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John Q. Adams, National Republican 181
1832-Andrew Jackson, Democratic 860
Henry Clay, National Republican 230
1836-Martin Van Buren, Democratic .
680
William H. Harrison, Whig, etc. 307
1840-Martin Van Buren, Democratic 1236
William H. Harrison, Whig 681
780
1844 *- James K. Polk, Democratic Henry Clay, Whig 393
1848-Lewis Cass, Democratic ...
Zachary Taylor, Whig ..
tMartin Van Buren, Free Soil
..
1852-Franklin Pierce, Democratic 1310
Winfield Scott, Whig 728
#John P. Hale, Free Democratic
1856-James Buchanan, Democratic 1474
Millard Filmore, American 630
John C. Fremont, Republican 2
1860-Stephen A. Douglas, Democratic
757
John Bell, Const. Union 622
John C. Breckinridge, Democratic 601
Abraham Lincoln, Republican 77
1864-Abraham Lincoln, Republican 1321
George B. McClellan, Democratic
706
1868-Ulysses S. Grant, Republican 1518 Horatio Seymour, Democratic 945
1872-Ulysses S. Grant, Republican 1531
807
Charles O'Connor, Democratic
7
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican 1572
Samuel J. Tilden, Democratic
1136
Peter Cooper, Greenback 8
1880 -- James A. Garfield, Republican 1753
Winfield S. Hancock, Democratic . 1239
James B. Weaver, Greenback . 88
* In this year no vote was cast for James G. Birney, Liberal Party, in Virginia.
t Received but 9 votes in the State.
# Received no votes in Virginia.
Horace Greeley, Dem. & Lib. Rep. .
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CONVENTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS .*
The delegate from Monongalia County to the convention of 1776, which framed the first constitution of Virginia, was Col. John Evans.
Convention of 1829 .- The delegate from the county to the Constitutional Convention of 1829 was Eugenius M. Wilson. The votes of the county upon the question of calling this convention, and upon the ratification of the constitution framed by it, were as follows :
Convention.
Constitution.
POLL.
For
Against.
For
Against.
Court-house
422
69
282
219
Swamps.
77
8
· 7
59
Pawpaw
136
28
112
126
Dunkard.
. . .
. .
62
30
Total.
635
105
410
487 77
Majority.
530
Convention of 1850 .- Waitman T. Willey, of Monongalia, was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850. The vote of the county upon calling this convention, was, for convention, 179; against, 797; majority against, 618. The vote upon the ratification of the Constitution submit- ted by that body was, for ratification, 1377; against, 27; majority, 1350.
Richmond Convention of 1861 .- Waitman T. Willey and
* Raleigh's grant was made in 1584; first charter, 1606; second charter, May 23d, 1609 ; third charter, 1611. Virginia Bill of Rights was adopted by a convention of forty-five members of the House of Burgesses at Williamsburgh, June 12, 1776. The first Constitution of Virginia was adopted June 29, 1776, by the same convention. Amended Constitution of 1830 ratified by a vote of 26,055 to 15,563. Amended Constitu- tion of 1851 ratified by 67,562 to 9,938 (with no returns from two counties). Ordinance of Secession, 1861, vote reported at 128,884 in favor to 32,734 in opposition. Constitution of West Virginia, 1861, ratified by a vote of 28,321 to 572. Constitution of 1872 was rati- fied by a vote of 42,344 to 37,777, with no returns from Ritchie County.
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Marshall M. Dent were elected delegates by Monongalia County to the Richmond Convention of 1861, which passed the ordinance of secession. At the election of these dele- gates, the county also voted upon the question whether the action of the convention should be submitted to their ap- proval .* That vote in detail, also the votes on the ordinance of secession and on the question of a new State, should the ordinance be ratified against the vote of Western Virginia, are given in the following table :
. POLLS.
For Reference to
the People.
Against Reference
to the People.
For Secession.
Against Secession.
For New State.
Against New State
Court-house.
