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William T. Davies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1886-91

Samuel McKean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1835-39

David Wilmot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1861-63

Samuel McKean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1822-24

John Laporte - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1834-36

David Wilmot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1844-50

Henry W. Tracy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1862-64

Ulysses Mercur - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1864-71

Joseph Powell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1874-76

Edward Overton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1876-80

David Wilmot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1863-68

Edward H. Perkins - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1862 –

Henry W. Tracy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1866-68

Joseph Powell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1885 (Incumbent)

E. Reed Myer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1861-67

E. O’Meara Goodrich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1869-81

Hiram P. Goodrich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1869-81

Samuel McKean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1829-32

Elisha S. Goodrich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1852-55

John Laporte - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1845-51
 

Ulysses Mercur, 1872 - - became Chief Justice, January, 1883, and died in office.

Charles R. Coburn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1863-66

Henry Welles, 1815-18. District – Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, McKean, Bradford and Tioga. Samuel McKean, 1829-30 (resigned to become Secretary of Commonwealth) – Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga. Rueben Wilbur, 1830-37 – Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga. Elihu Case, 1837-40 – Susquehanna and Bradford. Gordon F. Mason, 1846-49 – Bradford and Tioga. George Sanderson, 1850-53 – Susquehanna, Bradford, Wyoming. E. Reed Myer, 1856-59 – Susquehanna, Bradford and Wyoming. George Landon, 1859-62 and 1865-68 – Susquehanna, Bradford and Wyoming. Delos Rockwell, 1874-76 – Susquehanna, Bradford and Wyoming. William T. Davies, 1876-84 – Bradford and Wyoming. J. K. Newell, 1884 (incumbent) – Bradford and Wyoming.

From 1774 to 1782, inclusive, Bradford county formed part of Westmoreland, State of Connecticut, and sent members to the semi-annual sessions of the Legislature at Hartford, as follows: September, 1774, Christopher Avery; October, 1781, Obadiah Gore, Capt. John Franklin; May, 1782, Obadiah Gore; October, 1782, Obadiah Gore.

District – Lycoming, Bradford, Tioga and Potter Counties – 1813 –14 – Henry Welles.

District – Bradford and Tioga Counties – 1815-19, Samuel McKean, 1820-22, Simon Kinney.

District – Bradford County (one member) – 1822-23, Wm. Myer; 1823-26, Lemuel Streeter; 1826-28, Constant Mathewson; 1828-29, John Laporte.

District – Bradford and Tioga (two members) – 1829-32, John Laporte; 1832-33, Ellis Lewis; 1833-35, Lockwood Smith; 1835-36, Darius Bullock, Isaac Myer.

District – Bradford (one member) – 1836-37, Isaac Cooley; 1837-38, George Kinney; 1838-40, David S. Barstow; 1840-41, Stephen Pierce; 1841-43, William Elwell.

District – Bradford (two members) – 1843-45, John Elliott, Irad Wilson; 1845-46, John L. Webb, Victor E. Piollet; 1846-47, V. E. Piollet, Francis Smith; 1847-48, Francis Smith, Arunah Wattles; 1848-49, Arunah Wattles, Charles Stockwell; 1850-52, Addison McKean, Henry Gibbs; 1852-54, Wm. E. Barton, John Passmore; 1854-56, Bartholomew Laporte, Judson Holcomb; 1856-58, C. F. Nichols, J. B. G. Babcock; 1858-60, O. H. P. Kinney, Thomas Smead; 1860-62, Henry W. Tracy, C. T. Bliss; 1862-63, Drummer Lilley, B. Laporte; 1863-64, D. Lilley, Jos. H. Marsh; 1864-65, Jos. H. Marsh, Lorenzo Grennell; 1865-66, G. W. Kinney, L. Grennell; 1866-67, Jas. H. Webb, G. W. Kinney; 1867-70, Jas. H. Webb, John F. Chamberlain; 1870-71, Jas. H. Webb,

