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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 |
† 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |