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THE COUNTY'S SERVANTS - ELECTIONS OF 1880 AND 1882
County Judges1835 - Thomas Arbuckle, presiding 1835 - William Goff 1835 - Joseph Montgomery, presided from September 21 1837 - John F. Sharp, presiding 1837 - William Goff 1837 - Thomas Kimsey 1838 - Francis Parazette, in place of William Goff, resigned 1841 - James P. Drake, presiding 1841 - John F. Sharp 1841 - Jonathan T. Berry 1842 - Christopher C. Bronaugh in place of James P. Drake, resigned 1842 - Jennings Beckwith in place of John F Sharp, resigned 1843 - Christopher C. Bronaugh, presiding 1843 - Jonathan T. Berry 1843 - Jennings Beckwith 1844 - Jonathan Sweeney, presiding 1844 - Christopher C. Bronaugh 1844 - John C. Stone 1848 - Christopher C. Bronaugh, presiding 1848 - Jonathan T. Berry 1848 - John M. VanHoy 1850 - William McCown, in place of John VanHoy, resigned 1852 - James P. Bone, presiding 1852 - James Freeman 1852 - Milton B. Merritt 1856 - Christopher C. Bronaugh, in place of James P. Bone, deceased (Judge Bone died September 4, 1855, and resolutions of respect and condolence were entered by his associate justices, of record, and the resolutions ordered published in the Independent, Osceola, and Democrat, Warsaw.) 1856 - Daniel Stewart, presiding 1856 - William L. Avery 1856 - John M. VanHoy 1858 - Daniel Stewart, presiding 1858 - William L. Avery 1858 - Jonathan T. Berry 1860 - J. G. Dorman, presiding 1860 - William L. Avery 1860 - Jonathan T. Berry 1862 - J. G. Dorman, presiding 1862 - William L. Avery 1862 - John P. Stone 1863 - A. M. Rhoads, in place of John P. Stone, time expired 1865 - J. G. Dorman, presiding 1865 - William L. Avery 1865 - Henry Devinny, in place of A. M. Rhoads, resigned 1865 - William Jennings and Joseph Hillegas, in place of Dorman and Avery, time expired 1866 - Henry Devinny, presiding 1866 - William Jennings 1866 - Joseph Hillegas 1869 - William Jennings, presiding 1869 - Joseph Hillegas 1869 - Jared Stevenson 1871 - Joseph Hillegas, presiding 1871 - Jared Stevenson 1871 - William Munson 1872 - Jared Stevenson, presiding 1872 - William Munson 1872 - James T. Gilliland - NEW ORGANIZATION LAW 1873 - William R. Taylor, presiding 1873 - B. L. Owens 1873 - Lewis P. Beatty 1873 - M. A. Stewart 1873 - F. M. Goff 1875 - Phillip W. Cecil, in place of W.R. Taylor, resigned 1875 - Metellus Wood, presiding, in place of F.M. Goff, time expired. 1877 - John Venlemans, presiding 1877 - M. A. Stewart 1877 - Lewis P. Beatty 1877 - P. W. Cecil 1877 - Ephraim Allison - NEW ORGANIZATION LAW REPEALED 1877 - M. A. Stewart, presiding August 1877 - L. P. Beatty 1877 - M. B. Merritt, presiding 1879 1881 - Ephraim Allison, presiding 1881 - M. A. Stewart 1881 - Lewis P. Beatty 1882 - Lewis P. Beatty, presiding 1882 - John S. Kelley 1882 - James M. Harrison
Commissioners Seat of Justice 1836 - Peyton Parks 1838 - John F. Sharp 1844 - Jennings Beckwith 1845 - Asaph W. Bates 1850 - Joseph Davis 1854 - Daniel Ashby 1866 - P. S. Jennings From 1870 to 1877 special commissioners appointed as occasion required. 1877 - James Parks 1881 - Charles S. Robinson 1882 - Charles S. Robinson.
