Governors. -- Ansel Briggs, 1846- '50; Stephen Hempstead, 1850- '54; James W. Grimes, 1854- '58; Ralph P. Lowe, 1858- '60; Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1860- '64; William M. Stone, 1864- '68; Samuel Morrill, 1868- '72; Cyrus C. Carpenter, 1872- '76; Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1876- '77; J. G. Newbold, 1877- '78; J. G. Newbold, 1877- '78; John H. Gear, 1878- '82; Buren R. Sherman, 1882- '86; William Larabee, 1886.

      Lieutenant-Governors. -- Oran Faville, 1858- '60; Nicholas J. Rusch, 1860- '62; John R. Needham, 1862- '64; Enoch W. Eastman, 1864- '66; Benjamin F. Gue, 1866- '68; John Scott, 1868- '70; M. M. Walden, 1870- '72; H. C. Bulis, 1872- '74; Joseph Dysart, 1874- '76; Joshua G. Newbold, 1876- '78; Frank T. Campbell, 1878- '82; Orlando H. Manning, 1882- '85; John A. T. Hull, 1886.

     This office was created by the new constitution Sept. 3, 1857.

      Secretaries of State. -- Elisha Cutter, Jr., 1846- '48; Joseph H. Bonney, 1848- '50; George W. McCleary, 1850- '56; Elijah Sells, 1856- '63; James Wright, 1863- '67; Ed. Wright, 1867- '73; Josiah T. Young, 1873- '79; J. A. T. Hull, 1879- '85; Franklin D. Jackson, 1885.

      Auditors of State. -- Joseph T. Fales, 1846-‘50; William Pattee, 1850-‘54; Andrew J. Stevens, 1854- '55; John Pattee, 1855- '59; Jonathan W. Cattell, 1859- '65; John A. Elliott, 1865- '71; John Russell, 1871- '75; Buren R. Sherman, 1875- '81; Wm. V. Lucas, 1881; John L. Brown, 1882- '83; J. W. Cattell, acting, 1885- '56.

      Treasurers of State. -- Morgan Reno, 1846- '50; Israel Kister, 1850- '52; Martin L. Morris, 1852- '59; John W. Jones, 1859- '63; William H. Holmes, 1863- '67; Samuel E. Rankin, 1867- '73; William Christy, 1873- '77; George W. Benis, 1877-‘81; Edwin H. Conger, 1881- '85; Voltaire Twombly, 1885.

      Attorney-Generals. -- David C. Cloud, 1853- '56; Samuel A. Rice, 1856- '60; Charles C. Nourse, 1860- '64; Isaac L. Allen, 1865- '66; Frederick E. Bissell, 1866-‘67; Henry O’Connor, 1867- '72; Marcena E. Cutts, 1872- '76; John F. McJunkin, 1877- '81; Smith McPherson, 1881- '85; A. J. Baker, 1885.

      Adjutant-Generals. -- Daniel S. Lee, 1851- '55; George W. McCleary, 1855- '57; Elijah Sells, 1857; Jesse Bowen, 1857- '61; Nathaniel Baker, 1861- '77; John H. Looby, 1877- '78; W. L. Alexander, 1878- '84.

      Registers of the State Land Office. -- Anson Hart, 1855- '57; Theodore S. Parvin, 1857- '59; Amos B. Miller, 1859- '62; Edwin Mitchell, 1862- '63; Josiah H. Harvey, 1863- '67; Cyrus C. Carpenter, 1867- '71; Aaron Brown, 1871- '75; David Secor, 1875- '79, J. K. Powers, 1879- '82. *

      Superintendents of Public Instruction. -- James Harlan, 1847- '48; Thos. H. Benton, Jr., 1848- '54; James D. Eads, 1854- '57, Joseph C. Stone, 1857; Maturin L. Fisher, 1857- '58; Oran Faville, 1864- '67; D. Franklin Wells, 1867- '68; A. S. Kissell, 1868- '72; Alonzo Abernethy, 1872- '76; Carl W. Van Coelen, 1876-‘82; John W. Akers, 1882- '84.

      Office abolished January 1, 1883, and duties devolved on the Secretary of State.

     This office was created in 1847 and abolished in 1858, and the duties then devolved upon the secretary of the Board of Education; it was re-created March 23, 1864.

