re-elected to the Forty-fourth, holding from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1877; Daniel N. Lockwood, Forty-fifth Congress, March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879; Ray V. Pierce, Forty-sixth Congress, from March 4, 1879, to his resignation in the summer of 1880, when Jonathan Scoville was elected to the vacancy, holding from his election in November of that year to March 3, 1883; William Findlay Rogers, Forty-eighth Congress, March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885; John B.
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Weber and John M. Farquhar, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889; John M. Farquhar and John M. Wiley, Fifty-first Congress, March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891; Daniel N. Lockwood and Thomas L. Bunting, Fifty-sec- ond Congress, March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1893: Daniel N. Lockwood and Charles Daniels, Fifty-third Congress, March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895; Charles Daniels and Rowland B. Mahany, Fifty-fourth Congress. March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897, Rowland B. Mahany and De Alva S. Alexander, Fifty-fifth Congress, March 4, 1897, to -, incumbents.
Generals in the Regular Army .- It may be valuable for reference to add here a list of high military officers of this county, as follows:
Bennett Riley, appointed ensign January 19, 1813; third lieutenant, March 12, 1813; second lieutenant, April 15, 1814; first lieutenant, March 31, 1817; captain, August 6, 1818: major, September 26, 1837; lieutenant-colonel, December 1, 1839; colonel, January 31, 1850; brevet brigadier-general, April 18, 1847; brevet major- general, August 20, 1847; died in June, 1853.
Albert J. Myer, appointed major and chief signal officer June 27, 1860; brevet colonel, July 2, 1862; brevet brigadier-general, March 18, 1865; colonel and chief signal officer, July 28, 1866; and brigadier-general and chief signal officer, June 16, 1880.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
The following residents of Niagara and Erie counties have held offices under the State government, as indicated:
Governor of New York, Grover Cleveland, elected in November, 1882, term of office expired December 31, 1885, resigned January 6, 1885, having been elected president of the United States.
Lieutenant-Governors .- William Dorsheimer, elected for two years in 1874, re- elected for three years in 1876, term expired December 31, 1879; William F. Shee- han, elected November, 1891, term expired November, 1894.
Secretary of State .- Peter B. Porter, appointed February 16, 1815: resigned February 12, 1816. General Porter was then at the height of his fame; he resigned his seat in Congress to accept this appointment made by Governor Tompkins. This new office and the one he subsequently accepted of United States Commissioner to settle the northern boundary were nearly the last public stations filled by him and he soon retired largely from the public eye.
Attorneys-General .- George P. Barker, appointed February 7, 1842, term ex- pired February 3, 1845; Charles F. Tabor, elected November, 1887, re-elected 1889.
Comptrollers .- Millard Fillmore, from January 1, 1848, until his resignation Feb- ruary 20, 1849; Asher P. Nichols, appointed vice William F. Allen, June, 1870, and elected the following November; Nelson K. Hopkins, elected in November, 1871, re-elected in 1873, term expired December 31, 1875; James A. Roberts, elected 1898, and re-elected 1895.
State Treasurers .- Benjamin Welch, jr., elected in November, 1851, election contested and office awarded him by the court November 20, 1852, held until Decem-
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ber 31, 1858; Elbridge G. Spaulding, from January 1. 1854, to December 31, 1855; Isaac Vanderpoel, from January 1, 1858, to December 31, 1859; Philip Dorsheimer, from January 1, 1860, to December 31, 1861.
Canal Commissioners .- Peter B. Porter, appointed March 11. 1810, serving until the repeal of the first canal law, April 15, 1814; John T. Hudson, appointed Decem- ber 5, 1846, holding until December 31, 1847; Franklin A. Alberger, elected in November, 1861, re-elected in 1864, term expired December 31, 1867. This office was abolished under the constitution upon the appointment of a superintendent of public works, February 8, 1878.
Inspector of State Prisons .- Solomon Scheu, elected in November, 1867, term expired December 31, 1870. This office was abolished February 16, 1877, and the new office of superintendent of state prisons took its place.
