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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Reporter of the Supreme Court.
HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF SUPREME COURT REPORTER.
February 23, 1816, the State Legislature for the first time (14 O. L., 310) made recognition of the necessity on the part of the Supreme Court for putting in permanent form and properly preserving its opinions accompanying its decisions. January 20, 1823, the leg- islature amended (21 O .L., 9) the previous act and provided "That the said judges shall appoint a Reporter who shall report all decisions made at said sessions in Columbus and such other important decisions as he may be directed by said judges to report, and cause the same to be published as soon as may be conveniently done after such sessions."
After the adoption of the new constitution (1851) the General Assembly enacted, section 8, chapter 32 (S. & C., 379) that the Supreme Court should appoint a Reporter whose term of office should continue for three years, and giving special directions as to the reports of the briefs of counsel upon the points made and the authorities cited. From time to time thereafter acts were passed by the General Assembly regulating the methods of publications, sale and distribution of the reports. Under existing legislation the Reporter is appointed by the judges of the court for a term not to exceed three years, at a stipulated salary. The reports are published as a private enterprise by the pub- lisher upon a contract made in behalf of the state by the reporter, form and style of the volume and retail maximum price to the public being determined by statute. Neither the state nor the Reporter has any pe- cuniary interest in the reports.
Since the creation of the office fourteen different appointees, in- cluding the present incumbent, have discharged the duties of Reporter for the Court.
Up to the time of the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, the official Reporters of the Supreme Court were appointed by a joint reso- lution of the General Assembly notwithstanding section 6 of the law enacted by the legislature January 20, 1823, which reads: "That the said judges (Supreme) shall appoint a Reporter, who shall report all decisions made at said sessions in Columbus and such other important decisions as may be directed by said judges to report, and cause the same to be published as soon as may conveniently be done after such session." (21 O. L., 9.) Under the present Constitution, the re- porters have been appointed by the Supreme Court, and serve during the statutory term of three years.
The names of the reporters, together with their terms of service, and the "State or Ohio State Reports" issued by them is given in the following tabulated statement:
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Reporter of the Supreme Court.
NAMES OF SUPREME COURT REPORTERS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Serial Number Reports Issued.
Charles Hammond
1821-1840
Vols. 1-9, Ohio Reports.
P. B. Wilcox
1840-1841
Vol. 10, Ohio Reports.
E. M. Stanton
1842-1844
Vols. 11-13, Ohio Reports.
Hiram Griswold
1845-1851
(June)
Vols. 14-19, Ohio Reports.
William Lawrence
1851-1852.
Vol. 20, Ohio Reports.
George McCook
1852-1853
Vol. 1, Ohio State Reports.
Robert B. Warden
1853-1854.
1855-1855
Vols. 2, 3, 4, Ohio State Reports.
J. H. Smith
1854-1855
Vol. 3, Ohio State Reports.
Leander J. Critchfield
1855-1871
Vols. 5-21, Ohio State Reports.
Moses M. Granger
1871-1873
Vols. 22-23, Ohio State Reports.
E. L. DeWitt
1874-1885
Vols. 24-42, Ohio State Reports.
George B. Okey
1885-1888
Vols. 43-45, Ohio State Reports.
Levi J. Burgess
1888-1895.
Vols. 46-51, Ohio State Reports.
Emilius O. Randall
1895-Incumbent.
Vols. 52-66, Ohio State Reports.
DUTIES OF THE CLERK.
The purpose of this department is to afford a place of record for all files, orders, judgments, proceedings, etc., of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Commission when in service. The Clerk's office is required to make and preserve these records, and the Clerk is the custodian of "all files, papers, orders, judgments and de- crees, and all books pertaining thereto, and he shall make up all dockets and issue all needful writs and processes. He shall also keep a record of all applicants for admission to the bar, all admissions to practice, law in Ohio, and shall be in charge of the semi-annual examinations of students for such admission and issue all certificates of admission. He shall also act us Clerk of the Supreme Court Commission."
The clerical force of the office February, 1902, consisted of :
Name
Office.
Term Expires.
Lawson E. Emerson
Clerk
February, 1905.
J. G. Obermeyre .
Chief Deputy
Pleasure of Clerk.
Andrew S. Iddings
Second Deputy
Pleasure of Clerk.
