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Clerk Circuit Court .- 1837-48, John S. Fletcher, Lancaster ; 1849-50, L. O. Shrader, Lancaster; 1851-52, Joel C. Squires, Lancaster ; 1853-54, N. W. Kendall, Lancaster ; 1855-60, J. G. Clark, Lancaster ; 1861-68, J. W. Blanding, Muscoda ; 1869-76, David Schreiner, Lancaster ; 1877-81, Herman Buchner, Lancaster.
District Attorney .- 1837, T. S. Wilson, afterward of Dubuque ; 1838, Nelson Dewey, Cassville ; 1839, F. J. Munger, Cassville ; 1840-43, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1844-45, James M. Goodhue, Platteville ; 1846-48, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1849-50, William R. Biddlecome, Potosi ; 1851-52, William Hull, Potosi ; 1853-54, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1855-56, Willis H. Chapman, Platteville; 1857-58, Ed D. Lowry, Lancaster ; 1859-60, J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; 1861-62, A. R. Bushnell, Platteville; 1863-64, J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; 1865-68, G. C. Hazelton, Boscobel ; 1869-72, George Clementson, Hazel Green ; 1873-76, George B. Carter, Platteville; 1877-80, W. H. Beebe, Platteville; 1881, R. C. Orr, Bloom- ington.
Surveyor .- 1839-Orson Lyon, Potosi ; 1840-41, Thomas Hugill, Platteville ; 1842-43, James E. Freeman, Lancaster ; 1844-46, Henry A. Wiltse, Jamestown ; 1847-48, George R. Stuntz, Lancaster ; 1849-50, James E. Freeman, Lancaster ; 1851-52, John T. Everett, James- town ; 1853-54, Joseph H. Hayden, Beetown ; 1855-56, C. L. Overton, Platteville; 1857-58,
* Title of office, "Clerk of County Commissioners " till 1849, and " Clerk of the Board of Supervisors " till 1872. + Appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by death of S. F. Clise.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
C. W. Hayden, Beetown ; 1859-60, J. W. Blanding, Muscoda ; 1861-64, H. A. W. McNair, Fennimore ; 1865-66, Joseph Allen, Clifton ; 1867-68, Joel Barber, Lancaster ; 1869-70, Joseph Allen, Clifton ; 1871-74, George McFall, Harrison ; 1875-80, Joel Barber, Lancaster ; 1881, J. C. Scott, Patch Grove.
Superintendent of Schools .- 1862-63, David Parsons, Bloomington ; 1864-67, D. G. Purman, Hazel Green ; 1868-69, J. P. Hubbard, Potosi ; 1870-73, William H. Holford, Bloomington ; 1874-76, G. M. Guernsey, Platteville ; 1877-80, Charles L. Harper, Hazel Green ; 1881, C. L. Harper.
Coroner .- 1840, Darius Bainbridge, Lancaster ; 1841, A. R. T. Locey, Platteville ; 1842 -43, James F. Chapman, Potosi ; 1844-47, David Gillespie, Potosi ; 1848, Andrew J. Green, Potosi ; 1849-50, William McDaniel, Beetown ; 1851-52, Llewellyn Brock, Potosi ; 1853-54, Leonard Coates, Platteville ; 1855-56, Benjamin M. Coates, Muscoda; 1857-60, Stephen Ma- hood, Lancaster ; 1861-62, M. M. Wood, Lancaster ; 1863-64, A. M. Neaville, Potosi ; 1865- 66, Thomas Chesebro, Lancaster ; 1867-72, Charles Dickey, Paris; 1873-74, J. T. Taylor, Montfort ; 1875-76, H. F. Young, Cassville; 1877-78, Mandley Dean, Ellenboro; 1879-81, Franklin Lyster, Jamestown.