Superintendents of Public Instruction .- Victor M. Rice, elected for three years, from April 4, 1854, to April 3, 1857, again elected in 1862, re-elected in 1865, held the office until January 1, 1868; James F. Crooker, elected 1891.
Regents of the University of the State of New York .- George W. Clinton, elect- ed March 6, 1856; T. Guilford Smith, elected in 1890; the tenure of this office is for life.
Canal Appraisers .- Thaddeus Davis, appointed for three years in 1877; William J. Morgan, appointed for three years January 28, 1880; he held the office until the Court of Claims was established, May, 1883.
Council of Appointment .- This important body appointed nearly all the execu- tive and judicial officers of the State, until it was abolished by the constitution of 1821. Archibald S. Clarke was elected a member by the Assembly from among the senators of the Western District, February 5, 1816, and served one year. Mr. Clarke at that time resided in what is now the town of Newstead. Many years later he removed to Cattaraugus county, where he held several official positions.
Commissioners of the State Board of Charities .- William P. Letchworth, of Buffalo, was appointed a commissioner of the State Board of Charities in 1873, and Harvey W. Putnam succeeded him November 18, 1896.
State Commissioner of Prisons .- Under the laws of 1895, George B. Hayes was appointed State Commissioner of Prisons in July, 1895, for a term of eight years.
Members of the State Constitutional Conventions .- 1821, Augustus Porter and Samuel Russell, representing the counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara. 1846, Erie county constituting a single district, Absalom Bull, Aaron Salisbury, Horatio J. Stow and Amos Wright. 1867, Erie county constituting the Thirty-first senatorial district, George W. Clinton, Israel T. Hatch, Allen Potter and Isaac A. Verplanck. 1894, Erie county constituting two senatorial districts: Thirtieth district, James S. Porter, Harvey W. Putnam, Philip W. Springweiler, Thomas A. Sullivan and William Turner; Thirty-first district, Tracy C. Becker, Jonathan W. Carter, John Coleman, George A. Davis and Henry W. Hill; Daniel H. McMillan, delegate at large.
State Senators .- Under the first constitution this State was divided into four senatorial districts-Southern, Middle, Eastern, and Western. After its erection in 1808 Niagara county was placed in the Western
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District, which was entitled to nine of the twenty-four members. An additional senator was to be added to each district whenever, by a sep- tennial census, it was shown that the number of electors in the district had increased one twenty fourth; this increase was to be allowed until the number reached 100. The census of 1795 made the number forty- three. In 1801, the rule being found unequal in its operation, the con- stitution was amended fixing the number permanently at thirty-two. The second constitution divided the State into eight districts, Erie county being placed in the Eighth District. By the act of 1892 Erie county was constituted the Thirtieth and Thirty-first districts, and so remains. Under the first and the second constitutions senators were elected for four years, and several were elected from each senatorial district, so that there was not always a senator from Erie county. The following list names those elected from this county :
Archibald S. Clarke, from July, 1812, to July, 1816; Oliver Forward, from July, 1820, to December 31, 1822, when his term expired under the new constitution; Samuel Wilkeson, elected in November, 1825, serving from January 1, 1826, to De- cember 31, 1829; Albert H. Tracy, elected November, 1829, re elected 1833, serving from January 28, 1830, to December 31, 1837; William A. Moseley, elected Novem- ber, 1837, serving from January 1, 1838, to December 31, 1841; Carlos Emmons, elected November, 1844, holding from January 1, 1845, to December 31, 1847. (Dr. Emmons's term was shortened one year by the operation of the constitution which divided the State into thirty-two districts, each electing one senator for two years, in 1847, 1849, and each succeeding odd numbered year.) John T. Bush, elected No- vember, 1847, holding through the years 1848 and 1849; George R. Babcock, elected November, 1849, re-elected 1851, holding from January 1, 1850, to December 31, 1853; James O. Putnam, elected November, 1853, holding from January 1, 1854, to December 31, 1855; James Wadsworth, elected November, 1855, re-elected in 1857, holding from January 1, 1856, to his resignation August 18, 1858; Erastus