County Representation
SOURCE: Booklet put out during the courthouse centennial in 1997 titled "History of Clinton County Courthouses."
The following is a list of the men who have served Clinton county in the capacity of a county official, from the date of its organization to the present time, 1910.
Recorders
| 1865-66 | Dennis Whitney |
| 1867-70 | Joseph D. Fegan |
| 1871-74 | Henry F. Bowers |
| 1875-78 | Daniel Correll |
| 1879-82 | Thomas H. Ellis |
| 1883-86 | J. C. Hopkins |
| 1887-88 | M. E. Jordan |
| 1889-90 | Ed J. Saxton |
| 1891-94 | F. J. McLaughlin |
| 1895-96 | Henry Gohlmann |
| 1897-98 | Charles Walls |
| 1899-1900 | John G. McGrath |
| 1901-02 | B. F. Mattison |
| 1903-04 | John G. McGrath |
| 1905-06 | B. F. Mattison |
| 1907-11 | W. H. McKenna |
Sheriffs
| 1840-50 | James D. Bourne |
| 1851-53 | Hiram Brown |
| 1854-55 | D. P. McDonald |
| 1856-57 | R. H. Dawson (resigned 14 Mar 1857 |
| 1857-59 | William H. Buchanan (special election) |
| 1860-61 | Charles H. Toll |
| 1862-65 | George A. Griswold |
| 1866-69 | Robert Hogle |
| 1870-71 | Thomas G. Ferreby |
| 1872-73 | Charles H. Ingwersen |
| 1874-75 | Jacob H. Walliker |
| 1876-81 | E. M. Purcell |
| 1882-85 | William M. Desmond |
| 1886-89 | Thomas J. Hudson |
| 1890-93 | William M. Desmond |
| 1894-95 | L. L. Ries |
| 1896-99 | Thomas J. Hudson |
| 1900-06 | Joseph E. Moran |
| 1907-11 | T. J. Burke |
Superintendents of Schools
| 1858-59 | John Van Antwerp |
| 1860-61 | Samuel S. Burdette (P. L. Hyde refused to serve) |
| 1860-62 | Isaac Baldwin |
| 1862-69 | Richard J. Crouch |
| 1870-73 | Roswell B. Millard |
| 1874-75 | Miss Lucy Curtis |
| 1876-77 | Miss Kate Hudson |
| 1878-83 | M. J. Wilcox |
| 1884-85 | M. Luper |
| 1886-89 | George B. Phelps |
| 1890-93 | J. Q. Jeffries |
| 1894-95 | Carl Schlabach |
| 1896-1900 | G. U. Gordon |
| 1901-11 | George E. Farrell |
County Auditors
This office was created by the Legislature at its session of 1868. The first election was held at the general election following and the duties of the office began January 1, 1869. The then county judge became the ex-officio auditor until the expiration of his term.
| 1869 | George B. Young |
| 1870-71 | Kirke W. Wheeler |
| 1872-75 | John Pollock |
| 1876-79 | A. A. Wagner |
| 1880-81 | John J. Flournoy |
| 1882-87 | D. O'C. McCarthy |
| 1888-89 | A. H. Paddock |
| 1890-94 | Fr. Dieckmann |
| 1895-96 | D. O'C. McCarthy |
| 1897-98 | Fritz Horn |
| 1899-1900 | Lewis Rutenbeck |
| 1901-11 | Frank W. Leedham |
County Judges
This office was discontinued in 1868, and the then county judge became, by law, incumbent of the new office of auditor.
| 1851-53 | Aylett R. Cotton |
| 1853-55 | Edward Graham |
| 1856-59 | Daniel McNeil |
| 1860-63 | John C. Polley |
| 1864-65 | Pitkin C. Wright |
| 1866-68 | George B. Young |
School-Fund Commissioners
This office was discontinued in 1858.
| 1848 | R. R. Bedford |
| 1849-56 | A. R. Bissell |
| 1857-58 | E. Graham |
Drainage Commissioners
This office was abolished in 1875.
| 1853-56 | William Dinwoodie |
| 1857-60 | James N. Miles |
| 1861-65 | George W. Thorn |
| 1866-67 | Charles L. Sherwood |
| 1867-69 | William W. A. Huntington |
| 1870-71 | J. H. Noble |
| 1872-73 | John Dawson |
| 1874-75 | J. R. Merrell |
District Attorneys
This office was discontinued in 1887, and the office of county attorney superseded it.
