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Civil List
Davis, John, 26 Davis, Roger, 12-13
Davis, William M., 37
Dawson, John L., 32-33, 38-39 Deemer, Elias, 57
Denison, Charles, 38-40
Fisher, Horatio G., 46-47
Dennison, George, 16-17
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, I-3
Denny, Harmer, 21-24
Fleeger, George W., 49
Dewart, Lewis, 22
Florence, Thomas B., 32-35
Dewart, William L., 35
Foederer, Robert H., 57
Dick, John, 33-35
Ford, James, 21-22 Fornance, Joseph, 26-27
Dickey, John, 28, 30
Forrest, Thomas, 16-17
Dickey, Jesse C., 31
Forward, Chauncey, 19-21
Dickey, Oliver J., 41-42
Forward, Walter, 17-18
Dimmick, Milo M., 31-32
Foster, Henry D., 28-29, 42
Dimmock, William H., 35-36
Freedley, John, 30-31
Dimock, Davis, jr., 27
Freeman, Chapman, 40-45
Donley, Joseph B., 40-4I
Drum, Augustus, 33
Duncan, William A., 48
Fry. Jacob, jr., 24-25
Eckert, George N., 30
Fuller, George, 28
Edie, John R., 34-35
Fuller, Henry, 32-34
Edwards,. John, 26-27
Fullerton, David, 16
Galbraith, John, 23-24, 26
Egbert, A. G., 44
Gallatin, Albert, 4-6
Gamble, James, 32-33
Garvin, William S., 29
Gaston, Athelston, 56
Erdman, Constantine J., 53-54
Gerry, James, 26-27
Erdman, Jacob, 29
Getz, J. Lawrence, 40-42
Ermentrout, Daniel, 47, 50, 55-56 Errett, Russell, 45-48
Gilfillan, Calvin W., 41 Gillespie, E. P., 52
Evans, Alvin, 57 Evans, Isaac N., 45-49
Gillis, James, 35 Gilmore, Alfred, 31-32
Evans, Joshua, 21-22
Gilmore, John, 21-22
Everhart, James B., 48-49
Glasgow, Hugh, 13-14
Everhart, William, 33
Gloninger, John, 12
Ewing, John H., 29 Farrelly, John W., 30 >
Glossbrenner, A. J., 39-40 Godshalk, William, 46-47
529
2-34
Farrelly, Patrick, 17-19 Findlay, James, 19-22 Findlay, John, 19-20 Findlay, William, 2-5, 8-14 Finney, Darwin A., 40
Dick, S. B., 46
Frey, Joseph, 20-21 Frick, Henry, 27
Edwards, Samuel, 16-19
Ege, George, 4 Elliot, Mortimer F., 48 Ellis, William C., 18
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
Graham, William H., 56-57 Green, Henry D., 56-57 Green, Innis, 20-21 Gregg, Andrew, 2-9
Henry, Thomas, 25-27 Hibshman, Jacob, 16
Hickman, John, 34-37
Hicks, Josiah D., 53-55
Griffin, Isaac, 13-14
Heistand, John A., 49-50
Griffith, Samuel, 42
Hill, Thomas, 19 Hines, William H., 53
Gross, Samuel, 16-17
Hoge, John, 8
Grow, Galusha A., 32-37, 53-57
Hoge, William. 7-8, 10
Gustine, Amos, 27
Hook, Enos, 26
Hahn, John, 14
Hopkins, A. C., 52-53
Haldeman, Richard J., 41-42
Hopkins, James H., 44, 48
Hale, James T., 36-38
Hopkinson, Joseph, 14-15
Hall, Chapin, 36
Horn, Henry, 22
Hall, James K. P., 56-57
Hall, Norman, 50
Hornbeck, John W., 30 Hostetter, Jacob, 16 Howe, John W., 31-32
Hallowell, Edwin, 52
Halterman, Frederick, 54
Howe, Thomas M., 32-33
Hamilton, John, 9
Hubley, Edward B., 24-25
Hammond, Robert H., 25-26
Huff, George F., 52, 54
Hampton, Moses, 30-31
Humphreys, Jacob, 16
Hyneman, John M., 12-13
Hanna, John H., 5-8 Harmer, Alfred C., 42-43, 45-46
Harper, Francis J., 25
Ingersoll, Charles J., 13, 27-29
Ingersoll, Joseph R., 24, 28-30
Harris, Robert, 18-19
Ingham, Samuel D., 13-15, 17-20
Harrison, S. S., 23-24
Irvin, Alexander, 30
Irvin, James, 27-28 Irvine, William, 3
Irwin, Jared, 13-14
