1857	W. L. Brown	68
	Adam Brandt.	31

  As the county became settled this office was impracticable, and hence township assessors took the place of it.

SURVEYOR.

1854	James Perry.
	Abraham Rubendall. (Vacancy.)
1855	Abraham Rubendall. (No opposition.)
1857	Samuel Dewell.	75
	Abraham Rubendall.	34
1859	Charles F. Forbes.	85
	Samuel Dewell.	83
1861	Samuel Dewell (No opposition).	122
1863	Christian Goodyear. (No vote given.)
1864	T. A. Haycook.	72
	A. Rubendall.	57
1865	Abraham Rubendall. (No vote recorded.)
1867	P. C. Truman.	101
	A. Rubendall.	110
1869	Charles W. Day.	158
	Samuel Slates.	92
1871	W. L. Brown.	190
	N. J. Sharp.	152
	R. W. Robins.	107
1873	Washington Wyland.	428
	W. L. Brown.	164
1875	P. C. Truman.	541
	Frank Reynolds.	415
1877	P. C. Truman.	832
	A. C. Snyder.	719
1879	E. Y. Greenleaf.	1,048
	Emil Flusche.	844
1881	E. Y. Greenleaf.	1,050
	J. D. Walker.	707
1883	Washington Wyland.	1,643
	C. F. Swift.	1,509
1885	O. F. Plum.	1,560
	L. R. Hertert.	1,637
1887	C. L. Miller.	1,294
	J. W. Miller.	1,518
	J. K. P. Baker.	264
1889	J. K. P. Baker.	1,797
	C. L. Miller.	1,726

1864	M. H. Adams.	78
	William Wyland.	76
1866	John Gish. (No vote recorded.)
1868	Benjamin I. Kinsey.	133
	John H. Louis.	18
1870	G. M. Couffer. (No vote recorded.)
1872	F. A. Holcomb.	369
	F. S. White.	170
1874	F. A. Holcomb.	517
	J. M. Beck.	218
1876	A. H. Holcomb.	875
	A. M. Lewis.	660
1878	J. E. Benson.	715
	William Howlett.	581
1880	F. E. Benson.	1,551
	J. W. White.	957
1882	B. B. Mastick.	1,377
	J. P. Miller.	1,136
1884	B. B. Mastick.	1,796
	Lewis Gingery.	1,722
1886	A. H. Tingle.	1,738
	F. J. McNaughton.	1,469
1886	A. H. Tingle.	1,778
	J. H. Kuhl.	1,723
	W. R. Honeywell.	117

1854	Milton M. Beebe.
1855	Milton M. Beebe.	38
	Alexander Ford.	36
1857	Albert Crandall (No opposition).	116
1858	Isaac Wyland.	50
	Albert Crandall.	46
1859	Milton Stanton.	88
	A. Crandall.	82
1861	Washington Wyland.	137
	C. C. Culver.	2
1863	Washington Wyland. (No vote recorded.)
1864	Albert Crandall.	82
	W. S. Brown.	73
1865	Albert Crandall. (No vote recorded.)
1867	*Thomas Chatburn.	95
	L. D. Sunderland.	86
	James Wood.	30
1871	William H. Burk.	201
	T. W. Chatburn.	198
	C. C. Redfield.	59
1873	L. Sweat.	323
	T. W. Chatburn.	278
1875	John D. Long.	512
	John B. Swain.	450
1877	John D. Long.	917
	Joseph H. Kuhl.	623
1879	J. W. Martin.	1,028
	Elijah Fish.	856
1881	George E. Bennett.	933
	Lewis Shorett.	786
	C. W. Potter (Greenback) (To fill vacancy.)	123
1881	H. W. Patterson (Long term).	920
	Lewis Shorett.	816
	C. W. Potter.	133
1883	E. J. Trowbridge.	1,635
	Thomas W. Chatburn.	1,467
1885	George S. Rainbow.	1,652
	N. W. Sherman.	1,573
1887	George S. Rainbow.	1,662
	J. J. Harter.	1,424
	Z. H. McCombs.	217
*Mr. Sunderland contested the election, claiming that, because Chatburn was not a legal voter, that he had no right to hold the office, though he had received a majority of the voice cast. Chatburn argued that a man could hold office, if elected, though he had not been in the county long enough to vote himself. The case was tried before County Judge Lindsay, who decided in favor of Sunderland, throwing the costs on Chatburn, amounting to about $11.00