650
00
2
801
452
2
Guseman's.
43
00
00
36
35
00
Jones's
159
00
9
146
98
00
Osborn's.
71
00
00
84
56
00
Ross.
80
00
. 00
114
70
00
Loftus'
142
00
00
153
98
00
Cushman's
95
00
00
103
76
00
Cassville.
161
00
1
133
147
00
Laurel Point
181
1
10
134
92
1
Cox'S.
81
8
62
63
51
00
Mooresville
159
00
00
201
147
00
Tennant's
65
00
7
35
48
2
Darrah's.
60
00
2
66
54
1
Warren
152
4
22
190
167
12
Total.
2027
13
115
2263
1591
18
Majority.
2014
2148
1573
Wheeling Convention of June, 1861 .- Delegates from Monongalia : Leroy Kramer, Joseph Snider, Ralph L. Berkshire, William Price, James Evans and D. B. Dorsey.t
Wheeling Convention of 1861 to frame a Constitution for the proposed New State .- The delegates of Monongalia to this convention were W. T. Willey and Henry Dering.#
Flick Amendment .- The vote of the county, in 1871,
* This election was held February 4th; that on Secession, May 23d, and that on the proposition to form a new State, in October, 1861.
+ John J. Brown was a member from Preston County.
# John J. Brown and John A. Dille were members from Preston County.
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upon the amendment to the constitution of the State, pop- ularly known as the "Flick Amendment," was 786 for and 200 against.
Convention of 1872 .- This convention was called by a vote of the people taken on the fourth Thursday of August, 1871, to amend the constitution. At the election for delegates to this convention, held on the fourth Thursday of October following, J. Marshall Hagans and Joseph Snider were elected the two delegates from Monongalia County, and W. T. Willey, of Monongalia, was chosen as one of the delegates from the senatorial district. The convention assembled at Charleston, then the Capital of the State, on the third Tues- day of January, 1872. The vote of Monongalia upon call- ing this convention was, for convention, 688 ; against, 1,214. Upon the ratification of the Constitution submitted, the vote of the county was 895 for ratification, and 1,470 against.
Constitutional Amendments of 1880 .- The Legislature, on the 6th of March, 1879, proposed two amendments to the Constitution-an amendment to Article VIII, and one to Section 13 of Article III. At the election on the second Tuesday of October, 1880, these amendments were ratified. Monongalia's vote was: Article VIII, for ratification, 1,450; · against, 1,277. Article III, Section 13, for ratification, 1,440 ; against, 1,270.
MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The destruction of the records in Monongalia in 1796, at Richmond in 1865, and the fact that the earlier journals of the Legislature do not contain the names of the members, have made it impossible to get a full list of the names of the gentlemen who have represented the county in the House of Delegates of the General Assembly of Virginia. The list
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subjoined is the result of patient and prolonged searchings. It was made up from old documents and newspapers, from records in the county clerk's office, 'from searches at Richmond, and from the day-book of Thomas P. Ray (from 1821 to 1841). From her creation till 1842, the county had two delegates in the General Assembly; from this year till 1852, but one; from 1852 to 1882, two delegates in the Assembly, and in the Legislature of West Virginia. The re-apportionment made in 1882, gave her but one member in the House of Delegates.
MEMBERS HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
STATE OF VIRGINIA.
.
1797-Thomas Laidley
1824-Thomas S. Haymond Ralph Berkshire
1800-Thomas Laidley
1825-29-Richard Watts
Francis Billingsley.