Heiner, D. B., 53-54
Irwin, Thomas, 21
Hiester, Daniel, I-4
Irwin. W. W .. 27
Hiester, Daniel, II
Hiester, John, 10 Hiester, Isaac E., 33
Jack, Summers M., 56-57 Jack, William, 27 Jackson, Oscar L., 49-50 Jacobs, Israel, 2
Hiester, Joseph, 5-9, 14-16
Hiester, William, 23-24
Jadwin, Cornelius C .. 47
James, Francis, 26-27
Jenkins, Robert, IO-II Jenks, George A., 44
Henderson, Samuel, 13
Ihrie, Peter, 21-22
Harper, James, 23-24
Hart, Joseph J., 54
Hartley, Thomas, 1-6 Hays, Samuel L., 28
Hemphill, Joseph, 7, 16-19, 21
Henderson, Joseph, 23-24
530
Griswold, Matthew, 52, 54
Civil List
Jenks, Michael H., 28 Johnson, Philip, 37-39 Jones, J. Glancy, 32-35 Jones, Owen, 35 Jones, William, 7 Jordan, Edwin J., 53 Jenkin, B. F., 36
Leib, Michael, 6-9 Leib, Owen D., 29 Leidy, Paul, 35 Leiper, George G., 21 Leisenring, John, 5.4
Leonard, Frederick C., 54
Keim, George M., 25-27
Keim, William H., 35
Kelly, James, 9-10
Kelley, William D., 37-51
Kerr, James, 51
Kerr, John, 13-14
Ketchum, W. W., 44
Killinger, John W .. 36-37, 42, 45-46
Lynch, John, 50
King, Adam, 20-22
Mackey, L. A., 44-45
King, Henry, 22-23
Maclanahan, James, 31-32
Kirkpatrick, William S., 55 Kittera, John W., 2-6
Maclay, William, 14-15
Kittera, Thomas, 19
Maclay, William P., 14-16
Klingensmith, John, jr., 24-25
McAleer, William, 52-53, 55-56
Klotz, Robert, 46-47
Koontz, William H., 39-40
McClenachan, Blair. 5
Knight, Jonathan, 34
McClean, Moses, 29
Krebs, John, 19 Kremer, George, 18-20 Kribbs, G. F., 52-53
McClelland, William, 42 McCormick, H. C., 50-51 McCoy, Robert, 22 McCreary, William, 21
McCullough, Welty, 50
Kunkle, John C., 34-35
Mccullough, George, 27
Kurtz, William H., 32-33
Mccullough, John, 33
Landry, James, 35 Laporte, John, 23-24
Lawrence, George V., 39-40, 48
Lawrence, Joseph, 19-20, 27
Lazear, Jesse, 37-38 Lacock, Abner, 12
McKennan, T. M. T., 22-23, 27
Leet, Isaac, 21
McKenty, Jacob K, 36
Lefever, Joseph, 12 Lehman, William E., 37
Lewis, Robert J., 57 Lilly, William, 53
Logan, Henry, 24-25 Longnecker, Henry C., 36
Lower, Christian, 9
Lucas, John B., 8 Lyle, Aaron, 11-14
Maclay, Samuel, 4
McAllister, Archibald, 38
Kuhn, Joseph H., 32
Kulp, Monroe H., 54-55
Mccullough, Thomas, 16 McDowell, Alexander, 53 McIlvain, Abram R., 28-30 McJunkin, E., 42-43 Mckean, Samuel, 18-20
McKnight, Robert. 36-37 McNair, John, 32-33
53I
Levin, Lewis C., 29-31
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
McPherson, Edward, 36-37
Morris, Matthias, 24-25
McSherry, James, 17
Morris, Samuel W., 25-26
Maffett, James T., 50
Morrison, John A., 32
Magee, John A., 43
Mosgrove, James, 47
Mahon, Thaddeus M., 53-57
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., 1-4
Muhlenberg, Henry A., 21-25
Muhlenberg, Henry A., 33
Mann, Joel K., 22-23
Muhlenberg, John P. G., 1, 3, 6
Marchand, A. G., 26-27
Murray, John, 15-16
Marchand, David, 15-16
Murray, Thomas, 17
Markley, Philip S., 18-19
Mutchler, Howard, 53-57
Marr, Alan, 21
Mutchler, William, 44, 48, 51, 53
Mercur, Ulysses, 30-42
Myers, Amos, 38
Meyers, Benjamin F., 42
Myers, Leonard, 38-42
Middlesworth, N., 33
Naylor, Charles, 25-26
Miller, Daniel H., 18-21
Negley, James S., 41-43, 49
Miller, George F., 39-40