Allen C. Taylor
Coresponding Clerk
Pleasure of Clerk.
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Clerks of the Supreme Court.
SUPREME COURT CLERKS.
Prior to the enactment of March 30, 1865 (62 O. L., 69), the Clerk of the Courts of Franklin County, Ohio, was ex-officio clerk of the Supreme Court, being represented, as a rule, by a deputy. Pur- suant to the act above referred to, Rodney Foos was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court in 1865, and served until 1875, nine years.
Arnold Green was Clerk for one term of three years, 1875-1878.
Richard J. Fanning was Clerk for one term of three years, 1878- 1881.
Dwight Crowell was Clerk for one term of three years, 1881-1884.
J. W. Cruikshank was Clerk for one term of three years, 1884- 1887.
Urban H. Hester was Clerk for two terms, six years, 1887-1893.
Josiah B. Allen was Clerk for three terms, nine years, 1893-1902.
Lawson E. Emerson, the present incumbent, has been Clerk since February 3, 1902.
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AWSON E. EMERSON was born in Belmont county, Septem- ber 25, 1863. His education was secured in the common schools, the Barnesville High School and at Valparaiso, Ind., Normal School. He taught for several years in his native county before decid- ing upon the law as his life pursuit. He read law with Captain Lorenzo Danford and graduated at the Cincinnati Law School in the class of 1889. He was selected as deputy clerk of the courts of Belmont coun- ty in 1890 and served with Henry M. Davies for six years. In 1895 Mr. Emerson was elected clerk of the courts of Belmont county, and his administration was so satisfactory that he was re-elected in 1898. The entire twelve years which he gave to the office, first as deputy and later as clerk, was marked by signal ability in the discharge of its du- ties. All of the attorneys of the Belmont bar pronounced him one of the most efficient and capable clerks they ever came in contact with. I
He is married, with an excellent wife and two sons living. His mother is still living at Bethesda, near where he was born, but his father, William Emerson, one of the successful farmers of the county, died about three years, leaving a competency for the widow and fam- ily.
Mr. Emerson is but 39 years of age, but is a young man of wide experience in court affairs and of well known capacity. He is specially fitted for the position which he is now holding and his one year's ad- ministration of the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court has given universal satisfaction throughout the state.
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THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF OHIO.
(Created in 1883.)
T HE Circuit Courts of Ohio were created by the following amend- ed provisions in the Constitution of 1851:
SECTION 6, ARTICLE IV. The Circuit Court shall have like original jurisdiction with the Supreme Court, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. Such courts shall be com- posed of such number of judges as may be provided by law, and shall be held in each county at least once in each year. The number of cir- cuits and the boundaries thereof shall be prescribed by law. Such judges shall be elected in each circuit, by the electors thereof, and at such time and for such term as may be prescribed by law, and the same number shall be elected to each circuit. Each judge shall be com- petent to exercise his judicial powers in any circuit. The General Assembly may change, from time to time, the number of boundaries of the circuits. [As amended October 9, 1883; 80 v. 382.]
FIRST SUBDIVISION OF OHIO INTO CIRCUITS, 1884.
By an act passed by the General Assembly April 14, 1884, the Judicial Circuits were constituted of seven groups of counties :
FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, Warren and Clinton Counties.
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Preble, Darke, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Champaign, Clarke, Greene, Fayette, Madison and Franklin Counties.
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union, Sen- eca, Marion, Wyandot and Crawford Counties.
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Brown, Adams, Highland, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Hocking, Athens, Washington, and Monroe counties.
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Judges of the Circuit Courts.
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Morgan, Muskingum, Coshocton, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Tuscarawas and Delaware Counties.
SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Cuyahoga Counties.
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull, Portage, Mahoning, Colum- biana, Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Guernsey, Belmont, and Noble Counties.
SECOND SUBDIVISION OF OHIO INTO CIRCUITS.
By an act of March 21, 1887, the state was redistricted by the General Assembly into eight Judicial Circuits, as follows :
FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, Warren and Clinton Counties.
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Preble, Darke, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Champaign, Clarke, Greene, Fayette, Madison and Franklin Counties.
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union, Seneca, Marion, Wyandot and Crawford Counties.