Superintendents Public Buildings 1837 - John F. Sharp and Thomas B. Wallace. Office discontinued after the completion of the courthouse.
Public Square Commissioners 1852 - Benjamin F. Owens 1854 - Lewis H. Tutt 1874 - D. T. Terry 1880 - Ambrose B. Hopkins 1882 - Ambrose B. Hopkins
Special Claim Agent - Widows and Orphans 1860 - D. W. Alkire - Office discontinued
Supervisors of Registration 1867 - Henry Devinny 1870 - Jared Stephenson - Office discontinued
Treasurers 1836 - William Goff, resigned 1837 - Thomas B. Wallace, resigned 1846 1846 - Asaph W. Bates, died September 1849 1849 - Asa C. Marvin, resigned 1852 1852 - George H. Hardy 1856 - Thomas S. Rogers 1858 - Royal L. Burge 1865 - Jared Stevenson 1866 - I. N. Rogers 1870 - Henry Riehl 1872 - Ephraim Allison 1876 - William F. Carter 1878 - Emory O. Price 1882 - Emory O. Price
Sheriffs and Collectors 1835 - Joseph Fields, died 1836 - Nathan A. Field, deputy and acting 1836 - Robert Allen 1840 - Philip J. Buster, seat contested 1841 - William R. Owens, contestant 1844 - Robert Allen 1848 - William R. Taylor 1850 - John M. VanHoy 1854 - Dewit C. Stone 1858 - William R. Taylor 1862 - Jasper N. Coats, resigned 1863 - Samuel K. Williams 1866 - James M. Miller 1868 - Henry T. Dodson 1870 - John Curtis
Sheriffs Only 1872 - D. T. Terry 1876 - W. B. Calvird 1880 - Ambrose B. Hopkins 1882 - Ambrose B. Hopkins
Clerks and Recorders 1835 - Jonathan T. Berry, resigned 1836 - Fielding A. Pinnell 1853 - Lewis H. Tutt 1859 - Benjamin L. Quarles 1862 - William Parks, resigned September 12,1863 1863 - James Parks, resigned April 1865 1865 - John M. Dunn, resigned July, 1865 1865 - John L. Barlow
Clerks Only 1870 - Charles H. Snyder 1874 - Benjamin L. Quarles 1878 - Joseph A. Doyle 1882 - Benjamin L. Quarles
Assessors 1835 - George B. Woodson, appointed 1836 - Peyton Parks 1837 - William McMillan 1838 - George W. Martin 1840 - James W. Fields 1841 - Edward Seaton 1845 - Nathan A. Fields 1846 - William Cecil 1854 - A. H. Clark, elected and removed 1855 - Daniel Ashby, appointed and resigned 1856 - William L. Avery, appointed 1856 - William R. Taylor, elected The new assessment law was passed by the legislature this year. 1858 - District No. 1 - William R. Taylor 1858 - District No. 2 - James Parks 1858 - District No. 3 - William M. Beaman 1858 - District No. 4 - Moses W. Sevier 1858 - District No. 5 - Vincent N. Jones 1859 - District No. 1 - William T. Legg 1859 - District No. 2 - James Parks 1859 - District No. 3 - William M. Beaman 1859 - District No. 4 - James B. McIntyre 1859 - District No. 5 - Vincent N. Jones Law repealed 1860 - James Parks, appointed 1860 - Hiram C. Russell, elected August 1862 - Jeremiah L. Cross, removed, failed to return his book in time 1864 - John R. Turner 1865 - James M. Miller 1867 - John A. Wells 1869 - Henry B. Hecker 1871 - James R. Conner 1877 - Peter D. Lane 1878 - A. B. Hopkins 1880 - John H. Royston 1882 - John H. Royston
Collectors 1878 - William F. Carter 1880 - Frank S. Ware 1882 - Frank S. Ware
Recorders 1870 - W. D. Tyler 1874 - George W. Armstrong 1882 - William H. Allison
Inspector of Mines 1881-2 - Richard Bowen
Common Pleas Court 1869 - R. C. McBeth 1871 - William L. Avery, to July 1st, 1873, merged into the probate court.
