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History of Iowa

Volume III

STATE OFFICIALS.  (APPOINTED.)

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE DES MOINES RIVER IMPROVEMENT

Hugh W. Sample, 1847 to 1849 William Patterson, 1849 to 1861
Charles Corkery, 1847 to 1849 Jesse Williams, 1849 to 1851
Paul Brattain, 1847 to 1849 George Gillaspy, 1849 to 1853

COMMISSIONERS OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT

Verplank Van Antwerp, 1851 to 1856 William McKay, 1855 to 1856
Josiah H. Bonney, 1853 to 1855 Edwin Manning, 1856 to 1859
  William C. Drake, 1858 to 1860

  REGISTERS OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT

George Gillaspy, 1851 to 1855 Paul C. Jeffries, 1853 to 1855
  John C. Lockwood, 1855 to 1857

LIBRARIANS

Lemuel B. Patterson, 1846 to 1851 John Pattee, 1855 to 1858
Israel Kister, 1851 to 1852 J. P. Coulter, 1858 to 1868
Martin L. Morris, 1852 to 1855 John C. Merrill, 1868 to 1872
Ada E. North, 1872 to 1878 Laura C. Creighton, 1894 to 1896
Sara B. Maxwell, 1878 to 1888 Lana H. Cope, 1896 to 1898
Mary H. Miller, 1888 to 1894 Johnson Brigham, 1898 to 1906

  GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS

Authorized in January, 1855

State Geologists

Assistants

James Hall, 1855 to 1857 J. D. Whitney, 1855 to 1857
Charles A. White, 1866 to 1870 Chandler Childs, 1866 to 1867
Samuel Calvin, 1892 O. H. St. John, 1867 to 1870
  Charles R. Keyes, 1892 to 1894
  H. Foster Bain, 1895 to 1900
  Arthur G. Leonard, 1900

CURATOR OF HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT

Charles Aldrich, 1892

  BOARD OF CONTROL

William Larrabee, 1899 to 1900 John Cownie, 1899 to 1904
L. G. Kinne, 1899 to 1908 G. S. Robinson, 1900 to 1906

COMMISSIONERS OF LEGAL INQUIRY

Charles Ben Darwin, 1860 to 1866 F. E. Bissell, 1866
William Smyth, 1860 to 1866 W. H. Seevers, 1866
Winslow T. Baker, 1860 to 1866 Jacob Butler, 1866

COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION

Nicholas J. Rusch, 1860 to 1862 George D. Perkins, 1881

BOARD OF IMMIGRATION

1870

Edward Mumm, Lee County Summer F. Spofford, Polk County
Mathias J. Rohifs, Scott County Marcus Tuttle, Cerro Gordo County
Claus L. Clausen, Mitchell County The Governor, Chairman
Corneilus Rhynsberger, Marion County Alexander R. Fulton, Secretary

1872

The number reduced to five members including the Governor.

M. J. Rohifs Charles V. Gardner
S. F. Spofferd Governor C. C. Carpenter, Chairman
  A. R. Fulton, Secretary

The Board was abolished in 1873, and the Secretary made Commissioner of Immigration.

MINE INSPECTORS

Park C. Wilson, 1882 to 1886 John W. Canty, 1892 to 1894
Joshua A. Smith, 1886 to 1888 John Verner, 1892 to 1894
Thomas Binks, 1886 to 1892 James A. Campbell, 1894 to 1902
James E. Stout, 1886 to 1889 James W. Miller, 1894 to 1904
James Gilroy, 1888 to 1892 John Verner, 1900 to 1904
Morgan G. Thomas, 1889 to 1900 Ed. Sweeney, 1902 to 1904

  DAIRY COMMISSIONERS

Henry D. Sherman, 1886 to 1890 W. K. Boardman, 1894 to 1898
Augustus C. Tupper, 1890 to 1894 Byron P. Norton, 1898 to 1902
  H. R. Wright, 1902 to 1904

