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Recorders .- This officer was appointed by the court until 1831. Since that time he has been elected by the people; term three years. The line, with the excep- tion of some breaks, caused by the loss of records, has been as follows: 1790, James Burnet; 1802, Oliver Spencer; 1819, Thomas Henderson; 1841, Griffith Yeatman; 1845, Thomas Heckewelder; 1850, William Horn; 1857, John W. Carlton; 1862, Henry Ives; 1865, F. H. Oehlman; 1868, John E. Rees; 1870, Thomas L. Young; 1873, George J. Leininger; 1875, Frank Bruner; 1878, George O. Deckebaugh; 1882, George Rabenstein; 1885, John Hagerty; 1888, George Hobson; re-elected, term expires in 1894.
Prosecuting Attorneys .- This office was also appointive until the year 1833. It has been filled as follows: 1792-93, Abner Dunn; 1793-94, Ezra Freeman; 1795, Israel Danville; 1796, John S. Wills; 1797, Arthur St. Clair, Jr., son of Gen. Ar- thur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory; 1798, George W. Burnett; 1799-1807, Arthur St. Clair, Jr., same as above; 1809-10, Ethan A. Brown; 1811, Elias Glover; 1812-29, David Wade; 1831-34, Daniel Van Matre; 1836-, N. C. Read; 1841, J. T. Crapsey; 1845-46, Charles H. Brough; 1858-59, T. A. O'Con- nor; 1859-63, Theophilis Gaines; 1864-65, E. B. Hutcheson; 1866-67, William H.
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Kerr; 1867-69, H. W. Thompson; 1869-70, C. H. Blackburn; 1871-73, William M. Ampt; 1873-74, Robert O. Strong; 1875, Clinton W. Gerard; 1876-78, Charles W. Baker; 1879-80, Lewis W. Irwin, Samuel H. Drew; 1881-82, Miller Outcalt; 1883, William H. Pugh, two terms; 1889, John C. Schwartz, two terms.
Treasurers .- Under the first State constitution this officer was appointed, first by the associate judges of the court of common pleas, and afterward by the county commissioners. After 1827 he was elected biennially. The records show the fol- lowing service: 1795-97, Stephen Wood; 1798-1806, Jacob Burnet; 1807, James Ewing; 1809, John H. Armstrong; 1810-14, Joshua L. Wilson; 1815-19, David Wade; 1825-31, Richard Fosdick; 1834-36, George P. Torrence; 1840-41, Samuel Martin; 1845-46, George W. Holmes; 1849-50, Henry Debolt; 1857-58, R. Hazle- wood; 1859-60, George Fries; 1861-62, E. D. Cruikshank; 1863-64, Oliver H. Geffroy; 1865-67, O. W. Nixon; 1867, A. C. Parry; 1867-68, Miles Greenwood; 1869-70, John Sebastian; 1871-72, Frederick J. Mayer; 1873-74, John Gerke; 1875-76, Ross H. Fenton; 1877-78, James S. Wise; 1879-80, John G. Fratz; 1881-82, L. A. Staley; 1883-84, C. A. Miller; 1885-86, F. Ratteman; 1887-88, re- elected; 1889-90, J. Zumstein; 1891-92, R. B. Brooks; 1892-93, Leo Schott; re- elected November 7, 1893.
