Legislative

LEGISLATIVE.
Representation in Congress—Delegates.
William W. Chapman, in the XXVth and XXVIth Congresses
Augustus C. Dodge, in XXVIIth, XXVIIIth and XXIXth Congresses.

Senators.—(See page 225.)

Members of Congress, Second District.

Shepherd Leffler, 1846 to 1851
Lincoln Clark, 1851 to 1853
John P. Cook, 1853 to 1855
James Thorington, 1855 to 1857
Timothy Davis, 1857 to 1859
William Vandever, 1859 to 1863
Hiram Price, 1863 to 1869
William Smyth, 1869 to 1870 (died during his term)
W. P. Wolf, 1870 (to fill vacancy)
Aylett R. Cotton, 1871 to 1875
John G. Tufts, 1875 to 1877
Hiram Price, 1877 to 1879,
and present incumbent.

TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

Council.—Scott and Clinton Counties :
Jonathan W. Parker, 1838 to 1843
Robert Christie, 1843 to 1845
Laurel Summers, 1845 to 1846.

House of Representatives.—Scott and Clinton Counties:
Laurel Summers, Jabez A. Burchard Jr. (after contest with Samuel R. Murray), 1838 and 1839
Laurel Summers, Joseph M. Robertson, 1839 to 1841
Joseph M. Robertson, James Grant, 1841 to 1842.

Clinton County:
Eli Goddard, 1842 to 1843
John Brophy, 1843 to 1845
Shubael Goj, 1845 to 1846.

STATE LEGISLATURE.

Senators.—Scott and Clinton Counties:
Loring Wheeler, 1846 to 1850;
William E. Leffingwell, 1850 to 1852 for Scott and Clinton, 1852 to 1854 for Cedar and Clinton Counties.

Cedar and Clinton Counties : Julius J. Mathews,
1854 to 1856, and for Clinton County 1856 to 1858
George M. Davis, 1858 to 1862
Norman Boardman, 1862 to 1866
John Henry Smith, 1866 to 1870
A. B. Ireland, 1870 to 1874
N. A. Merrill, 1874 to 1879, and present incumbent.

Representatives.
William E. Leffingwell, 1846 to 1848
James D. Bourne, 1848 to 1850
William G. Haun, 1850 to 1854
Joseph H. Brown, 1854 to 1856
George Smith, floating member from Cedar, Clinton and Scott, 1854
to 1856
Charles H. Toll, 1856 to 1858
Horace Anthony, Thomas Watts, 1858 to 1860
Nathaniel B. Baker, George W. Parker, 1860 to 1862
George W. Parker, John S. Maxwell, 1862 to 1864
George W. Parker, Samuel G. Magill, 1864 to 1866
B. R. Palmer, George W. Thorn, 1866 to 1868
Charles G. Truesdell, Aylett R. Cotton, Charles E. Leffingwell, 1868 to 1870
Aylett R. Cotton, Benjamin Spencer, Samuel H. Rogers, 1870 to 1872
James Van Deventer, George Rule, N. A. Merrill, 1872 to 1874
Edward Svondsen, Ebenezer Dorr, Henry Muhs, 1874 to 1876
John A. Young, Edward H. Thayer, H. Horstman, 1876 to 1878
A. A. Gardner, J. A. Young, 1878 to 1880.

 

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