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DEMOCRAT
POLLOCK,
WHIG
BIGLER,
DEMOCRAT
Adamıs.
112
16
Franklin.
109
74
Allegheny
98
33
Jackson ..
116
91
Brady.
57
55
Jefferson
59
153
Buffalo
135
32
Lancaster.
97
69
Butler
51
115
Marion.
44
94
Butler borough
112
135
Mercer
69
54
Centre.
60
71
Middlesex.
121
54
Cherry
76
47
Muddy Creek
113
50
Clay.
99
48
Oakland.
39
98
Clearfield.
9
120
Parker
101
41
Clinton
122
32
Penn.
79
52
Concord.
89
34
Slippery Rock.
97
61
Connoquenessing.
126
60
Summit.
26
111
Cranberry
92
43
Venango
35
93
Centreville borough
24
38
Washington.
108
36
Donegal
32
105
Winfield.
91
69
Fairview
126
54
Worth
111
63
Forward.
92
44
Zelienople borouglı
28
36
The total Whig vote cast was 2,955, and the total Democratic vote 2,381. Thomas H. Baird, candidate for judge of the Supreme Court, received 1,189 votes, representing the full strength of the Know Nothing>. The proposed liquor law received 2,801 votes, while 2.293 votes were cast against it. John Graham, Democratic candidate for clerk of court. received 3,434 votes, and Samuel P. Irvine received 1,799 votes.
The anti-administration party-or Unionists for the sake of Union-was first heard of in the beginning of 1856, when, following the example of members of the legislature, a large number of citizens signed a call for a great Union meet- ing to be held at Butler, March 19, 1856. The meeting was largely attended.
The campaign of 1856 was one of the most exciting in the history of the State. Party spirit ran high and the battle for political supremacy was waged fiercely. Rallies and torch-light processions were of frequent occurrence and each party had its campaign songs to cheer, enthuse and enliven the various meetings. Butler county was hotly contested ground, and her citizens entered into the spirit of the campaign with characteristic vigor and earnestness. The
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entire interest of the campaign may be said to have centered upon the presiden- tial contest, the leading candidates being James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. Democrat, and John C. Fremont, Republican. The Democrats, among other songs, sang " Jamie, the True," of which the following is a sample verse :
Come all ye stanch friends of the Union, Bold Whigs and brave Democrats, too; Come join all your forces together, And rally for "Jamie, the True."
Another song, popular with them, was sung to the tune of " Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." The second verse of this song is as follows :
We know no north, we know no south, We know no east or west, But go for the whole United States. The land we love the best. Then down with the Abolition crew, Who'd let the " Union slide;" And rally round old Buck and Breck, The noble, true and tried.
In the election that followed the Republicans were overwhelmingly victori- ous in the county. The result was an unexpected and disagreeable surprise to the Democrats. Their leaders and standard bearers were all driven from the field, their defeat being decisive. The returns for the October and November elections made the following showing :
Auditor General.
Darwin Phelps, R 3078
Jacob Fry, D. 2576
Canal Commissioners.
Thomas E. Cochran, R
3098
George Scott, D.
2560
Surveyor General.
Benjamin Laporte, R
3099
John Rowe, D. 2556
Congress.
S. A. Purviance, R. 3092
James A. Gibson, D. 2581
Alexander Wardlaw, K. N. 13
State Senator.
John R. Harris, R. 3090
John H. Negley, D.
2562
Legislature.
A. W. Crawford, R 3101
De Lorma Imbrie, R 3103
George P. Shaw, R. 3102
Thomas J. Layton, D.
2565
Charles H. Shriner. D
2566
Jacob Criss, D. 2566
District Attorney.
Eugene Ferrero, R. 3106
James M. Bredin, D
2546
Associate Judges.
T. Stephenson, R 3070
J. Mechling, Jr., R
3011
Samuel Marshall, D. 2617
J. Bovard, D
2549
Commissioner.
P. Hilliard, R.
3003
J. W. Martin, D
2644
Surreyor.
David Scott, R. 3114
Charles Cramer, D
2529
Auditor.
W. S. Waldron, R.
3050
R. B. Maxwell, D.
2565
Academy Trustees.
Arch Blakeley, R. 3052
Thomas H. Bracken, R. 3051
W. C. Pollock, D 2552
William Borland, D
2554
President.
