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1855-Jacob Ilaessley, of Ashford : William Chapman. of Auburn ; Rufus M. Harwood, of Alto ; N. M. Donaldson, of Waupun ; II. D. Hitt, of Oakfield ; C. B. Brown, of Byron ; A. Walters, of Eden ; S. L. Marston, of Osceola ; A. F. Bush, of Metomen ; S. A. Chase, town of Fond du Lac : John Berry. of Empire; Joseph Wagner, of Forest; A. B. Beardsley, of Cereseo; Clinton Matteson, of Rosendale ; P. Macken, of Eldorado; John Stoddard, of Friendship ; O. R. Potter, of Tayeheedah : John Boyd, of Calumet; Henry Conklin, of the First Ward, D. E. Hoskins, Second Ward, J. M. Taylor, Third Ward, George W. Sexmith, Fourth Ward, and E. Delany, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; W. B. Disbrow, of Spring- vale, and E. B. Lyman, of Lamartine.
1856-Jacob Haessley, of Ashford ; H. Parsons, of Auburn ; R. M. Harwood, of Alto ; Joel Savage, of Waupun ; II. D. Hitt, of Oakfield ; Franklin Nye, of Byron ; A. Walters, of Eden ; E. C. Airhart, of Osceola ; William Plocker, of Metomen; W. B. Disbrow. of Spring- vale; F. S. Brown, of Lamartine ; S. A. Chase, of Fond du Lac Town ; H. Conklin, First Ward, John B. Wilbor, Second Ward, J. M. Taylor, Third Ward, T .; S. Henry, Fourth Ward, and E. Delany, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; A. T. Germond, of Empire; S. K. Barnes, of Forest ; D. P. Mapes, of Cereseo; Clinton Matteson, of Rosendale ; P. Maeken, of Eldo- rado ; John Stoddard, of Friendship; T. Magnussen, of Tayeheedah : Joseph Wagner, of Marshfield ; John Boyd, of Calumet.
1857-K. A. Darling, First Ward, J. B. Wilbor, Second Ward, C. A. Rider, Third Ward, George Williams, Fourth Ward, and E. Delany, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; - C. D. Gage, of Auburn ; Peter Johnson, of Ashford ; A. Walters, of Eden ; William Mitehell, of Osceola ; Franklin Nye, of Byron ; Charles Carberry, of Friendship; S. A. Chase, town of Fond du Lae: F. S. Brown, of Lamartine; P. Macken, of Eldorado; Orin Hatch. of Oak- field ; H. N. Jewett. of Springvale ; H. W. Wolcott, of Rosendale; Joel Savage, of Waupun ; A. H. Rounsville, of Wanpun Village ; O. L. Olmstead, of Alto: A. Thomas, of Ripon ; William Plocker, of Metomen ; A. T. Germond, of Empire; S. K. Barnes, of Forest ; Charles Geisse, of Taycheedah ; J. Wagner, of Marshfield ; John Boyd, of Calumet.
1858-E. A. Brown, First Ward, Edward S. Bragg, Second Ward, J. M. Taylor, Third Ward, John Maginnis, Fourth Ward, L. Canfield, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lae City : J. Goss, of Fond du Lac Town; John Stoddard, of Friendship; Delos Wileox, of Auburn ; John A. Hendrieks, of Ashford ; A. Walters, of Eden ; Asher Armstrong, of Osceola ; F. Nye, of Byron ; John Boyd, of Calumet; A. T. Germond, of Empire ; J. W. Hall, of Forest; Charles Geisse, of Taychcedah; H. C. Giltner, of Marshfield ; F. S. Brown, of Lamartine, P. Macken, of Eldorado ; W. B. Disbrow, of Springvale; T. Conklin, of Oakfield : B. II. Bettis, of Waupun : A. II. Rounsville, of Waupun Village ; R. M. Harwood, of Alto ; William Plocker, of Metomen : J. W. Sanders, of Rosendale ; A. Thomas, of Ripon Town : William Starr, First Ward of Ripon City ; Lyman Town, Second Ward of Ripon City.