County Commissioners .- 1796-97, William McMillan, Robert Whelan; 1796-99, Robert Benham; 1797-1800, Joseph Prince; 1798-1801, David E. Wade; 1799- 1802, Ichabod B. Miller; 1800-5, William Ruffin; 1801, John Baily; 1802-5, Will- iam Ludlow; 1803, John R. Gaston; 1804-7, Zebulon Foster; 1805-8, John Matsen; 1805-12, Jacob Felter; 1806-11, John Riddle; 1811-18, Ezekiel Hall; 1811-19, Clayton Webb; 1812-18, John Elliott; 1818-20, Adam Moore; 1818-25, Israel Jacobson; 1819-25, Richard Fosdick; 1825, Israel Brown; 1829, William Benson, Abraham Ferris; 1829-31, William Snodgrass; 1831, William Wakefield, Samuel Borden; 1834, Garrett Vanorsdal; 1834, Oliver Jones; 1834-41, Thomas Cooper; 1836-44, E. D. Williams; 1838-39, William B. Dodson; 1840-44, Pressly Kemper; 1840, B. F. Looker; 1841-44, Jonathan Larrison; 1846, Henry Debolt, Garrett Van- orsdal and E. D. Williams; 1850, Levi Buckingham and R. K. Cox; 1850-52, John Patton; 1852, John Black and Jesse Timans; 1858, John H. Gerard; 1858-59, John McMakin; 1860-65, John N. Ridgeway; 1859-61, Michael Gaepper; 1861-63, Leonard Swartz; 1862-64, Frederick J. Mayer; 1864, W. L. Converse; 1865-67, Casper Geist; 1865-66, J. W. Fitzgerald; 1866-68, Amzi McGill; 1867-69, John Ferris; 1868-70, C. V. Bechman; 1869-71, Robert Sims; 1870-72, William Holmes; 1871-73, John Martin; 1872-75, Joseph E. Sater; 1873-75, Charles Huff; 1874-76, Jacob Baumgardner; 1876-77, Adam Hopper; 1877-78, Joseph M. Reardon; 1878- 79, B. F. Hopkins; 1880-81, Martin Harrell; 1881-82, W. H. Hill; 1882-83, Bancy Kuhl; 1883-84, George Wabnitz; 1884-85, John Zumstein; 1885-86, Herman Gos- ling; 1886-87, William Anthony; 1887-88, L. A. Staley; 1888-89, Herman Gosling; 1889-90, Henry Brehm; 1890-91, Fred. Bader; 1891-92, Henry Korb; 1893-94, John Breen.
Coroners .- 1792, Robert Bunten; 1794-99, George 'Gordon; 1800, William Austin; 1801-2, William C. Schenck; 1803-4, Joseph Carpenter; 1805-6, Henry Ewing; 1807-10, William Woodward; 1811-19, William Butler; 1820-21, Lot Cooper; 1823-25, David Jackson; 1840, Lewis Day; 1841-45, Charles Hales; 1849- 50, Henry Lowry; 1854, Henry Noble; 1855-56, S. G. Menzies; 1857-58, Henry Noble; 1859-60, M. T. Carey; 1861-62, F. L. Emmert; 1863-64, George A. Doherty; 1865-66, M. T. Carey; 1867-68, F. L. Emmert; 1869-70, Charles Betscher; 1871- 72, J. W. Underhill; 1873-76, P. F. Maley; 1877-78, Ferdinand Stich; 1879-80, Anthony L. Carrick; 1881-82, John H. Rendigs; 1883-84, C. S. Muscroft; 1885- 86, A. L. Carrick; 1887-88, John H. Rendigs; 1889-90, re-elected; 1891-92, Theo- dore Bange; 1893-94, L. A. Querner.
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TERRITORIAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS.
Legislative Council .- Mr. Taylor, in his excellent work entitled the " Ohio States- man and Hundred Year Book," published officially by the State in 1892, informs ns that the Legislative Council (Senate) and Territorial Legislatures of 1799-1801, and . 1801-1803, were as follows; the members of the Council being selected by Con- gress for the term of five years, and the representatives being elected by the people for the term of two years. The following gentlemen represented Hamilton county in the council: Jacob Burnet and James Hamilton.
House of Representatives .- Hamilton county, during the Territorial period, had the following representatives: ' Robert Benham, Aaron Caldwell, Francis Dunlavy, William Goforth, John Ludlow, Isaac Martin, Moses Miller, Jeremiah Morrow, Will- iam McMillan, Daniel Reeder, John Smith and Jacob White.
Ohio was admitted as a State in 1802. In 1803 the following represented Ham- ilton county in the Senate, the term having been fixed by the Constitution of 1802 at one year: Francis Dunlavy, Jeremiah Morrow, John Paul, Daniel Symmes.