Board of County Supervisors .- 1837-Daniel Richards,* Henry Wood, J. J. Basye. 1838-Daniel Richards, Henry Wood, F. F. Brock. 1839-Henry Wood, E. M. Orne, J. F. Brown. 1840-Allen Hill, E. M. Orne, J. F. Brown. 1841-F. F. Brock, E. M. Orne, Allen Hill. 1842-James P. Cox, Warren Hannum, N. McLeod. 1843-Orris McCartney, W. Davidson, N. H. Virgin. 1844-Orris McCartney, W. Davidson, J. F. Chapman. 1845- N. H. Virgin, Henry L. Massey, O. McCartney. 1846-H. L. Massey, J. F. Kirkpatrick, James P. Cox. 1847-H. L. Massey, George W. Patch, George Byerly. 1848-James P. Cox, Horace Catlin, H. Webster. 1849-Lewis Rood, Thomas Cruson, C. L. Lagrave.
1849-C. B. Eastman, E. D. Bevans, J. N. Jones, Jared Warner, D. R. Burt, D. Wiker, J. B. Turley, A. Smith, William Brandon, C. J. Cummings, Orris McCartney, J. Switzer, N. McLeod, A. Dyer, William Kinney, J. F. Chapman-16.+
1850-J. A. Barber, J. H. Roundtree, J. B. Turley, William McGonigal, E. D. Bevans, J. Warner, W. R. Biddlecome, C. Dickey, L. Basford, William Brandon, W. W. Barstow, H. Van Vleck, J. Walker, J. Waldorf, J. H. Champlin, D. R. Burt-16.
1851-J. Allen Barber, H. E. Rice, Isaac Williams, Charles Dickey, C. W. Wright, J. B. Turley, S. Barstow, Henry Patch, C. L. Lagrave, Jesse Waldorf, Benjamin F. Woods, David McKee, Edward Sprague, Benjamin Bull, David Thompson, H. P. Patterson, Joseph Walker -17.
1852-William N. Reed, Jared Warner, Thomas Laird, Stephen Brock, A. H. Gilmore, Titus Hays, Philo Dempy, J. B. Turley, L. S. Reynolds, Joseph Palliser, James Moore, Jesse Waldorf, Benjamin Bull, H. D. York, A. Woods, J. H. Barnett, Charles Dickey, D. R. Burt -18.
1858-J. Allen Barber, Lewis Rood, Thomas F. Lane, Hugh B. Patterson, Thomas Pal- liser, W. W. Barstow. Charles Dickey, H. Hurlburt, J. Waldorf, Benjamin Bull, W. S. Chap- man, James Moore, William Jeffrey, J. Wannemaker, H. A. W. McNair, W. G. Wilcox, J. B. Turley, Daniel Andrews, J. D. Harp-19.
1854-Nelson Dewey, Joseph Walker, J. F. Murphy. Jared Warner, John Welsh, J. D. Harp, William G. Wilcox, Samuel Wilson, Lewis Rood, Thomas Burns, Isaac Williams, S. F. Clise, John Wilkinson, Jonas Wannemaker, Nathan White, A. D. Mills, Noah Hutchins, W. W. Barstow, James Moore, William Clifton-20.
1855-J. Allen Barber, Benjamin Straw, George E. Cabanis, T. T. Lane, Nathan White, William T. Ennor, O. C. Jones, J. H. Rountree, Jesse Waldorf, George W. Mace, A. D. Mills, James Moore, W. W. Field, Joseph Walker, S. F. Clise, Augustus Blanfus, W. G. Wil- cox, Tim E. Barr, John D. Harp, J. F. Murphy, Henry R. Miles, Jared Warner-20.
*The name of the Chairman is first mentioned.
+These officers were elected in the spring of 1849 under the new township system rendered obligatory by the new State Constitution, The previous board had been elected under the Territorial law in the autumn of 1848, and held over until the new board qualified in the spring.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
1856-J. Allen Barber, J. D. Harp, W. P. Dixon, O. Rice, Jesse Waldorf, Thomas Weir, M. Fish, James Moore, J. F. Murphy, C. Kaltenbach, James Bonham, Mahlon Fawcet, S. F. Clise, G. W. Paugh, T. T. Lane, J. Prideaux, William Kidd, Charles Dickey, J. H. Roun- tree, William Brandon, Joachim Gulick, A. D. Mills-22.
