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The first Messenger and Librarian was Richard Riordan, who served about two years. He was succeeded by Herman Ruess, in 1860, who served until February 1I, 1866. James H. Beebe was Acting Crier of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Supreme Court April 6, 1865, and re-appointed February II, 1866, at which time he took charge substantially of the Law Library. On February 16, 1867, a law was passed creating the office of Law Librarian, who, ex-officio, should be the crier of the court. James H. Beebe served in this capacity until his death, July 12, 1880. Frank N. Beebe, who had been serving as an assistant to his father, was appointed Law Librarian, and succeeded his father in charge of the department, July 13, 1880, and served continuously until his death September 27, 1904.
The present incumbent was promoted from Assistant Librarian Octo- ber 3, 1903, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Beebe's death, and served out the unexpired term. He was re-elected and installed in charge of the department for the full term of three years, July 1, 1904.
NAMES OF LIBRARIANS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Richard Riordan Herman Ruess.
1860 to February 11, 1866.
*James H. Beebe.
February 11, 1866, to July 12, 1880.
tFrank N. Beebe.
July 13, 1880, to September 27, 1904. October 3, 1903-Incumbent.
*Died July 12, 1880.
+Died September 27, 1903.
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E. Howard Gilkey
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Historical Sketch of the Supreme Court Law Library.
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NAMES OF ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS.
Name.
Term of Service.
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Frank N. Beebe S. A. Decker
James M. Bell.
Geo. A. Bateson.
Edgar B. Kinkead.
James L. Hampton #Hartzell Caldwell §E. Howard Gilkey. Jno. Wm. Shaw Charles C. Barrows
February 11, 1866, to July 12, 1880. July. 13, 1880, to August 14, 1881. August 15, 1881, to January 14, 1885. January 15, 1885, to March 31, 1888. April 1, 1888, to February 1, 1892. March 1, 1892, to January 14, 1896. January 15, 1896, to July 1. 1901. July 1, 1901, to October 2, 1902. Celeber 1, 1901-incumbent. October 3, 1903-Incumbent.
#Elected First Deputy Marshal. §Promoted Marshal and Librarian.
NAMES OF DEPUTY MARSHALS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Hartzell Caldwell. A. W. Buckmaster. Louis McCallister Sherman A. Cuneo Wm. W. McDonald
July 1, 1901, to August 1, 1902. October 1, 1901-Incumbent. July 1, 1902-Incumbent. August 1, 1902, to August 1, 1903. October 3, 1903-Incumbent.
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THE REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT.
EMILIUS O. RANDALL.
Emilius O. Randall, born 1850, in Richfield, Summit County, son of Harriet Newton Oviatt and David Austin Randall. Three great-grandfathers fought for American independence in the Revolution. Attended public schools, Columbus, O. Prepared for college, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. (1869-70). Graduated Ph. B. Cornell University (1874). Graduate course in history and literature (two years) Cornell and Europe. Graduate in College of Law, LL. B. and L.L. M., Ohio State University (1892). Admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio (1890). Professor and lecturer in law, O. S. U., since 1894. Official Reporter of the Supreme Court since 1895. Edited and published eighteen volumes decisions of the court. Trustee Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Secretary since 1893. Edited and published eleven volumes of the Society's historical publications. Editor Society's Quarterly. Associate Editor "Bench and Bar of Ohio" (1897). Author "History of the Zoar Society," and many pamphlets in literary and historical subjects. President Columbus Board of Trade (1887). Member Columbus Board of Education (1888-91). Trustee Columbus Public Library since 1885. Member American Historical Associa- tion; Society of American Authors: American Bar Association; American Library Association: Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; (Presi- dent State Society, 1901), Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio State Library Asso- ciation; (Vice-President, 1900). Delegate from the 12th Congressional (Ohio) district to Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 20, 21, 1904; dele- gate at large from Ohio for Sons of American Revolution to S. A. R. National Convention at St. Louis, June 15, 16, 1904.
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Reporter of the Supreme Court.
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HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF THE 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 legislature 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 sessious."
After the adoption of. the new constitution (IS57) 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 publisher 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 pecuniary interest in the reports.
Since the creation of the office fourteen different appointees, includ- ing 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 ali 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 reporters 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. Vol. 10, Ohio Reports.
P. B. Wilcox.
1840-1841
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 Vois 2. 3, 4. Ohio State Reports. 1854-1855 Vol. 3, Ohio State Reports.
1855-1871.
Vols. 5-21, Ohio State Reports.
1871-1873.
Vols. 22-23, Ohio State Reports.
1874-1885
Vols. 24-42, Ohio State Reports.
1885-1888.
Vols. 43-45, Ohio State Reports.
Levi J. Burgess.
1888-1895.
Vols. 46-51, Ohio State Reports.
Vols. 52-70, Ohio State Reports.
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J. H. Smith.
