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CHEMUNG COUNTY.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

THE CHEMUNG CIVIL LIST.

The Servants of the People in the Nation, in the State, on the Bench, and in the County.

For a period of forty-five years Chemung County formed an important integral part of Tioga County, its citizens filling the positions of honor and trust of the old county, as will be seen in the preceeding history of Tioga as the earlier organization. Since 1836 the citizens of Chemung have filled official positions in the nation, the state, on the bench, and in the county, as will appear in the following civil list of the county:

IN THE NATION.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

1837-39 Hiram Gray, 22d District, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins (two members).
1841-43 Samuel Partridge, 22d District, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins (two members)
1849-51 William T. Jackson, 26th District, Chemung, Tompkins, and Yates.
1871, ’73, ’77 H. Boardman Smith , 27th District, Chemung, Steuben, and Allegany.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

1852 John G. McDowell.
1868 William R. Judson

IN THE STATE.

GOVERNOR.

1877-79 Lucius Robinson

COMPTROLLER.

1861 Lucius Robinson, elected Nov. 5.

CANAL COMMISSIONER.

1848 Charles Cook.

CANAL APPRAISER.

1865 Elihu P. Brooks.

STATE ASSESSOR.

1859-62 Ariel S. Thurston.

DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

1846 William Maxwell.
1867 Tracy Beadle, Elihu P. Brooks.

MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION.

1872 Lucius Robinson.

SECRETARY OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

1867 Luther Caldwell.

STATE SENATORS.

1840-43 Andrew B. Dickinson, 6th District, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga, Tompkins, Chemung, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, and Steuben.
1850-51 George B. Guinnip, 26th District, Chemung and Steuben.
1858-59 Alexander S. Diven, 27th District, Chemung, Sehuyler, and Steuben
1867-69 John I. Nicks, 27th District, Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben.

ASSEMBLYMEN.*

1837 Jacob Westlake
1838 Hiram White
1839 Jonathan P. Conch
1840 Guy Hulett
1841 Jefferson B. Clark
1842-43 Sam. S. Hathaway, Jr.
1844 Sylvester Hazen
1845 Peter McKay
1846 Abraham Primmer
1847 William Maxwell
1848 George W. Buck
1849 Alvan Nash
1850 Philo Jones
1851 Samuel Minier
1852 James B. Van Etten
1853 Hiram W. Jackson
1854 John M. Randall
1855 Orrin Robinson
1856 Jefferson B. Clark
1857 William T. Hastings
1858 John Haggerty
1859 Peter Wontermute
1860-61 Lucius Robinson
1862 Tracy Beadle
1863 Charles Hulett
1864-65 William T. Post
1866 Henry C. Hoffman
1867 George W. Buck
1868 Edmund Miller
1869-70 Edward S. Patrick
1871-72 David B. Hill
1873 Seymour Dexter
1874 Edmund Miller
1875 Jeremiah McGuire
1876 Edmund Miller
1877 Hosea H. Rockwell
1878 George M. Beard

* Chemung County forms now, and has ever formed, one district.

THE JUDICIARY.

SUPREME COURT.

1847-50 Hiram Gray, Justice of 6th District, comprising the counties of Broome, Chemung, Chenungo, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins.

CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH DISTRICT.

1846-47 Hiram Gray, circuit Judge.

COMMISSIONER OF APPEALS.

1870-75 Hiram Gray.

UNITED STATES TERRITORIAL COURT FOR COLORADO.

1862 William H. Ga’e.

COMMON PLEAS AND GENERAL SESSIONS.

1836-43 Joseph L. Darling, First Judge.
1844-46 James Dunn, "
1846-47 Joseph L. Darling "
1836-40 Jacob Westlake, Judge.
  Guy Hulett, "
  James Hughson, "
  Simeon L. Road, "
1841—46 Wm. T. Jackson, "
  Wm. H. Wisner, "
  John Crawford, "
  Eli Banks, "
1846-47 Geo. W. Miller, "
  Samuel Boyer, "
  Horace Order, "
  J.A. McKay, "
  J.L. Darling "

COUNTY COURT.

1847-50 John W. Wisner, County Judge
1850 Aaron Konkle, "
1851-55 Ariel S. Thurston, "
1856-59 Theodore North, "
1859-60 H. Boardman Smith "
1860-64 Elihu P. Brooks, "
1865-68 Gabriel L. Smith, "
1869-78 Thomas S. Spalding " 

Died in office.

JUSTICES’ SESSIONS

1850-51 Nelson Hotchkiss
1850 Patrick Quinn
1851 A. Beecher
1852-53 Guy Purdy
  M.T. Brodrick
1854 J.N. Beers
  N. Colgrove
1855 Alanson Owen
  Peter Blauvelt
1856-57 Jason P. Woolever
1857-58 Charles Patchin
1858 Noble Weller
1859 Robert Casady
1860 John Swartwood
  Hiram Rousby
1861 O.H. Lewis
  Walker V. Personnis
1862 M.A. Burt
1862-63 John C. Hauron
1863 J.A. McKay
1864 Andrus Gere
  Noble Weller
1865 Jesse Rosecrance
  John A. McKay
1866 John S. Gunterman
  Noble Weller
1867 John A. Carey
1867-69 Moses Cole
1868 A.A. Herrington
1869 S.A. Palmer
1870 John L. Saxton
1870-1871 John A. Carey
1871 James C. Swartwood
1872 John L. Saxton
  Henry H. Worden
1873-74 Elisha H. Knapp
1873 George W. Howe
1874 John L. Saxton
1875 James H. Price
  John A. Carey
1876-77 C.L. Pembroke
  Elijah Rugar
1878-79 Charles Evans
  John W. Dilmore

