2 Lucien B. Caswell, r.
3 Henry S. Magoon, r.
4 William P. Lynde, d.
5 Samuel D. Burchard, d.
6 Alanson M. Kimball, r.
7 Jeremiah M. Rusk, r.
8 George W. Cate, d.
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES.
ARIZONA.
H. S. Stevens, i.
DAKOTA.
J. P. Kidder, r.
IDAHO.
Stephen S. Fenn, d.
MONTANA.
Martin Maginnis, d.
NEW MEXICO.
S. B. Elkins, r.
UTAH.
George Q. Cannon, i.
WASHINGTON.
Orange Jacobs, r.
WYOMING.
William R. Steele, d.
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
As constituted Feb. 1, 1877.
SENATE.
ALABAMA.
George E. Spencer, r 1879
John T. Morgan, d 1883
ARKANSAS.
Stephen W. Dorsey, r 1879
A. H. Garland, d. 1883
CALIFORNIA.
Aaron A. Sargent, r 1879
Newton Booth, i 1881
COLORADO.
Jerome B. Chaffee, r 1879
Henry M. Teller, r 1883
CONNECTICUT.
James E. English, d 1879
William W. Eaton, d 1881
DELAWARE.
Thomas F. Bayard, d 1881
Democrat 1883
FLORIDA.
Simon B. Conover, r 1879
Charles W. Jones, d 1881
GEORGIA.
John B. Gordon, d 1879
Benjamin H. Hill, d 1883
ILLINOIS.
Richard J. Oglesby, r 1879
David Davis, i 1883
INDIANA.
Oliver P. Morton, r 1879
Joseph E. McDonald, d 1881
IOWA.
William B. Allison, r 1879
Samuel K. Kirkwood, r 1883
KANSAS.
John J. Ingalls, r 1879
Republican 1883
KENTUCKY.
Thomas C. McCreery, d 1879
James B. Beck, d 1883
LOUISIANA.
---- 1879
---- 1883
MAINE.
Hannibal Hamlin, r 1881
James G. Blaine, r 1883
MARYLAND.
George R. Dennis, d 1879
William P. Whyte, d 1881
MASSACHUSETTS.
Henry L. Davis, r 1881
George F. Hoar, r 1883
MICHIGAN.
Isaac P. Christiancy, r 1881
Thomas W. Ferry, r 1883
MINNESOTA.
Samuel J. R. McMillan, r 1881
William Windom, r 1883
MISSISSIPPI.
Branch K. Bruce, r 1881
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, d 1883
MISSOURI.
Louis V. Bogy, d 1879
Francis M. Cockrell, d 1881
NEBRASKA.
Algernon S. Paddock, r 1881
William Saunders, r 1883
NEVADA.
John P. Jones, r 1879
William Sharon, r 1881
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Bainbridge Wadleigh, r 1879
Edward H. Rollins, r 1883
NEW JERSEY.
Theodore F. Randolph, d 1881
John R. McPherson, d 1883
NEW YORK.
Roscoe Conklin, r 1879
Francis Kernan, d 1881
NORTH CAROLINA.
Augustus S. Merriman, d 1879
Mathew W. Ransom, d 1883
OHIO.
John Sherman, r 1879
Allen G. Thurman, d 1881
OREGON.
John H. Mitchell, r 1879
Lafayette F. Grover, d 1883
PENNSYLVANIA.
Simon Cameron, r 1879
William A. Wallace, d 1881
RHODE ISLAND.
Ambrose E. Burnside, r 1881
Henry B. Anthony, r 1883
SOUTH CAROLINA.
John J. Patterson, r 1879
David T. Corbin,[80] r 1883
TENNESSEE.
James E. Bailey, d 1881
Democrat 1883
TEXAS.
Samuel B. Maxey, d 1881
Richard Coke, d 1883
VERMONT.
Justin S. Morrill, r 1879
George F. Edmonds, r 1881
VIRGINIA.
Robert E. Withers, d 1881
John W. Johnson, d 1883
WEST VIRGINIA.
Frank Hereford, d 1881
H. G. Davis, d 1883
WISCONSIN.
Timothy O. Howe, r 1879
Angus Cameron, r 1881
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ALABAMA.
1 Jones T. Jones, d.
2 Hilary A. Herbert, d.
3 Jere N. Williams, d.
4 Charles M. Shelly, d.
5 Robert F. Ligon, d.
6 G. W. Hewitt, d.
7 W. H. Forney, d.
8 William W. Garth, d.
ARKANSAS.
1 Lucien C. Gause, d.
2 William F. Slemons, d.
3 Henry B. Stuart, d.
4 Thomas M. Gunther, d.
CALIFORNIA.
1 Horace Davis, r.
2 Horace F. Page, r.
3 John K. Luttrell, d.
4 Peter D. Wigginton, d.[81]
COLORADO.
1 James B. Belford, r.
CONNECTICUT.
1 George M. Landers, d.
2 James Phelps, d.
3 John T. Wait, r.
4 Levi Warner, d.
DELAWARE.
1 James Williams, d.
FLORIDA.
1 William J. Purman, r.[81]
2 Horatio Bisbee, jr., r.[81]
GEORGIA.
1 Julien Hartridge, d.
2 William E. Smith, d.
3 Philip Cook, d.
4 Henry R. Harris, d.
5 Milton A. Chandler, d.
6 James H. Blount, d.
7 William H. Felton, d.
8 Alexander H. Stephens, d.
9 Benjamin H. Hill, d.
ILLINOIS.
1 William Aldrich, r.
2 Carter H. Harrison, d.
3 Lorenz Brentano, r.
4 William Lathrop, r.
5 Horatio C. Burchard, r.
6 Thomas J. Henderson, r.
7 Philip C. Hayes, r.
8 Greenbury L. Fort, r.
9 Thomas A. Boyd, r.
10 John H. Hungate, d.
11 Robert M. Knapp, d.
12 William M. Springer, d.
13 Thomas F. Tipton, r.
14 Joseph G. Cannon, r.
15 John R. Eden, d.
16 F. M. Ashcraft, r.
17 William R. Morrison, d.
18 William Hartzell, d.
19 R. W. Townshend, d.
INDIANA.
1 Benoni S. Fuller, d.
2 James R. Cobb, d.
3 George A. Bicknell, d.
4 Leonidas Sexton, r.
5 Thomas M. Browne, r.
6 Milton S. Robinson, r.
7 John Hanna, r.
8 Morton C. Hunter, r.
9 Michael D. White, r.
10 William H. Calkins, r.
11 James G. Evans, r.
12 Andrew H. Hamilton, d.
13 John H. Baker, r.
IOWA.
1 J. C. Stone, r.
2 Hiram Price, r.
3 Thomas W. Burdick, r.
4 Nathan C. Deering, r.
5 Rush Clark, r.
6 Ezekiel S. Sampson, r.
7 H. J. B. Cummings, r.
8 William F. Sapp, r.
9 Addison Oliver, r.
KANSAS.
1 William A. Phillips, r.
2 Dudley Haskell, r.
3 Thomas Ryan, r.
KENTUCKY.
1 Andrew R. Boone, d.
2 James McKenzie, d.
3 John W. Caldwell, d.
4 J. Proctor Knott, d.
5 Albert S. Willis, d.
6 John G. Carlile, d.
7 J. C. S. Blackburn, d
8 Milton J. Durham, d.
9 Thomas Turner, d.
10 John B. Clarke, d.
LOUISIANA.
1 Randall L. Gibson, d.
2 E. John Ellis, d.
3 James H. Acklin, d.[82]
4 J. B. Elam, d.[82]
5 John E. Leonard, r.
6 Edward W. Roberts, d.[82]
MAINE.
1 Thomas B. Reed, r.
2 William P. Frye, r.
3 Stephen D. Lindsey, r.
4 Llewellyn Powers, r.
5 Eugene Hale, r.
MARYLAND.
1 Daniel M. Henry, d.
2 Charles B. Roberts, d.
3 William Kimmel, d.
4 Thomas Swann, d.
5 Eli J. Henkle, d.
6 William Walsh, d.
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 William W. Crapo, r.
2 Benjamin W. Harris, r.
3 Wallbridge A. Field, r.
4 Leopold Morse, d.
5 Nathaniel P. Banks, r.
6 George B. Loring, r.
7 Benjamin F. Butler, r.
8 William Claflin, r.
9 William W. Rice, r.
10 Amasa Norcross, r.
11 George D. Robinson, r.
MICHIGAN.
1 Alpheus S. Williams, d.
2 Edwin Willits, r.
3 J. H. McGowan, r.
4 Edwin W. Keighley, r.
5 John W. Stone, r.
6 Mark S. Brewer, r.
7 Omar D. Conger, r.
8 Charles C. Ellsworth, r.
9 Jay A. Hubbell, r.
MINNESOTA.
1 Mark H. Dunnell, r.
2 Horace B. Strait, r.
3 Jacob H. Stewart, r.
MISSISSIPPI.
1 H. L. Muldrow, d.
2 Van H. Manning, d.
3 H. D. Money, d.
4 O. R. Singleton, d.
5 Charles E. Hooker, d.
6 James R. Chambers, d.
MISSOURI.
1 Anthony Ittner, r.
2 Nathan Cole, r.
3 Lyne S. Metcalfe, r.[82]
4 Robert A. Hatcher, d.
5 Richard P. Bland, d.
6 Charles H. Morgan, d.
7 Thomas T. Crittenden, d.
8 Benjamin J. Franklin, d.
9 David Rea, d.
10 Henry Pollard, r.
11 John B. Clark, jr., d.
12 John M. Glover, d.
13 Aylett H. Buckner, d.
NEBRASKA.
Frank Welch, r.
NEVADA.
Thomas Wren, r.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1 Frank Jones, d.
2 James W. Briggs, r.
3 Henry W. Blair, r.
NEW JERSEY.
1 Clem H. Sinnickson, r.
2 J. Howard Pugh, r.
3 Miles Ross, d.
4 Alvah A. Clark, d.
5 Augustus W. Cutler, d.
6 Thomas B. Peddie, r.
7 A. A. Hardenbergh, d.
NEW YORK.
1 James W. Covert, d.
2 William D. Veeder, d.
3 S. B. Chittenden, r.
4 Arch M. Bliss, d.
5 Nicholas Muller, d.
6 Samuel S. Cox, d.
7 Anthony Eickhoff, d.
8 Anson G. McCook, r.
9 Fernando Wood, d.
10 Abram S. Hewitt, d.
11 Benjamin A. Willis, d.
12 Clarkson N. Potter, d.
13 John H. Ketcham, r.
14 George M. Beebe, d.
15 Stephen L. Mayhan, d.
16 Terrence J. Quinn, d.
17 Martin I. Townsend, r.
18 Andrew Williams, r.
19 Amaziah B. James, r.
20 John H. Starin, r.
21 Solomon Bundy, r.
22 George A. Bagley, r.
23 William J. Bacon, r.
24 William H. Baker, r.
25 Frank Hiscock, r.
26 John H. Camp, r.
27 Eldrige C. Lapham, r.
28 Jeremiah W. Dwight, r.
29 John N. Hungerford, r.
30 E. Kirke Hart, d.
31 Charles B. Benedict, d.
32 Daniel N. Lockwood, d.
33 George W. Patterson, r.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1 Jesse J. Yeates, d.
2 Curtis H. Brogden, r.
3 Alfred M. Waddell, d.
4 Joseph J. Davis, d.
5 Alfred M. Scales, d.
6 Walter L. Steele, d.
7 William M. Robbins, d.
8 Robert B. Vance, d.
OHIO.
1 Milton Sayler, d.
2 H. B. Banning, d.
3 Mills Gardner, r.
4 John A. McMahon, d.
5 Americus V. Rice, d.
6 Jacob D. Cox, r.
7 Henry L. Dickey, r.
8 J. Warren Keifer, r.
9 John S. Jones, r.
10 Charles Foster, r.
11 Henry S. Neal, r.
12 Thomas Ewing, d.
13 Milton I. Southard, d.
14 E. B. Finley, d.
15 N. H. Van Vorhes, r.
16 Lorenzo Danford, r.
17 William McKinley, r.
18 James Monroe, r.
19 James A. Garfield, r.
20 Amos Townsend, r.
OREGON.
Richard Williams, r.
PENNSYLVANIA.
