Public Ledger Almanacs: For the Years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875

Democrats (in Italics), 29; Republicans (in Roman), 40; Independent Reformers and Liberal Republicans (in SMALL CAPITALS), 4; vacant, I.

Democrats (in Italics), 172; Republicans (in' Roman), 105; Independent Reformers and Liberal Republicans (in SMALL CAPITALS), 12; Vacant, 2. Fifth Louisiana District contested.

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1 Wm. R. Philips, 2 John R. Goodin, 3 Wm. R. Brown.

KENTUCKY. 1 A. R. Boone, 2 John Y. Brown, 3 Chas. W. Milliken, 4 7. Proctor Knott, 5 E. Y. Parsons, 6 Thos. L. Jones, 77. C. S. Blackburn, 8 Milton J. Durham, 9 John D. White, 10 John B. Clarke.

LOUISIANA.

1 Randall L. Gibson, 2 E. John Ellis, 3 Chester B. Darrall, 4 Wm. M. Levy, 5 Frank Morey, 6 Chas. E. Nash.

MAINE.

1 John H. Burleigh,
2 William P. Frye,
3 James G. Blaine,
4 Harris M. Plaisted,
5 Eugene Hale.

MARYLAND.

1 Philip F. Thomas,
2 Chas. B. Roberts,
3 Wm. J. O'Brien,
4 Thomas Swann,
5 Eli 7. Henkle,
6 William Walsh.

MASSACHUSETTS. 1 W. R. Crapo, 2 Benj. W. Harris, 3 Henry L. Pierce, 4 Rufus S. Frost, 5 N. P. BANKS, 6 Chas. P. Thompson, 7 John K. Tarbox, 8 Wm. W. Warren, 9 George F. Hoar, 10 JULIUS H. SEELYE, 11 Chester W. Chapin.

Dist.

MICHIGAN.

1 A. S. Williams, 2 Henry Waldron, 3 George Willard, 4 Allen Potter, 5 W. B. Williams, 6 G. H. Durand, 7 Omar D. Conger, 8 Nath'l B. Bradley, 9 Jay A. Hubbell.

MINNESOTA. 1 Mark H. Dunnell, 2 Horace B. Strait, 3 Wm. S. King.

MISSISSIPPI,

1 L. Q. C. Lamar,
2 G. Wiley Wells,
3 H. D. Money,
4 Otho R. Singleton,
5 C. E. Hooker,
6 Roderick Seal.

MISSOURI.

1 Edward C. Kehr, 2 Erastus Wells, 3 Wm. H. Stone, 4 Robert A. Hatcher, 5 Richard P. Bland, 6 Chas. H. Morgan, 7 John F. Philips, 8 Benj. J. Franklin, 9 David Rea, 10 R. A. De Bolt, 11 John B. Clark, Jr., 12 John M. Glover, 13 Aylett H. Buckner.

NEBRASKA.

Lorenzo Crounse.

NEVADA.

Wm. Woodburn.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

1 Frank Jones,
2 Samuel N. Bell,
3 Henry W. Blair.

NEW JERSEY.
1 C. H. Sinnickson,
2 Samuel A. Dobbins,
3 Miles Ross,

4 Robert Hamilton,
5 Augustus W. Cutler,
6 Frederick H. Teese,
7 A. A. Hardenbergh.

NEW YORK.

1 Henry B. Metcalf,
2 John G. Schumaker,
3 S. B. CHITTENDEN,
4 ARCH. M. BLISS,
5 Edwin R. Meade,
6 Samuel S. Cox,
Smith Ely, Fr.,
Elijah Ward,

9 Fernando Wood,
10 Abram S. Hewitt,
11 BENJ. A. WILLIS,
12 N. Holmes Odell,
13 J. O. WHITEHOUSE,
14 George M. Beebe,
15 John H. Bagley, Jr.,
16 Charles H. Adams,
17 M. I. Townsend,
18 Andrew Williams,

Dist.

19 William A. Wheeler,
20 Henry H. Hathorn,
21 Samuel F. Miller,
22 George A. Bagley,
23 Scott Lord,

24 William H. Baker,
25 E. W. Leavenworth,
26 C. D. MacDougall,
27 E. G. Lapham,
28 Thomas C. Platt,
29 C. C. B. Walker,
30 John M. Davy,
31 George G. Hoskins,
32 Lyman K. Bass,
33

NORTH CAROLINA.

1 Jesse J. Yeates,
2 J. A. Hyman (col.),
3 Alfred M. Waddell,
4 Joseph J. Davis,
5 Alfred M. Scales,
6 Thomas S. Ashe,
Wm. M. Robbins,
8 Robert B. Vance.

