Chapter XCII: Section LIII: Impeachment (5)

WILLIAM M. CLARK, of Georgetown, Clear Creek county, was born in Highland, Chester county, Penn., May 1st, 1839. At an early age, his mother dying, he was placed in the care of his grand parents, to whom he owes his early training. Until his sixteenth year he attended the public schools, and then spent one year at a select school, and another year at the State Normal School at Millersville, Penn. He afterwards taught school until the summer of 1861, when he enlisted as a private in company “P,” twenty-eighth regiment afterwards company “E,” one hundred and forty-seventh regiment (Pa.) volunteers. He received several promotions, and was captain of his company when mustered out of service in July, 1865. His company served in the army of the Potomac, until after the battle of Gettysburg; with Hooker’s corps, under Grant, in the west, until after the battle of Lookout Mountain; with Sherman’s army in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and in its march to the sea; and in the campaign from Savannah to Raleigh, which resulted in Johnston’s surrender after the fall of Richmond. In the spring of 1866 he arrived in Clear Creek county, Colorado, where he has since resided. He engaged in mining and soon became a prominent citizen. In 1867 he was elected Superintendent of Schools, and was afterwards elected to the same office for two different terms. In the same year he was appointed Clerk of the District Court and Master in Chancery, and held these offices until 1874, when he was chosen to represent the counties of Clear Creek and Summit in the tenth session of the Territorial Legislature. Early in 1874, he was appointed Brigadier General of Colorado militia, which position he held until the last general election, having been re-appointed by Gov. Routt in 1875; he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention and held the important position of Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining. At the Republican Convention in Pueblo, General Clark was nominated by acclamation for the office of Secretary of State, and the election returns evinced the wisdom of the Convention, as he ran largely ahead of his ticket in almost every county in the State, receiving 14,582 votes against 12,843 for James T. Smith, Democrat.

STATE TREASURER.

GEORGE C. CORNING, of Boulder, Boulder county, was born in Painesville, Ohio, on the second day of April, 1837; was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; is by occupation a banker; in 1868 organized the Bank of Topeka, at Topeka, Kansas, and for three years was president of that institution; came to Colorado in 1870, settled at Boulder and engaged in the banking business; in 1876 he was elected State Treasurer, receiving 14,038 votes against 13,310 for Thomas M. Field, Democrat.

STATE AUDITOR.

DAVID C. CRAWFORD, of Colorado Springs, El Paso county, was born in London, Canada West, September 5th, 1836. Shortly after the family migrated to Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Until his twelfth year he attended the public schools, and for two years after the Academy at Kalamazoo. Here until 1856 he occupied the position of clerk in a hardware store. He then moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and engaged in the jewelry business under the firm name of Stanley & Crawford; came to Colorado in May, 1860, and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder counties, and in 1862 opened a general merchandise store in Musquito, Park county, and there continued his mining pursuits. In the summer of 1865, and the summer following, he cultivated a farm in Jefferson county. In the fall of 1867 he was elected Clerk and Recorder of Jefferson county, and was twice re-elected. In the fall of 1870 he was married to Miss Amanda J. Thornton, of Golden. Real estate and insurance claimed his attention until 1875, when he became the proprietor of the Crawford House at Colorado Springs. In October, 1876, he was elected State Auditor, receiving 14,117 votes against 13,295 for J. K. Benedict, Democrat.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON, of Canon City, Fremont county, was born near the town of Cadiz, Ohio, June 21, 1839. His early life was devoted to farming, a pursuit which his parents, who were of Irish-Welch descent, followed for a livelihood. He graduated at Mount Union College in 1861, and at once entered as a volunteer in an Ohio regiment to do battle for the preservation of the Union. He was soon promoted to a captaincy, but in 1864, at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, he was disabled for life and discharged from the service. He returned to Cadiz, and in 1864 was admitted to the bar, then entered the Cleveland Law School, at which he graduated in 1865. In 1866 he migrated to Missouri, and settled at Sedalia. On October 18th of this year, he married the daughter of Judge Allen C. Turner, of Cadiz, his native place. In 1872 he was unanimously nominated in Pettis county, Missouri, for the Legislature, but declined, preferring to continue the practice of his profession without interruption. He was attorney for the State Board of Education for the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri; in February, 1873, was nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate United States Consul to Palestine, but again declined; was Presidential elector in Missouri in 1872; came to Colorado in 1874, and settled in Canon City, where he continued the practice of law until 1876, when he was elected Attorney-General, receiving 14,145 votes against 13,182 for G. Q. Richmond, Democrat.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

JOSEPH C. SHATTUCK, of Greeley, Weld county, was born at Marlborough, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, February 28, 1835. He attended Westminster Seminary, Vermont, and afterwards the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., joining the class of ’61, but left without completing the course; was married to Miss Hattie M. Knight, of Marlborough, August 17, 1858; went to Missouri and engaged in teaching; came to Colorado in 1870 with the Union Colony, of which he afterwards became vice-president and general manager, occupying that position from 1872 until November, 1876, when he resigned to assume the duties of his present office. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature of 1874, and in 1876 to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, receiving 14,304 votes against 12,473 for G. B. Groesbeck, Democrat.

COLORADO LEGISLATURE.

SENATE.

LAFAYETTE HEAD, Lt. Governor, President; GEO. T. CLARK, Secretary. The Senate consists of twenty-six members, who hold their office for four years and receive a compensation of four dollars for each day’s attendance.