1808-William G. Payne Benjamin Reeder
1830-Richard Watts
Edgar C. Wilson
1809-Ralph Berkshire John Fairfax
1831-Francis Billingsley William G. Henry
1810-Dudley Evans
1832-William J. Willey
John Nicklin
William G. Henry
1811-Felix Scott
1833-Francis Billingsley Isaac Cooper 1834-William J. Willey Morgan 1835-William J. Willey Joseph F. Harrison
1813-Dudley Evans John Wagner
1814-Dudley Evans
John Fairfax
1836-William J. Willey Isaac Cooper
1815-Dudley Evans John Wagner
1837-Thomas S. Haymond Horatio Morgan 1838-Thomas S. Haymond John Clayton 1839-John Clayton James Evans
1818-Dudley Evans John Wagner 1819-Dudley Evans Alphens P. Wilson
1841-William S. Morgan Joseph F. Harrison 1842-Caleb Tanzey
1820-John Wagner Thomas S. Haymond
1843-John H. Bowlby
1821-Thomas S. Haymond Morgan
1844-Alex. Wade
1845-Alex. Wade
1846-Andrew Brown
1822-Ralph Berkshire Morgan
1850-Francis Warman
1823-Thomas S. Haymond Morgan
1851-Andrew McDonald
*1852-Andrew McDonald
1812-Felix Scott
1816-Thomas Wilson Ralph Berkshire 1817-John Wagner Thomas Byrne
1840-John Clayton Caleb Tanzey
* After this year the regular sessions were held bi-ennially; prior to this year, they were held annually.
18
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1852-John S. Lemley
1857-Alfred M. Barbour
1853-Jobn B. Lough
Albert G. Davis
Henry S. Coombs
1859-Jobn Wallace
1855-William Lantz
Andrew Brown
Robert C. Carothers
REORGANIZED GOVERNMENT OF VIRGINIA.
1861-LeeRoy Kramer
1862-LeeRoy Kramer -
Joseph Snider
Joseph Snider
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
1863 -- LeeRoy Kramer John B. Lough
1871-George C. Sturgiss
1864-LeeRoy Kramer John B Lough
John B. Lough #1872-William Price
1865-Alpheus W. Brown Henry S. Coombs
Joseph Snider
1866-Alpheus W. Brown Nelson N. Hoffman
1876-James T. McClaskey
John B. Gray
1867- James T. McClaskey James V. Boughner
1878-J. Marshall Hagans
1868-James T. McClaskey James Hare
Alphens Garrison
1880-Henry L. Cox
1869-William Price
James S. Watson
George C. Sturgiss
1882-Henry L. Cox.
1870-Jobb B. Lough
1870-George C. Sturgiss
1874-Jobn B. Lough Joseph Snider
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
In 1788, Monongalia was in a Congressional district with Harrison, Ohio, and several other counties. In 1792, Mon- ongalia was in the third Congressional district with Hamp- shire, Hardy, Pendleton, Randolph, Harrison and Ohio. In 1813, Monongalia, Brooke, Ohio and Harrison were in the First district; up to the year 1820, the counties of Lewis, Tyler and Preston were added. These counties, except Lewis, formed the 18th district after 1823. Monon- galia, Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, Wetzel, Marion, Randolph, Preston and Barbour, in 1849, consti- tuted the 15th district. In the apportionment of April 6, 1852, Monongalia, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Marion, Taylor and Preston composed the 10th district. The Legislature of the Reorganized Govern-
* After this year the regular sessions of the Legislature were held bi-ennially ; and the session did not begin till in January of the year after that in which the members were elected ; thus, members were elected in 1874, to serve in the Legislature of 1875, and so on.
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ment, January 30, 1863, made the 11th district to consist of Monongalia, Taylor, Marion, Preston, Tucker, Lewis, Bar- bour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire and Morgan. Under the New State, on the 24th of September, 1863, the 2d district was formed of the counties of Monongalia, Taylor, Marion, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley and Morgan. Sub- sequently, the counties of Grant, Mineral and Jefferson were added to this district, which so remained till the ap- portionment of 1882, when Webster, Upshur and Pocahon- tas were taken off, and rest of the counties still formed the second district.
