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CHAPTER IX.

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PUBLIC OFFICERS—MEMBERS OF CONGRESS—STATE SENATORS—TERRITORIAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES — COUNTY COMMISSIONERS —TREASURERS — CLERKS—RECORDERS—AUDITORS—SHERIFFS—CORONERS—SURVEYORS — PROBATE JUDGES—SEAT OF JUSTICE AND . PUBLIC BUILDINGS—PRISON BOUNDS— COUNTY INFIRMARY—POLITICAL STATISTICS OF PORTAGE COUNTY—FIRST ELECTION HELD, WITH THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES AND VOTERS— GUBERNATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

AFTER much labor and research among the musty, age-dimmed records stowed away in the Court House vaults, we have carefully compiled the roster of Portage County officials embraced in this chapter, together with their respective terms of service, from the organization of the county up to the present. In regard to the members of Congress, State Senators and Representatives, the reader will bear in mind that they respectively represent the district of which the territory now embraced in Portage County formed a part since the organization of the second grade of Territorial government in 1799. The latter lists were obtained from the annual reports of the Secretary of State, and may therefore be regarded as reliable.*

Members of Congress.—William H. Harrison, of Hamilton County, 1799, resigned in 1800, to accept the Governorship of the Territory of Indiana; William McMillan, of Hamilton County, vice Harrison, resigned, 1800 to 1801; Paul Fearing, of Washington County, 1801 to 1803; Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren County, 1803 to 1813; John S. Edwards, of Trumbull County, 1813, resigned in April, 1813; Rezin Beall, of Wayne County, vice Edwards, resigned, April, 1813, Beall also resigning in August, 1813; David Clendenen, of Trumbull County, vice Beall resigned, August, 1813 to 1817; Peter Hitchcock, of Geauga County, 1817 to 1819; John Sloan, of Wayne County, 1819 to 1823; Elisha Whittlesey, of Trumbull County (now Mahoning), 1823 to

* For Common Pleas and Associate Judges, and Prosecuting Attorneys see Chapter X.

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1833; Jonathan Sloane, of Portage County, 1833 to 1837; John W. Allen, of Cuyahoga County, 1837 to 1841; Sherlock J. Andrews, of Cuyahoga County, 1841 to 1843; Daniel R. Tilden, of Portage County, 1843 to 1847; John Crowell, of Trumbull County, 1847 to 1851; Eben Newton, of Mahoniog County, 1851 to 1853; George Bliss, of Summit County, 1853 to 1855; Ben: jamin F. Leiter, of Stark County, 1855 to 1859; Sidney Edgerton, of Summit County, 1859 to 1863; James A. Garfield, of Portage County, 1863 to 1879; William McKinley, Jr., of Stark County, 1879 to 1881; Ezra B. Taylor, of Trumbull County, 1881, third term expires in 1887.

State Senators.---Samuel Huntington, district Trumbull County, 1808; Benjamin Tappan, same district, 1803 to 1804; George Tod, same district, 1804 to 1806; Calvin Cone, district Trumbull and Geauga, 1806 to 1808; David Abbott, district Portage and Geauga, 1808 to 1810; David Abbott, district Portage, Geauga and Cuyahoga, 1810 to 1812; Peter Hitchcock, district Portage, Geauga, Cuyahoga and Ashtabula, 1812 to 1816; Aaron Wheeler and Almon Ruggles, district Portage, Geanga, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula and Huron, 1816 to 1818; Aaron Wheeler and John Campbell, same district, including Medina County, 1818 to 1819; John Campbell and Almon Ruggles, same district, 1819 to 1820; Jonathan Foster, district Portage and Medina, 1820 to 1822; Jonathan Sloane, same district, 1822 to 1824, Aaron Norton, same district, 1824 to 1825; Elkanah Richardson, vice Aaron Norton, deceased, same district, 1825 to 1826; Jonathan Sloane, same district, 1826 to 1828; Darius Lyman, district Portage, 1828 to 1832; Chauncy Eggleston, same district, 1832 to 1834; Darius Lyman, same district, 1834 to 1835: Frederick Wadsworth, same district, 1835 to 1836; Daniel Upson, same district, 1836 to 1838; Gregory Powers, same district, 1838 to 1839; Simon Perkins' Jr., same district, 1839 to 1840; Elisha N. Sill, same district, 1840 to 1841; Elisha N. Sill, district Portage and Summit, 1841 to 1842; John E. Jackson, same district, 1842 to 1844; William Wetmore, same district, 1844 to 1846; Asahel H. Lewis, same district, 1846 to 1848; Lucian Swift, same district, 1848 to 1850; Darius Lyman, same district, '1850 to 1851.

Under the Constitution of 1851 the State was divided into fixed Senatorial districts. Portage and Summit were designated as the Twenty-sixth District, and have so remained to the present time. The Senators since then have been as follows: Ransom A. Gillett, 1852 to 1854; William H. Upson, 1854 to 1856; Oliver P. Brown, 1856 to 1858; George P. Ashmun, 1858 to 1860; James A. Garfield, 1860 to 1862; Lucius. V. Bierce, 1862 to 1864; Luther Day, 1864, resigned in the summer of 1864, and was succeeded the following October by Alphonso Hart, who served until 1866; N. T. Tibbals, 1866 to 1868; Philo B. Conant, 1868, resigned in August, 1868, and was succeeded by William Stedman, who served until 1870; Henry McKinney, 1870 to 1872; Alphonso Hart, 1872 to 1874; N. W. Goodhue, 1874 to 1876; Marvin Kent, 1876 to 1878; David D. Beebe, 1878 to 1882; S. P. Wolcott, 1882, second term expires in 1886. Senator Wolcott, under the apportionment of 1881, was chosen to represent the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth Districts, the former embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga, and the latter Summit and Portage.

