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In 1809, Judge Huntington having become Governor, and Judge: Meigs having resigned to become United States Senator from Ohio, the Governor, in the message announcing these vacancies on the bench (January 31 ) recommends the abolishment of the fourth judgeship for the- reason that it creates two courts of two judges each, which, sitting at different parts of the state in riding the circuit, tend to disagreement in decisions, and consequent confusion. Despite this recommendation of the Governor, the Legislature elected (February 17) Thomas Scott (Chief Clerk of the Senate) to succeed Judge Huntington, and Thomas. Morris (a member of the House of Representatives) to succeed Judge Meigs as an additional Judge. This created a court of four members, including Judges William Sprigg, George Tod, Thomas Scott and Thomas. Morris.
Judge Morris failing to qualify as judge, the General Assembly abolished the additional judgeship the following session ( 1810).
In 1810, the first period of seven years having expired under the state constitution of 1802, the General Assembly, on February 10, met in joint session of the two houses and elected a new Supreme Court which served without interruption until 1815. This court consisted of Thomas Scott (to succeed himself) ; William W. Irwin, of Fairfield County ; and Ethan Allen Brown, of Hamilton County.
In 1816 the General Assembly was called upon to elect successors- to Judges Scott and Irwin who had resigned, and accordingly met in joint session on the 17th day of February, and elected to the Supreme Court Messrs. Jessup N. Couch, of Ross County; John M'Lean, of Warren County ; and an additional judge in Calvin Pease, of Trumbull County.
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The Supreme Court was thus increased to four members: Ethan Allen Brown, Jessup N. Couch, John M'Lean, and Calvin Pease.
In 1817 the re-election of Judge Brown to succeed himself continued the membership of the court as constituted the previous year, and this membership was unbroken until the resignation of Judge Brown in December 1818, to become Governor of Ohio. On the 30th day of Jan- uary, 1819, the General Assembly elected Peter Hitchcock, of Geauga County, to the vacancy thus created.
From 1819 to 1821 the judges of the Supreme Court were: Jessup N. Couch, John M'Lean, Calvin Pease and Peter Hitchcock.
In 1821 the death of Judge Couch led to the election of Jacob Burnett, of Hamilton County, one of the conspicuous figures in the Territorial Council and in the early history of Ohio, as his successor. The court thus constituted, being again changed in 1822 by the resignation of Judge M'Lean, Charles R. Sherman, of Fairfield County, was elected to suc- .ceed him on the IIth day of January, 1823, at which election the General Assembly also re-elected Judges Pease and Burnett.
From 1822 to 1829 the judges of the Supreme Court were: Calvin Pease, Peter Hitchcock, Jacob Burnett and Charles R. Sherman.
In 1828 Judge Burnett resigned (December II) and as his successor the General Assembly elected (February 6, 1829) Joshua Collett, of Warren County. The judges for 1829 being Calvin Pease, Peter Hitch- cock, Charles R. Sherman, and Joshua Collett.
In 1830 the General Assembly elected the following judges of the Supreme Court : January 30, Elijah Hayward, vice Judge Pease, term expired ; February I, John Milton Goodenow, vice Judge Sherman, de- ceased ; the court thus consisting of Judges Peter Hitchcock, Joshua Col- lett, Elijah Hayward, and John Milton Goodenow.
During the summer of 1830 the court was divided into two sections, sitting in separate localities in the state (under an act of the previous winter), but the illness of Judges Goodenow and Hayward, who finally resigned before the close of the year, deprived the Miami River counties and those of central Ohio of the usual court. An attempt to hold a special session in Columbus, in October, resulted in the coming together of but two of the judges, who, deciding, that they were not a quorum of the court and could neither sit as a court or legally adjourn, agreed to "separate." which they did, and nothing was done with the fifty cases on the docket. (See Governor's Message.) Henry Brush was appointed by the Gov- ernor during the year 1830 to succeed Judge Goodenow, resigned ; no ap- pointment being made to fill'the vacancy occasioned by the resignation (November 6) of Judge Hayward.
In December, 1830, the Supreme Court Judges were: Peter Hitch- cock, Joshua Collett, Henry Brush, and one vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Judge Hayward.
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On the 18th of December the General Assembly elected a successor to Judge Hayward in the person of Ebenezer Lane, of Huron County, and on the 29th of the month elected John C. Wright, of Jefferson County, to succeed Judge Brush who was not a candidate before the: General Assembly. Judge Lane took his esat at once; Judge Wright, on the adjournment of the legislature.
In 1831 and 1832 the membership of the Supreme Court remained :: Peter Hitchcock, Joshua Collett, Ebenezer Lane, and John C. Wright.