1857-Jared Warner, J. B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, G. W. Mase, W. P. Dewey, S. F. Clise, J. Graham, J. W. Kaump, J. M. Chandler, Joseph Walker, Henry Van Vleck, Jesse Waldorf, James Prideaux, Thomas Wier, J. G. Clark, C. R. Dean, J. W. Blanding, T. Long- botham, J. T. Murphy, F. H. Virgin, David McKee, Hugh Laird, A. A. Petty, James Bon- ham, Robert Glenn, A. D. Mills-26.
1858-John G. Clark, John B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, F. C. Kirkpatrick, W. P. Dewey, A. Springer, H. A. W. McNair, W. W. Barstow, J. M. Chandler, Mason Fish, Jason Lath- rop, Thomas Weir, Jesse Waldorf, Alfred Bark, J. R. Muffley, George Ballantine, James Moore, William Davidson, J. C. Orr, Samuel Moore, H. B. Patterson, A. Foster, James Bonham, David Brodt, A. A. Petty-26.
1859-J. E. Dodge, J. B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, J. D. Harp, N. Millard, S. F. Clise, W. R. Dixon, W. L. Wilson, J. M. Chandler, Mason Fish, Jason Lathrop, James Prideaux, Charles Fulks, Jesse Waldorf, J. C. Holloway, James Moore, Moors Rice, Levi Brown, F. D. Francis, H. Patch, Samuel Vance, J. Augustine, George E. Cabanis, Robert Glenn, J. D. Jenks, Henry Morgan-26.
1860-S. F. Clise, J. M. Chandler, W. W. Field, W. P. Dewey, George E. Cabanis, W. L. Wilson, Jason Lathrop, Silas Brooks, Mason Fish, Joseph Horsfall, Thomas Tormey, Jesse Waldorf, J. B. Turley, Samuel Vance, James Bonham, James Prideaux, J. C. Holloway, A. R. Bushnell, B. F. Hilton, Jesse S. Jones, W. W. Demock, A. A. Bennett, J. A. Houghtaling, M. Shafer, A. F. Schnee, Henry Patch, Moors Rice, J. Cranston-28.
1861-W. W. Field, John Pepper, Henry Webster, George Cutts, W. P. Dewey, S. F. Clise, A. A. Bennett, W. L. Wilson, G. R. Frank, Jason Lathrop, Jesse Waldorf, J. C. Hollo- wav, D. F. Brown, Joseph Horsfall, Moors Rice, Silas Brooks, E. M. Hoyt, T. L. Hammonds, Henry Patch, James Bonham, J. M. Sifford, G. Hess, John Clark, S. Lightcap, Edward Chil- dren, William Brandon, W. W. Dimock, J. T. Murphy, J. S. Jones-29.
1862-63-J. H. Rountree, Henry Patch, Jesse Waldorf, D. G. Seaton, James W. Sea- ton-5 .*
1864-65-Addison Burr, Alfred Palmer, A. A. Bennett, M. A. Harper, J. W. Kaump-5. 1866-A. Burr, J. W. Seaton, A. C. Stiles, H. A. W. McNair, Henry Mitchell.
1867-J. W. Seaton, Addison Burr, H. B. Wood, Cyrus Sargent, H. A. W. McNair. 1868-Addison Burr, J. B. Moore, A. W. Emery, Cyrus Sargent, H. B. Wood.
1869-J. B. Moore, J. H. Evans, Jared Warner, Joseph Allen, A. W. Emery.