Fremont, R 3401
Fillinore K. N. 67
Fillmore, (repeaters) 14
Buchanan, D.
2648
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HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY.
In October, 1857, the people of Butler county gave David Willnot, the Republican candidate for Governor. 2, 31 votes, and William F. Packer, Demo- cratic candidate, 2,361 votes. The Know Nothings polled fifty-three votes for Hazelhurst, their candidate, and from thirty-five to sixty votes for their nominees for legislative and county offices.
The People's Reformed ticket of 1558, presented the names of James Kerr, of Harrisville, for Congress; R. J. Gregg, of Buffalo township, and John O. Jack, of Centre township, for the legislature ; Maj. Thomas Dodds, of Connoque- nessing, for commissioner ; and William McKinney, of the same township. for anditor.
The campaign of 1860 was formally opened in Butler county by a Republi- can meeting held to ratify the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, the presidential nominee of the party. The battle was carried on with earnestness and enthusiasm, particularly on behalf of the Republicans, who swept the county. The bitter- ness of the campaign survived the election and individual members of the minor- ity party were proscribed for their political views.
In 1862, when the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided that the act extending the right of suffrage to soldiers in the field was unconstitutional, the legislature of 1863 offered an amendment to the Constitution providing a remedy for this injustice to a volunteer army. It was voted on in August of that year. In Butler county the vote for it was 2,679 and against it, 1,237. The vote for Governor was for Curtin. 3.328, and Woodward, 2,054. In 1857 Butler county was constituted a separate representative district, and elected two representatives, In 1863, William Haslett and John H. Negley were elected. In 1864 the district was enlarged by the addition of Lawrence and Mercer counties and elected four representatives, all the counties voting for the nominees. In this year William Haslett and John H. Negley, of Butler. Samuel Mc Kinley, of Lawrence. and Col. Josiah McPherrin, a native of Butler, but a resident of Mercer county. were the successful candidates. In 1865, John II. Negley and Capt. Henry Pillow, of Butler were elected, as were also Mc Kinley and McPherrin.
The returns of the presidential election of 1864 show that the civil and mili- tary vote of Butler county for President, was for Lincoln, 3,475, and for McClellan, 2,987. The returns of Marion township, which gave Lincoln fifty-three and McClellan 102 votes, came in too late, so it was alleged, to be counted.
In 1868, Lewis Z. Mitchell received 3,317 votes for Congress, and Darwin Phelps 3,396, in this county. In 1871, under a new apportionment, Butler county was placed in a representative district with Beaver and Washington counties. George W. Fleeger was one of the new members under this apportionment. In Sep- tember, 1-71, the Philadelphia Press noticed the report that the name of Samuel A. Purviance, of Butler, would be presented as candidate for the vice-presidency before the National Republican Convention in 1872. The idea was entertained, but Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, secured the coveted prize.
At the general election, in 1872, the question of calling a convention to revise the State Constitution was submitted to the people, and carried by a decisive majority, the vote in Butler county being 3,377 for and 496 against it. The Con- stitutional Convention thus provided for, met in the city of Philadelphia, the dele-
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gates from Butler county being Lewis Z. Mitchell and John N. Purviance. It concluded its labors November 3, 1873, and the new Constitution, except wherein otherwise provided, went into effect January 1, 1871. This Constitution pro- vided for the election of State Senators every four years, instead of every three. and members of the House of Representatives every two years instead of every year. It also provided for biennial instead of annual sessions of the General Assembly, and fixed the date of meeting for " the first Tuesday of January every second year." The date of holding the general elections in the State was changed from the second Tuesday in October to " the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November," of each year.
In order to make effective the provision of the new Constitution, changing the terms of State Senators from three to four years, the legislature of 1874 re-ap- portioned the State, placing Butler and Armstrong counties in the Forty-first senatorial district, and providing that at the general election for that year a senator should be chosen in the district for a term of two years, and that at the general election in 1876 the senator should be elected for four years. This appor- tionment is still in force.
