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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1926

 

STATE AUDITORS--

John Gillespie, February 21, 1867-January 13, 1873.
Jefferson B. Weston, 1873-1879.
F. W. Liedtke, 1879-November 11, 1880.
John Wallichs, November 12, 1880-January 8, 1885.
H. A.Babcock, 1885-1889.
Thomas H. Benton, 1889-1893.
Eugene Moore, 1893-1897.
John F. Cornell, 1897-1901.
Charles Weston, 1901-1905.
Edward N. Searle, 1905-1909.
Silas R. Barton, 1909-1913.
W. B. Howard, 1913-1915.
William H. Smith, 1915-1919.
George W. Marsh, 1919-1927.

STATE TREASURERS--

August Kountze, February 21, 1867-January 11, 1869.
James Sweet, 1869-1871.
Henry A. Koenig, 1871-1875.
J. C. McBride, 1875-1879.
George M. Bartlett, 1879-1883.
Phelps D. Sturdevant, 1883-1885.
Charles H. Willard, 1886-1889.
John E. Hill, 1889-1893.
Joseph S. Bartley, 1893-1897.
John B. Meserve, 1897-1901.
William Stuefer, 1901-1903.
Peter Mortensen, 1903-1907.
L. G. Brian, 1907-1911.
Walter A. George, 1911-1915.
George E. Hall, 1915-1919.
Daniel B. Cropsey, 1919-1923.
C. D. Robinson, 1923-1927.

COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS--

(Office created in 1875.)
F. M. Davis, 1877-1881.
A. C. Kendall, 1881-1885.
Joseph Scott, 18851889.
John Steen, 1889-1891.
A. R. Humphrey, 1891-1895.
Henry C. Russell, 1895-1897.
Jacob V. Wolfe, 1897-1901.
George D. Follmer, 1901-1905.
Henry M. Eaton, 1906-1909.
E. B. Cowles, 1909-1913.
Fred Beckmann, 1913-1916.
G. L. Shumway, 1915-1919.
Dan Swanson, 1919-1927.

ATTORNEYS GENERAL--

Champion S. Chase, February 21, 1867-January 11, 1869.
Seth Robinson, 1869-1871.
George H. Roberts, 1871-1873; 1875-1879.
J. R. Webster, 1873-1875.
C. J. Dilworth, 1879-1883.
Isaac Powers, Jr., 1883-1885.
William Leese, 1885-1891.
George H. Hastings, 18911895.
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Arthur S. Churchill, 1895-1897.
Constantine J. Smyth, 1897-1901.
Frank N. Prout, 1901-1905.
Norris Brown, 1905-1907.
William T. Thompson, 1907-1910.(Resigned.)
Arthur F. Mullen, October 31, 1910-January 5, 1911. (To fill vacancy.)
Grant G. Martin, 1911-1915.
Willis E. Reed, 1915-1919.
Clarence A. Davis, 1919-1923.
O. S. Spillman, 1923-1927.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

(Office created by act of February 15, 1869)--
DeWitt Beals, appointed by Governor Butler, February 16, 1869-January 10, 1871.
J. M. McKenzie, 1871-1877.
S. R. Thompson, 1877-1881.
W. W. W. Jones, 1881-1887.
George B. Lane, 1887-1891.
A. K. Goudy, 18911895.
Henry R. Corbett, 1895-1897
William R. Jackson, 1897-1901.
William K. Fowler, 1901-1905.
Jasper L. McBrien, 1905-1909.
E. C. Bishop, 1909-1911.
James W. Crabtree, January-October, 1911.
James E. Delzell, October, 1911-January, 1915.
A. O. Thomas, 1915-1917.
W. H. Clemmons, 1917January, 1920.
John M. Matzen, January 15, 1920-1927.

SUPREME COURT-STATE JUSTICES

  

Term of Office

Term of Office

  

State Justice

Chief Justice

William A. Little, elected 1867, never qualified.

  

  

George B. Lake

1867-1884

1873-1878

  

  

1882-1884

Oliver P. Mason, appointed 1867

1868-       

1867-1878

Lorenzo Crounse

1867-1873

....-....

Daniel Gantt

1873-1878

1878-1878

Samuel Maxwell

1873-1894

1878-1882

  

....-....

1886-1888

  

....-....

1892-1894

Amasa Cobb

1878-1892

1884-1886

  

....-....

1890-1892

Manoah B. Reese

1884-1890

1888-1890

  

1908-1915

....-....

T. L. Norval

1890-1902

1894-1895

  

....-....

1900-1902

Alfred M. Post

1892-1898

1896-1898

T. O. C. Harrison

1894-1900

1898-1900

John J. Sullivan

1898-1904

1902-1904

Silas A. Holcomb

1900-1906

1904-1906

James R. Dean

1908-1910

....-....