1855	Franklin Rudd (No opposition).	75
1857	Lewis Jackson (No opposition).	121
1859	Lewis Jackson.	88
	William Holk.	84
1860	D. H. Randall (No opposition).	61
1861	O. E. Holcomb (No opposition).	134
1863	O. E. Holcomb (No record of votes cast).
1864	Elias Monroe.	76
	L. D. Frost.	72
1865	L. D. Sunderland.
1867	Martin Polland.	107
	A. Roundy.	105
1868	R. M. Smith.	152
	William Frantz.	14
1869	I. W. Winters.	146
	Aaron Bergstresser.	88
1871	Aaron Bergstresser (No opposition).	174
1873	A. N. Stamm (No opposition).	361
1874	Caleb Smith (No opposition).	258
1875	H. Weeks (No other votes).	2
1877	F. A. Boyer (No opposition.)
1878	George E. Bennett.	745
	E. Jarvis.	540
1879	George Bennett.	1,097
	Michael McCabe.	753
1881	J. W. Chatburn.	1,063
	William Blair.	695
1883	N. H. Burks.	1,587
	J. W. Chatburn.	1,554
1885	Dr. A. H. Burks.	1,724
	E. Douglass.	1,513
1887	S. H. Waters.	1,523
	L. D. Frost.	1,285
	P. H. Hunt.	269

1854	Vinsan G. Perkins.
1855	L. B. Holcomb (V. G. Perkins suspended).
1855-'56	L. G. Tubbs.	41
	L. B. Holcomb.	30
1857	O. E. Holcomb.	44
	J. H. Adams.	27
1859	H. C. Holcomb.	89
	M. P. Bull.	78
1860	H. C. Holcomb (No opposition).	143
1862	H. C. Holcomb.	86
	John Young.	30
1864	H. C. Holcomb.	82
	B. V. Springer.	75
1866	A. M. Louis. (No vote recorded.)
1868	H. C. Holcomb.	157
	J. B. Swain.	28
1870	H. C. Holcomb. (No vote recorded.)
1872	G. D. Ross.	417
	George Gibbs.	7
1874	George D. Ross.	352
	C. C. Redfield.	234
	J. M. Beck.	218
1876	George D. Ross.	863
	A. D. Tinsly.	664
1878	H. C. Holcomb.	654
	J. W. Harrod.	642
1880	H. C. Holcomb.	1,574
	M. J. Heiress.	957
1882	W. J. Davis.	1,284
	David Carter.	1,236
1884	W. J. Davis.	1,823
	J. H. Louis.	1,705
1886	Hugh Harrod.	1,641
	George F. Kellor.	1,570
1888	O. P. Wyland.	1,870
	Hugh Harrod.	1,612
	Frank Faltonson (Union Labor).	126

In 1857, when the question of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor within the State was voted upon, Shelby County cast fifty-four votes -- four for and fifty against.

In June, 1882, when the vote was taken to prohibit the sale of liquor in Iowa, by amending the State constitution, Shelby County cast 1,268 votes -- 517 for and 751 against the amendment.

The vote for and against purchasing land on which to found a poor-farm was taken in 1882, and resulted in 1,399 votes being cast for the measure and 666 against it.

In 1885 a vote to determine whether the county should erect a poor-house on the land already purchased, or not, was taken, which resulted in 1,698 for and 416 against the measure.