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FROM
the time Decatur was laid out in 1829 until the
year 1836 it had no municipal government, the
county commissioners' court being the only
governing body. By 1836, however, Decatur
had become a real village, its population being
estimated at about 300, and that year the town
municipality was effected with the election of a
town board of trustees.
The first officers named were:
President - Richard Oglesby (uncle of R.
J. Oglesby who became governor).
Truestees - William T. Crissey, G. R.
White, William Webb, Thomas Cowan,
H. M. Gorin, Henry Butler, Landy
Harrell.
Clerk - Andrew Love
Constables - James Carter, William
Webb.
The first meeting of the board was held Nov.
5, 1836. There are some breaks in the
records during the early years of the town.
Elections were held in 1838, 1839, 1840 and
1841, and then there is a gap until 1846.
Earlier histories say there was no meeting of
the town trustees for five years.
In 1839 two elections were held, a second
being under a special act incorporating the town
of Decatur. There were also two elections
in the year 1854.
CITY CHARTER
By 1855 Decatur was taking on the proportions
of a city, the coming of the railroads having
added new life. Accordingly in the winter
of that year a special city charter was obtained
from the legislature, and on Jan. 7, 1856,
election of city officers was held.
The city was divided into four wards.
Judges of election were:
First - Jesse H. Elliott, John
Humphrey, Isaac Shellabarger.
Second - E. O. Smith, J. Q. A. Odor, John
Stickel, Sr.
Third - John Kaufman, P. B. Shepherd,
Jonathan Stamper.
Fourth - Michael Elson, John Rea,
John Cassell.
The polling places were: First, James
Simpson's carpenter shop; second Wood and
McNabb's carpenter shop; third,
Cassell house; fourth, court house.
The first city officers elected were:
Mayor - John P. Post.
Aldermen - Frank Priest, first ward; E.
O. Smith, second ward; J. R. Gorin.
Clerk and Attorney - C. C. Post.
Treasurer and Assessor - Samuel C. Allen.
The first meeting of the new council was held
in the office of Post and Post Jan. 25, 1856.
Business must have been heavy, for the council
members met again the next evening. Then
they decided to meet the second Monday of each
month.
JOHN P.
POST
Decatur's first city marshal was Captain John
W. Hartley, who served in 1856 and 1867.
He also was constable two terms later on, and
was on the police force under Mayor W. B.
Chambers. Mr. Hartley
was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars.
In 1867 the city obtained a new charter, with
enlarged powers.
After the city grew, the number of words was
increased to seven; with two aldermen being
elected from each ward, it made a membership of
fourteen on the council.
The aldermanic form of government prevailed
until Jan. 18, 1911, when Decatur adopted the
commission form of government.
The first city officers under commission
form, as elected in April, 1911, were Daniel F.
Dinneen, mayor; Charles Becker, W. P.
Shade, Harry Ruthrauff, H. F.
Robbins, commissioners.
City council members of 1929 did not need to
bother with some of the problems that took the
attention of the first city council elected in
1856. The city dads in that year were busy
looking after watering troughs, hitching racks,
street crossings, drains, a public well, and so
on. However, they were just as busy men as
the council seventy years later with its
improvements on larger scales to be projected.
The years have brought much to do in changing
Decatur from a muddy little hamlet to a city of
paved streets and modern conveniences.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The board of trustees for the town of Decatur
from 1836 until it secured a city charter in
1856 was composed of the following:
1836 - Richard
Oglesby, president;
trustees, William T.
Crissey, G. R.
White, William Webb,
Thomas Cowan, H. M. Gorin
(resigned), Henry
Butler, Landy
Harrell, Andrew
Love was clerk but resigned; James
Carter and William Webb were
constables.
1838 - Joseph Williams
(resigned), Henry
Snyder, presidents. Trustees, James
Renshaw, James F.
Montgomery, George R.
White, Henry
Prather. E.
McClellan was clerk; Richard
Oglesby and J. P. Hickcok,
treasurer; John S.