Judge Hitchcock's term expiring on the 5th of February, 1833, there was a spirited contest in the General Assembly over the election of his. successor. The election being ordered for the 16th of December ( 1832),. on that day the assembly met in joint session, but after casting seven. ballots, on all of which Reuben Wood, of Cuyahoga County, led, with: Judge Hitchcock second and Benjamin Tappan third, the session dis- solved without an election and the Senate returned to its chamber. The assembly was called together by another resolution on the next day (17th), and after twelve more ballots, Reuben Wood was declared to. have been elected by a majority of one vote.
Several days later the correctness of the count was challenged by a. joint resolution and an investigation of the count was ordered, but the title. of Judge Wood to his seat was not disturbed by this agitation.
The court for 1833-1835 was composed of Judges Joshua Collett,. Ebenezer Lane, John C. Wright, and Reuben Wood.
On February 2, 1835, the Governor reported the resignation of Judge Wright, and on the 28th day of that month, the General As- sembly elected, on the fourth ballot, Ex-Judge Hitchcock, at that time Senator from Geauga County and Speaker of the Senate, to succeed him. In this contest, Senator Anthony, of Clarke County, was Judge Hitch- cock's principal competitor for the Judgeship and was (March 6) elected to succeed him as Speaker of the Senate. Judge Hitchcock resigned as. Speaker on that day.
From March, 1835, to February 10, 1836, the court consisted of Judges Lane, Wright, Wood, and Hitchcock.
Frederick Grimke, of Ross County, was elected on January 30, 1836, to succeed Judge Collett, whose term expired on the Ioth of February. By the re-election of Judge Lane for the period of seven years from the 18th day of December, 1837, and of Judge Wood, in 1839, the court as constituted in 1836 continued without interruption until 1842, viz .: Ebenezer Lane, Reuben Wood, Peter Hitchcock, and Frederick. Grimke.
Matthew Birchard, of Trumbull County, was elected by the Gen- eral Assembly on January 15, 1842, to succeed Judge Hitchcock, whose term expired in February of that year, and Nathaniel C. Reed, of Hamil- ton County, was elected on the 5th of March, to succeed Judge Grimke,
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resigned. The court thus constituted, from March 1842, to December, 1844, was composed of Judges Ebenezer Lane, Reuben Wood, Matthew Birchard, and Nathaniel C. Reed.
In December, 1844, the term of Judge Lane expired. He was promptly re-elected by the General Assembly on the 5th of the month, but remained on the bench only during the session of the court in Bank, when he resigned. His successor was elected on the 27th of the same month (December), in the person of Ex-Judge Peter Hitchcock. The action of the General Assembly in re-electing Judge Lane to succeed him- self in 1836 and 1844 was, with the exception of the re-election of Judge Wood, in 1839, contrary to the usual refusal of the assembly to grant consecutive terms to the members of the Supreme Court.
The members of the Supreme Court in the years 1845 and 1846 were Judges Reuben Wood, Matthew Birchard, Nathaniel C. Reed, and Peter Hitchcock.
On the 15th day of January, 1847, the General Assembly elected Edward Avery, of Wayne County, to succeed Judge Wood, (term expiring), although the Judge was a candidate for re-election. From February, 1847, to February, 1849, the membership of the court was : Judges Matthew Birchard, Nathaniel C. Reed, Peter Hitchcock, and Edward Avery.
On the 22d day of February, 1849, the General Assembly elected as members of the Supreme Court: Rufus P. Spalding, of Sum- mit County, for seven years from March 5, to succeed Judge Reed, resigned ; and William B. Caldwell, of Hamilton County, for seven years from March 7, to succeed Judge Birchard, term expired.
The court for 1849-1850 consisted of Judges Hitchcock, Avery, Spalding, and Caldwell.
The last change in the court prior to the enforcement of the pres- ent constitution of Ohio was occasioned by the resignation of Judge Avery, and the election of his successor in the person of Rufus P. Ranney, of Trumbull County, on the 17th of March, 1851. The court served as thus constituted until "the second Monday in February, 1852," when the official term of the new officers elected under the constitution began. The membership of the court from February, 1851, to February, 1852, was Judges Hitchcock, Spalding, Caldwell, and Ranney.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1851.
T HE constitution of 1851 contains the following provision for the continuance of the authority of the Supreme Court :
SEC. 11. Schedule. Suits pending in the Supreme Court in bank shall be transferred to the Supreme Court provided for in this Constitution, and be pro- ceeded in according to law.