The extraordinary activity in the Butler oil field of 1874, and the abnormal increase of population, greatly changed the manners and customs of the people, and even led to unusual conditions in local politics. The question of electing two judges for the district, comprising Butler and Lawrence counties, was presented at the Republican primaries, held in May, 1874. There were more votes recorded by the Republicans, in Butler county, than were cast by the two great parties in the fall of 1873. The candidates brought before these primaries were Charles McCandless and E. Mc Junkin, the latter being then in Congress. When the result of the primaries in this county was presented to the convention, the McCandless vote was found to exceed the McJunkin vote by forty- one. The friends of Mr. McJunkin, dissatisfied with this result, held a conven- tion opposite the Willard Hotel. and nominated him. Charles McCandless and L. L. McGuffin were the regular nominees of the Republican party ; James Bredin and John McMichael were the Democratic nominees, while E. Me Junkin was the choice of the independent Republicans. The canvass was carried on very bit- terly, party lines were, for the time, obliterated, and the contest resulted in the election of Judges McJunkin and Bredin.
The Republican vote of the county in 1876 was 5.643 ; the Democratic, 4,830; the Prohibitionist, fifty seven, and the Greenback, twenty-one. In the battle for representatives in the Pennsylvania Legislature, the vote cast was the largest in the history of the county down to that time. R. A. Mifflin received 5,424, and William Irvine, 5,359 votes on the Republican ticket; George HI. Graham received 5,076, and James Humphrey, 4,779 votes on the Democratic ticket ; Brandon, the Prohibitionist candidate for the Assembly, received sixty-six votes ; while John G. Christy, the candidate of that party for associate judge. received seventy-six votes.
The last re-apportionment of the State into congressional districts took place in 1887, when Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer and Butler counties were assigned to the Twenty-fifth congressional district. In the same year, also, the legislative
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apportionment. still in force, was made. Under this apportionment Butler county constitutes a single district and is entitled to two members, who are elected every two years. September 1, 1893, Butler county was constituted a separate judicial district. It is known as the Seventeenth district the number being the same as that given to it in 1883. when Lawrence and Butler counties constituted the district.
The proposition to hold a constitutional convention in 1872 was defeated in November, 1871, the vote 1.051 for and 1,450 against, being an index of the sen- timent throughout the State.
The vote cast in November. 1892, for presidential electors is tabulated as fol- lows, except the eight votes recorded for the Socialist-Labor candidate :
R
D
PRO
PEO
R
D
PRO
PEO
Adams, Nortlı.
67
60
21
. . .
Muddy Creek.
119
71
14
3
Adams, South.
115
40
19
9
Oakland
114
84
1
Allegheny ..
125
39
7
Parker
141
30
65
3
Bald Ridge.
57
29
36
Penn.
143
52
12
1
Brady
73
57
28
3
Slippery Rock.
127
73
12
1
Butler
103
115
13
Summit.
42
166
2
Buffalo
168
50
12
Venango.
55
111
11
5
Centre.
97
59
12
1
Washington, North
61
39
5
Cherry, North
56
40
4
1
Washington, South.
92
14
15
Cherry, South.
114
56
1| . .
Winfield
100
95
3
1
Clearfield.
33
134
Worth.
Clinton
139
37
12
Butler-1st ward.
150
139
61
1
Concord.
136
36
13
16
2nd ward.
155
197
16
1
Connoquenessing, North ..
81
44
3
1
3rd ward.
98
146
16
2
Connoquenessing, South ..
72
60
5
5
4th ward.
117
125
20
7
Cranberry
88
103
2
1
5tlı ward.
137
111
27
3
Clay
147
35
19
Centreville.
64
42
9
Donegal.
57
158
4
5
Evans City
54
80
3 .
Fairview, East.
93
25
6
8
Fairview. .
31
12
12 .
Fairview, West.
81
28
29
7
Karns City
17
24
10
1
Forward
156
144
5
Harmony
49
68
4
2
Franklin.
110
72
12
Harrisville.
37
27
1
1
Jackson, West.
61
89
1
Prospect
45
25
9 ...
Jefferson.
110
163
3
3
Petrolia.
29
41
8
4
Marion.
83
106
8
1
West Sunbury
32
5
12
Mercer.
53
50
1
Zelienople
61
101
2 3
Middlesex.
141
60
11
3
5019 4161 636 180
The vote cast November 7, 1893, was canvassed by Stephen Cummings, A. M. Cornelius, John Findley and A. T. Scott, the tellers appointed by Judge Greer. They reported the vote as follows :
State Treasurer.
Sheriff.
S. M. Jackson, R
4676
F. C. Osborne. D 3124
J. S. Kent, Pro. 354
F. M. Windsor, Peo 56
Judge of Supreme Court.