Adamson, assessor; William
Radcliff and Thomas Cowan,
supervisors; J. H.
Elliott, constable.
1839 - Trustees, William T.
Crissey, S. B.
Dewees, J. M.
Fordice, James F. Montgomery.2
1839 - Kirby Benedict,
president. Trustees, John S. Adamson,
Thomas Cowan,
Samuel B. Dewees,
Jesse H. Elliott, William T.
Crissey, Thomas H.
Read. H. M.
Gorin was clerk;
George R. White,
treasurer; H. Prather,
assessor and collector; G. W.
Gilbrath, Zebulon Cantrall and
William Webb,
constables.
1840 - Joseph King,
president. Trustees, Henry Goodman,
William Cantrill,
B. F. Oglesby,
David Wright, John G.
Speer, David E.
Ralls. H. M.
Gorin was clerk; G. R. White,
treasurer; I. C. Pugh,
collector; William Webb,
constable.
1841 - Thomas P.
Rodgers, president.
Trustees, J. H. Elliott, D.
E. Ralls,
G. R. White;
Henry Goodman, Benjamin R.
Austin, J. D.
Tait, J. S. Post
was clerk; J. H. Read treasurer; Joseph
Stevens, assessor and
collector; William Webb,
constable.
(The 1841 meeting was the last held for five
years.)
1846 - David Krone,
president. Trustees, Elijah Krone, Joseph
Kauffman, Michael
Elson,
Thomas H. Read, E. B. Hale
was clerk; G. A. Smith constable.
1847 - D. Krone,
president. Trustees, T. H. Read, M.
Elson, Joseph Kauffman.
Nathan P. West
was clerk; E. McClellan,
constable; B. H.
Cassell, assessor.
1848 - J. H. Elliott,
president. Trustees, H. Prather, H.
Armstrong, E. O.
Smith, Joseph
King, N. P. West
was clerk; E. McClellan, constable; B. H.
Cassell, assessor and
treasurer.
1849 - Joseph Kauffman,
president. Trustees, H. J. Armstrong, J.
H. Elliott, Joseph King,
W. S. Crissey. N. P.
West was clerk; B. H. Cassell,
assessor and treasurer; H.
Goodman, constable.
1850 - Joseph King,
president. Trustees, W. J. Stamper,
William Prather,
C. H. Pringle,
William
Wheeler. B. H.
Cassell was clerk;
William
Wheeler,
constable; B. H. Cassell,
assessor and treasurer.
1851 - William S.
Crissey, president.
Trustees, William
Prather,
C. H. Pringle, Joseph King,
W. J. Stamper. B. H.
Cassell was clerk,
treasurer and assessor.
1852 - W. J. Stamper,
president. Trustee, W. S.
Crissey,
William Prather, C. H.
Pringle, Joseph
King. B. H.
Cassell was clerk,
treasurer and assessor.
1853 - William Prather,
president. Trustees, W. S. Crissey, W.
J. Stamper,
Joseph
King,
John Ricketts. B. H.
Cassell was clerk.
treasurer and assessor.
1854 - William Prather,
president. Trustees, William J.
Stamper,
William S. Crissey, Joseph King,
Thomas H. Wingate, president. Trustees, William S.
Crissey, William
Martin, Elias Tanner,
John Ricketts. B. H.
Cassell was clerk; H. Churchman,
constable.
1855 - Thomas H.
Wingate, president.
Trustees, A. L. Kellar, J. R.
Gorin, William S.
Crissey, William
Martin. B. H.
Cassell was clerk.
MAYORS
Following is the list of mayors of Decatur
since 1856:
1856 - John P.
Post
1857 - William A.
Barnes.
1858 - James B.
Shoaff.
1859 - A. T.
Hill.
1860 - Sheridan
Wait.
1861 - E. O.
Smith
1862 - Thomas O.
Smith
1863-1865 - J. J.
Peddecord.
1865-1866 - Franklin
Priest
1867 - John K.
Warren.