Territorial and State Representatives. —James Pritchard, district Jefferson County, 1799 to 1801; Edward Paine, district Trumbull, 1801 to 1808; Ephraim Quimby and Aaron Wheeler, same district, 1803; David Abbott and Ephraim Quimby, same district, 1803 to 1804; Amos Spofford and Homer Heine, same district, 1804 to 1805; Homer Heine and James Kingsbury, same district, 1805 to 1806; John P. Bissell and James Kingsbury, district Trum-

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bull and Geauga, 1806 to 1807; John W. Seeley and James Montgomery, same district, 1807 to 1808; Abel Sabin, district Portage, 1808 to 1809; Benjamin Whedon, same district, 1809 to 1810; Elias Harmon, same district, 1810 to 1812; Rial McArthur, same district, 1812 to 1815; Moses Adams, same district, 1815 to 1816; Darius Lyman, same district, 1816 to 1818; Darius Lyman, district Portage and Medina, 1818 to 1820; Jonathan Sloane and James Moore, same district, 1820 to 1822; George B. DePeyster and Joseph Harris, same district, 1822 to 1823; George B. DePeyster and James Moore, same district, 1823 to 1824; William Coolman, district Portage, 1824 to 1828; Van R. Humphrey, saw district, 1828 to 1830; Thomas Earl, same district, 1830 to 1832; Gregory Powers, same district, 1832 to 1833; Roan Clark, same district, 1833 to 1834; Amos Seward. same district, 1834 to 1835; Joseph Lyman, same district, 1835 to 1836; William Quimby and Thomas C. Shreve, same district, 1836 to 1837;• Solomon Day and William Wetmore, same district, 1837 to 1838; Elisha Garrett and George Kirkum, same district, 1838 to 1839; Rufus P. Spalding and Ephraim B. Hubbard, same district, 1839 to 1840; Jason Streator and Hiram Giddings, same district, 1840 to 1841; John Streator, same district, 1841 to 1842; Thomas Earl and Samuel H. Pardee, same district, 1842 to 1843; Plimman C. Bennett, same district, 1843 to 1844; Robert F. Paine, same district, 1844 to 1845; David McIntosh and Thomas C. Shreve, district Portage and Summit, 1845 to 1846; Luther Russell, district Portage, 1846 to 1847; William Coolman and Amos Seward, district Portage and Summit, 1847 to 1848; George Sheldon, district Portage, 1848 to 1850; Lorin Bigelow, same district, 1850 to 1851.

Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, Portage County has composed a separate legislative district, and has been represented in the Lower House by the following citizens: Lorin Bigelow, 1852 to 1854; L. W. Cochran, 1854 to 1856; Erasmus Needham, 1856 to 1858; Cyrus Laughlin, 1858 to 1860; William Stedman and A. J. Squire, 1860 to 1862; David L. Rockwell, 1862 to 1864; Samuel E. M. Kneeland, 1864 to 1866; William Stedman, 1866 to 1868; Reuben P. Cannon, 1868 to 1872; Joseph R. Conrad, 1872 to 1874; Orvil Blake, 1874 to 1878; Charles R. Harmon, 1878 to 1882; Egbert S. Woodworth, 1882 to 1884; Aaron H. Sherman, 1884, term expires in 1886.

County Commissioners. -Abel Sabin, from June 8, 1808, to October, 1808; Joel Gaylord, June 8, 1808, to October, 1809; Lewis Day, June 8, 1808, to October, 1810; Joseph Harris, October, 1808, to October, 1811; Oliver Snow, October, 1809, to October, 1812; Samuel King, October, 1810, to October, 1813; John T. Baldwin, October, 1811, to October, 1814; Oliver Snow (reelected), October, 1812, to October, 1815; Owen Brown, October, 1813, to October, 1816; John T. Baldwin (re-elected), October, 1814, to October, 1817; Amzi Atwater, October, 1815, to October, 1818; Owen Brown (re-elected), October, 1816, to October, 1819; Rufus Ferris, October, 1817, resigned March, 1818; Alexander K. Hubbard, Apri1, 1818, to October, 1820; Dillingham Clark, October, 1818, to October, 1821; George Clark, October, 1819,to October,1822; Asa K. Burroughs, October,1820, to October, 1823; James Coe,October,1821, to October, 1824; Elkanah Richardson, October, 1822, to October, 1825; Asa K. Burroughs (re-elected), October, 1823, to October, 1826; James Coe (re- elected), October, 1824, to October, 1827; Asaph Whittlesey, October, 1825, to October, 1828; Owen Brown, October, 1826, to October, 1829; James Coe (re elected), October, 1827, to October, 1830; Hiram Giddings, October, 1828, to October, 1831; Jonathan Foster, October, 1829, to October, 1832; Edwin Wetmore, October, 1830, to October, 1833; Andrew Bassett, October, 1831, to October, 1834; Elisha Garrett, October, 1832, to October, 1835; Alanson Baldwin, October,

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1833, to October, 1836; Solomon Day, October, 1834, to October, 1837; Henry Chittenden, October, 1835, to October, 1838; Royal Taylor, October, 1836, to October, 1839; Ephraim L. Williams, October, 1837, to October, 1840; Henry Chittenden (re-elected), October, 1838, resigned June, 1840; Moses Eggleston, October, 1839, to October, 1842; Arthur Anderson, June, 1840, to October 1840; Miner Merrick, October 1840, to October, 1841; Leverett Norton, October, 1840, to October, 1843; Miner Merrick (re-elected), October, 1841, to October, 1844; Moses Eggleston (re-elected), October, 1842, to October, 1845, William R. Kelso, October, 1843, to October, 1846; Benjamin Marshall October, 1844, to October, 1847; Caleb Carleton, October, 1845, to October 1848; William R. Kelso (re-elected), October, 1846, to October, 1849; Orsamus L. Drake, October, 1847, to October, 1850; Carnot Mason, October, 1848 to October, 1851; Hiram Spencer, October, 1849, to October, 1852; Joel H. Curtis, October, 1850, resigned December, 1852; Moses A. Birchard, December, 1851, to December, 1854; Ebenezer S. Harmon, November, 1852, to December, 1855; David K. Wheeler, December, 1852, to December, 1856; Sylvester Huggins, December, 1854, to December, 1857; Evan E. Davis, December 1855, to December, 1858; Charles Goodsell, December, 1856, to December 1859; Horace Adams, December, 1857, resigned January, 1858; David K. Wheeler, February, 1858, to December, 1858; S. A. Hinman, December, 1858 to December, 1860; E. D. Carlton, December, 1858, to December, 1861; A. H. Weatherbee, December, 1859, to December, 1862; L. C. Merrill, December 1860 to December, 1863; Thomas Gorby, December, 1861, to December, 1864, E. D. Carlton (re-elected), December, 1862, to December, 1865; P. P. Dawley, December, 1863, to December, 1866; Joseph R. Conrad, December, 1864 to December, 1867; Ozias Allyn, December, 1865, to December, 1868; P. P. Dawley (re-elected), December, 1866, to December, 1869; Joseph R. Conrad (re-elected), December, 1867, to December, 1870; H. J. Noble, December 1868, to December, 1871; N. B. Jennings, December, 1869, to December 1872; Smith Sanford, December, 1870, to December, 1873; Isaac Brown December, 1871, to December, 1874; Luther H. Parmelee, December, 18 resigned December, 1874; Smith Sanford (re-elected), December, 1873, to December, 1876; Edward A. Parsons, December, 1874, to December, 1875, Wanzer Holcomb, December, 1874, to December, 1877; Edward A. Parsons, December, 1875, to December, 1878; Edgar Whittlesey, December, 1876, to December, 1879; P. C. Nichols, December, 1877, to December, 1880; A. B. Merrill, December, 1878, to December, 1881; Edgar Whittlesey (re-elected), December, 1879, to December, 1882; P. C. Nichols (re-elected), December 1880, to December, 1883; A. B. Merrill (re-elected), December, 1881,to December, 1884; Orrin Smyth, December, 1882, term expires in December, 1885, J. L. Thompson, December, 1883, term expires in December, 1886; Wanzer Holcomb, December, 1884, term expires in December, 1887.