1870+-William P. Dewey, W. J. McCoy, Michael Nolan, T. Carrier, George H. Cham- bers, Elisha Carrington, John Geiger, E. D. Bevans, D. T. Parker, A. A. Bennett, A. F. Knapp, Thomas G. Stevens, James Murphy, John Heir, J. Waldorf, Thomas Weir, John H. Griffis, P. B. McIntyre, James B. Ricks, Joseph Horsfall, Israel Miles, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, James W. Seaton, James Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, Robert Glenn, Thomas Laird, T. N. Hubbell, W. W. Field, G. W. Ryland, C. Clementson, J. H. Evans-35.
1871-A. A. Bennett, W. P. Dewey, William J. McCoy, Henry Gore, Alfred Palmer, Henry Lord, E. Carrington, Herman Grimm, J. S. Maiben, John Montieth, Thomas G. Ste- vens, Moses Vanatta, James Murphy, John Hier, George W. Ryland, G. D. Pettyjohn, Thomas Weir, John H. Griffis, T. J. Graham, J. B. Ricks, E. I. Kidd, E. Abrams, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, J. W. Seaton, Jared Warner, George E. Cabanis, Archie Brown, J. E. Jones, Thomas Laird, George Brown, Robert Glenn, W. W. Field, George Broderick, J. H. Evans-35.
*That section of the revised statutes creating the County Board of Supervisors was amended by the Legislature of 1861, and a return made to a Board of County Commissioners to consist of three electors, except in those counties which contained three or more assembly districts. In such counties one Supervisor, was elected in each assembly district, and one additional for the county at large, in those counties where there were an even number of assembly districts. This gave Grant County five Supervisors.
+The amendment passed by the Legislature of 1861 was repealed by the Legislature of 1870.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
1872-George W. Ryland, O. C. Hathaway, Henry Gore, L. J. Woolley, Benjamin M. Coates, Henry Lord, J. McLeod, H. Grimm, James H. Rowe, John Montieth, William Curtis, Moses Vanatta, T. G. Stevens, George Broderick, James Murphy, John Hier, William H. Clise, John A. Boerner, Perry Squires, J. H. Griffis, George Tuffley, E. I. Kidd, Jacob Brem- mer, Ezra Abrams, Peter Casper, Jared Warner, N. W. Bass, J. H. Rountree, J. W. Seaton, William Brandon, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, Robert Glenn, George Brown, Thomas Laird-35.
1873-G. W. Ryland, E. Bayley, George Broderick, John Schreiner, O. C. Hathaway, Henry Gore, William T. Scott, D. F. Brown, John McLeod, Herman Grimm, John G. Hudson, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, James Murphy, J. M. Chandler, Moses Vanatta, Rufus Han- num, Perry Squires, Peter Clayton, J. H. Griffis, C. G. Rodolf, George Tuffley, Joseph Hors- fall, Reuben Cooley, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, J. W. Seaton, Haynes Fitch, David Wilkinson, Adam Mink, Jacob Scott, Thomas Laird, Robert Glenn, George Brown, James Barnett-35.
1874-George W. Ryland, George W. Parker, E. Bayley, George Broderick, George Clementson, W. J. McCoy, Henry Gore, W. T. Scott, D. F. Brown, F. C. Kirkpatrick, Her- man Grimm, J. H. C. Mckinsey, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, G. S. Hammond, J. H. Chan- dler, Moses Vanatta, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, George Munns, Joseph Horsfall, R. G. Humphrey, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, A. W. Emery, George Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, Archie Brown, William Northey, Thomas Laird, Rob- ert Glenn, George Brown-35.
1875-George W. Ryland, W. J. McCoy, Henry Gore, B. M. Coates, George W. Fennel, F. C. Kirkpatrick, Herman Grimm, J. H. C. Mckinsey, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, Henry Maxam, Matthew Thompson, Moses Vanatta, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, George Munns, E. J. Kidd, David D. Snider, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, R. H. Kendrick, J. C. Scott, John A. May, W. B. Slocum, William Northey, Thomas Laird, Riley Jacobs, George Brown, James Barnett, George E. Clementson, E. Bayley, Joseph Clement- son-35.