House .- Thomas Brown, John Bigger, James Dunn, James William, Robert McClure, William Maxwell, Thomas McFarlan.
Senate, 1803-4. - John Bigger, W. C. Schenck, Daniel Symmes, William Ward. House .- Samuel Dick, William Dodds, Abner Garard, Ephraim Kibby, Ichabod Miller, John Wallace, Stephen Wood, William McClure.
Senate, 1804-5 .- Cornelius Snyder, Daniel Symmes. House .- Stephen Wood, Hezekiah Price, Judah Willey.
Senate, 1805-6 .- Cornelius Snyder, Stephen Wood. House .- John Jones, Heze- kiah Price, Adrian Hagerman.
Senate, 1806-7 .- William McFarland, Stephen Wood. House .- Ethan Stone, John Jones, Hezekiah Price.
Senate, 1807-8. - Stephen Wood, Hezekiah Price, John Taggart. House .- Oth- niel Looker, Zebulon Foster, John Jones.
Senate, 1808-9 .- Stephen Wood, Hezekiah Price. House .- Othneil Looker, William Perry, James Clark.
Senate, 1809-10 .- Hezekiah Price, Stephen Wood. House. - Othneil Looker, James Clark, William Ludlow.
Senate, 1810-11 .- Othneil Looker, Stephen Wood, Aaron Goforth. House. - John Jones, Peter Bell, Samuel McHenry.
Senate, 1811-12 .- Aaron Goforth, Elnathan Stone, Othneil Looker. House .- Peter Bell, John Jones, Ogden Ross.
Senate, 1812-13 .- John Jones, Francis McCormick. House .- Peter Bell, Ogden Ross, William Cory.
Senate, 1813-14. - John Jones, Othneil Looker. House. - Zebulon Foster, Peter Bell, Ephraim Brown.
Senate, 1814-15. - Othneil Looker, John Jones. House. - Jacob Burnet, Ephraim Brown, Peter Bell.
Senate, 1815-16 .- John Jones, Othneil Looker. House .- Jacob Burnet, Peter Bell, Ephraim Brown.
Senate, 1816-17. - Othneil Looker, Ephraim Brown. House .- Arthur Henry, Daniel Hosbrook, Benjamin M. Piatt.
Senate, 1817-18 .- Ephraim Brown, George P. Torrence. House .- Andrew Mack, Peter Bell, Samuel McHenry.
Senate, 1818-19 .- George P. Torrence, Ephraim Brown. House .- Andrew Mack, Peter Bell, Samuel McHenry.
Senate, 1819-20 .- Ephraim Brown, William Henry Harrison. House. - Peter Bell, William Cory, Samuel McHenry.
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Senate, 1820-21 .- Ephraim Brown, William Henry Harrison. House .- Zaccheus Biggs, Clayton Webb, Micajah T. Williams.
Senate, 1821-22 .- Ephraim Brown, Benjamin M. Piatt. House .- Clayton Webb, Micajah T. Williams, John C. Short, Samuel R. Miller.
Senate, 1822-23 .- Ephraim Brown, Benjamin M. Piatt. House .- Benjamin Ayres, William Disney, Samuel Reese, Micajah T. Williams.
. Senate, 1823-24. Ephraim Brown, Benjamin M. Piatt. House .- Samuel Reese, William Disney, Daniel Hosbrook, Micajah T. Williams.
Senate, 1824-25 .- Clayton Webb, Benjamin M. Piatt, Nathan Guilford. House .-- Micajah T. Williams, William Cory, Samuel McHenry.
Senate, 1825-26. - Clayton Webb, Nathaniel G. Pendleton. House .- Elijah
Hayward, Charles G. Swain, Samuel McHenry.
Senate, 1826-27 .- Nathaniel G. Pendleton, Stephen Wood. House .- Elijah Hayward, Charles G. Swain, William Cory.