Treasurers. -Elias Harmon, June, 1808, resigned November, 1810; Gersham Bostwick, from November,. 1810, to June, 1814; Heman Oviatt, June, 1814 to June, 1815; Gersham Bostwick, June, 1815, to June, 1816; William Wetmore, June, 1816, to June, 1824; Isaac Swift, June, 1824, to June, 1832; Frederick Williams, June, 1832, to June, 1840; Henry L. Tilden, June, 1840, to June, 1846; Enos P. Brainerd, June, 1846, to June, 1848; Jackson T. Green, June 1848, to June, 1852; Charles Green, June, 1852, to June, 1856; Lyman Bryant, June, 1856, to June, 1858; Harvey C. Newberry, June, 1858, to September 1860; George Sanford, September, 1880, to September, 1862; Samuel D. Harris, September, 1862, to September, 1866; Gustavus P. Reed, September 1866, to September, 1870; Edward G. Hinman, September, 1870, to Septem-

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ber, 1874; John C. Beatty, September, 1874, to September, 1878; Nathan H. Smith, September, 1878, to September, 1882; Wilbur A. Jenkins, September, 1882, second term expires in September, 1886.

Clerks.-Benjamin Whedon, August, 1808, to December, 1809; William Wetmore, December, 1809, to March, 1813; Ira Hudson, March, 1813, to October, 1817; Seth Day, October, 1817, to October, 1831; George Kirkum, October, 1831, to October, 1838; William Coolman, Jr., October, 1838, to June, 1845; Horace Y. Beebe, July, 1845, to February, 1852; Ebenezer Spalding, February, 1852, to February, 1855; Edmund Bostwick, February, 1855, to February, 1861; Horace M. Clark, February, 1861, to February, 1867; Andrew Jackson, February, 1867, to February, 1873; John Meharg, February, 1873, to February, 1882; John Porter, February, 1882, second term expires in February, 1888.

Recorders. -Titus Wetmore, October, 1808, td April, 1810; William Wetmore, May, 1810, to February, 1813; Ira Hudson, March, 1813, to September, 1817; Seth Day, October, 1817, to August, 1831; John N. Skinner, August, 1831, to October, 1849; Rodolphus Bard, October, 1849, to October, 1852; Andrew Jackson, October, 1852, to October, 1855; Joshua T. Catlin, October, 1855, to January, 1862; James Norton, January, 1862, to January, 1868; George W. Barrett, January, 1868, to January, 1877; Philo Bierce, January, 1877, third term expires in January, 1886.

Auditors.-This office was created by an act of the Legislature passed February 8, 1820, the duties then belonging to the position having previously been performed by a clerk appointed by the Commissioners. Under the old regime but six men filled the office, viz.: Abel Sabin and Seth Day, in 1808; Seth Day, 1809; Oliver C. Dickinson, 1810-11; Stephen Mason, 1812-17; Alexander K. Hubbard, 1818; Orvill Crane, 1819 to February, 1820. Since that time the Auditors have been as follows: Rial McArthur, February, 1820, to February, 1823; Samuel D. Harris, March, 1823, to February, 1831; Samuel Foljambe, March, 1831, to February, 1841; George B. De Peyster. March, 1841, to January, 1844; Charles L. Rhodes, February, 1844, to February, 1847; Caleb Atwater, March, 1847, to February, 1849; John G. McBride, March, 1849, to February, 1853; Lorenzo Frost, March, 1853, to February, 1855; Thomas W. -Browning, March, 1855, to February, 1857; H. L. Carter, March, 1857, to February, 1859; Alfred Baldwin, March, 1859, to February, 1861; Frank L. Sawyer, March; 1861, to February, 1863; Henry H. Stevens, March, 1863, to February, 1869; William Grinnell, February, 1869, to November, 1880; Le Grand A. Olin, November, 1880, second term expires in November, 1886.

Sheriffs. -Alva Day, June 8, 1808, to December, 1810; John Campbell, January, 1811, to November, 1812; Stephen Mason, November, 1812, to November, 1816; Asa K. Burroughs, November, 1816, resigned in March, 1820; William Coolman, April, 1820, to November, 1824; John King, November, 1824, to November, 1826; James Perry, November, 1826, to November, 1830; Frederick Wadsworth, November, 1830, to November, 1834; George Y. Wallace, November, 1834, to November, 1838; Laurin Dewey, November, 1838, to November, 1842; Willam Frazer, November, 1842, to November, 1844; David W. Jennings, November, 1844, to November, 1846; John Gillis, November, 1846, to November, 1850; James Woodward, November, 1850, to November, 1854; Ferris Couch, November, 1854, to November, 1856; Ira Gardner, November, 1856, to January, 1859; Thomas R. Williams, January, 1859, to January, 1863; William F. Parsons, January, 1863, to January, 1865; Henry, C. Jennings, January, 1865, to January, 1869; Otis B. Paine, January, 1869, to

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January, 1873; 0. C. Risdon, January, 18'73, to January, 1877; Benjamin F. Keller, January, 1877, to January, 1881; William Wilcox, January, 1881, to January, 1885; H. T. Sheldon, January, 1885, term expires in January, 188'7.

