Chapter XXIX - Official & Statistical
Extracted From
St. Clair County, Michigan
Its History & Its People
William Lee JENKS
Chicago & New York, 1912

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

Following are the rosters of those who have served St. Clair county in an official capacity, arranged either chronologically or aphabetically, as well as the lists of those residents of the county who have been identified with state & national legislatures. ROSTER OF SHERIFFS 1821 (12 May) Henry COTTRELL 1821 (14 Jul) James B. WOLVERTON 1822 (27 Apr) Henry COTTRELL 1835 (January) Harmon CHAMBERLIN 1841 Reuben MOORE 1843 John S. HEATH 1845 Lyman GRANGER 1847 Pierce G. WRIGHT 1851 Robert SCOTT 1853 David WHITMAN 1855 James H. WHITE 1859 Amos JAMES 1861 Elijah R. HAYNES 1865 Samuel RUSSELL 1867 W. H. DUNPHY 1869 Edward POTTER 1871 Joseph STITT 1873 John B. KENDALL 1877 John M. HART 1879 John HILTON 1883 Frank L. FOLLENSBEE 1887 Jacob BERNATZ 1889 George MANN 1893 Jacob BERNATZ 1895 George E. MALLORY 1899 Harrison W. MAINES 1903 George W. DAVIDSON 1905 Thomas MOORE 1907 George W. DAVIDSON 1909 William F. WAGENSEIL COUNTY CLERKS 1821 John THORN 1827 Harmon CHAMBERLIN 1830 (30 Oct) Thomas C. FAY 1831 (26 Feb) James FULTON 1833 (January) Horatio JAMES 1839 Marcus H. MILES 1843 Edward C. BANCROFT 1845 Charles KIMBALL 1847 Daniel FOLLENSBEE 1849 Marcus H. MILES 1853 James S. CLARK 1855 Albert A. CARLETON 1857 Tubal C. OWEN 1863 George F. COLLINS 1867 Hazzard P. WANDS 1873 Moses F. CARLETON 1879 Horace BAKER 1883 Charles S. WARN 1889 Michael REID 1893 William MASON 1897 John L. SHEPHERD 1901 Eugene A. BARTLETT 1905 Daniel FOLEY 1909 Jefferson G. BROWN TREASURERS 1821 David COTTRELL 1832 Sargent HEATH 1837 Edmund CARLETON 1839 Horatio N. MONSON 1843 William B. BARRON 1845 Duthan NORTHRUP 1853 Edmund CARLETON, Jr. 1863 Henry JOHR 1867 Valentine A. SAPH 1871, Robert THOMPSON, John MILLER 1873 John JOHNSTON 1875 Charles D. THOMPSON 1877 John JOHNSTON, Edward VINCENT 1879 Edward VINCENT 1881 Edward C. RECOR 1885 Richard SHUTT 1889 William BURNS 1893 Henry F. MARX 1895 Stephen MOORE 1899 Henry STREETER 1903 Charles BEYSCHLAG 1907 Stephen H. MOORE 1911 Edward L. VINCENT COUNTY SURVEYORS 1837, Nathan WARD 1843 James L. SMITH 1845 Joseph L. KELSEY 1847 James L. SMITH 1849 David WARD 1851 Norman NASH 1853 David WARD 1855 James S. BACON 1857 David WARD 1859 Israel D. CARLTON 1865 Horatio G. ROBBINS 1867 James S. KENNEFICK 1869 Parker M. BROWN 1875 Eli B. CHAMBERLIN 1877 Parker M. BROWN 1883 Patrick SHEA 1885 Henry T. MORLEY 1887 Henry P. JENNEY 1889 Henry E. BROWN 1891 Henry P. JENNEY 1893 Henry E. BROWN 1895 Justin L. PALDI 1903 William M. STREIT 1909-11 Walter TRIPP PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS ---- George A. O'KEEFE 1836 (Jul) Lorenzo M. MASON 1840 (Mar) Ira PORTER 1841 (Feb) True B. TUCKER 1842-3 (Jul) Lorenzo M. MASON 1843-4 John McNIEL 1844 Bethuel C. FARRAND 1848-9 John J. FALKENBURY 1850 ------ 1851 True P. TUCKER 1853 Smith FALKENBURY 1855 William GRACE 1859 Harvey McALPINE 1861 Bethuel C. FARRAND 1863 O'Brien J. ATKINSON 1867 Edward W. HARRIS 1869 Charles F. HARRINGTON 1873 William GRACE 1883 Elliott G. STEVENSON 1881 William GRACE 1883 Elliott G. STEVENSON 1885 Partrick II. PHILLIPS 1887 Bethuel C. FARRAND 1889 Seward L. MERRIAM 1891 Cyrus A. HOVEY 1893 Lincoln AVERY 