P. H. Buck; 1871-72, P. H. Buck, B. S. Dartt; 1872-73, B. S. Dartt, E. Reed Myer; 1873-74, E. Reed Myer, Jas. H. Webb.

District – Bradford (three members) – 1874-76, Geo. Moscrip, Elijah G. Tracy, Uriah Terry; 1876-78, E. Reed Myer, James Foster, John F. Gillett; 1878-80, S. D. Harkness, H. J. Madhill, Asa Nichols; 1880-82, J. H. Marsh, E. L. Hillis, L. D. Taylor; 1882-84, E. J. Ayers, Benj. B. Mitchell, J. P. Coburn; 1884-86, J. H. Shaw, H. Howell, S. D. Sterigere; 1886-88, C. W. Juton, W. B. Heckman, W. S. Kinney; 1888-90, M. O. Loomis, J. C. Faulkner, L. J. Culver; 1890-92, Loren Forrest, L. Lewis, A. B. Sumner.

1837 – Almon H. Reed, Senatorial (Bradford, Susquehanna). Nathaniel Clapp, Representative (Bradford); 1873 – George F. Horton, Jos. G. Patton.

John B. Gibson, 1812 to Sept., 1816; Thomas Burnside, 1817; Edward Herrick, Sept., 1818 to Sept., 1839; John N. Conyngham, 1839 to 1849; Horace Williston, 1849 to 1851; David Wilmot, 1851 to 1861; Ulysses Mercur, 1861 to 1865; Ferris B. Streeter, 1865 to 1874; Paul D. Morrow, 1874 to 1890; B. M. Peck, 1890 (incumbent)

Paul D. Morrow, 1870 to 1874

Geo. Scott, Oct., 1812, to May, 1818; John McKean, Oct., 1812, to May, 1837; Jonathan Stevens, May, 1818, to 1840-41; John Laporte, 1839 to 1845; Abraham Goodwin, 1841 to 1844; David M. Bull, 1845; Harry Morgan, 1846 to 1851; Reuben Wilber, 1846 to 1851; Myron Ballard, elected 1851; Harry Ackley, elected 1851; Aaron Chubbuck, elected 1856; John F. Long, elected 1856; John Passmore, elected 1858; V. M. Long, elected 1861; L. P. Stalford, elected 1863; J. Wilson Vandyke, elected 1866; Zebulon Frisbie, elected 1868; Stephen D. Harkness, elected 1871; Chauncey S. Russell, 1873 to 1875.

Abner C. Rockwell, appointed December 9, 1812; John Spalding, 2d, appointed December 9, 1815; Lemuel Streeter, appointed December 14, 1818; Joseph C. Powell, appointed October 30, 1821; Reuben Wilber, appointed October 28, 1824; Benjamin McKean, appointed November 27, 1827; Lockwood Smith, Jr., appointed December, 1830; John L. Webb, appointed December, 1833; Guy Tozer, appointed November, 1836; Ira H. Stephens, elected October, 1839; John N. Weston, elected October, 1842; John F. Means, elected October, 1845; William S. Dobbins, elected October, 1848; Chester Thomas, elected October, 1851; John A. Codding, elected October, 1854; Thomas M. Woodruff, elected October, 1857; A. Hanson Spalding, elected October, 1860; J. Monroe Smith, elected October, 1863; William Griffis, elected October, 1866; J. Perry Van Fleet, elected October, 1869; J. Monroe Smith, elected October, 1872; Andrew J. Layton, elected November, 1875; Reter J. Dean, elected November,

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* The two candidates having the highest number of votes were returned to the Governor, of whom he appointed one to be sheriff. The same rule held in regard to coroner.

1878; William T. Horton, elected November, 1881; Dallas J. Sweet, elected November, 1884; Morris Shepard, elected November, 1887; Joseph Powell, elected November, 1890.