Senate, 1827-28 .- Stephen Wood, Andrew Mack. House. - Elijah Hayward,
Peter Bell, John C. Short.
Senate, 1828-29 .- Andrew Mack, Jonathan Cilley. House. - Elijah Hayward, Robert T. Lytle, Alexander Duncan.
Senate, 1829-30 .- Jonathan Cilley, Ethan Allen Brown. House .- Elijah Hay- ward, Robert T. Lytle, Alexander Duncan.
Senate, 1830-31. - Samuel R. Miller, Jonathan Cilley. House. - Daniel Stone, Samuel Reese, Leonard Armstrong.
Senate, 1831-32 .- Jonathan Cilley, Samuel R. Miller. House. - Alexander Dun- can, David T. Disney, Daniel H. Hawes, John Burgoyne.
Senate, 1832-33 .- Samuel R. Miller, Alexander Duncan. House .- David T. Disney, Samuel Bond, Israel Brown, Adam N. Riddle.
Senate, 1833-34. - Alexander Duncan, David T. Disney. House .- Adam N. Rid- dle, Samuel Bond, William C. Anderson, John Burgoyne.
House. - William C. Ander- Senate, 1834-35 .- David T. Disney, Henry Morse.
son, Samuel Bond, John C. Short, Elisha Hotchkiss.
Senate, 1835-36 .- Henry Morse, William Price. House. - William Conclin, James J. Faran, Andrew Porter, Daniel Hosbrook.
Senate, 1836-37 .- John H. Gerard, William Price. House .- Israel Brown, George W. Holmes, James Armstrong.
Senate, 1837-38. - John H. Gerard, William Oliver. House .- A. F. Carpenter, James Given, James J. Faran.
Senate, 1838-39. - William Oliver, George W. Holmes. House .- Israel Brown, James J. Faran.
Senate, 1839-40 .- George W. Holmes, James J. Faran. House .- Robert Moore, Thomas J. Henderson.
Senate, 1840-41 .- James J. Faran, George W. Holmes. House .- A. F. Car- penter, John M. Corcoran, John Reeves.
Senate, 1841-42 .- George W. Holmes, James J. Faran. House. - Robert Moore, William S. Hatch, James E. Ewing, Oliver Jones.
Senate, 1842-43 .- James J. Faran, Oliver Jones. House .- Israel Brown, Arch- ibald Gordon, William Wakefield.
Senate, 1843-44. - Oliver Jones, David T. Disney. House .- James H. Ewing, William Wakefield, John Snyder.
Senate, 1844-45. - David T. Disney, Oliver Jones. House .- Israel Brown, Charles Reemelin, James H. Ewing, Jacob Flinn.
Senate, 1845-46 .- Oliver Jones, James H. Ewing. House. - John McMaken, Charles Reemelin, Thomas J. Gallagher, Jacob Flinn.
Senate, 1846-47. -- James H. Ewing, Charles Reemelin. House .- William S. Smith, William F. Converse, John McMaken, John B. Warren.
Alex. B. M. Avoy.
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Senate, 1847-48 .- Charles Reemelin, James H. Ewing. House .- Edward L. Armstrong, William F. Converse, William S. Smith, John B. Warren.
Senate, 1848-49. - James H. Ewing, John H. Dobbs. House .- George E. Pugh, Alexander N. Pierce, Henry Roedter, Alexander Long, Edward L. Arm- strong.
Senate, 1849-50 .- John H. Dobbs, William F. Johnson, Lewis Broadwell. House .- Alexander Long, John Bennett, Henry Roedter.
Senate, 1850-51 .- Lewis Broadwell, William S. Hatch. House. - Peter Zinn, James Iliff, John Bennett, John Schiff, Andrew Davidson.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1851.