Coroners.-Lewis Day, June 8, 1808, to October, 1808; Lewis Ely, October, 1808; to 1814; William Frazer, 1820, to 1823; J. V. Gardner, 1832, to 1839; William Frazer, 1840, to 1841; E. M. Crane, 1842, to 1843; R. J. Thompson, 1844, to 1845; A. W. Stocking, 1846, to 1847; E. Needham, 1848, to 1849; J. M. Tilden, 1850, to 1851; E. B. Babcock, 1852, to November, 1854; Ephraim B. Hubbard, November' 1854, to November, 1856; D. R. Bissell, November, 1856, to October, 1857; George Sanford, October, 1857, to January, 1860; James 0. Gurley, January, 1860, to January, 1862; D. C. Stockwell, January, 1862, to January, 1864; Chauncy B. Curtis, January, 1864, to January, 1866; E. W. Crain, January, 1866, to February, 1866; Luther H. Parmelee, March, 1866, to January, 1869; Recellus Root, January, 1869, to January, 1871; Lyman Bryant, January, 1871, to January, 1874; Thomas R. Williams, Jan. nary, 18'74, to January, 1876; Aaron M. Sherman, January, 1877, to January, 1879; A. H. Barlow, January, 1879, to January, 1885; 0. D. Olds, January, 1885, term expires in January, 1887.

Surveyors.-Among the first Surveyors of Portage County were Amzi Atwater, Rial McArthur, Abel Sabin and A. K. Burroughs, who discharged the duties of the office for the first seven years of the county's history, since which time the following citizens have filled the position: John Harmon, 1815 to 1827; Orrin Harmon, 1828 to 1832; Samuel D. Harris, 1833, to 1835; John E. Jackson, 1836, to 1838; Samuel- D. Harris, 1839, to 1840; Daniel Woodruff, 1840, to 1843; Samuel D. Harris, 1844, to 1857; Ruggles Bostwick 1858 to 1863; Isaiah Linton, 1864 to 1866; C. J. Gillis, 1867 to 1869; Jedediah Cole, 1870 to 1884; C. B. Wadsworth, 1885, term expires in December, 1887.

Probate Judges. -Luther L. Brown, February, 1852, to February, 1855; Darius Lyman, February, 1855, to February, 1864; Oliver P. Brown, February, 1864, resigned in May, 1864; Joshua T. Catlin, May, 1864, to February, 1867; Jacob V. Mell, February, 1867, to February, 1873; Gideon Seymour, February, 1873, to February, 1882; Cornelius A. Reed, February, 1882, second term expires in February, 1888.

Seat of Justice and Public Buildings.-The act erecting Portage County designated the house of Benjamin Tappan as the place for holding the courts of said county until a permanent seat of justice should be established. This house, the second one occupied by Judge Tappan, was a frame building, which then stood about a mile east of Ravenna on what is now the Marcus Heath farm, and was erected by John McManus for Tappan about 1804. A tradition exists that on the first meeting of the Court of Common Pleas August 23, 1808, this house was found in ruins, having been burned down the previous night. The journal of that date does not mention where the Court first met, but says that after organizing and accepting the report of the Commissioners, Robert Simison, Samuel Hunter and Rezin Beall, appointed by the Legislature to select a seat of justice for Portage County, it adjourned to meet the same afternoon at the house of Robert Eaton. The journal of the Commissioners of Portage County shows that their first session was held at the house of Robert Eaton on the 8th of June, 1808. The Eaton house, which is yet standing in a fair state of preservation, is located about two miles and a half southeast of Ravenna, and is now (January, 1885,) the residence of R. J. Thompson,

It is a two-story frame structure of large dimensions, and was utilized for both Court House and Jail until the completion of the first public buildings at Ravenna in 1810.

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Ravenna was laid out by Benjamin Tappan early in 1808, and the plat acknowledged by him April 22 of that year before Henry O'Neill, a Justice of the Peace of Franklin Township, Trumbull Co. (now in Portage), Ohio, which township then embraced a large scope of territory in Portage County, subsequently divided into several townships. The State Commissioners previously mentioned soon afterward selected Ravenna as the seat of justice for Portage County, and reported the result of their labors to the Court of Common Pleas of said county at its first session the following August. The original town plat contained 192 lots, four of which were donated by Judge Tappan for public uses, viz.: Nos. 22 and 78 for school sites, and Nos. 52 and 108 for churches. He also gave a piece of ground at the southwest corner of the town plat for a grave-yard, for which purpose it was used several years. On the 25th of April, 1809, the Commissioners of Portage County purchased of Judge Benjamin Tappan, as the agent of his father, Benjamin Tappan, of Northampton, Mass., Lots Nos. 55, 56 and 57. whereon the Court House and Jail now stand, for the sum of $300, the acknowledgment of the deed for said lots being made by Judge Tappan on the same date before Joseph Harris, a Justice of the Peace of Portage County. The next things necessary were a Court House and Jail, and under the date a December 5, 1809, the following item appears on the Commissioner's journal:

Mr. William Tappan entered into an agreement in behalf of himself and John Tappan, to erect at the seat of justice in Ravenna at their own expense a Court House forty feet long, thirty feet wide and twenty feet high, the lower story to be finished for the accommodation of the Court, etc.; and to build a log Jail two stories high, twenty-five feet long and twenty feet wide, the lower story to contain three rooms, and a chimney to contain two fire-places, one on each story; and the said William and John, on the completion of the said Court House and Jail, are to receive those lots given by Benjamin Tappan for the use of the county.

From the wording of this agreement we would naturally infer that Benjamin Tappan had donated some lots to the county, but there is not the stroke of a pen on record to show that Portage County ever received a foot of land from Judge Tappan or from any other member of the Tappan family, only what she paid for. We have already shown that the lots upon which the Court House and Jail now stand were purchased of Judge Tappan for the sum of $300, a copy of the deed for which may be found in the Recorder's office, and this is the only transaction on record relating in the remotest degree to the subject, as the lots given for the sites of churches and schools, as well as the block of land for burial purposes, were for the use of the citizens of Ravenna and not for Portage County. Judge Tappan, however, may have agreed to donate certain lots for public uses, though never legally transferring them to the county, and the Commissioners concluding to locate the public buildings on their present site, turned over their right to said lots to William and John Tappan, to whom the deed was subsequently made, yet there is not an iota of evidence on record to give any foundation for this theory, only the agreement for erecting the Court House and Jail made between the Tappans and the County Commissioners December 5, 1809.

The buildings were completed in the summer of 1810. The Court House was a frame structure, and stood a little northwest of the present commodious building. The Courier in its issue of October 21, 1826, thus comments on this structure: " Portage County can boast, on the score of public buildings, nothing but a shell, which is alternately occupied by bipeds and quadrupeds, and which, from its dilapidated state, is equally easy of access to both —and in which, we may, at different times, hear the preachers of the Gospel, the expounders of the law, and the birch of the schoolmaster, and consequently

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the squalls of the children, the squealing of the pigs and the bleating of sheep. 'Tis, in fact, occupied as a Court House and meeting-house, and we all know it has become proverbial as the county sheep-pen."

