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Sixteenth Election .- October, 1835. Henry A. Muhlenburg, Democrat, 1,658 votes; George Wolf, Independent, 1,070; Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason, 2,665. Joseph Ritner was elected.
Seventeenth Election. - October, 1838. Da- vid R. Porter, Democrat, 4,197 votes; Joseph Ritner, Anti-Mason, 3,257 votes. David R. Porter was elected.
Eighteenth Election .-- October, 1841. David R. Porter, Democrat, 3,825 votes; John Banks, Whig, 2,429 votes. David Porter was elected.
Nineteenth Election. - October, 1844. Fran- cis R. Shunk, Democrat, 4,691 votes; Joseph Markle, Whig, 3,802 votes; F. J. LeMoyne, Abolitionist, 50 votes. Francis R. Shunk was elected.
Twentieth Election. - October, 1847. Fran- cis R. Shunk, Democrat, 4,006 votes; James Irvin, Whig, 3,103 votes. Francis R. Shunk was re-elected and died while in office.
Twenty - First Election. - October, 1848. William F. Johnston, Whig, 4,162 votes; Morris Longstreth, Democrat, 4,345 votes; E. B. Gazzam, Free Soil, 165 votes. William F. Johnston was elected.
Twenty-Second Election .- October, 1851. William Bigler, Democrat, 5,738 votes; Will- iam F. Johnston, Whig, 4,728 votes. William Bigler was elected.
Twenty-Third Election. - October, 1854. James Pollock, Whig, 4,777 votes; William Bigler, Democrat, 4,707 votes. James Pol- lock was elected.
Twenty-Fourth Election .- October, 1857. William F. Packer, Democrat, 5,314 votes;
David Wilmot, Free Soil, 1,778 votes; Isaac Hazelhurst, American, 1,332 votes. William T. Packer was elected.
Twenty-Fifth Election .- October, 1860. Andrew G. Curtin, Republican, 5,322 votes; Henry D. Foster, Democrat, 5,661 votes. An- drew G. Curtin was elected.
Twenty-Sixth Election .- October, 1863. Andrew G. Curtin, Republican, 5,510 votes; George W. Woodward, Democrat, 8,069 votes. Andrew G. Curtin was elected.
Twenty-Seventh Election .- October, 1866. John W. Geary, Republican, 5,796 votes; Hiester Clymer, Democrat, 8,780 votes. John W. Geary was elected.
Twenty-Eighth Election .- October, 1869. John W. Geary, Republican, 5,561 votes; Asa Packer, Democrat, 8,326 votes. John W. Geary was elected.
Twenty-Ninth Election .- October, 1872. John F. Hartranft, Republican, 6,400 votes; Charles R. Buckalew, Democrat, 8,388 votes. John F. Hartranft was elected.
Thirtieth Election .- October, 1875. John F. Hartranft, Republican, 5,268; Cyrus L. Persh- ing, Democrat, 8,285; R. Dudly Browne, Prohibitionist, 92. John F. Hartranft was elected.
Thirty-first Election ..- November, 1878. Henry M. Hoyt, Republican, 5,960; Andrew H. Dill, Democrat, 9,644; Samuel R. Mason, Greenback, 79. Henry M. Hoyt was elected for four years under new constitution.
Thirty-second Election .- November, 1882. Robert E. Pattison, Democrat, 10,439 votes; James A. Beaver, Republican, 6,148 votes; John Stewart, Independent, 261 votes. R. E. Pattison was elected.
The above statement exhibits the fluctu- ations of political opinion in this county, and affords several remarkable instances of entire revolution in public opinion in a single guber- natorial term of three years. At the first elec- tion Mifflin had 1699 votes, at the second 712, at the third 1124. At the second election F. A. Muhlenberg had a majority over Mifflin of more than 500 votes, and three years after that Mifflin beat Muhlenberg 1123 votes, the latter receiving but a single vote. These changes are observable throughout the history of gubernatorial elections in this county. In 1829, George Wolf had a majority over Joseph Ritner, of 1125 votes. In 1832, Ritner had a majority of ten over Wolf.