GEORGE T. CLARK, (Rep.), of Denver, Arapahoe county, was born in Douglas, Worcester county, Mass., February 24, 1873; received a common school education; moved to Wisconsin in 1849, and to Colorado in the spring of 1860; was agent at Denver of the Western Stage Company and Henckley & Co.’s Express until 1861; was connected with Clark, Gruber & Co.’s Banking House and Mint, and was appointed Treasurer of the Territory of Colorado by Governor Gilpin; was also Treasurer of Arapahoe county and the city of Denver in 1863, and became partner in the banking house of Clark & Co.; was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1864-5; was elected Mayor of Denver in 1865, and with Hon. Jerome B. Chaffee, organized the First National Bank of Denver, of which he was Cashier, until October 1, 1866, when he took charge of the banking house of George T. Clark & Co., at Central and Georgetown. He was Assistant Secretary of the Legislative Council of 1870, and was appointed Territorial Treasurer by Gov. McCook, and re-appointed in 1872; was delegate to every Republican Convention held in the Territory; was Secretary of the State Republican Central Committee in the campaign of 1876, and was chosen Secretary of the Senate November 1, 1876.

First District consists of Weld county. Population, 6,000.

SILAS B. A. HAYNES, (Rep.), of Greeley, was born in Livermore, Androscoggin county, Maine, September 30, 1828; received his education at the Monmouth Academy and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary; is by profession an attorney-at-law; migrated to Wisconsin and settled at Green Bay, where he became associated in his profession with James Howe, Esq., afterwards Attorney-General of that State. At the commencement of the war of the rebellion he entered the army, receiving an appointment in the paymaster’s department with the rank of Major, and was mustered out of service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He then made Milwaukee his home. Two years afterwards he was appointed an officer of the United States Senate, which position he held four years; came to Colorado in 1871 and located at Greeley; was Probate Judge of Weld county for three years; was elected to the Senate, receiving 742 votes against 498 for David C. Wyatt, Democrat.

Second District consists of Larimer county. Population, 3,500.

NORMAN H. MELDRUM, (Rep.), of Fort Collins, was born in Caledonia, Livingston county, New York, October 11, 1841; he received a common school education. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in company B, 100th regiment, New York infantry; served under General McClellan through the Chickahominy campaign, and participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and the Seven Days’ Fight. He was subsequently commissioned second Lieutenant in the 21st regiment New York cavalry, and did service in the Shenandoah Valley; was aide on the staff of General Hunter during his raid to Lynchburg; shared in the valley campaigns under Sheridan, and was present in eighteen general engagements. At the close of the war he was ordered to Colorado, and was mustered out of service as Captain, July 13, 1866; was City Treasurer of Cheyenne in 1867, and Assessor of Larimer county for two years; was a member of the last Territorial Legislature, and on October 3, 1876, was elected to the First State Legislature, receiving 332 votes against 313 for William C. Stover, Democrat.

Third District consists of Boulder county, and has two Senators. Population, 12,000.

JAMES P. MAXWELL, (Rep.), of Boulder, was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, June 20, 1839; was educated at the Lawrence University, Wisconsin; is by occupation a civil engineer; came to Colorado in June, 1860; represented the county of Boulder in the Legislature of 1872, and again in 1874; was a member of the School Board for two years, and was appointed Deputy United States Land Surveyor in 1872, and still holds that position. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate of the first State Legislature, receiving 1,484 votes, against 1,039 for J. C. Hummel, Democrat.

THEODORE O. SAUNDERS, (Rep.), of Sunshine, was born in Augusta, Kennebec county, Maine, August 5, 1810. Until his 22d year he attended at intervals the public schools and then entered Waterville College, Maine, but at the close of the second year, was obliged, through ill health, to desist from his studies. He spent nearly twenty years in Waterville, and was chosen Chairman of the Board of Select-men, was Grand Treasurer and Grand Worthy Associate, and was offered the Patriarchship in the Order of the Sons of Temperance. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted as a private, but was shortly afterwards promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and served for nearly two years when he was discharged on account of sickness. He came to Colorado in 1866, and settled in Douglas county, where he held the office of Justice of the Peace for two years; was delegate to the Republican Convention at Boulder in 1876, and was nominated by that body as a candidate to represent the county of Boulder in the first State Legislature. On October the 3d, 1876, he was elected to the Senate, receiving 1,438 votes against 1,028 for A. D. Miles, Democrat.

Fourth District, consists of Gilpin county. Population 9,000.

LEWIS C. ROCKWELL, (Rep.), of Central City, was born in Esperance, Schoharie county, New York, in 1840; was educated at the High School in Beloit, Wisconsin; came to Colorado in 1862; is by profession an attorney-at-law; in 1869 he was appointed United States District Attorney for Colorado, which position he held for four years. In 1875 he represented the county of Gilpin in the Constitutional Convention, and in 1870 he was again chosen from Gilpin county to the Senate of the first State Legislature, receiving 1,011 votes against 757 for John C. McShane, Democrat.

Fifth District, consists of the counties of Gilpin, Summit and Grand. Population 11,800.

WILLIAM W. WEBSTER, (Rep.), of Montezuma, was born in Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio, November 26, 1835; was educated at the public schools of his native State; is by occupation a stock-raiser and miner; came to Colorado in June, 1859; represented the county of Summit in the Legislature of 1866; was elected to the Council in 1868 of which he was the presiding officer. In 1870 he was again elected to the Council, and in 1872 to the House of Representatives. In 1875 he was chosen delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and in October 1876, was elected to the Senate, and now occupies the chair as president _pro tem._ of that body. He received 1,325 votes against 1,032 for David D. Belden, Democrat.

