Marion County, Indiana - Chapter 19: Civil List of Indianapolis and Marion Codntt, 1884

Chapter 19: Civil List of Indianapolis and Marion Codntt

Following is a complete list of the town and city officers of Indianapolis from 1832 to the present time, kindly furnished for this work by Mr. George H. Fleming, who was appointed by the Council to revise the city ordinances, viz. :

Metropolitan Police

In the following list the names are given of all persons who have held county offices, and also of those resident in Marion County who have held important offices in or under the State or national government, except those of official residence only.'

' Quite a number of persons who have attained more or less distinction in politics, war, letters, or art have, at one time or another, been residents of Indianapolis. Among them are

Clerks Of United States Courts.'

1 There are two Federal Courts. Mr. Bassett was clerk of both till 1853, when Mr. Rea was made clerk of one, Mr. Bassett continuing in the other. In 1860, Mr. Rea was appointed to the other place, and held both till 1863, when Walt. J. Smith, son of Judge Caleb B. Smith, was given one of the clerkships, and he and Mr. Rea held till 1865, when the late John D. Howland succeeded to both places, and they have not since been separated.

Representatives In Congress

' The pension agency was at Madison till 1857, when it was removed to Indianapolis. In 1861 there were about 300 pensioners on the rolls, requiring an annual aggregate payment of about $10,000. In 1877, when Gen. Knefler, the present agent, took the office, there were between 13,000 and 14,000 pensioners on the rolls here, with an annual aggregate payment of $1,400,000. In 1883 there were over 22,000 on the rolls, with an annual total of pensions of $6,800,000.

Judges Of The Supreme Court

2 Until the occurrence of the Mexican war the ofiiee of adju- 1 tant-general was merely nominal, and the records show nothing of the occupants or terms. From the closing up of the businesB made by the Mexican war, during which Mr. Reynolds held the ofBce, till the outbreak of the civil war, it lapsed into its former unimportance. Since the civil war it has been a place of much business and responsibility.

State Representatives

STATE REPRESENTATIVES. James Paxton, session of 1823-24. John Conner, session of 1824-25. James Paxton, session of 1825-26. Morris Morris, session of 1826-27.

Common Pleas

' The prosecuting attorneys of the Circuit Court were replaced by those of the Criminal Court from 1865 to 1874. Then there was a prosecutor for each until 1882, when the offices were combined.