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day, which exhibited in a proud light the power and nationality of Democratic principles, and the completeness of that union in the ranks of the American Democracy, which is the never- failing precursor of glorious victory." 1
In the State election for Governor, in 1851, the county gave Bigler (Democrat) a majority of 4765 over Johnston (Whig), and the State only 8465. In the national election following this "mass-meeting " the county gave Pierce (Democrat) a majority of 4590 over Scott (Whig) and the State 19,386.
RITNER YOUNG MEN'S CONVENTION .- The young men of Pennsylvania, who were favor- able to the election of Joseph Ritner for Gover- nor, held a convention at Reading on June 4-5, 1838. Seventeen hundred delegates assembled from all parts of the State. Their meeting was held in the Trinity Lutheran Church, and it was distinguished for earnest enthusiasm. Ap- propriate addresses were made and resolutions passed. George G. Barclay, Esq. (a young and able attorney of Reading), officiated as tempo- rary chairman. The meeting was the largest of a representative character ever held at Reading till that time. It was conducted with ability and occasioned much excitement. But it did not increase the strength of the Anti-Masonic party in this section of the State. It was the first and only political convention ever assem- bled in a church building in Reading. Permis- sion was granted by the church vestry because there was no large hall in the borough then, and the Trinity Church was the only place in which so large a body of men could assemble with convenience.
WHIG MASS-MEETING OF 1844 .- The Presi- dential campaign of 1844 was particularly ex- citing. Henry Clay was the Whig candidate for President and James K. Polk the Demo- cratic candidate. The former enjoyed a very high degree of popularity throughout the county, and his friends conducted a very active campaign in his behalf. The State of Pennsyl- vania exhibited much enthusiasm for him dur- ing the canvass, for he was a great favorite in every section of the State, especially where
' Reading Guzette and Democrat, 11th September, 1852.
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manufactures were carried on. Reading was then a growing centre for industries of various kinds, and the Whigs here idolized him for his earnest labors in the cause of protection to home indus- try. They held a mass-meeting at Reading on September 27, 1844. Over five thousand per- sons were in attendance, delegations having come from different sections of the surronnding country. The day was specially noted for a large procession, in which the various trades and employments were represented. Miniature shops and factories were hauled about the town and successfully operated. And the living rac- coon again figured conspicuously in the proces- sion, as it had in the previous campaign. The singing of campaign songs added interest to this occasion, just as it had been practiced four years before, when there was one universal shout for " Old Tippecanoe and Tyler too." The chief marshal of this notable procession was Hon. Samuel Bell. After the parade a large meeting was organized on the Bell farm, in Comru township, not far from the bridge, with David F. Gordon, Esq. (then an attorney at Reading, afterward president judge of Berks County), as chairman. The principal speaker was Hon. John Mc. P. Berrien, United States Senator from Georgia, formerly Attorney-General of President Jackson. Notwithstanding this great effort by the Whigs, they could not weaken the devotion of the Democrats in the county or lessen their majority.
The polk-berry was brought into great prom- inence by the Democrats ; and during this campaign the Democrats also held a large mass- meeting, said to have been one of the largest ever held at Reading till that time. The pro- cession was long and full of enthusiasm. One of its prominent features was a large boat, rigged as a "Ship of State" manned by a num- ber of boys dressed as sailors, and drawn on wheels in the procession by many young men.
The majority for Polk in the borough was three hundred and sixty-nine, and in the county forty-six hundred and seventy-four. This result indicated the thorough organization of the Democrats. Dallas, their candidate for Vice- President, visited Reading during the campaign and delivered an address at the "Mineral
Spring," dwelling particularly upon and favor- ing the tariff. Gen. Samuel Houston from Texas was also present upon that occasion.