Sixth District, consists of Clear Creek county, and has two Senators. Population 10,000.

WILLIAM A. HAMILL, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in England August 21, 1836; received a collegiate education partly in England and partly in the United States; is by occupation a miner; during the war was adjutant in the 156th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; came to Colorado in July, 1865. In 1876, at the first State election, he was elected to the Senate, receiving 1,115 votes against 976 for Joseph Van De Voort, Democrat.

ALBERT JOHNSON, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Berkshire county, Mass., in 1837. He attended a public school in Pittsfield, and completed his education at an academy in Stockbridge, Mass., having devoted much attention to civil and mining engineering, the profession he subsequently adopted. He removed from Pittsfield to the West in 1856, and settled in Evanston, near Chicago, and in 1857 located in Wisconsin, where he explored and established a post route and military road through the wilderness from Appleton to Lake Superior, and was elected to the offices of county clerk and county surveyor, and re-elected without an opposing vote. He married the youngest daughter of the Hon. Joel S. Fisk, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and removed to Chicago, where he engaged in the insurance business. In 1866 he came to Colorado and settled in Georgetown, where he has been occupied as civil and mining engineer and deputy United States surveyor of mineral lands. He was a member of seven and chairman of two committees in the Senate, to which he was elected October, 1876, receiving 1,113 votes against 963 for Robert W. Steele, Democrat.

Seventh District, consists of Jefferson county. Population 5,500.

ALLISON H. DE FRANCE, (Dem.), of Golden, was born in Mercer, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1835. He was educated at Alleghany College, Meadville, and at Westminster, New Wilmington, Penn.; is by profession an attorney-at-law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859; came to Colorado in June, 1861, and settled at Golden in 1868, where he pursued the practice of law; represented the county of Jefferson in the Legislature of 1870; was a member of the Council in 1872, and was county attorney for one year. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 565 votes against 559 for Joseph T. Boyd, Republican.

Eighth District, consists of Arapahoe county and has four Senators. Population 28,000.

JOSEPH E. BATES, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Ellington, Chautauqua county, New York, May 3, 1838; received an ordinary education; is a capitalist, and largely engaged in commercial pursuits; came to Colorado in 1860, and located in Denver, where he became alderman of the first ward, which position he held for four years; represented Arapahoe county in the Legislature of 1872, and while serving in this capacity was elected Mayor of Denver. He is President of the St. Louis Land and Mining Company, also of the Boulder Valley Coal Company, and of the Denver Brewing Company. In Oct., 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,278 votes against 1,644 for A. J. Williams, Democrat.

LEWIS C. ELLSWORTH, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Troy, N. Y., June 30, 1832; was educated at Naperville, Ill.; removed to Chicago in 1852 where he followed the banking business; is a capitalist; came to Colorado in 1871, and located in Denver, where he engaged in the construction of the Denver Street Railway, of which he is now President. In 1875 he was elected delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and in 1876 he represented the county of Arapahoe in the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,345 votes against 1,615 for A. P. Hereford, Democrat.

ALFRED BUTTERS, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Penobscot county, Maine, May 27, 1836, and was educated in the common schools of his State, and at the Bucksport Seminary. At the age of twenty he became a teacher and was thus occupied in Kansas and Missouri for about three years; removed to Colorado in 1866 and engaged in stock-raising, and located in Denver in 1871. In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature from Arapahoe county; in 1876 he again represented the county of Arapahoe, and was chosen Speaker of the House. At the close of this session the House of Representatives in testimony of their high appreciation of his services as Speaker, presented him with a costly gold-headed cane and a silver tea set. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,308 votes against 1,692 for Charles F. Leimer, Democrat.

HIRAM P. BENNET, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Carthage, Maine, September 2, 1826; received a common school education in Ohio; is an attorney-at-law. In 1852 he was elected to a judgship in western Iowa; moved to Nebraska Territory in 1854, and was elected a member of the Territorial Council; in 1858 he was re-elected to the Nebraska Legislature and made Speaker of the House; came to Colorado in September, 1859, and in 1861 was chosen a delegate to the Thirty-Seventh Congress; and in October, 1862, was re-elected to the Thirty-Eighth Congress. In 1869 he was appointed Postmaster at Denver, which position he held until 1874. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate, receiving 2,251 votes against 1,622 for Alonzo Rice, Democrat.

Ninth District, consists of the counties of Bent and Elbert. Population 5,500.

EUGENE GAUSSOIN, (Dem.), of Higbee, was born in Liege, Belgium, July 5, 1812; received his education at the University of Liege, Anthenaeum of Brussels and School of Mines; is a mining engineer; was captain of artillery in Belgium; came to Colorado July, 1873. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate, receiving 508 votes against 355 for G. M. Woodworth, Republican.

Tenth District, consists of El Paso county. Population 5,750.

EDWIN S. RANDALL, (Rep.), of Colorado Springs, was born at Mount Holly, Rutland county, Vermont, June 23, 1831; was educated at the University of Salem, and at the Washington Academy, Washington, New Hampshire; is a stock-raiser and the possessor of 11,000 acres of land; came to Colorado in the spring of 1859; was probate judge of El Paso county for four years. In 1876 he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 709 votes against 395 for Rodney Quimby, Democrat.

