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County Surveyor .- T. S. Huntington (appointed by the County Board in June, 1846), 1846-47; J. Van Vechten, 1848-50 ; William R. Williams, 1851-52; John O. Rudbergh, 1853-54; William West, 1855-56; Thomas Faulkner, 1857-58; Ira Blood, 1859-62; R. C. Hathaway, 1863-64 ; William R. Williams, 1865-66; Ira Blood, 1867-68; William West, 1869-74; R. C. Hathaway, 1875-78; M. S. Hodgson, 1879-80.
Coroner .- D. H. Shumway, appointed by the first County Board in June, 1846; S. H. Barstow, 1847-50 ; Frederick A. Sprague, 1851-52; Peter Hart, 1853-54; Richard Hardell, 1855-56 ; Ira Rowe, 1857-58; George McWhorter, 1859-60 ; William M. Saunders, 1861-62; W. H. Burgess, 1863-64; Peter D. Gifford, 1865-66 ; William M. Saunders, 1867-68 ; C. C. Palmer, 1869-70; Leonard Martin, 1871-72; Orville Hathaway, 1873-74; Sam. H. Barstow, 1875-78 ; William M. Saunders, 1879-80.
Superintendent of Schools .- Elihu Enos, 1861-62; A. D. Hendrickson, 1863-64; William S. Green, 1865-71; Alexander F. North, 1872-73; Isaac A. Stewart, 1874-75; John Howitt, 1876-81.
Before 1861, the town system of Superintendents was in force.
Board of Supervisors .- The Board of Supervisors is to the county what the Legislature is to a State. The official records show the Board to have been composed of the following per- sons for the different years :
1846-Hiram Carter, of Oconomowoc; Curtis Reed, of Summit; Talbot C. Dousman, of Ottawa ; Baxter P. Melendy, of Eagle; Joseph Bond, of Mukwonago; Squire S. Case, of Genesee; Alfred L. Castleman, of Delafield; William Odell, of Warren; Thompson Rich- mond, of Lisbon ; Collin McVean, of Pewaukee; Joseph Turner, of Prairieville; Asa A. Flint, of Vernon ; Leonard Martin, of Muskego ; Moses W. Sherwood, of New Berlin ; Will- iam Fisher, of Brookfield ; Willard Bancroft, of Menomonee.
1847-A. J. Story, of Summit ; T. C. Dousman, of Ottawa ; D. Orendorff, of Genesee ; W. Crombie, of Delafield; W. P. Clarke, of Warren; James Weaver, of Lisbon ; J. H. Water- man, of Pewaukee; C. Burchard, of Waukesha; O. Hazeltine, of Vernon; L. Martin, of Muskego ; George M. Humphrey, of New Berlin ; M. Spear, of Brookfield ; N. P. Reynolds, of Menomonee ; E. P. Cotton, of Oconomowoc; Jonathan Parsons, of Eagle; Joseph Bond, of Mukwonago.
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1848-William Flanagan, of Menomonee; Henry Brainard, of Lisbon ; Curtis B. Brown, of Oconomowoc ; Henry C. Morgan, of Pewaukee ; John P. Story, of Brookfield; E. P. Bir- chard, of Waukesha ; S. S. Case, of Genesee; T. C. Dousman, of Ottawa; Jonathan Parsons, of Eagle ; Jesse Smith, of Vernon ; John Finley, of Muskego.
1849-William Flanagan, of Menomonee ; George Elliot, of Lisbon ; William A. Bar- stow, of Waukesha ; Robert Curran, of Brookfield; Benjamin Hunkins, of New Berlin ; Pitts Ellis, of Genesee ; John C. Snover, of Eagle; John Finley, of Muskego; A. J. Story, of Summit; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago ; Daniel Cottrell, of Oconomowoc; Hiram Paris, of Ottawa ; Henry Shears, of Merton ; Aaron Putnam, of Vernon ; John Hodgson, of Pewau- kee; Andrew Proudfit, of Delafield.
1850-Simon Smith, of Menomonee ; Elisha Pearl, of Lisbon; Jeremiah Noon, of Mer- ton ; John S. Rockwell, of Oconomowoc; J. M. Clark, of Summit; Dewey H. Warren, of Delafield ; Henry Smith, of Pewaukee; Robert Curran, of Brookfield ; George Hyer, of Wau- kesha ; Thomas Sugden, of Genesee; Peter D. Gifford, of Ottawa; John C. Snover, of Eagle ; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; Amos Goff, of Vernon ; Thomas Lenan, of Muskego; N. T. Loomis, of New Berlin.
