Muskingum County, Ohio - Chapter 21: Zanesville Elections, 1882

April 7, 1851 - Mayor, Wm. Shultz. Councilmen - William Galigher, Mark Loudan, J. T. Fracker, Jr., Joseph Galigher, John Coleman, F. B. Abbott, JohnMcBride, S. R. Hosmer, Henry Blandy, Samuel Clark, and John Woods. Justice of the Peace, John Harrison ; Supervisor, Peter Sockman. School Directors, Alex. Sullivan and Jacob Glessner. Constables, Benjamin Spangler and William Jennings.

April 5, 1852 - Mayor, Wm. Shultz. Councilmen - George A. Jones, Lewis Brenholts, Elias Ebert, Thomas Davidson, Joseph Galigher, John Closman, William Ruth, Hamilton Robertson, S. R. Hosmer, G. Wj'nkoop, J. M. James and E. L. Grisby. Justice of the Peace, F. A. Seborn. Supervisor, P. Sockman. Constables, B. Spangler and William Jennings. School Director, George L. Shinnick.

April 4, 1853 - Mayor, D. J. Culbertson. Councilmen - Mark Loudan, John Coleman, William Ruth and William Fox. City Solicitor, A. P. Blocksom. City Treasurer, Adam Peters. Marshal, James Campbell. Trustee of

Water Works, A. J. Printz. Constables, William Jennings and Benjamin Spangler. School Directors' - A. SulHvan, G. L. Shinnick, Jacob Glessner and J. L. Cox.

April 7, 1856 - Justices of the Peace - C. W. Buckmaster, James Mills. Councilmen - A. J. Printz, William Ruth, Jonathan Swank. Treasurer, John Metcalf. Marshal, William M. Laughlin. Constables - Benj. Spangler, E. S. Dodd. Trustee of Water Works, A. J. Hahn. Assessors - Elijah Sullivan, William Wright, G. W. Ritz;e, Lewis Grigsby. Supervisor, Peter Sockman.

April 6, 1857 - Mayor, E. L. Grigsby. Marshal, William M. Laughlin. Justice of the Peace, James Cochran. Trustee of Water Works, Thos. Griffith. City Solicitor, N. N.Guille. Councilmen - Austin Berry, John Metcalf, R. W. P. Muse, A. R. Cassiday. Constables, B. Spangler, Jacob Lyder. Board of Education, D. D. Yarndt, Adam Fletcher. Assessors - Elijah Sullivan, W. Wright, John Brimer, Lewis Grigsby.

April 5, 1858 - Councilmen - ^James Mills, S. Chapman, A. J. Printz, M. C. Mitchel, David McCarty, WilHam Fox. Marshal, William Laughlin. Treasurer, B. F. Leslie. Trustee of Water Works, Joseph Galligher. Board of Education - ^A. P. Blocksom, W. A. Graham. City Solicitor, John Haynes, Constables, Jacob Lyda, Benjamin Spangler. Assessors - Wallace Quigley, William H. Cunningham. William Wright, Elijah Sullivan.

A. J. Printz, S. R. Hosmer, Daniel Hatton. City Clerk, Thomas Halpin. Treasurer, D. C. Convers. Trustees of Water Works, G. T.Greenland, Thomas Griffith. Marshal, Jacob Lyda. Constables, John Dixon, Nimrod Taylor. Justice of the Peace, Joseph Cochran. Board of Education, G. A. Thompson.

April, 1863 - Mayor, Mark Loudan. Justice of the Peace, H. W. Chandler. Councilmen - James Crosby, D. Applegate, Moses Bridwell, John L. Taylor. Marshal, Isaac Campbell. City Solicitor, A. P. Blocksom. Constables, William W. Smith, John Dixon. Board of Education, F. A. Thompson, Adam Fletcher. Trustee of Water Works, Thomas Griffith. Assessors, William Munro, Isaac Hoge, Theodore Brown, P. T. Wright.