Charles F. Welles, 1812 to 1818; George Scott, 1818 to 1830; Darius Bullock, 1830 to 1831; Alpheus Ingham, 1831; James P. Bull, May, 1831 to 1836; Samuel Strait, 1836; Joseph C. Powell, Oct., 1836 to 1839; David Cash, elected 1839; Aaron Chubbuck, elected 1842; Addison McKean, elected 1845; Allen McKean, elected 1848-51-54-57; E. O’Meara Goodrich, elected 1860-63; Wm. A. Thomas, elected 1866-69; Benjamin M. Peck, elected 1884-90; H. J. Madill, elected (incumbent) 1891.

Charles F. Welles, appointed 1812-1818; Geo. Scott, Clerk Orphans’ Court, 1818 to 1830; Eliphalet Mason, Register and Recorder, 1818 to 1820; Charles Whithead, Register and Recorder, 1820 to 1824; Alpheus Ingham, Register and Recorder and Clerk, 1824 to 1831; Elisha S. Goodrich, 1831 to 1836; George A. Mix, 1836 to 1838; Drummer Lilley, 1838 to 1839; Ephraim W. Baird, elected 1839; Julius Russell, elected 1842; Lyman DeWolf, elected 1845; Horatio Black, elected 1848; H. Lawrence Scott, elected 1851; James H. Webb, elected 1854 and 1857; Nathan C. Elsbree, elected 1860 and 1863; Henry J. Madhill, elected 1866; Chas. E. Gladding, elected 1869; Otis, J. Chubbuck, elected 1872; Cephas A. Andrus, elected 1875; Addison C. Frisbie, elected 1878; James H. Webb, elected 1881; Adelbert D. Munn, elected 1884; James Hurst, elected 1887; Chas. M. Hall, elected 1890.

Thomas Smead, elected October, 1850; James Macfarlane, elected October, 1853; Paul D. Morrow, elected October, 1856; Guy H. Watkins, elected October, 1859; George D. Montanye, elected October, 1862; William T. Davies, elected October, 1865; Warner H. Carnochan, elected October, 1868; Joseph B. Reeve, elected October, 1871; John N. Califf, elected October, 1874; Isaiah McPherson, elected November, 1877; Adelbert Fanning, elected November, 1880; Eleazer J. Angle, elected November, 1883; J. A. Wilt, elected November, 1886; J. W. Codding, elected November, 1889.

Harry Spalding, appointed January, 1813-14; William Means, appointed January, 1815; Simon Kinney, appointed January, 1816-17; Henry Mercur, appointed January, 1818-20; Gurdon Hewitt, appointed January, 1821-22; George Scott, appointed January, 1823; Andrew Irvine, appointed January, 1824-26; James P. Bull, appointed January, 1827-28; Alpheus Ingham, appointed January, 1829; Andrew Irvine, appointed January, 1830; William Russell, appointed January, 1831-32; Chauncey Frisbie, appointed January, 1833-34; David M. Bull, appointed January, 1835-37; John E. Hale, appointed January 1838-40; Wm. B. Storm, appointed January, 1841; Charles Stockwell, elected

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*Appointments were made by the commissioners.

October, 1841; Leonard Pierce, elected October, 1843; Jacob Reel, elected October, 1845; James M. Peck, elected October, 1847; John Horton, elected October, 1849; Benj. Wilcox, elected October, 1851; Preceptor Forbes, elected Oct., 1853; Ezra C. Kellogg, elected Oct., 1855; E. Percival Shaw, elected Oct., 1857; Wm. Griffis, elected Oct., 1859; Francis Watts, elected Oct., 1861; Stephen D. Harkness, elected Oct., 1863; J. Perry VanFleet, elected Oct., 1865; Chas. A. Morey, elected Oct., 1867; C. K. Ladd, elected Oct., 1869; Wm. Bunyan, elected Oct., 1871; Matthew Marshall, elected Oct., 1873; James C. Robinson, elected Nov., 1875; John H. Grant, elected Nov., 1878; Eben Lilley, elected Nov., 1881; J. Leman Elsbree, elected Nov., 1884; Luman Putnam, elected Nov., 1887; C. T. Hull, elected Nov., 1890.