Since 1863 it will be observed the Demo- cratic majority has been very large in York county.
Simon Snyder who was elected in 1808, lived in York in 1780, and followed the oc- cupation of a tanner. James Ross, of Pitts-
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burg, who was his competitor at that elec- tion was born in Peach Bottom Township. He was an eminent statesman.
In the early history of American politics the parties were frequently called Federalists and anti-Federalists. The last-named poli- tical party however was generally called the Democratic-Republican party.
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
The office of representative to Congress was created by the Constitution of the United States which was adopted September 17, 1787, and ratified by the convention of Penn- sylvania, December 12, 1787. The term of office was then made two years, and has not since been changed. The number of repre- sentatives is apportioned among the States according to population. York County for a number of years was a separate congressional district. At present York, Adams and Cumberland form one district. The following is a list of those who represented York County :
Thomas Hartley was the first congressman elected to represent York County in 1788, and continued a member until the time of his death, on December 21, 1800.
John Stewart was elected at a special elec- tion held January 15, 1801, to fill Col. Hartley's unexpired term. He was re-elected in 1802.
James Kelly was elected in October, 1804, and re- elected in October, 1806.
William Crawford was elected in October, 1808, and re-elected in 1810.
Hugh Glasgow was elected October, 1812, and re-elected October, 1814.
Jacob Spangler was elected October, 1816, and resigned before expiration of term.
Jacob Hostetter was elected in March, 1818, to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor, and was re-elected in October of the same year.
James S. Mitchell was elected in October of the years 1822-24.
Adam King was elected in October, 1826, and re-elected in October, 1828-30.
Charles A. Barnitz was elected in 1832.
Henry Logan was elected in 1834 and re- elected in 1836.
Dr. James Gerry was elected in 1838, and re-elected in 1840.
Dr. Henry Nes, was elected in 1842, and re-elected in 1844, and served until 1850.
William K. Kurtz was elected in 1850, and re-elected in 1852.
Lemuel Todd, of Carlisle, was elected in 1854.
Dr. John A. Ahl, of Carlisle, was elected in 1856.
Benjamin F. Junkin, of Perry County, was elected in 1858 to represent York, Cumber- land and Perry Counties.
Joseph Bailey, of Perry County, was elected in 1860 and re-elected 1862.
Richard J. Haldeman was elected in 1868, and re-elected in 1870.
John A. Magee, of Perry, elected 1872.
Levi Maish, of York, elected in 1874, and re-elected in 1876.
Frank A. Beltzhoover, of Carlisle, elected in 1878, and re-elected in 1880.
William A. Duncan, of Gettysburg, elected in 1882, re-elected in 1884, and died a few days after election.
Dr. John Swope, of Gettysburg, was elected at a special election in January, 1885.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE.
The office of the State senator was created by the constitution of 1790, which provided that the legislative power of the common- wealth, should be vested in a General Assem- bly, consisting of a senate and a house of representatives, the number of senators in the State not to be less than one-fourth, nor more than one-third of the number of repre- sentatives. The senate upon its organization was composed of twelve members. In 1801 the number was increased to twenty-five, in 1808 to thirty-one, in 1822 to thirty-three, and so continued until 1874, when it was in- creased to fifty.