In 1829 it was sold to Gen. Samuel D. Harris, who removed it to the site of Merts & Riddle's factory. After standing unoccupied for several years it was purchased by James Clark & Co., who converted it into a carriage-shop, which was subsequently owned and operated by N. D. Clark & Co. The factory passed thence into the possession of Merts & Riddle, and was burned down August 11, 1871. The first story of the Jail was built of hewn logs, eighteen inches square, and was floored and roofed in the same manner. The Sheriff's residence was in one side of the building, while the second story over the Jail proper was also occupied by that officer. This building stood on the southwest corner of the present Jail site, but was removed soon after the completion of the second Jail, in November, 1819. It does not seem to have given good satisfaction,. judging from the following protests made to the Commissioners by two successive Sheriffs.

PORTAGE COUNTY, July 16, 1810.

To the Clerk of Commissioners of Portage Count y.—I protest against the Jail of this county with my solemn declaration that it is an insufficient Jail. ALVA DAY, Sheriff

PORTAGE Comm, February 9, 1811.

I, the subscriber, do hereby. protest against the Jail of Portage County, it being entirely insufficient to secure a prisoner. JOHN CAMPBELL, Sheriff.

A few years after the erection of the first Court House and Jail, a very substantial one-story brick building, 30x60, was erected upon the site of the new portion of the present Court House. It contained two rooms, which were occupied as the offices of the Recorder, the Clerk, and the Commissioners' Clerk. This building continued in use until the second Court House was in process of erection, when it was torn down, and the material used in the walls of the new structure.

In April, 1818, steps were taken by the Commissioners toward the erection of a new Jail, and three lots in Ravenna, viz., No. 175, 176 and 177, were purchased of William Tappan for the sum of $90, the purchase being agreed to December 31, 1818, and the contract consummated on the 5th of January following. On the last day of December, 1818, a contract was made with Oviatt & Kent for the erection of a frame Jail, to cost $1,520. As these old buildings are of some historic interest to the present generation, we here give a partial copy of the agreement. Oviatt & Kent having given bond in the slim of $3,050 for the faithful performance of the contract, the agreement goes on to say:

The conditions of the above obligation are such that, whereas, the above bound Oviatt & Kent hath undertaken to build a good and sufficient Jail for the county. of Portage, thirty-two feet in width by thirty-four feet in length, two stories high, and furnish themselves with all the materials, and finish it off complete for the sum of $1,520, the building to be divided in the following manner, viz.: The lower story, fourteen feet off one end to be built of good sound white oak timber, hewn fourteen inches square, without wane, and divided into two rooms, with a space-way between of four feet in the clear, and floored under and over with timber of the same description as the walls, with one fifteen-light window in the back end of the hall, in two sashes and very strongly grated with iron; one door out of the space-way into each of the prison rooms, and one into the other part of the house, all made double with two-inch white oak plank and covered on the inside with sheet-iron at least one-eighth of an inch thick, and doubled over the edge of the door and very strongly nailed with stout nails, and hung with large iron hinges suitable for doors of such weight and size, and one large and sufficient lock on each of the three doors. *

Those two prison rooms were supplied with ventilation and light through iron-grated hole, fourteen inches in height by three feet in length, cut thro the log walls into the dividing hall-way. When the reader is informed t under each of those cells, and connecting therewith, were the closets or si

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used by the prisoners, the excrement being allowed to filter through a stoned drain, he can readily discern the great improvements that have been made in the sanitary condition of our prisons during the past three-quarters of a century. This portion of the building was to have a solid hard-head stone foundation, the remainder to be of common stone well laid. The other twenty feet of the lower story was divided into four rooms: a Sheriff's office, a bedroom, a kitchen and a buttery, a large fireplace at the end of the building serving the two-fold purpose of cooking and heating. A strongly-walled cellar, fourteen feet square, was constructed under the kitchen, and the second story was reached by a stairway from the same room. The upper story was divided into seven apartments. Two debtors' rooms were constructed immediately over the lower prison cells, and of the same dimensions as the lower ones, but each was provided with an iron-grated window from which the inmates might view their fellow citizens upon the outside who had not the misfortune to be burdened with the crime of poverty, Those rooms also possessed a small fire-place, while the occupants of the lower cells had to get along without fire. On the opposite end from the debtors' prison were four rooms, two of which were used as sleeping apartments, and the others for various purposes. The building was covered on the outside with two-inch white oak plank laid on perpendicularly, and framed into the sill and upper plate, and pinned on the joists, and then weather-boarded with common siding. This Jail was completed according to contract by the middle of November, 1819, and stands across the alley from the Congregational Church, on the northeast corner of Meridian and Oak Streets. Upon the erection of the present Jail the log portion was removed, and the building converted into a dwelling, which is now (December, 1884,) occupied as the residence of S. L. Jennings, Esq.

On the 5th of September, 1826, the Commissioners took into consideration the expediency of building a new Court House, and gave public notice that sealed proposals would be received at the Auditor's office until the first Monday in December for furnishing materials for the new structure. In the latter month the Commissioners advertised for proposals for 150,000 bricks to be delivered near the Court House in Ravenna by the first Monday of March, 1828. The contract for the erection of the building was finally let to Zenas Kent in the spring of 1828, and on the 11th of February, 1830, it was completed and accepted by the Commissioners, having cost in full about $7,000. It was a long, two-story brick building of the Grecian Temple order, six wooden col. umns on the front upholding a projecting roof, which was surmounted by a cupola. The county offices were located in the lower story, while the courtroom is the same one now occupied. In the erection of the new Court House about twenty feet were cut off the front part of the old one to make room for the more modern structure.