1859-J. H. Hayford, First Ward, E. S. Bragg, Second Ward, T. W. Dee, Third Ward, George Williams, Fourth Ward, and C. R. Harrison, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City; G. K. Stanchfield, town of Fond du Lac; John Stoddard, of Friendship; William Pool, of Auburn ; A. Dicrenger, of Ashford; J. M. Adams, of Byron; A. Walters, of Eden; C. W.
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Prescott, of Osceola; A. T. Germond, of Empire; John Tracey, of Forest; Joseph Wagner, of Marshfield ; John Boyd, of Calumet; Charles Geisse, of Taycheedah ; F. S. Brown, of Lam- artine : P. Macken, of Eldorado ; W. B. Disbrow, of Springvale ; O. HIateh, of Oakfield : B. II. Bettis, of Waupun Town : A. H. Rounsville, of Waupon Village; J. MeElroy, of Alto ; William Plocker, of Metomen: J. W. Sanders, of Rosendale; A. Thomas, of Ripon Town ; H. S. Town, First Ward, city of Ripon ; II. T. Henton, Second Ward, city of Ripon. James Henderson was admitted to the Board on motion, for that year, but credited to no locality.
1860-Edward Beeson, First Ward, E. S. Bragg, Second Ward, G. W. Sawyer, Third Ward, R. A. Baker, Fourth Ward, C. R. Harrison, Fifth Ward, of the city of Fond du Lac : G. K. Stanchfield, of Fond du Lac Town ; John Stoddard, of Friendship ; Charles D. Gage, of Auburn : A. Dierenger, of Ashford; N. C. Lewis, of Byron ; A. Walters, of Eden ; C. Mat- teson, of Rosendale: A. T. Germond, of Empire; John Tracy, of Forest; J. Wagner, of Marshfield ; John Boyd, of Calumet ; Charles Geisse, of Taveheedah: W. S. Warner, of Lam- artine; P. Crane, of Eldorado; George F. Wheeler, of Springvale: O. Hatch, of Oakfield ; B. H. Bettis, of Waupun Town ; C. B. Whitton, of Waupun Village; J. McElroy, of Alto; A. Osborn, of Metomen; S. Fordice, of Rosendale; A. Thomas, of Ripon Town ; W. Kings- bury, of First Ward, Ripon City : H. T. Henton, of Second Ward, Ripon City.
1861-W. D. Sherwood, First Ward, Peter Rupp, Second Ward, B. F. Moore, Third Ward, R. A. Baker, Fourth Ward, and M. Lockwood. Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; S. A. Chase, of Fond du Lac Town; Charles Carberry, of Friendship: C. D. Gage, of Auburn ; Joseph Wagner, of Marshfield; C. P. Phelps, of Byron : A. Walters, of Eden; C. W. Pres- cott, of Osceola ; John Meiklejohn, of Empire; J. W. Hall. of Forest ; John Boyd, of Calu- met; B. F. Smith, of Taycheedah ; W. S. Warner, of Lamartine; L. M. Dunham, of Eldo- rado ; Warren Whiting, of Springvale : B. R. Harrington, of Oakfield: Joseph Fairbanks, of Waupun Town: T. W. Markle, of Waupun Village; A. J. Mattoon, of Alto: William Plocker, of Metomen; Stanton Fordice, of Rosendale ; T. B. Robbins, of Ripon Town ; J. MeCord, of Second Ward. Ripon City.
At the election in November of 1861, the form and manner of the county government was changed, at which time a Supervisor was elected for each of the five Assembly Districts. The result was as follows :
1862 and 1863-HIenry C. Bottum for the First District; R. M. Harwood, Second Dis- trict ; B. F. Moore, Third District : John Berry, Fourth District, and S. L. Marston. Fifth District.
1864 and 1865-1. N. Woodruff, First District ; Dr. Elliott Brown, Second District; B. F. Moore, Third District; Joseph Wagner, Fourth District ; W. H. Metcalf and N. Filby, Fifth District.