Under this constitution the personel of the Supreme Court of Ohio has been, consecutively, as given, for the years named hereunder.
1852. On the 9th day of February, 1852, the then Supreme Court, which had been elected by the General Assembly under the old constitution, and consisting of Judges Peter Hitchcock, Rufus P. Spalding, William B. Caldwell, and Rufus P. Ranney, passed out of existence, and a new court, elected by the people of Ohio at the previous election in October, came on the bench in the persons of Judges William B. Caldwell, of Hamilton County (re-elected) ; Rufus P. Ranney, of Trumbull County (re-elected) ; Thomas W. Bartley, of Richland County ; John A. Corwin, of Champaign County ; and Allen G. Thurman, of Ross County.
On the organization of the court, the judges drew lots for the length of their terms, the lot resulting: For one year, Judge Caldwell ; for two years, Judge Bartley ; for three years, Judge Corwin; for four years, Judge Thurman ; and for five years (the length of the regular term under the new constitution), Judge Ranney. Judge Caldwell was re- elected in 1852, and Judge Bartley was re-elected in 1853, so the court remained as installed in February, 1852, until December, 1854, with the following membership: Judges Caldwell, Ranney, Bartley, Corwin, and Thurman.
1854-1855. Judge Corwin resigned in December, 1854, and was succeeded by Robert B. Warden, of Franklin County, who was appointed to the vacancy and served until February 9, 1855, when he was succeeded by Joseph R. Swan, of Franklin County, who was elected to the seat.
Judge Caldwell also resigned in the December term of 1854, and was succeeded by William Kennon, of Belmont County, who was appointed to fill the vacancy and then elected at the October election, 1854, to succeed himself.
The court for the year 1854 consisted of Judges Caldwell, Ranney, Corwin, Bartley, and Thurman, until the second division of the December term; and of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thurman, Warden, and Kennon, from that time until February 9, 1855.
1855-1856. Judge Swan took his seat on the bench as the successor of Judge Warden and Judge Corwin (as explained above) on the 9th day
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of February, 1855, the court consisting of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thur- man, Kennon, and Swan.
1856. Judge Kennon served to the adjourned session in March, 1856, as did Judge Thurman; the terms of each expiring at that time. They were succeeded by Judges Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Richland County, and Charles C. Convers, of Muskingum County, who had been elected the previous October. Judge Convers resigned in May on account of ill health, never having taken his seat on the bench; he was succeeded by Ozias Bowen, of Marion County, who was appointed to fill the vacancy and elected to succeed himself in October following.
The court from February 9 to May 15, consisted of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Convers; and from May 15 to February 9, 1857, of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Bowen.
1857. Josiah Scott. of Butler County, was elected to succeed Judge R. Ranney, in October, 1856, and took his seat February 15, 1857, the court being composed of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, Bowen, and Scott.
1858. Milton Sutliff, of Trumbull County, was elected in October, 1857, to succeed Judge Bowen, and took his seat February 9, 1858, the court consisting of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, and Sutliff.
1859. William V. Peck, of Scioto County, was elected in October, 1858, to succeed Judge Bartley, and took his seat February 9, 1859, the court consisting of Judges Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sutliff, and Peck.
Judge Swan, then Chief Justice, resigned in November, and William Y. Gholson, of Hamilton County, who had been elected in October to a seat in the court, was appointed to succeed him. He took his seat No- vember 8, and entered on his regular term the 9th of February, 1860.
The members of the court from November, 1859, to February, 1863, were Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sutliff, Peck, and Gholson.
Judge Brinkerhoff was re-elected in 1860, and Judge Scott was re- elected in 1861.
1863. Ex-Judge Rufus P. Ranney was elected in October, 1862, to succeed Judge Sutliff, and took his seat on the 9th day of February, 1863; the court from this date to December 12th consisting of Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Peck, Gholson, and Ranney.
On the IIth of December, 1863, Judge Gholson resigned, and Horace Wilder, of Ashtabula County, was appointed for his unexpired term. Judge Wilder was elected to succeed himself in October, 1864. Hocking Hunter, of Fairfield County, was elected to succeed Judge Peck in Octo- ber, 1863, and took his seat on February 9, 1864, only to resign the same ·day.
William White, of Clark County, was appointed to the vacancy occa- sioned by the resignation of Judge Hunter, and was elected in October, 1864, for the unexpired term.
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Luther Day, of Portage County, was elected in October, 1864, to, succeed Judge Wilder, and took his seat February 9, 1865.
The membership of the court during the years 1863-1865 was there- fore :
December 12, 1863, to February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Peck, Ranney, and Wilder.
February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder, and Hunter.