| 1840 | William J. A. Bradford |
| 1841 | James Thorington |
| 1842-46 | James Crawford |
| 1847 | E. S. Hewitt |
| 1848-49 | William L. Burge |
| 1850-52 | Edward Graham |
| 1853 | Aylett R. Cotton |
| 1854-55 | Thomas J. W. Long |
| 1856-57 | William T. Graham |
| 1858-61 | Henry O'Connor |
| 1862-78 | Lyman A. Ellis |
| 1879-83 | H. H. Benson |
| 1853-87 | M. V. Gammon |
County Attorneys
| 1887-88 | Andrew Howat |
| 1889-94 | A. R. McCoy |
| 1895-96 | A. T. Wheeler |
| 1897-1902 | Calvin H. George |
| 1903-04 | W. J. Keefe |
| 1905-06 | Ernest L. Miller |
| 1907-11 | W. J. Keefe |
Clerks of the Court
| 1840-41 | Martin Dunning |
| 1842-46 | Loring Wheeler |
| 1847-48 | R. L. Westbrook |
| 1849-53 | S. H. Samuels |
| 1854-62 | Loring Wheeler |
| 1863-66 | William Familton |
| 1867-70 | Noel B. Howard |
| 1871-74 | Charles W. Chase |
| 1875-80 | W. Bruce Leffingwell |
| 1881-82 | A. H. Paddock |
| 1883-86 | A. L. Schuyler |
| 1887-90 | William Kreim |
| 1891-94 | D. R. Markham |
| 1895 - present | J. H. Edens, Jr. |
Recorders and Treasurers
Until 1865 the offices of recorder and treasurer were combined in one incumbent. Those who hel the combined offices are:
| 1840-42 | James D. Bourne |
| 1843 | Z. Metcalf |
| 1844-46 | Alexander Work |
| 1847 | R. R. Bedford |
| 1848-52 | Lyman Buck |
| 1853-56 | Thomas F. Butterfield |
| 1857-59 | James Allison (resigned by request) |
| 1860-62 | Stephen Lockwood |
| 1863-65 | Horace Anthony |
Treasurers
| 1866-69 | Robert Williams |
| 1870-77 | Edwin R. Lucas |
| 1878-85 | B. H. A. Henningsen |
| 1886-91 | Virtus Lund |
| 1892-99 | Paul Lubbers |
| 1900 | Charles A. Arlen |
County Surveyors
| 1840-47 | Lyman Buck |
| 1848-52 | Thomas Watts |
| 1853 | T. E. Davidson |
| 1854 | Roswell B. Millard |
| 1855 | John O'Brien |
| 1856 | Amos Matthews |
| 1857 | George Lilly (resigned) |
| 1858 | James Runyon |
| 1859-61 | Thomas S. Flathers |
| 1862-71 | Benjamin B. Hart |
| 1872-73 | T. N. Boutelle |
| 1874-75 | Benjamin B. Hart |
| 1876-77 | Allen Slack |
| 1878-81 | Rollin G. Brown |
| 1882-83 | Arthur Lillie |
| 1884-95 | Rolling G. Brown |
| 1896-1901 | August Schnell |
| 1902 | Rueben C. Hart |
Coroners
| 1853-57 | E. M. Downs |
| 1857 | Joseph D. Fegan |
| 1858 | William B. Lamont (to fill vacancy) |
| 1858 | H. W. Perkins |
| 1859-62 | James Harvey |
| 1863-65 | Asa Morgan |
| 1866-67 | Jacob Soy |
| 1868-69 | Daniel McNeil |
| 1870-71 | Charles H. Lothrop |
| 1872-75 | John Mathews |
| 1876-77 | Lyman P. Adams |
| 1878-83 | Eliam Lukins |
| 1884-85 | William Fitzgerald |
| 1886-87 | R. J. Hart |
| 1888-93 | C. W. Meyers |
| 1894-95 | W. M. Sammis |
| 1896-97 | W. F. Skelley |
| 1898-99 | C. W. Meyers |
| 1900-02 | Charles Osborne |
| 1902-03 | S. C. Hamilton |
| 1904-06 | J. D. Hullinger |
| 1907-11 | C. F. Kellogg |