1876-George W. Ryland, C. Hutchinson, C. G. Van Buren, T. N. Hubbell, W. B. Clark, Thomas Watson, Herman Grimm, Samuel Barstow, Jacob Baumgartner, John Ryan, Adam Kruel, Matthew Thompson, George W. McFall, John Hier, E. P. Dickinson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, D. R. Walker, E. I. Kidd, David D. Snider, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, Robert H. Kendrick, George Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, W. B. Slocum, C. H. Williams, Thomas Laird, P. C. Palmer, George Brown, Gustave Meyer, George Clementson, Hanmer Robbins, Joseph Clementson-35.
1877-George Clementson, Jesse Wagner, L. J. Woolley, W. B. Clark, C. J. Van Buren, Herman Grimm, Thomas Weston, J. H. C. Mckinsey, T. Tormey, John Ryan, W. D. Jones, Adam Kruel, Henry M. Bowen, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, J. A. Bremmer, John G. Clark, John Henkel, Ezra Abrams, George Munns, E. J. Kidd, C. G. Rodolf, George Ballantine, T. Stephens, N. W. Bass, Peter Casper, R. A. Wilson, Archie Brown, C. H. Williams, W. H. Middleton, Robert Glenn, George Brown, Benjamin M. Coates, Matthew Thompson, H. Rob- bins-35.
1878-George Clementson, C. Hutchinson, W. B. Clark, Ed Meyer, Herman Grimm, Henry Gore, Thomas Watson, J. H. C. Mckinsey, Thomas Tormey, J. S. Kidd, Charles Wun- derlin, T. G. Stevens, Adam Kruel, John Hier, John G. Clark, John A. Boerner, A. V. Knapp, Alfred Bark, O. A. Rice, E. I. Kidd, Peter Cameron, Ezra Abrams, Jacob Bremmer, Peter Casper, George Ballantine, N. W. Bass, A. W. Emery, R. A. Wilson, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, W. H. Middleton, George Brown, Robert Glenn, John H. Sarles, Matthew Thompson, George B. Carter-36.
1879-George Clementson, C. Hutchinson, W. B. Clark, Ed Meyer, Herman Grimm, Michael Nolan, Thomas Watson, J. H. C. Mckinsey, Thomas Tormey, Joseph S. Kidd, O. S. Jones, T. G. Stephens, Adam Kruel, John Hier, George W. Ryland, A. V. Knapp, Alfred Bark, Paul Welner, E. I. Kidd, O. J. Arnold, Ira W. Bronson, Jacob Bremmer, Peter Casper,
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James A. Davis, N. W. Bass, Thomas Davies, Joshua Laurence, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, E. Carrington, George Brown, Robert Glenn, Sr., T. N. Hubbell, H. Robbins, George Brod- erick-36.
1880-George W. Ryland, C. Hutchinson, W. B. Clark, Ed Meyer, Herman Grimm, Henry Gore, Thomas Watson, James McCormick, C. Shuttleworth, Joseph S. Kidd, Thomas McMahon, Joseph Harris, Adam Kruel, John Hier, John A. Boerner, A. V. Knapp, Alfred Bark, George Munns, E. J. Kidd, O. J. Arnold, William H. Gilliard, Jacob Bremmer, Peter Casper, Reed Patch, John McArthur, George W. Hampton, R. A. Wilson, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, C. G. Van Buren, James A. Faris, John A. Harford, John G. Clark, T. N. Hub- bell, H. Robbins, George Broderick, Moritz Homer, G. Forshay-38.
TERRITORIAL AND STATE REPRESENTATION.