S. Prosser, elected vice Wadsworth in November, 1858, re-elected in 1859, holding from his election until December 31, 1861; John Ganson, elected November, 1861, holding from January 1, 1862, until he took his seat in Congress the first Monday in Decem- ber, 1863; James M. Humphrey, elected November, 1863, holding from January 1, 1864, until he took his seat in Congress on the first Monday in December, 1865; David S. Bennett, elected November, 1865, holding through 1866 and 1867; Asher P. Nichols, elected November, 1867, holding through 1868 and 1869; Loren L. Lewis, elected November, 1869, re-elected 1870, holding from January 1, 1870, to December 31, 1873; John Ganson, elected November, 1873, holding from January 1, 1874, until his death September 28, 1874; Albert P. Laning, elected November, 1874, in place of Ganson, deceased, holding from his election until December 31, 1875; Sherman S. Rogers, elected November, 1875, holding from January 1, 1876, until his resignation September 5, 1876; E. Carlton Sprague, elected in November, 1876, in place of Rogers, resigned, holding until December 31, 1877; Ray V. Pierce, elected
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November, 1877, holding from January, 1878, until he took his seat in Congress on the first Monday in December, 1879; Benjamin H. Williams, elected November, 1879, holding from January 1, 1880, to December 31, 1881; Robert C. Titus, elected November, 1881, re-elected November, 1883, holding from January 1, 1882, to De- cember 31, 1885; Daniel H. McMillan, elected November, 1885, holding to December 31, 1887; John Laughlin, elected November, 1887, holding until December 31, 1891; Charles Lamy and Henry H. Persons, elected November, 1893, holding to December 31, 1895; Charles Lamy, re-elected and now in office; Simon Seibert and George A. Davis, elected November, 1896, and now in office.
Apportionments of Assembly Districts were made in 1777, 1791, 1796, 1802, and 1808, with minor intermediate changes. In the last named year Niagara county was erected, including what is now Erie county, and was placed in a district with Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, with one assemblyman. In the sixth apportionment, made in 1815, the condition remained the same as regards Niagara county. In the seventh apportionment, made in 1822 (the year after the erection of Erie county), this county was constituted one district with one assemblyman. In the eighth apportionment, 1826, the county was given two assemblymen, which was increased to three in the ap- portionment of 1836. In March, 1846, the number was increased to four, and so remained until 1866, from which year the county had five members to 1893, when it was given six. The apportionment of 1896 gives the county eight members.
Archibald S. Clarke, elected in the spring of 1808, re-elected in 1809 and 1810, term expired in 1811; Ebenezer Walden, held from July, 1811, to July, 1812; Jonas Williams, elected in spring of 1812, re-elected in 1813, held from July, 1812, to July, 1814; Joseph McClure, July, 1814, to July, 1815; Daniel McCleary and Elias Osborn, July, 1815, to July, 1816; Richard Smith. July, 1816, to July, 1817; Isaac Phelps, elected in spring of 1817, re-elected in 1818, held to July, 1819; Oliver Forward, July, 1819, to July, 1820; Thomas B. Campbell, elected in spring of 1820, re-elected in 1821, held the office to December 31, 1822.
The constitution of 1821-22 extended the terms of the members of the Legislature then in office to the last day of December, 1822, and from that time their terms corresponded with the years, as follows:
Ebenezer F. Norton, 1823; Samuel Wilkeson, 1824; Calvin Fillmore, 1825; Reuben B. Heacock, 1826; David Burt, Oziel Smith, 1827; David Burt, Peter B. Porter, 1828; David Burt, Millard Fillmore, 1829; Millard Fillmore, Edmund Hull, 1830; Millard Fillmore, Nathaniel Knight, 1831; Horace Clark, William Mills, 1832-33; Joseph Clary, Carlos Emmons, 1834; William A. Mosely, Ralph Plumb, 1835; George P. Barker, Wells Brooks, 1836; Squire S. Case, Benjamin O. Bivins, Elisha Smith, 1837; Lewis F. Allen, Cyrenius Wilber, Asa Warren, 1838; Jacob A. Barker, Henry Johnson, Truman Cary, 1839; Seth C. Hawley, Stephen Osborn, Aaron Salisbury,
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1840; Seth C. Hawley, Stephen Osborn, Carlos Williams, 1841; William A. Bird, Squire S. Case, Bela H. Colegrove, 1842; George R. Babcock, Milton McNeal, Wells Brooks, 1843; Daniel Lee, Amos Wright, Elisha Smith, 1844; Daniel Lee, John T. Bush, Truman Dewey, 1845; Nathan K. Hall, John T. Bush, James Wood, 1846.