  

1917-date

....-....

Jesse L. Root, appointed 1908

1908-1911

....-....

John B. Barnes

1904-1917

1908-1909

Jacob Fawcett

1908-1917

1916 acting

Conrad Hollenbeck, never qualified

....-....

1915-

Samuel H. Sedgwick

1902-1908

1906-1908

  

1910-1919

....-....

Charles B. Letton

1906-1924

....-....

 

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William B. Rose

1908-date

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Francis G. Hamer

1911-1918

....-....

Albert J. Cornish

1917-1920

....-....

Andrew J. Morrissey

....-....

1915-date

Chester H. Aldrich

1918-1924

....-....

George A. Day

1920-date

....-....

Leonard A. Flansburg

1920-1928

....-....

Edward E. Good

1923-date

....-....

W. H. Thompson

1924-date

....-....

Robert E. Evans

1925-1925

....-....

George A. Eberly

1925-date

....-....

 

SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONERS--

Robert Ryan. 1893-1899.
John M. Ragan, 1899-1899.
Frank Irvine, 1893-1899.
William G. Hastings, 1901-1904.
George A. Day, 1901-1902.
John S. Kirkpatrick, 1901-1904.
Willis D. Oldham, 1901-1906.
Samuel H. Sedgwick, 1901-1902.
Roscoe Pound, 1901-1902.
Edward Duffle, 1901-1909.
John H. Ames, 1901-1907.
I. L. Albert, 1901-1904.
Charles S. Lobinger, 1902-1903.
Richard C. Glanville, 1902-1903.
Charles B. Letton, 1902-1906.
John B. Barnes, 1902-1904.
Jacob Fawcett, 1904-1906.
N. D. Jackson, 1905-1909.
Ambrose C. Epperson, 1906-1909.
Edward A. Good, 1907.1909,
Elisha C. Calkins, 1907-1909.
Jesse L. Root, 1908-1909.
William C. Parriott, 1915-1919.
Grant C. Martin, 1915-1919.
Fred O. McGirr, 1915-1919.
Franklin Shotwell, 1919,
Leonard A. Flansburg, 1919-1920.
William M. Cain, 1920-1921.
William C. Dorsey, 1919-1921.
George W. Tibbetts, 1919-1921, 1925-1927.
John C. Martin, 1925-1927.
Thomas F. Neighbors, 1925-1927.
William T. Thompson, 1925-1927.
Charles E. Sandall, 1925-1927.
Wilmer W. Wilson, 1925-1927.

CLERK OF SUPREME COURT--

George Armstrong, appointed June 11, 1867.

REPORTERS OF SUPREME COURT--

J. M. Woolworth, appointed 1870.
Lorenzo Crounse, appointed 1878.
Henry P. Stoddard, 1921-date.

 

STATE LIBRARIANS

Thomas P. Kennard, June 22, 1867.
Wm. H. Jones, January 10, 1871.
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CLERKS AND REPORTERS OF SUPREME COURT AND STATE LIBRARIANS

Guy A. Brown, appointed clerk August 8, 1868. Appointed reporter 1875.
     Appointed librarian March 8, 1871. Died October 27. 1889.
Walter A. Leese, appointed October 29, 1889.
D. A. Campbell, July 14, 1890-May 1, 1900.
Lee. Hardman, May 1, 1900-May 1, 1904.
Harry C. Lindsay, May 1, 1904-1921.

CLERK OF SUPREME COURT AND STATE LIBRARIAN--

Harry C. Lindsay. 1921-date.

UNITED STATES MARSHALS --

C. E. Yost April 1, 1869.
Wm. Daily, 1970.
Ellis Bierbower, 1885.
Brad D. Slaughter, 1888.
F. E. White, 1893.
George H. Thummel, 1897.
Trevanyon L. Mathews, 1899.
William P. Warner, 1907,
Thomas J. Flynn, 1916.
James C. Dahlman, 1920-1921.
Dennis H. Cronin, 1921-date.

DISTRICT JUDGES

Name

District

   Address

Term

Adams, Ed L.

10

Minden

1900-1908

Albert, I. L.

6

Columbus

1896-1900

Allen, William V.

8, 9

Madison

1896-18991

  

  

  

1917-19242

Ambrose, G. W.

4

Omaha

1892-1896

Appleget, Thomas

1

Tecumseh

1854-1892

Babcock, Albert H.

1

Beatrice

1892-1896

Baker, Benjamin S.

4

Omaha

1896-1904

Barnes, J. B.

6, 7

Ponca

1879-18843

Barron, P. J.