Joseph Kinney, elected Oct., 1812; Justus Gaylord, elected Oct., 1812; Wm. Myer, elected Oct., 1812; Burr Ridgway, elected Oct., 1813; Samuel McKean, elected Oct., 1814; Salmon Bosworth, elected Oct., 1815; Nathaniel Allen, elected Oct., 1815; Eliphalet Mason, elected Oct., 1816; Joseph C. Powell, elected Oct., 1817; Bartholomew Laporte, elected Oct., 1818; Wm. Myer, elected Oct., 1819; Geo. Hyde, elected Oct., 1820; Lemuel Streeter, elected Oct., 1821; Darius Bullock, elected Oct., 1822; John Taylor, elected Oct., 1823; Theodore Leonard, elected Oct., 1824; Gould Seymour, elected Oct., 1825; Burton Strait, elected Oct., 1826; Churchill Barnes, elected Oct., 1827; Hezekiah Dunham, elected Oct., 1828; Eliphalet Mason, elected Oct., 1829; John L. Webb, elected Oct., 1830; Isaac Cooley, elected Oct., 1831; John Elliott, elected Oct., 1832; Morris Spalding, elected Oct., 1833; Elias Rockwell, elected Oct., 1834; Harry Morgan, elected Oct., 1835; E. S. Goodrich, elected Oct., 1836; Daniel Parke, elected Oct., 1837; Ira Stevens, elected Oct., 1838; Myron Ballard, elected Oct., 1839; Irad S. Wilson, elected Oct., 1839; Benjamin Buffington, elected Oct., 1840; Edson Aspenwall, elected Oct., 1841; Daniel Brink, elected Oct., 1842; Joseph Towner, elected Oct., 1843; Luman Putman, elected Oct., 1844; Ashbel L. Cranmer, elected Oct., 1845; John H. Black, elected Oct., 1846; Hiram Spear, elected Oct., 1847; Simeon Decker, elected Oct., 1848; Aug. S. Smith, elected Oct., 1849; Sturges Squires, elected Oct., 1850; Daniel B. Cotton, elected Oct., 1851; Isaac A. Park, elected Oct., 1852; Stuart Smiley, elected Oct., 1853; George H. Bull, elected Oct., 1854; Perley H. Buck, elected Oct., 1855; Drummer Lilley, elected Oct., 1856; William A. Thomas, elected Oct., 1859; Wm. H. Decker, elected Oct., 1860; Isaac Lyon, elected Oct., 1861; Josephus Campbell, elected Oct., 1862; Wm. D. Dodge, elected Oct., 1863; John Beardslee, elected Oct., 1864; Sterne McKee, elected Oct., 1865; Wm. B. Dodge, elected Oct., 1866; John A. Moody, elected Oct., 1867; Ezra Loomis, elected Oct., 1868; John B. Hines, elected Oct., 1869; E. C. Kellogg, elected Oct., 1870; Morris Shepard, elected Oct., 1871; Benj. Kuykendall, elected Oct., 1872; Abram Snell, elected Oct., 1873; Morris Shepard, elected Oct., 1874; M. J. Coolbaugh, elected Nov., 1875; George W. Kilmer, elected Nov., 1875; John Baldwin, elected Nov., 1875; James H. Hurst, elected Nov., 1878; Daniel Bradford, elected Nov., 1878;

M. F. Ransom, elected Nov., 1878; Daniel Bradford, elected Nov., 1881; Myron Kingsley, elected Nov., 1881; M. F. Ransom, elected Nov., 1881; Milton O. Loomis, elected Nov., 1884; Levi W. Towner, elected Nov., 1884; Geo. H. Vandyke, elected Nov., 1884; Sheldon Lindley, Levi Towner, Geo. H. Vandyke, elected 1887; Sheldon Lindley, P. S. Squires, H. W. McCraney, elected 1890.