1866-Henry Wright, First District : William Thompson, Second District ; E. II. Gallo- way, Third District : John Boyd, Fourth District ; Aaron Walters, Fifth District.
Before the election in the fall of 1866, the county was divided into six districts. instead of five. A Supervisor at large was added, increasing the County Board to seven members, and one-half the members were elected every year. Under this plan, the County Board was com- posed of the following members :
1867-Gustave de Neveu, at large ; Henry Wright, First District : William Thompson, Second Distriet ; James Ewen, Third District ; E. H. Galloway, Fourth District; A. Walters, Fifth District ; J. E. Meiklejohn, Sixth District.
1868-Gustave de Neveu, at large ; A. M. Skeels, First District; B. H. Bettis, Second Distriet : James Ewen, Third District ; E. H. Galloway, Fourth District ; A. Walters, Fifth District : Joseph Wagner, Sixth District.
1869-E. H. Galloway, at large; A. M. Skeels, First District ; B. H. Bettis, Second Distriet ; Hannibal Woodworth, Third District ; U. D. Mihills, Fourth District; Aaron Walters, Fifth District : J. Wagner, Sixth District.
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1870-E. II. Galloway, at large; A. M. Skeels, First District ; A. J. Yorty, Second Dis- trict ; Hannibal Woodworth, Third District; S. A. Chase, Fourth District; A. Walters, Fifth District, and Joseph Wagner, Sixth District.
The County Board was at this time changed back to the " Town Principle " of representa- tion, the first election being held in April, 1870, and has since continued in that form. The different Boards have been as follows :
1870 -- For Ashford, Jacob Haessley ; for Auburn. J. P. Post; Alto, HI. C. Williams ; Waupun, Warren Whiting : Oakfield, E. A. Putnam : Byron, D. D. Treleven ; Eden, Henry Hayes ; Osccola, Daniel Cavanagh ; Metomen, John Wormwood; Springavle, S. Wilkinson : Lamartine, E. P. Hall; Fond du Lac Town, G. K. Stanchfield ; Empire, A. T. Germond : Forest, J. W. Hall; Ripon Town, A. A. Loper ; Rosendale, J. W. Sanders; Eldorado. C. W. Frederick ; Friendship, J. Kinsman ; Tavcheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin ; Marshfield, J. Wagner : Calumet, Thomas Boyd ; First Ward of Fond du Lac City, H. Shattuck ; Second Ward, C. L. Alling ; Third Ward, H. P. Brown ; Fourth Ward, William Rueping; Fifth Ward, C. D. Mihills ; First Ward, Ripon City, William Workman ; Second Ward, J. J. Foote ; North Ward, village of Waupun, T. W. Markle.
1871-For Alto. James McElroy ; for Ashford, Peter Johnson : Auburn, J. V. Harter ; Byron. D. D. Treleven ; Calumet, C. Thnerwachter; Eldorado. C. W. Frederick ; Eden, N. Klotz : Empire, A. T. Germond : Forest. 'J. W. Hall ; Friendship, J. Kinsman : Fond du Lac Town, D. C. Lamb ; Lamartine, E. P. IIall ; Metomen, A. J. Yorty : Marshfield, J. Wagner : Osceola, D. Cavanagh ; Oakfield. V. E. Galloway : Ripon, A. A. Loper; Rosendale, E. C. Stewart : Springvale, N. Wilkinson ; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin; Waupun, Warren Whit- ing ; First Ward of Ripon City. S. Sumner; Second Ward, J. Dobbs, Jr .; First Ward of Fond du Lac City, William Koehne ; Second Ward, C. L. Alling ; Third Ward, HI. P. Brown; Fourth Ward, S. A. Chase; Fifth Ward, O. C. Bissell ; North Ward of Waupun Village, T. W. Markle.
1872 -- For Alto, G. H. Downey ; for Ashford, Peter Johnson ; Auburn, Andrew Dier- enger ; Waupun, Warren Whiting; Oakfield, N. Filby ; Byron, John Bell; Eden, N. Klotz ; Osceola, D. Cavanagh : Metomen, R. C. Kelley ; Springvale, S. Wilkinson ; Lamartine, E. P. Hall ; Fond du Lac Town, II. Van Allen ; Empire, A. T. Germond: Forest, J. W. Hall : Ripon Town, A. A. Loper: Rosendale, H. C. Bottum : Eldorado, James Lewis: Friendship, Hector Munroe ; Taycheedah, B. F. O'Laughlin ; Marshfield. J. Wagner ; Calumet, Lambert Brost : First Ward of Ripon City, William Workman ; Second Ward, HI. S. Town ; First Ward of city of Fond du Lac, William Koehne ; Second Ward, C. F. Kalk : Third Ward, S. W. Edson ; Fourth Ward, C. L. Encking ; Fifth Ward, Nathan Parker; North Ward of Waupun Village, T. W. Markle.
1873-Michael Serwe. for Ashford ; A. Dierenger, Auburn ; G. H. Downey, Alto ; Joseph Fairbanks, Waupun ; E. A. Putnam, Oakfield; John Bell, Byron ; Ignatius Klotz, Eden : D. Cavanagh, Osceola ; John Wormwood, Metomen ; T. K. Gillett, Springvale ; A. A. John- son, Lamartine ; D. C. Lamb, Fond du Lac Town ; A. T. Germond, Empire ; J. W. Hall. Forest ; A. A. Loper, Ripon Town ; H. C. Bottum, Rosendale; James Lewis. Eldorado ; Hector Munroe, Friendship : B. F. O'Laughlin, Taycheedah ; J. Wagner, Marshfield ; Lambert Brost. Calumet ; George E. Sutherland, First Ward of Ripon City ; J. Dobbs, Second Ward of the same ; L. R. Lewis, First Ward ; C. F. Kalk, Second Ward; M. W. Simmons, Third Ward ; C. A. Galloway, Fourth Ward : N. Parker, Fifth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; J. W. Oliver, North Ward of Waupun Village.
1874-John A. Hendricks, for Ashford ; C. Ocder, Auburn ; G. H. Downey, Alto; War- ren Whiting, Waupun Town ; E. A. Putnam, Oakfield; John Bell, Byron ; I. Klotz, Eden : D. Cavanagh, Osceola ; John Wormwood, Metomen ; T. K. Gillett, Springvale ; A. A. Johnson. Lamartine ; D. C. Lamb, Fond du Lac Town ; John Meiklejohn, Empire : J. W. Hall, Forest ; A. A. Loper, Ripon Town; H. C. Bottum, Rosendale ; C. W. Frederick. Eldorado ; Charles Carbery, Friendship : Michael Wirtz, Taycheedah : Lambert Brost, Calumet ; William Wolf, Marshfield ; T. W. Markle, North Ward of Waupun Village; J. Bowen, First Ward of Ripon
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City ; J. Dobbs, Second Ward of Ripon City ; T. F. Mayham, First Ward; C. L. Alling, Second Ward ; M. W. Simmons, Third Ward : S. A. Chase, Fourth Ward, and John Gill. Fifth Ward, Fond du Lac City.
1875-Michael Thelen, for Ashford : C. Oeder, Auburn; G. H. Downey, Alto : L. H. Ifills, Waupun Town ; A. A. Swan, Oakfield; John Bell, Byron ; I. Klotz, Eden : D. Cava- nagh, Osceola ; John Wormwood, Metomen : F. M. Wheeler, Springvale ; P. Greening, Lamar- tine ; John Meiklejohn, Empire ; Peter Loehr, Forest ; E. P. West, Ripon Town; II. C. Bot- tum, Rosendale ; C. W. Frederick, Eldorado ; Joseph Kinsman, Friendship ; Michael Wirtz, Tayeheedah ; Lambert Brost, Calumet ; Richard Sehrage, Marshfield ; T. W. Markle, North Ward of Waupun Village; E. L. Northrup, First Ward of Ripon City; J. Dobbs, Second Ward of Ripon City ; J. F. M. Gaertner, First Ward, C. L. Alling, Second Ward, John Spence, Third Ward, C. L. Eneking, Fourth Ward, O. C. Bissell, Fifth Ward, Leroy Graves, Sixth Ward, A. Habermann, Seventh Ward, and O. Hateh, Eighth Ward, Fond du Lac City.