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
The first Congress of the United States assembled at New York City, March 4, 1789. John G. Jackson represented the districts of which Monongalia was a part from 1795 to 97, and from 1799 to 1810, and again from 1813 to 17. Ex-Governor Joseph Johnson represented the district of which Monongalia was a part from 1823 to 27; and from 1835 to 39. Philip Doddridge represented the district from 1829 until his death, November 19, 1832. William G. Brown, of Preston, was the representative from 1845 to 49; also in the 37th Congress, and was the first representative from the dis- trict under the new State. He also served through the 38th Congress, and was succeeded by George R. Latham, 1865-7. B. M. Kitchen, of Berkeley, was the next representative, serving in 1867 and 68, James C. McGrew, of Preston, succeeded him, in 1868, and served through two Con- gresses, and until 1872. J. Marshall Hagans, of Monon- galia, was the next representative of the district, from 1872
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to 74. He was succeeded by Charles James Faulkner, of Berkeley, from 1874 to 76. Benjamin F. Martin, of Taylor, then represented the district, from 1876 to 1881, when John Blair Hoge, of Berkeley, was elected, and served till 1883. William L. Wilson, of Jefferson, was elected in 1882, as a member of the XLVIIITH Congress. .
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
THOMAS WILSON, a prominent man in the county in his day, was born in Eastern Virginia. He read law with Judge Stuart, of Staunton, and was admitted to the bar at that place. He married Miss Mary Poage, and came to Morgan- town, where he was admitted to practice law September 21, 1789. After enjoying a lucrative practice for over twenty years, he was elected the first member of Congress from Monongalia County, and served from 1811 to 1813. After the expiration of his term in Congress, he devoted himself to the practice of his profession. He died on the 24th of January, 1826, after a long life of public usefulness, leaving behind him five sons and three daughters, distin- guished for talent and ability.
EDGAR CAMPBELL WILSON, son of the Hon. Thomas Wil- son, was born at Morgantown, October 18, 1800. He read law with his father, and was admitted to the bar at Morgan- town on June 24, 1822. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the United States in 1833, and served till 1835. Mr. Wilson, in 1842, was appointed pros- ecuting attorney in the circuit court of Marion County. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died at Morgantown on the evening of the 24th of April, 1860. The trustees of Monongalia Academy paid a high tribute of re- spect to his memory, and the bar of the county held a
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meeting, and among other resolutions passed was the follow- ing: "That the character of Mr. Wilson as a lawyer, a gen- tleman, and a Christian, is eminently entitled to our respect, and we desire to enter upon the record of this court a permanent testimonial of our high regard for it."
JOHN MARSHALL HAGANS .- The subject of this sketch was born on the 13th of August, 1838, at Brandonville, Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia). His paternal an- cestors were from New England, and his maternal were of Scotch descent. Monongalia Academy-the University of Northwest Virginia before the war,-with its learned in- structors and full curriculum of English and classical stud- ies, furnished Mr. Hagans a thorough educational training : and at the instance of many friends who saw in him that peculiar diversity of talent which seldom fails to win dis- tinction at the bar, he commenced the study of the law in the office of the Hon. Waitman T. Willey, and afterward further pursued his studies at the law school of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He was licensed and admit- ted to the practice of law in the courts of Virginia in 1859, and has successfully prosecuted his profession since that time.
Mr. Hagans was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the county of Monongalia in 1862, at the first election for State and county officers under the first Constitution of West Vir- ginia ; re-elected in 1863 and 64, and again in 1870.
In January, 1864, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia appointed him its Reporter, which position he held until March, 1873, during which time five volumes of the leading cases decided by that court were published, known as "Hagans' West Virginia Reports." The first volume
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contains an accurate and well-written history of events an- tecedent to and contemporaneous with the admission of the State of West Virginia into the Union.
In 1866, 67, and again in 1869, he was elected Mayor of the municipal corporation of Morgantown. From the deep interest he manifested in the political affairs of the State, other honors were rapidly conferred upon him.