1 Chapman Freeman, r.
2 Charles O’Neil, r.
3 Samuel J. Randall, d.
4 William D. Kelley, r.
5 Alfred C. Harmer, r.
6 William Ward, r.
7 Isaac W. Evans, r.
8 Hiester Clymer, d.
9 A. Herr Smith, r.
10 Samuel A. Bridges, d.
11 Frank D. Collins, d.
12 Hindrick B. Wright, d,
13 James B. Reilly, d.
14 John W. Killinger, r.
15 Edward Overton, r.
16 John I. Mitchell, r.
17 Jacob H. Campbell, r.
18 William S. Stenger, d.
19 Levi Maish, d.
20 Levi A. Mackey, d.
21 Jacob Turney, d.
22 Russell Everett, r.
23 Thomas M. Boyne, d.
24 W. S. Shallenherger, r.
25 Henry White, r.
26 John M. Thompson, r.
27 Lewis F. Watson, r.
RHODE ISLAND.
1 Benjamin T. Eames, r.
2 Latimer W. Ballou, r.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1 Joseph Rainey, r.
2 Richard H. Cain, r.
3 D. Wyatt Aiken, d.
4 John H. Evins, d.
5 Robert Smalls, r.
TENNESSEE.
1 James H. Randolph, r.
2 J. M. Thornburgh, r.
3 George C. Dibrell, d.
4 H. T. Riddle, d.
5 John M. Bright, d.
6 John F. House, d.
7 W. C. Whitthorne, d.
8 John D. C. Atkin, d.
9 W. P. Caldwell, d.
10 H. Casey Young, d.
TEXAS.
1 John H. Reagan, d.
2 David B. Culbersen, d.
3 J. W. Throckmorton, d.
4 Roger Q. Mills, d.
5 D. C. Giddings, d.
6 Gustave Schleicher, d.
VERMONT.
1 Charles H. Joyce, r.
2 Dudley C. Dennison, r.
3 George W. Hindee, r.
VIRGINIA.
1 Beverly B. Douglas, d.
2 John Goode, jr., d.
3 Gilbert C. Walker, d.
4 Joseph Jurgenson, r.
5 George C. Cabell, d.
6 John R. Tucker, d.
7 John T. Harris, d.
8 Eppa Hunton, d.
9 A. L. Pridemore, d.
WEST VIRGINIA.
1 Benjamin Wilson, d.
2 Benjamin F. Martin, d.
3 John E. Kenna, d.
WISCONSIN.
1 Charles G. Williams, r.
2 Lucien B. Caswell, r.
3 George C. Hazelton, r.
4 William P. Lynde, d.
5 Edward S. Bragg, d.
6 Gabriel C. Bouck, d.
7 H. L. Humphrey, r.
8 Thad C. Pound, r.
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES.
ARIZONA.
H. S. Stevens, d.
DAKOTA.
J. P. Kidder, r.
IDAHO.
Stephen S. Fenn.
MONTANA.
Martin Maginnis, d.
NEW MEXICO.
Trinidad Romero, r.
UTAH.
George Q. Cannon, i.
WASHINGTON.
Orange Jacobs, r.
WYOMING.
W. W. Corlett, r.
PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENTS.
YEAR OF QUAL. NAME. WHERE FROM. TERM OF OFFICE.
Y. M. D.
1789 George Washington Virginia 8 -- --
1797 John Adams Massachusetts 4 -- --
1801 Thomas Jefferson Virginia 8 -- --
1809 James Madison Virginia 8 -- --
1817 James Monroe Virginia 8 -- --
1824 John Quincy Adams Massachusetts 4 -- --
1829 Andrew Jackson Tennessee 8 -- --
1837 Martin Van Buren New York 4 -- --
1841 William Henry Harrison[83] Ohio -- 1 --
1841 John Tyler Virginia 3 11 --
1845 James Knox Polk Tennessee 4 -- --
1849 Zachary Taylor[84] Louisiana 1 4 5
1850 Millard Fillmore New York 2 7 26
1853 Franklin Pierce New Hampshire 4 -- --
1857 James Buchanan Pennsylvania 4 -- --
1861 Abraham Lincoln[85] Illinois 4 1 10
1865 Andrew Johnson Tennessee 3 10 20
1869 Ulysses S. Grant Illinois 8 -- --
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio -- -- --
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
YEAR OF QUAL. NAME. WHERE FROM.
1789 John Adams Massachusetts.
1797 Thomas Jefferson Virginia.
1801 Aaron Burr New York.
1804 George Clinton New York.
1813 Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts.
1817 Daniel D. Tompkins New York.
1824 John C. Calhoun South Carolina.
1833 Martin Van Buren New York.
1837 Richard M. Johnson Kentucky.
1841 John Tyler Virginia.
1842 Samuel L. Southard New Jersey.
1845 George M. Dallas Pennsylvania.
1849 Millard Fillmore New York.
1851 William R. King Alabama.
1853 David R. Atchison Missouri.
1855 Jesse D. Bright Indiana.
1857 John C. Breckinridge Kentucky.
1861 Hannibal Hamlin Maine.
1865 Andrew Johnson Tennessee.
1865 Lafayette C. Foster Connecticut.
1869 Schuyler Colfax Indiana.
1873 Henry Wilson[86] Massachusetts.
1875 Thomas W. Ferry Michigan.
1877 William A. Wheeler New York.
THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNION.
--------------------------------++-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APPORTIONMENT FOR CONGRESSMEN. || STATE GOVERNMENTS.
----------------+---------+-----++------------------+------------------------+------------+--------+------------------------+------------------
STATES. (38) AREA, |TOT’L|| CAPITALS. | GOVERNORS. | TERM | SAL. | LEGISLATURES MEET. | STATE
SQ. MLS.|MEM. || | | EXPIRES. | | | ELECTIONS.
----------------+---------+-----++------------------+------------------------+------------+--------+------------------------+------------------
Alabama | 50,722 | 8 || Montgomery |George S. Houston | Nov., 1879 | $3,000 |3 M. Nov. |1 Monday Aug.
Arkansas | 52,198 | 4 || Little Rock |William R. Miller | Jan., 1881 | 3,500 |[88]1 T. a. 2 M. Jan. |[88]1 Monday Sept.
California | 188,981 | 4 || Sacramento |William Irwin | Dec., 1879 | 7,000 |[88]1 M. Dec. |[88]1 Wed. Sept.
Colorado | 105,000 | 1 || Denver |[87]John L. Routt | Jan., 1879 | 3,000 |[88] 1 W. Jan. |1 Tuesday Oct.
Connecticut | 4,750 | 4 || Hartford |Richard D. Hubbard | Jan., 1879 | 2,000 |1 W. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Delaware | 2,120 | 1 || Dover |John P. Cochran | Jan., 1879 | 2,000 |[88]1 Tu. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov
Florida | 59,248 | 2 || Tallahassee |George F. Drew | Jan., 1881 | 3,500 |[88]1 T. a. 1 M. Jan |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Georgia | 58,000 | 9 || Atlanta |Alfred H. Colquitt | Jan., 1881 | 4,000 |[88]2 W. Jan. |[88]1 Wed. Oct.
Illinois | 55,410 | 19 || Springfield |[87]Shelby M Cullom | Jan., 1881 | 5,000 |[88]1 M. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Indiana | 33,800 | 13 || Indianapolis |James D. Williams | Jan., 1881 | 3,000 |[88]1 W. Jan. |[88]2 Tuesday Oct.
Iowa | 55,045 | 9 || Des Moines |[87]Samuel J. Kirkwood | Jan., 1878 | 2,500 |[88]2 M. Jan. |[88]2 Tuesday Oct.
Kansas | 88,318 | 3 || Topeka |[87]George T. Anthony | Jan., 1881 | 3,000 |[88]2 Tu. Jan. |[88] T. a 1 M. Nov.
Kentucky | 37,680 | 10 || Frankfort |James T. McCreary | Sept., 1879| 5,000 |[88]1 M. Dec. |[88]1 Monday Aug.
Louisiana | 41,346 | 6 || New Orleans |Francis T. Nicholls | Jan., 1881 | 8,000 | 1 M. Jan. | 1 Monday Nov.
Maine | 35,000 | 5 || Augusta |[87]Selden Connor | Jan., 1878 | 2,500 | 1 W. Jan. | 2 Monday Sept.
Maryland | 11,124 | 6 || Annapolis |John Lee Carroll | Jan., 1880 | 4,000 |[88]1 W. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Massachusetts | 7,800 | 11 || Boston |[87]Alexander H. Rice | Jan., 1878 | 5,000 | 1 W. Jan. | T. a 1 M. Nov.
Michigan | 56,451 | 9 || Lansing |[87]Charles M. Crosswell| Jan., 1881 | 1,000 |[88]1 W. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Minnesota | 83,531 | 3 || St. Paul |[87]John S. Pillsbury | Jan., 1878 | 3,000 | 1 T. a. 1 M. Jan | T. a 1 M. Nov.
Mississippi | 47,156 | 6 || Jackson |John M. Stone | Jan., 1878 | 3,000 |[88]1 M. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Missouri | 65,350 | 13 || Jefferson City |John S. Phelps | Jan., 1881 | 5,000 |[88] Last M. Dec. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Nebraska | 75,995 | 1 || Lincoln |[87]Silas Garber | Jan., 1879 | 1,000 |[88]1 Th. a 1 M. Jan |[88]2 Tuesday Oct.
Nevada | 81,539 | 1 || Carson City |L. R. Bradley | Jan., 1878 | 6,000 |[88]1 M. Jan |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
New Hampshire | 9,280 | 3 || Concord |[87]B. F. Prescott | June, 1878 | 1,000 |[88]1 M. June | 2 Tuesday Mar.
New Jersey | 8,320 | 7 || Trenton |Joseph D. Bedle | Jan., 1879 | 3,000 | 2 Tu. Jan | T. a 1 M. Nov.
New York | 47,000 | 33 || Albany |Lucius Robinson | Jan., 1880 | 10,000 | 1 Tu. Jan |T. a 1 M. Nov.
North Carolina | 50,704 | 8 || Raleigh |Zebulon B. Vance | Jan., 1881 | 4,000 |[88]W a. 1 M. Jan |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Ohio | 39,964 | 20 || Columbus |[87]Thomas L. Young | Jan., 1878 | 4,000 |[88]1 M. Jan. | 2 Tuesday Oct.
Oregon | 95,274 | 1 || Salem |Lafayette F. Grover | June, 1878 | 1,500 |[88]2 M. Sept. |[88]1 Monday June
Pennsylvania | 46,000 | 27 || Harrisburg |[87]John F. Hartranft | Jan., 1879 | 10,000 |[88]1 Tu. Jan. | T. a 1 M .Nov.
Rhode Island | 1,306 | 2 || Newp’t & Pro. |[87]---- Van Zandt | May, 1878 | 1,000 | M. and Jan. | 1 Wed. April.
South Carolina | 34,000 | 5 || Columbia |Wade Hampton | Jan., 1881 | 3,500 | 4 M. Nov. | T. a 1 M. Nov.
Tennessee | 45,600 | 10 || Nashville |James D. Porter | Jan., 1878 | 4,000 |[88]1 M. Jan. |[88]T. a 1 M. Nov.
Texas | 274,356 | 6 || Austin |Richard Coke | Jan., 1878 | 5,000 |[88]2 Tu. Jan. |[88]3 Tuesday Feb.
Vermont | 10,212 | 3 || Montpelier |[87]Horace Fairbanks | Oct., 1878 | 1,000 |[88]1 W. Oct. |[88]1 Tuesday Sept.
Virginia | 38,352 | 9 || Richmond |James L. Kemper | Jan., 1878 | 5,000 |[88]1 W. Dec. |[88] T. a 1 M. Nov.
West Virginia | 23,000 | 3 || Wheeling |Henry M. Matthews | Mar., 1881 | 2,700 |[88]2 W. Jan |[88]2 Tuesday Oct.
Wisconsin | 53,924 | 8 || Madison |[87]Harrison Ludington | Jan., 1878 | 5,000 | 2 W. Jan | T. a 1 M. Nov.
Total 293
TERRIT’S. CAPITALS. GOVERNORS.
Alaska Sitka Not organized
Arizona Tucson C. E. G. French
Dakota Yankton J. L. Pennington
Idaho Boise City Mason Brayman
Indian Tahlaquah Not organized
Montana Helena Benj. F. Potts.
N. Mexico Santa Fe Sam. B. Axtell
Utah Salt L. City Geo. W. Emery.