1868 - Isaac C.
Pugh.
1869 - William L.
Hammer.
1870 - Franklin
Priest.
1871 - E. M.
Misner.
1872 - D. S.
Shellabarger.
1873 - Martin
Forstmeyer.
1874 - Franklin
Priest |
1876 - R. H.
Meriweather.
1876-1877 - W. B.
Chambers.
1878 - Franklin
Priest.
1879 - L. L.
Haworth.
1880-1881-1882 - H. W.
Waggoner.
1883-1884 - W. B.
Chambers.
1885-1890 - M. F.
Kanan.
1891-1892 - W. B.
Chambers.
1893-1894 - David C.
Moffitt.
1895-1896 - D. H.
Conklin.
1897-1898 - B. Z.
Taylor.
1899-1900 - George A.
Stadler.
1901-1904 - C. F.
Shilling.
1905-1906 - G. W.
Lehman.
1907-1908 - E. S.
McDonald
1909-1910 - C. M.
Borchers |
COMMISSION FORM
1911-1919 - Dan
Dinneen
1919-1923 - C. M.
Borchers. |
1923-1927 - Elmer R.
Elder.
1927 - O. W.
Smith. |
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
The governing boards, at the time Macon
county was laid out, consisted of three members.
Such boards were abolished, however, by act of
the legislature approved Feb. 12, 1849, and the
county court was established. This
provided for the election of a county judge, and
two additional justices of the peace. The
county court plan lasted in Macon county from
1850 to 1860. On Feb. 17, 1851, the
present system of township organization was
established by law, in this state, but Macon
county did not put it into effect until 1859.
Solomon Garver, representing
citizens of the county, presented a petition to
the county court Sept. 8, 1859, asking for an
election to decide on township organization.
Vote was ordered for the November election.
In November the proposition carried. At
the December term of the county court three
commissioners, William
Cantrill, David Garver, and James
Dingman, were named to divide the county
into townships. They made their report to
the court on Jan. 14, 1860. The report
provided for fourteen townships in the county,
as follows:
Friend's Creek
Maroa
Montgomery (afterwards changed
to Austin)
Bull Point (afterward changed to
Hickory, and then to Hickory Point)
Decatur
Long Creek
Whitmore. |
Oakley
Harris (afterward changed to
Harristown)
Wilson (afterward changed to Mt.
Zion.)
South Wheatland.
South Macon
Madison (afterward changed to
Blue Mound)}
Niantic. |
The board of supervisors, elected from these
townships, met and organized on April 30, 1860.
Henry B. Durfee of Decatur was selected as
chairman.
The first board of supervisors was composed
of:
Austin - James S.
Parker.
Blue Mound - J. L.
Armstrong.
Decatur - Henry B.
Durfee;
John W.
Koehler, assistant.
Friend's Creek - D. K.
Wilson
Harristown - Abraham
Eyman.
Hickory Point - J. Y.
Braden.
Long Creek - John
Rucker. |
Maroa - William
Crawford.
Mt. Zion - W. C.
Mayers.
Niantic - J. H.
Hughes.
Oakley - G. W.
Forest.
South Macon - W. D.
Hamilton
South Wheatland - J. S.
Boardman.
Whitmore - James
Lichtenberger. |
Three more townships were formed later.
Illini was established in April 1865, Pleasant
View in June, 1868 and Milam in September, 1859.
Chairman of the board of supervisors since
its beginning have been as follows:
1860-63. 1866-68 - Henry B.
Durfee
1864 - J. H.
Pickrell,
Illini
1865 - John W.
Tyler,
Long Creek
1869 - W. T.
Moffett,
Blue Mound
1870-71-72 - A.
McBride,
Decatur
1873 - Norman
Failing,
South Macon
1874-75-76 - L. R.
Morse,
Illini
1877-78 - R. H.
Woodcock,
South Macon
1879-80 - E. J.
Roberts,
Illini
1881-82-84-85 - A. T.
Hill,
Decatur
1883-86-87 - R. H.