D. N. Fell, R.
4620
S. G. Thompson, D 3144
H. T. Ames, Pro. 358
J. H. Stevenson. Peo 61
A. G. Campbell, R 4671
W. T. Mechling, D
3298
John C. Kerr, Pro 268
Register and Recorder.
J. S. Wick, R. 4700
A. M. Beers, D 3235
J. R. Humphrey, Pro. 273
. .
.
Millerstown
92
68
17 10
Jackson, East.
23
66
3
Lancaster
29
44
122
Saxonburg.
110
94
6
. .
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POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
County Commissioner.
S. W. McColtough, R. 4771
R. Kelly, R. 4666
G. W. Wilson, D 3104
J. C. Kelly, D. 2209
A. Stewart, Pro 308
J. Wally, Pro 285
County Auditor.
J. N. Allison, R 4663
R. H. Young, R 4430
A. Elliott, D 3193
J. A. Bulford, D 2981
J. H. Renison, Pro. 342
William Fletcher, Pro 327
Prothonotary.
S. M. Seaton, R. 4547
Alex Russell, D. 3346
David Cupps, Pro 294
County Treasurer.
J. T. Martin, R. 4623
George Marburger, D 3245
W. H. Orr, Pro. 333
Clerk of Courts.
Joseph Criswell, R. 4894
D. M. Mccullough, D 2977
William Watson, Pro 316
Coroner.
G. M. Graham, R 4658
J. G. Renno, D.
3097
In the election of February, 1894, for Congressmen-at-large, Galusha A. Grow, Republican, received 4,182 votes; James D. Hancock, Democrat, 2.576 votes, and Morrow, 235 votes.
The people of Butler county, with the exception of a small minority, may be said to be faithful and loyal adherents of the Republican and Democratic par- ties, the former polling 5,019 votes, and the latter 4.161 votes at the general election for President and State officers in 1892. At the same election the Prohibition ticket received 636 votes, the People's ticket 150 votes, and the Socialist ticket eight votes. This gave the Republicans a majority of thirty-five of all the votes cast.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
From the earliest days of the history of the county. there have been found among her sons and citizens men of marked ability. especially in the field of political effort. who have forged their way to the front as leaders of their respec- tive parties. These have been honored from time to time with seats in the United States Senate, and in Congress, with honorable and responsible positions as appointees of the President of the United States, as well as with State offices and seats in the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly. To these may be added. also, the names of those who have removed to other States, and have there been accorded distinguished honors at the hands of their fellow citizens. The following lists embrace the more prominent names of these favorite sons :
United States Senators .- Walter Lowrie, served from March 4, 1>19, to March 4, 1825. At expiration of his term as United States Senator, he was elected secretary of the senate. He held that position until 1:36. John 11. Mitchell, formerly of Butler county, is serving his third term in the United States Senate from the State of Oregon.
Representatives in Congress. - John Gilmore. 1-29 to 1831; William Beatty, 1837 to 1>41 ; Joseph Buffington, 1843 to 1845; Alfred Gilmore, 1819 to 1:51; Samuel A. Purviance, 1>55 to 1859; Ebenezer Mc Junkin, 1871 to 1871; John M. Thompson, 1875 to ISTS; George W. Fleeger, 1855 to 1>>7, and Thomas W. Phillips. elected in November, 1892, and re-elected in November, 1894.
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HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY.
James Thompson, a native of Butler county, served two terms in Congress from Erie county. He was elected in 1846, and re-elected in 1848. In 1857, he was elected judge of the Supreme Court of the State, serving for fifteen years, the last five as chief justice. Augustus M. Martin, a member of Congress from Indiana, is another of Butler county's distinguished sons.
Electors .- James G. Campbell, 1856; E. McJunkin, 1864; Dr. S. D. Bell, ISSS.
Federal Appointees .- John M. Sullivan, revenue collector, 1867 to 1882. Alexander W. Crawford, consul at Antwerp, Belgium, 1861. Edwin Lyon, consul at El Paso, Mexico. Hugh McKee, surveyor of Territory of Kansas, 1858. Charles McCandless, chief justice of New Mexico, 1877. Samuel Black, governor of the Territory of Nebraska, 1859. James G. Campbell, marshal of the Western District of Pennsylvania. John N. Purviance, R. L. Maxwell and H. H. Goucher, registers in bankruptcy. J. W. Kirker, provost marshal, 1863 to 1865. John H. Negley, enrolling officer, 1861. John C. O'Donnell, appointed postmaster of Pittsburg, March, 1894.