Washingt’n Olympia Elisha P. Ferry.
Wyoming Cheyenne John M. Thayer.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
COUNTRY. CAPITAL. NAME OF RULER. TITLE. POPULAT’N. SQ MLS.
Abyssinia Magdala Johannes I King 40,000,000 175,000
Afghanistan Candahar Shere Ali Shah 7,000,000 300,000
Anam (Cochin-China) Ketcho Tu Duc King 13,500,000 600,000
Andorra Andorra A. Queradra 1st Syndic 20,000 190
Argentine Republic Buenos Ayres Senor Avellameda President 1,877,500 1,000,000
Austria Vienna Francis Joseph I Emperor 35,019,058 258,000
Belgium Brussels Leopold II King 5,253,821 12,500
Beloochistan Kelat Mir Nasa Khan Khan 2,000,000 160,000
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Pedro II Emperor 10,300,000 3,000,000
Bokhara Bokhara Mozaflar ed. di. Khan 2,000,000 235,000
Bolivia La Paz Adolpho Ballivian President 1,987,352 318,000
Borneo Abdul Mumem Sultan 1,750,000 300,000
Burman Empire Monchoboo Mendoonmen King 8,000,000 200,000
Chili Santiago Errazuriz President 2,074,000 144,000
China Pekin Tsaeteen Emperor 415,000,000 5,300,000
Costa Rica San Jose J. M. Guardia President 185,000 16,250
Dahomey Dahomey Adahoonzon King 300,000 --
Denmark Copenhagen Christian IX King 1,861,000 14,616
Egypt Cairo Ismail Pasha Khedive 5,800,000 175,800
Ecuador Quito Don Antonio Borrero President 1,100,000 300,000
Fiji Islands Ovalan Ceded to Great Britain King 250,000 --
France Paris Marshal MacMahon President 36,102,921 204,825
German Empire }
Prussia } Berlin William Emperor 30,000,000 746,042
Saxony and States }
Lubeck } 52,158 5.21
Hamburg } Free towns 122,565 4.76
Bremen } 338,974 7.44
Bavaria } Munich Ludwig II King 4,689,000 26,500
Wurtemberg } Stuttgart Charles I King 1,785,982 7,600
Baden } S. Ger’y Carlsruhe Frederic Grand Duke 1,435,000 5,712
Hesse-Darmstadt } Darmstadt Louis III Grand Duke 852,000 13,964
Alsace-Lorraine } 1,549,459 25,706
Great Britain London Victoria Queen 29,307,199 121,115
Greece Athens George I King 1,457,894 19,950
Guatemala Guatemala Don I. Rufino Barrios President 1,200,000 15,000
Hayti Port au Prince Gen. B. Canal President 960,000 11,718
Honduras Comayague Gen. J. M. Medina President 350,000 47,090
Italy Rome Victor Emanuel II King 26,796,149 98,154
Japan Tokio Mutsuhito Emperor 33,110,825 266,500
Khokan Khokan Khan 1,000,000 --
Liberia Monrovia Jas. S. Payne President 625,000 --
Madagascar Tananarivo Ramavolo II Queen 3,000,000 225,000
Mexico Mexico Gen. Porfirio Diaz President 9,173,052 846,615
Montenegro Cetigne Nicholas I Hospodar 100,000 450,000
Mosquito Blewfields Tamaso King 34,000 --
Morocco Fez Mulai Hassan Sultan 7,000,000 25,000
Muscat Muscat Seyyed Toorkee bin Said Imaum 1,500,000 176,000
Netherlands Amsterdam William III King 3,652,072 12,685
New Granada Bogota Don Santiago Perez President 3,000,000 333,000
Nicaragua Managua Don Vicente Cuadra President 235,000 57,000
Norway Christiana Oscar II. of Sweden 1,753,000 121,000
Orange Free States Bloemfontein I. H. Brand President 50,000 70,000
Paraguay Asuncion John B. Gill President 1,400,000 85,000
Persia Teheren ---- Nassir ed. Deen Shah 8,000,000 648,000
Peru Lima Senor Manuel Prado President 3,374,000 558,000
Portugal Lisbon Luis I King 4,435,000 34,491
Roumania Bucharest Charles Hospodar 2,500,000 27,500
Russia St. Petersburg Alexander II Emperor 85,685,245 7,710,882
Sarawak Kuching Charles Brooke Santiago Rajah 200,000 --
Sandwich Islands Honolulu David Kalakaua King 73,000 6,500
San Salvador San Salvador Senor Andres Valle President 600,000 7,500
Servia Belgrade Milan Obrenovitch Prince 1,338,505 12,600
Siam Bang Kok Chan Fa Chule Long Korn King 5,700,000 250,000
Spain Madrid Don Alfonzo XII King 16,641,984 193,508
Switzerland Berne M. Scherer President 2,269,147 15,991
Sweden Stockholm Oscar II King 4,204,771 128,776
St. Domingo San Domingo Gen. Ig. Gonzalez President 136,500 18,000,000
Turkey Constantinople Abdul Hamid II Sultan 45,000,000 2,210,000
Uruguay Montevideo Don Jose Ellauri President 450,000 75,000
Venezuela Caracas A. Guzman Blanco President 1,600,000 426,000
DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS OF UNITED STATES.
COUNTRY. NAME. TITLE. WHERE EMPLOYED. SALARY.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Thomas O. Osborne Minister Resident Buenos Ayres $ 7 500
AUSTRIA Edward F. Blade Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Vienna 12 000
BELGIUM Ayres P. Merrill Minister Resident Brussels 7 500
BRAZIL James R. Partridge Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Rio Janeiro 12 000
CHILI Cornelius A. Logan Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Santiago 10 000
CHINA George F. Seward Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Pekin 12 000
FRANCE Elihu B. Washburne Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Paris 17 500
GREAT BRITAIN Edwards Pierrepont Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. London 17 500
CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES George Williamson Minister Resident Guatamala 10 000
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Henry A. Pierce Minister Resident Honolulu 7 500
HAYTI E. D. Basset Min. Res. and Con. Gen. Pt. an Prince 7 500
ITALY George P. Marsh Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Florence 12 000
JAPAN John A. Bingham Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Yeddo 12 000
LIBERIA James M. Turner Min. Res. and Con. Gen. Monrovia 4 000
MEXICO John W. Foster Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Mexico 12 000
NETHERLANDS James Birney Minister Resident The Hague 7 500
PERU Richard Gibbs Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Lima 10 000
GERMAN EMPIRE J. C. Bancroft Davis Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Berlin 17 500
RUSSIA George H. Boker Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. St. Petersburg 17 500
SPAIN Caleb Cushing Envoy Ex. and M. Plen. Madrid 12 000
SWEDEN AND NORWAY C. C. Andrews Minister Resident Stockholm 7 500
TURKEY Horace Maynard Minister Resident Constantinople 7 500
VENEZUELA Thomas Russell Minister Resident Caracas 7 500
POST-OFFICES IN COLORADO.
Corrected to June 1, 1877.
NOTE--Those printed in SMALL CAPITALS indicate County Seats.
POST-OFFICE COUNTY.
Acequia Douglas.
Alma Park.
Alpine Lake.
Animas City San Juan.
Animas Forks San Juan.
Antelope Springs Hinsdale.
Apishapa Las Animas.
Arroya Elbert.
Arvada Jefferson.
Badito Huerfano.
Bald Mountain Gilpin.
Barela Las Animas.
Barnum Saguache.
Bear Canyon Douglas.
Beaver Brook Jefferson.
Bennet Arapahoe.
Bent Canyon Las Animas.
Beulah Pueblo.
Big Sandy El Paso.
Big Thompson Larimer.
Bijou Basin El Paso.
Bismark Saguache.
Black Hawk Gilpin.
Booneville Pueblo.
BOULDER Boulder.
Box Elder Larimer.
BRECKINRIDGE Summit.
Brookvale Clear Creek.
Buffalo Weld.
Buffalo Springs Park.
Burrow’s Park Hinsdale.
Butte Valley Huerfano.
Byers Arapahoe.
CANON CITY Fremont.
Capitol City Hinsdale.
Caribou Boulder.
Carr Weld.
CASTLE ROCK Douglas.
CENTRAL CITY Gilpin.
Centreville Lake.
Cherry Creek Arapahoe.
Cheyenne Wells Bent.
Cleora Lake.
Coal Creek Fremont.
Cochetopa Saguache.
Colfax Fremont.
Colorado City El Paso.
COLORADO SPRINGS El Paso.
CONEJOS Conejos.
Corona Weld.
Cotton Creek Saguache.
Creswell Jefferson.
Crisman Boulder.
Cucharas Huerfano.
Currant Creek Fremont.
Deer Trail Arapahoe.
Deer Valley Park.
DEL NORTE Rio Grande.
DENVER Arapahoe.
Divide Lake.
Douglas Douglas.
Dudley Park.
Eagle Rock Boulder.
Easton El Paso.
Edgerton El Paso.
Elbert Elbert.
Elmoro Las Animas.
El Paso El Paso.
Empire City Clear Creek.
Erie Weld.
Estes Park Larimer.
Eureka San Juan.
EVANS Weld.
Evergreen Jefferson.
FAIRPLAY Park.
Florence Fremont.
Florrissant El Paso.
FORT COLLINS Larimer.
Fort Garland Costilla.
Fort Lupton Weld.
Fort Lyon Bent.
Fountain El Paso.
Franktown Douglas.
Fraser Grand.
Galena Fremont.
Gardener Huerfano.
GEORGETOWN Clear Creek.
Glen Grove Douglas.
GOLDEN Jefferson.
Gomer’s Mills Elbert.
Granada Bent.
GRANITE Lake.
Grant Park.
Greeley Weld.
Greenhorn Pueblo.
Greenland Douglas.
Greenwood Fremont.
Gunnison Lake.
Hahn’s Peak Routt.
Hall Valley Park.
Hamilton Park.
Hartsel Park.
Hayden Grand.
Helena Lake.
Hermosa La Plata.
Higbee Bent.
Hillsborough Weld.
Hortense Lake.
Hot Springs Ouray.
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS Grand.
Howardsville San Juan.
Huerfano Pueblo.
Hughes Arapahoe.
Hugo Elbert.
Hutchinson Jefferson.
Idaho Springs Clear Creek.
Island Station Arapahoe.
Jackson Pueblo.
Jamestown Boulder.
Jennison Hinsdale.
Julesburg Weld.
Juniata Pueblo.
Kester Park.
KIOWA Elbert.
Kit Carson Bent.
Lajara Conejos.
La Junta Bent.
LAKE CITY Hinsdale.
La Porte Larimer.
Lark Spur Douglas.
Las Animas Bent.
La Veta Huerfano.
Left Hand Boulder.
Lincoln City Summit.
Linwood Las Animas.
Little Thompson Larimer.
Littleton Arapahoe.
Livermore Larimer.
Longmont Boulder.
Los Pinos San Juan.
Magnolia Boulder.
Mahonville Lake.
Malta Lake.
Manitou El Paso.
Mill City Clear Creek.
Mineral Point San Juan.
Modoc Boulder.
Montezuma Summit.
Monument El Paso.
Morrison Jefferson.
Muddy Creek Pueblo.
Namaqua Larimer.
Nederland Boulder.
Nepesta Pueblo.
New Liberty Weld.
Ni Wot Boulder.
Oro City Lake.
Orodelfan Boulder.
Osage Avenue Pueblo.
Ouray San Juan.
O. Z. El Paso.
PARROTT La Plata.
Pella Boulder.
Petersburg Arapahoe.
Piedra Rio Grande.
Pine Grove Douglas.
Platte Valley Weld.
Platteville Weld.
Pleasant Valley Fremont.
Poncho Springs Lake.
Preston Summit.
PUEBLO Pueblo.
Pulaski Las Animas.
Rito Alto Saguache.
River Bend Elbert.
Riverside Lake.
Rock Cliff Saguache.
Rock Ridge Douglas.
Rock Park.
Rocky Ford Bent.
Rollinsville Gilpin.
Rosita Fremont.
Running Creek Elbert.
Russell Costilla.
SAGUACHE Saguache.
Saint Charles Pueblo.
Saint Mary’s Huerfano.
Saints John Summit.
Salina Boulder.
Sangre de Christo Saguache.
San Isabel Saguache.
San Jose Las Animas.
San Juan Hinsdale.
SAN LUIS Costilla.
Santa Clara Huerfano.
Sarinda Weld.
