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urers, recorders, county commissioners, aud- itors and deputy state supervisors of elec- tions. In the main the roster has been com- piled through hard labor and diligent search of county records, and therefore the roster which we here present is, it is thought, al- most correct.
GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
William Bebb, 1847 to 1849. James E. Campbell, 1890 to 1892.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. Josiah Scott. 1857 to 1872.
AUDITOR OF STATE.
John Woods. 1845 to 1852.
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TREASURER OF STATE.
John M. Millikin, 1876 to 1878.
MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Second Constitutional Convention, May 6, 1850, to March 10, 1851, James B. King and Elijah Vance.
Third Constitutional Convention, May, 1873, Lewis D. Campbell.
SPEAKER OF THE OHIO SENATE.
Elijah Vance, 1836-1837, thirty-fifth general assembly.
SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
James E. Neal. 1878-1880, sixty-third general assembly.
PRESIDENT OF STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZA- TION.
James B. King. 1853, fifth state board.
BUTLER COUNTY IN CONGRESS.
In the following lines are given the dates of the congressional apportionments from 1803 to the present time, together with the number of the district and the territory embraced in the districts of which Butler county has formed a part.
1803, first district, whole state.
February 1, 1812, first district, Hamil- ton, Warren. Butler and Preble counties.
May 20, 1822, second district. Warren and Butler counties.
June 14, 1832, second district, Warren, Butler, Preble and Darke counties.
July 25, 1842, second district, Butler, Preble and Darke counties.
March 12. 1845. second district, Butler, Warren and Clinton counties.
April 13, 1852, third district. Butler, Preble and Montgomery counties.
April 25, 1862, third district, Montgom- ery, Preble, Butler and Warren counties.
April 27, 1872, third district, Butler, Warren. Clinton, Fayette and Clermont counties.
May 5, 1878, third district, Montgom- ery, Butler and Warren counties.
April 17, 1882, seventh district. Butler, Greene, Clermont and Warren counties.
February 14, 1884, third district, But- ler, Preble. Warren and Clermont.
May 18, 1886, seventh district. Butler, Greene, Clermont and Warren counties.
March 11, 1890, third district, Butler, Montgomery and Warren counties.
March 31. 1892. third district. Preble. Butler and Montgomery counties.
May 12, 1902, third district. Preble, Butler and Montgomery counties.
REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS.
1803-1813, eighth to twelfth congress, first district, Jeremiah Morrow. Federal, Warren county.
1813-1816, thirteenth to fourteenth con- gress, first district. John McLean, Federal, Warren county.
1816-1819, fourteenth to fifteenth con- gress, first district, William Henry Harri- son. Federal. Hamilton county.
1819-1823, sixteenth to seventeenth congress, first district. Thomas R. Ross, Whig, Warren county.
1823-1825. eighteenth congress, second district. Thomas R. Ross, Whig. Warren county.
1825-1829, nineteenth to twentieth con- gress, second district, John Woods, Whig, Butler county.
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1829-1831, twenty-first congress, sec- ond district, James Shields, Democrat, But- ler county.
1831-1833, twenty-second congress, sec- ond district, Thomas Corwin, Whig, War- ren county.
1833-1839, twenty-third to twenty-fifth congress, second district, Taylor Webster, Democrat, Butler county.
1839-1845, twenty-sixth to twenty- eighth congress, second district. John B. Weller, Democrat. Butler county.
1845-1847, twenty-ninth congress, sec- ond district, Francis A. Cunningham, Whig. Preble county.
1847-1849, thirtieth congress, second district, David Fisher. Whig, Clinton county.
1849-1853, thirty-first to thirty-second congress, second district. Lewis D. Camp- bell, Whig. Butler county.
1853-1858, thirty-third to thirty-fifth congress. third district. Lewis D. Camp- bell, Whig, Butler county.
1858-1863, thirty-fifth to thirty-seventh congress, third district, Clement L. Vallan- digham, Democrat, Montgomery county.
1863-1871, thirty-eighth to forty-first congress, third district. Robert C. Schenck. Republican. Montgomery county.
1871-1873, forty-second congress, third district. Lewis D. Campbell. Democrat. Butler county.