COMMISSIONERS OF LABOR STATISTICS

E. R. Hutchins, 1884 to 1890 W. E. O'Bleness, 1894 to 1900
J. R. Sovereign, 1890 to 1894 C. F. Wennerstrum, 1900 to 1902
  Edward D. Brigham, 1902 to 1904

CUSTODIANS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Ed. Wright, 1886 to 1890 George Metzger, 1894 to 1898
William L. Carpenter, 1890 to 1894 Joseph D. McGarraugh, 1898 to 1902
  Timothy E. McCurdy, 1902 to 1904

PHARMACY COMMISSIONERS

O. M. Olson, 1880 to 1881 Robert, Wilson, 1881 to 1884
G. H. Shaffer, 1880 to 1888 R. W. Crawford, 1884 to 1887
C. A. Weaver, 1880 to 1890 J. H. Pickett, 1886 to 1898
H. K. Snyder, 1888 to 1891 Fletcher Howard, 1893 to 1902
J. H. Harrison, 1890 to 1893 W. L. Leland, 1894 to 1903
J. h. Mitchell, 1891 to 1894 N. T. Hendrix, 1890 to 1901

  FISH COMMISSIONERS

Samuel B. Evens, 1874 to 1876 A. W. Aldrich, 1882 to 1886
B. F. Shaw, 1874 to 1882 E. D. Carlton, 1886 to 1890
C. A. Haines, 1874 to 1876 R. K. Soper, 1890 to 1892
  T. J. Griggs, 1892 to 1894

  FISH AND GAME WARDENS

Geo. E. Delevan, 1894 George A. Lincoln, 1901 to 1904

OIL INSPECTORS

B. W. Blanchard, 1884 to 1886 F. J. Young, 1898 to 1902
John Blanchard, 1886 to 1888 J. O'Keefe, 1898 to 1902
Charles Beardsley, 1888, 1890 S. H. Bauman, 1898 to 1902
James J. Dunn, 1890 to 1894 F. O. Udall, 1898 to 1902
L. S. Merchant, 1894 C. F. Gullixson, 1898 to 1902
Luther A. Brewer, 1894 to 1898 Theo. Guittar, 1898 to 1902
H. M. Pickell, 1898 to 1902 C. K. Meyers, 1898 to 1902
Louis Weinstein, 1898 to 1902 W. A. Welch, 1898 to 1902
J. B. M. Bishop, 1898 to 1902 C. H. Hare, 1898 to 1902
W. D. Hartman, 1898 to 1902 A. Crawshaw, 1898 to 1902

BOARDS OF HEALTH

W. S. Robertson, 1880 to 1888 J. Y. Stone, 1885 to 1895
W. H. Dickinson, 1880 to 1889 Fred Beckyer, 1889 to 1896
Geo. F. Roberts, 1880  to 1883 E. A. Gullbert, 1890 to 1900
Justin M. Hull, 1880 to 1891 Edwin H. Carter, 1891 to 1898
P. W. Lewellen, 1880 to 1892 J. M. Emmert, 1892 to 1899
H. H. Clark 1880 to 1893 R. E. Conniff, 1893 to 1900
E. M. Reynolds, 1880 to 1894 J. A. Scroggs, 1894 to 1901
J. L. Loring, 1880 to 1889 Warren Dickinson, 1894 to 1901
J. F. McJunkin, 1880 to 1881 Milton Remley, 1896 to 1900
L. F. Andrews, Secretary, 1880 to 1885 Walton Bancroft, 1897 to 1903
Smith McPherson, 1881 to 1885 James I. Gibson, 1898 to 1902
S. B. Olney, 1883, 1890 John A. McKlween 1898 to 1905
A. J. Baker, 1885 to 1889 Henry Matthey, 1899 to 1906
M. Stalker, 1885 to 1896 A. M. Linn, 1901 to 1903
J. F. Kennedy, Secretary, 1885 to 1902 Charles B. Adams, 1901 to 1904
J. C. Shrader, 1887 to 1902 Fred W. Powers, 1901 to 1908
  J. H. Sams, 1902 to 1909
 

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