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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 *James H. Beebe
1858 to 1860.
1860 to February 11, 1866.
+Frank N. Beebe
February 11, 1866, to July 12, 1880. July 13, 1880, to September 27, 1904. October 3, 1903-incumbent.
E. Howard Gilkey
*Died July 12, 1880.
+Died September 27, 1903.
ELLIOT HOWARD GILKEY.
Marshal of the Supreme Court and Law Librarian.
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ELLIOT HOWARD GILKEY.
ELLIOT HOWARD GILKEY, of Franklin County, was elected by the Judges of the Supreme Court to be Marshal and Law Librarian, to succeed Mr. Frank N. Beebe, deceased, October 3rd, 1903. He was promoted from the position of first assistant librarian.
Mr. Gilkey was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, February 8, 1857, · the son of Sheldon Elliot Gilkey and Emma Roberts-Gilkey, both of New England heritage. The father entered the Union army and was shot to death in the battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864, leaving the son as orphan at the age of seven years. From 1864 to 1868 the boy lived among relatives and then was placed with a farmer named Pearce in West Farmington, with whom he lived until the opening of the Ohio Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia, in the winter of 1869-1870, led to his being sent to that institution. During his school days at the Orphan's Home, the boy was selected for duty as one of the pages of the Ohio Senate, twice in succession, on the friendly recommen- dation of the Superintendent of the Home. He was discharged from the Home in June, 1874, the law fixing the limit of attendance at the age of 17 years. He spent the summer of 1874 in private study, with the hope of entering the Law School at Ann Arbor.
He engaged in newspaper work in 1875, and in 1876, at the age of nineteen, was elected Journal Clerk of the Ohio Senate by the senators who had be- come acquainted with him when a page in that body. This brought him again to Columbus, and fixed that city as his future residence.
Mr. Gilkey has a good private library, and is a lover of books and book making. In 1900 he prepared a revised and recodified Manual of Legislative Practice, which was approved by the joint committee on rules, and adopted by the vote of both branches of the General Assembly as the rules of that body. He was selected to prepare the manuscript and supervise the publica- tion of the centennial edition of the Ohio Hundred Year Book (1803-1902), the historical sketches and compilations of which are reprinted in this volume; he also revised and completed the manuscript for, and supervised the publi- cation of Stewart's Citation Digest of Ohio Reports (1905), and in 1907 a new catalogue of the Law Library.
Mr. Gilkey was married to Miss Florence Virginia Reed of Springfield, Ohio, January 24, 1884. They have one son and two daughters.
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Historical Sketch of the Supreme Court Law Library.
ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS-LAW LIBRARY.
Name.
Term of Service.
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, 1903. October 1, 1901-Incumbent. October 3, 1903-Incumbent.
*Elected First Deputy Marshal.
+Promoted Marshal and Librarian.
DEPUTY MARSHALS-SUPREME COURT.
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.
EMILIUS O. RANDALL.
FMILIUS O. RANDALL, born 1850, in Richfield, Summit County, son of Harriet Newton Oviatt and David Austin Randall. Three great-grand- fathers 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 LL. 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 twenty-two volumes decisions of the court. Trustee
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Secretary since 1893. Edited and published fifteen 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 on literary and historical subjects. President Columbus Board of Trade (1887). Member Co- lumbus Board of Education (1888-91). Trustee Columbus Public Library since 1885. Member American Historical Association; Society of American Authors; American Bar Association; American Library Association; Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (President State Society, 1901); Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio State Library Association (Vice-President, 1900). Delegate from the 12th Congressional (Ohio) district to Republican National Conven- tion, Chicago, June 20, 21, 1904; delegate 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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THE REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT.
HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME COURT REPORTER. ·
F EBRUARY 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 pre- serving 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 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 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 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
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Reporter of the Supreme Court.
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 : -
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.
J. H. Smith
1854-1855.
Vols. 2, 3, 4, Ohio State Reports. 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. 52-76, Ohio State Reports.
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JOSEPH G. OBERMEYER.