The present two-story atone Jail on the public square bad its inception June 13, 1836, when the Commissioners concluded to take the necessary measures toward the erection of a new Jail, and bids were ordered to be advertised for in the county papers. The plan of the Jail, adopted September 6, 1836, was drawn by Mr. Medbury, Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, while the small residence adjoining it on the west was an after consideration, added to the plans by John N. Skinner, the Recorder, and Samuel Foljambe, the Auditor. On the 20th of October, 1836, the bid of Ebenezer Rawson was accepted, but it was not until the 8h of December following that the contract was let to Rawson, for the sum of $9,100. Toward the completion of the building a disagreement arose between the contractor and the Commissioners as to the proper

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remuneration for certain work needed on the Jail, which the specifications did not expressly stipulate. The matter was left to a board of arbitration, which on the 16th of July, 1839, decided that Rawson should put in certain extras and receive $284.68 over and above the original contract price of the Jail Rawson was evidently dissatisfied with the decision, for he neglected to fulfill its terms, and the building was finally completed, in May, 1840, by William Stinaff, whom the Commissioners employed to carry out the decision of the arbitration. The building has fully answered the purposes for which it was erected, but its location for many reasons is objectionable, and it is only a question of a few years when it will be replaced by a more modern one located on a more eligible site. On the 13th of October, 1856, the Commissioners purchased of John G. DeWolf Lot 58, upon which the engine house now stands, for $1,500; and July 13, 1857, the legal right to the public alley which originally ran east and west in the rear of the Court House, was obtained, and the alley became the property of the county.

The elegant and commodious Court House now adorning the public square in Ravenna, was built by authority of a special act of the Legislature passed March 11, 1881, " to authorize the Commissioners of Portage County to build a fire-proof addition and to remodel and repair the present Court House in said county and to issue bonds therefor." The design of the building was prepared by Samuel W. Lane, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio, and the contract for the erection of the new structure and remodeling the old one was awarded to Mr P. B. Carpenter, of Conneautville, Penn., in June, 1881, for the sum of $32 226, but subsequent changes in the specifications ran the cost up to $39,622.90.( The new building was completed and occupied in September, 1882, and th old portion subsequently remodeled and finished. The following figures are an authentic estimate of the original cost of he Court House: Contractor, $39,622.90; architect's labor, $1,540; steam-heating apparatus, $4,600; vaults, $619.35; furniture, $3,815; clock, $1,250; grates and mantels, $435; gas fixtures, $340.22; carpets for court room, $293.13; stone pavement in front of Court House, $444; total cost, $52,959.60. It is a handsome brick structure,. two stories and a half in height, with a lofty mansard roof (making the building more than three stories high), and with its artistic stone trimmings, both. modern in design and finish, will favorably compare with the best county' buildings of the State. A fine clock occupies the tower, and a large figure of justice surmounts the dome. At the main entrance is a substantial stone portico, upheld by six handsome stone pillars, adding much to the beauty of the front view of the building. On the first floor are the offices- of the Recorder, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioners, Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney and Surveyor; and on the second floor those of the Probate Judge and Clerk, also the court room and jury rooms. The whole interior is handsomely finished in black walnut and butternut, and the stairways partly in cherry, while the large, well-lighted offices, furnished in black walnut, and possessing fire-proof vaults, where the valuable records are absolutely safe from destruction, harmonize thoroughly with the progressive spirit of the age. The halls and stairways are wide, and the ceilings high and airy, while a general air of utility and comfort pervades throughout the building.

Prison Bounds. —Upon the establishment of the American Government, many of the laws previously existing under English rule were partly or wholly retained on the statute books of the young Republic. Imprisonment for debt was one of those relics of barbarism which existed for seventy-five years after the Declaration of Independence. This law was an outrage upon honest poverty, and the cause of untold misery to hundreds of struggling pioneer families..

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The prisoner confined for debt, upon giving good security to his creditors, was allowed his freedom inside of a certain defined limit surrounding the Jail known as the "prison bounds," but by crossing the established line he forfeited even this small grain of liberty. In 1799 a law was enacted by the Territorial Assembly establishing 200 yards as the dimensions of the prison bounds. This was increased in 1800 to 440 yards, but reduced in 1805 to 400. In 1821 the village or town limits became the boundary line, and in 1833 the "bounds" were made co-extensive with the county. Thus they remained until the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, when the law having almost become a "dead letter," was expunged from the statutes of Ohio. At the April term of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage County; in 1809, the Court assigned the following prison bounds: "Beginning at a stake and stones eleven chains north, forty-five degrees east from said prison., thence south twenty chains; thence west fifteen chains; thence north twenty chains; thence east fifteen chains to the first bounds." The action of the Court was in conformity with the then existing State law; but with the progress of civilization all such laws. become obnoxious to the spirit of humanity which true civilization engenders, and therefore give way to a more just and enlightened policy.

County Infirmary.—Throughout the pioneer days of Portage County each township supported its own poor, but finally this duty devolved upon the county, and the indigent were "farmed out" to those who would keep them the cheapest. This method did not prove very satisfactory, as the unfortunate poor were in many cases treated badly. It was finally decided by the Commissioners to establish a county farm where the poor could be collectively supported, and at the annual election held in April, 1839, the citizens of Portage voted in favor of the proposed institution. The Commissioners advertised at once for a cultivated farm of from 125 to 200 acres on which to erect a "County Poor House," and on the 29th of April accepted the proposal of David McIntosh, to sell them his farm in Shalersville Township, consisting of 162 acres of land, in Lots Nos. 62 and 79, with buildings, stock and farming implements thereon, for the sum of $5,000. On the 3d of May following the purchase was completed and possession given, and on the same date the Commissioners appointed Darius Lyman, David McIntosh and Frederick Williams, a Board of Directors to take charge of and manage the affairs of said poor farm.

For ten years no additions were made to the farm, which was found ample for the necessities of the institution; but the number accepting its benefits. kept increasing with the growth in population, and in April, 1849, the Commissioners purchased of Erastus Chapman an additional tract of 129.47 acres, located in Lots Nos. 63 and 64, for the sum of $2,524.60. In June, 1850, they exchanged 56.41 acres of land in Lot No. 62, being the north part of the original farm, with Noble Haven for the same amount in Lot No. 61, adjoining the farm on the south. The buildings finally became inadequate, and a new one was regarded as a necessity, therefore, in April, 1858, the Commissioners advertised for bids to erect a new brick Infirmary building. The plans of H. N. Bostwick, Esq., were adopted, and in May the contract was let to Samuel H. Bloomer, Abraham Bloomer, Elisha Brigham and J. S. Brigham, for the sum of $4,988, the building to be completed by the 25th of November, 1858. This structure, together with the frame buildings standing there when the farm was purchased, served the purposes of the institution for about fourteen years, but on the 8th of February, 1872, the contracts for an additional wing to the main Infirmary building were let as follows: The masonry, brick work, etc., to Messrs. Brigham & Jennings, for the sum of $5,400, and the carpen-

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tering, painting, glazing, etc., to Johnson & Babcock for $4,588. The addition was completed in the fall of 1872, but extras ran the cost a good deal above the original contract price. Brigham & Jennings were paid in November, 1872, $1,091.59 for flagging and repairs; while Peter Martin, of Cleve. land, received $4,000 far putting in the heating and ventilating apparatus, making the total expense of the improvements carried out in 1872 over $15,000. The main Infirmary building is an L shaped brick structure, two and a half stories high, but a portion of the original building purchased with the farm is yet standing and in use. The farms now contain about 300 acres of first-class land, while the institution is self-supporting, and pays a good interest on the capital invested, besides having furnished through the passing years a comfortable home for hundreds of unfortunate poor.