Sedalia Douglas.
Silver Plume Clear Creek.
SILVERTON San Juan.
South Fork Rio Grande.
South Park Park.
South Platte Weld.
South Pueblo Pueblo.
South Side Bent.
Southwater El Paso.
Spanish Bar Clear Creek.
Spring Valley Douglas.
Sterling Weld.
Sugar Loaf Boulder.
Summit Rio Grande.
Summit Park El Paso.
Sunshine Boulder.
Table Rock El Paso.
Tellurium Hinsdale.
Texas Creek Fremont.
The Meadows Bent.
TRINIDAD Las Animas.
Ula Fremont.
Valmont Boulder.
Villa Grove Saguache.
Virginia Dale Larimer.
Wagon Wheel Gap Rio Grande.
WALSENBURG Huerfano.
Ward District Boulder.
Wareville Ouray.
Warrantsville Huerfano.
Wayside Costilla.
Webster Park.
Weissport El Paso.
WEST LAS ANIMAS Bent.
Wheatland Larimer.
White Earth Saguache.
White River Summit.
Windsor Routt.
Yorkville Fremont.
COUNTIES OF COLORADO.
AREA, POPULATION AND VALUATION-1877.
COUNTY. AREA, SQ. MLS. POPULATION. VALUATION.
ARAPAHOE 4,860 28,000 $11,471,506
BENT 9,408 4,000 2,817,539
BOULDER 794 12,000 2,883,393
COSTILLA 1,684 2,000 223,078
CONEJOS 2,554 2,000 80,871
CLEAR CREEK 468 10,000 1,953,069
[89]CUSTER 774 . . . . . .
DOUGLAS 833 3,500 1,122,469
EL PASO 2,667 5,750 2,879,265
ELBERT 6,270 1,500 1,684,502
FREMONT 1,800 5,250 1,564,657
GILPIN 158 8,800 2,237,356
GRAND 4,278 1,000 73,731
[89]GUNNISON 11,066 . . . . . .
HUERFANO 1,584 5,000 661,948
HINSDALE 1,528 4,000 94,708
JEFFERSON 792 5,500 1,920,443
LAKE 1,640 2,300 395,361
LARIMER 2,068 3,500 1,022,610
LAS ANIMAS 7,481 10,000 2,133,969
LA PLATA 4,095 800 84,858
[89]OURAY 2,333 . . . . . .
PARK 1,842 4,500 779,805
PUEBLO 2,384 6,500 3,850,466
RIO GRANDE 1,000 4,000 657,912
[89]ROUTT 7,266 . . . . . .
SUMMIT 8,289 2,000 181,776
SAGUACHE 3,640 2,500 710,348
SAN JUAN 726 4,000 95,950
WELD 10,718 6,000 2,548,565
TOTAL 105,000 144,900 44,130,205
The above valuations are the county assessments as required by law, and
do not include mines which are not taxable for ten years.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
STATE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
JEROME B. CHAFFEE, of Denver, Arapahoe county, was born in Niagara
county, New York, April 17, 1825; he received an academic education;
emigrated to the west when quite young and settled in Michigan, and
afterwards in St. Joseph, Mo., where he engaged in banking; moved to
Kansas in 1857, and located at Elmwood; came to Colorado in 1860, and
settled in Gilpin county, where he became largely engaged in mining
operations, and in 1861 began his public career as representative from
that county to the first Territorial Legislature. In 1862 he was
returned to the Legislature, and in 1864 again represented the county of
Gilpin, and was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1865 he became
interested in the First National Bank of Denver, of which he has since
been the President. In the fall of this year he was chosen United States
Senator of the proposed State of Colorado. September 13, 1870, he was
elected delegate to Congress, and was re-elected in 1872. During his
terms in Congress and long before, he labored incessantly to secure the
admission of Colorado into the Union, and though failing several times,
persisted in his efforts until the 38th State was created. In 1876, he
was chosen United States Senator to the 44th and 45th Congresses. His
term expires March, 1879.
HENRY M. TELLER, of Central City, Gilpin county, was born in Allegany
county, New York, May 23, 1830. Attended school at Rushford Academy, and
pursued his studies for a considerable time at the Allegany University.
While obtaining his education, he taught school several terms, and for
seven years taught and attended school alternately. At the age of twenty
five he began the study of law under Judge M. Grover, of Angelica, New
York, with whom he remained three years; removed to Morrison, Whiteside
county, Illinois, in 1865, and began the practice of his profession,
forming a copartnership with H. A. Johnson, Esq.; has been a Republican
since 1856, and took an active part in the political campaign for
Lincoln in 1860; came to Colorado in 1861 and settled in Central City,
where he has since resided; his copartnership with Mr. Johnson, who had
preceded him in 1860, was here renewed, which has since been dissolved
by the return of Mr. Johnson to New York. In 1864 he entered into
co-partnership with his brother, the Hon. Willard Teller; was chosen
United States Senator by the General Assembly in December, 1876. His
term expires March, 1883.
REPRESENTATIVE.
JAMES B. BELFORD, of Central City, Gilpin county, was born in Lewistown,
Penn., September 28, 1837; was educated at Dickinson College; is by
profession an attorney-at-law; was admitted to the bar in 1858;
practiced law in Moniteau county, Missouri, until December, 1860;
removed to White county, Indiana, where he was elected to the
Legislature in 1866; came to Colorado in 1870, having been appointed
judge of the Supreme Court; was re-appointed in 1874, and in 1876 was
chosen Representative to the 44th and 45th Congresses. His term expires
March, 1879.
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
TERMS EXPIRE JANUARY, 1879.
GOVERNOR.
JOHN L. ROUTT, of Denver, Arapahoe county, was born in Eddyville,
Kentucky, April 25, 1827. His family emigrated to Illinois in 1833, and
settled in Hancock county. At the age of thirteen, his mother being a
widow in destitute circumstances, he was apprenticed to a carpenter and
builder in Bloomington, where he resided until he came to Colorado. He
had received the rudiments of an English education, but devoted the
leisure hours of his apprenticeship to the improvement of his mind. He
was married at the age of 19 to Miss Hester A. Woodson, who died in
1872. In 1860 he was elected sheriff of McLean county, and resigned
eighteen months afterwards to enter the army. He enlisted in the 94th
regiment Illinois volunteers, and soon rose to the rank of Captain, and
subsequently to that of Lieutenant-Colonel. Upon his return home, at the
close of the war, he was elected Treasurer of McLean county, an office
the annual collections of which amounted to half a million dollars.
After holding this position for two terms, he was appointed United
States Marshal for the Southern district of Illinois, and in 1871 was
appointed second Assistant Postmaster General. In 1874 he was married to
Miss Leila Pickrell, of Decatur, Illinois. In February, 1875, he was
appointed Governor of the Territory of Colorado, and performed the
responsible duties of that position so acceptably that in 1876 he was
elected the first Governor of the new State, receiving 14,154 votes
against 13,316 for Bela M. Hughes, Democrat.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
LAFAYETTE HEAD of Conejos, was born in Howard county, Missouri, April
19, 1825; received a common school education; enlisted in the second
regiment Missouri volunteers, which distinguished itself in the Mexican
war, in several battles which were fought in 1846, at La Canado, El
Embuda, Taos and Santa Clara Springs. Upon the expiration of his
military service he settled in New Mexico, and in 1849 engaged in
mercantile pursuits at Abiquiu. He was appointed United States Marshal
for the Northern District of New Mexico, and held that position for
nearly three years. In 1861 he was elected sheriff of Rio Arriba county
for the term of two years. In 1853 he was elected Representative from
Rio Arriba county to the Legislature, which convened at Santa Fe. In
1855 he was commissioned Lieutenant in Col. St. Vrain’s regiment of
volunteers, which served for six months against the Ute and Apache
Indians. In 1856 he was elected from Taos to the Legislature and was
subsequently chosen representative to fill the vacancy created in the
Council by Benito Valdez, and was re-elected in 1857, and was chosen
President of that body. In 1859 he was appointed special agent of the
Ute and Apache Indians, and held that office for nine years. In 1874 he
was elected from Conejos county to the Colorado Legislature as member of
the Council. In 1875 he was chosen a delegate to the Constitutional
Convention. In 1876, at the first State election, he was chosen
Lieutenant-Governor, receiving 14,191 votes against 13,093 for Michael
Beshoar, Democrat.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
WILLIAM M. CLARK, of Georgetown, Clear Creek county, was born in
Highland, Chester county, Penn., May 1st, 1839. At an early age, his
mother dying, he was placed in the care of his grand parents, to whom he
owes his early training. Until his sixteenth year he attended the public
schools, and then spent one year at a select school, and another year at
the State Normal School at Millersville, Penn. He afterwards taught
school until the summer of 1861, when he enlisted as a private in
company “P,” twenty-eighth regiment afterwards company “E,” one hundred
and forty-seventh regiment (Pa.) volunteers. He received several
promotions, and was captain of his company when mustered out of service
in July, 1865. His company served in the army of the Potomac, until
after the battle of Gettysburg; with Hooker’s corps, under Grant, in the
west, until after the battle of Lookout Mountain; with Sherman’s army in
the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and in its march to the sea;
and in the campaign from Savannah to Raleigh, which resulted in
Johnston’s surrender after the fall of Richmond. In the spring of 1866
he arrived in Clear Creek county, Colorado, where he has since resided.
He engaged in mining and soon became a prominent citizen. In 1867 he was
elected Superintendent of Schools, and was afterwards elected to the
same office for two different terms. In the same year he was appointed
Clerk of the District Court and Master in Chancery, and held these
offices until 1874, when he was chosen to represent the counties of
Clear Creek and Summit in the tenth session of the Territorial
Legislature. Early in 1874, he was appointed Brigadier General of
Colorado militia, which position he held until the last general
election, having been re-appointed by Gov. Routt in 1875; he was elected
a member of the Constitutional Convention and held the important
position of Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining. At the
Republican Convention in Pueblo, General Clark was nominated by
acclamation for the office of Secretary of State, and the election
returns evinced the wisdom of the Convention, as he ran largely ahead of
his ticket in almost every county in the State, receiving 14,582 votes
against 12,843 for James T. Smith, Democrat.
STATE TREASURER.
GEORGE C. CORNING, of Boulder, Boulder county, was born in Painesville,
Ohio, on the second day of April, 1837; was educated at Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio; is by occupation a banker; in 1868 organized the Bank of
Topeka, at Topeka, Kansas, and for three years was president of that
institution; came to Colorado in 1870, settled at Boulder and engaged in
the banking business; in 1876 he was elected State Treasurer, receiving
14,038 votes against 13,310 for Thomas M. Field, Democrat.
STATE AUDITOR.
DAVID C. CRAWFORD, of Colorado Springs, El Paso county, was born in
London, Canada West, September 5th, 1836. Shortly after the family
migrated to Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Until his twelfth year he
attended the public schools, and for two years after the Academy at
Kalamazoo. Here until 1856 he occupied the position of clerk in a
hardware store. He then moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and engaged in
the jewelry business under the firm name of Stanley & Crawford; came to
Colorado in May, 1860, and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder
counties, and in 1862 opened a general merchandise store in Musquito,
Park county, and there continued his mining pursuits. In the summer of
1865, and the summer following, he cultivated a farm in Jefferson
county. In the fall of 1867 he was elected Clerk and Recorder of
Jefferson county, and was twice re-elected. In the fall of 1870 he was
married to Miss Amanda J. Thornton, of Golden. Real estate and insurance
claimed his attention until 1875, when he became the proprietor of the
Crawford House at Colorado Springs. In October, 1876, he was elected
State Auditor, receiving 14,117 votes against 13,295 for J. K. Benedict,
Democrat.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON, of Canon City, Fremont county, was born near the
town of Cadiz, Ohio, June 21, 1839. His early life was devoted to
farming, a pursuit which his parents, who were of Irish-Welch descent,
followed for a livelihood. He graduated at Mount Union College in 1861,
and at once entered as a volunteer in an Ohio regiment to do battle for
the preservation of the Union. He was soon promoted to a captaincy, but
in 1864, at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, he was disabled for life and
discharged from the service. He returned to Cadiz, and in 1864 was
admitted to the bar, then entered the Cleveland Law School, at which he
graduated in 1865. In 1866 he migrated to Missouri, and settled at
Sedalia. On October 18th of this year, he married the daughter of Judge
Allen C. Turner, of Cadiz, his native place. In 1872 he was unanimously
nominated in Pettis county, Missouri, for the Legislature, but declined,
preferring to continue the practice of his profession without
interruption. He was attorney for the State Board of Education for the
Fifth Congressional District of Missouri; in February, 1873, was
nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate United States
Consul to Palestine, but again declined; was Presidential elector in
Missouri in 1872; came to Colorado in 1874, and settled in Canon City,
where he continued the practice of law until 1876, when he was elected
Attorney-General, receiving 14,145 votes against 13,182 for G. Q.