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Brown, Adams, Highland, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, Scioto, Law. rence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Hocking, Athens, Washing- ton and Monroe Counties.
Monroe County was transferred from the fourth to the seventh circuit in 1894.
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Judges of the Circuit Courts.
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Morgan, Muskingum, Coshocton, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Tuscarawas and Delaware Counties.
SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Williams, Fulton, Wood, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie and Huron Counties.
.
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull, Portage, Mahoning, Colum- biana, Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Guernsey, Belmont and Noble Counties.
Monroe County was added to this circuit in 1894.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina and Lorain Counties.
The first election of Circuit Judges was held in October, 1884, and the first sitting of the several Circuit Courts was fixed for the 9th day of February, 1885. The Judges are elected in alternate years, one Judge in each circuit for a term of six years. The salary is four thou- sand dollars per annum.
CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS IN OHIO.
Years.
Name.
Residence.
Circuit.
1885-6.
Marshall J. Williams
Washington, C. H.
Second.
1887-8.
James M. Smith
Lebanon
First.
1889-1890
George R. Haynes
Toledo
Sixth.
1891-4
Gilbert H. Stewart
Columbus
Second.
1895.
Milton L. Clark
Chillicothe
Fourth.
1896-7
-
Charles C. Shearer
Xenia.
Second.
1898-1901.
James L. Price
Lima .
Third.
1901-1902
John C. Hale
Cleveland.
Eighth.
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Judges of the Circuit Courts.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO. FIRST CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
· Term of Service.
Joseph Cox
Republican .. Republican ..
Lebanon ....
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1901.
*Peter F. Swing . . .
Republican ..
Batavia . . .
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1909.
*William S. Giffin
Republican ..
Cincinnati . Feb. 9, 1899 to Feb. 8, 1905.
*Ferdinand Jelke, Jr.
Republican. .
Cincinnati .
Feb. 9, 1901 to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
SECOND CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Marshall J. Williams
Republican
Washington 0. 11.
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1887.
Gilbert H. Stewart ..
Republican
Columbus
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1895.
||John A. Shauck . .
Republican
. Dayton
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1895.
Charles C. Shearer . .
Republican . Yenia
Feb. 9, 1887, to Feb. 8, 1899.
*Aug. N. Summers.
Republican .
Springfield
Feb. 9, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1907.
** James I. Allread ..
Republican .
Greenville
Feb. 9, 1895 to Nov. 15, 1895.
*Harrison Wilson
Republican
Sidney
*Theodore Sullivan ..
Republican .
Troy
Nov. 16, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1907. Feb. 9, 1899 to Feb. 8, 1905.
*Incumbent.
||Elected Judge of the Supreme Court Nov. 6,. 1894.
** Vice Shauck.
THIRD CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Thomas Beer
Democrat . .
Bucyrus
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1893.
John J. Moore
Democrat ..
Ottawa
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1895.
Henry W. Seney
Democrat . .
Kenton
Feb. 9, 1885, resig. Sept. 7, '96
*James H. Day
Democrat
Celina
Feb. 9, 1893 to Feb. 8, 1905. Feb. 9, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1901.
James L. Price
Democrat
Lima
||John K. Rohn
Republican
Tiffin
Sept. 8, 1896 to Nov. 16, 1896.
Ebenezer Finley
Democrat
Bucyrus
Nov. 17, 1896 to Feb. 8, 1897.
Democrat
Marion
Feb. 9, 1897 to Feb. 8, 1909.
*Caleb H. Norris . . *William T. Mooney .
Democrat . .
St. Marys
Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
||Vice Seney, resigned.
Cincinnati.
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1899.
James M. Smith
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Judges of the Circuit Courts.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO-Continued.
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
*Thomas Cherrington
Republican
Ironton
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. S, 1905.
J. P. Bradbury
Republican
Pomeroy
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1889.
Milton L. Clarke
Republican
Chillicothe
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1897.
Daniel A. Russell
Republican
Pomeroy
Feb. 9, 1889 to Feb. 8, 1901.
*Hiram L. Sibley
Republican
Marietta
Feb. 9, 1897 to Feb. 8, 1903.
*Thomas A. Jones
Republican
Jackson
Feb. 8, 1901 to Feb. 8, 1907.