Eleventh District, consists of Douglas county. Population 3,500.

JAMES K. GARDNER, (Rep.), of Frankstown, was born in Attica, New York, November 2, 1834; received a common school education; came to Colorado in June, 1859; was in the 3d regiment, called to serve one hundred days. In 1862 he was elected County Clerk of Douglas county, retaining the office for three years, and appointed postmaster at Frankstown, which position he still occupies. He was Treasurer of Douglas county from 1865 to 1871, and represented the counties of Arapahoe and Douglas in the Legislature of 1866, and Douglas county in 1872. In October 1876 he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 294 votes against 282 for James M. Nimerick, Democrat.

Twelfth District consists of Park county. Population 4,500.

JAMES MOYNAHAN, (Rep.), of Alma, was born in Greenville, Wayne county, Michigan; received a common school education and a full course at Bryant and Stratton’s Commercial College; is by occupation a miner. During the war he entered the army as private, was promoted and mustered out of service as captain of the 27th Michigan infantry. He came to Colorado in August, 1876; was Commissioner of Park county for three years; was postmaster at Alma, and in 1876 resigned to enter upon his duties as State Senator, receiving 437 votes against 427 for James Y. Marshall, Democrat.

Thirteenth District consists of the counties of Lake and Saguache. Population 4,800.

JASON B. HALL, (Rep.), of Villa Grove, was born in Williston, Chittenden county, Vermont; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock-raiser; represented Lake county in the Territorial Legislature of 1870, and in October, 1876, was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 496 votes against 445 for Joseph Hutchinson, Democrat.

Fourteenth District, consists of the county of Fremont. Population 5,250.

JAMES CLELLAND, (Dem.), of Canon City, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 20, 1823; received a common school education, and is by occupation a merchant; came to Colorado in 1862; was a member of the Council in 1876, representing the counties of Fremont, Park, Lake and Saguache. In October, 1876 he was elected Senator to the first State Legislature, receiving 548 votes against 502 for M. N. Megrue, Republican.

Fifteenth District, consists of Pueblo county. Population, 6,500.

ISAAC W. HILL, (Dem.), of Pueblo, was born in Rock Springs, Cecil county, Maryland, January 28, 1847; was educated at Westnottingham Academy, Maryland. At the age of nineteen he removed to the west, and engaged in the grain business at Litchfield, Illinois, where he remained one year. He was next employed by a wholesale grocery, and was connected with the branch house that followed the Kansas Pacific Railway, then in course of construction. At Fort Sheridan he formed a co-partnership with Thomas M. Field, and the new firm moved with the road until it reached Kit Carson, where they remained a short time. The firm then located at Colorado Springs, and finally removed to Pueblo. In October, 1876, he was elected to the State Senate, receiving 728 votes against 542 for James Rice, Republican.

Sixteenth District, consists of Huerfano county. Population 5,000.

WILLIAM B. HAMILTON, (Dem.), of La Veta, was born in Westport, Jackson county, Mo., March 30, 1844; was educated at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri; is a stock-raiser and dealer; came to Colorado, December, 1869; was postmaster at Spanish Peaks for three years. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 548 votes against 447 for Fred. Walsen, Republican.

Seventeenth District consists of the county of Las Animas, and has two Senators.

DANIEL L. TAYLOR, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Cataraugus, Cataraugus county, New York, April 5, 1838; received a common school education, and is by occupation a stock-raiser; came to Colorado May 20, 1859; was Justice of the Peace in Las Animas county for six years, and Probate Judge for one term; in 1874 represented Las Animas county in the Territorial Council, and in October, 1876, was elected to the Senate of the first State Legislature, receiving 969 votes against 695 for Antonio Gutieres, Republican.

CASIMIRO BARELA, (Dem.), of Barela, Colorado, was born in El Embuda, Rio Arriba county, N. M., March 4, 1847, and was educated at Mora, New Mexico, by the Rev. J. B. Salpointe; came to Colorado in 1867; is by occupation a merchant and stock-raiser. On his birthday, March 4, 1867, he was married; in 1870 was elected Assessor of Las Animas county; in 1872 and 1874 represented Las Animas county in the Territorial Legislature; in the fall of 1874 was elected Sheriff of Las Animas county; and in 1875 was chosen delegate to the Constitutional Convention. In October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,186 votes against 577 for George R. Swallow, Republican.

Eighteenth District, consists of Costilla county. Population 2,000.

WILLIAM H. MEYER, (Rep.), of San Luis, was born in Hanover, Germany, April 14, 1847; was educated at Osnabruck, Germany; migrated to America when fifteen years old and made a short stay at St. Louis; removed to New Mexico, and in July, 1866, came to Colorado and settled in Costilla county, where he was married; is by occupation a stock-raiser; was Clerk of the County and District Court for eight years; represented the counties of Conejos, Costilla and Saguache in the Territorial Legislature of 1870, and Conejos county in 1874; was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1875; in October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first State Legislature, receiving 349 votes against 97 for Augustine Lacome, Democrat.

Nineteenth District, consists of Conejos county. Population 2,500.

JUAN F. CHACON, (Rep.), of Guadalupe, was born in New Mexico, October, 1837; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock-raiser and farmer; came to Colorado in October, 1855; in October, 1876, was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 321 votes against 225 for C. Valdez, Democrat.

Twentieth District, consists of the counties of Rio Grande, Hinsdale, San Juan and La Plata. Population 12,800.