April 3, 1865 - Mayor, John W. James. Councilmen, A. A. Thompson, Daniel Applegate, Walter A. Bell, J. L. Taylor. City Solicitor, M. M. Granger. Marshal, J. C. Wolf. Constables, I. M. Brown, John Green. Trustee of Water Works, William Ruth. Assessors, William Mears, William Wright, William Leffler, P. T. Wright.

April 2, 1866. - Councilmen, Joseph Crosby, Thomas Halpine, William Ruth, J. R.' Price. Justice of the Peace, H. W. Chandler. Marshal, J. C. Wolf. Trustee of Water Works, Thomas Griffith. Board of Education, F. A. Thompson, Adam Fletcher. Constables, Isaac M. Brown, Benjamin Spangler. Assessors, William Munro, William Wright, Jacob Crotzer, P. T. Wright.

April 6, 1868 - Marshal, J. C. Wolf. City Solicitor, A. J. Andrews. Trustee of Water Works, William Ruth. Constables, James D. Mitchell, Benjamin Spangler. Councilmen, Joseph Crosby, Samuel Clark, William Ruth, Curran Blue, William Geiger, C. Fletcher, Conrad Fletcher, W. E. James. Board of Education, George W. Green, George W. GrifFee. Assessors, William Munro, David Keeley, John A. Daugherty, William A. Burkhart, E. L. Grigsby, William Nutt. The, vote on the annexation of Putnam to Zanesville, is reported as 1456 in favor, and 28 against.

March 29, 1870. Election on the question of appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a railroad in Zanesville - In favor, 1077 votes ; against, 16 votes. Majority in favor, 1061.

April 3, 1871. - Mayor, William Ruth. Marshal, William Jennings. Trustee of Water Works, George H. Vroom. City Solicitor, Albion J. Andrews. Civil Engineer, A. J. Spaulding. Trustee of Cemetery, W. H. Deffenbaugh. Justice of the Peace, John J. James. Constables, John Arter, William Nutt, Councilmen, F. A. Thompson, D. Applegate, Curran Blue, F. H. Achauer, W. H. McOwen, Michael McDonald, Edward Bailey, William T. Maher. Board of Education, Richard Hocking, S.J. Moore. Assessors, William Munro, William Wright, George A. Daugherty, Elijah Sullivan, J. J. Patterson, William Nutt, Sr., Robert Delany, W. H. Search.

Nutt, Sr. City Commissioner, John Slone. Trustee of Water Works, Patrick Dugan. Trustee of Cemetery, A. E. Cook. Councilmen, Robert Price, Eugene Printz, Robert D. Shultz, Frank Meyers, Henry Blandy, James L, Taylor, P. P. Morgan, E. B. Williams. Board of Education, J. V. Smeltzer, M. Calhoun, Richard Hocking. Assessors, William Munro, William Wright, George A. Daugherty, James Ryan, J. J. Patterson, William Nutt, Sr., R. Delaney. City Commissioner, Daniel Smith. For annexation of Putnam, "Yes," 1499 votes ; "No," 615 votes.

Special election, June 17, 1872. Vote on the quesion of issuing bonds to the amount of $100,- 000, for the purpose of building the Zanesville, Cumberland and Caldwell Railroad. In favor of the measure, 1,193 votes. Against the measure, eighty-seven votes.

April 5, 1880. - Citj^ Commissioner, John Emery. Justice of the Peace, Addison Palmer. Trustee of Water Works, Conrad Stolzenbach. Trustee of Cemeteries, Thomas Lindsay. City Infirmary Director, Josephus Jordan. Constables, JohnJ. Arter, Charles E. Moore. Councilmen, G. A. Stanberry, Andrew P. Stultz, A. H. Sterne, Fred. Dietrich, Henry T. Smith, William C. Harris, Dudley R. Worstall, A. J. Andrews, Thomas Potts. Assessors, George J. Miller, Duncan McKinney, Thomas Elliott, J. J. Patterson, John Elliott, Amos P. Josslyn, George W. Reed. Board of Education, WilHam M. Shinnick, William Lillienthal, Martin V. B. Mitchell, John L. Turner.