State Officials .- John Gilmore, treasurer, 1841; Moses Sullivan, president of canal commission. 1835; John N. Purviance, anditor-general, 1845-51; John M. Sullivan, deputy secretary of state, 1855-58. 'Colonel Sullivan was also assistant clerk of the State Senate from 1847 to 1850; chief clerk from 1852 to 1853, and deputy superintendent of common schools from 1858 to 1860. John Gilmore, speaker of the House in 1821. James Thompson, speaker of the House in 1835, associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1857 to 1867, and chief justice from 1867 to 1872. Walter II. Lowrie, associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857, and chief justice from 1857 to 1863. Samuel A, Pur- viance, attorney-general, 1861. Jacob Ziegler, transcribing clerk of Senate, 1843; assistant clerk of House, 1858, and chief clerk of Senate, 1871.
Constitutional Convention Delegates .- William Ayres and Samuel A. Pur- viance, to the convention of 1838; Lewis Z. Mitchell and John N. Purviance, to the convention of 1878: James H. Walker and S. A. Purviance, delegates-at- large to same convention ; Porter W. Lowry, Livingston MeQuistion and Mer- vine F. Leason, to the convention of 1891.
State Senators .- Walter Lowrie, 1811 to 1819; Moses Sullivan, elected in 1824, and served three terms; William Purviance, 1836; Charles C. Sullivan, 1841 and 1844; William Ilaslett, 1849; John R. Harris, 1856; Charles McCand- less, 1862; James Kerr, 1868; John M. Greer, 1876 and 1880; Joseph B. Show- alter, 1SS8.
Representatives .- In the following list of representatives elected since the ad- mission of the county, the figures used to indicate the dates of election. The list has been compiled with care and is believed to be correct. The various changes in the apportionment of the county have made it difficult to secure absolutely relia- ble data. The following is the list as compiled : John McBride, 1804; Jacob Mechling, 1805-06-07-08; John Negley, 1809 and 1820; Walter Lowrie. 1810; John Potts, 1814 ; Andrew Christy, 1815; John Gilmore, 1816-17-18-19-21; (Mr. Gilmore was elected speaker of the House in 1821). Moses Sullivan, 1822-28; William Beatty, 1825-26-27; James McKee, 1828; William Purviance, 1830-31 ;
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POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
Joseph Bryson, 1832; Samuel Kerr, 1833-31; George W. Smith, 1835; Samuel A. Gilmore, 1836-37; Samuel A. Purviance, 1838; George Potts, 1839; Isaac S. Pearson, 1840; Samuel M. Lane, 1841 ; Joseph Cummins, 1842-43 ; Joseph Cross, 1844; William Ilaslett, 18H1; Joseph Cross, 1845; D. H. B. Brower, 1845; John R. Harris, 1846; Jacob Ziegler, 1847; Robert Hampson, 1848; D. H. B. Brower, 1850; William Stewart and R. B. McCombs, 1853-54; Alexander W. Crawford, 1855-56-57: W. W. Dodds, 1857; John M. Thompson, 1858-59; William M. Graham, 1859-60; Thomas Robinson, 1860; Hiram C. McCoy, 1861- 62; II. W. Grant, 1861-62: William Haslett. 1863-64; John H. Negley, 1863, (by Butler county alone), and in 1864 and 1865, by Butler, Lawrence and Mer- cer counties: Henry Pillow, 1865; James T. MeJunkin, 1867 ; Alexander Leslie, 1868-69: George W. Fleeger, 1870-71; Dr. Joseph S. Lusk. 1871-74-76; David McKee. 1872-73; William S. Waldron, 1872; A. L. Campbell, 1873. The new Constitution adopted in 1873 provided for biennial sessions, and the election of representatives every two years, Butler county being entitled to two members. R. A. Mifflin, 1876; Dr. William Irvine. 1876; James Humphrey, 1878; George H. Graham, 1878; Dr. S. D. Bell, 1880; William P. Braham, 1880; Joseph T. Donley, 1882 ; Jacob Ziegler, 1882 ; Joseph Hartman, 1884; J. M. Leighner, 1884; Josiah M. Thompson, 1886 and 1890; J. B. Showalter, 1886; Joseph Thomas, Tr .. 1888; R. I. Boggs, 1888: Andrew G. Williams, 1890; James B. Mates, 1892; David B. Douthett. 1892 and 1894; James N. Moore. 1894.