HENRY HENSON, (Rep.), of Wagon Wheel Gap, was born in Wayne county, Kentucky, Nov. 12, 1824; received a common school education; was Treasurer of Martin county, Indiana, for four years; came to Colorado April 19, 1860; represented Park county in the Territorial Legislature of 1864, and was also Justice of the Peace; in October, 1876, he was elected to the Senate of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,276 votes against 1,181 for John G. Taylor, Democrat.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House of Representatives consists of 49 members chosen biennially by counties.

Arapahoe county, has seven representatives. Population 28,000.

WEBSTER D. ANTHONY, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Union Springs, Cayuga county, New York, June 4, 1838; received a common school education; is at present engaged in the vocation of furnishing abstracts of titles to real estate; removed to the West in 1856, and located in Henry county, Illinois, where he engaged in the grain business; from thence to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1858, where he was occupied in the office of register of deeds; came to Colorado in 1860, and was appointed private secretary to Lewis Ledyard Weld, Secretary of the Territory; in 1862 was private secretary to Gov. Evans, and in the same year was appointed clerk of the District Court, which office he held until 1864, when he resigned; in 1865 was elected to the offices of Treasurer of Arapahoe county and Collector of Taxes for Denver; in 1867 was elected County Clerk and Recorder, and was re-elected four times, his last term expiring in 1875; was Grand Master of Colorado A. F. & A. M. for two terms, and is now Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Colorado. In November, 1876, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, to which he was elected in October, receiving 2,339 votes against 1,642 for L. N. Greenleaf, Democrat.

GEORGE C. GRIFFIN, (Rep.), of Island Station, was born in East Haddam, Middlesex county, Connecticut, October 21, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser; came to Colorado October 10, 1859; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,292 votes against 1,635 for A. J. Bean, Democrat.

JOHN C. MAYER, (Rep.), of Denver; was born in Baden, Germany, March 21, 1839; received a common school education; is a hardware merchant by occupation; served in the army during the rebellion, and came to Colorado in 1866; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,280 votes against 1,627 for John Kerr, Democrat.

JOHN MCBROOM, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Kentucky, July 26, 1822; was educated in the common schools of Montgomery county, Indiana; is a farmer by occupation; in 1843 moved to Missouri, and in 1846 to New Mexico, where he joined the United States army, and in connection with the quartermaster’s department, took part in the Mexican war; in 1855 he served in the Indian war in the Southern part of Colorado, and in 1858 marched over the ground where the city of Denver now stands with the troops sent to fight the Mormons; was shortly after mustered out of service in which he had remained for twelve years, and returned to New Mexico; came to Colorado in 1858 and married in 1866; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,298 votes against 1,642 for John G. Hoffer, Democrat.

ALFRED C. PHELPS, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Woodville, Mississippi, December 4, 1842, received his education at the public schools and at the Illinois College; is an attorney-at-law, and was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1867; during the war entered the military service in which he continued for three years; enlisted as a private and was promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant; removed to Colorado in May, 1872, located in Denver, where he engaged in the practice of his profession; in 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 2,304 votes against 1,652 for B. P. Smith, Democrat.

W. H. PIERCE, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, January 18, 1838. He graduated in the class of 1858 at the Western Reserve College, of which his father was for twenty-five years the presiding officer. He is by profession a civil engineer and surveyor, but is now largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came to Colorado August 31, 1861, and enlisted in the 2d regiment Colorado cavalry, and was mustered out of service as first Lieutenant. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,351 votes against 1,623 for Samuel E. Browne, Democrat.

ADOLPH SCHINNER, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Germany in 1831; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation, and a printer by trade; came to Colorado in April, 1860; was Secretary of the School District for two years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,322 votes against 1,683 for Thomas S. Clayton, Democrat.

Bent county. Population 4,000.

ROBERT M. MCMURRAY, (Dem.), of Las Animas, was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Penn., December 27, 1824; received a common school education; is a merchant by occupation; came to Colorado in June 1859; was Treasurer of Bent county for two years, and filled other offices of less importance; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 424 votes against 252 for Frank Bingham, Republican.

Boulder county has four members. Population 12,000.

ISAAC CANFIELD, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Angelica, Allegany county, New York October 11, 1839; received a common school education; is proprietor and manager of the Rob Roy Coal Mine; in 1861 was interested in the oil business in Pennsylvania; came to Colorado in 1871; was appointed Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of the first General Assembly, to which he was elected in October, 1876, receiving 1,553 votes against 1,095 for James Coin, Democrat.

DANIEL RANSOM, (Rep.), of Longmont, was born in Woodstock, Windsor county, Vermont, October 17, 1813; received a common school education; is a farmer by occupation; at the age of eighteen engaged in mercantile business, and pursued that vocation to the close of 1873; was married in 1835; in 1840 was Colonel of militia; in 1850 removed to Wisconsin, thence to Chicago, where he resided nearly twenty years; and thence to Colorado in 1872; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,547 votes against 1,092 for Louis Herzinger, Democrat.

AZOR A. SMITH, (Rep.), of Nederland, was born in Gratiot, Licking county, Ohio, August 25, 1829; was educated in Aurora, Illinois; graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the year 1857; came to Black Hawk, Colorado, in 1859; in 1861 was appointed assistant Surgeon in the first Colorado infantry, and at the close of the war was mustered out of service as Surgeon; located in Lynn county, Kansas, and represented that county in the Legislature of 1867-8; afterwards practiced Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., and in 1870 returned to Colorado and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder counties; was appointed physician for the Nederland Mining Company; was Assayer and then Superintendent of the Nederland Mill; in 1874, was Republican candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,529 votes against 1,087 for James Stevens, Democrat.