Probate Court 1873 - William L. Avery, died September, 1875 1876 - F. E. Savage 1878 - James Parks 1882 - James Parks
Public Administrators 1847 - Robert Allen 1849 - Asa C. Marvin 1853 - John M. VanHoy, declined Robert M. Hardwick 1856 - Joshua Sweeny 1858 - Alexis Walmsly 1860 - F. E. Savage, resigned 1862 1862 - James Parks, declined 1863 - William H. Peer 1864 - William A. Gray 1865 - A. M. Rhoads 1868 - William P. Baker 1872 - George W. Hopkins 1875 - John C. Rivers 1880 - Benjamin F. Milton 1882 - Thomas A. Cheaney
School Superintendents 1853 - George W. Miner, resigned July, 1858 1858 - John W. Williams 1866 - William E. Brinkerhoff 1867 - Matthew Zener 1870 - James E. Flagg 1875 - Thomas J. Claggett 1877 - J. N. Cook, died 1878 - Max McCann, unexpired term 1879 - Peyton A. Parks 1881 - William H. Smith 1882 - William H. Smith
Surveyors 1835 - Joseph Montgomery 1843 - Ebenezer Gilkerson 1844 - Thomas Britton, resigned 1845 - John W Williams 1846 - John W. Wallace 1854 - Daniel Ashby 1857 - John W. Williams 1861 - Samuel K. Williams, resigned and reelected 1869 - William E. Brinkerhoff 1872 - Bird D. Parks 1880 - Henry C. Allen 1882 - Henry C. Allen
Road Commissioners 1865 - George W. Squires 1867 - William Crosier 1869 - William Munson, resigned 1870 - W. D. Tyler, resigned 1871 - H. H. Linnville 1877 - Bird D. Parks, ex-officio Being consolidated with the office of surveyor 1880 - Henry C. Allen 1882 - Henry C. Allen
Coroner 1844 - George J. Allen 1847 - George Brummet 1856 - Peter F. Geneway 1860 - John A. Bushnell 1864 - William Moore 1868 - Samuel Jones 1870 - J. W. Stoker 1872 - C. C. Williams 1874 - William A. Davidson 1876 - Robert Trevey 1878 - James P. Dimmitt 1880 - Dr. B. H. Land 1882 - Bart B. Green.
Superintendent of Poor 1868 - Samuel Jones, resigned 1871 - Robert Allen 1874 - Dr. John W. Stewart 1877 - Dr. A. N. Kincanon 1879 - Dr. James P. Dimmitt 1880 - Dr. B. H. Land, resigned 1882 - James F. Land.