Richmond, Democrat.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
JOSEPH C. SHATTUCK, of Greeley, Weld county, was born at Marlborough,
Cheshire county, New Hampshire, February 28, 1835. He attended
Westminster Seminary, Vermont, and afterwards the Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., joining the class of ’61, but left without completing
the course; was married to Miss Hattie M. Knight, of Marlborough, August
17, 1858; went to Missouri and engaged in teaching; came to Colorado in
1870 with the Union Colony, of which he afterwards became vice-president
and general manager, occupying that position from 1872 until November,
1876, when he resigned to assume the duties of his present office. He
was elected to the Territorial Legislature of 1874, and in 1876 to the
office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, receiving 14,304 votes
against 12,473 for G. B. Groesbeck, Democrat.
COLORADO LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
LAFAYETTE HEAD, Lt. Governor, President; GEO. T. CLARK, Secretary. The
Senate consists of twenty-six members, who hold their office for four
years and receive a compensation of four dollars for each day’s
attendance.
GEORGE T. CLARK, (Rep.), of Denver, Arapahoe county, was born in
Douglas, Worcester county, Mass., February 24, 1873; received a common
school education; moved to Wisconsin in 1849, and to Colorado in the
spring of 1860; was agent at Denver of the Western Stage Company and
Henckley & Co.’s Express until 1861; was connected with Clark, Gruber &
Co.’s Banking House and Mint, and was appointed Treasurer of the
Territory of Colorado by Governor Gilpin; was also Treasurer of Arapahoe
county and the city of Denver in 1863, and became partner in the banking
house of Clark & Co.; was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of
1864-5; was elected Mayor of Denver in 1865, and with Hon. Jerome B.
Chaffee, organized the First National Bank of Denver, of which he was
Cashier, until October 1, 1866, when he took charge of the banking house
of George T. Clark & Co., at Central and Georgetown. He was Assistant
Secretary of the Legislative Council of 1870, and was appointed
Territorial Treasurer by Gov. McCook, and re-appointed in 1872; was
delegate to every Republican Convention held in the Territory; was
Secretary of the State Republican Central Committee in the campaign of
1876, and was chosen Secretary of the Senate November 1, 1876.
First District consists of Weld county. Population, 6,000.
SILAS B. A. HAYNES, (Rep.), of Greeley, was born in Livermore,
Androscoggin county, Maine, September 30, 1828; received his education
at the Monmouth Academy and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary; is by
profession an attorney-at-law; migrated to Wisconsin and settled at
Green Bay, where he became associated in his profession with James
Howe, Esq., afterwards Attorney-General of that State. At the
commencement of the war of the rebellion he entered the army, receiving
an appointment in the paymaster’s department with the rank of Major, and
was mustered out of service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He then
made Milwaukee his home. Two years afterwards he was appointed an
officer of the United States Senate, which position he held four years;
came to Colorado in 1871 and located at Greeley; was Probate Judge of
Weld county for three years; was elected to the Senate, receiving 742
votes against 498 for David C. Wyatt, Democrat.
Second District consists of Larimer county. Population, 3,500.
NORMAN H. MELDRUM, (Rep.), of Fort Collins, was born in Caledonia,
Livingston county, New York, October 11, 1841; he received a common
school education. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in company B, 100th
regiment, New York infantry; served under General McClellan through the
Chickahominy campaign, and participated in the battles of Williamsburg,
Fair Oaks and the Seven Days’ Fight. He was subsequently commissioned
second Lieutenant in the 21st regiment New York cavalry, and did service
in the Shenandoah Valley; was aide on the staff of General Hunter during
his raid to Lynchburg; shared in the valley campaigns under Sheridan,
and was present in eighteen general engagements. At the close of the war
he was ordered to Colorado, and was mustered out of service as Captain,
July 13, 1866; was City Treasurer of Cheyenne in 1867, and Assessor of
Larimer county for two years; was a member of the last Territorial
Legislature, and on October 3, 1876, was elected to the First State
Legislature, receiving 332 votes against 313 for William C. Stover,
Democrat.
Third District consists of Boulder county, and has two Senators.
Population, 12,000.
JAMES P. MAXWELL, (Rep.), of Boulder, was born in Walworth county,
Wisconsin, June 20, 1839; was educated at the Lawrence University,
Wisconsin; is by occupation a civil engineer; came to Colorado in June,
1860; represented the county of Boulder in the Legislature of 1872, and
again in 1874; was a member of the School Board for two years, and was
appointed Deputy United States Land Surveyor in 1872, and still holds
that position. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate of the first State
Legislature, receiving 1,484 votes, against 1,039 for J. C. Hummel,
Democrat.
THEODORE O. SAUNDERS, (Rep.), of Sunshine, was born in Augusta, Kennebec
county, Maine, August 5, 1810. Until his 22d year he attended at
intervals the public schools and then entered Waterville College, Maine,
but at the close of the second year, was obliged, through ill health, to
desist from his studies. He spent nearly twenty years in Waterville, and
was chosen Chairman of the Board of Select-men, was Grand Treasurer and
Grand Worthy Associate, and was offered the Patriarchship in the Order
of the Sons of Temperance. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted
as a private, but was shortly afterwards promoted to Orderly Sergeant,
and served for nearly two years when he was discharged on account of
sickness. He came to Colorado in 1866, and settled in Douglas county,
where he held the office of Justice of the Peace for two years; was
delegate to the Republican Convention at Boulder in 1876, and was
nominated by that body as a candidate to represent the county of Boulder
in the first State Legislature. On October the 3d, 1876, he was elected
to the Senate, receiving 1,438 votes against 1,028 for A. D. Miles,
Democrat.
Fourth District, consists of Gilpin county. Population 9,000.
LEWIS C. ROCKWELL, (Rep.), of Central City, was born in Esperance,
Schoharie county, New York, in 1840; was educated at the High School in
Beloit, Wisconsin; came to Colorado in 1862; is by profession an
attorney-at-law; in 1869 he was appointed United States District
Attorney for Colorado, which position he held for four years. In 1875 he
represented the county of Gilpin in the Constitutional Convention, and
in 1870 he was again chosen from Gilpin county to the Senate of the
first State Legislature, receiving 1,011 votes against 757 for John C.
McShane, Democrat.
Fifth District, consists of the counties of Gilpin, Summit and Grand.
Population 11,800.
WILLIAM W. WEBSTER, (Rep.), of Montezuma, was born in Wellington, Lorain
county, Ohio, November 26, 1835; was educated at the public schools of
his native State; is by occupation a stock-raiser and miner; came to
Colorado in June, 1859; represented the county of Summit in the
Legislature of 1866; was elected to the Council in 1868 of which he was
the presiding officer. In 1870 he was again elected to the Council, and
in 1872 to the House of Representatives. In 1875 he was chosen delegate
to the Constitutional Convention, and in October 1876, was elected to
the Senate, and now occupies the chair as president _pro tem._ of that
body. He received 1,325 votes against 1,032 for David D. Belden,
Democrat.
Sixth District, consists of Clear Creek county, and has two Senators.
Population 10,000.
WILLIAM A. HAMILL, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in England August 21,
1836; received a collegiate education partly in England and partly in
the United States; is by occupation a miner; during the war was adjutant
in the 156th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; came to Colorado in July,
1865. In 1876, at the first State election, he was elected to the
Senate, receiving 1,115 votes against 976 for Joseph Van De Voort,
Democrat.
ALBERT JOHNSON, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Berkshire county,
Mass., in 1837. He attended a public school in Pittsfield, and completed
his education at an academy in Stockbridge, Mass., having devoted much
attention to civil and mining engineering, the profession he
subsequently adopted. He removed from Pittsfield to the West in 1856,
and settled in Evanston, near Chicago, and in 1857 located in Wisconsin,
where he explored and established a post route and military road through
the wilderness from Appleton to Lake Superior, and was elected to the
offices of county clerk and county surveyor, and re-elected without an
opposing vote. He married the youngest daughter of the Hon. Joel S.
Fisk, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and removed to Chicago, where he engaged
in the insurance business. In 1866 he came to Colorado and settled in
Georgetown, where he has been occupied as civil and mining engineer and
deputy United States surveyor of mineral lands. He was a member of seven
and chairman of two committees in the Senate, to which he was elected
October, 1876, receiving 1,113 votes against 963 for Robert W. Steele,
Democrat.
Seventh District, consists of Jefferson county. Population 5,500.
ALLISON H. DE FRANCE, (Dem.), of Golden, was born in Mercer, Mercer
county, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1835. He was educated at Alleghany
College, Meadville, and at Westminster, New Wilmington, Penn.; is by
profession an attorney-at-law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859; came
to Colorado in June, 1861, and settled at Golden in 1868, where he
pursued the practice of law; represented the county of Jefferson in the
Legislature of 1870; was a member of the Council in 1872, and was county
attorney for one year. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of
the first General Assembly, receiving 565 votes against 559 for Joseph
T. Boyd, Republican.
Eighth District, consists of Arapahoe county and has four Senators.
Population 28,000.
JOSEPH E. BATES, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Ellington, Chautauqua
county, New York, May 3, 1838; received an ordinary education; is a
capitalist, and largely engaged in commercial pursuits; came to Colorado
in 1860, and located in Denver, where he became alderman of the first
ward, which position he held for four years; represented Arapahoe county
in the Legislature of 1872, and while serving in this capacity was
elected Mayor of Denver. He is President of the St. Louis Land and
Mining Company, also of the Boulder Valley Coal Company, and of the
Denver Brewing Company. In Oct., 1876, he was elected to the Senate of
the first General Assembly, receiving 2,278 votes against 1,644 for A.
J. Williams, Democrat.
LEWIS C. ELLSWORTH, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Troy, N. Y., June 30,
1832; was educated at Naperville, Ill.; removed to Chicago in 1852 where
he followed the banking business; is a capitalist; came to Colorado in
1871, and located in Denver, where he engaged in the construction of the
Denver Street Railway, of which he is now President. In 1875 he was
elected delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and in 1876 he
represented the county of Arapahoe in the Senate of the first General
Assembly, receiving 2,345 votes against 1,615 for A. P. Hereford,
Democrat.
ALFRED BUTTERS, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Penobscot county, Maine,
May 27, 1836, and was educated in the common schools of his State, and
at the Bucksport Seminary. At the age of twenty he became a teacher and
was thus occupied in Kansas and Missouri for about three years; removed
to Colorado in 1866 and engaged in stock-raising, and located in Denver
in 1871. In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from Arapahoe county;
in 1876 he again represented the county of Arapahoe, and was chosen
Speaker of the House. At the close of this session the House of
Representatives in testimony of their high appreciation of his services
as Speaker, presented him with a costly gold-headed cane and a silver
tea set. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first
General Assembly, receiving 2,308 votes against 1,692 for Charles F.
Leimer, Democrat.
HIRAM P. BENNET, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Carthage, Maine,
September 2, 1826; received a common school education in Ohio; is an
attorney-at-law. In 1852 he was elected to a judgship in western Iowa;
moved to Nebraska Territory in 1854, and was elected a member of the
Territorial Council; in 1858 he was re-elected to the Nebraska
Legislature and made Speaker of the House; came to Colorado in
September, 1859, and in 1861 was chosen a delegate to the Thirty-Seventh
Congress; and in October, 1862, was re-elected to the Thirty-Eighth
Congress. In 1869 he was appointed Postmaster at Denver, which position
he held until 1874. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate, receiving
2,251 votes against 1,622 for Alonzo Rice, Democrat.
Ninth District, consists of the counties of Bent and Elbert. Population
5,500.
EUGENE GAUSSOIN, (Dem.), of Higbee, was born in Liege, Belgium, July 5,
1812; received his education at the University of Liege, Anthenaeum of
Brussels and School of Mines; is a mining engineer; was captain of
artillery in Belgium; came to Colorado July, 1873. In 1876 he was
elected to the Senate, receiving 508 votes against 355 for G. M.