The present territory included within the limits of Grant County as the Western portion of Iowa County was represented in the first Territorial Assembly, by James R. Vineyard, of Platteville, in the Council, and Thomas Shanley, of Cassville, and James P. Cox, of Lancaster, in the House of Representatives, as the lower branch of the Assembly was denominated. This Assembly had two sessions, the first at Belmont, Iowa County, commencing October 25, 1836, the second at Burlington, Iowa, that State then forming a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, as has been shown heretofore. Upon the formation of the county in 1837, it was allowed two members of the Council, and four members in the House of Representatives. Upon the adop- tion of the State Constitution in 1848, and the formation of the State government, Grant County was divided into four Assembly Districts; the county by itself forming the Sixth Sena- torial District. By the apportionment of 1852 upon the basis of the census of 1850, the Assem- bly Districts of Grant were increased by one, or a total of five, and the county, in the re-dis- tricting of the State, became the Sixteenth Senatorial District, which it has since remained. This representation in the Assembly was retained until under the re-apportionment of 1871, upon the basis of the State census of 1870, when Grant County lost one district; upon the re-apportionment made by the Legislature of 1876, one more district was deducted from the county. Its present representation in the Legislature is one Senator and three Assemblymen. The First District comprises the towns of Clifton, Ellenboro, Harrison, Hazel Green, James- town, Lima, Paris, Platteville and Smelser. Second District-Beetown, Bloomington, Cass- ville, Glen Haven, Lancaster, Liberty, Little Grant, Potosi and Waterloo. Third District- Blue River, Boscobel, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Marion, Millville, Mount Hope, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Waterstown, Wingville, Woodman and Wyalusing. The following is a complete list of County Representatives, both in Territorial and State Legislatures, from the organization of the county up to the present time:
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.
Councilmen-In the first and second sessions of the Territorial Legislature, 1836-37, James R. Vineyard represented the present county of Grant as a part of Iowa County. 1838-42, James R. Vineyard, Platteville; J. H. Rountree, Platteville; 1842-44, J. H. Rountree. Platteville; Nelson Dewey, Lancaster; 1844-46, J. H. Rountree, Platteville; Nelson Dewey (President), Lancaster; 1847-48, Orris McCartney, Cassville.
Representatives-1838, Thomas Cruson, Platteville; Nelson Dewey, Lancaster; Ralph Carver, Potosi; Joseph H. D. Street, Cassville.
1840-Thomas Cruson, Platteville; Nelson Dewey, Lancaster (Speaker); Jonathan Craig, Potosi ; Joseph H. D. Street, Cassville. }
1841-Neely Grey, Platteville; Nelson Dewey, Lancaster; D. R. Burt, Waterloo.
1842-Neely Grey, Platteville; Nelson Dewey, Lancaster ; D. R. Burt, Waterloo.
1843-Alonzo Platt, Platteville; Franklin Z. Hicks, Jamestown ; G. M. Price, Cassville.
+ Members of the Council were first elected for four years, and members of the House for two years; this was afterward changed, and members of the Council chosen for two years, and members of the House annually.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
1844-Alonzo Platt, Platteville; Franklin Z. Hicks, Jamestown; G. M. Price, Cassville. 1845-Thomas Cruson, Platteville; F. Z. Hicks, Jamestown ; T. P. Burnett, Mount Hope. 1846-Thomas Cruson, Platteville, A. C. Brown, Potosi; T. P. Burnett, Mount Hope. 1847-A. C. Brown, Potosi ; William Richardson, Paris.
1848-Noah H. Virgin, Platteville; D. R. Burt, Waterloo.
STATE ORGANIZATION.
Senate-1848-49, George W. Lakin, Platteville ; 1850-51, J. H. Rountree, Platteville ; 1852-53, J. C. Squires, Lancaster ; 1854-55, Nelson Dewey, Lancaster ; 1856-57, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1858-59, Noah H .. Virgin, Platteville; 1860-61, Noah H. Virgin, Platte- ville ; 1862-63, M. K. Young, Glen Haven ; 1864-65, M. K. Young, Glen Haven ; 1866-67, J. H. Rountree, Platteville; 1868-69, George C. Hazelton, Boscobel; 1870-71, George C. Hazelton, Boscobel ; 1872-73, J. C. Holloway, Lancaster ; 1874-75, J. C. Holloway, Lancaster ; 1876-77, O. C. Hathaway, Beetown ; 1878-79, O. C. Hathaway, Beetown ; 1880-81 George W. Ryland.
