The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 97
Cayuga County Civil List

Palmer; 1835, Cornelius Cuykendall, Andrew Groom, Noyes Palmer, Andrews Preston ; 1836, Dennis Arnold, Charles E. Shepard, Richard L. Smith, William Wilbur; 1837, Curtiss C. Cady, Charles E. Shepard, William Wilbur; 1838; Henry R. Filley, Isaac S. Miller, Nathan G. Morgan ; 1839, Nathan G. Morgan, Henry R. Filley, John McIntosh ; 1840, Artemas Cady, John W. McFadden, Andrews Preston; 1841, Darius Adams, Osman Rhoades, John W. McFadden ; 1842, John L. Cuyler, Vincent Kenyon, Alvarez Tupper; 1843, Vincent Kenyon, Alfred Lyon, Darius Monroe; 1844, Ashbel Avery, Benj. F. Hall, Robert Hume; 1845, David Gould, Leonard Searing, William Titus; 1846, Samuel Bell, William I. Cornwell, John T. Rathbun; 1847, Samuel Bell, William I. Cornwell, John T. Rathbun ; 1848, Ebenezer Curtis, John I. Brinckerhoff, Hector C. Tuthill ; 1849, James D. Button, John I. Brinckerhoff, Hector C. Tuthill ; 1850, Hiram Coon, John Richardson, Ashbel Avery; 1851, Levi Colvin, George Underwood, Delos Bradley; 1852, William Hayden, George Underwood, Delos Bradley; 1853, William Hayden, Terance J. Kennedy, Mathias Hutchinson ; 1854, Justus Townsend, Moseley Hutchinson, Mathias Hutchinson ; 1855, Moore Conger, David L. Dodge, William B. Woodin ; 1856, Sardis Dudley, Leonard Simons, Tolbert Powers ; 1857, James J. Owen, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Hiram Tifft ; 1858, David B. Baldwin, Chauncey M. Abbott; 1859, William W. Payne, Chauncey M. Abbott; 1860, William W. Payne, Allen D. Morgan ; 1861, Heman Benton, Smith Anthony; 1862, William A. Halsey, Smith Anthony; 1863, George I. Post, William P. Robinson; 1864, Benjamin M. Close, Wm. P. Robinson ; 1865, Benjamin M. Close, John L. Parker.; 1866-'67, Homer N. Lockwood, John L. Parker; 1868-'69, Charles H. Weed, Sanford Gifford ; 1870, Wm. H. Eaker, Stephen S. Hewitt; 1871, Charles H. Curtis, Stephen S. Hewitt; 1872, Ira D. Brown, Elijah E. Brown ; 1873, Leonard F. Hardy, Elijah E. Brown; 1874, Leonard F. Hardy, Erastus H. Hussey ; 1875, C. S. Beardsley, jr., Erastus H. Hussey ; 1876, George I. Post, John S. Brown ; 1877, George I. Post, John S. Brown; 1878, Howell B. Converse, William L. Noyes.

DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Silas Halsey represented Cayuga County in the first Constitutional convention in 1801. In 1821, the second convention, Cayuga had three delegates, namely:

David Brinckerhoff, Rowland Day, Augustus F. Ferris. In that of 1846, the County had also three delegates: Daniel John Shaw, Elisha W. Sheldon, and Peter Yawger. A fourth Constitutional convention was held in 1867, and over six months devoted to the consideration of proposed changes in the fundamental laws, but it did not complete its work. In that convention the delegates were Charles C. Dwight and George Rathbun.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

Cayuga County has been represented in the Electoral college as follows : 1812 Jotham Jayne ; 1816, Richard Townley; 1824, Eleazer Burnham; 1828, Asaph Stowe; 1832, Seth Thomas; Elector-at-large, same year Nathaniel Garrow ; 1836, Peleg Slade; 1840, Albert Crane; 1844, Daniel Hibbard; 1848, Stephen Fancher; 1852, William C. Beardsley; 1856, Eleazer Burnham; 1860, William Van Marter ; 1864, John E. Seeley; 1868, James McLean; 1872, John H. Camp; 1876, George W. Knowles.

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.

The following have been the representatives from Cayuga County in the Congress of the United States at the times and for the periods named

Silas Halsey _______ 1806-'08, two years.
Daniel Avery _______ 1811-13, two years.
Enos F. Throop _______ 1815-17, two years.
Nathaniel Garrow _______ 1827-'29, two years.
Gershom Powers _______ 1829-'31, two years.
Ulysses F. Doubleday _______ 1831-33-'35- 37, four years.
Thomas Y. How, Jr. _______ 1833- 35, two years.
Christopher Morgan _______ 1839-'41, two years.
George Rathbun _______ 1843-47, four years.
Edwin B. Morgan _______ 1853-'59, six years.
Theodore M. Pomeroy. _______ 1861-69, eight years
Clinton D. McDougall _______ 1873 '77, four years

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND COMMISSIONERS.

By an act passed April 17, 1843, the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties were directed


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