Woodcock,
South Macon
1888 - T. N.
Leavitt,
Maroa
1889-90 - W. S.
Smith, Mt.
Zion
1891 - C. H.
Garver,
Whitmore
1892-94 - H. F.
May,
Decatur
1893 - O. H.
Draper,
South Macon
1895-97 - W. H.
Bean,
Pleasant View.
1896 - Ross
Hockaday,
Whitemore
1898 - J. N.
Orr,
Friend's Creek
1899 - John
Allen,
Decatur.
1900-01 - H. R.
Woodcock,
South Macon
1902 - J. H.
Record,
Decatur. |
1903 - E. R.
Hurlburt,
Mt. Zion
1904 - W. T. J.
Cooper,
Friend's Creek
1905-06 - E. G.
Allen,
Decatur
1907 - D. E. Brett,
Hickory Point
1908 - J. I.
Lebo,
South Macon
1909-11 - W. A.
Holman,
Decatur.
1912 - C. H.
Moomey,
Pleasant View
1913 - S. M.
Barttlett,
Decatur
1914 - S. B.
Stewart,
Whitmore
1915 - O.
Schmachtenberger,
Decatur.
1916 - C. P.
Elder,
Elwin
1917-19 - J. N.
Orr,
Friend's Creek
1918 - C. L.
Taylor,
Blue Mound
1920 - M. C.
Stookey,
Harristown
1921 - W. R.
Hopkins,
Decatur
1922 - O. M.
Scott, Mt.
Zion
1923 - W. L.
Kline,
Decatur
1924 - A. C.
Ammann,
Marioa
1925 - Charles
Braden,
Decatur
1926 - Robert J.
Moore,
Niantic
1927 - G. I.
Covalt,
Decatur
1928 - C. B.
Knight,
Harristown
1929 - Forrest
Pollard,
Decatur |
In 1924 the board of supervisors had its
first women members. That year Miss Maria
Buckingham, Mrs. Flora F. Baldwin and
Mrs. Hazel Williford, all of Decatur,
were elected as assistant supervisors.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT
The county commissioners court, which handled
the affairs of the county from its beginning
until 1850, when the county commissioners' court
was abolished and the county court established,
was composed of the following members:
1829-1839 - Benjamin
Wilson,
Elisha Freeman,
James G.
Miller
1830-1831 - Elisha
Freeman,
James G. Miller,
I. C. Pugh
1831-1832 - James G.
Miller, I.
C. Pugh,
David Davis.
1832-1833 - James G.
Miller, I.
C. Pugh,
David Davis.
1833-1834 - Elisha
Freeman,
Hugh Bolls, Philip D.
Williams
1834-1835 - James A.
Piatt,
William
Muirhead,
Benjamin
Wilson
1835-1836 - James A.
Piatt,
William
Muirhead, Benjamin
Wilson
1836-1837 - James A.
Piatt,
William
Muirhead, Benjamin
Wilson
1837-1838 - James A.
Piatt,
William
Muirhead, Josiah
Clifton
1838-1839 - William
Muirhead,
James A.
Piatt, Abram
Chapin
1839-1840 - Elisha
Freeman, 3
years; Benjamin Wilson,
2 years; Hiram
Chapin, 1
year, (Under act of March 1, 1837,
terms of service were fixed at three
years, one to be elected each year)
1840-1841 - Elisha
Freeman,
Benjamin
Wilson, John
Rucker
1841-1842 - Elisha
Freeman,
John Rucker, Abraham H.
Keller
1843-1844 - John
Rucker,
Leonard
Ashton, Andrew W.
Smith.
1844-1845 - John
Rucker,
Andrew W.
Smith, James D.
Tait.
1845-1846 - Andrew W.
Smith,
James D.
Tait, Elisha
Freeman.
1846-1847 - Elisha
Freeman,
Samuel Rea, James D.
Campbell
1847-1848 - Elisha
Freeman,
Samuel Rea, James D.