April 4, 1 88 1. - Mayor, WiUiam N. McCoy. Marshal, Zachariah T. Reed. City Solicitor, William H. Cunningham, Jr. City Civil Engineer, Frederick Howell. Trustee of Water Works, William Price. Trustee of Cemeteries, John W. Conrade. Justice of the Peace, George W. Griffee. Constables, Charles E. Moore, John Arter. City Infii-mary Director, James T. Wallwork. Assessors, Paul Kemmerer, George E. Jenkins, Walton Grigsby, Adolph Kreuter, Phillip Dennick, John H. Best, Leander McBride, Joseph Scholl, William H. Ratliff. Councilmen, John A. Fortune, *Philip Sandel, *Jas.T. Irvine, *Jno. M. Steiner, Gilbert Snyder, Henry C. Greiner, W. S. Frazier, *William Foran, O. C. Farquhar ; those holding over are : Thomas Potts, D. Worstall, *A. J. Andrews, *A. Stern, Wm. C. Harris, F. Dietrich, *A. P. StuUz, *William Smith, George Stanberry.

The Mayor and those Councilmen whose names are marked with a star (*) are Democrats ; the other nine Councilmen are Republicans, and the possibility of a tie vote at the time of organization being imminent, each political moiety had reference to the law governing such cases, and entrenched themselves within the bulwarks of its provisions. The section of the Revised Statutes referred to, is number 1676, and provides that in cities of the second class, where there is a tie vote in the election of officers of the Council, the Mayor, acting as ex-officio President, shall give the casting vote. The Mayor and Democratic members of the Council construed this section to their advantage, and maintained that it was to be expected that Democratic officers would be chosen by them. On the other hand, the Republicans determined that there should be no tie vote, which was accomplished by voting for more than one man at a time, for such office. The Democrats thereupon concerted that the election should be in such a manner as to leave no option between voting for or against one candidate at a time, or not voting at all. This, it was held, was following Republican precedents, and a motion was made that Andrew P. Stultz be elected President. This proposition was entei^- tained by the Mayor, and, upon i-oll call, it was found that nine Democrats voted in the affirmative, and nine Republicans refused to vote. This, in the opinion of the Mayor, was such a tie as was contemplated by the section of the Revised Statutes referred to, and he voted for Mr. Stultz, and, thereupon, declared him elected. TheDemcratic nine then voted for John A. Fortune as President fro tempore, and William A. Shinnick, Jr., for Clerk, the Mayor and Republican nine not voting. The Mayor then declared Mr," Andrew P. Stultz elected President, -pro tempore, and that all the officers necessary for the organization of the Council were elected, and the organization was complete, and he vacated the chair, which was taken by Mr. Stultz. Mr. Shinnick gave his bond, and was sworn in as Clerk, and then demanded of Clerk John A. Green the books and papers of the office, which were refused, on the ground that Mr. Shinnick, Jr., had not been legally elected. Mr. Shinnick then instituted proceedings in quo zvarranto, filing papers first in the Supreme Court, from which action was subsequently withdrawn for want of jurisdiction in that court, and the papers were then filed in the District Court, and Clerk John A. Green continued to hold over until properly notified of the action of said court, which was as follows :

case came on for hearing on the petition of relator, the answer of defendant, as the agreed statement of facts, the facts as found by said District Court, and the certificate of reservation, together with a transcript of the proceedings in said District Court.

"The arguments of counsel having been heard, and the court being fully advised in the premises, do find that, on the 25th day of April, 1881, the relator, Shinnick, was duly elected City Clerk of said city ; that the defendant wrongfully holds said office, and that he, said Shinnick, is entitled to have and hold said office.

"And the court do order that the defendant, John A. Green, be ousted, and altogether excluded from said office, and that said Green forthwith deliver over to said Shinnick the use, possession, and enjoyment of said office, and the books, furniture and papers pertaining to the same, and allow the said Shinnick to have full control thereof, without let or hindrance.

"And it is further considered and adjudged that the said relator recover of said Green the costs herein, by the relator expended, taxed at $^ - ."