SURROGATES

1836-40 Lyman Covell
1840-44 James Dunn
1844-46 Benajah B. Payne

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

1846-41 Andrew K. Gregg
1841 Hiram Gray
1841-44 D.C. Wood
1844 William North
1843-47 Elihu P. Brooks
1848-50 E.P. Hart
1851-55 Edward Quinn
1856 A. Robertson
1857-59 S.B. Tomlinson
1860-65 John P. Davidson
1869-71 Robert Stephens
1872-74 W.L. Dailey
1875-77 S.S. Taylor
1878 A. Robertson

THE COUNTY

SHERIFFS

1838-40 Albert A. Beckwith
1841-43 Samuel Minier
1844-46 Wm. R. Judson
1847-49 Wm. Skellinger
1850-52 Wm. S. Reeder
1853-55 D.F. Dickering
1856-58 Wm. M. Gregg
1859-61 Henry Baker
1862-64 Wm. Halliday
1865-67 Edwin M. Howell
1868-70 Jud Smith
1871-73 George O. Hanlon
1874-76 Allen Cooper
1877-79 Edmund O. Beers

COUNTY CLERKS*

1938-40 Isaac Baldwin
1841-46 Simeon L. Rood
1847-49 Green M. Tuthill
1850-55 A.F. Babcock
1856-58 Richard Baker
1859-61 U.S. Lowe
1862-64 S.B. Tomlinson
1865-67 George Bennett
1868-70 R.T. Stewart
1871-76 John G. Copley
1877 C.H. Baker
1878 Alexander C. Eustace‡

COUNTY TREASURERS

1836-43 Thomas Maxwell
1843-46 Lyman Covell
1847-48 Ethan B. Carpenter
1849-51 Riggs Watrous
1852-54 N.W. Gardiner
1855-57 John N. Elmore
1858-60 Stephen McDonald
1861-63 William T. Post
1864 James H. Loring
1865-67 E.H. Cook
1868-79 Jesse L. Cooley

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

1842-45 Nathan Tidd
1846 A.I. Wynkoop
1856-59 Philo B. Dailey
1859 Thomas K. Beecher
1860-62 James McMillan
1862 Isaac S. Marshall
1863 Jesse McKinney
1864-66 Isaac S. Marshall
1867-69 John G. Copley
1870-72 Charles K. Hatfield
1873-75 Joseph S. Van Duzer
1876-78 Robert P. Bush
*David Wallis was clerk of Tioga County in 1836, and Thomas Maxwell, as deputy clerk, performed the duties of the office in Elmira until 1838, when a clerk was appointed.

† Died in 1878 ‡ Appointed

SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR

1836-40 Wyatt Carr
1836-38 James Van Etten
1836-39 Goerge Coryell
1838-41 J.A. McKay
1839-41 Wm. Van Duzer
1840-41 Lyman Covell
1841-42 J.P. Conch
  Abraham Stryker
  Joel Heller
1842-44 T.S. Satterlee
1842-46 Horton Huston
1843-46 F. Hager
1844-46 E.B. Carpenter
1846-48 D.W. Frost
  Silas Brees
  H. White
1847-48 W.W. Bennett
1847-49 David A. DeGroff
1849-50 J.L. Darling
1849-51 James M. Van Duzer
1850 H.W. Atkins
1851 James M. Van Duzer
1852-54 Guy C. Hinman
1855-57 C.C. Humphrey
1858-60 Jesse Barnes
1859-74 Joseph Rodbourn
1875-76 John M. Griffin
1877 John P. Brees
1878 Alfred Strader
COMMISSIONERS OF LOANS -- UNITED STATES DEPOSIT FUNDS
1843 Thomas Maxwell
1852 E. Jones
  Geo. V. Hitchcock
1854 Jason P. Woolever
1855 S.B. Tomlinson
  Abram Minier
1857 F. Collingwood
1859-69 D.W. C. Curtis
  A.I. Wynkoop
1870-72 J.P. Woolever
  William Sharp
1873-74 G. Smith Carman
1873-78 Paul Collson
COMMISSIONERS OF EXCISE
1857-58 Lyman Covell
1857-60 James M. Van Duzer
1857-62 Geo. W. Buck
1859-63 Henry Thompson
1861-66 Myron Humphrey
1862-68 Lyman Covell
1862-66 John Ross
1864-71 S.T. Owen
1866-71 Luther Caldwell
1868-71 Harry J. Bentley
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
1836-37 John W. Wisner
1838 John G. McDowell
1839 Philo Jones
1840 John G. McDowell
1841-42 Alonzo I. Wynkoop
1843 Thomas S. Andrus
1844-46 John W. Wisner
1847 George W. Buck
1848-50 R.W. Judson
1851 George W. Buck
1852-54 John N. Beers
1855 James Griswold
1856 S.H. Maxwell
1857-58 Jason P. Woolever
1859-60 S.G. Hathaway, Jr.
1861—63 George W. Buck
1864 Robert C. Wilson
1865 Israel McDonald
1866 Edmund Miller
1867 George W. Buck
1868-71 Edmund Miller
1872-73 Thomas Cuddeback
1874 Jud Smith
1875 Dennis H. Sweet
1876-77 O.P. Diman
CLERKS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
1836 Robert C. Hammill
1837-42 Philander Norton
1843-46 Albert F. Babcock
1850-54 J.B. Moore
1855 Lathrop Baldwin, Jr.
1856 J.B. Moore
1857-64 Jesse L. Cooley
1865 R.R.R. Dumars
1866 Jesse L. Cooley
1867 Samuel C. Taber
1868 Jesse L. Cooley
1869-74 Royal R. Soper
1875-78 Hiram B. Berry