1876-Michael Thelen, for Ashford; C. Oeder, Auburn ; G. H. Downey, Alto ; W. T. Brooks, Waupun ; A. A. Swan, Oakfield ; John Bell, Byron ; 1. Klotz, Eden ; D. Cavanagh, Osceola ; P. K. Pickard, Metomen ; T. K. Gillett, Springvale ; Phillip Greening, Lamartine : H. Van Allen, Fond du Lac Town ; John Meiklejohn, Empire : Peter Loehr, Forest ; E. P. West, Ripon Town; H. C. Bottum, Rosendale ; John Reimer, Eldorado; P. McMonagle, Friendship : Michael Wirtz, Taycheedah : Lambert Brost, Calumet ; Frederick Konz, Marsh- field ; T. W. Markle, North Ward, Waupun Village ; J. P. Taggart, First Ward, Ripon City ; J. Dobbs, Second Ward, Ripon City : S. S. Bowers, First Ward, Byron Town, Second Ward, J. C. Lowell, Third Ward, S. A. Chase, Fourth Ward, O. C. Bissell, Fifth Ward, Leroy Graves, Sixth Ward, David Chamberlain, Seventh Ward, and A. T. Little, Eighth Ward, Fond du Lae City.
1877-Michael Thelen, for Ashford ; C. Oeder, Auburn ; G. II. Downey, Alto ; L. H. Hills, Waupun Town : A. A. Swan, Oakfield; John Bell, Byron ; I. Klotz, Eden ; D. Cava- nagh, Osceola ; John Wormwood, Metomen ; A. C. Whiting, Springvale; W. S. Warner, Lamar- tine ; H. Van Allen, Fond du Lac Town ; Edward Colman, Empire ; William Ralston, Ripon Town ; George D. Curtis, Rosendale ; John Reimer, Eldorado ; J. Kinsman, Friendship : M. Wirtz, Taycheedah ; T. Konz, Marshfield; Lambert Brost, Calumet : E. L. Northrup, First Ward, Ripon City ; J. Dobbs, Second Ward, Ripon City ; John Musgat, First Ward, C. Serwe, Second Ward, B. F. Moore, Third Ward, C. H. De Groat, Fourth Ward. J. F. Fontana, Fifth Ward : J. W. Crippen, Sixth Ward, John Gallagher, Seventh Ward, and A. T. Little, Eighth Ward, Fond du Lae City ; T. W. Markle, North Ward, Waupun Village.
1878-W. D. Ash, for Brandon Village ; F. L. Bacon, Waupun Town ; John Bell. Byron ; L. Brost, Columet : E. C. Stewart, Rosendale : G. H. Downey. Alto: Phillip Greening, Lamar- tine : Theodore Herrling, Friendship; I. Klotz, Eden ; F. Konz, Marshfield : C. Oeder, Auburn ; P. K. Pickard, Metomen; A. R. Hargrave, Ripon Town ; John Reimer, Eldorado ; Richard Ring, Osceola : A. A. Swan, Oakfield: M. Thelen, Ashford ; F. M. Wheeler, Spring- vale : John Wiley, Empire ; M. Wirtz, Taycheedah ; John Will, Forest; Henry Van Allen, Fond du Lac Town; W. B. Kingsbury, First Ward, of Ripon City ; Jerre Dobbs, Second Ward, of Ripon City : F. B. Hoskins, First Ward, Joseph Radford, Second Ward, B. F. Moore, Third Ward, A. H. Bruett, Fourth Ward, O. C. Bissell, Fifth Ward, Fred Grill, Sixth Ward, William Ladewig, Seventh Ward, and Martin Kaeding, Eighth Ward, of Fond du Lac City : T. W. Markle, North Ward of Waupun Village.