Managers Poor Farm 1871 - D. A. Henry 1874 - Richard Woodson 1879 - Daniel E.A. Price 1880 - Eli Wade 1882 - Eli Wade
County Attorneys 1843 - Lycurgus Alney 1846 - A. M. Tutt 1854 - Royal L. Burge 1858 - Royal L. Burge and Dewitt C. Stone, special 1859 - Royal L. Burge 1861 - Alexis Wamsly 1863 - Royal L. Burge and A. C. Avery, special 1865 - Royal L. Burge 1866 - W. H. H. Waggoner 1867 - Royal L. Burge, died October 19 1868 1868 - William N. Pickerell 1872 - W. W. Gatewood 1875 - Charles B. Wilson 1877 - C. C. Dickinson 1882 - Robert E Lewis
County Railroad Agents 1866 - Royal L. Burge, died 1869 - William H. McLane, resigned 1870 - Dewitt C. Stone 1874 - William R. Taylor Then the court appointed different agents and attorneys from time to time to vote stock, and to defend the county against suits, etc., as occasion required. 1880 - James B. Gantt 1882 - William H. Cock
Circuit Clerks 1866 - William Weaver 1871 - John A. Driggs 1875 - William C. Edmonston 1878 - Charles S. Robinson, resigned 1879 - Benjamin L. Quarles 1882 - Rollin B. McConnell
Representatives 1836 - George B. Woodson, three terms 1842 - Samuel Land 1844 - Peyton Parks 1846 - A. C. Marvin 1848 - Dr. John W. Fitzhugh 1850 - William Steele 1852 - A. C. Marvin 1854 - John W. Williams 1856 - Robert Allen 1858 - Dewit C. Stone 1860 - James A. Tutt 1862 - Levi C. Marvin, speaker 1864 - William Weaver, ineligible 1864 - Augustus Dana 1866 - William Schafer 1868 - William H. McLane 1870 - George W. Squires 1872 - Jerubal G. Dorman 1874 - Banton G. Boone, speaker 1876 - William T. Thornton 1878 - William H. Cock 1880 - George H. Shelton 1882 - Dr. W. L. Shankland.
State Senators 1836 - Joseph Montgomery - Henry County 1840 - James Young, Lafayette County 1842 - Benjamin F. Massey 1846 - James M. Gatewood, Henry County 1850 - B. W. Grover, Johnson County 1854 - M. C. Goodlette - Henry County 1858 - A. C. Marvin - Henry County 1862 - W. S. Holland, Henry County (change in district) 1868 - W. H. Blodgette, Johnson County 1872 - Joshua LaDue, Henry County 1876 - J. B. Newberry, two years, Bates County (the new constitution changed district) 1878 - J. N. Bradley, Bates County 1882 - Dr. John H. Britts, Henry County
Circuit Judges 1835 - Charles H. Allen, Fifth Judicial District 1837 - John F. Ryland, Sixth Judicial District 1845 - Foster P. Wright 1851 - Waldo P. Johnson 1854 - DeWitt C. Ballou 1859 - Foster P. Wright 1862 - Burr H. Emerson, Seventh Judicial District 1868 - David McGaughey 1873 - Foster P. Wright 1880 - James B. Gantt, present judge.
Circuit Attorneys 1835 - William B. Almond 1840 - Henderson Young 1844 - Robert G. Smart 1850 - Waldo P. Johnson 1856 - Thomas W. Freeman 1862 - S. S. Burdette 1868 - James Masters - Office discontinued.
Election of 1880The presidential election of 1880, was one which from its excitements and questions at issue, brought out a full vote. It is here given that it may be contrasted with the vote of 1884, when that vote shall be counted. The election of 1880 failed to bring out a full vote, and the progress of the county as to party increase, and of the voting population, will be better obtained by comparing with the presidential vote two years hence. The national and state tickets for 1880 stood as follows: Henry County
The majorities for the remainder of the state ticket did not vary but a few votes from that for governor. The Greenback ticket polled from 306 to 330 votes on the state ticket, and ran as high as 352 down to 307 on the local or County ticket. In 1880, the state had thirteen Congressional districts, but the census of that year gave to Missouri according to the apportionment, one more congressman, or fourteen. The state was then redistricted, and Henry County was placed in what is now called the Twelfth Congressional District. The old Sixth was composed of fourteen counties, while the new Twelfth has but eight. Seven of the eight were in the old Sixth, and the one now added to the seven to make the Twelfth District is Cass County. For Congress - Sixth District 1880
For circuit judge, the majority for James B. Gantt over William Page was 898. The County Ticket 1880
The vote of the county ticket is given in full as it will make it valuable for reference:
The list of justices of the peace and constables for the several townships can be found entered on pages 299 and 300 of county records, Book 1. In the above vote the names are given in the order of Democrats, Republicans and Green backers, the highest being the Democratic vote and the lowest the Greenback.