CLYMER MASS MEETINGS IN 1866 .- Hon. Hiester Clymer, a citizen of Reading, received the nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket in 1866. He had been State Senator from this district for two terms, from 1861 to 1866, during which time he acquired a con- siderable popularity throughout the State. General John W. Geary was the Republican candidate. Both parties were under thorough organization, and, with popular candidates, thev labored earnestly for success. The friends of Mr. Clymer united in his behalf and they ex- erted themselves to bring about his election, if. possible. Many mass-meetings were held in different parts of the State, and at all of them much enthusiasm was manifested. In Berks County the leaders of the party were partic- ularly active. Numerons public meetings were held and many speeches were delivered. General political excitement prevailed from the begin- ning till the close of the campaign, which in- creased as the day of election approached. Two Democratic mass-meetings were held at Read- ing, one on July 18tb and the other on October 3d, and upon each occasion a multitude of pen- ple assembled. At the former there were dele- gations from four-fifths of the counties in the State. Hon. Richard Vanx acted as chairman of the meeting, and addresses were made by Mr. Clymer, Hon. Montgomery Blair, Hon. George H. Pendleton and other distinguished political leaders; high party feeling was pro- duced under the great excitement which was awakened by demonstrations of all kinds, so high, indeed, that it almost resulted in riots with certain Republicans who were equally earnest and active and demonstrative for their leader, General Geary. And at the latter there was a grand procession, with General Tobias Barto as chief marshal, estimated to contain five thousand persons in a line two miles long. Many wagons, teams, bands and hanners of all kinds accompanied the numerous delegations, and the enthusiasm upon that occasion was un- bounded. Notwithstanding all this exertion, the city of Reading was not carried for Clymer.
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It had been Republican through the war, and this political sentiment still prevailed by a small majority, which, it would appear, Clymer could not overcome, even with the aid of local prejudice and enthusiastic demonstrations. The vote in Reading for him was two thousand six hundred and eighty-nine, and for Geary two thousand seven hundred and four, a majority of fifteen against him ; and in the county for him thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty- eight, and for Geary seven thousand one han- dred and twenty-one, a majority of six thousand one hundred and sixty-seven for him.
OFFICIALS OF COUNTY.
Immediately after the erection of the county it became entitled to representation in the Pro- vincial Assembly, and to various county officers ; and, after the establishment of national inde- pendence and government, also to representa- tion in Congress.
All the officers-national, State and county --- from and of the county, from the beginning of its existence to the present time, are set forth in the following arrangement: 1. National Repre- sentatives. 2. State Representatives. 3. County Officers.
1. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES .- The ofice of Representative to Congress of the United States was created by the Constitution of the United States, which was adopted Sep- tember 17, 1787, and ratified by the Conven- tion of Pennsylvania December 12, 1787. The term of office was then made two years ; and so it has continued to the present time. Represen- tatives were apportioned among the several States according to population, which was enumerated within three years after the first meeting of Congress, and every ten years there- after.
The first apportionment by Congress gave Pennsylvania eight representatives. These were apportioned by the State Legislature, March 16, 1791, to eight districts .. Berks, Northampton and Luzerne Counties were erected into one district, with one member. In 1793 the State was given thirteen members. These were ap- portioned by the State Legislature on April 22, 1794, when Berks and Luzerne Counties were
made the Fifth Congressional Distriet for the next ten years, with one member.
In 1802 Berks, Chester and Lancaster formed the Third Congressional District, with an ap- portionment of three members.
In 1812 Berks and Schuylkill formed the Seventh District, with one member.
In 1822 Beiks, Schuylkill and Lehigh formed the Seventh District, with two members. In 1832 Berks became a separate district, called the Ninth, with one member.
In 1843, and every ten years successively, Berks comprised the Eightlı Congressional Dis- trict, with one member.
The following persons represented Berks County in Congress :
CONGRESSMEN.
Name. Term.
Daniel Hiester 1789-97
Joseph Hiester1 1797-1807; 1815-20
Matthias Reichart. 1807-11
John M. Hyneman 2. 1811-13
Daniel Udree. 1813-15; 1823-25
Ludwig Worman 3 1821-22
William Addams. 1825-29
Henry A. Muhlenberg + 1829-38
George M. Keim. 1838-43
John Ritter. 1843-47
William Strong.
1847-53
J. Glancy Jones 5 1851-53; 1854-58
Henry A. Muhlenberg, Jr.6 1853-54 1
William H. Keim. 1858-59
1 Joseph Hiester was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in October, 1820, and resigned his seat in Congress. Daniel Udree was elected in December, 1820, to succeed him for the unexpired term ending March 3. 1821. 1
2 John M. Hyneman was re-elected ; but he resigned his seat, and Daniel Udree was elected to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term ending March 3, 1815.
8 Ludwig Worman died October 17, 1822, whilst occupying this position, and Udree was elected in December following to fill unexpired term ending March, 1823.