Ness, Henry, 28, 30-31
Miller, Jesse, 24
Newhard, Peter, 26-27
Miller, Samuel H., 47-48
Ogle, Alexander, 15
Miller, William H., 32
Ogle, Andrew J., 31
Milward, John, 34
Ogle, Charles, 25-27
Milward, William, 36
Olmsted, Marlin E .. , 55-57
Milnor, James, 12
O'Neill, Charles, 38-41, 43-53
Milnor, William, 10-11, 14, 17 Miner, Charles, 19-20
Mitchell, James S., 17, 19
Osmer, J. H., 46
Mitchell, John, 19-20
Overton, Edward, jr., 45-46
Mitchell, John I., 45-46
Packer, Asa, 33-34
Montgomery, Daniel, 10
Packer, Horace B .. 55-56
Montgomery, John G., 35
Packer, John B., 41-44
Montgomery, William, 3
Palmer, Henry W., 57
Montgomery, Williani, 35-36
Parker, Andrew, 32
Moore, Henry D., 31-32
Moore, Robert, 15-16
Moore, Samuel, 16-17 Moore, W. S., 43
Morehead, James K., 36-40
Pawling, Levi, 15
Morrell, D. J., 40-41
Paynter, Samuel, 25-26
Morrell, Edward de V., 57
Pearce, John J., 34
Morris, Edward J., 28, 35-37
Orr, Robert, 19-20
Osborn, Edwin S., 49-51
Patterson, George R., 57 Patterson, Thomas, 15-18 Patton, John, 37-50 Patton, John D., 48
Petriken, David, 25-26
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Maish, Levi, 44-45, 50-51 Mann, Job, 24, 30-31
Hugh Henry Brackenridge
Teacher; author; member State Legislature; justice State Supreme Court, 1799-1816. Pho- tographied especially for this work from a paint- ing in possession of H. M. Brackenridge
Civil List
Pettis, S. Newton, 40 Phelps, Darwin, 41
Phillips, John, 17
Phillips, Henry M., 35
Robbins, Edward E., 55
Phillips, Thomas W., 53-54
Robbins, John, jr., 31-33, 44
Philson, Robert, 16
Plumer, Arnold, 25-27
Roberts, Jonathan, 12-13
Plumer, George, 17-19
Robinson, David F., 34
Piper, William, 12-15
Robinson, John B., 52-54
Pitman, Charles W., 21
Rodman, William, 12
Polk, Rufus K., 56-57
Rogers, Thomas J., 15-18
Pollock, James, 28-30
Ross, John, II-15 Ross, Sobieski, 43-44
Potter, John, 9-II
Ross, Thomas, 31-32
Potter, William W., 25
Russell, James M., 27
Potts, David, jr., 22-25
Russell, Samuel L., 33
Powell, Joseph, 44
Ryan, James W., 56
Pugh, John, 9-10
Ryon, John W., 46
Purviance, Samuel A., 34-35
Say, Benjamin, 10
Ramsey, Alexander, 28-29
Scofield, Glenni W., 38-43
Ramsey, Robert, 23-27
Ramsey, William, 20-22
Scott, John, 21
Ramsey, William S., 26-27
Randall, Samuel J., 38-51
Scott, William L., 49-50
Scranton, George W., 36-37
Scranton, Joseph A., 47, 49, 51, 53-54
Rea, John, 8-11, 13 Read, Almon H., 27
Reading, John R., 4I
Sergeant, John, 14-17, 20, 25, 27
Reed, Charles M., 28
Seybert, Adam, 11-13, 15
Reed, Robert R., 31
Shallenberger, W. S., 45-47
Reilly, James B., 44-45, 51-53
Sheakley, James, 44
Reilly, John, 44 Reily, Luther, 25
Sheffer, Daniel, 25 Sherwood, H., 42
Reily, Wilson, 25
Shoemaker, L. D., 42-43
Reyburn, John E., 51-54
Shonk, George W., 52
Reynolds, John, 25-27
Showalter, Joseph B., 55-57
Richards, Jacob, 8-10
Sibley, Joseph C., 53-54, 56-57
Sill, Thomas H., 21
Richards, Matthias, IO-II Richmond, H. L., 43
Sipe, William A., 53
Simonton, William, 26-27
535
Schwartz, John, 36
Scott, Thomas, 1, 3
Ray, J. Warren, 51
Scull, Edward, 50-52
Richards, John, 4
Rife, John W., 51-52 Ritchie, David, 33-35 Ritter, John, 28-29