OHIO.

1 Milton Sayler, 2 H. B. BANNING, 3 John S. Savage, 4 John A. McMahon, 5 Americus V. Rice, 6 Frank H. Hurd, 7 Lawrence T. Neal, 8 Wm. Lawrence, 9 E. F. Poppleton, 10 Charles Foster, 11 John L. Vance, 12 Ansel T. Walling, 13 Milton I. Southard, 14 Jacob P. Cowan, 15 N. H. Van Vorhees, 16 Lorenzo Danford, 17 L. D. Woodworth, 18 James Monroe, 19 James A. Garfield, 20 Henry B. Payne.

OREGON.

Lafayette Lane.

PENNSYLVANIA.

1 Chapman Freeman, 2 Charles O'Neill, 3 Samuel J. Randall, 4-William D. Kelley, 5 John Robbins, 6 Wash. Townsend, 7 Alan Wood, Jr., 8 Hiester Clymer, 9 A. Herr Smith, 10 Wm. Mutchler, 11 Frank D. Collins, 12 W. W. Ketchum, 13 James B. Reilly, 14 John B. Packer, 15 Joseph Powell, 16 Sobieski Ross, 17 John Reilly, 18 Wm. S. Stenger, 19 Levi Maish, 20 L. A. Mackey, 21 Jacob Turney, 22 Fas. H. Hopkins, 23 Alex. G. Cochrane,

Dist.

24 John W. Wallace, 25 George A. Jenks, 26 James Sheakley, 27 Albert G. Egbert.

RHODE ISLAND.

1 Benj. T. Eames,
2 Latimer W. Ballou.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

1 J. H. Rainey (col.),
2 E. W. M. MACKEY,
3 Solomon L. Hoge,
4 Alex. S. Wallace.
5 R. Smalls (col.).

TENNESSEE.

1 Wm. McFarland,
2 JacobM.Thornburgh
3 Geo. G. Dibreli,

William Terry.

WEST VIRGINIA.

1 Benjamin Wilson, 2 Chas. G. Faulkner, 3 Frank Hereford.

GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,

1876.

Governor.-JOHN F. HARTRANFT.
Lieutenant-Governor.-John Latta.
Auditor-General.-Justus F. Temple.
Secretary of Internal Affairs.-William Mc-
Candless.

State Treasurer.-Henry Rawle.
Attorney-General.-George Lear.

Secretary of the Commonwealth.-M. S. Quay.
Deputy Secretary.-John B. Linn.
Secretary to the Governor.-A. Wilson Norris.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.-J. P.
Wickersham.
Adjutant-General.-James W. Latta,

25 Butler B. Strang.*
SUSQUEHANNA AND

WAYNE.

AND

Commissioners of Public Charities.-G. Dawson Coleman, of Lebanon, President; A.C. Noyes, 26 W. W. Watson.* of Clinton, Hiester Clymer, of Berks, George Bullock, of Montgomery, Wm. Bakewell, of Allegheny, Francis Wells, of Philada.,Mahlon Dickinson, of Philada. General Agent and Secretary, Dr. Diller Luther, of Bucks.

Commissioners of Fisheries. -Howard J. Reeder, of Northampton, B. L. Hewitt, of Huntingdon, James Duffy, of Lancaster. Commissioner of Insurance.-J. Montgomery

Forster.

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.-W. Hayes
Grier, of Lancaster.

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Chief Justice.-Daniel Agnew.

UNION, SNYDER
NORTHUMBERLAND.

27 Andrew H. Dill.*

YOKK.

28 Dr. H. G. Bussey.*

SCHUYLKILL.

29 Oliver P. Bechtel,

30 7. P. Coolihan.*
PERRY, MIFFLIN AND JU-

NIATA.

31 Jos. S. Waream.*

CUMBERLAND AND

ADAMS.

Associate Justices-George Sharswood, Henry 32 James Chestnut.*
W. Williams, Ulysses Mercur, Isaac G. Gordon,
Warren J. Woodward, Edward M. Paxson.

Prothonotary, Eastern District.-Benj. E.
Fletcher, Philadelphia.

Middle District.-R. Snodgrass, Harrisburg. Western District.-J. Bowman Sweitzer, Pittsburg.

Northern District.-C.J. Cummings, Sunbury. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, 1876-7.

FRANKLIN AND HUNT-
INGDON,

33 C. McKibbin.*
CLINTON, CLEARFIELD
AND CENTRE.
34 Thos. J. Boyer.

WESTMORELAND.