The term of office was four years, from 1790 to 1838, aud three years from 1838 to 1874, when the new constitution increased the term to four years. The first four years to 1794, York and Lancaster Counties formed one district, which was entitled to three senators. York County was constituted a separate district in 1794, and was entitled to two senators. When Adams County was formed, the two counties formed one district, and were allowed two senators, one elected every two years, generally chosen from the counties alternately. In the accompanying list it will be noticed that sometimes elec- tions were held more frequently than biannu- ally before 1838. This was caused by a death or resignation. The following is a list of State senators, who represented York County and the year of their election. For the district composed of York and Lancaster Counties under State constitution of 1790 :- 1790, Adam Hubley, Jr., Michael Schmeis- er, and Sebastian Groff; 1794, Michael Schmeiser and Thomas Lilly; 1795, Gen. James Ewing; 1799, Gen. James Ewing;
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1800, Gen. William Reed; 1803, Rudolph Spangler, 1805, William Miller; 1807, Col. Thomas Campbell; 1809, William Gilliland; 1811, John Strohman; 1813, James McSher- ry; 1815, Charles A. Barnitz; 1817, William Gilliland; 1819, Frederick Eichelberger; 1821, Jacob Eyster; 1823, William McIlvaine: 1824, Zephaniah Herbert; 1826, Henry Logan; 1829, Ezra Blythe; 1831. Henry Smyser; 1833, David Middlekauff; 1836, James McConkey, with two associate sena- tors represented York and Lancaster. He was elected in 1836 for York County; 1840, Thomas E. Cochran; 1843, Adam Eby.
The following-named persons represented York County as a separate senatorial district -1846, Philip Smyser; 1849, Henry Fulton; 1852, Jacob S. Haldeman; 1855, William H. Welsh; 1858, William H. Welsh; 1861, A. Hiestand Glatz.
The following-named persons represented York and Cumberland as one senatorial dis- trict-1863, George H. Bucher; 1866, A. Hiestand Glatz; 1879, Andrew G. Miller. The next two represented York and Adams- 1872, William McSherry; 1875, H. G. Bus- sey; 1878, James H. Ross; 1882, James H. Ross.
At present York County is the twenty- eighth senatorial district, and under the con- stitution of 1873 the state senators are elec- ted for a term of four years.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
The office of Assemblymen, now generally called members of the House of Represen- tatives, was created by the frame of govern- ment prepared by William Penn before leav- ing England.
After the erection of York County it was entitled to two members in the General As- sembly, which then met at Philadel- phia. They were elected annually. The constitution of 1776 provided that in the years 1776-77-78, each county of the State was entitled to six members, and thereafter the number was to be determined by the General Assembly according to popu- lation. In 1779 the number was increased to eight members, and again reduced to six in 1786. The constitution of 1790 provided for an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and an apportionment of the members of the two houses created by that constitution, among the counties, ac- cording to the number of taxables, and a sim- ilar enumeration and apportionment every seven years thereafter. The number of mem- bers for York County continued to be six until
1800, when Adams County was formed. The number was then reduced to four, in 1829 to three, and in 1858 to two. The apportion- ment of 1874 increased the number to four. All members were elected annually from 1749 to 1874. The elections were always held in October, until 1874, when the time was changed to November. Under our present constitution the term is two years. The names of the members who represented York County from the time of its erection to 1885, together with the years of their election are as follows:
1749, John Wright and John Armstrong; 1750, no sheriff's return nor did any repre- sentative appear; 1751, John Wright and John Witherow; 1752, no return. From 1753 to 1759, John Wright and David Mc- Conaughy.
1760, David McConaughy and John Black- burn; 1761, David McConaughy and John Blackburn; 1762, David McConaughy and John Blackburn; 1763, David McConaughy and John Blackburn; 1764, David McCon- aughy and John Blackburn; 1765, John Black- burn and Robert McPherson; 1766, John Blackburn and Robert McPherson; 1767, Robert McPherson and Archibald McGrew; 1768, Thomas Minshall and Michael Schwaabe; 1769, Thomas Minshall and Mi- chael Schwaabe.
1770, Thomas Minshall and Michael Schwaabe; 1771, James Ewing and Michael Schwaabe; 1772, James Ewing and John Pope; 1773, James Ewing and John Pope; 1774, James Ewing and Michael Schwaabe; 1775, James Ewing and Michael Schwaabe; 1776, Archibald McLean, Michael Schwaabe, David Dunwoodie, James Dickson, Michael Hahn, John Read. 1777, David Dunwoodie, James Dickson, Michael Hahn, Matthew Dill, John Agnew, John Orr; 1778, Thomas Hartley, Samuel Edie, Thomas Lilly, Michael Schmeiser, William Ross, Henry Schlilegel; 1779, David Dunwoodie, James Dickson, Matthew Dill, John Orr, Henry Schlegel, James Leeper, John Hay, David Kennedy.