Assembly-1848-N. H. Virgin, Platteville ; Arthur W. Worth, Lancaster ; A. C. Brown, Potosi. 1849-J. R. Vineyard, Platteville ; Robert M. Briggs, Beetown ; D. Gilfillan, Potosi ; Robert Young, Hazel Green. 1850-H. D. York, Hazel Green ; John B. Turley, Beetown ; J. E. Dodge, Waterloo ; William McGonigal, Wingville. 1851-John N. Jones, Platteville ; Robert M. Briggs, Beetown ; W. R. Biddlecome, Potosi ; James B. Johnson, Fair Play. 1852- Noah Clemmons, Platteville ; J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; David McKee, Potosi; William Rich- ardson, Jamestown. 1853-Titus Hayes, Platteville; H. E. Block, Potosi ; J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; H. D. York, Hazel Green ; J. E. Dodge, Waterloo. 1854-E. Estabrook, Platte- ville ; William Hull, Potosi ; William Jeffrey, Ellenboro; Lewis Rood, Hazel Green ; M. K. Young, Cassville. 1855-N. H. Virgin, Platteville; William Hull, Potosi ; W. W. Field, Fen- nimore ; Allen Taylor, Hazel Green : William Cole, Beetown. 1856-Allen Taylor, Hazel Green ; William Hull, Potosi ; J. T. Mills, Lancaster; J. F. Brown, Clifton ; Horace Catlin. Cassville. 1857-Hanmer Robbins, Platteville ; A. W. Emery, Potosi; J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; Allen Taylor, Hazel Green ; Joachim Gulick, Wyalusing. 1858-Hanmer Robbins, Platte- ville ; A. W. Emery, Potosi ; Henry Patch, Patch Grove ; H. D. York, Hazel Dean ; C. K. Dean, Boscobel. 1859 -- J. Waldorf, Lima; J. W. Seaton, Potosi ; H. A. W. McNair, Fenni- more ; George Broderick, Hazel Green ; Luther Basford, Glen Haven. 1860-J. R. Spotts- wood, Hazel Green ; J. W. Seaton, Potosi ; S. F. Clise, Ellenboro; J. B. Moore, Muscoda ; George Ballantine, Patch Grove. 1861-H. Robbins, Platteville; H. L. Massey, Potosi ; J. G. Clark, Lancaster ; Joseph Harris, Hazel Green ; Jared Warner, Patch Grove. 1862-Will- iam Brandon, Smelser ; Allen Taylor, Paris ; J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; W. W. Field, Fennimore ; Samuel Newick, Beetown. 1863-J. H. Roundtree, Platteville; J. F. Chapman, Potosi ; J. Allen Barber, Lancaster (Speaker) ; W. W. Field, Fennimore; Robert Glenn, Wyalusing. 1864-H. Robbins, Platteville ; Allen Taylor, Paris ; J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; W. W. Field, ยท Fennimore (Speaker) ; W. R. Beach, Beetown. 1865-William Brandon, Smelser ; Allen Tay- lor, Paris ; Henry Utt, Lima; W. W. Field, Boscobel (Speaker) ; Robert Glenn, Wyalusing. 1866-H. Robbins, Platteville ; W. S. Scribner, Fair Play; A. P. Hammon, Montfort; George Washburn, Millville ; A. A. Bennett, Glen Haven. 1867-H. Robbins, Platteville ; John Carthew, Rockville; Joseph Allen, Clifton ; H. A. W. McNair, Fennimore; A. A. Bennett, Glen Haven. 1868-H. Robbins, Platteville: J. H. Neaville, Potosi ; J. E. Dodge, Lancas- ter ; Mat Burchard, Fennimore ; N. W. Kendall, Wyalusing. 1869-Joseph Harris, Hazel Green ; G. H. Block, Potosi; W. P. Dewey, Lancaster; B. M. Coates, Boscobel ; A. R. Mc- Cartney, Cassville. 1870-J. C. Squires, Platteville ; John Carthew, Rockville ; W. P. Dewey, Lancaster ; H. A. W. McNair, Fennimore ; Luther Basford, Glen Haven. 1871-Joseph Har- ris, Hazel Green ; H. B. Coons, Potosi; J. C. Holloway, Lancaster ; W. W. Field, Boscobel ; George H. Chambers, Bloomington. 1872-A. R. Bushnell, Lancaster; George Cabanis, Smel- ser ; S. A. Ferrin, Montfort; J. B. Corey, Patch Grove. 1873-W. H. Clise, Lancaster ;