Roberts, Anthony E., 34-35
Post, George A., 48
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
Sitgraves, Samuel, 4-5
Slaymaker, Amos, 13
Smile, John, 3, 6-12
Thayer, M. Russell, 38-39
Smith, A. Herr, 43-48
Thomas, Richard, 4-6
Smith, George, II-12
Thomas, Alexander, 18-19
Smith, Isaac, 13
Smith, John T., 28
Thompson, John M., 43, 45
Smith, Samuel, 9-10
Thropp, Joseph E., 56
Smith, Thomas, 14
Todd, Lemuel, 34, 43
Snyder, John, 27
Tolland, George, 25-27
Snowden, William H., 49-50
Townsend, Charles C., 51
Spangler, Jacob, 15
Townsend, Washington, 41-44
Speer, R. Milton, 42-43
Tracy, Henry M., 38
Stahle, James A., 54
Trout, Michael C., 33
Stanton, W. H., 44
Turney, Jacob, 44-45
Stenger, W. S., 44-45
Tyson, Job R., 34
Sterigere, John B., 20-21
Udree, Daniel, 13, 16, 18
Stephens, Philander, 21-22
Van Auken, Daniel M., 40-41
Stephenson, James S., 19-20
Van Horn, Espy, 19-20
Stevens, Thaddeus, 31-32, 36-40
Stewart, Andrew, 17-20, 22-23, 28-29
Stewart, Andrew J., 52 (unseated)
Verree, John P., 36-37
Wagener, D. D., 23-27
Stewart, William, 35-36
Wain, Robert, 5-6
Stiles, John D., 37-38, 4I
Walker, R. J. C., 47
Stone, Charles W., 51-55
Wallace, James M., 14-16
Stone, W. A., 54-55
Wallace, John W., 37-44
Storm, John B., 42-43, 48-49
Wanger, Irving P., 53-57
Straub, Christian M., 33
Ward, William, 45-47
Strawbridge, J. D., 43
Watmough, John G., 22-23
Strohm, John, 29-30
Watson, Lewis F., 45-47, 51
Strong, William, 30-31
Wayne, Isaac, 18
Strouse, Meyer, 38-39
Westbrook, John, 27
Sturtevant, John C., 55
White, Alexander C., 49
Sutherland, Joel B., 20-24
White, Allison, 35
Swanwick, John, 4-5
White, Harry, 45-46
Swope, John A., 48-49
Whitehill, James, 13
Tannehill, Adamson, 13
Whitehill, John, 8-9
Tarr, Christian, 15-16
Whitehill, Robert, 9-13
536
Van Horn, Isaac, 7-8
Vaux, Richard, 51
Stewart, John, 6-8
Taylor, A. W., 43 Taylor, C. N., 40
Thompson, James, 29, 31
Smith, Samuel A., 21-22
Tod, John, 17-18
William Wilkins
United States district judge, 1824-1831; United States senator, 1831-1834; United States minister to Russia, 1834; appointed secretary of war by President Tyler in 1844. Photographed for this work from an engraving in the possession of George W. Guthrie
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Civil List
Whiteside, John, 14-15 Wilkins, William, 28
Wood, John, 36
Woods, Henry, 2-7
Williams, Morgan B., 55
Woods, John, 14
Williams, Thomas, 38-40
Woodward, George W., 40-4I
Wilmot, David, 29-3I
Woomer, Ephraim M., 53-54
Wilson, Henry, 18-19
Worman, Ludwig, 17
Wilson, James, 18-20
Wright, Charles F., 56-57
Wilson, S. F., 39-40
Wright, Hendrick B., 33, 37, 46
Wilson, Thomas, 13-14
Wright, Myron B., 51-52
Wilson, William, 14-15
Wynkoop, Henry, I
Wise, Morgan R., 46-47
Yardley, Robert M., 50-51
Witle, William H., 33
Yocum, S. H., 46
Wolf, George, 18-20
Yost, Jacob, 28-29
Wolverton, S. P., 52-53
Young. James R., 55-57
Wood, Alan W., 44
Ziegler, Edward D., 56
Sessions of Congress .- For the guidance of persons who seek to ascertain the date of incumbency of the office of Representative in Congress by those mentioned in the above list, the following table of sessions of Congress is given :
Ist Congress, .