1851-John C. Snover, of Eagle; Daniel E. Cotton, of Ottawa; Elisha W. Edgerton, of Summit ; John S. Rockwell, of Oconomowoc ; Jeremiah Noon, of Merton ; Dewey K. Warren, of Delafield ; Thomas Sugden, of Genesee ; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; Amos Goff, of Vernon ; Absalom Miner, of Waukesha ; William C. Gates, of Pewaukee; Robert Black, of Lisbon ; Simon Smith, of Menomonee ; Oliver S. Rathburn, of Brookfield ; Daniel Church, of New Berlin ; Luther Parker, of Muskego.
1852-John Finley, of Muskego; Benjamin Hunkins, of New Berlin ; Aaron V. Groot, of Brookfield ; William Flanagan, of Menomonee ; Rodman Palmer, of Lisbon ; A. H. Griffin, of Pewaukee; H. N. Davis, of Waukesha ; William A. Vanderpool, of Vernon; A. E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; Pitts Ellis, of Genesee; George R. McLean, of Delafield; Jeremiah Noon, of Merton ; John S. Rockwell, of Oconomowoc ; Elisha W. Edgerton, of Summit ; Peter D. Gifford, of Ottawa ; Marvin H. Bovee, of Eagle.
1853-William R. Hesk, of Menomonee; George Cairncross, of Lisbon ; Hosea Prentice, of Merton; Daniel Cottrell, of Oconomowoc; Elisha M. Edgerton, of Summit ; Alfred L. Castleman, of Delafield ; Ashbert H. Griffin, of Pewaukee; Ira Rowe, of Brookfield ; Benja- min Hunkins, of New Berlin ; Horatio N. Davis, of Waukesha ; Thomas Sugden, of Gene- see; Talbot C. Dousman, of Ottawa; Alexander Winnie, of Eagle; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago ; Findlay McNaughton, of Vernon ; James Reymert, of Muskego.
1854-Marvin H. Bovee, of Eagle; Peter D. Gifford, of Ottawa; Dennison Worthing- ton, of Summit; Hosea Prentice, of Merton ; L. B. Seymour, of Delafield; Alexander Fen- der, of Genesee; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; Findlay McNaughton, of Vernon ; Horatio N. Davis, of Waukesha ; William C. Gates, of Pewaukee ; George Cairncross, of Lis- bon ; William R. Hesk, of Menomonee ; Ira Rowe, of Brookfield; John Evans, of New Berlin ; John Reynolds, of Muskego.
1855-Patrick Higgins, of Menomonee; George Cairncross, of Lisbon ; James Donnelly, of Merton ; Daniel Cottrell, of Oconomowoc ; James H. Waterman, of Pewaukee; Ira Rowe, of Brookfield ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; G. C. Cone, of Waukesha; Thomas Sugden, of Genesee ; Thomas Chandler, of Ottawa; John C. Snover, of Eagle ; A. E. Elmore, of Muk- wonago; F. McNaughton, of Vernon ; B. Babcock, of Muskego.
1856-Ira Rowe, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield ; George Underhill, of Eagle; Thomas Sugden, of Genesee ; George Cairncross, of Lisbon ; E. McMonnigal, of Menomonee ; Jeremiah Noon, of Merton ; A. E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; Charles D. Parker, of Muskego; Moses Cleveland, of New Berlin ; D. McKercher, of Oconomowoc ; Thomas Chandler, of Ottawa ; A. H. Griffin, of Pewaukee ; James Clark, of Summit; F. McNaughton, of Vernon ; A. F. Pratt, of Waukesha.
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1857-Aaron V. Groot, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield; George Underhill, of Eagle ; Pitts Ellis, of Genesee ; George Cairncross, of Lisbon ; William Flanagan, of Menomonee ; Francis McCormick, of Merton; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago ; John Reynolds, of Mus- kego; John Evans, of New Berlin ; Washington W. Collins, of Oconomowoc; William E. McClure, of Ottawa; Chauncey G. Heath, of Pewaukee; Orson Reed, of Summit; Findlay McNaughton, of Vernon ; George C. Pratt, of Waukesha.