Leander J. Critchfield .. Moses M. Granger E. L. DeWitt. George B. Okey
Emilius O. Randall
1895-Incumbent.
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CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.
LAWSON E. EMERSON.
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Lawson E. Emerson was born in Belmont County, September 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 deciding upon the law as his life pursuit. He read law with Cap- tain 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 County 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 duties. All of the attorneys of the Belmont bar pronounced him one of the most efficient and capable clerks they ever came in contact with.
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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 Emer- son, one of the successful farmers of the county, died about six years age, leav- ing a competency for the widow and family.
Mr. Emerson is but 41 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 posi- tion which he is now holding and his three years' administration of the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court has given universal satisfaction throughout the state. He was renominated for a second term June 18, 1904.
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Clerk of the Supreme Court.
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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 cus- todian of "all files, papers, orders, judgments and decrees, 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 ad- mission to the bar, all admissions to practice law in Ohio, and shall be in charge of the semi-annual examinations of students for such admis- sion and issue all certificates of admission. He shall also act as 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 Ellen C. Taylor Joseph Fossett.
Second Deputy
Pleasure of Clerk.
Corresponding Clerk.
Pleasure of Clerk.
Messenger.
Pleasure of Clerk.
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. Pursuant 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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THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF OHIO. (CREATED IN 1883.)
T HE Circuit Courts of Ohio were created by the following amended 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 composed 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 circuits 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 competent 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, Clark, 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, Mor- gan, 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 Gen- eral Assembly into eight Judicial Circuits, as follows :
FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, Warren and Clinton Counties.
1 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, Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Hocking, Athens, Washington and Mon- roe Counties.
Monroe County was transferred from the fourth to the seventh cir- cuit in 1894.
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Mor- gan, 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 six thousand dol- lars per annum.
CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS IN OHIO.
Years.
Name.
Residence.
Circuit.
1885-6. . . . 1887-8.
Marshall J. Williams
Washington C. H
James M. Smith.
Lebanon.
Second. 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. Third.
1898-1901 1901-1902
James L. Price.
Lima.
John C. Hale.
Cleveland.
Eighth.
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO. FIRST CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence
Term of Service.
Joseph Cox James M. Smith.
*Peter F. Swing.
*William S. Giffin.
*Ferdinand Jelke, Jr.
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Cincinnati .. Lebanon ... Batavia .. . Cincinnati .. Cincinnati ..
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1899. Feb. 9. 1885, to Feb. 8, 1901.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1909.
Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1911. Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
SECOND CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Marshall J. Williams.
Republican
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Washington C. H. Columbus .. Dayton. Xenia. Springfield. Greenville .. Dayton
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1887. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
||John A. Shauck.
Charles C. Shearer. ||Aug. N. Summers.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895. Feb. 9, 1887, to Feb. 8, 1899. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1907.
** James I. Allread :
Feb. 9, 1895, to Nov. 15, 1895 Feb. 9, 1904, to Feb. 8, 1907.
¡Charles W. Dustin. *Harrison Wilson :.
Sidney.
Nov.16,1895, to Feb. 8, 1909.
Troy
Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1911.
*Incumbent.
| | Elected Judge of the Supreme Court.
** Vice Shauck. tVice Summers.
THIRD CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
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Thomas Beer.
John J. Moore.
Henry W. Seney
Kenton ..
James H. Day ..
James L. Price.
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Ebenezer Finley Caleb H. Norris. William T. Mooney. +Edward Vollrath.
Democrat Democrat Republican
Republican
Findlay.
Sept. 8, 1896, to Nov. 16, 1896. Nov. 17, 1896, to Feb. 8, 1897. Feb. 9, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1909. Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907. Until successor is elected and qualified, Feb. 8, 1911.
*Incumbent. | | Vice Seney, resigned. tVice Mooney, deceased.
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Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat Republican Democrat
Bucyrus. Ottawa .. . .
Celina. Lima .. Tiffin. . Bucyrus. Marion .. St. Marys .. Bucyrus.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895. Feb. 9, 1885, resig. Sept. 7, 1896. Feb. 9, 1893, to Feb. 8, 1905. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1901.
*Silas E. Hurin
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*Theodore Sullivan.
Gilbert H. Stewart
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO- Continued. FOURTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
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*Thomas Cherrington ... J. P. Bradbury.
Milton L. Clarke
Daniel A. Russell.
Hiram L. Sibley.
*Thomas A. Jones.
*Festus Walters.
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Ironton ... Pomeroy .. Chillicothe.
Pomeroy .. . Marietta. . Jackson .. . Circleville.
Feb. 8, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907. Feb. 8, 1903, to Feb. 8, 1909.
*Incumbent.
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
John W. Albaugh
Charles Follett.
John W. Jenner ..
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Julius C. Pomerene.
John J. Adams.
Feb. 9, 1893, died Jan., 1898. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1901.
| |George E. Baldwin. Charles H. Kibler. Silas M. Douglass
** Martin L. Smyser.
** John M. Swartz.
Rich. M. Vorhees
*M. H. Donahue
*Thos. J. McCarty.