Clement Paine, Moses Coolbaugh, Jonathan Stephens, elected Oct., 1813; Eliphalet Mason, Wm. F. Dininger, Salmon Bosworth, elected Oct., 1814; Ethan Baldwin, elected Oct., 1815; Lemuel Streeter, Edward Herrick, elected Oct., 1816; Jonathan Stevens, elected Oct., 1817; Wm. Means, Geo. Hyde, B. J. Woodruff, elected Oct., 1818; Samuel Bartlett, elected Oct., 1819; Harry Morgan, elected Oct., 1820; J. M. Piolett, elected Oct., 1821; Nathaniel Clapp, elected Oct., 1822; Burton Strait, elected Oct., 1823; Charles Comstock, elected Oct., 1824; Asa Pratt, elected Oct., 1825; John Laporte, elected Oct., 1826; Harry Morgan, elected Oct., 1827; J. M. Piolett, elected Oct., 1828; Isaac Cooley, elected Oct., 1828; John E. Hale, elected Oct., 1829; Myron Ballard, elected Oct., 1830; Samuel Stevens, elected Oct., 1831; Abraham Goodwin, elected Oct., 1832; Alpheus Holcomb, elected Oct., 1833; Aaron Chubbuck, elected Oct., 1834; Allen McKean, elected Oct., 1835; G. F. Horton, elected Oct., 1836; Harry Ackley, elected Oct., 1837; Luman Putnam, elected Oct., 1838; James M. Edsall, elected Oct., 1839; Arunah Wattles, elected Oct., 1840; Chester Welles, elected Oct., 1841; Horace Willey, elected Oct., 1842; John Watkins, elected Oct., 1843; J. M. Bishop, elected Oct., 1844; Chas. Homet, elected Oct., 1845; Lemuel S. Maynard, elected Oct., 1846; Samuel W. Shepard, elected Oct., 1847; F. S. Whitman, elected Oct., 1848; Wm. H. Peck, elected Oct., 1849; Wm. Overton, elected Oct., 1850; Edward C. Welles, elected Oct., 1851; Wm. H. Peck, elected Oct., 1852; C. F. Nichols, elected Oct., 1853; Jonathan Buttles, elected Oct., 1854; Christopher Child, elected Oct., 1855; Francis Homet, elected Oct., 1856; Lewis B. Pierce, elected Oct., 1857; Robt. Mason, elected Oct., 1858; Jeremiah Travis, Jr., elected Oct., 1859; E. Reuben DeLong, elected Oct., 1860; Robert Mason, elected Oct., 1861; Geo. R. Acroyd, elected October 1862; C. H. Corbin, elected October, 1863; Robert Mason, elected October, 1864; George W. Elliott, elected October, 1865; Isaac D. Soper, elected October, 1866; O. D. Field, elected October, 1867; Asa McKee, Jr., elected October 1868; Walter S. Bowman, elected October, 1869; John S. Quick, elected October, 1870; A. R. Brown, elected October, 1871; Ira Crane, elected October, 1872; E. Reuben DeLong, elected October, 1873; George W. Brink, elected October, 1874; Danvers Bourne, J. R. Brasted, William L. Lantz, elected November, 1875; Joseph H. Hurst, Ulysses M. Pratt, Charles P. Welles, elected November, 1878; William W. Moody, Joseph T. Hested, Charles P. Welles, elected November, 1881; Clement F. Heverly, Earl V. Nichols, Job Morley, elected November, 1884; L. L. Gregory, George H. Terry, James Foyle, elected 1887; H. H. Heald, A. Lent, Jr., Charles Jennings, elected 1890.