In 1868, he was Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket for the second Congressional District. In 1871, he was chosen by his fellow-citizens of Monongalia County a delegate to the convention to amend the Constitution of the State. The Baptist Record, then published at Charleston, W. Va., in sketching the members of that convention, April 10, 1872, says of Mr. Hagans :
"While he is uncompromising in his views, and tenacious of his opinions, and will maintain them with all the vigor of a cultivated and well thinking mind, he recognizes a proper and just respect for the views and opinions of others. He is deferential in discus- sion to those who are his seniors, respectful always to those who differ from him, and kind and courteous to all. His social qualities are of rare order. With a generous and impulsive nature, it is your comfort and not his convenience that is to be consulted. He possesses to a rare extent the faculty of impersonating characters and telling anecdotes, which, with his ready flashes of wit and humor, renders him, as a conversationalist, almost unapproachable. As a debater, he has but few superiors in the convention, and very few, if any, in the State. He is a forcible as well as an eloquent speaker. He is never at a lost for words to express his ideas ; they ! ! always seem to be ready and waiting for his use, which gives him that ready and eloquent diction that but very few of our public men possess. His style is generally calm, and never boisterous ; he is content upon all occasions, to address himself to the judgement, and not the prejudices, of his hearers. His cool, calculating mind, coupled with his natural as well as cultivated shrewdness, fits him for a skillful political leader."
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Mr. Hagans was elected a Representative of the second West Virginia District to the 43d Congress of the United States by a majority of nearly three thousand, and served on the Committee on the District of Columbia. In 1879 he was chosen a member for Monongalia County of the House of Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature, and took an active part in securing an enactment submitting to the voters of the State for ratification or rejection the pro- vision in its present constitution, substituting three com- missioners in each county as a police and fiscal tribunal, in- stead of the old county court, and had the pleasure of seeing that amendment ratified by a very large majority.
In 1880, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held at Chicago, and was a most ardent, untir- ing and persistent adherent of the Hon. James G. Blaine for the nomination, and only yielded his preference for his friend when the voice of the convention so decisively pro- nounced in favor of the lamented Garfield, whose election he advocated with all the activity and energy of his nature.
Mr. Hagans was married in May, 1860, to Sarah B., sec- ond daughter of Senator Waitman T. Willey, and has three children.
Mr. Hagans possesses literary ability of a high order. His addresses and speeches are marked by being logical in thought, rich in imagery and language, and remarkably close in connection. Some of his best efforts have been pro- nounced fine specimens of forensic oratory.
CONGRESSIONAL VOTES.
The earliest vote of Monongalia on Congressmen which has been obtained is that of April, 1819, which was found in The Monongalia Spectator of April 17th of that year. We reproduce the table as it appeared in that newspaper :
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Counties.
Pindell. Mckinley.
Preston
173 27
Ohio
100 175
Lewis.
190 143
Tyler
144 10
James Pindell was successful at this election. His service in Congress extended from 1817 to 20. William McKinley had been a member of Congress from 1810 to 11.
Year. Candidates.
Votes.
1870 .- James C. McGrew, Rep. 1,257
O. D. Downey, Dem. 895
*1874 .- Chas. J. Faulkner, Dem. 562
Alex. R. Boteler, Ind. 342
1878-Frank Burr, Rep. 1,227
Benj. F. Martin, Dem.
1,183
John A. Thompson, Gbk. 48
1880 .- Joseph T. Hoke, Rep. 1,744
John B. Hoge, Dem. 1,244
D. D. T. Farnsworth, Gbk
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SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
By the Constitution of 1776, the Virginia Senate con- sisted of twenty-four members, and this number was not increased till 1830. In May, 1776, the convention divided the Commonwealth into twenty-four Senatorial Districts. This was before Monongalia was formed, but her territory was in the twenty-fourth district, as the county was itself after its formation. In 1792, another apportionment was made, and Monongalia, Ohio, Tyler and Brooke constituted the twenty-fourth district, to which Preston was added at the date of its formation. The Constitution of 1830 in- creased the number of Senators to thirty-two, and Monon- galia, Preston and Randolph constituted the second district. Marion and Barbour were erected out of this territory and
* J. Marshall Hagans, who was not a candidate, received 432 votes in the county.