1873-1875. forty-third congress. third district. John Q. Smith, Republican. Clinton county.
1875-1877, forty-fourth congress. third district, John S. Savage. Democrat. Clinton county.
1877-1879, forty-fifth congress, third district, Mills Gardner, Republican, Fayette county.
1879-1881, forty-sixth congress, third district, John A. McMahon. Democrat, Montgomery county.
1881-1883, forty-seventh congress, third district, Henry L. Morey, Republican, But- ler county.
1883-1884, forty-eighth congress, sev- enth district. Henry L. Morey. Republican, Butler county.
188.4-1885. forty-eighth congress, sev- enth district, James E. Campbell, Demo- crat, Butler county.
1885-1887. forty-ninth congress, third district. James E. Campbell. Democrat. Butler county.
1887-1889, fiftieth congress, seventh dis- trict, James E. Campbell. Democrat, Butler county.
1889-1891. fifty-first congress, seventh district. Henry L. Morey. Republican, But- ler county.
1891-1894. fifty-second to fifty-third congress, third district, George W. Houk, Democrat, Montgomery county.
1894-1897. fifty-third to fifty-fourth congress, third district, Paul J. Sorg, Demo- crat, Butler county.
1897-1901, fifty-fifth to fifty-sixth con- gress, third district, John L. Brenner, Dem- ocrat. Montgomery county.
1901, fifty-seventh to fifty-ninth con- gress, third district. Robert J. Nevin. Re- publican. Montgomery county.
STATE SENATORS.
Following are the state senators who have represented the district of which But- ler county has formed a part or composed entirely, together with the years of service and legislative sessions :
Second session, 1803, John Bigger, Wil- liam C. Schenck, Daniel Symmes and Wil-
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Third and fourth sessions, 1803 to 1805, John Bigger, Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Greene counties.
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Third and fourth sessions, 1803-1805, William C. Schenck, Warren, Butler, Mont- gomery and Greene counties.
Fourth and fifth sessions, 1805-1807, Jacob Smith, Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Greene counties.
Fifth and sixth sessions, 1806-1808, Richard S. Thomas, Warren, Butler, Mont- gomery and Greene counties.
Sixth session. 1807-1808, John Bigger, Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Greene counties.
Seventh to eighteenth session. 1808- 1820; Thomas Irivin, Butler county.
Nineteenth to twenty-second session, 1820-1824. James Heaton, Butler county.
Twenty-third to twenty-sixth session, 1824-1828, Joel Collins, Butler county.
Twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth ses- sions, 1828-1830, Daniel Woodmansee, But- ler county.
Twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions, 1830-1832, Fergus Anderson, Butler county.
Thirty-first and thirty-second sessions, 1832-1834, Daniel Woodmansee, Butler county.
Thirty-third and thirty-fourth sessions, 1834-1836, Elijah Vance, Butler county.
Thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth sessions, 1836-1838, Elijah Vance, Butler and Preble counties.
Thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth ses- sions, 1838-1840, John Saylor, Butler and Preble counties.
Thirty-ninth to forty-second session. 1840-1844, Robert Hazletine, Butler and Preble counties.
Forty-third to forty-sixth session, 1844- 1848, James B. King, Butler and Preble counties.
Forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions, 1848-1850, Valentine Chase, Butler county.
Forty-ninth session, 1850-1851, Jona- than Kilbourne, Butler county.
Fiftieth session, 1852-1853, Jonathan Kilbourne, Butler and Warren counties ..
Fifty-first session, 1854-1855, Granville W. Stokes, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-second session, 1856-1857, David Heaton, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-third session, 1858-1859, Lauren Smith, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-fourth session, 1860-1861, Thomas Moore, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth sessions, 1862- 1865, A. G. McBurney, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-seventh session, 1866-1867, N. C. McFarland, Butler and Warren counties.
Fifty-eighth session, 1868-1869, William H. Campbell, Butler and Warren counties. Fifty-ninth session, 1870-1871, Lewis D. Campbell, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixtieth session, 1872-1873, Peter Mur- phy, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixty-first session, 1874-1875, Benjamin Butterworth, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixty-second session, 1876, Peter M. Dechant (died in office), Butler and War- ren counties.