1789 to 1791 2Ist
1829 to 1831
2d
1791 to 1793
22d
1831 to 1833
3d
66
1793 to 1795 23d
66
66
1835 to 1837
5th
1797 to 1799
1799 to 1801 1801 to 1803
26th 27th
66
1841 to 1843 7th
8th
66 1803 to 1805
1843 to 1845
66 1845 to 1847 9th 1805 to 1807
Ioth
1807 to 1809
30th
1847 to 1849
IIth
1849 to 1851
12th
13th
1813 to 1815 1815 to 1817 1817 to 1819
34th 35th
66
1857 to 1859
16th
.6
1819 to 1821
36th
66
1859 to 1861
17th
1821 to 1823
37th 38th
1863 to 1865
I9th
66
1825 to 1827
39th
1865 to 1867
20th
66
1827 to 1829
40th
66
1867 to 1869
1833 to 1835 4th
25th 1837 to 1839
66
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1851 to 1853 1853 to 1855
14th
1855 to 1857
15th
.6
1861 to 1863
18th
¥
1823 to 1825
1809 to 18II 3Ist 18II to 1813 32d 33d
28th 29th
1795 to 1797 24th
1839 to 1841 6th
539
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
4Ist Congress, 1869 to 1871
50th Congress,
1887 to 1889
42d
1871 to 1873 5Ist 52d
1873 to 1875
1891 to 1893 44th
1875 to 1877 53d 1893 to 1895 45th
1877 to 1879 54th 66 1895 to 1897 46th
1879 to 1881 55th 1897 to 1899
47th
¥ 1881 to 1883 56th 1899 to 1901
48th
49th 66
1885 to 1887
1883 to 1885 57th 1901 to 1903 58th 66 I903. . ... .
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
Governors and Directors of New Netherlands and of the Dutch Settlements on the Delaware-1624-1664
Cornelius Jacobsen May, Director, 1624-25
William Van Hulst, Director, .
1625-26
Peter Minuit, Governor,
1626-32
David Pieterzen De Vries, Governor,
1632-33
Wouter Van Twiller, Governor. 1633-38
Sir William Kieft, Governor,
1638-47
Peter Stuyvesant, Governor
1647-64
Governors of the Swedish Colonies on the Delaware-1638-1655
Peter Minuit,
1638-41
Peter Hollender,
1641-42
John Printz, 1643-53
John Pappegoya,
1653-54
John Claude Rysingh,
1654-55
Governors under Dominion of the Dutch-1655-1657
Peter Stuyvesant, Governor, 1655-64
Andreas Hudde, Commissary, 1655-57
John Paul Jacquet, Director,
1655-57
The Colony of the City-1657-1663
Jacob Alrichs, . 1657-59
Alexander D'Hinoyossa, 1659-63
The Colony of the Company-1657-1663
Goeran Van Dyck.
1657-58
William Beekman,
I658-63
540
1889 to 1891 43d
E RADITIER
First Allegheny County Court House and Old Pittsburgh Market
The tower of the court house shows where it was once struck by lightning. Building was demolished in 1852. Photographed especially for this work from an engraving in possession of Mr. Robert S. Smith
Civil List
The Colony United-1663-1664
Alexander D'Hinoyossa, . I663-64
Under the Dominion of the Duke of York-1664-1673
Colonel Richard Nicolls, Governor, 1664-67
Robert Carr, Deputy Governor, 1664-67
Robert Needham, Commander on the Delaware, 1664-68
Colonel Francis Lovelace,
1667-73
Captain John Carr, Commander on the Delaware, 1668-78
Under the Dutch Dominiou-1673-1674
Anthony Colve, Governor of the Netherlands, 1673-74
Peter Alrichs, Deputy Governor of colonies west of the Delaware, 1673-74
Under the English Dominion-1674-1681
Sir Edward Andross, 1674-81
Under the Provincial Government-1681-1776
William Penn, Proprietor and Governor, 1681-93
William Markham, Deputy Governor, June, 1681-Oct. 24, 1682
William Penn, .
Oct. 24, 1682-June, 1684
Governed by the Council, Thos. Lloyd, president, Aug., 1684-Dec., 1686
Thomas Lloyd Robert Turner Arthur Cook Comrs. apptd. by Penn, . Dec., 1686-Dec., 1688
John Simcock
John Eckley
Captain John Blackwell, Deputy Governor, .Dec., 1688-Jan., 1690
The Council, Thos. Lloyd, president, .