Woodworth, Republican.
Tenth District, consists of El Paso county. Population 5,750.
EDWIN S. RANDALL, (Rep.), of Colorado Springs, was born at Mount Holly,
Rutland county, Vermont, June 23, 1831; was educated at the University
of Salem, and at the Washington Academy, Washington, New Hampshire; is a
stock-raiser and the possessor of 11,000 acres of land; came to Colorado
in the spring of 1859; was probate judge of El Paso county for four
years. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate of the first General
Assembly, receiving 709 votes against 395 for Rodney Quimby, Democrat.
Eleventh District, consists of Douglas county. Population 3,500.
JAMES K. GARDNER, (Rep.), of Frankstown, was born in Attica, New York,
November 2, 1834; received a common school education; came to Colorado
in June, 1859; was in the 3d regiment, called to serve one hundred days.
In 1862 he was elected County Clerk of Douglas county, retaining the
office for three years, and appointed postmaster at Frankstown, which
position he still occupies. He was Treasurer of Douglas county from 1865
to 1871, and represented the counties of Arapahoe and Douglas in the
Legislature of 1866, and Douglas county in 1872. In October 1876 he was
elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 294 votes
against 282 for James M. Nimerick, Democrat.
Twelfth District consists of Park county. Population 4,500.
JAMES MOYNAHAN, (Rep.), of Alma, was born in Greenville, Wayne county,
Michigan; received a common school education and a full course at Bryant
and Stratton’s Commercial College; is by occupation a miner. During the
war he entered the army as private, was promoted and mustered out of
service as captain of the 27th Michigan infantry. He came to Colorado in
August, 1876; was Commissioner of Park county for three years; was
postmaster at Alma, and in 1876 resigned to enter upon his duties as
State Senator, receiving 437 votes against 427 for James Y. Marshall,
Democrat.
Thirteenth District consists of the counties of Lake and Saguache.
Population 4,800.
JASON B. HALL, (Rep.), of Villa Grove, was born in Williston, Chittenden
county, Vermont; received a common school education; is by occupation a
stock-raiser; represented Lake county in the Territorial Legislature of
1870, and in October, 1876, was elected to the Senate of the first
General Assembly, receiving 496 votes against 445 for Joseph Hutchinson,
Democrat.
Fourteenth District, consists of the county of Fremont. Population
5,250.
JAMES CLELLAND, (Dem.), of Canon City, was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September 20, 1823; received a common school education, and is by
occupation a merchant; came to Colorado in 1862; was a member of the
Council in 1876, representing the counties of Fremont, Park, Lake and
Saguache. In October, 1876 he was elected Senator to the first State
Legislature, receiving 548 votes against 502 for M. N. Megrue,
Republican.
Fifteenth District, consists of Pueblo county. Population, 6,500.
ISAAC W. HILL, (Dem.), of Pueblo, was born in Rock Springs, Cecil
county, Maryland, January 28, 1847; was educated at Westnottingham
Academy, Maryland. At the age of nineteen he removed to the west, and
engaged in the grain business at Litchfield, Illinois, where he remained
one year. He was next employed by a wholesale grocery, and was connected
with the branch house that followed the Kansas Pacific Railway, then in
course of construction. At Fort Sheridan he formed a co-partnership with
Thomas M. Field, and the new firm moved with the road until it reached
Kit Carson, where they remained a short time. The firm then located at
Colorado Springs, and finally removed to Pueblo. In October, 1876, he
was elected to the State Senate, receiving 728 votes against 542 for
James Rice, Republican.
Sixteenth District, consists of Huerfano county. Population 5,000.
WILLIAM B. HAMILTON, (Dem.), of La Veta, was born in Westport, Jackson
county, Mo., March 30, 1844; was educated at Westminster College,
Fulton, Missouri; is a stock-raiser and dealer; came to Colorado,
December, 1869; was postmaster at Spanish Peaks for three years. In
October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General
Assembly, receiving 548 votes against 447 for Fred. Walsen, Republican.
Seventeenth District consists of the county of Las Animas, and has two
Senators.
DANIEL L. TAYLOR, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Cataraugus,
Cataraugus county, New York, April 5, 1838; received a common school
education, and is by occupation a stock-raiser; came to Colorado May 20,
1859; was Justice of the Peace in Las Animas county for six years, and
Probate Judge for one term; in 1874 represented Las Animas county in the
Territorial Council, and in October, 1876, was elected to the Senate of
the first State Legislature, receiving 969 votes against 695 for Antonio
Gutieres, Republican.
CASIMIRO BARELA, (Dem.), of Barela, Colorado, was born in El Embuda, Rio
Arriba county, N. M., March 4, 1847, and was educated at Mora, New
Mexico, by the Rev. J. B. Salpointe; came to Colorado in 1867; is by
occupation a merchant and stock-raiser. On his birthday, March 4, 1867,
he was married; in 1870 was elected Assessor of Las Animas county; in
1872 and 1874 represented Las Animas county in the Territorial
Legislature; in the fall of 1874 was elected Sheriff of Las Animas
county; and in 1875 was chosen delegate to the Constitutional
Convention. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first
General Assembly, receiving 1,186 votes against 577 for George R.
Swallow, Republican.
Eighteenth District, consists of Costilla county. Population 2,000.
WILLIAM H. MEYER, (Rep.), of San Luis, was born in Hanover, Germany,
April 14, 1847; was educated at Osnabruck, Germany; migrated to America
when fifteen years old and made a short stay at St. Louis; removed to
New Mexico, and in July, 1866, came to Colorado and settled in Costilla
county, where he was married; is by occupation a stock-raiser; was Clerk
of the County and District Court for eight years; represented the
counties of Conejos, Costilla and Saguache in the Territorial
Legislature of 1870, and Conejos county in 1874; was a member of the
Constitutional Convention in 1875; in October, 1876, he was elected to
the Senate of the first State Legislature, receiving 349 votes against
97 for Augustine Lacome, Democrat.
Nineteenth District, consists of Conejos county. Population 2,500.
JUAN F. CHACON, (Rep.), of Guadalupe, was born in New Mexico, October,
1837; received a common school education; is by occupation a
stock-raiser and farmer; came to Colorado in October, 1855; in October,
1876, was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving
321 votes against 225 for C. Valdez, Democrat.
Twentieth District, consists of the counties of Rio Grande, Hinsdale,
San Juan and La Plata. Population 12,800.
HENRY HENSON, (Rep.), of Wagon Wheel Gap, was born in Wayne county,
Kentucky, Nov. 12, 1824; received a common school education; was
Treasurer of Martin county, Indiana, for four years; came to Colorado
April 19, 1860; represented Park county in the Territorial Legislature
of 1864, and was also Justice of the Peace; in October, 1876, he was
elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,276
votes against 1,181 for John G. Taylor, Democrat.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House of Representatives consists of 49 members chosen biennially by
counties.
Arapahoe county, has seven representatives. Population 28,000.
WEBSTER D. ANTHONY, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Union Springs, Cayuga
county, New York, June 4, 1838; received a common school education; is
at present engaged in the vocation of furnishing abstracts of titles to
real estate; removed to the West in 1856, and located in Henry county,
Illinois, where he engaged in the grain business; from thence to
Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1858, where he was occupied in the office of
register of deeds; came to Colorado in 1860, and was appointed private
secretary to Lewis Ledyard Weld, Secretary of the Territory; in 1862 was
private secretary to Gov. Evans, and in the same year was appointed
clerk of the District Court, which office he held until 1864, when he
resigned; in 1865 was elected to the offices of Treasurer of Arapahoe
county and Collector of Taxes for Denver; in 1867 was elected County
Clerk and Recorder, and was re-elected four times, his last term
expiring in 1875; was Grand Master of Colorado A. F. & A. M. for two
terms, and is now Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Colorado. In
November, 1876, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives,
to which he was elected in October, receiving 2,339 votes against 1,642
for L. N. Greenleaf, Democrat.
GEORGE C. GRIFFIN, (Rep.), of Island Station, was born in East Haddam,
Middlesex county, Connecticut, October 21, 1835; received a common
school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser; came to
Colorado October 10, 1859; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,292 votes
against 1,635 for A. J. Bean, Democrat.
JOHN C. MAYER, (Rep.), of Denver; was born in Baden, Germany, March 21,
1839; received a common school education; is a hardware merchant by
occupation; served in the army during the rebellion, and came to
Colorado in 1866; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,280 votes
against 1,627 for John Kerr, Democrat.
JOHN MCBROOM, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Kentucky, July 26, 1822;
was educated in the common schools of Montgomery county, Indiana; is a
farmer by occupation; in 1843 moved to Missouri, and in 1846 to New
Mexico, where he joined the United States army, and in connection with
the quartermaster’s department, took part in the Mexican war; in 1855 he
served in the Indian war in the Southern part of Colorado, and in 1858
marched over the ground where the city of Denver now stands with the
troops sent to fight the Mormons; was shortly after mustered out of
service in which he had remained for twelve years, and returned to New
Mexico; came to Colorado in 1858 and married in 1866; in October, 1876,
was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,298 votes
against 1,642 for John G. Hoffer, Democrat.
ALFRED C. PHELPS, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Woodville, Mississippi,
December 4, 1842, received his education at the public schools and at
the Illinois College; is an attorney-at-law, and was admitted to the bar
in Illinois in 1867; during the war entered the military service in
which he continued for three years; enlisted as a private and was
promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant; removed to Colorado in May,
1872, located in Denver, where he engaged in the practice of his
profession; in 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of
the first State Legislature, receiving 2,304 votes against 1,652 for B.
P. Smith, Democrat.
W. H. PIERCE, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Hudson, Summit county,
Ohio, January 18, 1838. He graduated in the class of 1858 at the Western
Reserve College, of which his father was for twenty-five years the
presiding officer. He is by profession a civil engineer and surveyor,
but is now largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came to Colorado
August 31, 1861, and enlisted in the 2d regiment Colorado cavalry, and
was mustered out of service as first Lieutenant. In October, 1876, he
was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,351 votes
against 1,623 for Samuel E. Browne, Democrat.
ADOLPH SCHINNER, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Germany in 1831;
received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation, and
a printer by trade; came to Colorado in April, 1860; was Secretary of
the School District for two years; in October, 1876, was elected to the
House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,322
votes against 1,683 for Thomas S. Clayton, Democrat.
Bent county. Population 4,000.
ROBERT M. MCMURRAY, (Dem.), of Las Animas, was born in Jersey Shore,
Lycoming county, Penn., December 27, 1824; received a common school
education; is a merchant by occupation; came to Colorado in June 1859;
was Treasurer of Bent county for two years, and filled other offices of
less importance; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 424 votes
against 252 for Frank Bingham, Republican.
Boulder county has four members. Population 12,000.
ISAAC CANFIELD, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Angelica, Allegany county,
New York October 11, 1839; received a common school education; is
proprietor and manager of the Rob Roy Coal Mine; in 1861 was interested
in the oil business in Pennsylvania; came to Colorado in 1871; was
appointed Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of
the first General Assembly, to which he was elected in October, 1876,
receiving 1,553 votes against 1,095 for James Coin, Democrat.
DANIEL RANSOM, (Rep.), of Longmont, was born in Woodstock, Windsor
county, Vermont, October 17, 1813; received a common school education;
is a farmer by occupation; at the age of eighteen engaged in mercantile
business, and pursued that vocation to the close of 1873; was married in
1835; in 1840 was Colonel of militia; in 1850 removed to Wisconsin,
thence to Chicago, where he resided nearly twenty years; and thence to
Colorado in 1872; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,547 votes
against 1,092 for Louis Herzinger, Democrat.
AZOR A. SMITH, (Rep.), of Nederland, was born in Gratiot, Licking
county, Ohio, August 25, 1829; was educated in Aurora, Illinois;
graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the year 1857; came to
Black Hawk, Colorado, in 1859; in 1861 was appointed assistant Surgeon
in the first Colorado infantry, and at the close of the war was mustered
out of service as Surgeon; located in Lynn county, Kansas, and
represented that county in the Legislature of 1867-8; afterwards
practiced Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., and in 1870 returned to Colorado
and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder counties; was appointed
physician for the Nederland Mining Company; was Assayer and then
Superintendent of the Nederland Mill; in 1874, was Republican candidate
for the Legislature, but was defeated; in October, 1876, was elected to
the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving
1,529 votes against 1,087 for James Stevens, Democrat.