Sixty-second and sixty-third sessions, 1876-1879, William H. Stokes, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixty-fourth session, 1880-1881, J. L. Mounts, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixty-fifth session, 1882-1883, Lewis G. Anderson, Butler and Warren counties.
Sixty-sixth session, 1884-1885, George F. Elliott, Butler and Warren counties.
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Sixty-seventh session, 1886-1887, Wil- liam S. Elzroth, Butler and Warren coun- ties.
Sixty-eighth session, 1888-1889, Estes G. Rathbone, Butler and Warren counties. Sixty-ninth session, 1890-1891, James L. Stephens, Butler and Warren counties.
Seventieth and seventy-first sessions, 1892-1895, Joseph J. McMaken, Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont counties.
Seventy-second session, 1896-1897, Eli A. Tissandier, Butler. Warren, Brown and Clermont counties.
Seventy-third session, 1898-1899, Hugh L. Nichols, Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont counties.
Seventy-fourth session, 1900-1901, Em- mons B. Stivers, Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont counties.
Seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth ses- sions, 1900-1903. William F. Roudebush, Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont coun- ties.
Seventy-sixth session, 1904-1905, J. E. Harding. Butler, Warren. Brown and Cler- mont counties.
STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
Second session, met December 5, 1803, adjourned February 17, 1804, Samuel Dick, William Dodds. Abner Garard, Ephraim Kibbey. William McClure, Ichabod B. Mil- ler, John Wallace and Stephen Wood, Ham- ilton. Warren. Butler. Montgomery and Greene counties.
Third session, met December 3. 1804, adjourned February 22. 1805. Ezekiel Ball and Matthew Richardson. Butler county.
Fourth session, met December 2, 1805. adjourned January 27. 1806. James Mc- Clure and Matthew Richardson, Butler county.
Fifth session, met December 1, 1806, adjourned February 4, 1807, Solomon Line and James Shields, Butler county.
Sixth session, met December 7, 1807, adjourned February 22, 1808, William Cor- ry and James McClure, Butler county.
Seventh session, met December 5, 1808, adjourned February 21, 1809, James Heat- on, William Murray and James Shields, Butler county.
Eighth session, met December 4. 1809, adjourned February 22, 1810. James Heaton, William Murray and James Shields, Butler county.
Ninth session, met December 3, 1810, adjourned January 30, 1811, James Clark, James Heaton and John C. Imlay. Butler county.
Tenth session. met December 10, 1811, adjourned February 21, 1812, John C. Im- lay, William Ludlow and James Shields, Butler county.
Eleventh session, met December 7. 1812, adjourned February 9, 1813, John C. Im- lay, James Shields and Charles Swearingen, Butler county.
Twelfth session, met December 6, 1813, adjourned February 11, 1814, John C. Im- lay, James Shields and Charles Swearingen. Butler county.
Thirteenth session, met December 5, 1814, adjourned February 16, 1815, John C. Imlay, James Shields and Charles Swear- ingen, Butler county.
Fourteenth session, met December 4, 1815. adjourned February 27, 1816, John C. Imlay, James Shields and Charles Swear- ingen, Butler county.
Fifteenth session, met December 2. 1816, adjourned January 28, 1817, Daniel Millikin, James Shields and Charles Swear- ingen. Butler county. .
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Sixteenth session, met December 1, 1817, adjourned January 30, 1818, Robert Ander- son, Joel Collins and James Shields, Butler county.
Seventeenth session, met December 7, 1818, adjourned February 9, 1819, Robert Anderson, Joel Collins and William Mur- ray, Butler county.
Eighteenth session, met December 6, 1819, adjourned February 26, 1820, Robert Anderson, Joel Collins and James Shields, Butler county.
Nineteenth session, met December 4, 1820, adjourned February 3, 1821, Robert Anderson, Joel Collins and William Clarke, Butler county.
Twentieth session, met December 3, 1821, adjourned February 4, 1822, Robert Anderson, Joel Collins and James Shields, Butler county.
Twenty-first session, met December 2, 1822, adjourned January 28, 1823, Joel Col- lins, James McBride and James Shields, But- ler county.
Twenty-second session, met December I, 1823, adjourned February 26, 1824, James Clark, David Higgins and Marsh Williams, Butler county.