Jan., 1690-March, 1691
Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor of the province )
William Markham, Deputy Governor of lower | March, 1691-April 26, 1693 counties
Governed by the Crown, 1693-94 Benjamin Fletcher, April 26, 1693-March, 1695
William Markham, Deputy Governor, April 26, 1693-March, 1695 William Penn, Proprietor, 1695-1718 William Markham, Deputy Governor, March, 1695-Dec., 1699
William Penn, Proprietor, Dec., 1699-Nov., 1701
Andrew Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor, Nov. 14, 1701-April, 1702
The Council, Edward Shippen, President,
April, 1703-Feb., 1704
543
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
John Evans, Lieutenant-Governor, Feb., 1704-Feb., 1709 Charles Gookin, Lieutenant-Governor, . Feb., 1709-May, 1717 Sir William Keith, Lieutenant-Governor, May, 1717-July, 1718
John Penn, Richard Penn, Thomas Penn, joint proprietors, 1718-1746
Sir William Keith, Lieutenant-Governor, Patrick Gordon, Lieutenant-Governor, The Council, James Logan, president, George Thomas, Lieutenant-Governor, .
July 17, 1718-July, 1726
July, 1726-Aug., 1736
Aug., 1736-Aug., 1738
Aug., 1738-May, 1746
John Penn (son of Richard Penn) and Thomas Penn, Proprietors . 1746-76
George Thomas, Lieutenant-Governor,
May, 1746-May, 1747
The Council, Anthony Palmer, president,
May, 1747-Nov., 1748 . Nov., 1748-Oct., 1754 James Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor,
Oct., 1754-Aug., 1756 Robert Hunter Morris, Deputy-Governor,
Aug., 1756-Oct., 1759
William Denny, Lieutenant-Governor, James Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor, Oct., 1759-Nov., 1763
John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor, Nov., 1763-April, 1771
The Council, James Hamilton, president, April, 1771-Oct., 1771
Richard Penn, Lieutenant-Governor, Oct., 1771-Aug., 1773
John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor, Aug., 1773-July, 1776
From the Revolution to the Constitution of 1790 The Committee of Safety, Benjamin Franklin, president,
Sept., 1776-March, 1777 The Supreme Executive Council, Thomas Wharton, jr., president, . .
66
66
66
66
May 23, 1778-Dec. 1, 1778 Joseph Reed, president,
66
66
66
Dec. 1, 1778-Oct. 8, 1781 William Moore, president,
. Nov. 14, 1781-Oct. 8, 1782 John Dickinson, president, Nov. 7, 1782-Oct. 18, 1785
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66
Benjamin Franklin, president, . .
Oct. 18, 1785-Oct. 14, 1788 Thomas Mifflin, president,
Nov. 5. 1788-Dec. 20, 1790
T'ice-Presidents, Supreme Executive Council
George Bryan,
March 5, 1777-Oct. 11, 1779
Matthew Smith,
Oct. II-Nov. 15, 1779
544
March 5, 1777-May 23, 1778 George Bryan, vice-president, . . .
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66
Civil List
William Moore,
Nov. 15, 1779-Nov. 14, 1781
James Potter,
Nov. 15, 1781-Nov. 7, 1782
James Ewing,
Nov. 7, 1782-Nov. 6, 1784 Nov. 6, 1784-Oct. 10, 1785
James Irvine,
Charles Biddle, . Oct. 10, 1785-Oct. 31, 1787 Peter Muhlenberg, Oct. 31, 1787-Oct. 14, 1788 Oct. 14-Nov. 5, 1788
David Redick,
George, Ross,
Nov. 5, 1788-Dec. 21, 1790
Governors of the Commonwealth-1790-1903
Thomas Mifflin, .