1858-Simeon Faulkner, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield ; John C. Snover, of Eagle ; Thomas Sugden, of Genesee; George Cairncross, of Lisbon; Sylvester Rowe, of Menomonee; Francis McCormick, of Merton ; Andrew E. Elmore, of Mukwonago ; Matthew Elliott, of Muskego ; Benjamin Hunkins, of New Berlin; Daniel Cottrell, of Oconomowoc ; T. C. Dousman, of Ottawa ; George Parker, of Pewaukee; Orson Reed, of Summit ; Perry Craig, of Vernon ; George C. Pratt, of Waukesha.
1859-John H. Cushing, of Brookfield; Albert Alden, of Delafield ; D. G. Snover, of Eagle ; P. D. Gifford, of Genesee ; R. Cooling, of Lisbon ; William R. Hesk, of Menomonee ; F. McCormick, of Merton ; A. E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; P. L. Bigelow, of Muskego; J. J. Punch, of New Berlin ; Norman Schultz, of Ottawa; John Hodgson, of Pewaukee ; Orson Reed, of Summit ; R. C. Robertson, of Vernon ; George C. Pratt, of Waukesha ; R. C. Hathaway, of Oconomowoc.
1860-Daniel Brown, of Brookfield; Samuel Thompson, of Delafield ; H. F. Potter, of Eagle ; Peter D. Gifford, of Genesee ; Richard Cooling, of Lisbon ; Sylvester Rowe, of Menom- onee; Holt Barnes, of Merton ; A. E. Elmore, of Mukwonago; P. L. Bigelow, of Muskego ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; John S. Rockwell, of Oconomowoc; David Roberts, of Ottawa ; John Hodgson, of Pewaukee ; Orson Reed, of Summit ; R. C. Robertson, of Vernon ; H. N. Davis, of Waukesha.
1861-Daniel Brown, of Brookfield; Samuel Thompson, of Delafield; W. S. Green, of Eagle ; A. Fender, of Genesee; H. R. Savage, of Lisbon ; Peter Hart, of Menomonee ; F. McCormick, of .Merton ; Frederick Ring, of Mukwonago ; C. H. Babcock, of Muskego ; James Murray, of New Berlin ; D. Rhoda, of Oconomowoc ; Thomas Chandler, of Ottawa ; E. M. Danforth, of Summit ; R. C. Robertson, of Vernon ; H. N. Davis, Waukesha.
In 1861, Commissioners took the place of Supervisors, one being elected at large and one from each Assembly District. Under that system the following Commissioners were elected :
1862-63-At large, Nelson Burroughs ; Albert Stewart, for the First Assembly District ; E. M. Danforth, for the Second District ; Pitts Ellis, Third District ; Leonard Martin, Fourth District.
1864-65-At large, John Hodgson ; A. M. Robbins, First District ; John N. Cadby, Second District ; E. D. Reynolds, Third District ; Jesse Smith, Fourth District.
1866-At large, John Hodgson ; A. M. Robbins, First District; D. S. Stone, Second District ; David Roberts, Third District ; Sargeant R. Hunkins, Fourth District.
1867-Isaac Lain, First District ; Daniel Cottrell, Second District ; John Castenholz, Third District. *
1868-Isaac Lain, First District ; Thomas H. Boone, Second District ; John Castenholz, Third District.
1869-Isaac Lain, First District; Thomas H. Boone, Second District ; Patrick Higgins, Third District.
1870-Isaac Lain, First District; John Hodgson, Second District; Patrick Higgins, Third District. These Commissioners only served a small portion of 1870, the act returning to the town system having become a law in time for the April elections of that year.
1870-Thomas Lambe, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield; Thomas D. Jones, of Genesee; Henry Phillips, of Lisbon ; William N. Lannon, of Menomonee ; James McDonough, of Muskego ; M. H. Molster, of Merton; William McArthur, of Mukwonago; Lyman Evans,
*The County was re-districted, erecting three Assembly Districts, and the Commissioner at Large was cut off, his election not being necessary to make an odd number of Commissioners.
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of New Berlin; John Whittaker, of Oconomowoc; Henry Weiner, of Ottawa; Alexander Caldwell, of Pewaukee; J. D. McDonald, of Summit ; Jesse Smith, of Vernon ; Edward Porter, of Waukesha ; D. H. Sumner, of Oconomowoc Village; W. V. Tichenor, of Waukesha Village.