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became counties of the district, January 14th and March 3d, of the year 1842, respectively. When Taylor was erected, on January 19, 1844, so much of her territory as was taken from Marion remained a part of the second Sen- atorial District. This arrangement was enacted in the code of 1849 and remained till the ratification of the Constitu- tion of 1851, which went into operation in January of the next year. Under that Constitution the Senate consisted of fifty members, and Monongalia, Preston and Taylor formed the 49th district. This apportionment, it was pro- vided in the Constitution, was not to be changed till 1865.31'
Under the Constitution of West Virginia, in 1863, the State was divided into nine Senatorial Districts, each of which elected two Senators. (In Virginia each district elected but one Senator.) By the admission of the counties of Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson into the State, two other Senatorial Districts were formed, and thus the Senate consisted of twenty-two mem- bers. The Constitution of 1872 divided the State into twelve districts, and made the Senate to consist of twenty- four members-two from each district,-and Monongalia and Preston constituted the 10th district. By the appor- tionment of 1882, thirteen districts were made, two members added to the Senate, and Monongalia and Preston became the 11th district.
STATE SENATORS.
Of the earlier State Senators from Monongalia County, we have record of Alpheus P. Wilson, who served from 1821 to 24; Charles S. Morgan, from 1825 to 28; William J. Willey, who was elected in 1837, and again in 1843. It is said that Francis Billingsley was in the Senate in 1835.
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Alexander Wade was elected in 1852. Jonathan Huddleson was Senator from 1856 to 59.
Since the creation of West Virginia, the Senatorial repre- sentation of the districts of which Monongalia has been a part, is as follows :
1863 .- John J. Brown. E. C. Bùnker.
1871 .- William Price. William B. Crane.
1864 .- E. C. Bunker. 1872 .- Jesse H. Cather. William Price.
John J. Brown.
1865 .- John J. Brown.
1872-3-C. M. Bishop.
William Price. James T. McClaskey.
1866 .- John S. Burdett. William Pricc.
1875 .- C. M. Bishop. Ralph L. Berkshire.
1867 .- William B. Zinn. John S. Burdett.
1877 .- Ralph L. Berkshire. John P. Jones.
1868 .- William Price.
William B. Zinn.
1879 .- John P. Jones. W. C. McGrew.
1869 .- Jesse H. Cather. William Price.
1881 .- W. M. O. Dawson.
W. C. McGrew.
1870 .- William B. Crane.
Jesse H. Cather.
1883 .- W. C. McGrew. W. M. O. Dawson.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ALPHEUS POAGE WILSON, son of the Hon. Thomas Wilson, was born March 2, 1794; read law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He was elected to the Legis- lature in 1819. On the 20th of September, 1821, he married Miss Eliza Evans, daughter of Jesse Evans, of Springhill, Fayette County, Penn. Mr. Wilson was elected the same year to the State Senate, in which he served from 1821 to 25. In 1826, he was a delegate to Washington City to a canal convention. He operated Rock Forge from about 1825 to 32, in which year, on February 10th, he fell from a boat load of iron, near Brownsville, Penn., and was drowned.
WILLIAM J. WILLEY, the eldest son of Squire William Willey, and a balf-brother of the Hon. W. T. Willey, was born in Monongalia County, and became prominent as a public man. He was commissioned a justice of the peace,
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December 24, 1824. He represented Monongalia County in the House of Delegates from 1832 to 36, and was elected to the State Senate about 1837, and re-elected in 1843. He removed to Missouri about 1865, and died there soon afterward.
ALEXANDER WADE was the son of Dr. Thomas Wade, and was born on the waters of Scott's Run. He married Miss Cotton, of near Burton. He represented Monongalia in the House of Delegates of Virginia in 1844 and 45, and was elected to the State Senate in 1852. After the opening of the civil war, he moved to Missouri, where he died some years ago.
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