Twenty-third session, met December 6, 1824. adjourned February 8, 1825, David Higgins, Thomas Irwin and James Shields, Butler county.
Twenty-fourth session, met December 5, 1825, adjourned February 5, 1826, James Heaton, David Higgins and Daniel Wood- mansee.
Twenty-fifth session, met December 4, 1826, adjourned January 31, 1827, David Higgins, James Shields and Daniel Wood- mansee, Butler county.
Twenty-sixth session, met December 3,
1827, adjourned February 12, 1828, James Heaton, James Shields and Daniel Wood- mansee, Butler county.
Twenty-seventh session, met December 1, 1828, adjourned February 12, 1829, Fer- gus Anderson and John Crane, Butler county.
Twenty-eighth session, met December 7, 1829, adjourned February 23, 1830, Fer- gus Anderson and Benjamin Van Gordon, Butler county.
Twenty-ninth session, met December 6, 1830, adjourned March 14, 1831, John Crane and Benjamin Van Gordon, Butler county.
Thirtieth session, met December 5, 1831, adjourned February 13, 1832, Jesse Corwin and Taylor Webster, Butler county.
Thirty-first session, met December 3, 1832, adjourned February 25, 1833, Joseph Comstock and Elijah Vance, Butler county.
Thirty-second session, met December 2, 1833, adjourned March 3, 1834, Joseph Comstock and Elijah Vance, Butler county.
Thirty-third session, met December I, 1834, adjourned March 9, 1835, Vincent D. Enyart and William B. Van Hook, But- ler county.
Thirty-fourth session, met December 7, 1835, adjourned March 14, 1836, Vincent D. Enyart and William B. Van Hook, But- ler county.
Thirty-fifth session, met December 5, 1836, adjourned April 3, 1837, Robert B. Millikin and William B. Van Hook, But- ler county.
Thirty-sixth session, met December 4, 1837, adjourned March 19, 1838, Jacob Matthews and William B. Van Hook, But- ler county.
Thirty-seventh session, met December
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3, 1838, adjourned March 18, 1839, Robert B. Millikin and William B. Van Hook, But- ler county.
Thirty-eighth session, met December 2, 1839, adjourned March 23, 1840, Absolom Dunn and James B. King. Butler county.
Thirty-ninth session, met December 7, 1840, adjourned March 29, 1841, Absolom Dunn and James B. King, Butler county.
Fortieth session, met December 6, 1841, adjourned March 7, 1842, John McCloskey and Joel B. McFarland. Butler county.
Forty-first session, met December 5, 1842, adjourned March 13, 1843, James B. King and Joel B. McFarland, Butler county.
Forty-second session, met December 4, 1843, adjourned March 13, 1844. Mark C. McMaken, Butler county.
Forty-third session. met December 2. 1844. adjourned March 13. 1845, Fergus Anderson and Mark C. McMaken. Butler county.
Forty-fourth session, met December I. 1845. adjourned March 2. 1846, Fergus Anderson, Butler county.
Forty-fifth session, met December 7, 1846, adjourned February 8, 1847, Thomas G. Berry and John Clark. Butler county.
Forty-sixth session. met December 6. 1847. adjourned February 25. 1848. John Clark. Butler county.
Forty-seventh session, met December 4. 1848, adjourned March 26, 1849, Joseph D. Ringwood. Butler county.
Forty-eighth session, met December 3. 1849. adjourned March 25. 1850. M. T. Mustin, Butler county.
Forty-ninth session. met December 2. 1850. adjourned March 25. 1851. John Carr. Butler county.
Fiftieth session, met January 5. 1852.
adjourned May 3, 1852, met November 15, 1852, adjourned March 14, 1853, Charles L. Weller and John Dickey, Butler county.
Fifty-first session, met January 2, 1854, adjourned May 1, 1854, William B. Van Hook, Butler county.
Fifty-second session, met January 7, 1856, adjourned April 11. 1856, met Janu- ary 5, 1857, adjourned April 17, 1857, Alex. P. Miller and John McElwee, Butler county.
Fifty-third session, met January 4, 1858, adjourned April 12. 1858. met January 2, 1859, adjourned April 6, 1859, Robert Christy and Chris. Hughes, Butler county.