Republican Republican
Newark .. . Coshocton .. New Lex- ington. Canton. Wooster.
Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907. Feb. 9, 1903, to Feb. 8, 1909. Feb. 9, 1905, to Feb. 9, 1911.
*Incumbent.
| |Appointed vice Jenner, resigned.
** Vice Pomerene, deceased.
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*Frank Taggart.
Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat
Canton. Newark .. Mansfield.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
Coshocton .. Zanesville. Canton. Newark .. Mansfield. . Wooster.
Oct. 5, 1895, to Nov. 17, 1895. Nov. 18, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1897. Feb. 9, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1903. Jan. 14, 1898, to Nov. 15, 1898 Nov. 16, 1898, to Feb. 8, 1899. Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1905.
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Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1911. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1889.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1897. Feb. 9, 1889, to Feb. 8, 1901. Feb. 9, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1903.
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO-Concluded.
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
William H. Upson.
Republican
Akron.
Feb. 9, 1885, transferred to District.
8th
Charles C. Baldwin. .
Republican
Cleveland. .
Feb. 9, 1885, transferred to 8th District.
*George R. Haynes Charles S. Bentley
Republican Republican. Demociat Republican Republican
Bryan .
Feb. 9, 1888, to Feb. 8, 1895.
Foh. 9. 1888, died 1897.
reb. 9, 1895, resig. Oct. 9, '99
March 11, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1911. Oct. 10, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
| |Appointed and elected to succeed King, resigned.
*¡ Vice Scribner, deceased.
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
*Peter A. Laubie. William H. Frazier.
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Salem. Caldwell. Jefferson ... Painesville . Steub'nville
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1911. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1901.
H. B. Woodbury *Jerome B. Burrows. *John M. Cook.
Feb. 9, 1885, died Dec., 1895. Dec. 30, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1909. Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907.
*Incumbent.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
William H. Upson.
Chas. C. Baldwin.
Hugh J. Caldwell.
Feb. 9, 1888 to Feb. 8, 1903.
John C. Hale.
*Ulysses L. Marvin.
*Louis H. Winch.
*Frederick A. Henry
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Akron. Cleveland. . Cleveland. . Cleveland. Akron ..... Cleveland . . Cleveland. .
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1901.
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Feb. 9, 1893. to Feb. 8, 1905. Feb. 18, 1895, to Feb., 1907. Feb. 9, 1893, to Feb. 1909.
Feb. 9, 1905, to Feb. 9, 1911.
*Incumbent.
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Toledo.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1909.
Charles H. Sedbner Edmund B. King. *| | Robert S. Parker
*[Linn W. Hull.
Republican
Toledo .. Sandusky. Bowling Green Sandusky ..
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 continuance in office, shall reside therein. 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.
Name.
County.
Ambrose Ransom
Clermont.
William Smith
Columbiana.
Henry Back nan. Columbiana.
Robert Simmison.
Columbiana,
+William W. Irwin. Fairfield.
Samuel Carpenter. Fairfield.
Daniel Vanmeter. Fairfield.
John Dill
Franklin.
David Jamison
Franklin.
Joseph Foos. Franklin.
Robert Safford.
Gallia.
Brewster Higley
Gallia.
G. W. Putnam. Gallia.
Benjamin Whiteman Greene.
James Barrett. Greene.
William Maxwell Greene.
Michael Jones Hamilton.
Luke Foster.
Hamilton.
David Vance .. Belmont.
David Lockwood. Belmont.
James Pritchard. Jefferson.
James Alexander. Belmont.
Philip Cabell. Jefferson.
James Dunn
Butler.
Jacob Martin. Jefferson.
John Greer.
Butler.
Benjamin Archer Montgomery.
John Kitchel.
Butler ..
Isaac Spinning Montgomery.
Philip Gatch
. Clermont.
John Ewing. Montgomery.
John Wood
Clermont.
Reuben Abrams Ross.
Name.
Circuit.
Calvin Pease
Eastern.
Wyllys Silliman Middle.
Francis Dunlavy. Western.
ELECTED APRIL 6, 1802.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County.
Joseph Darlington. .Adams.
David Eddy . .Adams.
Hosea Moore. Adams.
James Silvers Hamilton.
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Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
ELECTED APRIL 6, 1802-Concluded.
Name.
County.
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 for "neglect of duties," January, 6. 1806.
ELECTED FEBRUARY 16, 1804.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Name.
County
David Harvey. Muskingum.
John Campbell . Muskingum.
William Wells. . Muskingum.
Needham Perry, vice Dar- lington, resigned ..: . Adams.
Jos. Trautman, vice Max-
Greene. well, resigned .
Jacob Reeder, vice James,
resigned. . Warren.
Silas Bent, Jr., vice Wood- bridge, resigned. . Washington
Joseph Barker, vice Buell,
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