1780, James Dickson, Thomas Lilly, Mi- chael Schmeiser, Moses McLean, Robert Gil- braith, James Smith, William Mitchell, James Ramsay; 1781, Michael Hahn, John Agnew, Thomas Lilly, Michael. Schmeiser, Moses McLean, Robert McPherson, James Ramsey, Joseph McGuffin; 1782, Michael Hahn, Thomas Lilly, Michael Schmeiser, Moses McLean, Robert McPherson, Joseph McGuffin, John Hay, Patrick Scott; 1783, Moses McLean, Robert McPherson, Joseph McGuffin, John Hay, Henry Miller, Philip Gardner, David Grier, David MeConaughy;
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1784, Robert McPherson, John Hay, Henry Miller, Philip Gardner, David McConaughy, James Ewing, Henry Tyson, Joseph Lilly; 1785, Henry Miller, Philip Gardner, David McConaughy, Henry Tyson, Joseph Lilly, David McLellan, Adam Eichelberger, Mi- chael Schmeiser; 1786, David McConaughy, Henry Tyson, Joseph Lilly, David MeLellan, Adam Eichelberger, Michael Schmeiser; 1787, Michael Schmeiser, Joseph Lilly, David McLellan, William Mitchell, Joseph Read, Thomas Clingan; 1788, Michael Schmeiser, Thomas Lilly, Henry Tyson, David McLellan, Joseph Read, Thomas Clingan; 1789, Thomas Lilly, Thomas Clingan, Jacob Schmeiser, John Stewart, William Godfrey, Joseph Read.
1790, Joseph Read, Philip Gardner, Henry Tyson, William McPherson, John Stewart, Thomas Lilly; 1791, Thomas Lilly, John Stewart, William McPherson, Alexander Turner, Thomas Thornburg, Henry Tyson; 1792, Philip Gardner, John Stewart, Alex- ander Turner, Thomas Thornburg, Thomas Lilly, William McPherson; 1793, Thomas Lilly, Philip Gardner, John Stewart, Alex- ander Turner, Thomas Campbell, James Kelly; 1794, Philip Gardner, John Stewart, William McPherson, Alexander Turner, Thomas Campbell, James Kelly; 1795, William McPherson, Alexander Turner, Thomas Campbell, Philip Gardner, William Miller, John Stewart; 1796, William Mc. Pherson, John Stewart, Philip Gardner, Alexander Turner, Thomas Campbell, Will- iam Miller; 1797, Thomas Campbell, Will- iam McPherson, Alexander Turner, Philip Gardner; Jacob Hostetter, James Kelly; 1798, Thomas Campbell, Alexander Turner, William McPherson, James Kelly, Jacob Hostetter, Philip Albright; 1799, William McPherson, Alexander Turner, Thomas Camp- bell, Yost Herbach, Alexander Cobean, Jacob Hostetter.
1800, Jacob Hostetter, Frederick Eichel- berger, William Anderson, Michael Gemmill; 1801, Frederick Eichelberger, William An- derson, Michael Hellman, Daniel Stouffer; 1802, Frederick Eichelberger, William An- derson, Michael Hellman, Daniel Stouffer; 1803, Michael Hellman, Daniel Stouffer, Matthew Clark, George Spengler; 1804. Michael Hellman, Matthew Clark, George Spengler, Adam Hendricks; 1805, George Spengler, Conrad Sherman, William Mc. Lellan, Benjamin Pedan; 1806, William Anderson, George Spengler, Adam Hendricks, Robert Hammersly; 1807, Conrad Sherman, Jacob Eichelberger, Robert Gemmill, John McLellau; 1808, George Spengler, Abra-
ham Graffius, Archibald Steele, George Nes; 1809, George Spengler, Abraham Graffius, George Nes, Archibald S. Jordan.
