Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Chapter 42: Cuyahoga County Civil List, 1870

Chapter 42: Cuyahoga County Civil List

Governors - Lieutenant Governors - Judges of Supreme Court - Clerks of Supreme Court - Members of Board of Public Works - State Officers - Residents after Election - United States Senator - Representatives 'in. Congress - Judges of Common Pleas - Judges of Probate Court - Clerk of Common Pleas - Clerks of County Commissioners - Auditors - Sheriffs - Treasurers - Recorders - Surveyors - State Sena tors - Representatives in the State Assembly - Members of Constitu tional Conventions.

Samuel Huntington, resided in Cleveland from 1803 to 1806; removed to Newburg in 1806, and from there to Painesville in 1807; served as governor one term, 1808-10.

Reuben Wood, of Cleveland, the last governor under the first constitution and the first under the second one; served a term, 1850-52, was re-elected, and in 1853 resigned to accept a foreign mission.

Lieutenant Governors Judges Oe The Supreme Court

Rufus P. Ranney; elected by the legislature (the last under the old constitution) March 17, 1851, vice Edward Avery, resigned. In October, of the same year, was re-elected by the people. Resigned in 1856. The next year removed from Warren to Cleveland. In 1862 was again elected to the bench and resigned in 1864,

United States Senator

In 1809 Senator Edward Tiffin resigned, and Governor Huntington appointed Stanley Griswold, of Cleveland, for the unexpired term, which includec but a part of one session.

United States District Attorneys

JUDGES OF THE PROBATE CouRT. - Elected by the people for three years, with year of their election. Flavel W. Bingham, Cleveland, 1851; Daniel R.

James D. Cleveland, Cleveland, 1851; John Barr, Cleveland, 1854; Roland D. Noble, Cleveland, 1857; Frederick J. Prentiss, Cleveland, 1860, and re-elected in 1863; Frederick 8. Smith, Cleveland, 1866, and again in 1869; Benjamin S, Cogswell, Cleveland, 1872; Wilbur F. Iinman, Cleveland, 1875; re-elected in 1878.

Jackson, 1873; George A. Schlatterbeck, Cleveland, 1874; Philander B. Gardner, Berea, 1875; Charles Jackson, re-elected, 1876; George A. Schlatterbeck, re-elected, 1877; Josiah W. Hurst, Dover, 1878. .

Leonard Case, Cleveland, 1822; John W. Willey, Cleveland, 1824; re-elected in 1826; Orville B. Skinner, Cleveland, 1828; re-elected in 1830 and 1832; Arvis §. Chapman, Cleveland, appointed to fill vacancy, 1834; Samuel Williamson, Cleveland, 1834; reelected in 1836, 1838 and 1840; James A. Briggs, Cleveland, 1842; re-elected in 1844 and 1846; D. R. Whipple, Cleveland, 1848; Albert Clark, Cleveland, appointed for unexpired term 1848; re-elected in 1850; Charles Winslow, Cleveland, 1852; William Fuller, Brooklyn, 1854; re-clected in 1856 and 1858; Henry C. WUawkins, Cleveland, 1860; re-elected in 1862; Ansel Roberts, Cleveland, 1864; re-elected in 1866; William 8. Jones, Cleveland, 1868; re-elected in 1870 and 1872; L. D. Benedict, Cleveland, appointed to fill vacancy 1874; elected also 1875; L. F. Bauder, Cleveland, elected to a term of three years, 1877.

Gaius Burk, Newburg, 1828; re-elected in 1830. Edward Buldwin, Cleveland, 1832; re-clected in 1834, 736, 738, 40 and '42. De Witt Clinton Baldwin, Cleveland, appointed for unexpired term, 1843; Melancthon Barnett, Cleveland, 1844; re-elected in 1846 and 748. George ©. Dodge, Cleveland, 1850; reelected in 1852 and 754. William Waterman, Cleveland, 1856; re-elected in 1858. Harvey Burke, Newburg, 1860. A. M. Burke, Newburg, appointed to fill vacancy, 1861. Henry 8. Whittlesey, Cleveland, 1862; re elected in 1864. - Joseph Turney, Newburg, 1866; re-elected in 1868. Frank Lynch, Cleveland, 1869 (year of election changed); re-elected in 1871. F. W. Pelton, Cleveland, 1873; re-elected in 1875. Moses G. Watterson, Cleveland, 1877.

RecorpErs - Appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, with time of service. John Walworth, Cleveland, 1810-12. Tlorace Perry, Cleveland, 1812-34.

Members Of Constitutional Conventions

The first Constitutional Convention met November 1, 1802, at Chillicothe. The delegates from Trumbull county were David Abbott, of Willoughby, and Samuel Huntington, of Cleveland.

The. third Constitutional Convention convened at Columbus, May 13, 1873; the following being the delegates from Cuyahoga county: Sherlock J. Andrews, Martin A. Foran, Seneca O. Griswold, Jacob Mueller, Amos Townsend. |