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History of Iowa

Volume III

DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

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STATE OFFICERS

GOVERNORS

Ansel Briggs, 1846 to 1850

Joshua G. Newbold, 1877 to 1878

Stephen Hempstead, 1850 to 1854

John H. Gear, 1878 to 1882

James W. Grimes, 1854 to 1858

Buren R. Sherman, 1882 to 1886

Ralph P. Lowe, 1858 to 1860

William Larrabee, 1886 to 1890

Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1860 to 1864

Horace Boies, 1890 to 1894

William M. Stone, 1864 to 1868

Frank D. Jackson, 1894 to 1896

Samuel Merrill, 1868 to 1872

Francis M. Drake, 1896 to 1898

Cyrus C. Carpenter, 1872 to 1877

Leslie M. Shaw, 1898 to 1902

Samuel J. Kirkwood, 1876 to 1877

Albert B. Cummins, 1902

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS

Office created by the Constitution of 1857

Oran Faville, 1858 to 1860

Joshua G. Newbold, 1876 to 1877

Nicholas J. Rusch, 1860 to 1862

Frank T. Campbell, 1878 to 1882

John R. Needham, 1862 to 1864

Orlando H. Manning, 1882 to 1885

Enoch W. Eastman, 1864 to 1866

John A. T. Hull, 1886 to 1890

Benjamin F. Gue, 1866 to 1868

Alfred N. Poyneer, 1890 to 1892

John Scott, 1868 to 1870

Samuel L. Bestow, 1892 to 1894

Madison M. Walden, 18709 to 1874

Warren S. Dungan, 1894 to 1896

Henry C. Bulis, 1872 to 1874

Matt Parrott, 1896 to 1898

Joseph Dysart, 18764 to 1876

J. C. Milliman, 1898 to 1902

 

John Herriott, 1902 to 1904

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Elisha Cutler, 1846 to 1848

Josiah T. Young, 1873 to 1879

Josiah H. Bonney, 1848 to 1850

John A. T. Hull, 1879 to 1885

George W. McCleary, 1850 to 1863

Frank D. Jackson, 1885 to 1891

Elijah Sells, 1856 to 1863

William M. McFarland, 1891 to 1897

James Wright, 1863 to 1867

George L. Dobson, 1897 to 1901

Ed Wright, 1867 to 1873

William B. Martin, 1901 to 1905

AUDITORS OF STATE

Joseph T. Fales, 1846 to 1850

John L. Brown, 1883 to 1885.  Suspended by the Governor

William Pattee, 1850 to 1854

Jonathan W. Cattell, 1885 to 1886.  Appointed by the Governor

Andrew J. Stevens, 1854 to 1855

John L. Brown, 1886.  Reinstated

John Pattee, 1855 to 1859

Charles Beardsley, April to July 1886.  Appointed by Governor.

Jonathan W. Cattell, 1859 to 1865

John L. Brown, July 1886 to 1887.  Reinstated July 14.

John A. Elliott, 1865 to 1871

James A.  Lyons, 1887 to 1893

John Russell, 1871 to 1875

G. C. McCatthy, 1893 to 1899

Buren R. Sherman, 1875 to 1881

Frank F. Merriam, 1899 to 1903

William V. Lucas, 1881 to 1883

Beryl F. Carroll, 1903

TREASURERS OF STATE

Morgan Reno, 1846 to 1850

William Christy, 1873 to 1877

Israel Kister, 1850 to 1852

George W. Bemis, 1877 to 1881

Martin L. Morris, 1852 to 1859

Edwin H. Conger, 1881 to 1885

John W. Jones, 1859 to 1863

Voltaire P. Twombly, 1885 to 1891

William H. Holmes, 1863 to 1867

Byron A. Beeson, 1891 to 1895

Samuel E. Rankin, 1867 to 1873

John Herriott, 1895 to 1901

 

Gilbert S. Gilbertson, 1901 to 1905

REGISTERS OF THE STATE LAND OFFICE

Office created February, 1855.