Festus Walters
Republican
Circleville
Feb. 8, 1903 to Feb. 8, 1909.
*Incumbent.
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
John W. Albaugh ..
Republican
Canton
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1893.
Charles Follett
Democrat
Newark
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
John W. Jenner
Democrat
Mansfield
Feb. 9, 1885, resig. Oct. 5, '95.
Julius C. Pomerene ..
Democrat
Coshocton
Feb. 9, 1893, died Jan., 1898.
John J. Adams .. . .
Republican
Zanesville
Feb. 9, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1901.
||George E. Baldwin. Charles H. Kibler
Republican
Canton
Oct. 5, 1895 to Nov. 17, 1895. Nov. 18, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1897. Feb. 9, 1897 to Feb. 8, 1903.
*Silas M. Douglass ..
Democrat
Mansfield
** Martin L. Smyser
Democrat
Wooster
Jan. 14, 1898 to Nov. 15, 1898.
** John M. Swartz
Democrat . .
Newark
Nov. 16, 1898, to Feb. 8, 1899.
*Rich. M. Vorhees
Democrat . .
Coshocton
Feb. 9, 1899 to Feb. 8, 1905.
*M. H. Donahue
Democrat . .
N'w Lext'n
Feb. 9, 1901 to Feb. 8, 1907.
Thos. J. McCarty ..
Republican
Canton
Feb. 9, 1903 to Feb. 8, 1909.
Republican
Newark
* Appointed vice Jenner, resigned.
||Incumbents. ** Vice Pomerene, dec.
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Judges of the Circuit Courts.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO-Continued. SIXTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
William H. Upson ...
Republican
Akron
Feb. 9, 1885, transferred to 8th District.
Charles C. Baldwin ..
Republican
Cleveland
Feb. 9, 1885, transferred to 8th District.
*George R. Haynes
Republican
Toledo
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1909.
Charles S. Bentley
Republican
Bryan
Feb. 9, 1888 to Feb. 8, 1895. Feb. 9, 1888, died, 1897.
Charles H. Scribner .
Democrat
Toledo
Edmund B. King
Republican
Sandusky
Feb. 9, 1895, resig. Oct. 9, '99
* | |Robert S. Parker.
Republican
B'l'g Green
*aLinn W. Hull
Republican
Sandusky
March 11, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1905 Oct. 10, 1899 to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
||Appointed and elected to succeed Judge King, resigned.
*aVice Scribner, deceased.
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
*Peter A. Laubie
Republican
Salem
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1905.
William H. Frazier
Republican
Caldwell
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1901.
H. B. Woodbury .
Republican
Jefferson
Feb. 9, 1885, died Dec., 1895.
*Jerome B. Burrows
Republican
Painesville
Dec. 30, 1895 to Feb. 8, 1909.
*John M. Cook
Republican
Steubenville .
Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
William H. Upson . .
Republican
Akron
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893.
Chas. C. Baldwin
Republican
Cleveland
Feb. 9, 1885 to Feb. 8, 1901.
Hugh J. Caldwell .
Republican
Cleveland
Feb. 9, 1888, to Feb. 8, 1903.
John C. Hale
Republican
Cleveland
Feb. 9, 1893 to Feb. 8, 1905.
Ulysses L. Marvin
Republican
Akron
Feb. 18, 1895 to Feb, 1907.
Louis H. Winch
Republican
Cleveland
Feb. 9, 1893 to Feb., 1909.
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THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS.
R EGARDING these courts the Constitution of 1802 contained the following provision :
ARTICLE III, SECTION 3. The several Courts of Common Pleas shall consist of a President and Associate Judges. The state shall be divided, by law, into three circuits: there shall be appointed in each circuit a President of the courts, who, during his continuation in office, shall reside therein. There shall be appointed in each county not more than three nor less than two Associate Judges, who, during their con- tinuance in office, shall reside tnerein. The President and Associate Judges in their respective counties, any three of whom shall be a quorum, shall compose the Court of Common Pleas; which court shall have com- mon law and chancery jurisdiction in all such cases as shall be directed by law: provided, that nothing here contained shall be construed to pre- vent the Legislature from increasing the number of circuits and Presi- dents after the term of five years (et seq.).