4 Henry A. Muhlenberg resigned his seat in February, 1838, and accepted the mission to Austria as the first min- ister plenipotentiary. George M. Keim was elected in March, 1838, to fill the unexpired term ending March 8, 1839.
5 J. Glancy Jones resigned in October, 1858, and accepted mi-sion to Austria. William H. Keim was elected on November 30, 1858, to fill unexpired term ending March 3, 1859.
6 Henry A. Muhlenberg, Jr., died at Washington on January 9, 1854. He had appeared in Congress only a single day, when he was taken sick with typhoid fever, and thereafter was unable to resume his seat.
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John Schwartz 1 1859-60
Jacob K. McKenty 1860-61
Sydenham E. Ancona. 1861-67
J. Lawrence Getz. 1867-73
Hiester Clymer. 1873-81
Daniel Ermentrout. 1881-87
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
Henry A. Muhlenberg, to Austria, 1838-40.
J. Glancy Jones, to Austria, 1858-61.
FOREIGN CONSULS.
John Endlich, at Basle, Switzerland.
Henry May Keim, at Prince Edward Istand.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS.
William Strong. Samuel L. Young.
· REGISTER IN BANKRUPTCY. Harrison Maltzberger.
Under the Provincial Constitution as pro- vided by William Penn and his successors, and afterward under the State Constitutions of 1776, 1790 and 1873, the officers named in the sub- sequent pages were elected and appointed.
The State representatives from Berks County are arranged in three classes : State Oficials ; Senators ; Assemblymen.
STATE OFFICIALS .- The following persons from Berks County held State offices :
Charles Biddle, Supreme Executive Councillor, elected by Legislature, 1784-87.2
Joseph Hiester, Governor, elected, 1820-23.
Frederick Smith, Attorney-General, appointed by Governor Andrew Schulze, 1823-28.
Gabriel Hiester, Surveyor-General, appointed by Governor J. Andrew Schulze, 1824-30.
Frederick Smith, Supreme Associate Justice, ap- pointed, 1828-30.
Jacob Sallade, Surveyor-General, appointed by Governor David R. Porter, 1839-45.
John Banks, State Treasurer, elected by Legisla- ture, 1847.
William Strong, Supreme Associate Justice, elected. 1857-68.
William M. Hiester, Secretary of State, appointed by Governor William F. Packer, 1858-60.
William H. Keim, Surveyor-General, elected, 1860 -61.
. Warren J. Woodward, Supreme Associate Justice, elected, 1874-79.
SENATORS .- The office of State Senator was created by the Constitution of 1790. The State was thereby apportioned into senatorial districts, and again in 1793, and subsequently every sev- en years till the adoption of the new Constitu- tion of 1873, whereby the apportionment was thereafter to be made on the decennial census of the United States. In the beginning Berks and Dauphin Counties comprised a district with an allotment of two members; and they continued together till 1808, when Berks was erected into a separate district with two members. After the erection of Schuylkill County, in 1811, it was added to Berks, and they together com- prised a district with two members till 1836, when Berks was again erected into a district by itself with one member, and continued so from that time till now. The term was four years from 1790 to 1838; and three years thence to 1874, when the new Constitution fixed it at four years again.
The members from Berks alone are men- tioned :
Name. Term.
Joseph Heister 1790-94
Gabriel Hiester 1795-96; 1805-12
Christopher Lower. 1797-1804
John S. Hiester. 1809-12
Charles Shoemaker. 1813-16
Marks John Biddle. 1817-20
Conrad Feger 1821-24
George Schall ... 1825-28
Daniel A. Bertolet. 1829-32
Paul Geiger. 1833-36
John Miller. 1837-40
Samuel Fegely 1841-46
John Potteiger 1847-49
Henry A. Muhlenberg 1850-52
William M. Hiesters 1853-55
John C. Evans. 1856-58
Benjamin Nunemacher 1859-60
Hiester Clymer 1861-66
J. Depuy Davis. 1867-73
Daniel Ermentrout. 1874-80
Edward H. Sheare 1881-84
Frank R. Brunner. 1885-88
ASSEMBLYMEN .- The office of Assemblyman was first created by William Penn in establish- ing a government for the province ; the repre- sentatives thereto, from the several counties as
" John Schwartz died in July, 1860, and Jacob K. McKenty was elected to fill unexpired term ending March 4,1861.