1810, George Nes, James S. Mitchell, Moses Rankin, Rudolph Spengler; 1811, Adam Hendricks, James S. Mitchell, Moses Rankin, George Stake; 1812, James S. Mitchell, Peter Storm, Jacob Heckert, Adam Hendricks; 1813, James S. Mitchell, Jacob Heckert, Archibald S. Jordan, George Fry- singer; 1814, Archibald S. Jordan, Peter Storm, Peter "Small, James S. Mitchell; 1815, Frederick Eichelberger, Peter Storm, John Livingston, John Strohman; 1816, Frederick Eichelberger, Peter Storm, Mich- ael Gardner, John Livingston; 1817, Mich- ael Gardner, Frederick Eichelberger, Peter Storm, Moses Rankin; 1818, Jacob Doll, Peter Reider, Robert Ramsey, Henry Logan; 1819, Jacob Doll, Peter Reider, Robert Ramsey, Henry Logan.
1820. Jonas Dierdorff, William Nes, John Livingston, Peter Storm; 1821, Jonas Dier- dorff, William Nea, John Livingston, Peter Storm; 1822, John Gardner, Samuel Jordan, William Diven, Christian Hetrick; 1823, John Gardner, Samuel Jordan, William Diven, Christian Hetrick; 1824, Samuel Jordan, Christian Hetrick, William Diven, John Kauffelt; 1825, Christian Hetrick, Simon Anstine, John Eichelberger, Michael Gardner; 1826, Christian Hetrick, John Becker, Peter Wolford, Stephen T. Cooper; 1827, Stephen T. Cooper, Peter Wolford, John Becker, George Fisher; 1828, Stephen T. Cooper, Michael Doudel, Thomas Metzler, George Fisher; 1829, Michael Doudel, George Fisher, Andrew McConkey.
1830, George Fisher, Andrew McConkey, John Rankin, 1831, Andrew Flickinger, John R. Donnel, John Rankin; 1832, John Rankin, John R. Donnel, Daniel Durkee; 1833, John R. Donnel, William McClellan, Henry Snyder; 1834, William McClellan, Henry Snyder, Samuel Brooks; 1835, Jacob Kirk, Jr., Joseph Garrettson, and William Cowan. The last named (1885) is still living in Lower Chanceford at the age of ninety-five years. 1836,-37 Martin Shearer, John Thompson, Samuel Brooks, Jr; 1838, Martin Shearer, James Kerr, George Dare.
1840, Jacob Stickel, William Snodgrass, Robert Mcclellan; 1841, Isaac Garrettson, Adam Ebaugh, John May; 1842, Adam Ebaugh, Isaac Garrettson, William S. Picking; 1843, Samuel N. Bailey, M. W. McKinnon, William S. Picking; 1844, William S. Pick- ing, Samuel N. Bailey, Stephen McKinley: 1845, Samuel N. Bailey, Stephen Mckinley, John Kellar; 1846, James Starr, William
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McAbee, George S. Murphy; 1847, William McAbee, William Ross, Daniel L. Gehley; 1848-49, George F. Carl, David F. Williams, Thomas Grove.
1850-51, Edwin C. Trone, Alexander C. McCurdy, Jacob S. Haldeman ; 1852-53, George Kraft, James M. Anderson, Ezekiel R. Herbert; 1854, Jacob K. Sidle, Vincent C.S.Eckert, Joseph Wilson; 1855, Eli W. Free, William McConkey, Daniel Rutter; 1856-57 Isaac Beck. Samuel Manear, James Ramsay; 1858-59, A. Heistand Glatz, William W. Wolf.
1860-61, Frederick Sultzbach, John Mani- fold; 1862, J. Dellone, James Ramsay; 1863, Joseph Dellone, A. C. Ramsay; 1864, Daniel Reiff, John F. Spangler; 1865, John F. Spangler, James Cameron; 1866, James Cameron, A. S. Lawrence; 1867-68, Levi Maish, Stephen G. Boyd; 1869-70, George R. Hursh, B. F. Porter.