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
Thomas G. Stevens, Hazel Green ; John Monteith, Fennimore; C. Hutchinson, Beetown. 1874-Thomas Jenkins, Platteville ; John B. Callis, Lancaster ; Gottlieb Wehrley, Fennimore ; Robert Glenn, Wyalusing. '1875-James Jeffrey, Smelser ; La Fayette Caskey, Potosi ; Ben- jamin F. Coates, Boscobel ; Delos Abrams, Little Grant. 1876-William D. Jones, Hazel Green ; Joseph Bock, Lancaster; George Brown, Woodman; William J. McCoy, Beetown. 1877-William E. Carter, Platteville ; Joseph Bock, Lancaster ; Daniel R. Sylvester, Castle Rock. 1878-William E. Carter, Platteville ; T. J. Graham, Muscoda ; William J. McCoy, Beetown. 1879-William E. Carter, Platteville; J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; John Brindley, Bos- cobel; 1880-Charles Watson, Clifton ; John A. Klindt, Cassville ; John Brindley, Boscobel. 1881-James H. Cabanis, Smelser ; H. S. Keene, Lancaster ; E. I. Kidd, Millville.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Hardly had the Territory of Wisconsin been formed by act of Congress, before agitation was commenced for the formation of a State government. After numerous rejections of the proposition, finally, in 1846, the first convention met in Madison, and proceeded to form a con- stitution for the acceptance of the people. In the deliberations of this convention, Grant County, through her representatives, occupied a prominent position. This body has been fit- tingly characterized as one of "great, if not extraordinary, intellectual ability. Its members," says the same authority, "were all in the prime of life, the representatives of the systems of many States. generally highly educated, and possessed of mental culture far above the average of men." The list of representatives from Grant County in this convention, headed by the name of the Hon. J. Allen Barber, then and now a resident of Lancaster, comprised, besides that gentleman, the Hon. Lorenzo Bevans, Hon. Thomas P. Burnett, Hon. Thomas Cruson, Hon. James Gilmore and James R. Vineyard. The constitution, as has been stated in an earlier portion of this work, was rejected, after an exciting contest, the principal differences of opinion being the articles in relation to the rights of married women, exemptions, the bank articles, the number of Representatives in the Legislature, and the Elective Judiciary.
A second convention was authorized, and met at the capital late in the succeeding year (1847). This body, while fully as high as its predecessor in point of the ability of its members, had that membership considerably changed. The Grant County representation to this assem- blage was headed by the Hon. Orsamus Cole, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, and comprised the following names : Hon. George W. Lakin, Hon. John Rountree, Hon. Alex D. Ramsey and the Hon. William Richardson. The deliberations of this body re- sulted in the formation of the present constitution, and, the following year, Wisconsin took her place among that ever-increasing galaxy of commonwealths, which, as time rolls on, will dot this broad land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the 49th parallel of latitude to the Mexican border.
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