2 He removed from Reading to Philadelphia on 20th Oc- tober, 1784. He was Vice-President of the Council from 10th October, 1785, till 31st October, 1787. Before his election he was the chief burgess of Reading.
8 William M. Hiester was elected and served as Speaker of the Senate for the year 1855.
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they were erected, were elected annually till the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of a Constitution by the State in 1776. It was continued by this Constitution, and afterward by that of 1790, whereby members to the Assembly were elected annually till the adop- tion of the new Constitution of 1873. Then the term was increased to two years. In all these years from 1752 to the present time- Berks County was a separate district, excepting after the erection of Schuylkill County ont of portions of Berks and Northampton, when it was added to Berks, and continued so for a period of eighteen years-from 1811 to 1829.
The number of representatives from Berks was as follows :
1752-71
1
1787-1829
5
1772-76 2 1830-57
4
1777-81 .. 4 1858-74 3 1782-86 6
In 1874 six members were apportioned to Berks, to so continue until an apportionment be duly made on the next census of the United States (1880)-namely, to the city of Reading two members, and to the county of Berks four.
The representatives from the county were as follows :.
Name. Term.
Moses Starr 1752-54
Francis Parvin 1755
Thomas Yorke 1756-57
James Boone
1758
John Potts.
1759-61
John Ross. 1762-64
Adam Witman 1765-66
Edward Biddle1 1767-81
Henry Christ. 1771-81
Valentine Eckert 1776-79
Henry Haller. 1776-81
John Lesher. 1776-81
Jonathan Jones 1779-80
John Hiester
.1782
Gabriel Hiester
1782; 1787-89
1791; 1802-04
Baltzer Gehr.
1782; 1786; 1792-99
Daniel Hunter 1782
Benjamin Weiser. 1782
Joel Bishop.
1782-84
Daniel Clymer
1783-84; 1787; 1791
Chris. Lower
1783-85; 1793-94; 1796
Abraham Lincoln 1783-86
1 In 1774 Edward Biddle was Speaker of the Assembly.
John Ludwig
1783; 1789; 1790-92
John Patton 1783
George Ege.
1783
Nicholas Lutz. 1784-86; 1790-94
John Rice.
1784
Henry Spycker. 1785-86
David Davis
1785-88
Martin Rhoads.
1785
Philip Kraemer.
1786-87
Joseph Hiester.
1787-90
Charles Biddle 1788
Joseph Sands
1788-90
Daniel Broadhead.
1789
Daniel Leinbach.
1790
James Collins.
1791
C. Shoemaker
1792-1801; 1810; 1812
Paul Groscup.
1792-98
John Christ
1795-96
John Spayd ..
1795; 1810
Peter Frailey
.1797-1801; 1810; 1812
William Lewis
1797-98
D. Rose .....
1799-1804; 1806-08; 1811-12
Daniel Udree.
1799-1803; 1805
William Witman
1800-05
Frederick Smith
1802-03
Isaac Adams
1804-05
Jacob Rhoads
1804-05; 1809
Jacob Epler
1805; 1816
Elias Redcay
1806-07
Valentine Probst.
1806-08
John Schaeffer.
1806-08
John Bishop.
1806
Daniel Yoder
1807-08
Bernard Kepner.
1808
Jacob Schneider.
1809
David Kerby
1809-12; 1815; 1817
John M. Hyneman
1809
James McFarland
1809
Adam Ruth
1810-11
Conrad Feger.
1811-14
John Miller.
1813; 1815
Jacob Krebs
1813-14
John Addams
1813-14
Jacob Sassaman
1813
George Marx.
1814
Jonathan Hudson
1814
Daniel Kerper ...
1815
Daniel Rhoads, Jr
1815-17; 1822
Jacob Dreibelbis.
1815
Christian Haldeman.
1816
D. Hottenstein
1816; 1822-24; 1827
William Schoener
1817
Godfried Roehrer
1817; 1820; 1823
Michael Graeff.
1817-19
Joseph Good
1818-19
Jacob Levan.
1818-19
Elisha Geiger
1818
Jacob Griesemer
.1818-19
John Neikerch
1819; 1822
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John Kohler. 1820
Abraham Mengel .. 1820
John W. Roseberry 1820
George Gernant. 1820-21
Samuel Jones.
1821
Joseph Good
1821
Jacob Rahn.