GEORGE X. YOUNG, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Cuyahoga county. Ohio, September 21, 1832; received a common school education; is a farmer and stock raiser; migrated to Kansas in 1853, and in 1854 and 1855 resisted the bold attempts to establish slavery in that Territory; during the rebellion served as Lieutenant for two years; was afterwards Deputy Assessor of Idaho Territory; came to Colorado in 1870, and in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,550 votes against 1,073 for I. N. Field, Democrat.

Conejos county. Population 2,500.

AGAPITO VIGIL, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, September 18, 1833; received a common school education; represented the county of Mora in the Legislature of New Mexico, in 1859, and was Justice of the Peace in the same county; removed to Colorado and settled in Las Animas county, of which he was Assessor for two years; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; was elected to the House of Representatives in October, 1876, receiving 348 votes against 198 for Gerard Austin, Democrat.

Costilla county. Population 2,000.

MELITON ALBERTS, (Rep.), of San Luis, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, January 11, 1848; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation; was Assessor of Costilla county in 1871; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 336 votes against 103 for Felipe Chavez, Democrat.

Costilla and Conejos counties. Population 4,500.

D. ARCHULETA, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, December 2, 1854; received a common school education in the Spanish language; came to Colorado, then Kansas Territory, in 1856; is a merchant by occupation; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, of which he is the youngest member, receiving 402 votes against 381 for P. R. Trujillo, Democrat.

Clear Creek county, has four Representatives. Population 10,000.

P. E. MOREHOUSE, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Saratoga county, New York, October 18, 1835; was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio; is a teacher by profession, but now engaged in mining; during the war served two years in the quartermaster’s department; came to Colorado in July, 1874; was Superintendent of Schools for Clear Creek county; in October 1876 was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,085 votes against 1,020 for P. McCann, Democrat.

GEORGE A. PATTEN, (Rep.), of Idaho Springs, was born in Surry, Hancock county, Maine, April 26, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a merchant; came to Colorado May 8, 1860; has been postmaster at Idaho Springs for five years; is now a member of the Town Board; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,092 votes against 970 for William Gibson, Democrat.

THEODORE F. SIMMONS, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Harford, Cortland county, New York, January 24, 1847; was educated at the High School, Beloit, Wisconsin; is by occupation a merchant, came to Colorado in April 1866; was Alderman of the city of Georgetown for four years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,175 votes against 1,000 for W. W. Ware, Democrat.

T. JEFF. WATTS, (Rep.), of Silver Plume, was born in Newville, Richland county, Ohio; received a common school education; is a miner by occupation; enlisted during the war in the 5th Iowa infantry and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and in the decisive battles of Iuka, Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, second battle of Corinth, and many others of less importance; came to Colorado in 1869; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,113 votes against 988 for John Tomay, Democrat.

Douglas County. Population 3,500.

GEORGE A. LORD, (Dem.), of Pine Grove, was born in Lebanon, York county, Maine; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; came to Colorado June 21, 1861; was for two years School Superintendent, and afterwards Treasurer, of Douglas county; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 292 votes against 285 for M. A. Latimer, Republican.

Elbert county. Population 1,500.

ANDREW D. WILSON, (Dem.), of Godfrey Station, was born in Weston, Platte county, Missouri, July 2, 1844; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation; came to Colorado May 22, 1860; represented the counties of Elbert, Bent and Douglas in the last Territorial Legislature; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 96 votes against 88 for A. L. Gleason, Republican.

El Paso county has two representatives. Population 5,750.

JOSEPH C. HELM, (Rep.), of Colorado Springs, was born in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, June 30, 1848; during the war he served in the army corps investing Vicksburg and took part in the campaigns of the Cumberland and Potomac, and was taken prisoner and confined seventy-six days in Belle Isle. Upon his return home he attended the State University of Iowa and graduated for the legal profession. Before assuming the practice of law he spent three years in the public schools of Arkansas, one year as principal of the Van Buren School and two years as principal of the High School at Little Rock. He came to Colorado November 25, 1874. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, receiving 712 votes against 403 for James Knox, Democrat.

CHARLES WOODMAN KITTREDGE, (Rep.), of Florissant, was born in Portland, Maine, January 16, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; came to Colorado in 1872; during the Rebellion he entered the army as Captain of Company F, Seventh Iowa Infantry, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel of the Thirty-Sixth Iowa Infantry, and served with his command to the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Belmont, Shiloh and many others, and received his commission as Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 701 votes against 400 for David McShane, Democrat.

Fremont county has two representatives. Population 5,250.

RICHARD IRWIN, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Montreal, Canada, September 30, 1841; received a common school education and attended the Commercial College at Montreal; came to Colorado in August, 1860; is by occupation a prospector. He was elected to the House of Representatives in October, 1876, receiving 520 votes against 510 for Thomas Thornton, Republican.

CHARLES R. SIEBER, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Prussia January 28, 1846; received a common school education; came to Colorado in 1865, and is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 548 votes against 472 for Lewis Muhlebach, Republican.

Gilpin county has three representatives. Population 8,800.