17

Gering

1922-date4

Bartlett, Edwin M

4

Omaha

1904-1908

Bartow, Alfred

15

Chadron

1892-1896

Bates, Edward

5

York

1891-19005

Baxter, Irving F.

4

Omaha

1900-1908

Beall, F. B.

10

Alma

1892-1896

  

  

Hastings

1896-1900

Begley, James T.

2

Plattsmouth

1914-date6

Blackledge, Lewis H.

10

Hastings

1921-date

Blair, J., H.

4

Omaha

1892-1896

Boyd. James F.

9

Oakdale, Neligh

1900-19087

Broady, Jefferson H

1

Beatrice

1884-1892

Broady, Jefferson H.

8

Lincoln

1923-date8

Brown, Ralph D.

7

Crete

1917-1924

Bush, J. E.

1

Beatrice

1892-1896

Button, Frederick W.

6

Fremont

1914-date9

 

1 Resigned December 16, 1899.
2 Deceased.
3 Appointed in fall of 1879 to fill vacancy caused by election in 1878 of E. K. Valentine to congress.
4 Appointed December 16, 1922.
5 Appointed in 1891 in conformity with legislative act.
6 Elected 1914, to fill vacancy.
7 Elected November 6, 1900 to fill vacancy.
8 Appointed, May 1923.
9 Elected 1914 to fill vacancy.

 

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DISTRICT JUDGES- (Continued)

Name

District

   Address

Term

Chapman, Samuel M.

2

Plattsmouth

1885-189610

Chase, Dewitt Clinton

9

Stanton

1924-date11

Church, A. H.

10, 13

North Platte

1889-189212

Clarkson, Joseph R.

8

Omaha

1888-1892

Clements, Edwin P.

11

Ord

1921-date

Clements, Elliot J.

3

Lincoln

1919-192313

Cochran, James E

11,14

McCook

1887-189214

Coffin, E. M.

11

Ord

1892-18915

Colby, Leonard W.

13

Beatrice

1921-date

Cones, Douglas

8

Pierce

1899-190416

Corcoran, George F.

5

York

1908-1924

Cornish, Albert J.

3

Lincoln

1896-191617

Cosgrave, P. James

3

Lincoln

1912-191818

Crawford, J. C.

7

West Point

1884-1888

Crites, A. W.

15

Chadron

1891-189219

Davidson, Samuel P.

I

Tecumseh

1882-1884 20

Davis, Herbert J.

4

Omaha

1891-1896 21

Day, George A

4

Omaha

1902-1920 22

Day, L. B.

4

Omaha

1921-date

Dickinson, Charles T.

4

Omaha

1896-1904

Dickson, Robert R.

15

O'Neill

1912-date

Dilworth, William A

10

Holdrege

1919-date 23

Doane, George W

3, 4

Omaha

1888-1892

Dorsey, William C.

10

Bloomington

1917-1919 24

Duffie, E. R.

4

Omaha

1892-1896

Dungan, Harry

10

Hastings

1908-1917 25

Eldred, Charles E.

14

McCook

1919-date 26

English, James P.

4

Omaha

1914-1917 27

Estelle, Lee S.

4

Omaha

1891-1920 28

Evans, Arthur J.

5

David City

. 1904-1908

Evans, Robert E. .

8

Dakota City

1896-1900

Fawcett, Jacob

4

Omaha

1896-1904

Ferguson, A. N.

4

Omaha

1891-1896 29

Field, Allen W.

2, 3

Lincoln

1886-1892 30

Fitzgerald, James M.

4

Omaha

1921-date

Flansburg, Leonard A

3

Lincoln

1918-191931

Frost, Lincoln

3

Lincoln-

1897-191232

  

  

  

192433

Gaslin, William Jr

5, 8, 10

Kearney

1876-1892

Gillan, George C.

13

Lexington

1923-192434

10 Elected 1885.
11 Appointed February 5, 1924.
12 Appointed 1889.
13 Appointed October 9, 1919. Elected November 2, 1920. Deceased, 1923.
14 Appointed, 1887
15 19 21 28 29 Appointed in 1891 in conformity with legislative act.
16 Appointed December 18, 1899
17 Resigned 1916.
18 Resigned January 4 1918.
20 Appointed to fill vacancy, 1882.
22 Elected November 4, 1902 to fill vacancy.
23 Appointed October 25, 1919. Elected November 2, 1920.
24 Appointed April 24, 1917 Resigned, 1919.
25 Resigned 1917.
26 Appointed December 12, 1919. Elected November 2, 1920.
27 Elected 1914 to fill vacancy.
30 Appointed 1886.
31 Appointed January 7, 1918. Resigned 1919.
32 Elected 1897.
33 Appointed March 11 1924.
34 Appointed July 1, 1923.

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