February 10, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder, and White.
February 9, 1865: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, White and Day.
Judge Ranney resigned on the 23rd of February, 1865, and his suc- cessor was appointed in the person of John Welch, of Athens County, who was elected in October following for the unexpired term.
February 23, 1865, to February 9, 1871, the court was composed of. Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, White, Day, and Welch.
February 9, 1871. George W. McIlvaine, of Tuscarawas County ;. who had been elected in October to succeed Judge Brinkerhoff, came- upon the bench and the court was thus composed of Judges Scott, Welch,. White, Day, and McIlvaine.
February 9, 1872. William H. West, of Logan County, elected to. succeed Judge Scott, came upon the bench, the court then consisting of. Judges Welch, White, Day, McIlvaine, and West.
Judge West resigned in 1873 and was succeeded by Walter F. Stone, of Erie County, who was appointed by the Governor, and elected in October to fill the unexpired term. He in turn resigned in September, 1874, and was succeeded by George Rex, of Wayne County, who was. appointed by the Governor, and then elected by the people to fill the un- expired term of Judge West.
The re-election of Judge Welch in October, 1872, of Judge White in. October, 1873, and the election of William J. Gillmore, of Preble County, to succeed Judge Day in October, 1874, led to the following changes in: the personnel of the court in the years named :
In 1873 the court was composed of Judges White, Day, McIlvaine, West, Stone, and Welch.
In 1874 of Judges Day, McIlvaine, Stone, Rex, Welch, and White. In 1875 of Judges McIlvaine, Rex, Welch, White, and Gillmore.
In 1876 of Judges Rex, Welch, White,. Gillmore, and McIlvaine. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1875.
In October, 1876, W. W. Boynton, of Lorain County, was elected to- succeed Judge Rex, and took his seat February 9, 1877, and in October, 1877, John W. Okey, of Franklin County, was elected to succeed Judge- Welch.
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Judge White was re-elected in October, 1878, and in the following year William W. Johnson, of Lawrence County, was elected to succeed Judge Gillmore. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1880, and in November, 1881, Judge Boynton resigned, the Governor appointing as his successor for the unexpired term until the next February, Nicho- las Longworth, of Hamilton County, who had been elected for the full term of five years, a month before the resignation of Judge Boynton.
The personnel of the court from February 9, 1877, to February 9, 1882, was as follows :
February 9, 1877-1878: Judges Welch, White, Gillmore, McIlvaine,. and Boynton.
February 9, 1878-1879: Judges, White, Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boyn- ton, and Okey.
February 9, 1879-1880: Judges Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey, and White.
February 9, 1880-1881 : Judges McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey, White, and Johnson.
February 9, 1881-1882: Judges Boynton, (Longworth), Okey, White, Johnson, and McIlvaine.
February 9, 1882-1883: Judges Okey, White, Johnson, McIlvaine, and Longworth.
Judge Okey was re-elected in October, 1882, but the resignation of Judge Longworth and the death of Judge White, both occurring in March, 1883, created a number of changes in the court in that year. John H. Doyle, of Lucas County, was appointed by the Governor to succeed Judge Longworth and took his seat in the court on the 10th day of March. Martin D. Follett, of Washington County, was however, elected to fill the vacancy in October, and qualified on the 8th day of December, Judge Doyle retiring. Judge White, who had served in the court for over 19 years, died on the 12th day of March in the same year, and William H. Upson, of Summit County, was appointed by the Gover- nor as his successor. He took his seat on the 14th of March, but Selwyn N. Owen, of Williams County, having been elected in October for the unexpired term, qualified on the 8th of December, Judge Upson retiring ..
The court during this year (1883) was composed of the following membership :
February 9, to March 9: Judges White, Johnson, McIlvaine, Long -. worth and Okey.
March 10 to March 12: Judges White, Johnson, McIlvaine, Doyle, and Okey.
March 14 to December 7: Judges Upson, Johnson, McIlvaine, Doyle, and Okey.
December 8 to February 9, 1884: Judges Owen, Johnson, Mc- Ilvaine, Follett, and Okey.
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February 9, 1884, to February 9, 1885: Judges Johnson, Mc- Ilvaine, Okey, Follett, and Owen.
February 9, to July 25, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Okey, Follett, Owen, and Johnson (re-elected).
August 20 to December 15, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Atherton, Follett, Owen, and Johnson.
December 16, 1885, to February 9, 1886: Judges McIlvaine, Fol- lett, Spear, Owen, and Johnson.