Joseph Kingsbury, appointed January, 1813-14; George Scott, appointed January, 1815-1820; Burr Ridgway, appointed January, 1820; Edwin Benjamin, appointed January, 1821-22; Morris Spalding, appointed January, 1823-24; James P. Bull, appointed January, 1825-26; Warren Brown, appointed January, 1827-29; Miller Fox, appointed January, 1830-35; John E. Hale, appointed January, 1836-37; Charles Stockwell, appointed January, 1838-41; A. S. Chamberlain, appointed January, 1842-44; John M. Wattles, appointed January, 1845-47; C. S. Russell, appointed January, 1848-50; E. M. Farrar, appointed January, 1851-56; E. B. Coolbaugh, appointed January, 1857-62; G. E. Fox, appointed January, 1863; E. B. Coolbaugh, appointed January, 1864-75; William Lewis, appointed January, 1876-82; Samuel W. Buck (incumbent), appointed November, 1882.

Joseph Foulke, W. R. Storrs, elected October, 1867; E. Rueben DeLong, S. W. Buck, elected October, 1870; B. Frank Knapp, C. Edson Ferguson, elected 1873; Thomas A. Lee, Frank E. Jayne, elected November, 1876; Volney M. Wilson, Thomas J. Smiley, elected November, 1879; Nelson Gilbert, J. Monroe Ayers, elected November, 1882; Mahlon M. Hicks, John R. Fulford, elected November, 1885. Horace Barnes, John E. Dobbins, elected 1888.

John Horton, appointed 1813; Reuben Wilber, appointed 1815; John Minier, appointed 1818; Chauncey Frisbie, appointed 1820; John Fox, appointed 1824; John L. Webb, appointed 1827; John Vandyke, appointed 1830; Edwin L. Paine, appointed 1833; Aaron Knapp, appointed 1836; Henry S. Salisbury, elected 1839; Calvin Storm, elected 1842; John Hatch, elected 1845; Thomas J. Ingham, elected 1848; Geo. M. Black, elected 1851; W. W. Eastabrooks, elected 1854; Newell Leonard, elected 1857; Jeremiah Culp, elected 1860; Abram Snell, Jr., elected 1863; Joseph H. Hurst, elected 1866; John F. Dodge, elected 1869; J. Valentine Geiger, elected 1872; Daniel B. Walker, elected 1875-78-81; Clinton H. Scott, elected 1887; Ben. T. Strunk, elected 1890.

Jonathan Stevens, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1812; Zephen Flower, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1821; Eliphalet Mason, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1824; Gordon F. Mason, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1830; James M. Edsall, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1833; Rowland Wilcox, appointed Deputy Surveyor 1836; Edgar G. Nichols, elected 1850; James A. Paine, elected 1853; Joseph E. Spalding, elected 1856; Josiah J. Newell, elected 1859-62-65; Oliver W. Stevens, elected 1868; Joseph E. Spalding, elected 1871; George V. Myer, elected 1874; T. A. Seward, elected 1877-80; Oliver A. Gilbert, elected 1883; Hiram E. Ball, present incumbent.

Emanuel Guyer, elected 1854; Charles R. Coburn, elected 1857-

60; Otis J. Chubbuck, elected 1863-66; Austin A. Keeney, elected 1869-72-75; J. Andrew Wilt, appointed to fill vacancy, January, 1878; George W. Ryan (incumbent), elected 1878-81-84-87-90.

Present Judge, Benjamin M. Peck. Sheriff, Joseph Powell; Thomas F. Foley, Deputy. Prothonotary, H. J. Madill; C. F. Heverly, Deputy. Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Charles M. Hall; O. L. Smiley, Deputy. District Attorney, John W. Codding. Court Stenographer, Arthur Head. County Commissioners, S. H. Lindley, P. S. Squires, W. H. McCraney; John Dean, Clerk. Treasurer, Charles T. Hull; William Maxwell, Deputy. Coroner, Benjamin T. Strunk. County Surveyor, Hiram E. Bull, Jury Commissioners, John E. Dobbins, Horace Barnes.

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