Dec. 21, 1790-Dec. 17, 1799
Thomas McKean,
Dec. 17, 1799-Dec. 20, 1808
Simon Snyder,
William Findlay,
Dec. 20, 1808-Dec. 16, 1817 Dec. 16, 1817-Dec. 19, 1820
Joseph Hiester,
Dec. 19, 1820-Dec. 16. 1823
John Andrew Shulze,
Dec. 16, 1823-Dec. 15, 1829
George Wolf,
Dec. 15, 1829-Dec. 15, 1835
Joseph Ritner,
Dec. 15, 1835-Jan. 15, 1839
David Rittenhouse Porter,
Francis Rawn Shunk,
William Freame Johnston,
July 26, 1848-Jan 20, 1852
William Bigler,
Jan. 20, 1852-Jan. 16, 1855 Jan. 16, 1855-Jan. 19, 1858
William Fisher Packer, Jan. 19, 1858-Jan. 15, 1861
Andrew Gregg Curtin,
Jan. 15, 1861-Jan. 15, 1867
John White Geary, Jan. 15, 1867-Jan. 21, 1873 John Frederick Hartranft, Jan. 21, 1873-Jan. 18, 1879 Jan. 18, 1879-Jan. 16, 1883
Henry Martyn Hoyt, . Robert Emory Pattison, Jan. 16, 1883-Jan. 18, 1887 James Addams Beaver, Jan. 18, 1887-Jan. 20, 1891 Robert Emory Pattison, . Jan. 20, 1891-Jan. 15, 1895
Daniel Hartman Hastings, Jan. 15, 1895-Jan. 17, 1899
William A. Stone, Jan. 17, 1899-Jan. 20, 1903
Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Jan. 20, 1903.
Lieutenant-Governors
John Latta, Jan. 19, 1875-Jan. 21, 1879 Charles W. Stone, . Jan. 21, 1879- Jan. 16, 1883 Chauncey Forward Black, Jan. 16, 1883-Jan. 18, 1887
William T. Davies,
Jan. 18, 1887-Jan. 20, 1891
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Jan. 15, 1839-Jan. 21, 1845
Jan. 21, 1845, resd. July 9. 1848
James Pollock,
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
Louis Arthur Watres,
Jan. 20, 1891-Jan. 15, 1895
Walter Lyon,
Jan. 15, 1895-Jan. 17, 1899
John P. S. Gobin,
Jan. 17, 1899-Jan. 20, 1903
William M. Brown,
Jan. 20, 1903.
Secretaries of the Commonwealth-1777-1902
Timothy Matlack, March 6, 17771 John Armstrong, jr., March 25 1783 Charles Biddle, October 23, 1787
Alexander J. Dallas, Jan. 19, 1791 ; resigned April 27, 1801
Thomas M. Thompson, April 28, 1801 Nathaniel B. Boileau, Dec. 20, 1808
Thomas Sergeant, Dec. 16, 1817; re- signed July 6, 1819
Samuel D. Ingham, July 6, 1819
Andrew Gregg, Dec. 19, 1820
Milton C. Rogers, Dec. 16, 1823; re- signed Jan. 2, 1826 Isaac G. Barnhard, Jan. 2, 1826; re- signed Nov. 28, 1827 Calvin Blythe, Nov. 28, 1827 Samuel Mckean, Dec. 16, 1829
James Findley, Dec. 17, 1833
Thomas H. Burrowes, Dec. 15, 1835
Francis R. Shunk, Jan. 15, 1839
Anson V. Parsons, Jan. 25, 1842; re- signed Feb. 16, 1843 Charles McClure, February 20, 1843 Jesse Miller, Jan. 21, 1845 Townsend Haines, July 29, 1848
Alexander L. Russell, Jan. 25, 1850 Francis W. Hughes, Jan. 21, 1852 ; re- signed March 14, 1853
Charles A. Black, March 14, 1853
Andrew G. Curtin, Jan. 17, 1855
William M. Hiester, Jan. 19, 1858
Eli Slifer, Jan. 16, 1861
Francis Jordon, Jan. 16, 1867 Matthew S. Quay, Jan. 22, 1873; re- signed Nov. 2, 1878
John Blair Linn, May 15, 1878
Matthew S. Quay, Jan. 30, 1879; re- signed Nov. 3, 1882 Francis Jordan, Nov. 4, 1882
William S. Stenger, Jan. 17, 1883
Charles W. Stone, Jan. 18, 1887; re- signed Nov. 30, 1890 Jacob H. Longnecker, Dec. 1, 1890
William F. Harrity, Jan. 20, 1891 Frank Reeder, Jan. 15, 1895 ; resigned Sept. 8, 1897 David Martin, Sept. II, 1897
William W. Griest, Jan. 18, 1899
Frank M. Fuller, Jan. 21, 1903
Deputy Secretaries of the Commonwealth
James Trimble, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Supreme Execu- tive Council in 1777, and Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth March 12, 1791 Joseph Wallace, Jan. 14, 1836