After this year four members were elected in this county and the county was divided into four districts. The succeeding names appear in the order of the respective districts:
Horatio Shumway, John D. Howe, William H. Pratt, Obadiah J. Green, 1847; Elbridge G. Spaulding. Harry Slade, Ira E. Irish, Charles C. Severance, 1848; Benoni Thompson. Augustus Raynor, Marcus McNeal, Luther Buxton, 1849; Or- lando Allen, Elijah Ford, Ira E. Irish, Joseph Candee, 1850; Orlando Allen, William A. Bird, Henry Atwood, Charles C. Severance, 1851; Israel T. Hatch, Jasper B. Youngs, Aaron Riley, Joseph Bennett, 1852; Almon M. Clapp, William T. Bush, Israel N. Ely, Nelson Welch, 1853; William W. Weed, Rollin Germain, Charles A. Still, Edward N. Hatch, 1854; William W. Weed, Daniel Devening, jr., Lorenzo D. Covey, Seth W. Goddard, 1855; John G. Deshler, Daniel Devening, jr., John Clark, Benjamin Maltby, 1856; Augustus J. Tiffany, George De Witt Clinton, Horace Boies, S. Cary Adams, 1857: Albert P. Laning, Andrew J. McNett, John T. Wheel- ock, Amos Avery, 1858; Daniel Bowen, Henry B. Miller, John S. King, Wilson Rogers, 1859; Orlando Allen. Henry Miller, Hiram Newell, Joseph H. Plumb, 1860; Stephen V. R. Watson, Victor M. Rice, Benjamin H. Long, Zebulon Ferris, 1861; John W. Murphy, Horatio Seymour, Ezra P. Goslin, John A. Case, 1862; John W. Murphy, Horatio Seymour, Timothy A. Hopkins, Anson G. Conger, 1863; Walter W. Stanard, Frederick P. Stevens, Timothy A. Hopkins, Seth Fenner, 1864; Walter W. Stanard, Harmon S. Cutting, John G. Langner, Edwin W. Godfrey, 1865.
After this year the county had five members:
William Williams, J. L. C. Jewett, John G. Langner, Levi Potter, 1866; Charles W. Hinson. William Williams, Roswell L. Burrows, Alpheus Prince, Joseph H. Plumb, 1867; George J. Bamler, Richard Flach, Lewis P. Dayton, Alpheus Prince, James Rider, 1868; George J. Bamler, Philip H. Bender, J. A. Chase, C. B. Rich, Abbott C. Calkins, 1869; George J. Bamler, James Franklin, A. H. Blossom, Harry B. Ransom, Lyman Oatman, 1870; George Chambers, John Howell, Franklin A. Alberger, Harry B. Ransom, John M. Wiley, 1871; George Chambers, George Baltz, F. A. Alberger, John Nice, John M. Wiley, 1872; John O'Brian, George Baltz, F. A. Alberger, John Nice, Robert B. Foote, 1873; Patrick Hanrahan, Joseph W. Smith, F. A. Alberger, John Nice, Robert B. Foote, 1874; Patrick Hanrahan, William W. Lawson, Edward Gallagher, Harry B. Ransom, William A. Johnson, 1875; Daniel Cruice, William W. Lawson, Edward Gallagher, Charles F. Tabor, Bertrand Chaffee, 1876; John L. Crowley, John G. Langner, Edward Gallagher, Charles F. Tabor, Charles A. Orr, 1877; John L. Crowley. John G. Langner, David F. Day, Harvey J. Hurd, Henry F. Allen, 1878; Bernard F. Gentsch, Simon P. Swift, James A. Roberts, Harvey J. Hurd, William A. Johnson, 1879; Jules O'Brien, Frank Sipp. James Ash, James A. Roberts, Harvey J. Hurd, 1880; Jeremiah Hig- gins, Frank Sipp, Arthur W. Hickman, George Bingham, Harvey J. Hurd, 1881;