GEORGE X. YOUNG, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Cuyahoga county. Ohio,
September 21, 1832; received a common school education; is a farmer and
stock raiser; migrated to Kansas in 1853, and in 1854 and 1855 resisted
the bold attempts to establish slavery in that Territory; during the
rebellion served as Lieutenant for two years; was afterwards Deputy
Assessor of Idaho Territory; came to Colorado in 1870, and in October,
1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General
Assembly, receiving 1,550 votes against 1,073 for I. N. Field, Democrat.
Conejos county. Population 2,500.
AGAPITO VIGIL, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New
Mexico, September 18, 1833; received a common school education;
represented the county of Mora in the Legislature of New Mexico, in
1859, and was Justice of the Peace in the same county; removed to
Colorado and settled in Las Animas county, of which he was Assessor for
two years; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; was elected to
the House of Representatives in October, 1876, receiving 348 votes
against 198 for Gerard Austin, Democrat.
Costilla county. Population 2,000.
MELITON ALBERTS, (Rep.), of San Luis, was born in Taos, Taos county, New
Mexico, January 11, 1848; received a common school education; is a stock
raiser by occupation; was Assessor of Costilla county in 1871; in
October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first
General Assembly, receiving 336 votes against 103 for Felipe Chavez,
Democrat.
Costilla and Conejos counties. Population 4,500.
D. ARCHULETA, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New
Mexico, December 2, 1854; received a common school education in the
Spanish language; came to Colorado, then Kansas Territory, in 1856; is a
merchant by occupation; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, of which he is the
youngest member, receiving 402 votes against 381 for P. R. Trujillo,
Democrat.
Clear Creek county, has four Representatives. Population 10,000.
P. E. MOREHOUSE, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Saratoga county, New
York, October 18, 1835; was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio; is a
teacher by profession, but now engaged in mining; during the war served
two years in the quartermaster’s department; came to Colorado in July,
1874; was Superintendent of Schools for Clear Creek county; in October
1876 was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General
Assembly, receiving 1,085 votes against 1,020 for P. McCann, Democrat.
GEORGE A. PATTEN, (Rep.), of Idaho Springs, was born in Surry, Hancock
county, Maine, April 26, 1835; received a common school education; is by
occupation a merchant; came to Colorado May 8, 1860; has been postmaster
at Idaho Springs for five years; is now a member of the Town Board; in
October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first
General Assembly, receiving 1,092 votes against 970 for William Gibson,
Democrat.
THEODORE F. SIMMONS, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Harford,
Cortland county, New York, January 24, 1847; was educated at the High
School, Beloit, Wisconsin; is by occupation a merchant, came to Colorado
in April 1866; was Alderman of the city of Georgetown for four years; in
October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first
General Assembly, receiving 1,175 votes against 1,000 for W. W. Ware,
Democrat.
T. JEFF. WATTS, (Rep.), of Silver Plume, was born in Newville, Richland
county, Ohio; received a common school education; is a miner by
occupation; enlisted during the war in the 5th Iowa infantry and took
part in the siege of Vicksburg, and in the decisive battles of Iuka,
Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, second battle of Corinth, and many
others of less importance; came to Colorado in 1869; in October, 1876,
was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General
Assembly, receiving 1,113 votes against 988 for John Tomay, Democrat.
Douglas County. Population 3,500.
GEORGE A. LORD, (Dem.), of Pine Grove, was born in Lebanon, York county,
Maine; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and
stock raiser; came to Colorado June 21, 1861; was for two years School
Superintendent, and afterwards Treasurer, of Douglas county; in October,
1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General
Assembly, receiving 292 votes against 285 for M. A. Latimer, Republican.
Elbert county. Population 1,500.
ANDREW D. WILSON, (Dem.), of Godfrey Station, was born in Weston, Platte
county, Missouri, July 2, 1844; received a common school education; is a
stock raiser by occupation; came to Colorado May 22, 1860; represented
the counties of Elbert, Bent and Douglas in the last Territorial
Legislature; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 96 votes
against 88 for A. L. Gleason, Republican.
El Paso county has two representatives. Population 5,750.
JOSEPH C. HELM, (Rep.), of Colorado Springs, was born in Chicago, Cook
county, Illinois, June 30, 1848; during the war he served in the army
corps investing Vicksburg and took part in the campaigns of the
Cumberland and Potomac, and was taken prisoner and confined seventy-six
days in Belle Isle. Upon his return home he attended the State
University of Iowa and graduated for the legal profession. Before
assuming the practice of law he spent three years in the public schools
of Arkansas, one year as principal of the Van Buren School and two years
as principal of the High School at Little Rock. He came to Colorado
November 25, 1874. In 1876 he was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
receiving 712 votes against 403 for James Knox, Democrat.
CHARLES WOODMAN KITTREDGE, (Rep.), of Florissant, was born in Portland,
Maine, January 16, 1826; received a common school education; is by
occupation a farmer and stock raiser; came to Colorado in 1872; during
the Rebellion he entered the army as Captain of Company F, Seventh Iowa
Infantry, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel of the
Thirty-Sixth Iowa Infantry, and served with his command to the close of
the war. He participated in the battles of Belmont, Shiloh and many
others, and received his commission as Colonel for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the field. In October, 1876, he was elected to
the House of Representatives, receiving 701 votes against 400 for David
McShane, Democrat.
Fremont county has two representatives. Population 5,250.
RICHARD IRWIN, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Montreal, Canada,
September 30, 1841; received a common school education and attended the
Commercial College at Montreal; came to Colorado in August, 1860; is by
occupation a prospector. He was elected to the House of Representatives
in October, 1876, receiving 520 votes against 510 for Thomas Thornton,
Republican.
CHARLES R. SIEBER, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Prussia January 28,
1846; received a common school education; came to Colorado in 1865, and
is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser. In October, 1876, he was
elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly,
receiving 548 votes against 472 for Lewis Muhlebach, Republican.
Gilpin county has three representatives. Population 8,800.
H. JACOB KRUSE, (Rep.), of Central City, was born in Holstein, Europe,
November 18, 1837; received a common school education; came to Colorado
in July, 1860, and located in Central City, where he engaged in
mercantile pursuits; was a member of the City Council and afterwards
Mayor. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives
of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,112 votes against 747 for
Frank Fossett, Democrat.
HENRY W. LAKE, (Rep.), of Black Hawk, was born in Tully, Onondaga
county, New York, September 5, 1832; was educated at the Homer Academy,
New York, and afterwards taught school for three years; removed to
Nebraska and engaged in the real estate business and was Clerk and
Recorder of Nemaha county, in which he resided; came to Colorado in the
spring of 1860 and settled at Black Hawk, of which city he was alderman
for four years; is now largely engaged in mining and milling operations.
In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the
first State Legislature, receiving 999 votes against 765 for J. V.
Kimber, Democrat.
AUSTIN C. MARSHMAN, (Rep.), of Nevada, Colorado, was born in Coshocton,
Coshocton county, Ohio, February 3, 1847; received a common school
education. During the war he served in the Second Ohio Artillery; came
to Colorado in December, 1870; has been Secretary of the School Board of
Gilpin county for over three years; is by occupation a merchant and
miner; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General
Assembly, receiving 1,021 votes against 736 for Wm. H. Beverly,
Democrat.
Grand county. Population 1,000.
JOHN H. STOKES, (Dem.), of Hot Sulphur Springs, was born in Davidson
county, Tennessee, August 10, 1848; received a common school education;
is a merchant and miner by occupation; came to Colorado August 6, 1874;
has been postmaster at Hot Sulphur Springs, and held other offices in
Grand county; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of
Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 101 votes
against 69 for John A. Himebaugh, Republican.
Hinsdale county. Population 4,000.
WILLIAM H. GREEN, (Rep.), of Lake City, was born in Greenville, Sussex
county, New Jersey, November 23, 1828; received a common school
education; is a miner by occupation; came to Colorado in 1858; during
the war served four years in the Second regiment Colorado cavalry; was
Clerk and Recorder of Hinsdale county for three years; in October, 1876,
was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General
Assembly, receiving 411 votes against 364 for H. M. Woods, Democrat.
Huerfano county has two representatives. Population 5,000.
JOSEPH T. CHAVEZ, (Dem.), of Gardner, was born in Taos, Taos county,
New Mexico; received a common school education; came to Colorado
November, 1868; is a stock raiser by occupation; was Assessor of
Huerfano county for four years. In 1876 was elected to the House of
Representatives, receiving 576 votes against 385 for Juan B. Jaquez,
Republican.
JOSE R. ESQUIBEL, (Dem.), of Walsenburg, was born in Embuda, Rio Arriba
county, New Mexico, September 18, 1830; received a common school
education; came to Colorado in October, 1857; is by occupation a stock
raiser. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the
first State Legislature, receiving 606 votes against 369 for Thomas
Sproull, Republican.
Jefferson county has two Representatives. Population 5,500.
MARTIN V. LUTHER, (Dem.), of Morrison, was born in Valparaiso, Porter
county, Indiana, January 10, 1837; graduated at the University of
Valparaiso, is by profession an attorney-at-law, but is now engaged in
farming and stock raising; was for two years school teacher in Porter
and Lake counties, Indiana; came to Colorado in 1861; was for eight
years Justice of the Peace of Jefferson county. In 1876 he was elected
to the House of Representatives, receiving 568 votes against 551 for M.
N. Everett, Republican.
GEORGE RAND, (Dem.), of Golden, was born in Kings county Nova Scotia,
June 26, 1837; received a common school education; migrated to Wisconsin
in 1850, where he engaged in farming and dealing in lumber; came to
Colorado March 7, 1865; is a stock raiser; represented the counties of
Jefferson and Boulder in the last Territorial Legislature, and in
October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving
577 votes against 551 for Levi Harsh, Republican.
Lake county. Population 2,300.
WILLIAM J. MCDERMITH, (Dem.), of Oro City, was born in Fredericktown,
Madison county, Missouri, December 8, 1835; received a common school
education; is by occupation a stock raiser and merchant; came to
Colorado in September, 1859; was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1876, receiving 255 votes against 201 for Thomas S.
Wells, Republican.
La Plata county. Population 800.
JOHN MOSS, (Dem.), of Parrott City, was elected in October, 1876, to the
House of Representatives, receiving 110 votes against 46 for C. C.
Gaines, Republican.
Larimer county. Population 3,500.
NATHANIEL C. ALFORD, (Rep.), of Livermore, was born in Hope, Knox
county, Maine, November 29, 1834; received a common school education;
came to Colorado in June, 1859, and is by occupation a stock raiser. In
October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving
373 votes against 286 for James Sullivan, Democrat.
Las Animas county has three Representatives. Population 10,000.
URBANO CHACON, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in El Chanuzal, Taos
county, New Mexico, May 25, 1851; was educated at St. Michael’s College,
Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the age of fifteen he was assistant postmaster
at Santa Fe, and afterwards learned the printing business in the office
of the SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, and was subsequently connected with the
SANTA FE POST; was interpreter and translator for the agency of the
Pueblo Indians; was teacher at Plaza Del Alcalde, Rio Arriba county, and
for the Indians of the Pueblo of Tesuque. He was married November 28,
1871, at Santa Fe, to a Mexican lady; came to Colorado October 4, 1873,
and is now editor and proprietor of the COLORADO PIONEER and the Spanish
paper, EL EXPLORADOR. In 1876 he was elected to the first State
Legislature, receiving 1,148 votes against 669 for L. M. Peterson,
Republican.
MARIANO LARRAGOITE, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, March 28, 1847; received a common school education. At the age
of nineteen he was elected to the Legislature in New Mexico, and obliged
to resign his seat on account of his youth; came to Colorado in March,
1869; is an attorney-at-law and farmer; represented the county of Las
Animas in the Territorial Legislatures of 1872 and 1874, and in October,
1876, he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 1,042
votes against 666 for J. A. Salazar, Republican.
DAVID F. WILKINS, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum
county, Ohio, November 12, 1837; was educated at the Zanesville Academy;
removed to New Mexico, where he resided eighteen years; came to Colorado
in 1857; was married to a Spanish lady of New Mexico; is by profession a
teacher of the Spanish language, and reputed to be the ablest
interpreter in the West; is also a stock raiser and dealer; was elected
to the House of Representatives in 1876, receiving 1,147 votes against
738 for Eldridge B. Sopris, Republican.
Park County. Population 4,500.