Campbell
1848-1849 - Elisha
Freeman,
Samuel Rea, James D.
Campbell |
COUNTY COURT
The county court, which was in
existence from 1850 to 1860, was as follows:
1850-1856 - William
Prather,
county judge; Jacob
Hostetler,
associate justice; John
Rucker, associate justice.
1856-1857 - John
Rickets,
county judge; Jacob
Hostetler,
associate justice; John
Rucker, associate justice.
1857-1860 - John
Rickets,
county judge; Jacob
Spangler,
associate justice; M. G.
Camron, associate judge. |
COUNTY OFFICERS
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Probate judges from 1830 to 1849
were: |
1830-1835 - Daniel
McCall
1835-1837 - Charles
Emerson
1837-1843 - Kirby
Benedict |
1843-1846 - John G.
Speer
1846-1849 - Thomas H.
Read. |
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County judges since 1860: |
1861-1866 - Samuel F.
Greer
1886-1894 - William E.
Nelson
1894-1902 - Willialm L.
Hammer |
1902-1914 - O. W.
Smith
1914- Thomas H.
Read. |
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County Clerks since 1929: |
1832-1837 - Daniel
McCall
1837-1841 - H. M.
Gorin
1841-1847 - N. W.
Peddecord
1847-1851 - E. B.
Hale
1851-1857 - W. W.
Oglesby
1857-1865 - Samuel
Rea.
1865-1869 - I. C.
Pugh |
1869-1882 - H. W.
Waggoner
1882-1894 - George P.
Hardy
1894-1906 - J. M.
Dodd
1906-1914 - M. E.
Peniwell
1914-1828 - C. H.
Patterson
1928 - E. A.
Patterson |
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Masters in chancery since 1830: |
1830-1860 - I. C.
Pugh
1860-1864 - William A.
Barnes
1864-1873 - R. H.
Meriweather
1873-1888 - John A.
Brown
1888-1903 - J. J.
Finn |
1903-1916 - W. H.
Black
1916-1921 - Carl N.
Weilepp
1921-1928 - John W.
Evans
1928 - L. C.
Wheat |
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Sheriffs since 1829 have been: |
1829-1835 - William
Warnick
1835-1838 - John
McMennamy
1838-1840 - James
Stevens
1840-1842 - William
Warnick
1842-1850 - William
Wheeler
1850-1852 - Samuel
Rea
1952-1854 - William
Wheeler
1854-1856 - S. M.
Whitehouse
1856-1858 - E.
McClellan
1858-1860 - William
Wheeler
1860-1862 - George
Goodman
1862-1864 - John W.
Bear
1864-1866 - A. A.
Murray
1866-1868 - John E.
Jones
1868-1870 - James
Travis |
1870-1872 - George M.
Wood
1872-1876 - I. D.
Jennings
1876-1880 - Martin
Forstmeyer
1880-1886 - William W.
Foster
1886-1890 - John H.
Mauzy
1890-1894 - Peter
Perl
1894-1898 - Jerry
Nicholson
1898-1902 - G. W.
Lehman
1902-1906 - C. A.
Thrift
1906-1910 - B. A.
McGorray
1910-1914 - J. PP.
Nicholson
1914-1918 - C. E.
Tandy
1918-1922 - M. E.
Peniwell
1922-1926 - W. A.
Underwood
1926 - C. A.
Thrift |
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Coroners since 1830 and the year of
their election: |
1830 - David
Manley
1831 - Samuel B.
Dewees
1834 - Jacob
Hornback
1836 - John
Miller
1840 - Parmenius
Smallwood
1862 - M. Y.
Givler
1866 - Isaac D.
Jennings
1870 - M. Y.
Givler
1874 - Daniel
Angst
1876 - Cassidy
Chenoweth |
1878 - John
Dinneen
1882 - Jesse E.
Bendure
1884 - Peter
Perl
1888 - Jesse E.
Bendure
1900 - Charles E.
Dawson
1904 - T. C.