39 James C. Clark.*

FAYETTE AND GREENE.

40 James W. Hayes.

BUTLER AND ARM-
STRONG.

41 S. M. Jackson.*

ALLEGHENY.

42 Hugh McNeill,*
43 G. H. Anderson,*
44 J. C. Newmyer,*
45 Eli A. Wood.*

BEAVER AND WASH-
INGTON.

46 George V. Lawrence,

LAWRENCE AND MER

CER.

47 F. H. Braggins.

WARREN AND VENANGO. 48 W. S. McMullen.

ERIE.

49 Harry Butterfield.

CRAWFORD. 50 Geo. K. Anderson.*

Dist.

PERRY.

George N. Reutter.

PHILADELPHIA.

I Wm. Douglas,
John Graham,
2 John E. Kennedy,
John Holland,
3 Jas. L. Marshall,
47. 7. Monaghan,
5 Emil J. Petroff,
6 Theo. F. Miller,
7 W. H. Patterson,
J. Granville Leach,
8 Edward A. Good,
9 7. W. Spicer,
10 Geo. W. Hall,
11 A. W. Crawford,
12 Charles Gentner,
13 Wm. H. Vogdes,
14 Jas. Devereux,
15 J. E. Reyburn,
Henry Huhn,

Edw. Montgomery,
16 Martin Conrad,
17 John E. Faunce,
18 Wm. J. Roney,

G. A. Bakeoven,
19 Robt. Gillespie,

Thos. J. Rice,
Wm. Ringgold,
20 John N. Wood,

F. W. Quirk,
21 Josephus Yeakel,
22 Jos. M. Hill,
23 Charles B. Salter,
24 James Newell,
25 Geo. L. Pallatt,
26 Henry O'Neill,
Joseph R. Souder,
27 John W. Leigh,
28 F. Fredericks.

PIKE.

E. B. Eldred.

POTTER.
C. Hollenback.
SCHUYLKILL.

1 J. W. Morgan,

Dist.

2 C. J. Loudenslager,
3 7. Boyer,
4 S. A. Losch,
W. J. Lewis,
F. L. Faster.

SNYDER.

George A. Schoch.

SOMERSET.

William Endsley,
Joseph D. Miller.

SULLIVAN,

Richard Bedford.

SUSQUEHANNA.

Samuel Falkenburg,
W. W. Williams.

TIOGA.

John I. Mitchell,
W. T Humphrey.

UNION.

Charles S. Wolfe.

VENANGO.
7. P. Park,
J. M. Dickey,
William Hasson.

WARREN.

George W. Allen.

WASHINGTON.

J. K. Billingsley,
John Birch,

W. G. Barnett.

WAYNE,

Thos. Y. Boyd,
Wm. W. Mumford.

WESTMORELAND.

H. B. Piper,
Jas. L. Toner,
T. McLean.

WYOMING.
Giles Roberts.

YORK.

A. Stevens,
E. Myers,
7. B. Gemmil,
Geo. Austine.

CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor.-WM. S. STOKLEY,
Recorder.-JAMES GIVEN.

City Controller.-SAMUEL P. HANCOCK.
City Treasurer.-PETER A. B. WIDENER.
City Solicitor.-CHARLES H. T. COLLIS.
Receiver of Taxes.-THOMAS J. SMITH.
City Commissioners.-J. S. WETTER, DAVID
MARTIN, THOMAS A. FAHY.

City Councils.

SELECT COUNCIL.

President.-GEORGE A. SMITH.
Clerk-JOSEPH H. PAIST.

Ass't Clerk.-ALEX. J. MCCLEARY.
Messenger.-MORTIMER L. JOHNSON,

Wards.

1 Wm. K. Park.

2 F. 7. Griffith.

Prohibitionist.

Morgan R. Wise.

3 John Monroe.

Wards.

4 Timothy Mealy. 5 John Cochran. 6 John C. Bickel.

JOHNSON.
Wards.

1 R. B. Salter,
M. A. Davis,
Amos M. Slack.
2 Francis Morgan,
Joseph Martin,
Joseph H. Tatem.
3 O. F. Kaney,

Edward C. Quin.
4 William McMullin,
John F. Gegan.
5 David Mouat,
George White.
6 John Kennedy.
7 John Bardsley,
Wm. Divine,
Alex. Russell.
8 G. A. Schafer,

9 John A. Clark. 10 A. W. Henszey,

H. B. Lippincott.

11 Edward Matthews. 12 A. H. Ladner. 13 Henry Budd.

J. P. Wolverton.

14 M. S. Bonsall,
James Subers.
15 J. J. Martin,
John F. Glenn,
Joseph L. Caven,
Samuel C. Collins.
16 E. H. Hayhurst,
John Rink.