The Judges under this provision of the first Constitution were elected by the General Assembly, and, under the subsequent acts of that body, were as follows :
ELECTED APRIL 1, 1802.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Name.
Circuit.
*Calvin Pease Wyllys Silliman Francis Dunlavy
Eastern. Middle. Western.
*Unsuccessfully impeached by the Senate, 1808-9.
ELECTED APRIL 6, 1802. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Joseph Darlington
David Eddy
Adams. Adams.
Hosea Moore
Adams.
David Vance
Belmont.
David Lockwood
Belmont.
James Alexander
Belmont.
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
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ELECTED APRIL 6, 1802 .- Concluded.
Name.
County.
James Dunn
Butler.
John Greer
Butler.
John Kitchel
Butler.
Philip Gatch
Clermont.
John Wood
Clermont.
Ambrose Ransom
Clermont.
William Smith
Columbiana.
Henry Backman
Columbiana.
Robert Simmison
Columbiana.
tWilliam W. Irwin
Fairfield.
Samuel Carpenter
Fairfield.
Daniel Vanmeter
Fairfield.
John Dill
Franklin.
David Jamison
Franklin. Franklin.
Robert Safford
Gallia.
Brewster Higley
Gallia.
G. W. Putnam
Gallia.
Benjamin Whiteman
Greene.
James Barrett
Greene.
Willianı Maxwell
Greene.
Michael Jones
Hamilton.
Luke Foster
Hamilton.
James Silvers
Hamilton.
James Pritchard
Jefferson.
Philip Cabell
Jefferson.
Jacob Martin
Jefferson.
Benjamin Archer
Montgomery.
Isaac Spinning
Montgomery.
John Ewing
Montgomery.
Reuben Abrams
Ross.
William Patton
Ross.
Felix Renick
Ross.
John Collins
Scioto.
Joseph Lucas
Scioto.
Thomas Leviney
Scioto.
John Wolworth
Trumbull.
Calvin Austin
Trumbull.
Aaron Wheeler
Trumbull.
Jacob DeLowe
Warren.
William James
Warren.
Ignatius Brown
Warren.
Griffen Green
Washington.
Dudley Woodbridge
Washington.
Joseph Buell
Washington.
tImpeached by the Senate for "neglect of duties," January 6, 1806.
Joseph Foos
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 16, 1804. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
David Harvey John Campbell William Wells
Needham Parry, vice Darlington, resigned.
Jos. Trautman, vice Maxwell, resigned
Jacob Reeder, vice James, resigned
Silas Bent, Jr., vice Woodbridge, resigned.
Joseph Barker, vice Buell, resigned
Washington.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR, 1804. PRESIDENT JUDGE.
Name.
Circuit.
Levin Beet, vice Silliman, resigned
Middle.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
*Jesse Fulton, vice Wells, resigned
*Ezekiel Deming, vice Wells, resigned
*Richard McBride, vice Harvey, resigned.
*Matthew Nimmo, vice Jones, resigned.
Muskingum. Washington. Muskingum. Hamilton.
Jefferson.
*Thomas Patton, vice Pritchard, resigned. John Hutt, vice Patton, resigned
Ross.
*Isaac Cook, vice Renick, resigned
*Samuel S. Reed, vice Sweeney, resigned.
Ross. Scioto.
*Elected Feb. 7, 1805.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 7, 1805. PRESIDENT JUDGE.
Name.
Circuit.
tRobert F. Slaughter, vice Silliman, resigned
Middle.
tImpeached for neglect of duty by the Senate, January 28, 1807.
Muskingum. Muskingum. Muskingum. Adams.
Greene. Warren. Washington.
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 7, 1805-Concluded. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Seth Carhart, vice Campbell
James Armstrong, vice Patton, resigned.
Muskingum. Ross.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 21, 1805. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
William Jackson
Athens. Athens.
Jebiel Gregory
Sylvanus Ames
Athens.
John Reynolds
Champaign.
John Runyan
Champaign.
Samuel Mccullough
Champaign.
Joshua Davidson
Jonathan Berriman
Richard Evans
Henry Weaver, vice Kitchell, deceased
Wm. Mitchell, vice Carhart, declined (ineligible)
Muskingum.