President fudges. - The president judges were at first commissioned " during good behavior." Under the Constitution of 1838, the term was fixed at ten years. In 1851 the office became elective. The judges under the old and new systems are as follows, being named in the order of their commission : Jesse Moore, February, [804: Jonathan Roberts, 1818; William Wilkins, 1821 ; Charles Shaler, 1824; John Bredin, 1831; Daniel Agnew, 1851-63; Lawrence L. McGuffin, 1863; Charles MeCandless (appointed) 1874; Ebenezer Mc Junkin, elected 1874; James Bredin, elected 1874; Aaron L. ITazen, elected 1884; John M. Greer, additional law judge, 1892. and judge of the Seventeenth district, September 1. 1893, Lawrence county being created the Fifty-first district, with Aaron L. Hazen, president judge.
Associate Judges were first commissioned by the Governor to serve during life. In 1838 a term of five years was made the constitutional term of service, and in 1850. the office was declared to be elective. Samuel Findley, John Parker and James Bovard were commissioned in 1803; John Duffy in 1840, and Christian Buhl in 1845. The elections under the new law were first held in 1851, when Samuel Marshall and John McCandless were chosen. Jacob Mech- ling, Jr., and Thomas Stephenson were elected. in 1856; James Kerr and James Mitchell, in 1861, and Joseph Cummins and Thomas Garvey in 1866. The death of Judge Cummins and the appointment of Hiram C. McCoy, as his successor, in 1870, disturbed, somewhat, the order of judges. Samuel Marshall defeated McCoy for the office, in the fall of 1870, and when the latter's term expired in 1871, Daniel Fiedler was elected. In 1875. Samuel Marshall was re-elected and in 1876, Robert Storey was chosen to succeed Judge Fiedler. Abram MeCandless was elected in 1880; A. D. Weir in 1881. and Jacob Keck in 1885. The last 9
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HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY.
named did not qualify, as the Supreme Court decided that the new legislation abolished the office.
District Attorneys-The office of deputy attorney-general for Butler county was appointive down to 1851, when it became an elective one. and the name was changed to that of district attorney. Under the old law the office was held by John Gilmore, Charles Wilkins, Robert Moore, John Bredin, W. W. Fetter- man. Samuel A. Gilmore, John N. Purviance, Dunlap Mclaughlin, Parker C. Purviance, John Graham, John 11. Negley and E. Mc Junkin.
Under the law of 1850, the following named persons have filled the office : John 11. Negley, 1850; Archibald Blakeley, 1858; Engene Ferrero, 1-56, James W. Kirker, 1859 : Robert M. McLure, 1862 ; W. H. 11. Riddle, 1865; John M. Greer, 1868 ; Ferd Reiber, 1871; Livingston MeQuistion, 1874; W. A. Forquer, 1877; A. M. Cunningham, 1880: S. B. Snyder, 1853; C. A. McPherrin, 1886; Aaron L. Reiber, 1889, and Ira Me Junkin, 1892.
Sheriff's .- Since the Constitution of 1790, this office has been an elective one. The first incumbent was John MeCandless, 1803. His successors have been : Eliakim Anderson, 1806; William Campbell, I>09: Samuel Williamson, 1812 ; James McKee, 1815 ; Henry Evans, ISIS ; William Beatty, 1521 ; Abraham Max- well, 1824; John Welsh, 1827; Jacob Brinker, 1830; Francis McBride, 1833 ; John Pollock, 1836; John B. MeGlaughlin, 1839; James G. Campbell. 1842 ; George W. Reed, 1845; Andrew Carns, 1848; Arthur McGill. 1851; John McKee, 1854: Abram McCandles, 1857; John Scott, 1860; William (). Breckenridge, 1863; James B. Storey. 1866; Harvey D. Thompson. 1869; John T. Kelly, 1872 ; George Walter, 1875; John Mitchell (vacancy). 1877 : William H1. Hoffman, 1878; Thomas Donaghy, 1881: Peter Kramer, I>>4: Oliver C. Redic, 1887 ; William M. Brown. 1890, and .1. G. Campbell. 1-93.
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