Anson Hart, 1855 to 1857

Josiah A. Harvey, 1863 to 1867

Theodore S. Parvin, 1857 to 1859

Cyrus C. Carpenter, 1867 to 1871

Amos B. Miller, 1859 to 1862

Aaron Brown, 1871 to 1875

Edwin Mitchell, 1862 to 1863

David Secor, 1875 to 1879

 

James K. Powers, 1879 to 1883

Office abolished January 1, 1883

SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

James Harlan, 1847 to 1848

Joseph C. Stone, March to June, 1857

Thomas H. Benton, 1848 to 1854

Maturin L. Fisher, 1857 to 1858

James D. Eads, 1854 to March 3, 1857.  Suspended

 

Office abolished December, 1858

SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Office reestablished March, 1864

Oran Faville, 1864 to 1867

John W. Akers, 1882 to 1888

D. Franklin Wells, 1867 to 1868

Henry Sabin, 1888 to 1892

Abraham S. Kissell, 1868 to 1872

J. B. Knoepfler, 1892 to 1894

Alonzo Abernethy, 1872 to 1876

Henry Sabin, 1894 to 1898

Carl W. von Coelin, 1876 to 1882

Richard C. Barrett, 1898 to 1904

SECRETARIES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION

Josiah T. Tubby, 1858 to 1859

Thomas H. Benton, 1859 to 1863

 

Oran Faville, 1863 to 1864

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS

Office created in 1878

Cyrus C. Carpenter, 1878.  Resigned in August

Spencer, Smith, 1887 to 1893

Peter A. Dey, 1878 to 1895

Frank T. Campbell, 1888, 1892

James W. McDill, 1878 to 1881

John W. Luke, 1891 to 1895

Marcus C. Woodruff, 1879 to 1882

George W. Perkins, 1893 to 1899

Albert R. Anderson, 1881 to 1884

C. L. Davidson, 1894 to 1903

James Wilson, 1882 to 1883

Edward A., Dawson, 1896 to 1903

Lorenzo S. Coffin, 1883 to 1888

David J. Palmer, 1898 to 1904

James W. McDill, 1884 to 1887

Welcome Mowry, 1899 to 1902

 

Ed. C. Brown, 1902 to 1905

SUPREME COURT

CHIEF JUSTICES

Charles Mason, 1847 to June

William H. Seevers, 1876, 1882, 1888

Joseph Williams, 1847 and 1849

James H. Rothrock, 1878, 1884, 1890, 1896

S. Clinton Hastings, 1848

Austin Adams, 1880, 1886

George G. Wright, 1855 and 1864

Joseph R. Reed, 1889

Ralph P. Lowe, 1860 and 1866

Josiah Given, 1889, 1895, 1901

Caleb Baldwin, 1862

Gifford S. Robinson, 1892, 1899

John F. Dillon, 1868

Charles T. Granger, 1894, 1900

Chester C. Cole, 1870 and 1876

LaVega G. Kinne, 1897

James G. Day, 1871, 1877, 1883

Horace E. Deemer, 1898

Joseph M. Beck, 1872, 1879, 1885, 1891

Scott M. Ladd, 1902

William E. Miller, 1874

 

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.

Joseph Williams, 1847 to 1855

William E. Miller 1870 to 1877

Thomas S. Wilson, 1847.  Resigned October

Austin Adams, 1876 to 1888

John F. Kinney, 1847 to 1854

James H. Rothrock, 1876 to 1897

George Green, 1847 to 1855

William H. Seevers, 1876 to 1889

Jonathan C. Hall, 1854 to 1855

Joseph R. Reed, 1884 to 1889

William G. Woodward, 1855 to 1861

Gifford S. Robinson, 1888 to 1900

Norman W. Isbell, 1855 to 1856

Charles T. Granger, 1889 to 1901

Lacon D. Stockton, 1856 to 1860

Josiah Given, 1889 to 1902

Caleb Baldwin, 1860 to 1866

LaVega G. Kinne, 1892 to 1898

George G. Wright, 1860 to 1872

Horace E. Deemer, 1894 to 1905

Ralph P. Lowe, 1861 to 1867

Scott M. Ladd, 1897 to 1903

John F. Dillon, 1864 to 1869

Charles M. Waterman, 1898.  Resigned 1902

Chester C. Cole, 1864 to 1876

John C. Sherwin, 1900 to 1905

Joseph M. Beck, 1867 to 1892

Emil McClain, 1901 to 1906

Elias H. Williams, January, 1870 to September 14

Silas M. Weaver, 1902 to 1907

James G. Day, 1870 to 1884

Charles A. Bishop, 1902 to fill vacancy.

 

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