1821
Jacob Schneider. 1821
William Addams
1822-24
John Gehr 1822-23
William Audenried.
1823-24
Henry Boyer.
1824-27; 1832
James Everhard. 1824-26
George Rahn 1825; 1827-28
Jacob Gehr.
1825-26
George M. Odenheimer
1825
Daniel A. Bertolette. 1826-28
Michael Graeff.
1826
Philip A. Good.
1827-29
Mordecai Lewis
1828
John Stauffer.
.1829-31
Thomas J. Roehrer.
1829-30
George Klein.
1828
Paul Geiger
1829-31
John Wanner.
1830-32
John Potteiger.
1831-34; 1842-44
William High
1832
Peter Klein, Jr.
1833-34
Benjamin Tyson. 1833
Jacob M. Snyder.
1833-54
Adam Schoener.
1834 ; 1839-40
William Hottenstein. 1835-36
Lewis W. Richards. 1835
John Ulrich.
1835-36
John Jackson
1835-37
John Sheetz.
1836-37
Michael K. Boyer 1837
S. Fegely
1837-39; 1848; 1849; 1851
Jacob Walborn
1838-39
Abraham Hill.
1838-39
James Geiger.
.1838
Henry Flannery
1840-41
Peter Filbert. .1840
Daniel B. Kutz 1840-41
Robert M. Barr
.1841
Samuel Moore
1841-43
John Shenk.
1842-43
Joseph Bachman
1842-43
Henry W. Smith
1844-45
John C. Evans.
1844; 1850-52
Alfred J. Herman .1844
Jacob Tice.
1845-46
Michael Hoffman 1845-46; 1857
Henry G. Stetler 1845-46; 1848
Charles Levan 1846-47
John Long ..
.1847-48
John C. Myers 1847-49
Jacob Graeff.
1847
William Shaffner.
1849-50
Daniel Zerbey.
1849-50; 1853
Alexander S. Feather 1850-51
Jacob Reifsnyder. 1851-52
Isaac Yost 1852-53
George Dengler 1852-53
Jacob Wicklein. 1853-54
John B. Smith. .1854
George Shenk 1854-56
Daniel V. R. Hunter 1854
Jeremiah Mengel 1855
John F. Linderman. 1855
Samuel Shearer
1855
Andrew M. Sallade. 1855
J. Lawrence Getz 1
1856-57
William Heins. 1856-57
Benjamin Nunemacher. 1856-58
Michael Hoffman
.1857
Edmund L. Smith. 1858-59
Amos Weiler. 1858
Solomon L. Custer. 1859-60
Augustus F. Bertolet.
1859
Joshua S. Miller 1860
Elijah Penn Smith. 1860-61
Michael P. Boyer .1861
Henry B. Rhoads 1861; 1865-67
Charles A. Kline. 1862-64
Daniel K. Weidner.
1862-63
William N. Potteiger. 1862-64
John Missimer. 1864-66
Frederick Harner.
1865-67
Richmond L. Jones
1867-68
Henry S. Hottenstein 1868-59
Henry Brobst. 1868-70
Aaron T. C. Keffer 1870-72
Hiram H. Schwartz. 1870-72
John A. Conrad.
1871-73
Benjamin E. Dry
1873-76
Michael McCullough 1873-74
Aaron Smith 1874-76
Daniel L. Batdorf. 1875
Nicholas Andre 1875-78
Joseph B. Conrad. 1876-78
George D. Schaeffer.
1877-80
Stephen J. Smith
1877-80
James Liggett.
1879-82
John H. Riegel
1879-82
C. A. Seidel 1881-84
George K. Lorah. 1881-84
Isaac Z. Deck. 1883-86
James W. Sponagle. 1883-86
Benjamin C. Bear. 1884-86
L. P. G. Fegeley
1884-86
3. COUNTY OFFICERS .- By the charter of William Penn and the several grants thereunder, various laws and ordinances were enacted from time to time "for the good government of the
1 Speaker of House in 1857.
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province." The regulation of the affairs of the province, and, subsequently to 1776 of the com- monwealth, was directed by officers, eitlier ap- pointed or elected, for the entire territory or for the several counties into which it was sub- divided.
The officers of the county from 1752 till 1886 were as follows :
JUDGES. (See chapter XX., Judiciary.)