The death of Judge Okey on the 25th day of July, 1885, created a vacancy in the court which was filled by the appointment of Gibson Atherton, of Licking County, who took his seat on the 20th day of August, The October elections resulted in the election of William T. Spear, of Trumbull County, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Okey, and he qualified and took his seat on the 16th day of December, Judge Atherton retiring. At the same election Thaddeus A. Minshall, of Ross County, was elected for the full term of five years to succeed Judge McIlvaine, and these two members of the court have, by repeated re-elections by the people, been continued on the bench of the Supreme Court to the present time. Judge Johnson resigned November 9, 1886, and Franklin J. Dick- man, of Cuyahoga County, was appointed to fill the vacancy until the next general election. He took his seat November 16. In October previous, Marshall J. Williams, of Fayette County, was elected to succeed Judge Follett. In 1887 Judge Spear was re-elected for a full term and in 1888 Joseph P. Bradbury, of Gallia County, was elected to succeed Judge Owen. Judge Dickman was re-elected in 1889, Judge Minshall was re- elected in 1890 and Judge Williams in 1891. In the elections of 1892, under a new law, by which the membership of the court was increased from five members to six, and the terms of office from five years to six, two members of the court were elected in the persons of Judge Spear for the long term of six years and Jacob F. Burnett, of Hancock County, for five years. Judge Bradbury was re-elected in 1893; John A. Shauck, of Montgomery County, was elected in October, 1894, to succeed Judge Dickman. From 1894 to 1899 the sitting judges were re-elected to suc- ceed themselves without exception, and consequently no changes occurred in the personnel of the court. In November, 1899, William Z. Davis, of. Marion County, was elected to succeed Judge Bradbury, who resigned January 10, 1900, a month before the expiration of his term. Judge- elect Davis was appointed to succeed him and thus went on the bench a month earlier than the time for which he had been elected. In November, 1900, Judge Shauck was, re-elected and entered on his present term February 9, 1901. The personnel of the Supreme Court of Ohio for the period between February 9, 1886, and February 9, 1901, was therefore:
February 9, to November 9, 1886: Judges Owen, C. J., Follett, Spear, Johnson, and Minshall.
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November 10, 1886, to February 9, 1887: Judges Owen, C. J., Fol -- lett, Dickman, Spear, and Minshall.
February 9, 1887, to February 9, 1888: Judges Owen, C. J., Dick -- man, Spear, Minshall, and Williams.
February 9, 1888, to February 9, 1889: Judges, Owen, C. J., Dick- man, Minshall, Spear, and Williams.
February 9, 1899, to February 9, 1890: Judges, Minshall, C. J.,. Dickman, Spear, Williams, and Bradbury.
February 9, 1890, to February 9, 1891 : Judges Minshall, C. J.,. Williams, Spear, Bradbury, and Dickman.
February 9, 1891, to February 9, 1892 : Judges Williams, C. J.,, Spear, Bradbury, Dickman, and Minshall.
February 9, 1892 to February 9, 1893: Judges Spear, C. J., Brad -- bury, Dickman, Minshall, and Williams.
February 9, 1893, to February 9, 1894: Judges Bradbury, C.J.,. Dickman, Minshall, Williams, Burket, and Spear.
February 9, 1894, to February 9, 1895: Judges Dickman C. J.,. Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear, and Bradbury.
February 9, 1895, to February 9, 1896: Judges Minshall, C. J.,. Williams, Burket, Spear, Bradbury, and Shauck.
February 9, 1896,to February 9, 1897: Judges Williams, C. J.,. Burket, Spear, Bradbury, Shauck, and Minshall ..
February 9, 1897, to February 9, 1898: Judges Burket, C. J., Spear, Bradbury, Shauck, Minshall, and Williams.
February 9, 1898, to February 9, 1899: Judges Spear, C. J., Brad- bury, Shauck, Minshall, Williams, and Burket.
February 9, 1899, to January 10, 1900: Judges Bradbury, C. J., Shauck, Minshall, Williams, Burket, and Spear.
January 10, 1900, to February, 9, 1900: Judges Shauck, C. J., Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear, and Davis (by appointment).
February 9, 1900, to February 9, 1901 : Judges Shauck, C. J., Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear, and Davis (by election).
February 9, 1901, to February 9, 1902: Judges Minshall, C. J., Williams, Burket, Spear, Davis, and Shauck.
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THE SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONS.
T HE power of the General Assembly to assist in disposing of the work before the Supreme Court of Ohio by the formation of "Supreme Court Commissions" (Section 21 Article IV.), has been invoked twice since the adoption of the present Constitution of Ohio. The appointment of the members of this commission has been vested in the Governor in both instances.
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