1879-T. F. Mayham, for First Ward, C. L. Alling, Second Ward, Azro B. Taylor, Third Ward, A. H. Bruett, Fourth Ward, O. C. Bissell, Fifth Ward. B. F. Sweet. Sixth Ward, Daniel Schaefer, Seventh Ward, and M. Kaeding, Eighth Ward, of Fond du Lac City ; W. D. Ash, village of Brandon, F. L. Bacon, Waupun Town ; John Bell, Byron ; L. Brost, Calumet; E. Babcock, Ripon Town ; L. B. Dunham, Fond du Lac Town : G. H. Downey, Alto: J. M. Geerey, First Ward, of Ripon City ; E. L. Runals, Second Ward, of Ripon City : T. K. Gillett, Springvale ; T. Herrling, Friendship ; I. Klotz, Eden; James Lafferty, Empire ;
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T. W. Markle, North Ward, of Waupun Village ; W. D. Nash, Lamartine ; C. Oeder, Auburn : P. K. Pickard, Metomen ; Richard Ring, Osceola ; F. R. Shepard, Oakfield; J. K. Scribner. Eldorado : E. C. Stewart, Rosendale; M. Thelen, Ashford ; John Will, Forest; M. Wirtz, Taycheedah ; Fred. Konz, Marshfield.
Chairmen of the County Board .- Reuben Simmons, 1839 and 1840; John Bannister, 1841; George White, 1842; John J. Driggs, 1843: Edward Pier, 1844; Rufus P. Eaton. 1845; Lester Rounds, 1846; George D. Ruggles, 1847; David P. Mapes, 1848; Peter V. Sang, 1849 and 1850; William Starr, 1851; Isaac Brown, 1852; N. M. Donaldson, 1853: Peter V. Sang, 1854; Henry Conklin, 1855: N. M. Donaldson, 1856 ; John Boyd, 1857; William Plocker, 1858: Joseph Wagner, 1859; George W. Sawyer, 1860; John Boyd, 1861 ; B. F. Moore, 1862. 1863, 1864 and 1865; E. H. Galloway, 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869; V. D. Mihills, 1870; Dana C. Lamb, 1871 : Joseph Wagner, 1872; Jerre Dobbs, 1873; F. F. Parsons, 1874; Jerre Dobbs, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878; Lambert Brost, 1879.
TERRITORIAL STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION.
1 .- FOND DU LAC COUNTY'S REPRESENTATION IN THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.
First Session of the First Legislative Assembly, 1836 .- Members of the Council, Henry S. Baird and John P. Arndt. Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, Albert G. Ellis and Alexander J. Irwin .;* District composed of Brown county, which included Fond du Lac not yet organized.
Second Session, 1837-38 .- Members of Council, John P. Arndt and Joseph Dickinson. 1 Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, George Mc Williams and Charles C. Sholes.
Special Session, 1838 .- Members of Council. Alexander J. Irwin and John P. Arndt. Representatives-George McWilliams, Charles C. Sholes and Ebenezer Childs.
First Session of the Second Legislative Assembly, 1838 .- Members of Council, Alex- ander J. Irwin and Morgan L. Martin. Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, Charles C. Sholes, Barlow Shackleford and Jacob W. Conroe.
Second Session, 1839 .- Members of Council, Morgan L. Martin and Alexander J. Irwin. Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, Charles C. Sholes, Barlow Shackleford and Jacob W. Conroe.
Third Session. 1839-40 .- Members of Council, Morgan L. Martin and Charles C. P. Arndt. Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, Jacob W. Conroe, Charles C. Sholes and Barlow Shackleford.