1871-72, Lemuel Ross, Frank J. Magee; 1873-74, George W. Heiges, D. M. Loucks; 1875-76, John B. Gemmill, Emanuel Myers, Adam Stevens, George Anstine; 1877-78, John B. Gemmill, Adam Stevens, Philip S. Bowman, George E. Sherwood; 1879-80, George E. Sherwood, Philip S. Bowman, William Campbell and John Wiest.
1881-82, William Campbell, John Wiest, Millard J. Blackford, J. C. Deveney; 1883-84, Millard J. Blackford, J. C. Deveney, Morris M. Hays, William B. Bigler; 1885-86, M. J. Mckinnon, S. J. Barnhart, J. P. Robison, Charles Williams.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, UNDER THE CONSTITU- TION OF 1790.
First District .*- Composed of York Bor- ough and Township, and part of Spring Garden : Andrew Billmeyer, commissioned August 29, 1791 ; Conrad Laub, December 14, 1792 ; William McClean, December 14, 1792 ; Jacob Hay, October 6, 1794 ; George Lewis Leoffler, November 6, 1795 ; Andrew Johnston, November 6, 1795 ; John Forsythe, June 2, 1799; Jacob Heckert, June 18, 1800; Peter Mundorff, April 2, 1802; Jacob Le- fever, April 2, 1804; Ignatius Lightner, April 1, 1806 ; Ephraim Penington, Septem- ber 30, 1808 ; John Stroman, February 15,
*The Legislature April 4, 1803, required the commis- sioners of the different counties to lay out their counties in- to districts for justices of the peace, and to make returns to the secretary. etc., containing the number and description of the bounds of each district, the number of acting justices in each, and, as near as might be, the place of their residence. In pur- suance of this request. the commissioners of this county met, and after having divided the county into fourteen districts, and collected the information required, completed their report, and set their hands and affixed the seal of office thereto October 26, 1803. From the report it appears at that time there were 5,540 taxables in the county and thirty-nine acting justices.
1809 ; Thomas Whitaker, January 3, 1811 ; George Haller, November 1, 1813 ; Daniel Heckert, May 15, 1815 ; Joseph Morris, February 14, 1817 ; Henry Schaeffer, March 31, 1817 ; Charles F. Fischer, December 19, 1819 ; Martin Boyer, November 1, 1820; John Youse, April 5, 1821 ; Louis Shive, July 17, 1821 ; Henry Ruthranff, August 3. 1821 ; Penrose Robinson, October 31, 1821 ; George Klinefelter, December 9, 1828; Fran- cis McDermott, December 11, 1823; Jacob Seitz, December 12, 1823 ; Philip Smyser, March 10, 1823; John Smith, March 26, 1824 ; Anthony Knisely, March 26, 1824; Michael Gardner, March 21, 1825 ; Francis McDermott, November 9, 1825; Zachariah Spangler, August 25, 1828 ; George Lauman, November 10, 1829; Benjamin Lanius, De- cember 10, 1829 ; Jacob Eichelberger, De- cember 14, 1829 ; Jacob Lehman, February 19, 1830 ; John A. Wilson, January 23, 1832 ; John Shaeffer, February 25, 1833 ; Benjamin Ziegler, February 25, 1833 ;
Second District .- Composed of the town- ships of Heidelberg and Manheim, includ- ing the borough of Hanover. Philip Wolf- hart (The commission is not to be found on record). Henry Welsh, October 29, 1795 : John Hinkel, January 8, 1803 ; Michael Hell- man, April 1, 1805 ; Anthony Hinkel, Febru- ary 15, 1809 ; Peter Reider, May 6, 1814 ; John Hoshaner, December 6, 1816; David Shultz, December 18, 1816 ; John L. Hinkel, March 14, 1817 ; Peter Storm, December 21, 1818 ; Michael Lechner, February 22, 1819 ; David T. Storm, December 11, 1820 ; Charles T. Melsheimer, February 18, 1822 ; Michael Bucher, J., November 27, 1823 ; Peter Over- deer, May 5, 1824, Luther H. Skinner, Octo- ber 20, 1825 ; George Freysingr, October 31, 1825 ; John Maul, August 12, 1831.