By the Constitution of 1851 the State was divided into thirty-three Senatorial Districts, and Hamilton county was constituted the First. The entire membership was chosen biennially. The county of Hamilton was entitled to seven representa- tives, and four additional, one in the first, one in the second, one in the third, and one in the fourth session of the decennial period. The first election was held on the second Tuesday of October, 1851. The Convention to frame the new Constitution was held at Cincinnati, and it concluded its labors on the 10th of March, 1851. Under this Constitution the representation of Hamilton county in the Legislature was as follows:
Senate, 1852-54 .- E. L. Armstrong, A. N. Riddle, John L. Vattier. House. - William H. Lytle, Benjamin T. Dale, James Struble, Henry Buckman, Thomas F. Eckart, John B. Staetler, Andrew Davidson, Richard H. Stone, Oliver Brown.
Senate, 1854-56 .- George H. Pendleton, John Schiff, William F. Converse. House .- Henry B. Brown, Joseph E. Egley, Nelson Cross, John B. Krautb, E. Bas- sett Langdon, John N. Ridgway, George Robinson, Thomas Wright.
Senate, 1856-58 .- Stanley Matthews, William F. Converse, George W. Holmes. House .- Joseph E. Egley, E. Bassett Langdon, William M. Corry, James P. Holmes, George C. Robinson, Charles Thomas, Ebenezer T. Turpin, John P. Slough, Robert Hosea.
Senate, 1858-60. - William S. Hatch, E. Bassett Langdon, Charles Thomas. House .- George C. Robinson, Patrick Rodgers, Hunter Brook, Aaron C. Bagley, Isaac C. Collins, Joseph J. Dobmeyer, James Saffin, Joseph F. Wright.
Senate, 1860-62 .- Thomas M. Key, E. A. Ferguson, George W. Holmes. House. - William J. Flagg, John Schiff, Joseph Jonas, Patrick Rodgers, Joseph F. Wright, William Jones, William Jessup.
Senate, 1862-64. - Benjamin Eggleston, Thomas H. Whetstone, William S. Groesbeck. House .- Peter Zinn, George Keck, William Stanton, Milton Sayler, William J. Flagg, James Huston, Amzi McGill, Henry Brachman, Theodore Marsh.
Senate, 1864-66. - Benjamin Eggleston, Joshua H. Bates, Thomas H. Weasner, Thomas H. Whetstone. House .- William Stanton, George Keck, N. P. Nixon, Henry Brachman, Amzi McGill, James Huston, J. M. Cochran, S. L. Hayden, John K. Green, Josiah Kirby.
Senate, 1866-68. - Warner M. Bateman, S. L. Hayden, G. B. Hollister. House. - Henry Kessler, William Stanton, W. P. Nixon, John M. Cochran, Gustav Tafel, M. P. Gaddis, G. M. Bunce, F. H. Oberkline, Thomas L. Young, George B. Wright, Charles E. Cist.
Senate, 1868-70 .- Thomas R. Biggs, Henry Kessler, John F. Torrence. House. - Henry C. Borden, Robert S. Coleman, George Crist, Henry G. Kennet, Fred. W. Moore, William H. Scott, George W. Skaats, Jacob Wolf, Henry Warnkin.
Senate, 1870-72 .- Thomas H. Yeatman, Michael Gaepper, Samuel F. Hunt, Nathaniel Lord. Jr. House .- Henry M. Bates, Thomas A. Corcoran, A. J. Cun- ningham, Ozro J. Dodds, Thomas J. Haldeman, James H. Hambleton, George H. Hill, John K. Love, Augustus Ward, Ernst F. Kleinschmidt.
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Senate, 1872-74 .- John Schiff, Joseph F. Wright, Thomas L. Young. House .- John M. Brunswick, John M. Cochran, Thomas A. Corcoran, Robert Creighton, H. F. Brashears, John T. Fallis, Thomas J. Haldeman, John A. Shank, Robert O. Strong, M. W. Oliver, Charles P. Taft, John M. Wilson.
Senate, 1874-76. - William Pitt Wallace, Vachel Worthington, Stephen H. Bur-
ton. House .- Chapman C. Archer, George W. Boyce, John J. Geghan, James S. Gordon, Paul A. J. Huston, Edwin W. Miller, Elbert P. Newell, John M. Pattison, Thomas E. Sater, James L. Haven.