Political Statistics.—The political history of Portage County, even if written correctly and devoid of prejudice, would be of very little utility to he average reader, and when we take into consideration the utter impossibility of accomplishing such a task, we think it best, for the sake of historical truth, to illustrate the county's political complexion by simply giving the vote it cast for each Gubernatorial candidate since 1808, together with that polled in a few of the Presidential contests. It may, however, be of some interest to the present and future generations to know who the candidates for the several county offices were at the first election, held June 8, 1808, also the names of the voters at that election. The polling place was at the house of Benjamin Tappan, which stood where Marcus Heath's residence now stands, east of Ravenna. Eighty-seven votes were cast, distributed as follows: For Commissioners, Abel Sabin, of Randolph, 88; Joel Gaylord, of Hudson, 84; Lewis Day, of Deerfield, 49; Elias Harmon, of Mantua, 42. For Sheriff, Alva Day, of Deerfield, 47; John Campbell, of Charlestown, 38 (these two gentlemen were again the candidates for Sheriff in October, 1808; with the following result: Alva Day, 151; John Campbell, 140). For Coroner, Lewis Day, of Deerfield, 38; Samuel Andrews, of Rootstown, 31; David Root, of Rootstown, 14. All of the successful candidates were supporters of President' Jefferson's administration.

The following list of voters at the election of June 8, 1808, together with the present names of the townships in which they then resided, were copied from the returns made at that time, and are therefore reliable. John Campbell and Abel Sabin, though candidates, did not vote:

Silas Tinker, Jr., Mantua.

Heman Oviatt, Hudson.

Frederick Caris, Jr., Rootstown.

Stephen Upson, Suffield.

Benjamin Tappan, Ravenna.

Horatio Day, Deerfield.

Frederick Canis, Sr., Rootstown.

Joel Baker, Shalersville.

John Caris, Rootstown.

John Creighton, Ravenna.

William Chard, Ravenna.

David Hudson, Hudson.

Samuel Bishop, Hudson.

Benjamin Whedon, Hudson.

Samuel Simcox, Ravenna.

Josiah Ward, Randolph.

Moses Thompson, Hudson.

Isaac Mills, Nelson.

James Robinson, Northampton.

Jonathan Foster, Suffield.

Aaron Norton, Tallmadge.

Oliver Dickinson, Randolph.

Robert Walker, Ravenna.

Delaun Mills, Nelson.

David Jennings, Ravenna.

John Goss, Randolph.

John Boosinger, Ravenna.

John Wright, Sr., Ravenna.

Daniel Haynes, Ravenna.

William Wetmore, Stow.

John Chapman, Deerfield.

Jacob Eatinger, Ravenna.

Thomas Wright, Ravenna.

Jacob Stough, Ravenna.

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Calvin Ward, Randolph. Henry Ely, Randolph. Jeremiah Sabin, Randolph. Ebenezer Goss, Randolph. Joseph Harris, Randolph. Amzi Atwater, Mantua. Joel Gaylord, Hudson.

Samuel Andrews, Rootstown. David Goss, Randolph. Elias Harmon, Mantua. Lewis Day, Deerfield. Seth Day, Deerfield. David Root, Rootstown. Bazel Windsor, Jr., Mantua. Bela Hubbard, Randolph. John McWhorter, Ravenna. Henry O'Neil, Rootstown. William Price, Ravenna. Asa D. Keyes, Shalersville. Conrad Boosinger, Ravenna. Henry Sapp, Ravenna. Aaron Weston, Randolph. Robert Campbell, Ravenna. David Moore, Ravenna. Gersham Bostwick, Rootstown Reuben Tupper, Suffield. Arthur Anderson, Ravenna. Phillip Willyard, Rootstown. Michael Simcox, Ravenna. Nathan Chapman, Rootstown. John Wright, Jr., Ravenna. Abraham Toms, Ravenna. Jotham Atwater, Mantua. Abel Forsha, Ravenna. Samuel Baldwin, Aurora.

John Ward, Ravenna. Jotham Blakesly, Ravenna. Samuel McCoy, Rootstown. Oliver Mills, Hiram. James Laughlin, Deerfield. Samuel Moore, Mantua. Oliver Forward, Aurora. Henry Rogers, Deerfield. George Wilber, Atwater. Samuel H. Ferguson, Aurora. Beman Chapman, Rootstown. Nathan Muzzy, Deerfield. Ephriam Chapman, Rootstown. Asa Betts, Deerfield.

Enoch Harrymon, Ravenna. Stephen Mason, Deerfield. Joseph Murrill, Deerfield. Alva Day, Deerfield.

1808-Vote for Governor: Samuel Huntington, 118; Thomas Worthington, 152; Thomas Kirker, 9. Total, 279.

1810—Vote for Governor: Return J. Meigs, 250; Thomas Worthington, 28. Total, 278.

1812—Vote for Governor: Return J. Meigs, 295; Thomas Scott, 000. Total, 295.

1814—Vote for Governor: Thomas Worthington, 367; Othniel Looker, 78. Total, 445.

1816—Vote for Governor: Thomas Worthington, 99; James Dunlap, 000; Ethan Allen Brown, 320. Total, 419.

1818—Vote for Governor: Ethan Allen Brown, 558; James Dunlap, 1. Total, 559.

1820—Vote for Governor: Ethan Allen Brown, 679; Jeremiah Morrow, 24; William Henry Harrison, 28. Total, 731.

1822--Vote for Governor: Jeremiah Morrow, 833; Allen Trimble, 202; William W. Irvin, 16. Total, 1,051.

1824—Vote for Governor: Jeremiah Morrow, 60; Allen Trimble, 1,090. Total, 1,150.

1826— Vote for Governor: Allen Trimble, 1,055; John Bigger, 2; Alexander Campbell, 1; Benjamin Tappan, 7. Total, 1,065.

1828—Vote for Governor: Allen Trimble (National Republican), 1,414; John W. Campbell (Democrat), 437. Total, 1,851.