Buxton
1912 - Elmer
Brintlinger
1916 - L. A.
Monson.
1920 - Roy M.
Dawson |
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Stat's Attorneys sine 1830: |
1830-1836 - Johh H.
Pugh
1836-1840 - D. H.
Campbell
1840-1844 - Josiah
Lamborn
1844-1848 - John A.
McDougal
1848-1851 - David
Campbell
1851-1855 - Elam
Rust
1855-1860 - J. R.
Eden
1860-1864 - James P.
Boyd
1864-1868 - D. L.
Bunn
1868 - 1872 - M. B.
Thompson |
1872-1876 - C. C.
McComas
1876-1880 - I. A.
Buckingham
1880-1884 - W. C.
Johns
1884-1888 - E. P.
Vail
1888-1900 - I. R.
Mills
1900-1912 - W. E.
Redmon
1912-1920 - J. L.
Deck
1920-1928 - Charles F.
Evans
1928 - John W.
Evans |
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Circuit clerks sine 1829: |
1829-1834 - Daniel
McCall
1834-1841 - H. M.
Gorin
1841-1848 - N. W.
Peddecord
1848-1856 - William
Prather
1856-1860 - J. Q. A.
Odor
1860-1869 - W. L.
Hammer
1869-1896 - E.
McClellan |
1896-1900 - D. L.
Foster
1900-1920 - John
Allen
1920-1922 - C. L.
Taylor
(Died), (C. D.
Nowlin appointed; resigned.)
1922 - Harry R.
Butt
(appointed 1922; elected 1924) |
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Recorders: |
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1920 - Lelah Foster |
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Treasurers since 1829: |
1829-1830 - B. R.
Austin
1830-1831 - John
Miller
1831-1832 - B. R.
Austin
1832-1834 - James
Johnson
1834-1835 - Joseph
Hostetler
1835-1837 - Joseph
Stevens
1837- J.
Renshaw,
resigned; G. R.
White appointed
1837-1839 - David
Davis
1839-1845 - Henry
Snyder
1845-1846 - Thomas H.
Read,
resigned
1846-1848 - George W.
Powers
1848-1853 - S. C.
Allen
1853-1858 - I. C.
Pugh
1858-1863 - William
Cantrill
1863-1869 - Ira B. Curtis |
1869-1873 - William M.
Boyd
1873-1875 - R. H.
Park
1875-1886 - George M.
Wood
1886-1890 - George R.
Steele
1890-1894 - H. Clay
Montgomery
1894-1898 - Charles H.
Patterson
1898-1902 - Joseph
Miller
1902-1906 - Edward R.
Moffett
1906 - W. T. J.
Cooper
(died)
1906-1910 - C. E.
Tandy
1910-1914 - J. I.
Lebo
1914-1918 - John
Schroll
1918-1922 - R.
Moomey
1922-1926 - B. F.
Coffman
1926 - E. C.
Coffman |
VOTING PRECINCTS
In its earliest days the county had two
voting precincts, North of the Sangamon was
Decatur district, and south of the Sangamon was
Ward's district. Soon a third district was
established, called Salt Creek district,
comprising the north part of the county.
Next came Okaw district in the southern part.
Then Draper's district in the northeast section
was established. It must be remembered
that Macon county at that time included much
more territory than it does now.
Homes of settlers were used as voting places
at first, the precinct often being called after
the person whose home was used. After the
log court house was built, it became the voting
place for Decatur district.
In 1860, the voting precincts were:
Ward's Decatur, Maroa,
Miller's, Prairie City, Big Creek,
Draper's Badger, Madison, Macon and Garver's.
In 1929, Macon county had sixty-three voting
precincts, forty-six of them being in Decatur
township. Maroa is the only township
outside of Decatur which has more than one
precinct. It has two.
The total number of votes cast in Macon couny
in the presidential election of 1928 was 35,307.
Some of the important offices which have been
filled by Macon county citizens have been:
Governor of Illinois - Richard J.
Oglesby,
1865-1869; 1873 (resigned);
1885-1889.