Fourth (extra) Session, 1840 .- Members of Council, Morgan L. Martin and Charles C. P. Arndt. Representatives-Ebenezer Childs, Barlow Shackleford, Charles C. Sholes and Jacob W. Conroe.
First Session of the Third Legislative Assembly, 1840-41 .- Members of Council, Charles C. P. Arndt and Morgan L. Martin. Representatives-William H. Bruce,} Mason C. Darling. and David Giddings ; District composed of Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc and Sheboygan Counties.
Second Session, 1841-42 .- Members of Council, Morgan L. Martin and Charles C. P. Arndt.ยง Representatives-Mason C. Darling, Albert G. Ellis and David Giddings ; District composed of Brown. Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage and Sheboygan Counties.
First Session of the Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1842-43 .- Member of Council. Morgan L. Martin. Representatives-Albert G. Ellis, Mason C. Darling and David Agry ; District composed of Brown. Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, She- boygan and Winnebago Counties.
Second Session, 1843-44 .- Member of Council, Morgan L. Martin. Representatives- Albert G. Ellis, Mason C. Darling and David Agry ; District composed of Brown. Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, Sheboygan and Winnebago Counties.
* Seat successfully contested by George McWilliams.
+ Elected in place of H S. Baird, resigned. Mr. Dickinson's seat was contested and vacated ; replaced by Alexander J. Irwin.
Seat successfully contested by Albert G. Ellis.
Killed by James R. Vineyard, February 11, 1842.
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Third Session, 1845 .- Member of Council, Randall Wilcox. Representatives-Mason C. Darling, Abraham Brawley and William Fowler ;* District composed of Brown. Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, Sheboygan and Winnebago Counties.
Fourth Session, 1846 .- Member of Council, Randall Wilcox. Representatives-Abra- ham Brawley, Mason C. Darling and Elisha Morrow ; District composed of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, Sheboygan and Winnebago Counties.
First Session of the Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1847 .- Member of Council, Mason C. Darling. Representatives-Elisha Morrow and Hugh McFarland : District composed of Brown, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage and Winnebago Counties.
Special Session, 1847 .- Member of Council, Mason C. Darling. Representatives- Moses S. Gibson and G. W. Featherstonhaugh ; District composed of Columbia, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage and Winnebago Counties.
Serond Session, 1848 .- Member of Council, Mason C. Darling. Representatives- G. W. Featherstonhangh and Moses S. Gibson : District composed of Brown, Columbia, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage and Winnebago Counties.
II .- FOND DU LAC COUNTY'S REPRESENTATION IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1846 AND OF 1847-8.
The first convention to frame a constitution for the State of Wisconsin assembled at Madison, the capital, on the 5th day of October, 1846, and adjourned on the 16th day of Decem- ber following, having framed a constitution, which was submitted to a vote of the people on the first Tuesday in April, 1847, and rejected. In this convention, Fond du Lac County was represented by Warren Chase, Lorenzo Hazen and Moses S. Gibson.
A second convention to frame a constitution for the State assembled at Madison, on the 15th of December, 1847, and adjourned on the 1st day of February, 1848, having framed a constitution, which was submitted to a vote of the people on the second Monday in March fol- lowing, and adopted. In that convention Fond du Lac County was represented by Samuel W. Beal and Warren Chase.
III .- FOND DU LAC COUNTY'S REPRESENTATION IN THE STATE SENATE.
Warren Chase, 1848-49 ; John A. Eastman, 1850-51 ; Bertine Pinkney, 1852: A. M. Blair, 1853 ; Charles A. Eldredge, 1854-55; Edward Pier, 1856-59; E. L. Phillips, 1860-61 ; George W. Mitchell, 1862-53 ; George F. Wheeler, 1864-67 ; Edward S. Bragg, 1868-69 ; Hiram S. Town, 1870-71; W. H. Hiner and Joseph Wagner. 1872-75: II. H. Hiner and Daniel Cavanagh, 1876-77 ; A. A. Loper and Lewis Wolff, 1878-79 ; George Sutherland and P. H. Smith, 1880-81.