      State Printers. -- Garrett D. Palmer and George Paul, 1849- '51; William H. Merritt, 1851- '53; William A. Hornish, 1853; Dennis A. Mahoney and Joseph B. Dorr, 1853- '55; Peter Moriarty, 1855- '57; John Teesdale, 1857- '61; Francis W. Palmer, 1861- '69; G. W. Edwards, 1871- '73; Rich. P. Clarkson, 1873- '79; Frank M. Mills, 1879- '81; Geo. E. Roberts, 1881.

      State Binders. -- William M. Coles, 1855- '58; Frank M. Mills, 1858- '67; James S. Carter, 1867- '71; J. J. Smart, 1871- '75; H. A. Perkins, 1875-‘79; H. A. Perkins, 1875- '79; Matt. Parrott, 1879- '85; L. S. Merchant, 1885.

      Secretaries of Board of Education. -- T. H. Benton, Jr., 1859- '63, Oran Faville, 1864- '64.

     This office was abolished March 23, 1864.

      Presidents of the Senate. -- Thomas Baker, 1846- '47; Thomas Hughes, 1847- '48; John J. Selman, 1848- '49; Enos Lowe, 1849- '51; Wm. E. Leffingwell, 1851- '53; Maturn L. Fisher, 1853-55; Wm. W. Hamilton, 1855- '57.

     Under the new Constitution the Lieutenant-Governor is President of the Senate.

      Speakers of the House. -- Jesse B. Brown, 1846- '48; Smiley H. Bonham, 1848- '50; George Temple, 1850- '52; James Grant, 1852- '54; Reuben Noble, 1854- '56; Samuel McFarland, 1856- '57; Stephen B. Sheledy, 1857- '59; John Edwards, 1859- '61; Rush Clark, 1861- '63; Jacob Butler, 1863- '65; Ed. Wright, 1865- '67; John Russell, 1867-‘69; Aylett R. Cotton, 1869-‘71; James Wilson, 1871- '73; John H. Geer, 1873-‘77; John Y. Stone, 1877- '79; Lore Alford, 1880- '81; G. R. Struble, 1882- '83; Wm. P. Wolf, 1884; Albert Head, 1886.

      Chief Justices of the Supreme Court. -- Charles Mason, 1847; Joseph Williams, 1847- '48; S. Clinton Hastings, 1848- '55; George G. Wright, 1855-‘60; Ralph P. Lowe, 1860- '62; Caleb Baldwin, 1862- '64; George G. Wright, 1864- '66; Ralph P. Lowe, 1866- '68; John F. Dillon, 1868- '70; Chester C. Cole, 1870- '71; James G. Day, 1871- '72; Joseph M. Beck, 1872- '74; W. E. Miller, 1874- '76; Chester C. Cole, 1876; Wm. H. Seevers, 1876- '77; James G. Day, 1877- '78; James H. Rothrock, 1878- '83 and ’84; Joseph M. Beck, 1879- '80 and ’85; Austin Adams, 1880- '81 and ’86; Wm. H. Seevers, 1882.

      Associate Justices. -- Joseph Williams, held over from territorial government until a successor was appointed; Thomas S. Wilson, 1847; John F. Kinney, 1847- '54; George Greene, 1847-55; Jonathan C. Hall, 1854- '55; William G. Woodward, 1855; Norman W. Isbell, 1855- '56; Lacon D. Stockton, 1856- '60; Caleb Baldwin, 1860- '64; Ralph P. Lowe, 1860; George G. Wright, 1860; John F. Dillon, 1865- '70; Chester C. Cole, 1864- '77; Joseph M. Beck, 1868; W. E. Miller, 1870; James G. Day, 1870.

      United States Senators. -- Augustus C. Dodge, 1848- '55; George W. Jones, 1848- '59; James Harlan, 1855- '65; James W. Grimes, 1859- '69; Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1866; James Harlan, 1867- '73; James B. Howell, 1870; George G. Wright, 1871- '77; William B. Allison, 1873- '79; Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1877- '81; Wm. B. Allison, 1879-‘85; James W. McDill, 1881; James F. Wilson, 1883.

      Present State Officers, (1886) Governor, William Larrabee; Secretary of State, Frank D. Jackson; Auditor of State, J. W. Cattell, acting; Treasurer, Voltaire Twombly; Superintendent Public Instruction, John W. Akers; Printer, George E. Roberts; Binder, L. S. Merchant; Adjutant-General, W. L. Alexander; Librarian, Mrs. S. B. Maxwell.

      Supreme Court. -- William H. Seevers, Chief Justice, Oskaloosa; James G. Day, Sidney, James H. Rothrock, Tipton, Joseph M. Beck, Fort Madison, Austin Adams, Dubuque, Judges; A. J. Baker, Attorney-General.

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