1897 Joseph WALSH 1901 Eugene F. LAW 1903 Burt D. CADY 1905 Alex MOORE 1909 Frederick B. BROWN 1911 Thomas H. GEORGE REGISTERS OF DEEDS 1837 Horatio JAMES 1839 Marcus H. MILES 1843 Edward C. BANCROFT 1845 Charles KIMBALL 1847 Volney A. RIPLEY 1851 Thomas E. BARRON 1853 Alfred WEEKS 1855 Fred H. BLOOD 1863 Charles H. WATERLOO 1867 Fred H. BLOOD 1871 John A. LAMB 1873 William W. HARTSON 1879 Henry C. MANSFIELD 1885 John S. DUFFLE 1891 William O'CONNER 1893 Daniel N. RUNNELS 1899 Spain E. PEARCE 1903 William T. DUST 1907 Spain E. PEARCE 1911 David D. MARTIN CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS 1853-5 Marcus H. MILES 1857-61 John McNEIL 1863-5 George F. COLLINS, Joseph F. MERRILL 1867 William GRACE, George W. WILSON 1869 William GRACE, Bethuel C. FARRAND 1871 William GRACE, Nahum E. THOMAS 1873 Alex R. AVERY, Jabez B. WALDRON 1875 Herman W. STEVENS, William GRACE 1879 John McNEIL, William BAIRD 1881 John McNEIL, Albert A. CARLTON 1883 Charles K. DODGE, John M. KANE 1885, Charles K. DODGE, Ada LEE 1887 John L. BLACK, Patrick H. CUMMINGS 1889 Frank T. WOLCOTT, William GRACE 1891 O'Brian O'DONNELL, Dennis P. SULLIVAN 1894-7 Alex. MOORE, Asa R. STOWELL 1899-01 Burt D. CADY, Hugh H. HART 1903 Charles W. ADAMS, Henry R. BAIRD 1905 George S. CLARKE, Henry R. BAIRD 1907 Frank R. WATSON, George S. CLARKE 1909 James W. BENEDICT, Stanley LAMBERT 1911 Isaac S. HUGHES, William R. WALSH CORONERS 1831 Philo LEACH 1833 William BROWN 1837 Reuben HAMILTON, Chester KIMBALL 1839 Elisha B. CLARK, Henry COTTRELL 1841 Aura P. STEWART, Reuben HAMILTON 1843 James D. BROWN, Alfred COMSTOCK 1845 James D. BROWN, Clark M. MILLS 1847 L. B. PARKER, John GALBRAITH 1849 James D. BROWN, Oliver DODGE 1851 Joseph LUFF, A. F. ASHLEY 1853 Henry COTTRELL, James DEMAREST 1855 John HOWARD, Isaac KLEIN 1857 John HOWARD, Daniel LEACH 1859 Ezra HAZEN, Asa LARNED 1861 James RICKERSON, Asa LARNED 1863 Aura P. STEWART, Herman HERZOG 1865 A. E. FECHET, John P. QUICK 1867-9 Asa LARNED, John NICOL 1871 Asa LARNED, T. J. NICOL 1873 Malcomb McKAY, Peter RIDER 1875 Asa LARNED, John NICOL 1873 Malcomb McKAY, Peter RIDER 1875 Asa LARNED, John NICOL 1877-9 Asa LARNED, Chester KIMBALL 1881 John NICOL, James BINGHAM 1883 Asa LARNED, Ezra H. BUDDINGTON 1885, James WILSON, J. A. VAN DAM 1887 O. M. STEPHENSON, Joseph L. BARTHOLOMEW 1889 Loren A. CADY, John M. ROBERTSON 1891 Joseph L. BARTHOLOMEW, Ezra H. BUDDINGTON 1893 Loran A. CADY, Arthur V. LANGELL 1895 Albert Be CARLISLE, Jacob C. VOLLMAR 1897 Albert B. CARLISLE 1899 Albert B. CARLISLE, John M. ROBERTSON 1901 Albert B. CARLISLE, Albert FALK 1903 Albert FALK, Robert BENNETT 1905 Allen A. BRINK, Albert FALK 1907-11 Albert FALK, John SCHWICKERT, Jr. SENATORS 1835 John CLARK 1839 Ebenezer B. HARRINGTON 1840 Justin RICE 1842 Lyman GRANGER 1844 Lorenzo M. MASON 1846 Oel RIX 1848 Charles A. LOOMIS 1850 Joseph T. COPELAND 1853 Daniel B. HARRINGTON 1855 Omar D. CONGER 1861 Ezra HAZEN 1863 Leonard B. PARKER 1865 William L. BANCROFT 1867 William SANBORN 1869 Bela W. JENKS 1873 Frederick L. WELLS 1877 Crocket McELROY 1881 James R. McGURK 1883 Justin R. WHITING 1885 William M. CLINE 1887 John E. BARRINGER of Macomb County 1891 Martin CROCKER 1893 Robert E. FRENCH 1897 Charles H. WESTCOTT 1899 George W. MOORE 1903 George N. JONES 1907 Burt D. CADY 1909-11 James E. WETER REPRESENTATIVES 