Fifty-fourth session, met January 2, 1860. adjourned March 26, 1862, met Jan- uary 7. 1861. adjourned May 13. 1861, Chris. Hughes, Butler county.
Fifty-fifth session, met January 6, 1862, adjourned May 1. 1862. met January 6, 1863. adjourned April 14. 1863. John Mc- Clellan, Butler county.
Fifty-sixth session, met January 4. 1864. adjourned March 31. 1864, met January 3. 1865. adjourned April 13. 1865. Archibald Mayo. Butler county.
Fifty-seventh session. met January 1, 1866, adjourned April 6. 1866, met January 2. 1867. adjourned April. 17. 1867, Elias H. Gaston and Chris. Hughes, Butler county.
Fifty-eighth session. met January 6, 1868. adjourned May 18. 1868, met No- vemher 23. 1868. adjourned November 25, 1868, met January 5. 1869, adjourned May 7. 1869, Elias H. Gaston and Chris. Hughes, Butler county.
Fifty-ninth session, met January 3. 1870. adjourned April 18. 1870, met Janu- ary 3. 1871. adjourned May 2. 1871. Elias H. Gaston, Butler county.
Sixtieth session. met January 1. 1872,
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adjourned April 29, 1872, met January 2, 1873, adjourned May 6, 1873, S. B. Berry, Butler county.
Sixty-first session, met January 5, 1874, adjourned April 20, 1874, met December I, 1874, adjourned March 30, 1875, Jacob Kemp, Butler county.
Sixty-second session, met January 3, 1876. adjourned April 12. 1876, met Janu- ary 2, 1877, adjourned May 7. 1877, Jacob Kemp and James E. Neal, Butler county.
Sixty-third session, met January 7, 1878, adjourned May 15, 1878, met January 7. 1879, adjourned June 23. 1879. Horace P. Clough and James E. Neal, Butler county.
Sixty-fourth session. met January 4, 1880. adjourned April 20, 1880. met Janu- ary 5. 1881. adjourned April 17. 1881, John R. Brown. Butler county.
Sixty-fifth session. met January 2, 1882. adjourned April 17. 1882. met January 2, 1883. adjourned April 19. 1883. Frank Cun- ningham, Butler county.
Sixty-sixth session, met January 7, 1884, adjourned April 14. 1884. met January 6, 1885. adjourned May 4. 1885. Frank Cun- ningham. Butler county.
Sixty-seventh session, met January 4. 1886. adjourned May 10. 1886. met Janu- ary 4, 1887. adjourned March 21. 1887. F. R. Vinnedge, Butler county.
Sixty-eighth session. met January 2. 1888. adjourned April 16, 1888, met Janu- ary 8. 1889. adjourned April 15. 1889. F. R. Vinnedge. Butler county.
Sixty-ninth session, met January 6. 1890. adjourned April 28, 1890, met Janu- ary 3, 1891, adjourned May 4, 1891, met October 4, 1891, adjourned October 14. 1891. Thomas Goldrick and J. J. McMaken. Butler county.
Seventieth session, met January 4, 1892, adjourned April 18, 1892, met January 3, 1893. adjourned April 27, 1893, Thomas Goldrick, Butler county.
Seventy-first session, met January 3, 1894. adjourned May 21, 1894, Samuel C. Landis, Butler county.
Seventy-second session, met January 6, 1896, adjourned April 27, 1896, Samuel C. Landis. Butler county.
Seventy-third session, met January 3, 1898. adjourned April 25. 1898, B. S. Bart- low, Butler county.
Seventy-fourth session, met January I, 1900, adjourned April 16, 1900, B. S. Bart- low and W. S. Warwick, Butler county.
Seventy-fifth session, met January 6, 1902. adjourned May 12. 1902. Isaac E. Huffman, Butler county.
Seventy-sixth session, met January 4, 1904. adjourned April 25. 1904, Isaac E. Huffman. Butler county.
THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
By an act of the general assembly in 1825 the method of assessing taxes upon real property which had been in vogue from the beginning of the state government, and which was based upon separation of lands into different classes for taxation, was abol- ished. and the present method put in force. Briefly. it is this: Land appraisers are elected in each ward and township at stated periods who assess a tax value upon the land in their respective districts. This is re- ported by them to the county board of equal- ization, which is composed of the county commissioners, the county surveyor and the county auditor. The county board of equal- ization has power to equalize the value as to tract or lot. but the total duplicate returned
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by them shall not fall below the total of all property returned to them by the local ap- praisers. The finding of the county board is then reported through the auditor of state to a state board of equalization, which is elected by the people of the several senato- rial districts in Ohio, and which is composed of as many members as the next preceding senate. The state board is elected in the fall of the tenth year of each decade at the November election and begins its decennial term of from four to six months, in Decem- ber following the election. The state board of equalization equalizes valuations between counties and cities, but has no jurisdiction over individual valuations.
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The following shows the membership of the state board of equalization from the Butler district from 1825 to 1902, the first board being elected by the general assem- bly then in session (December 15, 1825), one member from each congressional dis- trict :
John Bigger, 1825-1826, first board of equalization.
John Quinn, 1834-1835, second board of equalization.
Alexander Elliott (resigned), George Kesling, 1841-1842, third board of equali- zation.
John M. Millikin, 1846-1847. fourth board of equalization.
James B. King, 1853-1854, fifth board of equalization.
Jacob Egbert, 1859-1860, sixth board of judge for each circuit, and not more than
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Charles Ford, 1870-1871, seventh board of equalization.
George F. Elliott, 1880-1881, eighth board of equalization.
Charles A. Stroble. 1890-1891, ninth board of equalization.
Robert P. Fisher and Frank Hicks, 1900-1901, tenth board of equalization.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
The circuit courts of Ohio were created in 1883 and at the election held in October, 1884, judges were elected in each of the seven judicial circuits of the state. The judges are elected in alternate years, one judge in each circuit for a term of six years, and each judge shall be competent to exer- cise his judicial powers in any circuit. The salary of the judges is six thousand dollars per annum. Butler county lies in the first judicial circuit, which consists of the fol- lowing group of counties : Hamilton, Cler- mont, Butler, Warren and Clinton. The following persons have been elected to the office of circuit judge in the first district :
Joseph Cox. Republican, Cincinnati, February 9, 1885, to February 8, 1899.
James M. Smith, Republican, Lebanon, February 9, 1885, to February 8, 1901.
Peter F. Swing, Republican, Cincinnati, February 9, 1885, to February 8, 1909. Ferdinand Jelke, Republican, Cincinnati, February 9, 1901, to February 8, 1907.
William S. Giffin, Republican, Hamilton, February 9, 1899, to February 8, 1911.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Under the constitution of 1802 the court of common pleas consisted of a president three nor less than two associate judges for each county. The president and associate judges, in the respective counties, sitting jointly composed the common pleas court of the county. The judges were elected by the general assembly and served for the periods indicated below :
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PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Francis Dunlavy, April, 1803, to Janu- ary, 1817.
Joseph H. Crane, January, 1817, to Jan- uary, 1818.
Joshua Collett, January, 1818, to Jan- uary, 1829.
George J. Smith. January. 1829, to Jan- uary. 1836.
Benjamin Hinkson. January, 1836. to January, 1843.
Elijah Vance, January, 1843, to Janu- ary. 1850.
John Probasco. Jr., January. 1850, to February, 1852.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
(Discontinued February 9, 1852.)
James Dunn, April, 1803, to February, January, 1849.
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John Greer, April, 1803, to January, ary. 1852. 1806.
John Kitchell, April, 1803, to Decem- ber, 1804.
Henry Weaver, February, 1805, to Feb- ruary, 1810.
Celadon Symmes, January, 1806, to February, 1810.
Ezekiel Ball, February, 1810, to Janu- ary, 1817.
Daniel Millikin, February, 1810, to Jan- uary, 1817.
Robert Lytle, February, 1810, to Janu- ary, 1817.
Henry Weaver, January, 1817, to Janu- ary, 1828.
Robert Taylor, January, 1817, to Janu- ary, 1831.
Robert Anderson, January. 1823, to Jan- uary, 1830. 11
Daniel Millikin, January, 1827, to Janu- ary, 1841.
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