Senate, 1876-78 .- J. H. Bates, H. Kessler, E. F. Kleinschmidt. House .- S. W. Bard, L. Burkhardt, G. Dirr, H. P. Goebel, J. E. Naylor, G. W. Skaats, P. F. Stryker, R. M. White, W. P. Wiltsee, J. Zumstein.
Senate, 1878-80. - J. M. Armstrong, William T. Forrest, Henry C. Lord, Theo- dore Marsh. House .- L. S. Brown, Milo G. Dodds, William Jessup, Fred. Klimper, B. F. Lovelace, William Loder, Josef G. Sextro, John Sullivan, Irwin B. Wright.
Senate, 1880-82. - Benjamin Eggleston, Charles Fleischman, Josiah Kirby. House .-- L. M. Dayton, Peter F. Stryker, Charles C. Davis, D. Gano Ray, F. Kirchner, William H. Hill, Joseph E. Hart, George W. Williams, Louis Voight.
Senate, 1882-84 .- Lewis Ballauf, Julius Dexter, Walker M. Yeatman. House .- Harry L. Cooper, Arthur F. Devereux, William W. Highlands, Dwight W. Hunt- ington, Francis B. Kearney, William Peet, Chester M. Poor, Charles B. Russell, Edmund B. Warren, Lewis Weitzel.
Senate, 1884-86 .- William Caldwell, William L. O'Brien, Andrew J. Pruden. House .- J. E. Bruce, Thomas J. Cogan, John Cosgrave, J. B. Cummins, J. B. Menke, William Peet, John B. Stanbach, J. R. Thompson, Daniel Wolf, Peter F. Stryker.
Senate, 1886-88 .- John Brashears, James C. Richardson, James C. Hopple, Frank Kirchner, Robert Kuehnert, Amzi McGill, Moses F. Wilson, G. W. Hard- acre. House .- A. P. Butterfield, William Bohnert, Calvin H. Crane, Frank A. Grever, Charles A. Howe, Fred. A. Johnson, James Moloney, Edwin W. Murphy, Stephen P. Sands, Charles A. Zimmerman, Frederick Bader, James F. Bailey, Henry Brockman, John Eggers, Thomas W. Graydon, Robert Harlan, Walter Hart- pence, Theodore F. Nieman, Oliver Outcalt, Byron S. Wydman.
Senate, 1888-90 .- Harmon W. Brown, Henry Mack, James C. Richardson, Henry Stueve. House. - Charles Bird, Charles L. Doran, Byron S. Wydman, Wal- ter Hartpence, John C. Hart, William Copeland, Oliver Outcalt, Frederick Pfies- ter, Frederick Klensch.
Senate, 1890-92 .- James Brown, M. T. Corcoran, George A. Schneider. House. - Frederick A. Lamping, Guy W. Mallon, William M. Day, Henry J. Schulte, James Nolan, Phillip Dewald, John J. Rooney, Charles Jeffre, John J. O'Dowd.
Senate, 1892-93 .- Edward N. Clingman, George B. Fox, John R. Von Seg- gern. House. - Byron S. Wydman, T. J. McGranahan, William H. Dicks, Fred. Tischbein, James A. Graft, John W. Strehli, William Ford, George H. Jackson, Alfred Korte, Robert W. Lillard.
Senate, 1893-94. - Samuel W. Ramp, Frank Kirschner, Herman H. Rothert, House .- S. B. Hili, R. L. Cannon, George Kreis, Eugene Lewis, E. H. Strong, William Ruchwein, Amos Dye, W. C. Rogers, A. E. Stewart, C. D. Bevis.