1882 The election of 1882 was another Democratic victory in state, congressional, state senatorial and county. The state ticket had a majority of about 70,000 rather over than under, and there was a general democratic gain in almost every county in the state on the local tickets. The general election throughout the United States was such heavy gains that it is known as the Democratic Cyclone of 1882. The vote is as follows:
The average majority for the Democratic congressional ticket outside of the St. Louis districts - eighth, ninth and tenth - was 3,100. The vote for congress in this district is given by counties:
There was some falling off in the vote of this county as compared with the vote of 1880. Taking the electoral vote of that year and the vote for congressmen this year we have:
A difference of 753 votes in favor of 1880. The counties composing the state senatorial district are Cass, Bates and Henry, and below is the vote: THE SENATORIAL VOTE
In 1880, the Greenbackers put out both a senatorial and a county ticket, but for the election of 1882, the party leaders decided to waive it in counties where the vote was light. In this senatorial district and county, no Greenback ticket was put forth, they giving their attention to the state and for congress. The local vote of Henry County is given in detail, so that the political complexion and the number of votes of each township can be seen.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF HENRY COUNTY FOR 1882
State SenatorsThe senatorial district, of which Henry County has composed a part since its organization, has been changed a number of times, and Henry County has no cause for complaint, so far as receiving her share of the senatorial honors of the district of which she has composed a part. The early senatorial districts were composed of many counties, covering a large territory, but these are not of much moment to the reader. The Fifteenth Senatorial District formed in 1872, from the census of 1870, gave to that district the counties of Johnson, henry, St. Clair and Benton. Under the last apportionment, this county was placed in the Fourteenth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Cass, Bates, and Henry, and was so organized in 1882. The first election held for general purposes in Rives County (now Henry) was in 1836, and Joseph Montgomery, then county judge, and one of the three who composed the first county court of Rives County, was elected to the office of state senator. Henry County was not again allowed a candidate until 1858, when the Hon. M. C. Goodlet was elected. In 1872, Henry County again received the honors, and Joshua Laden was elected. At the last election, and in the new Fourteenth District, Dr. John H. Britts, a prominent physician and citizen of Clinton, was elected, and Henry County was again honored the first of the trio composing the counties of the district under the late apportionment.
CongressmenThe full list of congressmen of the state up to 1880 can be found in the history of the state, but those who have represented Henry County, as a part of a congressional district, is here given that the citizens of the county may know their own immediate representatives. The first members of congress were from the state at large and not by districts, the district organization being arranged in 1846, and that was the first year that an election for congressmen took place by districts. This county formed a part of the Fifth Congressional district, and five was the number of congressmen to which this state was entitled until after the census of 1850. Missouri gained two members by that census, but this district, or rather the Fifth District, still included Henry County. In 1860, the census gave the state nine congressmen, this county still remaining as a municipal part of the Fifth District. Notwithstanding the evil effects of the civil war and other causes, the natural advantages which were so prominently seen by every traveler or prospector who visited the state, that her increase became rapid and continuous, and in the census of 1870 it was shown that few states in the Union had exceeded her in solid growth and material prosperity. This census gave Missouri thirteen congressmen, and under the new apportionment Henry County was placed in the Seventh District and its first congressman was the Hon. Thomas T. Crittenden, now the honored and able governor of the state. Henry County remained attached to the Seventh District until after the adoption of the new constitution of 1875, when, at the session of the general assembly in the winter of 1876-7, a new apportionment was made and Henry was placed in the Sixth Congressional District, where it remained until the census of 1880, which added one more congressman, and Henry County was placed in the Twelfth Congressional District.
Seventh DistrictThe Seventh District was composed of the following counties: Johnson, Cooper, Dallas, Henry, Moniteau, Benton, St. Clair, Camden, Morgan, Hickory, Cole, Miller and Pettis - thirteen.