United States Senator - Richard
J. Oglesby,
1873-1879
Congressmen - Jesse H.
Moore,
1869-1871, 1871-1873; C. M. Borchers,
1913-1915; Charles
Adkins, 1925-1927, 1927-1929,
1929. |
STATE
SENATORS
1832-1836 - William
Williamson
1836-1838 - James
Allen
1848-1850 - Edward O.
Smith
1856-1860 - Joel S.
Post
1860-1862 - Richard J.
Oglesby
1878-1882 - William T.
Moffett
1882-1886 - Jason
Rogers
1886-1890 - William C.
Johns
1890-1894 - Harmon
Manecke
1894-1890 - M. F.
Kanan |
1904-1912 -
James A.
Henson
1912-1916 - Willis R.
Shaw
1916-1920 - W. G.
McCullough
1920-1924 - Orpheus W.
Smith
1925-1828 - Jesse L.
Deck
1929 - Charles L.
Deck
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REPRESENTATIVES
1834-1836 - Thomas B.
Trower
1836-1838 - William G.
Reddick
(died)
1838-1840 - Jesse W.
Gouge
1840-1842 - Robert F.
Barnett
1842-1844 - Samuel G.
Nesbitt
1844-1846 - Kirby
Benedict
1846-1848 - William
Cantrill
1850-1852 - Charles
Emerson
1852-1854 - Henry
Prather
1854-1856 - Henry C.
Johns
1856-1858 - Jerome R.
Gorin
1862-1864 - James
Elder
1864-1866 - Isaac C.
Pugh
1866-1868 - Abraham B.
Bunn
1870-1872 - William E.
Nelson,
William T.
Moffett
1872-1874 - Joab A.
Race,
William T.
Moffett
1874-1876 - Shaw
Pease,
Samuel S.
Jack.
1876-1878 - Samuel S.
Jack,
Thomas J.
Abel
1878-1880 - Bradford K.
Durfee
1880-1882 - Jason
Rogers,
Bradford K.
Durfee |
1882-1884 - John H.
Crocker
1884-1886 - James M.
Graham,
Robert A.
Gray
1886-1888 - Robert A.
Gray
1888-1890 - David P.
Keller,
Robert H.
Hill
1890-1892 - W. S.
Smith,
David P.
Keller.
1892-1894 - Thomas N.
Leavitt,
W. S. Smith
1898-1902 - James M.
Gray
1902-1904 - Arthur J.
Gallagher,
James M. Gray
1904-1906 - James M.
Gray
1910-1912 - Thomas N.
Leavitt,
Cyrus J.
Tucker
1912-1914 - William
McGinley,
Cyrus J.
Tucker
1914-1916 - T. C.
Buxton
1916-1918 - Horace W.
McDavid
1918-1920 - Orpheus W.
Smith,
Horace W.
McDavid
1920-1924 - John
Clark,
Albert A.
Hill
1925 - W. C.
Chynoweth,
Grover C. Hoff, John Clark.
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Macon count is in
Congressional district No. 19 (Champaign, Coles,
Dewit, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby, Piatt
counties)
Senatorial district No. 28 (Macon, Logan, Dewitt
counties)
Supreme court district No. 3
Appelate district No. 3
Circuit court district No. 6
Circuit court judges of the district at this
writing are James S. Baldwin, Decatur; D. H.
Wamsley, Tuscola; Franklyn H. Boggs,
Champaign.
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1
John P. Post was serving as postmaster at the
time of the election as mayor. When he
took the oath of office, the man who
administered the oath was County Judge William
Prather, who had been
Post's opponent in the race for mayor.
After serving a year as mayor, Post was elected
alderman from the third ward and served two
years. During the Civil War he became
colonel. In 1871 he moved to Colorado
where he held public offices.
2 So far as can be told
from the records, this board of trustees never
met, but an election was held May 6, 1839, under
the special act incorporating the town of
Decatur, and a new board was chosen at that
time.
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