H. JACOB KRUSE, (Rep.), of Central City, was born in Holstein, Europe, November 18, 1837; received a common school education; came to Colorado in July, 1860, and located in Central City, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits; was a member of the City Council and afterwards Mayor. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,112 votes against 747 for Frank Fossett, Democrat.

HENRY W. LAKE, (Rep.), of Black Hawk, was born in Tully, Onondaga county, New York, September 5, 1832; was educated at the Homer Academy, New York, and afterwards taught school for three years; removed to Nebraska and engaged in the real estate business and was Clerk and Recorder of Nemaha county, in which he resided; came to Colorado in the spring of 1860 and settled at Black Hawk, of which city he was alderman for four years; is now largely engaged in mining and milling operations. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 999 votes against 765 for J. V. Kimber, Democrat.

AUSTIN C. MARSHMAN, (Rep.), of Nevada, Colorado, was born in Coshocton, Coshocton county, Ohio, February 3, 1847; received a common school education. During the war he served in the Second Ohio Artillery; came to Colorado in December, 1870; has been Secretary of the School Board of Gilpin county for over three years; is by occupation a merchant and miner; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,021 votes against 736 for Wm. H. Beverly, Democrat.

Grand county. Population 1,000.

JOHN H. STOKES, (Dem.), of Hot Sulphur Springs, was born in Davidson county, Tennessee, August 10, 1848; received a common school education; is a merchant and miner by occupation; came to Colorado August 6, 1874; has been postmaster at Hot Sulphur Springs, and held other offices in Grand county; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 101 votes against 69 for John A. Himebaugh, Republican.

Hinsdale county. Population 4,000.

WILLIAM H. GREEN, (Rep.), of Lake City, was born in Greenville, Sussex county, New Jersey, November 23, 1828; received a common school education; is a miner by occupation; came to Colorado in 1858; during the war served four years in the Second regiment Colorado cavalry; was Clerk and Recorder of Hinsdale county for three years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 411 votes against 364 for H. M. Woods, Democrat.

Huerfano county has two representatives. Population 5,000.

JOSEPH T. CHAVEZ, (Dem.), of Gardner, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico; received a common school education; came to Colorado November, 1868; is a stock raiser by occupation; was Assessor of Huerfano county for four years. In 1876 was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 576 votes against 385 for Juan B. Jaquez, Republican.

JOSE R. ESQUIBEL, (Dem.), of Walsenburg, was born in Embuda, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, September 18, 1830; received a common school education; came to Colorado in October, 1857; is by occupation a stock raiser. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 606 votes against 369 for Thomas Sproull, Republican.

Jefferson county has two Representatives. Population 5,500.

MARTIN V. LUTHER, (Dem.), of Morrison, was born in Valparaiso, Porter county, Indiana, January 10, 1837; graduated at the University of Valparaiso, is by profession an attorney-at-law, but is now engaged in farming and stock raising; was for two years school teacher in Porter and Lake counties, Indiana; came to Colorado in 1861; was for eight years Justice of the Peace of Jefferson county. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 568 votes against 551 for M. N. Everett, Republican.

GEORGE RAND, (Dem.), of Golden, was born in Kings county Nova Scotia, June 26, 1837; received a common school education; migrated to Wisconsin in 1850, where he engaged in farming and dealing in lumber; came to Colorado March 7, 1865; is a stock raiser; represented the counties of Jefferson and Boulder in the last Territorial Legislature, and in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 577 votes against 551 for Levi Harsh, Republican.

Lake county. Population 2,300.

WILLIAM J. MCDERMITH, (Dem.), of Oro City, was born in Fredericktown, Madison county, Missouri, December 8, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock raiser and merchant; came to Colorado in September, 1859; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876, receiving 255 votes against 201 for Thomas S. Wells, Republican.

La Plata county. Population 800.

JOHN MOSS, (Dem.), of Parrott City, was elected in October, 1876, to the House of Representatives, receiving 110 votes against 46 for C. C. Gaines, Republican.

Larimer county. Population 3,500.

NATHANIEL C. ALFORD, (Rep.), of Livermore, was born in Hope, Knox county, Maine, November 29, 1834; received a common school education; came to Colorado in June, 1859, and is by occupation a stock raiser. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 373 votes against 286 for James Sullivan, Democrat.

Las Animas county has three Representatives. Population 10,000.

URBANO CHACON, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in El Chanuzal, Taos county, New Mexico, May 25, 1851; was educated at St. Michael’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the age of fifteen he was assistant postmaster at Santa Fe, and afterwards learned the printing business in the office of the SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, and was subsequently connected with the SANTA FE POST; was interpreter and translator for the agency of the Pueblo Indians; was teacher at Plaza Del Alcalde, Rio Arriba county, and for the Indians of the Pueblo of Tesuque. He was married November 28, 1871, at Santa Fe, to a Mexican lady; came to Colorado October 4, 1873, and is now editor and proprietor of the COLORADO PIONEER and the Spanish paper, EL EXPLORADOR. In 1876 he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 1,148 votes against 669 for L. M. Peterson, Republican.

MARIANO LARRAGOITE, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 28, 1847; received a common school education. At the age of nineteen he was elected to the Legislature in New Mexico, and obliged to resign his seat on account of his youth; came to Colorado in March, 1869; is an attorney-at-law and farmer; represented the county of Las Animas in the Territorial Legislatures of 1872 and 1874, and in October, 1876, he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 1,042 votes against 666 for J. A. Salazar, Republican.