ELECTED JANUARY 20, 1806. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Abel Miller
Alexander Stedman
Athens. Athens.
Celedon Symmes
Butler.
Aaron Wheeler
Geauga.
Jesse Phelps
John Walworth
Geauga. Geauga. Trumbull.
Turkand Kirtland
Trumbull.
Henry Abrams
Fairfield.
Jacob Burton
Fairfield.
Joshua Grover David Huston
Greene.
Greene.
John Kinsman
Highland. Highland. Highland. Butler.
.
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED JANUARY, 1, 1807. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Joseph Buell, re-elected Peter Burr
Washington. Warren.
ELECTED JANUARY 31, 1807. PRESIDENT JUDGE
Name.
Circuit.
Levin Beet, vice Slaughter, removed
Middle.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Hallem Hempsted David Hoover John Garrard John H. Crawford
Washington. Miami. Miami. Miami.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 13, 1808. PRESIDENT JUDGE
Name.
Circuit.
William Wilson
Fourth (New)
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
John Master, vice Nimmo (Nimms) resig. William Thompson, vice Diel, resigned Thomas Hicks, vice Abrams, deceased William Barbee
Hamilton. Franklin. Ross. Miami.
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 13, 1808-Concluded.
Name.
County.
Elijah Hatch
John Moroney
Athens. Preble.
James J. Nisbet
Preble.
John C. Irvin
Preble.
Moses Bixley
Delaware.
Thomas Brown
Delaware.
Josiah Kinney
Delaware.
Timothy Rose
Licking.
William Taylor
Licking.
Alexander Holmes
Licking.
John Mills
Knox. Knox.
William Farquhar
William Gass
Knox.
John Hackenwaller
Tuscarawas.
James Clark
Tuscarawas.
Christian Deardorf
Tuscarawas.
Aaron Norton
Portage.
Amzi Alwater
Portage.
William Whetmore
Portage.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 17, 1809.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Henry Smith
Aquilla Carr
John Morris
John Guthridge
Champaign. Columbiana.
Benjamin Carpenter
Delaware. Fairfield.
Isaac Minor
John Kerr
Nehemiah King
James Snowden
William Kindle
Licking. Tuscarawas. Clermont.
George Atterholt
Emanuel Carpenter
Franklin. Gallia. Geauga. Greene. Scioto. 1
*
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
671
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 10, 1810. PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Name.
Circuit.
*John Thompson Benjamin Ruggles
Middle. Western.
*Tried for impeachment by the Senate and acquitted (January, 1811).
ELECTED FEBRUARY 15, 1810.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Moses Baird
Needham Parry
Adams. Adams.
Andrew Livingston
Adams.
James Alexander
Belmont.
John Patterson
Belmont.
John Wiley
Belmont.
Ezekiel Ball
Butler. Butler.
Daniel Milliken
Robert Lytle
Butler. Clermont.
Alexander Blair
Clermont. Clermont. Clinton.
Peter Burr
Clinton. Clinton. Columbiana.
George Atterholt
Columbiana.
William Smith
Augustus Gilbert
Nathan Perry
Timothy Doane
Henry Abrams
Samuel Carpenter
James Quinn
James Mooney
Anthony Potts
William Blackmore
William Read
Robert Shannon
Franklin.
Alex. Morrison, Jr.
Robert Safford
Franklin. Gallia. Gallia.
Joseph Fletcher
Fairfield. Fairfield. Fayette. Fayette. Fayette. Franklin.
Joseph Campbell
Jesse Hughes
Thomas Hinkson
George Brown
Columbiana. Cuyahoga. Cuyahoga. Cuyahoga. Fairfield.
Philip Gatch
672
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 15, 1810-Concluded.
Name.
County.
Fuller Elliott
Gallia.
Ebenezer Merry, vice King
James Snowden
Samuel Kyle
David Huston
Robert Spear
Guernsey.
Thomas B. Kirkpatrick
Guernsey.
Jacob Gombar
Guernsey.
Stephen Wood
Hamilton.
Aaron Goforth
Hamilton. Hamilton. Jefferson. Jefferson.
Andrew Anderson
Joseph McKee
Jefferson. Knox.
David Mitchell
Madison.
Isaac Minor
Madison.
Saml Baskeville
Madison.
Isaac Spinning
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