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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Act of July 19, 1851.— Livingston and Steuben, Twenty-eighth 

 District. 



Act of April 23, 1862. — Chemung, Allegany, and Steuben, Twenty- 

 seventh District. 



The following table gives the names, residences, and peri- 

 ods of service of the citizens of Steuben County who have 

 been Representatives of this county in Congress : 



Cong. 



. 15 



. IS 



. 20 



. 21 



Grattan H. Wheeler Wheeler 22 



Names. Residence. 



Daniel Cruger Bath 



William Woods Bath 



John Magee Bath 



John Maoree Bath, 



Edward Howell Bath..., 



John T. Andrews Bath..., 



William S. Hubbell Bath.... 



David Rumsey, Jr Bath... 



David Rumsey, Jr Bath... 



Robert B. Van Valkenburgh.. ...... Bath... 



Robert B. Van Valkenburgh Bath... 



C. C. B. Walker Corninj 



23 

 25 

 28 

 30 

 31 

 37 

 38 

 41 



John N. Hungerford, 



Corning 43 



Dist. 

 20 



28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 27 



Years. 

 1817-19 

 1823-25 

 1827-29 

 1829-31 

 1831-33 

 1833-35 

 1837-39 

 1843-45 

 1847-49 

 1849-51 

 1861-63 

 1863-65 

 1873-75 

 1875-77 



PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. 



John Lloyd, Nov. 4, 1828, Allegany. 

 Grattan H. Wheeler, Nov. 3, 1840. 

 John D. Higgins, Nov. 5, 1844. 

 Perral C. Dininny, Nov. 2, 1852. 

 James Alley, Nov. 8, 1864. 

 Horace Bemis, Nov. — , 1868. 

 John McDougall, Nov. ~, 1876. 



STATE GOVERNMENT. 

 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. 

 The Lieutenant-Governor has the same qualifications, and 

 is elected in the same manner, and for the same term, as 

 the Governor, whose duty he discharges in case of a vacancy 

 in that office. He is, ex-officto, President of the Senate, a 

 Commissioner of the Canal Fund and of the Land-Office, 

 a member of the Canal Board, a trustee of the Idiot Asy- 

 lum and of Union College, a Regent of the University, and 

 a trustee of the Capitol and of the State Hall. Steuben 

 County has had one citizen elected to this office, viz. : 



Hon. Robert Campbell, of Bath, elected Nov. 2, 1858. 

 Mr. Campbell was also Regent of the University, appointed Feb. 

 2, 1846, vice Governor Dix, resigned. 



CANAL COMMISSIONER. 

 Hon. Stephen T. Hayt, of Corning, elected Nov. 6, 1866. 



CANAL APPRAISER. 



Henry H. Hull, of Bath, appointed April 5, 1855. 



SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT. 



Daniel C. Howell, of Bath, appointed Feb. 3, 1870. 



SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. 



Hon. Daniel Cruger, of Bath, elected Jan. 30, 1816. 

 William B. Ruggles, Deputy Attorney-General, appointed Jan- 

 uary, 1878. 



STATE SENATORS. 



Prior to the constitution of 1821, Steuben County was 

 a part of the large district designated the Western Sena- 

 torial District, and was represented, among others, by the 

 following persons, residents of this county : 



Vincent Matthews, «- 1798-1804. 

 Henry A. Townsend, 1811-15. 



Under the constitution of 1821, this county was in- 

 cluded in the Eighth Senatorial District, with Allegany, 

 Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Mon- 

 roe, Niagara and (after Nov. 12, 1824) Orleans Counties. 

 April 18, 1826, Steuben County was transferred to the 

 Sixth Senatorial District. During this period the senators 

 from this county were the following : 



Grattan H. Wheeler, 1829-32. 

 George Huntington, 1836-40. 



Under the constitution of 1846, Steuben and Chemung 

 Counties constituted the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District, 

 until the act of April 13, 1857. Steuben, Schuyler, and 

 Chemung Counties then became the Twenty-seventh Sena- 

 torial District, and have so remained. 



The Senate consists of thirty-two members, who are 

 elected each odd year. 



The rest of the senators from this county have been the 

 following : 



William M. Hawley, 1848-49. 

 William J. Gilbert, 1851.t 

 Andrew B. Dickinson, 1854-55. 

 John K. Hale, 1856-57. 

 Samuel H. Hammond, 1860-61. 

 Stephen T. Hayt, 1864-66. 

 G. T. narrower, 1872-73. 

 George B. Bradley, 1874-76. 

 George B. Bradley, 1876-78. 

 Ira Davenport, 1878-80. 



MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, 1798-1822. 



The Assembly has always been chosen annually. It 

 consisted at first of seventy members, with the power to 

 increase one with every seventieth increase of the number 

 of electors until it contained three hundred members. 

 When the constitution was amended, in 1801, the num- 

 ber had reached one hundred and eight, when it was 

 reduced to one hundred, with a provision that it should 

 be increased after each septennial census, at the rate of two 

 annually, until the number reached one hundred and fifty. 

 This increase was twelve in 1808 and fourteen in 1815. 

 Members in the several counties were elected on the general 

 ticket, and the Assembly selected from the Senators annu- 

 ally the Council of Appointment. 



Steuben County was at first districted with Ontario, and 

 represented in the Legislature in 1798.J Her members of 

 Assembly under the first constitution were as follows : 



* Mr. Matthews lived at Elmira when first elected, but afterwards 

 removed to Bath. 



1798. Charles Williamson. 



1799. Charles Williamson. 



1800. Charles Williamson. 



1804. James Faulkner. 



1805. John Wilson. 



1806. John Wilson. 



1807. John Wilson. 



1808. George Hornell. 



1809. Henry A. Townsend. 



1810. John Knox. 



1811. John Knox. 



1812. Jacob Teeple. 



1813. Jacob Teeple. 



1814. Daniel Cruger. 



1815. Daniel Cruger. 



1816. Daniel Cruger. 



1817. William B. Rochester. 



1818. William B. Rochester. 



1819. John Dow. 



1820. John Dow. 



1821. John Dow. 



1822. Grattan H. Wheeler. 



f Extra session. 



J Eleazer Lindley, of the town of Lindley, was a member of As- 

 sembly for Ontario County in 1792. Col. Williamson represented the 

 same county in 1796. 