1871-Thomas Lambe, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield; John C. Snover, of Eagle ; John A. Jones, of Genesee ; John Watson, of Lisbon ; Thomas McCarty, of Menomonee ; Martin H. Molster, of Merton ; L. J. Andrews, of Mukwonago; James McDonough, of Mus- kego ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; David Rhoda, of Oconomowoc ; Henry Weiner, of Ottawa ; Elihu Enos, of Pewaukee; J. D. McDonald, of Summit ; Jesse Smith, of Vernon ; Edward Porter, of Waukesha ; Willis V. Tichenor, of Waukesha Village ; Orville Hathaway, of Oconomowoc Village.
1872-Jefferson Gregg, of Brookfield ; J. Sperry, of Delafield ; J. A. Lins, of Eagle ; John A. Jones, of Genesee ; Henry Phillips, of Lisbon ; Thomas McCarty, of Menomonee ; S. L. Worth, of Merton ; William McArthur, of Mukwonago ; James McDonough, of Muskego ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; David Rhoda, of Oconomowoc ; William Thompson, of Oconomo- woc Village ; B. W. Knight, of Ottawa ; S. T. Bolles, of Pewaukee ; E. S. Stone, of Summit ; Andrew Bertram, of Vernon ; Edward Porter, of Waukesha ; D. H. Sumner, of Waukesha Village.
1873-Thomas Lambe, of Brookfield ; Johnson Sperry, of Delafield ; William LeFever, of Eagle ; William H. Hardy, of Genesee ; R. Ainsworth, of Lisbon ; M. H. Molster, of Mer- ton ; Thomas McCarty, of Menomonee ; Charles Bass, of Muskego ; William McArthur, of Mukwonago ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; H. T. Dousman, of Ottawa ; F. S. Capron, of Oconomowoc ; Lyman Kellogg, of Oconomowoc Village ; S. T. Bolles, of Pewaukee ; J. D. McDonald, of Summit ; David Edwards, of Summitville; Jesse Smith, of Vernon ; Edward Porter, of Waukesha ; Isaac Lain, of Waukesha Village.
1874-Thomas Lambe, of Brookfield; Albert Alden, of Delafield ; J. C. Snover, of Eagle ; Thomas D. Jones, of Genesee ; Roderick Ainsworth, of Lisbon ; Thomas McGarty, of Menom- onee ; John L. Buckley, of Merton ; Charles Bass, of Muskego; William McArthur, of Mukwon- ago ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; David Rhoda, of Oconomowoc; Lyman Evans, of Oconomo- woc Village ; H. F. Dousman, of Ottawa ; George Baker, of Pewaukee; J. D. McDonald, of Summit ; L- Martin, of Vernon; O. M. Tyler, of Waukesha ; I. Lain, of Waukesha Village.
1875-Fred. Goerke, of Brookfield ; Johnson Sperry, of Delafield; John C. Snover, of Eagle ; Thomas D. Jones, of Genesee; William Small, of Lisbon; Thomas McCarty, of Me- nomonee; John L. Buckley, of Merton; J. N. Crawford, of Mukwonago ; Adam Meahl, of Muskego ; William Ockler, of New Berlin ; O. H. Thayer, of Ottawa ; M. A. Place, of Ocon- omowoc ; W. W. Collins, of Oconomowoc City ; O. P. Clinton, of Pewaukee; J. D. McDonald, of Summit ; Leonard Martin, of Vernon; O. M. Tyler, of Waukesha; George C. Pratt, of Waukesha Village.
1876-Christopher Gaynor, of Brookfield ; Johnson Sperry, of Delafield ; J. A. Lins, of Eagle ; Henry Bowman, of Genesee ; William Small, of Lisbon ; Peter Reith, of Menomonee; Edward Purtell, of Merton; F. S. Andrews, of Mukwonago ; Adam Meahl, of Muskego ; William Ockler, of New Berlin ; Henry Weiner, of Ottawa; M. A. Place, of Oconomowoc ; M. T. Draper, of Oconomowoc City ; B. F. Goss, of Pewaukee ; S. T. Bolles, of Pewaukee Village ; A. G. Hardell, of Summit ; James Stewart, of Vernon; R. M. Jameson, of Wauke- sha ; Isaac Lain, of Waukesha Village.