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
During the foregoing legislative period of one hundred years, many incidents relating to senators and representatives from Hamilton county occurred, which, thanks to the industry of Mr. Taylor, have been culled from the voluminous records. We note some of the most important as follows:
In the Forty-eighth General Assembly (1849-50), Lewis Broadwell successfully contested the seat of Senator William F. Johnson. In the Sixty-seventh General
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Assembly (1886-SS), William Bohnert, A. P. Butterfield, Calvin H. Crane, Frank A. Grever, Charles A. Howe, Fred. A. Johnson, James Maloney, Edwin W. Mur- phy, Stephen P. Sands and Charles A. Zimmerman were succeeded (by contest) by Frederick Bader, James F. Bailey, Henry Brockman, John Eggers, Thomas W. Graydon, Robert Harlan, Walter Hartpence, Theodore F. Neiman, Oliver Outcalt, and Byron S. Wydman as representatives.
In the Tenth General Assembly (1811-12), Senator Aaron Goforth, who died during his term of office, was succeeded by Elnathan Stone. During the sessions of 1852-54 Representative James Struble died, and was succeeded by Henry Buck- man; and in 1864-66, George Keck deceased, and was succeeded by N. P. Nixon. In the House of the Fifty-second General Assembly (1856-58), John P. Slough was expelled for striking Darius Caldwell, of Ashtabula, while on the floor of the House, and was succeeded by Robert Hosea, who was elected at the polls over Slough by one vote.
Ephraim Brown served eight terms in the Senate, and three in the House. The following senators resigned during the terms of their office, and were succeeded by the persons named: In the Sixth General Assembly (1807-8), Senator John Taggart, succeeded by Hezekiah Price. In the Ninth (1810-11), Senator Stephen Wood, suc- ceeded by Aaron Goforth. In the Twenty-third (1824-25), Senator Benjamin M. Piatt, succeeded by Nathan Guilford. In the Fifty-seventh (1866-68), Representa- tive Maxwell P. Gaddis, succeeded by G. M. Bunce; same Assembly, George B. Wright, succeeded by Charles E. Cist; in the Sixtieth (1872-74), Representative Robert Creighton, succeeded by H. F. Brashears, and same Assembly, Robert O. Strong, by M. W. Oliver.
During 1803-5 Daniel Symmes was speaker of the Senate. He resigned as speaker in 1805, and was succeeded by James Pritchard, of Jefferson. Othniel Looker was speaker in 1813-14, and when President Madison appointed Governor Return J. Meigs postmaster-general, in 1813, he served as acting governor until the close of the term; Samuel R. Miller in 1830-31, and in 1832-33, and David T. Disney in 1833-34; James J. Faran 1841-43. Under the constitution of 1851 Thomas L. Young was president of the Senate, 1876-77, by virtue of his office as lieutenant-governor. When Governor Hayes succeeded to the Presidency, he (Young) became acting governor and filled out the term. H. W. Curtis succeeded him as president of the Senate pro tem .; Andrew Hickenlooper, 1880-82. Hamil- ton county does not appear to have had a speaker of the House until the sessions of 1824-25, when Micajah Williams was invested with that honor. In 1832-33 David T. Disney was speaker; in 1838-39, James J. Faran, and in 1870-72, A. J. Cunningham.
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES IN CONGRESS.
Hamilton county, before Ohio was admitted as a State, had two Territorial dele- gates in the Fifth Congress, viz. : William Henry Harrison and William McMillan. The election of a delegate to Congress resulted in the choice of William Henry Harrison, by a vote of eleven to ten cast for Arthur St. Clair, Jr., a son of the gov- ernor. Before his term expired Gen. Harrison resigned to become governor of Indiana Territory, and Mr. McMillan succeeded him.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Hamilton county has been represented in the Senate by a number of her most distinguished citizens. We note the following: John Smith, 1803-9. He resigned near the close of his term of office, under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr- Blennerhasset conspiracy to erect a Southwestern Confederacy. His resignation prevented an investigation by the United States into the charges, which had already been set on foot, and his impeachment foreshadowed. Very little is known of the
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early history of Senator Smith. He was born in one of the eastern States in 1735, and died in Hamilton county, June 10, 1816. He had few early advantages, but by persistent effort acquired a respectable education, and, possessing much natural ability, was one of the most conspicuous of the early politicians in Ohio. He was also a popular Baptist preacher, and in 1790 organized, at Columbia, the first church of that denomination in the State. He was a member of the first Territorial Legislature, in 1798, and in 1803 to 1808 was U. S. Senator from Ohio, having been chosen as a Jeffersonian Democrat. During the early part of his service he enjoyed the close friendship of President Jefferson, who, in 1804, sent him on a confidential mission to Louisiana and Florida to discover the attitude toward the United States of the Spanish officers who were stationed in these States, that he might learn how far their friendship was to be depended on in the event of a war between this country and France. Smith's intimacy with Jefferson was interrupted by the charge of his implication in the Aaron Burr treason. Smith and Burr were personal friends, and appearances were so much against him that a motion was made in the U. S. Senate to expel him, but it failed by one vote. Smith denied all connection with the affair, and was believed to be innocent by his constituents.