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
The office of district attorney was created by act of May 3, 1850, and made elective, with a term of three years. Previously the attorney- general of the State appointed an attorney in the several counties to represent the common- wealth in the prosecution of criminal cases.
The act of 1850 required a residence of one year in the county and a practice of two years at the bar, but the latter was reduced to one year by the act of 1852.
Name.
Term.
Jacob Hubley 1789-1817
Frederick Smith 1818-20; 1824-27
Charles Richards 1821
Daniel J. Hiester. 1822-23
Joseph H. Spayd. 1828-29
Joseph D. Biles. 1830-31
Alexander L. King 1832-35
George G. Barclay 1836-38
J. Pringle Jones 1839-46
Peter Filbert. 1847
J. Glancy Jones 1847-48
John S. Richards 1849-50
Jeremiah Hagenman. 1850-56
Jacob K. McKenty 1856-59
James B. Bechtel. 1859-62
Daniel Ermentrout. 1862-65
Wharton Morris, 1865-68
Edward H. Shearer. 1868-71
Peter D. Wanner. 1871-74
Henry C. G. Reber. 1875-77
William M. Goodman 1878-80
Hiram Y. Kauffman 1881-83
Israel H. Rothermel. 1884-86
SPECIAL DETECTIVES.
An act was passed May 19, 1874, which pro- vided for the appointment of a special detective officer in the several counties of the State, by the district attorney, with the approval of the Court of Quarter Sessions. The first appoint-
ment was made in February, 1875. The officers were :
Name. Term.
William L. Graul 1875-77
John Denhard 1 1878-83
Lawrence P. Ressler 1883
James Kerschner 1884-86
COMMISSIONERS AND AUDITORS .- The board of county commissioners comprises three mem- bers. Previous to 1875 one was elected annu- ally for three years. The new Constitution of 1873 provided for the election of the three con- missioners in 1875 and every third year there- after.
The board of county auditors also com- prises three members. Previous to 1809 they were appointed by the county judges. An act was passed March 16, 1809, providing for the annual election thereafter of three auditors. In 1814 this provision was modified so that a new anditor was introduced into the board annually thereafter. This practice prevailed till the new Constitution of 1873, which provided for the election of three auditors in 1875 and every third year thereafter.
In respect to both commissioners and audit- ors, " each qualified elector shall vote for no more than two persons, and the three persons having the highest number of votes shall be elected." 2 This was a marked departure from the old system, by which all of one political party were elected. It enabled the opposite party to elect one member. Since 1875 three officers have been elected-two by the Demo- crats and one by the Republicans.
COMMISSIONERS.
Name. Term.
Evan Price. 1752-53
Edward Drury. 1752-56
John Godfrey 1752-61
Jacob Lightfoot. .1753-56 ; 1759-62
Thomas Rutter 1756-59
William Reeser. 1757-60
Samuel High. 1760-63 ; 1773-76
Christian Witman 1761-64
1 John Denhard was appointed for a second term, 1881- 83; but he was elected to the office of alderman of the Eighth Ward, Reading, in May, 1883, when he resigned, and Lawrence P. Ressler was appointed for the unexpired term.
2 Constitution of 1873, Art. XIV., Sec. 7.
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John Hughes 1762-65
Frederick Weiser.
1763-66
Stanley Kirby 1827-30
Richard Lewis. 1764-67
George Gernant. 1828-31
Isaac Levan. 1765-68
Anthony Bickel. 1829-32
Nicholas Harmony. 1766-69
Christian Merkel.
1767-70
Jacob Snyder. 1769-71
Jacob Goodman. 1832-35
John Jones. 1769-72
Henry Rightmeyer. 1770-73
Davis Brecht. 1771-74
John Y. Cunnius
1835-38
Abraham Lincoln 1772-78
John Seibert. 1836-39
Michael Brecht. 1774-77
David Kutz. 1837-40
Christian Lower. 1776-79
John Kerlin 1777-80
George Weiler
1839-42
Adam Witman 1778-81; 1784-87
Thomas Jones. 1779-82; 1783-86
William Arnold.
1841-44
Thomas Parry 1780-83
John Sharman 1842-45
Daniel Messersmith 1781-84
Adam Leize. 1843-46
Michael Forry 1782-85
Frederick Printz 1844-47
Conrad Eckert
1785-91
Daniel Leinbach
1786-89
David Yoder. 1846-49
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