JOSEPH G. OBERMEYER was born at Latrobe, " Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, September 27th, 1862. Was educated in the schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from St. John's College. Was a teacher of languages at the Cincinnati Wesleyan College for seven years. In 1889 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to prac- tice in the same year. Was a member, for a time, of the law firm of Bundy, Obermeyer & Woods. On February 3rd, 1902, was appointed first deputy to the Clerk of the Supreme Court. On January 31st, 1907, was appointed Clerk pro tem. by the Court and on the same day Governor Harris appointed him Clerk of the Supreme Court to fill out the unexpired term of Lawson E. Emerson, who resigned.
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CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.
DUTIES OF THE CLERK.
T HE 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 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, 1907, consisted of :
Name.
Office.
Term Expires.
Joseph G. Obermeyer.
Clerk.
January 1, 1909.
W. G. Barthalow. A. C. Taylor. S. H. Miller .
First Deputy.
Pleasure of Clerk.
Second Deputy
Pleasure of Clerk.
Corresponding Clerk.
Pleasure of Clerk.
Joseph Fossett.
Messenger. .
Pleasure of Clerk.
SUPREME COURT CLERKS.
Prior to the enactment of March 30, 1805 (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 was Clerk from February 3, 1902, to January 31, 1907, when he resigned.
Joseph G. Obermeyer was appointed Clerk by Governor Harris on January 31, 1907, for the unexpired term of L. E. Emerson, resigned.
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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 : 1
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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 Court.
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Morrow, Richland, Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Mor- gan, Muskingum, Coshocton, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Tuscarawas and Delaware Counties.
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Cuyahoga Counties.
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
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, 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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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
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.
1
1885-6 ..
Marshall J. Williams
Washington C. H.
Second. First.
1887-8 .. . .
James M. Smith.
Lebanon.
1889-1890
George R. Haynes
Toledo.
Sixth.
1891-4 .. . .
Gilbert H. Stewart.
Columbus.
Second.
1895. . . . .
Milton L. Clark.
Chillicothe.
Fourth. Second.
1896-7 ..
Charles C. Shearer.
Xenia.
1898-1901
James L. Price. .
Lima.
Third. '
1901-1902
John C. Hale ..
Cleveland.
Eighth.
1903-1907
Harrison Wilson
Sidney
Second.
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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
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1909.
*William S. Giffin
· Ferdinand Jelke, Jr .. . . *Samuel W. Smith, Jr ...
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Hamilton .. Cincinnati .. Cincinnati. .
Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1907.
Feb. 9, 1907, to Feb. 8, 1913.
*Incumbent.
SECOND CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Marshall J. Williams.
Republican
Gilbert H. Stewart.
įJohn A. Shauck
Republican Republican Republican Republican
Washington | C. H .. . . Columbus .. Dayton ... Xenia.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1887. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895. Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
Charles C. Shearer.
Feb. 9, 1887, to Feb. 8, 1899. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1907.
Feb. 9, 1895, to.Nov. 15, 1895.
** James I. Allread. ** Charles W. Dustin .. *Harrison Wilson.
Republican Republican Republican Republican
Springfield. Greenville .. Dayton ... Sidney
Feb. 9, 1904, to Feb. 8, 1913.
*Theodore Sullivan ..
*Incumbent. ¿Elected Judge of the Supreme Court. ** Vice Shauck. € +Vice Summers.
THIRD CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
[{Residence.
Term of Service.
Thomas Beer.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893.
John J. Moore.
Democrat Democrat Democrat
Bucyrus. Ottawa.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
Henry W. Seney.
Kenton ..
Feb. 9, 1885, resig. Sept. 7, 1896.
James H. Day.
Democrat
Celina Lima
Feb. 9, 1893, to Feb. 8, 1905. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1901.
James L. Price.
Democrat Republican
Tiffin.
įEbenezer Finley
Democrat
Bucyrus. .. Marion ..
*Caleb H. Norris.
William T. Mooney.
Democrat Democrat Republicań
St. Marys. . Bucyrus. . .
+Edward Vollrath
*Silas E. Hurin įMichael Donnelly
Republican Democrat. .
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. 9, 1905, to Feb. 8, 1911. to Feb. 8,
*Incumbent.
#Vice Seney, resigned.
¡Vice Mooney, deceased.