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Jeremiah Higgins, Frank Sipp, Arthur W. Hickman, Timothy W. Jackson. Job Southwick. 1892: Cornelius Donohue, Godfrey Ernst. Elias S. Hawley, Timothy W. Jackson. David J. Wilcox, 1883: Cornelius Donohue, Frank Sipp. George Clinton. Timothy W. Jackson, David J. Wilcox, 1884; William F. Sheehan, Frank M. Giese. William M. Hawkins, Timothy W. Jackson, Amos H. Baker, 18-5; William F. Sheehan, Frank M. Giese, Edward Gallagher. John Kraus, Amos H. Baker, 1886. William F. Sheehan. Frank M. Giese, Edward Gallagher. Henry H. Guenther, Ed- ward K. Emery, 1887: William F. Sheehan, Matthias Endres, Edward Gallagher, Henry H. Guenther, Edward K. Emery, 1888; William F. Sheehan, Matthias En- dres, Leroy Andrus, Henry H. Guenther, Amos H. Baker, 1889; William F. Sheehan, Matthias Endres, Leroy Andrus, Henry H. Guenther. William B. Currier, 1490): William F. Sheehan, Matthias Endres, Edward Gallagher, Henry H. Guenther. Frank D. Smith. 1891 : John J. Clahan, Jacob Goldberg, Edward Gallagher, Henry H. Guenther, Myron H. Clark, 1892.
Beginning with 1893 the county had six members:
John J. Clahan, Jacob Goldberg, Joseph Lenhard, Edward Gallagher, Henry H. Guenther, Frank D. Smith, 1893; Cornelius Coughlin, Simon Seibert, Charles Braun, Joseph L. Whittet, Philip Gerst. Charles F. Schoepflin, 1894-95.
From 1896 inclusive, the county had eight members:
Cornelius Coughlin, Henry W. Hill. Benjamin A. Peevers, Philip W. Springweiler, Charles Braun, Christopher Smith, Henry L. Steiner, Heman M. Blasdell. 1896; Cornelius Coughlin, Henry W. Hill, William Maloney, William Schneider, Charles Braun, Nicholas J. Miller, Henry L. Steiner, Heman M. Blasdell, 1897; 1898, An- thony J. Boland, Henry W. Hill, William Maloney. John C. Mobring Henry Streif- ler, Nicholas J. Miller, John K. Patton, F. Freeman Baker.
County Treasurers .- This office was made elective by the people under legislative act December 16, 1847, pursuant to authority of the new constitution. Treasurers were formerly appointed by the Boards of Supervisors in the various counties.
Christian Metz, jr., elected 1848, served by re-election until 1854, inclusive; James D. Warren, 1855, 1856 and 1857; Lyman B. Smith, 1858, 1859 and 1860; Norman B. McNeal, 1861. 1862 and 1863; Francis C. Brunck, 1864, 1865 and 1866; Charles R. Durkee, 1867, 1868 and 1869; William B. Sirret, 1870 to 1881 inclusive; Henry R. Jones, 1882, 1883 and 1884, and re-elected for 1885, 1886 and 1887: Philip Steingoet- ter, 1888, 1889 and 1890; John B. Sackett, 1891, 1892 and 1893; George Baltz, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897: Wadsworth J. Zittel, 1898.
Political affairs in Niagara and Erie counties did not receive much attention from the general public until about the close of the war of 1812-15, except with reference to that struggle itself. It has been noted that Gen. Peter B. Porter was elected to Congress in the spring of 1809 and re elected in the spring of 1810, when he removed from
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