Third District .- Composed of the town- ships of Newberry and Fairview. Martin Shetter, April 23, 1792 ; Henry Greiger, March 8, 1796; Michael Simpson, April 19, 1797 ; Robert Hamersly, February 18, 1799 ; James Todd, March 28, 1799 ; John Spence, April 1, 1805 ; Adam Kister, January 1, 1807 ; Michael Hart, March 30, 1809; Rob- ert Thornburg, March 29, 1813 .; Isaac Kirk, February 2, 1814 ; Frederick Stoner, Decem- ber 23, 1814 ; Mills Hays, August 13, 1817 ; Isaac Spence, March 2, 1818 : George Ash- ton, January 7, 1820 ; Henry Etter, October 17, 1822 ; William Culbertson, January 19, 1823 ; John C. Groom, February 7, 1825 ; John Rankin, May 2, 1827 ; Jacob Kirk, Jr., April 15, 1830 ; John G. Kister, April 4, 1831; John Thompson, March 30, 1831 ; James Nichols, April 24, 1833 ; Jacob Smith,
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April 24, 1833; Joseph McCreary, January 30, 1834.
Fourth District .- Composed of the townships of Chanceford and Lower Chanceford: Will- iam Morrison, October 1, 1799 ; William Ross, (commission not recorded). James Patterson, June 18, 1800 ; Joseph Herr, April 1, 1805 ; William Morrison, April 1, 1806 ; William Douglass, October 20, 1809; John Geben, March 22, 1814 ; John Finley, October 9, 1814 ; John Lane, January 11, 1816 ; Hugh Long, February 4, 1818; Samuel Nelson, December 11, 1820 ; Andrew Clarkson, April 1, 1822; Andrew Duncan, April 1, 1822 ; Hugh Ross, March 31, 1823.
Fifth District .- Composed of the townships of Warrington and Washington : E. Under. wood, August 29, 1791 ; John Hippel, June 18, 1800; William Squibb, October 24, 1807 ; George Huber, March 29, 1808 ; Fred- erick Herman, March 28, 1811 ; David Bauer, December 9, 1823 ; Jacob Stickell, December 9, 1823 ; William Ross, March 5, 1830 ; John S. Smith, May 23, 1833; Abraham Griffith, February 7, 1834.
Sixth District. - Composed of the townships of Monaghan and Franklin : Thomas Black, November 22, 1797; Francis Culbertson, March 28, 1799 ; John Blackley Jones, De- cember 9, 1799 ; David Meyer, March 10, 1813 ; William McMillan, January 9, 1816 ; William Divin, January 24, 1818; Peter Wolfhart, March 15, 1820 ; Matthew Black, April 1, 1822 ; Hugh O'Hail, April 1, 1822 ; Hugh McMullen, December 5, 1823 ; Daniel Bailey, June 19, 1827; Robert Hamersly, April 23, 1829 ; Thomas Godfrey, Septem- ber 24, 1829 ; James O'Hail, July 15, 1834.
Seventh District .- Composed of the town . ship of Shrewsbury, including Strasburg: Henry Rehman, June 18, 1800 ; Caleb Low, April 2, 1807 ; George Klinefelder, Novem- ber 1, 1813 ; Jacob Rothrock, May 16, 1818; Joshua Hendricks, May 16, 1818; Jacob Rothrock, June 10, 1822: Henry Sny- der, September 15, 1828 ; Jacob N. Hilde- brand, May 8, 1833.
Eighth District .- Composed of the town- ship of Codorus : John Brien, August 21, 1797 ; Henry Miller, June 18, 1800 ; John Drexler, June 18, 1800 ; Henry Strickhauser, April 2, 1802 ; Peter Reider, March 15, 1809 ; John Hendrick, March 18, 1817; Graham McCamant, March 29, 1821 ; Daniel Lease, May 28, 1828 ; George Fisher, February 23, 1833 ; Jefferson Drout, February 25, 1833 ; Jacob Dehoff, March 1, 1834.
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