Cincinnati .. Lebanon ... Batavia ..
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1899.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1901.
Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1911.
įAug. N. Summers ..
Nov. 16, 1895, to Feb.8, 1909. Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1911.
Troy.
İJohn K. Rohn.
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
NAMES OF CIRCUIT JUDGES IN OHIO-Continued. FOURTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
*Thomas Cherrington .. . J. P. Bradbury.
Republican Republican Republican
Ironton. ..
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1911.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1889.
Milton L. Clarke.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1897.
Daniel A. Russell.
Feb. 9, 1889, to Feb. 8, 1901.
Hiram L. Sibley.
Feb. 9, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1903.
*Thomas A. Jones.
Republican Republican Republican Republican
Circleville. .
Feb. 8, 1903, to Feb. 8, 1909.
*Incumbent.
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
John W. Albaugh
Republican Democrat Democrat . Democrat
Canton. Newark .. . Mansfield. . Coshocton .. Zanesville. Canton.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1893.
Charles Follett.
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1895.
John W. Jenner.
Feb. 9, 1885, resig. Oct. 5, 1895.
Julius C. Pomerene.
Feb. 9, 1893, died Jan., 1898. Feb. 9, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1901.
John J. Adams.
Republican Republican
Oct. 5, 1895, to Nov. 17, 1895. Nov. 18, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1897.
** Martin L. Smyser
Jan. 14, 1898, to Nov. 15, 1898.
** John M. Swartz.
Rich. M. Vorhees.
Democrat Democrat
Newark .. Coshocton .. New Lex- ington. . .
Nov. 16, 1898, to Feb. 8, 1899. Feb. 9, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1905.
*M. H. Donahue.
*Thos. J. McCarty
Republican Republican
Canton. Wooster.
Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1913. 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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Newark .. Mansfield. Wooster.
Feb. 9, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1903.
¿George E. Baldwin. Charles H. Kibler. Silas M. Douglass
Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat
--
*Frank Taggart.
Pomeroy. Chillicothe. Pomeroy. Marietta. . Jackson.
Feb. 8, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1913.
*Festus Walters.
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Judges of the Circuit Court.
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 ..
Charles S. Bentley
Charles H. Scribner.
Edmund B. King.
** Robert S. Parker.
*+Linn W. Hull.
Republican
Sandusky. . Bowling Green Sandusky. Norwalk.
March 11, 1897, to Feb. 8, 1911. Oct. 10, 1899, to Feb. 8, 1907. To February 8, 1913.
*Incumbent.
¿Appointed and elected to succeed King, resigned. *+Vice Scribner, deceased.
** Appointed and elected to succeed Hull, deceased.
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
*Peter A. Laubie.
William H. Frazier.
H. B. Woodbury ..
*Jerome B. Burrows. *John M. Cook.
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. Feb. 9, 1885, died Dec., 1895. . Dec. 30, 1895, to Feb. 8, 1909. Feb. 9, 1901, to Feb. 8, 1913.
*Incumbent.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Name.
Politics.
Residence.
Term of Service.
William H. Upson. Chas. C. Baldwin.
Hugh J. Caldwell. 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. Feb. 9, 1888, to Feb. 8, 1903. Feb. 9, 1893, to Feb. 8, 1905. Feb. 18, 1895, to Feb., 1913. Feb. 9, 1893, to Feb., 1909. Feb. 9, 1905, to Feb. 9, 1911.
*Incumbent.
Toledo
Feb. 9, 1885, to Feb. 8, 1909.
Feb. 9, 1888, to Feb. 8, 1895.
Feb. 9, 1888, died 1897. - Feb. 9, 1895, resig. Oct. 9, '99.
** Samuel A. Wildman . ] Republican.
Republican Republican. Democrat Republican Republican
Bryan. Toledo
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.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Name.
Circuit.
Henry Backman. . 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 Whiten
Greene.
James Barrett ... Greene.
William Maxwell . Greene.
Michael Jones . Hamilon.
Luke Foster. Hamilton.
David Vance .. Belmont,
James Silvers. Hamilton.
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.
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Name.
County.
Ambrose Ransom Clermont.
William Smith. Columbiana.
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