ZIBA SURLES, (Rep.), of Grant, was born in Kingston, Luzerne county,
Pennsylvania, November 5, 1811; received a common school education;
removed to the West in 1833, and settled in Huron county, Ohio, in 1834;
migrated to California in 1862, thence to Oregon and Idaho, and was in
Montana at the time of its organization into a Territory; came to
Colorado November 7, 1864; is a miner by occupation; was Assessor of
Summit county in 1866 and 1867; represented the county of Summit in the
Territorial Legislature of 1866-7, and was Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Council in 1868; was Justice of the Peace of Park county for five years.
In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 460
votes against 404 for Capt. W. B. White, Democrat.
Pueblo county has two Representatives. Population 6,500.
JAMES M. CARLILE, (Dem.), of Pueblo, was born in Leesburgh, Carroll
county, Ohio; received a common school education; came to Colorado in
1860; is a railroad contractor, also a stock raiser and dealer. In
October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the
first General Assembly, receiving 759 votes against 496 for Charles
Wildeboor, Republican.
GARRETT LANKFORD, (Dem.), of Boonville, was born in Marshall, Saline
county, Missouri, November 26, 1838; received a common school education;
is by occupation a stock raiser. During the war he performed military
service for four years in the Trans-Mississippi Department under General
Joe Shelby. In 1876 he was elected to the first State Legislature,
receiving 725 votes against 541 for W. K. Carlile, Republican.
Rio Grande county. Population 4,000.
ALVA ADAMS, (Dem.), of Del Norte, was born in Blue Mounds, Iowa county,
Wisconsin, May 14, 1850; graduated at Albion Academy in 1870 and came to
Colorado in 1871; is a hardware merchant; the standard bearer of the
Democracy and the cerberus of the treasury. In October, 1876, he was
elected from a Republican county to the House of Representatives of the
first State Legislature, receiving 383 votes against 331 for Michael
Breen, Republican.
Saguache county. Population 2,500.
ISAAC GOTTHELF, (Rep.), of Saguache, was born in Huemme, Germany, May
26, 1844; received a common school education; came to Colorado in
November, 1867, and has since that time been engaged in mercantile
pursuits and stock raising; is President of the Saguache and San Juan
toll road; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first
General Assembly in October, 1876, receiving 284 votes against 195 for
John Lawrence, Democrat.
San Juan county. Population 4,000.
CHARLES H. MCINTYRE, (Rep.), of Animas Forks, was born in Sheffield,
Berkshire county, Massachusetts, August 6, 1837; received a common
school education; removed to Minnesota where he resided for ten years,
thence to Dakota where he remained seven years. While in Dakota he was
elected to the Council of the Territorial Legislature of 1867, was
re-elected in 1869 and again elected in 1871; came to Colorado in 1873;
is largely engaged in mining and milling operations; was elected to the
House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, in October,
1876, receiving 381 votes against 327 for A. W. Begole, Democrat.
Summit County. Population 2,000.
GEORGE W. WILSON, (Rep.), of Breckinridge, was born in Rock Island, Rock
Island county, Illinois, December 4, 1845; received a common school
education; is a miner; came to Colorado in June, 1867. In 1876 he was
elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly,
receiving 212 votes against 160 for Charles A. Finding, Democrat.
Weld county has two Representatives. Population 6,000.
ABNER LEONARD, (Rep.), of Evans, was born in Unity, Columbiana county,
Ohio, January 10, 1823. At the age of fourteen moved to Hancock county,
Ohio, in which place he resided thirty-seven years engaged in teaching,
farming and dealing in live stock; came to Colorado in 1874; is a
capitalist; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first
State Legislature, in October 1876, receiving 728 votes against 507 for
W. G. Winbourn, Democrat.
DAVID F. RAINEY, (Rep.), of Platteville, was born in Cedarville, Green
county, Ohio, December 24, 1832; received a common school education;
removed to California, where he engaged in mining and dealing in lumber;
came to Colorado in June, 1860; is by occupation a stock raiser and
farmer. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the
first State Legislature, receiving 782 votes against 451 for Alvard
White, Democrat. FOOTNOTES:
[1] Order of the House of Commons, 1663, July 16.
[2] Elsynge, 217; 1 Hats., 21; Grey’s Deb., 133.
[3] Stra., 989.
[4] As per Constitution.
[5] As per act of April 14, 1792, one representative for 30,000, first
census.
[6] As per act of January 14, 1802, one representative for 33,000,
second census.
[7] As per act of December 21, 1811, one representative for 35,000,
third census.
[8] As per act of March 7, 1822, one representative for 40,000, fourth
census.
[9] As per act of May 22, 1832, one representative for 47,700, fifth
census.
[10] As per act of June 25, 1842, one representative for 70,680, sixth
census.
[11] As per act of May 23, 1850, one representative for 98,702, seventh
census.
[12] By act of Congress of May 23, 1850, it was enacted that the number
of Representatives in Congress should be 233; that the representative
population determined by the census of that year and thereafter should
be divided by said number 233; and the quotient so found should be the
ratio of representation for the several States. The ratio thus
ascertained under the census of 1860 was 126,823; and upon this basis
the 233 Representatives were apportioned among the several States, one
Representative for every district containing that number of persons;
giving to each State at least one Representative. Subsequently, by the
act of March 4, 1862, the ratio was changed, and the number of
Representatives from and after March 3, 1863, was increased from 233 to
241, by allowing one additional Representative to each of the following
States, viz: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, and Vermont; and this number was increased by the
admission of Nevada and Nebraska with one Representative each, to 243.
[13] As per apportionment bill passed February 2, 1872, and supplemental
apportionment bill passed May 30, 1872.
[14] Previous to the 3d of March, 1820, Maine formed part of
Massachusetts, and was called the “District of Maine,” and its
representatives are numbered with those of Massachusetts. By compact
between Maine and Massachusetts, Maine became a separate and independent
State, and by act of Congress of 3d March, 1820, was admitted into the
Union as such; the admission to take place on the fifteenth of the same
month. On the 7th of April, 1820, Maine was declared entitled to seven
representatives, to be taken from those of Massachusetts.
[15] Divided by action of State Legislature and Congress in 1861 and
1862, and State of West Virginia created therefrom.
[16] Admitted under act of Congress of June 1, 1796, with one
representative.
[17] Admitted under act of Congress of April 30, 1802, with one
representative.
[18] Admitted under act of Congress of April 8, 1812, with one
representative.
[19] Admitted under act of Congress of Dec. 11, 1816, with three
representatives.
[20] Admitted under act of Congress of Dec. 10, 1817, with one
representative.
[21] Admitted under act of Congress of Dec. 3, 1818, with one
representative.
[22] Admitted under act of Congress of Dec. 14, 1819, with three
representatives.
[23] Admitted under act of Congress of March 2, 1821, with one
representative.
[24] Admitted under act of Congress of Jan. 26, 1837, with one
representative.
[25] Admitted under act of Congress of Jan. 15, 1836, with one
representative.
[26] Admitted under act of Congress of March 8, 1845, with one
representative.
[27] Admitted under act of Congress of March 3, 1845, with two
representatives.
[28] Admitted under act of Congress of Dec. 29, 1848, with two
representatives.
[29] Admitted under act of Congress of May 29, 1848, with two
representatives.
[30] Admitted under act of Congress of Sept. 8, 1848, with two
representatives.
[31] Admitted under act of Congress of May 11, 1858, with two
representatives.
[32] Admitted under act of Congress of Feb. 14, 1859, with one
representative.
[33] Admitted under act of Congress of Jan. 29, 1861, with one
representative.
[34] Previous to December 31, 1862, West Virginia was a part of the
State of Virginia, which State was entitled to eleven Members of the
House of Representatives.
[35] Admitted under act of Congress of October 31, 1864, with one
Representative.
[36] Admitted under act of Congress of January, 1867, and proclamation
of the President, March 1, 1867, with one Representative.
[37] Admitted under act of Congress of March 3, 1875, and proclamation
of the President, July 4th, 1876, with one representative.
[38] RULE 23. The Vice-President or President of the Senate pro tempore,
shall have the right to name a member to perform the duties of the
Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an amendment.
[39] RULE 34. The following Standing Committees, shall be appointed at
the commencement of each session, with leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
A Committee on Foreign Relations to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Finance to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Manufactures to consist of five members.
A Committee on Agriculture to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Military Affairs, and Militia, to consist of seven
members.
A Committee on Naval Affairs, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Public Lands, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Private Land Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Pensions, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Patents and Patent Office, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of five members,
who shall have power also to act jointly with the same committee of the
House of Representatives.
A Committee on Territories, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to consist of nine members.
A Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of seven members.
A Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate,
to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred all resolutions
directing the payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate,
or creating a charge on the same.
A Committee on Engrossed Bills, to consist of three members, whose duty
it shall be to examine all bills, amendments, resolutions or motions,
before they go out of the possession of the Senate, and shall deliver
the same to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall enter upon the
journal that the same have been correctly engrossed.
A Committee on Enrolled Bills, to consist of three members.
[40] The former practice of the Senate referred to in this paragraph has
been changed by the following Rule:
[RULE 29. The final question upon the second reading of every bill,
resolution, constitutional amendment or motion, originating in the
Senate, and requiring three readings previous to being passed, shall be,
“Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?” and no amendment
shall be received for discussion at the third reading of any bill,
resolution, amendment, or motion, unless by unanimous consent of the
members present; but it shall at all times be in order before the final
passage of any such bill, resolution, constitutional amendment, or
motion, to move its commitment; and should such commitment take place,
and any amendment be reported by the committee, the said bill,
resolution, constitutional amendment, or motion, shall be again read a
second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole, and then the
aforesaid question shall be again put.]
[41] This rule has been modified so as to specify the questions entitled
to preference. The rule is now as follows:
[When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to
adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a
day certain, to commit, or to amend; which several motions shall have
precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion for
adjournment shall always be in order, and be decided without debate.]
[42] RULE 13. In filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time
shall be first put.
[43] In the case of a division of the question, and a decision against
striking out, I advance doubtingly the opinion here expressed. I find no
authority either way, and I know it may be viewed under a different
aspect. It may be thought that, having decided separately not to strike
out the passage, the same question for striking out cannot be put over
again, though with a view to a different insertion. Still I think it
more reasonable and convenient to consider the striking out and
insertion as forming one proposition; but should readily yield to any
evidence that the contrary is the practice in Parliament.
[44] Noes. 9 Grey, 365.
[45] The rule now fixes a limitation.
[46] Seat unsuccessfully contested by C. P. Hall.
[47] Seat unsuccessfully contested by N. J. Bond.
[48] In place of Samuel M. Robbins resigned.
R. O. Bailey unsuccessfully contested his seat.
[49] Did not appear.
[50] Did not appear.
[51] Resigned.
[52] Did not appear.
[53] Did not appear.
[54] Absent during session.
[55] Absent during session.
[56] Absent during session.
[57] Did not take his seat.
[58] Did not take his seat until 1st February.
[59] In place of A. Mansur.
[60] In place of Ira Austin.
[61] Did not take his seat.
[62] Did not take his seat.
[63] Seat unsuccessfully contested by D. J. Ball.
[64] Seat unsuccessfully contested by John B. Rice.
[65] Seat successfully contested by George A. Hinsdale.
[66] Seat unsuccessfully contested by Michael Beshoar.
[67] Vice James H. Pinkerton, resigned.
[68] Vice D. D. Belden, resigned.
Seat successfully contested by William M. Roworth.
[69] Absent during session.
[70] A. W. Archibald successfully contested his seat.
[71] Absent during the whole session.
[72] Seat contested by Simon Cort.
[73] Seat unsuccessfully contested by Joseph T. Boyd.
[74] Absent during session.
[75] Ex officio as Territorial Treasurer.
[76] Ex-officio President of the Senate.
[77] Not eligible for re-election.
[78] Ex-officio State Librarian.
[79] Seat contested by Thomas M. Patterson to 45th Congress.
[80] Seat contested by M. C. Butler (Democrat).
[81] In controversy.
[82] In controversy.
[83] Died in office April 4, 1841, when Vice President Tyler succeeded
him.
[84] Died in office July 9, 1850, when Vice-President Fillmore succeeded
him.
[85] Assassinated April 14, 1865, when Vice-President Johnson succeeded
him.
[86] Died in office November 22, 1875.
[87] Republicans.
[88] Biennially.
[89] Organized from other counties by the General Assembly.
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