1877-Christopher Gaynor, of Brookfield; J. Sperry, of Delafield ; M. J. Regan, of Eagle; Thomas D. Jones, of Genesee; John Flanagan, of Menomonee; James Walsh, of Merton; F. S. Andrews, of Mukwonago; S. C. Schuet, of Muskego; John Evans, of New Berlin ; O. H. Thayer, of Ottawa; Silas Clemons, of Oconomowoc; M. T. Draper, of Ocono- mowoc City ; J. M. Heath, of Pewaukee; S. T. Bolles, of Pewaukee Village; J. D. McDon- ald, of Summit ; James Stewart, of Vernon; R. M. Jameson, of Waukesha ; Silas Richardson, of Waukesha Village.
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1878-W. R. Blodgett, of Brookfield ; Albert Alden, of Delafield; M. J. Regan, of Eagle ; T. D. Jones, of Genesee; Charles Buck, of Lisbon ; John Flanagan, of Menomonee ; Edward Drummond, of Merton ; John Schmidt, of Muskego; William Addenbrook, of Muk- wonago ; John Evans, of New Berlin ; N. J. Nichols, of Ottawa; David Rhoda, of Oconomo- woc; W. W. Collins, of Oconomowoc City ; John Ross, of Pewaukee; B. F. Goss, of Pewau- kee Village ; John D. McDonald, of Summit; James Stewart, of Vernon; O. Tichenor, of Waukesha; Isaac Lain, of Waukesha Village.
1879-Christopher Gaynor, of Brookfield; Albert Alden, of Delafield ; William E. Hen- nessy, of Eagle ; T. D. Jones, of Genesee ; William Small, of Lisbon ; Thomas McCarty, of Menomonee ; James Walsh, of Merton ; Matthew Howitt, of Mukwonago; John Schmidt, of Muskego ; John Evans, of New Berlin; Henry Weiner, of Ottawa; David Rhoda, of Ocono- mowoc; M. T. Draper, of Oconomowoc City, First Ward ; A. McKee, of Oconomowoc City, Second Ward; E. W. Delaney, of Oconomowoc City, Third Ward; John Ross, of Pewaukee; A. M. Clark, of Pewaukee Village ; Daniel Williams, of Summit ; Leonard Martin, of Vernon ; Alexander McWhorter, of Waukesha ; William Langer, of Waukesha Village.
1880-Albert Alden, of Delafield ; Christopher Gaynor, of Brookfield ; William E. Hen- nessy, of Eagle ; Thomas D. Jones, of Genesee ; Henry Phillips, of Lisbon ; Thomas McCarty, of Menomonee; Edward Drummond, of Merton ; William A. Denbrook, of Mukwonago; John Schmidt, of Muskego; A. E. Gilbert, of New Berlin; Henry Weiner, of Ottawa; W. A. Place, of Oconomowoc; John Ross, of Pewaukee; Daniel Williams, of Summit; L. Martin, of Vernon ; Alexander McWhorter, of Waukesha.
WAUKESHA IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
First Constitutional Convention .- This convention assembled at Madison October 5, 1846, and adjourned December 16, 1846, framing a constitution, which was submitted to the people the first Tuesday in April, 1847, and rejected. Waukesha County was represented as follows : Andrew E. Elmore, Pitts Ellis, George Reed, Elisha W. Edgerton, Rufus Parks, William B. Hesk, Barnes Babcock, Benjamin Hunkins, Alexander W. Randall, Charles Burchard* and James M. Moore.
Second Constitutional Convention .- This convention assembled at Madison, on December 15, 1847, and adjourned February 1, 1848, framing the present constitution, which was adopted by the people on the second Monday in March, 1848. Waukesha County was represented as follows : Peter D. Gifford, George Scagel, S. S. Case, A. L. Castleman, Emulous P. Cotton and Eleazer Root.
TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATION.+
Council .- Alanson Sweet and Gilbert Knapp, 1836-38 ; Daniel Wells, Jr., and William A. Prentiss, 1838-40; Jonathan E. Arnold and Don A. J. Upham, 1841-42 (Arnold resigning his seat, which was filled by John H. Tweedy) ; Hans Crocker, Lemuel White and David Newland, 1842-44; Adam E. Ray, James Kneeland and Jacob H. Kimball, 1845; Curtis Reed, Jacob H. Kimball and James Kneeland, 1846; Joseph Turner, 1847-48.+
Representatives .- William B. Sheldon. Madison W. Cornwall and Charles Durkee, 1836-38; Lucius I. Barber, William Shew, Henry C. Skinner, Ezekiel Churchill and Augustus Story, 1839 ; Adam E. Ray, William R. Longstreet, Wm. Shew, Horatio N. Wells and Augustus Story, 1839-40; Joseph Bond, Jacob Brazelton, A. E. Ray, John S. Rockwell and William Shephard, 1840-42; Andrew E. Elmore, Benjamin Hunkins, Thomas H. Olin, Jonathan Parsons, Jared Thompson and George H. Walker, 1842-44; Charles E. Brown, Pitts Ellis, Byron Kilbourn, B. H. Mooers, William Shew and George H. Walker, 1845; Samuel H. Barstow, John Crawford, James Magone, Benj. H. Mooers, Luther Parker and William H. Thomas, 1846; Joseph Bond and
*Seat unsuccessfully contested by Mathias J. Bovee, now deceased.
+The first Territorial Legislature convened at Belmont, now in Iowa County, October 25, 1836, and continued in session until December 9,1836.
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Chauncey G. Heath, 1847 ;* George Reed and L. Martin (special session in October), 1847; George Reed and L. Martin, 1848.
STATE REPRESENTATION.
Senate .- Up to 1853, after the organization of the State, Waukesha constituted the Thirteenth District ; after that, it was divided into the Ninth and Tenth, the two districts con- tinuing until 1857, when the county was made to constitute the Tenth District, since which time no change has been made. The following Senators have represented Waukesha County since the adoption of the State Constitution : Joseph Turner, 1848; Fred A. Sprague, 1849- 50; George Hyer, 1851; E. B. West, 1852; G. R. McLane and Marvin H. Bovee, 1853; G. R. McLane and James D. Reymert, 1854; Dennis Worthington and James D. Reymert, 1855 ; Dennis Worthington and Edward Gernon, 1856; Edward Gernon, 1857; Dennis Worthington, 1858-61 ; George C. Pratt, 1862-63; William Blair, 1864-65; Orson Reed, 1866-67; Curtis Mann, 1868-69 ; John A. Rice, 1870-71 ; William Blair, 1872-73; John A. Rice, 1874-75; William Blair, 1866-67 ; John A. Rice, 1877-78; Richard Weaver, 1879-80.
Assembly .- Joseph W. Brackett, Dewey K. Warren, C. G. Heath, George M. Humphrey and Joseph Bond, 1848 ; William H. Thomas, John M. Wells, Albert Alden, David H. Rock- well and Thomas Sugden, 1849; Patrick Higgins, Henry Shears, Pitts Ellis, John E. Gallagher and Anson H. Taylor, 1850 ; John C. Snover, Peter D. Gifford, Aaron V. Groot, William A. Cone and Hosea Fuller, Jr., 1851 ; John U. Hilliard, Dennison Worthington, Thomas Sugden, Publius V. Monroe and Fin. McNaughton, 1852; Winchell D. Bacon, Edward Lees, Orson Reed and Elisha Pearl, 1853; Edward Lees, Jesse Smith, Dennison Worthington and Chauncey H. Purple, 1854; Alex. W. Randall, Joseph Bond, Stephen Warren and Benjamin F. Goss, 1855; John James, James Weaver, Charles S. Hawley and Jeremiah Noon, 1856; George Cairncross, James M. Lewis, Thomas Sugden, Elihu Enos, Jr., and Charles S. Hawley, 1857; Albert Alden, Oliver P. Hulett, David Roberts, George Mcwhorter and Charles S. Hawley, 1858 ; Parker Sawyer, William P. King, Andrew E. Elmore, Charles T. Deissner and Ira Blood, 1859 ; Albert Alden, William R. Hesk, Andrew E. Elmore, Benjamin Hunkins and Robert C. Robertson, 1860 ; Daniel Cottrell, William H. Thomas, Henry A. Youmans, Myron Gilbert and Isaac Lain, 1861 ; George W. Brown, Samuel Thompson, Peter D. Gifford, William A. Vanderpool, 1862; Silas Richardson, Elisha W. Edgerton, David G. Snover and Nelson Burroughs, 1863 ; William Costigan, Joel R. Carpenter, Norman Shultis and John Smith, 1864 ; Thomas Weaver, John N. Cadby, John B. Monteith and Myron Gilbert, 1865; Daniel Brown, Samuel Thompson, Peter D. Gifford and Jesse Smith, 1866; Jesse Smith, Rufus Parks, and James Murray, 1867 ; Silas Barber, William Thompson and Adam Muehl, 1868; Vernon Tichenor, Edwin Hurlbut and James McDonald, 1869; Henry Totten, John D. McDonald and Thomas McCarty, 1870; Leonard D. Hinkley, John D. McDonald and William Ockler, 1871 ; Eliphalet S. Stone and Charles Brown, 1872; Francis G. Parks and David Rhoda, 1873 ; William H. Hardy and Henry Clasen, 1874; Silas Barber and Manville S. Hodgson, 1875 ; William H. Hardy and James S. Dent, 1876 ; H. F. Dousman and Thomas McCarty, 1877 ; Alvarus E. Gilbert and Richard Weaver, 1878 ; John Schmidt and William Small, 1879.
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
The act of Congress, approved April 20, 1836, organizing the Territory of Wisconsin, con- ferred upon the people the right to be represented in the National Congress by one delegate, to be chosen by the votes of the qualified electors of the Territory. Under this authority, the Ter- ritory was represented in Congress by the following delegates :
George W. Jones, elected October 10, 1836 ; James D. Doty, September 10, 1838 ; James D. Doty, August 5, 1840 ; Henry Dodge, September 27, 1841 ; Henry Dodge, September 25, 1843 ; Morgan L. Martin, September 22, 1845 ; John H. Tweedy, September 6, 1847.
* In 1846, Waukesha was set off from Milwaukee, and constituted a separate election district.
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By the Constitution, adopted when the Territory became a State in 1848, two Representa- tives in Congress were provided for, by dividing the State into two Congressional Districts.
Waukesha, with three other counties, was included in the First Congressional District, and though the territory of this district was changed in 1861 and 1872, the county has never been out of it. The representation, since Wisconsin became a State, has been as follows: William Pitt Lynde,* of Milwaukee, 1847-49 ; Charles Durkee, of Kenosha, 1849-53 ; Daniel Wells, Jr., of Milwaukee, 1853-57 ; John F. Potter, of Walworth County, 1857-63; James S. Brown, of Kenosha, 1863-65; Halbert E. Paine, of Milwaukee, 1865-71; Alexander Mitchell, of Mil- waukee, 1871-73; Charles G. Williams, of Janesville, 1873, continuously to the present time, his fourth term expiring in March, 1881. Politically, the delegates have been divided as follows : James S. Brown, Daniel Wells, Jr., William Pitt Lynde and Alexander Mitchell, Democrats ; and Charles Durkee (Libertyite), Halbert E. Paine, John F. Potter and Charles G. Williams, Republicans.
TERRITORIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND JUDGES.
Had Waukesha County contained any settlers before 1836, who desired to "go to law,' they would have been compelled to travel to Green Bay, where, as early as 1820 or 1821' Robert Irwin held the office of Justice of the Peace; or, possibly, it would have been necessary for them to have journeyed to Detriot. Up to that time, cases were tried by Justices in Wis- consin (which belonged to Michigan, however, and could not be legally called by that name), or contestants were compelled to go to Detriot.
The act of Congress establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin provided for the division of the Territory into three judicial districts, and for the holding of a District Court by one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in each district, two terms each year in each organized county in the district. The three Justices were Charles Dunn, David Irvin and William C. Frazer. By an act of the Territorial Legislature, approved November 15, 1836, the counties of Brown and Milwaukee (the last named including the territory afterward designated as Wau- kesha County) were constituted the Third District, and assigned to Justice Frazer.
The place for holding court was at Milwaukee, the opening of which was a notable event in those days, and attended by nearly all the men in the county, which, of course, included Waukesha. Some reminiscences, therefore, will not only be properly in place here, but of more or less interest and value. The late Alexander F. Pratt, who was an officer (Deputy Sheriff by appointment) of that court, wrote as follows (in 1854) of Judge William C. Frazer, of Pennsyl- vania, and his court peculiarities :
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