DAVID F. WILKINS, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, November 12, 1837; was educated at the Zanesville Academy; removed to New Mexico, where he resided eighteen years; came to Colorado in 1857; was married to a Spanish lady of New Mexico; is by profession a teacher of the Spanish language, and reputed to be the ablest interpreter in the West; is also a stock raiser and dealer; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876, receiving 1,147 votes against 738 for Eldridge B. Sopris, Republican.

Park County. Population 4,500.

ZIBA SURLES, (Rep.), of Grant, was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1811; received a common school education; removed to the West in 1833, and settled in Huron county, Ohio, in 1834; migrated to California in 1862, thence to Oregon and Idaho, and was in Montana at the time of its organization into a Territory; came to Colorado November 7, 1864; is a miner by occupation; was Assessor of Summit county in 1866 and 1867; represented the county of Summit in the Territorial Legislature of 1866-7, and was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council in 1868; was Justice of the Peace of Park county for five years. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 460 votes against 404 for Capt. W. B. White, Democrat.

Pueblo county has two Representatives. Population 6,500.

JAMES M. CARLILE, (Dem.), of Pueblo, was born in Leesburgh, Carroll county, Ohio; received a common school education; came to Colorado in 1860; is a railroad contractor, also a stock raiser and dealer. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 759 votes against 496 for Charles Wildeboor, Republican.

GARRETT LANKFORD, (Dem.), of Boonville, was born in Marshall, Saline county, Missouri, November 26, 1838; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock raiser. During the war he performed military service for four years in the Trans-Mississippi Department under General Joe Shelby. In 1876 he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 725 votes against 541 for W. K. Carlile, Republican.

Rio Grande county. Population 4,000.

ALVA ADAMS, (Dem.), of Del Norte, was born in Blue Mounds, Iowa county, Wisconsin, May 14, 1850; graduated at Albion Academy in 1870 and came to Colorado in 1871; is a hardware merchant; the standard bearer of the Democracy and the cerberus of the treasury. In October, 1876, he was elected from a Republican county to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 383 votes against 331 for Michael Breen, Republican.

Saguache county. Population 2,500.

ISAAC GOTTHELF, (Rep.), of Saguache, was born in Huemme, Germany, May 26, 1844; received a common school education; came to Colorado in November, 1867, and has since that time been engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising; is President of the Saguache and San Juan toll road; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly in October, 1876, receiving 284 votes against 195 for John Lawrence, Democrat.

San Juan county. Population 4,000.

CHARLES H. MCINTYRE, (Rep.), of Animas Forks, was born in Sheffield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, August 6, 1837; received a common school education; removed to Minnesota where he resided for ten years, thence to Dakota where he remained seven years. While in Dakota he was elected to the Council of the Territorial Legislature of 1867, was re-elected in 1869 and again elected in 1871; came to Colorado in 1873; is largely engaged in mining and milling operations; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, in October, 1876, receiving 381 votes against 327 for A. W. Begole, Democrat.

Summit County. Population 2,000.

GEORGE W. WILSON, (Rep.), of Breckinridge, was born in Rock Island, Rock Island county, Illinois, December 4, 1845; received a common school education; is a miner; came to Colorado in June, 1867. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 212 votes against 160 for Charles A. Finding, Democrat.

Weld county has two Representatives. Population 6,000.

ABNER LEONARD, (Rep.), of Evans, was born in Unity, Columbiana county, Ohio, January 10, 1823. At the age of fourteen moved to Hancock county, Ohio, in which place he resided thirty-seven years engaged in teaching, farming and dealing in live stock; came to Colorado in 1874; is a capitalist; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, in October 1876, receiving 728 votes against 507 for W. G. Winbourn, Democrat.

DAVID F. RAINEY, (Rep.), of Platteville, was born in Cedarville, Green county, Ohio, December 24, 1832; received a common school education; removed to California, where he engaged in mining and dealing in lumber; came to Colorado in June, 1860; is by occupation a stock raiser and farmer. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 782 votes against 451 for Alvard White, Democrat. FOOTNOTES:

[1] Order of the House of Commons, 1663, July 16.

[2] Elsynge, 217; 1 Hats., 21; Grey’s Deb., 133.

[3] Stra., 989.

[4] As per Constitution.

[5] As per act of April 14, 1792, one representative for 30,000, first census.

[6] As per act of January 14, 1802, one representative for 33,000, second census.

[7] As per act of December 21, 1811, one representative for 35,000, third census.

[8] As per act of March 7, 1822, one representative for 40,000, fourth census.

[9] As per act of May 22, 1832, one representative for 47,700, fifth census.

[10] As per act of June 25, 1842, one representative for 70,680, sixth census.

[11] As per act of May 23, 1850, one representative for 98,702, seventh census.

[12] By act of Congress of May 23, 1850, it was enacted that the number of Representatives in Congress should be 233; that the representative population determined by the census of that year and thereafter should be divided by said number 233; and the quotient so found should be the ratio of representation for the several States. The ratio thus ascertained under the census of 1860 was 126,823; and upon this basis the 233 Representatives were apportioned among the several States, one Representative for every district containing that number of persons; giving to each State at least one Representative. Subsequently, by the act of March 4, 1862, the ratio was changed, and the number of Representatives from and after March 3, 1863, was increased from 233 to 241, by allowing one additional Representative to each of the following States, viz: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; and this number was increased by the admission of Nevada and Nebraska with one Representative each, to 243.

[13] As per apportionment bill passed February 2, 1872, and supplemental apportionment bill passed May 30, 1872.