In 1872, the Eighteenth Senatorial District was made to include the whole of Fond du Lac County, except the towns of Calumet, Marshfield, Forest, Osceola, Auburn, Ashford, Tay- cheedah and Eden, which, with the county of Sheboygan, formed the Twentieth District. This apportionment remains unchanged. The Eighteenth District has thus far been represented by Hiner. Loper and Sutherland ; the Twentieth by Cavanagh, Wolff and Smith.
IV .- FOND DU LAC COUNTY'S REPRESENTATION IN THE ASSEMBLY.
1848-Charles Doty and Jonathan Daugherty. 1849-Morgan L. Noble and Jonathan Daugherty. 1850-Morgan L. Noble and Bertine Pinkney. 1851-Morris S. Barnett and Charles L. Julius. 1852-Benjamin F. Moore and N. M. Donaldson. 1853-Querin Lohr, Isaac S. Tallmadge, Charles D. Gage and N. M. Donaldson. 1854-Major J. Thomas, N. M. Donald- son, Isaac S. Tallmadge and Edward Boner. 1855-John Boyd, B. R. Harrington, George W. Parker and William H. Ebbetts. 1856-Isaac Brown, Peter Johnson, Joseph Wagner and George W. Parker. 1857-Edmund L. Runals, M. S. Barnett, John B. Wilbor, Major J. Thomas and Aaron Walters. 1858-Edmund L. Runals, Henry D. Hlitt, F. D. McCarty,.
* A Brothertown Indian.
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IHISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
Joseph Wagner and William S. Tuttle. 1859-Alvan E. Bovay, Warren Whiting, John C. Lewis, O. H. Petters, elected in place of E. K. Barnes, who died before taking his seat, and Silas C. Matteson. 1860-A. E. Bovay, B. H. Bettis, John C. Lewis, John Boyd and Walcott T. Brooks. 1861-C. T. Hanmond, B. H. Bettis, Selim Newton, John W. Hall and Horace Stanton. 1862-C. F. Hammond, W. W. Hatcher. Campbell McLean, John Boyd, and II. C. Hamilton. 1863-Willian Starr, Freeman M. Wheeler, E. H. Galloway, Samuel O'Hara and E. Foster. 1864-William Starr, James McElroy, E. H. Galloway, Charles Geisse and Edgar Wilcox. 1865-D. C. Van Ostrand, J. II. Brinkerhoff, James Sawyer, Thomas Boyd and Jonathan Large. 1866-A. M. Skeels, George F. Clark, James Coleman, Joseph Wagner and Andrew Dierenger. 1867-A. M. Skeels, A. C. Whiting, James Coleman, L. H. Cary, C. D. Gage and Joseph Wagner. 1868-Henry C. Bottum, R. C. Kelly, D. B. Conger, S. A. Chase, Nicholas Klotz and Joseph Wagner. 1869-H. C. Bottum, B. H. Bettis, I. K. Hamilton, W. S. Warner, Andrew Dierenger and Charles Geisse. 1870-Jerry Dobbs. Jr., R. Sleyster, John Boyd, U. D. Mihills, D. Cavanagh and Charles Geisse. 1871-J. Bowen, J. A. Baker, G. T. Thorn, U. D. Mihills, M. Lonergan and Joseph Wagner. 1872- A. J. Yorty, E. Colman and A. Walters. 1873-A. A. Loper, R. M. Lewis and T. M. Fav. 1874-David Whitton, T. S. Weeks and James Lafferty. 1875-William Plocker, George Hunter and M. Serwe. 1876-J. K. Scribner, E. A. Putnam and Lambert Brost. 1877- W. T. Innis, W. T. Brooks, T. W. Spence and Lambert Brost. 1878-James Fitzgerald, A. A. Swan, Michael Wirtz and Uriah Wood. 1879-Henry C. Bottum, Phillip Greening. T. W. Spence and M. Thelen. 1880-WV. A. Adamson, D. D. Treleven, J. F. Ware and I. Klotz.
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