1828—Vote for President: John Quincy Adams (National Republican), 2,110; Andrew Jackson (Democrat), 853. Total, 2,963.

1830—Vote for Governor: Duncan McArthur (National Republican), 1,562; Robert Lucas (Democrat), 625. Total, 2,187.

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1832-Vote for Governor: Darius Lyman (Whig and Anti-Mason), 2,084; Robert Lucas (Democrat), 1,368. Total, 3,452.

1832-Vote for President: Andrew Jackson (Democrat), 1,406; Henry Clay (Whig), 2,327; William Wirt (Anti-Mason), 2. Total, 3,735.

1834-Vote for Governor: Robert Lucas (Democrat), 2,074; James Find. lay (Whig and Anti-Mason), 2,362. Total, 4,436.

1836-Vote for Governor: Joseph Vance (Whig and Anti-Mason), 3,056; Eli Baldwin (Democrat), 2,525. Total, 5,681.

1836-Vote for President: William Henry Harrison (Whig), 3,302; Martin Van Buren (Democrat), 2,683. Total, 5,985.

1838-Vote for Governor: Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 3,051; Joseph Vance (Whig and Anti-Mason), 3,252. Total, 6,303.

1840-Vote for Governor: Thomas Corwin (Whig), 2,544; Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 2,120. Total, 4,664.

1840-Vote for President: William Henry Harrison (Whig), 2,542; Mar: tin Van Buren (Democrat), 1,963; James G. Birney (Liberty), 16. Total, 4,508.

1842-Vote for Governor: Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 2,181; Thomas Corwin (Whig), 2,301; Leicester King (Abolition or Free Soil), 133. Total, 4,615.

1844-Vote for Governor: Mordecai Bartley (Whig), 2,467; David Tod (Democrat), 2,360; Leicester King (Abolition or Free Soil), 234. Total, 5,061.

1846-Vote for Governor: William Bebb (Whig), 1,858; David Tod (Democrat), 1841; Samuel Lewis (Abolition or Free Soil), 163. Total, 3,862.

1848-Vote for Governor: John B. Weller (Democrat), 2,234; Seabury Ford (Whig), 2,249. Total, 4,483.

1850-Vote for Governor: Reuben Wood (Democrat), 2,104; William Johnston (Whig), 1,249; Edward Smith (Abolition or Free Soil), 000. Total, 3, 353.

1851-Vote for Governor: Reuben Wood (Democrat), 2,198; Samuel F. Vinton (Whig), 1,117; Samuel Lewis (Abolition or Free Soil), 787. Total, 4,102.

1853-Vote for Governor: William Medill (Democrat), 2,160; Nelson Barrere (Whig), 682; Samuel Lewis (Abolition or Free Soil), 1,222. Total, 4,064.

1855-Vote for Governor: William Medill (Democrat), 1,861; Salmon P. Chase (Republican), 2,660; Allen Trimble (American or Know-nothing), 10. Total, 4,531.

1857-Vote for Governor: Salmon P. Chase (Republican), 2,696; Henry B. Payne (Democrat), 1,956; Philip Van Trump (Know-nothing), 000. Total, 4,652.

1859-Vote for Governor: William Dennison (Republican), 2,620; Rufus P. Ranney (Democrat), 2,038. Total, 4,658.

1860-Vote for President: Abraham Lincoln (Republican), 3,065; Stephen

A. Douglas (Democrat), 1,910; John C. Breckinridge (Democrat), 117; John Bell (American or Union), 7. Total, 5,159.

1861-Vote for Governor: David Tod (Republican), 3,274; Hugh J. Jewett (Democrat), 559. Total, 3,833.

1863-Vote for Governor: John Brough (Republican), 3,677; Clement L. Vallandigham (Democrat), 1,788. Total, 5,465.

1864-Vote for President: Abraham Lincoln (Republican), 3,478; George

B. McClellan (Democrat), 1,918. Total, 5,396.

1865--Vote for Governor: Jacob D. Cox, (Republican), 2,858; George W. Morgan (Democrat), 1,932. Total, 4,785.

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1867—Vote for Governor: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), 3,842; Allen G. Thurman (Democrat), 2,317. Total, 5,659.

1868—Vote for President: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican), 3,604; Horatio Seymour (Democrat), 2,362. Total, 5,966.

1869—Vote for Governor: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), 3,213; George H. Pendleton (Democrat), 2,241. Total, 5,454.

1871—Vote for Governor: Edward F. Noyes (Republican), 2,970; George W. McCook (Democrat), 2,139; Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition), 47. Total, 5,156.

1872—Vote for President: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican), 3,478; Horace Greeley (Independent Republican and Democrat), 2,438; James Black (Green. back), 27; Charles O'Connor (Independent Democrat), 50. Total, 5,993.

1873—Vote for Governor: Edward F. Noyes (Republican), 2,285; William Allen (Democrat), 2,056; Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition), 272; Isaac Collins (Liberal), 24. Total, 4,637.

1875—Vote for Governor: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republicans), 3,402; William Allen (Democrat), 2,859; Jay Odell (Prohibition), 54. Total, 6,315.

1876—Vote for President: Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat), 3,006; Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), 3,712; G. Clay Smith (Prohibition), 27; Peter Cooper (Greenback), 14. Total, 6,759.

1877—Vote for Governor: William H. West (Republican), 3,031; Richard M. Bishop (Democrat), 2,624; Stephen Johnson (Greenback), 287; Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition), 69. Total, 6,011.

1879—Vote for Governor:' Charles Foster (Republican), 3,652; Thomas Ewing (Democrat), 3,104; A. Sanders Piatt (Greenback), 114; Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition), 56. Total, 6,926.

1880—Vote for President: James A. Garfield (Republican), 3,990; Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat), 3,147; James B. Weaver (Greenback), 86; Neal Dow, (Prohibition), 36. Total, 7,259.

1881—Vote for Governor: Charles Foster (Republican), 3,365; John W. Bookwalter (Democrat), 2,548; Abraham R. Ludlow (Prohibition), 116; John Seitz (Greenback), 70. Total, 6,099.

1883—Vote for Governor: Joseph B. Foraker (Republican), 3,381; George Hoadly (Democrat), 3,002; Ferdinand Schumacker (Prohibition), 16'7; Charles Jenkins (Greenback), 41. Total, 6,591.

1884—Vote for President: Grover Cleveland (Democrat), 3,273; James G. Blaine (Republican), 3,931; John P. St. John (Prohibition), 217; Benjamin F. Butler (Greenback Labor Reform), 122. Total, 7,543.