Concerning this strange case the following interesting letter, in the handwriting of Senator Smith, was recently found in Cincinnati, by Col. William J. Patterson, when some old buildings were being torn down. It is as follows:
BERRYVILLE, FREDERICK Co., VA., January 25, 1808.
Gents-I am now on my way to the Western country to collect testimony for my defense be- fore the Senate of the United States, and to return with it if possible by the first of March next. Not having a compulsory process, I cannot have a witness subpenaed, and, therefore, I have to rely on the voluntary affidavits of you and others to prove the facts which I deem material to my exculpation. Should General Carbery go to Washington City, I will thank him to call on Francis F. Key, Esq., my counsel at Georgetown, D. C., who will state the points which I expect to prove by that gentleman, and if he should not go thither, I would be glad to have a letter from him at Cincinnati, immediately after the receipt of this, stating all that he can recollect affecting Colonel Taylor's deposition, in which I am charged with having asserted to him (General Findlay) that a separation of the Western country from the East would shortly take place, together with everything he can remember that will go to support the inclosed deposition, and whether he does or not, I shall be glad to have a letter from him and Major Biggs also, at Cincinnati, on the subject; but they must soon be written, or I shall not receive them. I want you and Major Biggs to state that in the month of January last, you saw me in the County of Ross, in the State of Ohio, on my way to Washington City, and that I showed you a copy of my letter to Burr of the 23d of October, 1806, which I sent by Blennerhasset's servant to him, and that I showed you Burr's answer of the 26th of the same month, and that you believe the same copy I showed you the last of November or the beginning of December, 1807, under date of 23d of October, 1806, and which you understood was afterwards laid before the Committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into the conduct of John Smith, was the same which he (Smith) showed to you on his way to Washington last January 7th. State those things in the form of an affidavit as precise as your recollection will permit, and send it by General Carbery to Francis F. Key, Esq., my counsel at Georgetown, or should he not go, enclose it to some member of Congress with a request to give it to him. I have been stopped by high water, but expect to leave this to-day. I want General Carbery to write immediately to the Secretary of the Navy the progress made by Mr. Thomas Reagau in building the gun- boats near Cincinnati, where he saw them early in November last-and that they are progress- ing with them, as well as how he approved of their timbers and the work as far as it is done. My last account from them is very favorable, as the weather has been good. The work was going on very well. The reason I make this request is that Mr. Reagan can not get one dollar until General Carbery makes his report of them to the Navy Department. I wish you, General, would not fail to write me about them, as Mr. Reagan has engaged $2,000 to be immediately paid, and the balance is to be paid to Major Biggs. The Secretary paid me last spring $2,000 in advance for Mr. Reagan, and I had it charged to me, and as that sum precisely closes my account, he is unwilling to advance anything to Mr. Reagan or now consider that the $2,000 is to be applied otherwise than as it stands charged applied in balancing my account. My having advanced to Mr. Reagan induced him to authorize me to apply for money on his account-but the Secretary must see you or hear a favorable report before he will pay a cent. You may guess the cause of this scrupulosity. God bless us with better times. JOHN SMITH.
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