Sixth DistrictThe following counties were apportioned to this district: Greene, Vernon, Dade, Barry, Bates, Lawrence, McDonald, St. Clair, Henry, Newton, Cedar, Webster, Jasper and Barton-fourteen.
Twelfth DistrictThis is the present congressional district, which it will probably remain until after the census of 1890 and is composed of the eight following named counties: Cass, Bates, Henry, St. Clair, Vernon, Barton, Dade and Cedar.
MembersThose who have been the immediate representatives of Henry County since the state was divided into districts, are: 1844-6 John S. Phelps; 1848, John S. Phelps; 1850, John S. Phelps; 1852, John S. Phelps; 1854, John G. Miller, died; 1855, Thomas P. Akers, unexpired term; 1856, James H. Woodson; 1858, James H. Woodson; 1860, John W. Reid, expelled; 1862, John W. McClurg; 1864, John W. McClurg; 1866, John W. McClurg, resigned, 1867, John H. Stover, unexpired term; 1868, Samuel S. Burdette; 1870, Samuel S. Burdette; 1872, Thomas T. Crittenden; 1874, John F. Phillips; 1876, Thomas T. Crittenden; 1878, James R. Waddill; 1880, Ira R. Hazeltine; 1882, Charles H. Morgan.
MemorandaThe "Drake constitution," so called, was adopted by a majority of 29,000. Eighty thousand voters were, by it, disfranchised in Missouri. The president of the convention was Arnold Kreckel, now on the supreme bench. Charles D. Drake was vice president, and afterward left the state. Willis S. Holland was the delegate from Henry County, and he voted for the Drake disfranchisement. The convention of 1875 was presided over by Hon. Waldo P. Johnson and Nathaniel W. Watkins; a connection of Henry Clay was vice-president. E.A. Nickerson was the delegate to Henry County to the convention and favored, by his vote, the new constitution. The vote of Henry County for governor in 1870 was, for:
S. S. Burdette carried this county by a majority of 165, and his plurality in the district was 1707.
PoliticalHenry County, as will be seen by the above vote, was, at the last election, not far from an average majority of twelve hundred, and in 1880 it was about nine hundred votes. Henry County has always been Democratic except during and just after the civil war. She was named after Rives, of Virginia, because of his Democracy, and promptly repudiated him and his name when he became a follower of the illustrious "Harry of the west," Henry Clay, of Kentucky. It will make but little difference which of the leading parties she upholds, if her people will solidly unite to advance her material prosperity, add to her educational facilities, and follow in the paths of true virtue and honor in all things. Circuit Court Items To show how in early days crime was punished, a case of perjury is taken. The person was convicted of perjury in 1833 in the Lafayette Circuit Court, and had the following sentence passed upon him: A fine of one cent; be confined in Jail one minute; to stand in the pillory one minute; be deprived of his vote, of being a witness or juror, or of ever holding any office within the state. The first three items of punishment were imposed at once. This man afterward became an honorable citizen of Henry County for years, and was relieved of his disabilities, the three last, by a pardon of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs a few years afterward with proof of his honorable conduct. The first divorce suit was entered July, 1838; Edward Roberts was the plaintiff and Nancy Roberts, defendant. The divorce was granted, the wife receiving $50 alimony. The first suit for slander was entered by Thomas Windsor against Elijah Pucket in 1838. Damages not serious.
First Grand JuryThe first grand jury was drawn in 1835, and they met in August of that year. Joseph Fields was sheriff, Fielding A. Pinnell clerk, Charles H. Allen was presiding judge. What indictments they returned, if any, is not known, the records of the circuit court of Henry County for the first three years, from August, 1835, to March, 1838, being lost and probably destroyed. How and by whom this loss was occasioned is not known, but the loss is unfortunate. The names are Archibald C. Legg, John Wilson, Pleasant Walker, George W. Walker, Robert Allen, Chesley Jones and Phillip Cecil. The rest of the names composing this grand jury have been lost to the memory of the oldest settlers. ---------- |
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