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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 94-95
BOARD INCREASED TO FIVE MEMBERS. At the fall election of 1894, the following proposition was submitted to the electors of Muscatine county: "Shall the following public measure be adopted--Shall the number of county supervisors be increased to five?" From the small vote cast for and against the question, it was apparent that the proper interest in the matter was not manifested. The proposed departure failed of receiving the necessary majority, but that gave no uneasiness to its friends and in the following election of 1895 a small majority, of a light vote, was cast in its favor. In 1897 three candidates were elected to fill the new quota of the board and the members so elected, upon the organization of the new legislative body, cast lots for the long and short terms. H. M. Zeidler and M. Bernick secured the three years' terms and J. I. Nichols the term of two years.
1897---Ira Hendrix, S. M. Hoskins, H. W. Zeidler, J. I. Nichols, M. Bernick.
1898---S. M. Hoskins, Ira Hendrix, H. W. Zeidler, J. I. Nichols, M. Bernick.
1899---Ira Hendrix, H. W. Zeidler, M. Bernick, S. M. Hoskins, J. I. Nichols.
1900---Ira Hendrix, J. I. Nichols, S. M. Hoskins, M. Bernick, E. P. Day.
1901---Ira Hendrix, E. P. Day, J. I. Nichols, M. Bernick, S. M. Hoskins.
1902---M. Bernick, W. H. Fishburn, E. P. Day, D. D. Webster, R. T. Shannon.
1903---M. Bernick, W. H. Fishburn, E. P. Day, D. D. Webster, R. T. Shannon.
1904---D. D. Webster, W. H. Fishburn, E. P. Day, R. T. Shannon, M. Bernick.
1905---D. D. Webster, W. H. Fishburn, E. P. Day, R. T. Shannon, M. Bernick.
1906---W. H. Fishburn, A. C. Noble, George J. Lang, M. J. Shellabarger, R. T. Shannon.
1907---W. H. Fishburn, A. C. Noble, George J. Lang, M. J. Shellabarger, R. T. Shannon.
1908---R. T. Shannon, W. H. Fishburn, A. C. Noble, George J. Lang, M. J. Shellabarger.
1909---A. C. Noble, W. H. Fishburn, R. T. Shannon, George J. Lang, M. J. Shellabarger.
1910---M. J. Shellabarger, A. C. Noble, George J. Lang, J. W. Flater, H. B. Phillips.
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