Henry Petriken, Jan. 15, 1839 Edwin W. Hutter, Jan. 22, 1842 Thomas L. Wilson, Jan. 12, 1844 Henry Petriken, Jan. 21, 1845 Alexander J. Russell, Aug. 7, 1848 A. W. Benedict, Feb. 1, 1850
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Civil List
Elisha S. Goodrich, March 14, 1853 John M. Sullivan, Jan. 17, 1855 Henry L. Diffenbach, Jan. 19, 1858 Samuel B. Thomas, Jan. 16, 1861 William H. Armstrong, May 26, 1863 William W. Hays, May 1, 1866 Isaac B. Gara, Jan. 16, 1867 James M. Weakley, May 12, 1869 John Blair Linn, April 10, 1873 Adam C. Reinoehl, Jan. 1, 1872
Thomas McCamant, May 15, 1878 J. R. McAfee, Feb. 1, 1879 John C. Shumaker, Jan. 22, 1883 Jacob H. Longnecker, Jan. 31, 1887 Charles M. Clement, Dec. 1, 1890 A. L. Tilden, Feb. 3, 1891 James E. Barnett, July 1, 1895 Richard E. Cochran, Oct. 20, 1897 Lewis E. Beitler, March 2, 1899; re- commissioned Jan. 21, 1903
Attorneys-General
William Bradford, jr., June 9, 1791 Jared Ingersoll, Aug. 20, 1791 Joseph B. Mckean, May 19, 1800 Mahlon Dickerson, July 22, 1808 Walter Franklin, Jan. 9, 1809 Joseph Reed, Oct. 2, 1810 Richard Rush, Jan. 26, 18II Jared Ingersoll, Dec. 13, 18II Amos Ellmaker, Dec. 21, 1816 Thomas Sergeant, Jan. 15, 1819 Thomas Elder, Dec. 20, 1820 Frederick Smith, Dec. 18, 1823 Calvin Blythe, Feb. 5, 1828 Amos Ellmaker, May 6, 1828
Philip S. Markley, Aug. 17, 1829 Samuel Douglass, Feb. 10, 1830 Ellis Lewis, Jan. 29, 1833 George M. Dallas, Oct. 14, 1833 James Todd, Dec. 18, 1835 William B. Reed, March 27, 1838 Ovid F. Johnson, Jan. 15, 1839 John F. Kane, Jan. 21, 1845
John M. Reed, June 23, 1846 Benjamin Champney, Dec. 18, 1846 James Cooper, July 21, 1848 Cornelius Darrah, Jan. 4, 1849 Thomas E. Franklin, April 28, 1851 James Campbell, Jan. 21, 1852 Francis W. Hughes, March 14, 1853 Thomas E. Franklin, Jan. 17, 1855 John C. Knox, Jan. 19, 1858 Samuel A. Purviance, Jan. 16, 1861 William M. Meredith, June 3, 1861 Benjamin H. Brewster, Jan. 16, 1867 F. Carroll Brewster, Oct. 26, 1869 Samuel E. Dimmick, Jan. 22, 1873 George Lear, Dec. 7, 1875 Henry W. Palmer, Feb. 26, 1879 Lewis C. Cassidy, Jan. 17, 1883 William S. Kirkpatrick, Jan. 18, 1887 W. U. Hensel, Jan. 20, 1891 Henry C. McCormick, Jan. 15, 1895 John P. Elkin, Jan. 18, 1899 Hampton L. Carson, Jan. 21, 1903
Deputy Attorneys-General
B. F. Etter, Jan. 1, 1867 James W. M. Newlin, July 6, 1867 Lewis W. Smith, Aug. 1, 1868 Joseph M. McClure, Nov. 3, 1869
James Starr, Sept. 1, 1871 John C. Knox, jr., Nov. 1, 1871 Lyman D. Gilbert, March 21, 1873 Robert Snodgrass, Jan. 16, 1882
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Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
John F. Sanderson, March II, 1887 James A. Stranahan, Jan. 21, 1891 John P. Elkin, Jan. 16, 1895
Wilbur F. Reeder, Sept. 11, 1897 Frederick W. Fleitz, Jan. 18, 1899; reappointed Jan. 29, 1903
Auditors-General
John Donaldson, April 12, 1789 Jonathan B. Smith, April 19, 1794 Samuel Bryan, July 1, 1795 George Duffield, Oct. 13, 1801 1 John Kean, Oct. 15, 1805 Richard M. Crain, Dec. 21, 1808
George Bryan, May 2, 1809
William P. Schell, 1878-81
James Duncan, April 2, 1821
John A. Lemon, 1881-84
David Mann, May 3, 1824
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