1835 John S. HEATH 1838 Ralph WADHAMS 1839 True P. TUCKER 1841 Ira PORTER 1842 Cummings SANBORN 1843 Oel RIX 1845 Edward C. BANCROFT 1846 Hannibal HOLLISTER 1847 Nathaniel W. BROOKS, Daniel B. HARRINGTON 1848 Reuben B. DIAMOND, Elihu GRANGER 1849 William M. ST. CLAIR, Martin S. GILLETT 1850 Harmon CHAMBERLAIN, George S. LESTER 1851 James L. SMITH, Joseph P. MINNE 1853 John P. GLEASON, William T. MITCHELL 1855 James W. SANBORN, Zael WARD 1857 John CLARK, John MILLER 1859 Samuel L. SMITH, William L. BANCROFT 1861 Horace E. BUNCE, Nathan D. SMITH 1863 John MILLER, Abram SMITH, John GRINNELL 1865 Cyrus MILES, Benjamin S. HORTON, Ezra HAZEN 1867 Marcus H. MILES, John L. NEWELL, George A. FUNSTON 1869 Nathan S. BOYNTON, Cyrus MILES, William W. HARTSON 1870 Tubal C. OWEN, Cyrus MILES, William W. HARTSON 1871 Frederick L. WELLS, Joseph T. S. MINNE, Ezra HAZEN 1873 Thomas H. BOTTOMLEY, Lawrence T. REMER, Henry HOWARD 1875 Lawrence T. REMER, Henry HOWARD, John BERK 1877 Charles F. MOORE, John D. JONES, Charles F. HARRINGTON 1879 James R. McGURK, Palmer S. CARLTON, James H. WHITE 1881 James H. WHITE, William H. BALLENTINE, Calvin A. BLOOD 1883 Byron F. PARKS, Edward VINCENT, Henry MEYER 1885 Horace N. HAMMOND, William POWERS, Charles WELLMAN 1887 William POWERS, Charles WELLMAN 1889 Frederick LINDOW, Joseph GIBBONS 1891 Joseph GIBBONS, Fred H. BATHEY 1893 Charles A. BAILEY, Fred H. BATHEY 1895 Thomas H. PARKINSON, John M. ROBERTSON, Edward B. TAYLOR 1897 Charles M. GREEN, Lewis O'DETT, Henry M. ZIMMERMAN 1899 William J. DUFF, John KINGOTT, Franklin MOORE 1901 Franklin MOORE, Silas L. BALENTINE, James DUNN 1903 James DUNN, Philip EICHHORN 1905 Philip EICHORN, Thomas W. McCALL 1907 Thomas W. McCALL, William M. DUNNING 1909 William M. DUNNING, James M. HAVILAND 1911 James M. HAVILAND, David A. FITZGIBBON CONGRESSMEN The first representative in congress from St. Clair county was Omar D. CONGER, who was elected to the forty-first congress, beginning in 1869, and who was re-elected to the succeeding six congresses. After being elected as a represenative in 1880, he was elected United States senator in 1881, serving in that capacity one term, for 1881 to 1887, the only time in which this county has been honored in that office. The other representatives from the district in which St. Clair county has been are as follows: 1881-82 John T. RICH, Lapeer Co. 1883-86 Ezra C. CARLETON, St. Clair Co. 1887-94 Justin R. WHITING, St. Clair Co. 1895-98 Horace G. SNOVER, Huron Co. 1899-02 Edgar WEEKS, Macomb Co. 1903- Henry McMORRAN, St. Clair Co. Prior to Mr. CONGER, the representatives from the various districts in which St. Clair county chanced to be were as follows: 1834-40 Isaac CRARY, Marshall 1841-42 Jacob M. HOWARD, Detroit 1843-46 James B. HUNT, Pontiac 1847-50 Kinsley S. BINGHAM, Green Oak 1851-52 James L. CONGER, Belvedere 1853-54 Hester L. STEVENS, Pontiac 1855-56 George W. PECK, Lansing 1857-60 Dewitt C. LEACH, Lansing 1861-62 Rowland E. TROWBRIDGE, Bloomfield 1863-64 Augustus C. BALDWIN, Pontiac 1865-68 Rowland E. TROWBRIDGE, Bloomfield POPULATION OF COUNTY 1830 - 1,114 1834 - 2,244 1837 - 3,673 1840 - 4,606 1845 - 8,375 1850 - 10,420 1854 - 16,825 1860 - 26,604 1864 - 27,591 1870 - 36,661 1874 - 40,688 1880 - 46,197 1884 - 46,783 1890 - 52,105 1894 - 54,321 1900 - 55,228 1904 - 55,637 1910 - 52,341