17 James Tully,
J. W. Allen.

Wards.

18 F. Doebley, Chas. Weyman, Joseph G. Haines.

19 S. A. Miller, Daniel Currie, Adam Myers, Wm. Judge, Thomas Bromley, George T. Moore. 20 George Dorlan, George Widener, Robert Laughlin, William Baldwin. 21 Dr. H. N. Uhler. 22 Louis Wagner,

Dr. J. C. Gilbert. 23 W. Wright,

J. Cartledge. 24 George E. Hall, George T Jones, Richard Peltz.

25 D. Megonigal,

26 W. Thornton,
P. H. Klohse,
Wm. James,
John Fullerton,
Wm. McClung.
27 W. E. Rowan.
28 Rud. Klauder,

R. H. Cooper.
29 R. J. Hanby,
B. F. Bonham,
Wm. L. Elkins.

Republicans, 52; Democrats, 15; Vacant, 2.

Departments of the City Government.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Chief of Police.-Kennard H. Jones.
Fire Marshal.-James C. Thompson.
CAPTAINS OF POLICE.

First.-Chas. W. Wood, Headquarters, Station House, Lombard below Eighth st.

Second.-George W. Curry, Station House, Buttonwood below Eleventh st.

Third.-William R. Heins, Station House, Front and Master sts.

Fourth.-Lewis Godbou, Station House, Lehigh and Park avenues.

POLICE AND FIRE-ALARM TELEgraph. Superintendent.-William J. Phillips. FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Commissioners.-Jacob Loudenslager (Pres't), Wm. A. Porter, Joseph S. Robinson, C. A. McManus, Wm. Calhoun, Alexander McCuen, Thomas H. Spence.

Secretary.-John R. Cantlin.

Chief Engineer.-William H. Johnson.

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

Chief Commissioner.—John L. Hill.

Assistant Commissioners.-1st Dist. Joshua Nuttall. 2d. Thomas Gilligan. 3d. C. C. Hains. 4th. W. H. Maneely. 5th. S. D. Woodington. Chief Clerk.-M. M. Coppuck.

DEPARTMENT OF MARKETS AND CITY Property.
Commissioner.-Wm. Dixey.
Clerk.-H. C. Pugh.

BOARD OF REVISION OF TAXES.
Commissioners.-Thomas Cochran (Pres't),
William Loughlin, Samuel Haworth.
Chief Clerk-James W. Sayre.

Collector of Delinquent Taxes.-Henry Bumm. ASSESSORS OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE FOR TAXES.

1st Dist.-South side of Washington av., east side of Broad street to Delaware River.-Albert List, Peter Monroe.

2d Dist.-South side of South street, west side of Broad street to Schuylkill River.-John O'Donnel, Jos, H. McKeehan.

3d Dist.-South side of South street, north side of Washington av., east of Broad street to Delaware River.-Robt. C. Gamble, Joseph Eneu.

4th Dist.-North side of South street, south side of Vine street, east side of Seventh street to Delaware River.-John R. Orr, H. A. Gildea.

5th Dist.-North side of South street, south side of Vine street, west side of Seventh to east side of Thirteenth street.-A. M. Maggi, Jr., E. G. Carlin.

6th Dist.-North side of South street, south side of Chestnut street, west side of Thirteenth street to Schuylkill River.-Jas. D. Keyser, H. C. Meeser.

7th Dist.-North side of Chestnut street, south side of Vine street, west side of Thirteenth street to Schuylkill River.-Jas. V. Stokes, C. Haggarty.

8th Dist.-North side of Vine street, south side of Master street, west side of Broad street to Schuylkill River. -Jas. E. Ritchie, John McCarthy.

9th Dist.-North side of Vine street, south side of Master street, west side of Sixth street to east side of Broad street.-Samuel Allen, Peter Armbruster.

10th Dist.-11th, 12th and 16th Wards.-John Welsh, John Robbins, Jr.

11th Dist.-17th and 18th Wards.-E. F. Steck, John Huplet.

12th Dist.-North side of Master street, east side of Broad street, Germantown av. and Sixth street.-John B. Wallace, James O'Hara.

13th Dist.-North side of Master street, south side of Lehigh av., west side of Broad street to Schuylkill River. Theophilus Cornell, N. B. Kneass.

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