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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERVISORS

R, Republican. D, Democrat.

Adams -- Supervisors:

     J. H. Furry (D), Hastings; W. C. Whitesel (D), Juniata; M. Fred Ruhter (R), Roseland; P. H. Gartner (R), Glenville; Geo. G. Bauer (D), Hastings; Wm. Keal (R), Hastings; T. R. Rainforth (R), Hastings.

Antelope -- Supervisors

     John W. Farber (R), Brunswick; M. M. Mitchell (R), Orchard; D. C. McCartney (R), Clearwater; Harry B. Beckwith (R), Neligh; J. Irving Stringfellow (D) Oakdale; C. H. Markley (D), Elgin.

Arthur -- Commissioners:

     Joseph Mell (R), Carman; David Lane (R), Velma; Chas. L. Hiner (R), Arthur.

Banner -- Commissioners:

     C. J. E. Johnson (R), Kirk; John Stull (R), Harrisburg; John W. Cross (R), Harrisburg.

Blaine -- Commissioners:

     Gustav Jochem (R), Brewster; Ed Doud (D), Dunning; L. L. Simonton (R), Purdum.

Boone -- Commissioners:

     Andrew Kolden (R), Petersburg; Walter Reynoldson (R), St. Edward; Fred Paup (R), Albion.

Box Butte -- Commissioners:

     C. L. Hashman (R), Alliance; R. E. Knight (R), Alliance; W. D. Johnson (D), Hemingford.

Boyd -- Supervisors:

     Martin Johnson (R), Monowi; Luke Darnell (R), Lynch; W. E. McQuistan (D), Gross; K. A. Clifton (R), Fairfax, S. D.; James A. Curtis (R), Naper; J. H. Sieler (R), Butte; G. H. Chittenden (R), Spencer.

Brown -- Commissioners:

     J. M. Farris (D), Long Pine; Cass Moore (R), Ainsworth; John B. Stoll (D), Johnstown,

Buffalo -- Supervisors:

     Eber Richards (D), Elm Creek; S. Holliday (D), Miller; J. G. Corey (D), Ravenna; Wm. G. Spahr (R), St. Michael; J. H. Rodgers (R), Gibbon; J. Sitz (R), Kearney, Geo. A. Herring (D), Kearney.

Burt -- Supervisors:

     W. J. Isgrig (D), Tekamah; Nels Johnson (R), Oakland; G. F. Rasch (R), Decatur; F. G. Ingham, Lyons; John McDonald, Craig; G. C. Wilcox, Tekamah, D. S. Tomlinson, Tekamah.

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     Thos. Duda (R), Linwood; L. B. Wagner (D), Bellwood; Paul C. Lehr (R), Surprise; G. C. Gocken (D), Garrison; Wm. J. Bahr (R), David City; John Kriz (D), Brainard; Ed. T. Rech (D), Ulysses.

Cass -- Commissioners:

     C. F. Harris (R), Union; C. D. Spangler (D), Murray; Fred H. Gorder (D), Weeping Water.

Cedar -- Commissioners:

     A. B. Shively (R), Laurel; A. J. Thorne, Fordyce; Alfred Anderson (R), Hartington.

Chase -- Commissioners:

     C. W. Eckerd (R), Elsie; Henry Greim; Harry Jeff Goddard.

Cherry -- Commissioners:

     C. L. Coleman (R), Irwin; F. L. Boyer (D), Mullen; W. F. Parker (R), Wood Lake.

Cheyenne -- Commissioners:

     Bert Allington (D), Sunol; Joseph Nelson (R), Potter; P. C. Collart (R), Gurley.

Clay -- Supervisors:

     O. W. Challburg (R), Sutton; J. L. Benson (D), Saronville; P. W. Aker (D), Harvard; F. B. Onken (D), Glenvil; Fred Krell (D), Glenvil; Karl McFadden (R), Fairfield; E. L. Smock (R), Edgar.

Colfax -- Commissioners:

     Frank Houfek, Jr. (R), Clarkson; John Tichota (R), Howells; Jaroslav Jonas (D), Schuyler.

Cuming -- Supervisors:

     Thos. E. Tighe (D), Bancroft; Geo. C. Weborg (R), Pender; H. A. Tiedtke (D), Wisner; Emiel Grosse (R), Beemer; H. B. Sass (R), West Point; Frank Schrage (D), Dodge; Chas. Mack (R), West Point.

Custer -- Supervisors

     Harry F. Burnham (R), Ansley; J. F. Buchbuhl (R), Anselmo; A. H. Ford (D), Sargent; L. R. Heish (R), Broken Bow; Sam J. Ostergard (D), Gothenburg; Geo. W. Headley (D), Callaway.

Dakota -- Commissioners:

     John Sohn (D), South Sioux City; Nels Andersen (R), Hubbard; A. Ira Davis (R), Emerson.

Dawes -- Commissioners:

     H. Broadhurst (R), Whitney; William Ormesher (R), Chadron; Wm. Hern (D), Chadron.

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     J. T. Costin (D), Willow Island; F. U. Northrop (R), Overton; John Battle (D), Lexington.

Deuel -- Commissioners:

     Peter Soderquist (R), Chappell; Otto Nielson (R), Big Springs; O. C. Brestel (D), Chappell.

Dixon -- Supervisors:

     Frank Engel (R), Ponca; Chas. Davis (D), Ponca; Ed. J. Thomas (R), Newcastle; H. E. Anderson (R), Wakefield; Frank Lundin (D), Concord; A. L. Nuernberger (R), Wakefield; J. M. Bannon (R), Emerson.

Dodge -- Supervisors:

     M. A. Uehling (R), Hooper; C. W. Hepburn (D), Dodge; Swan Anderson (R), Fremont; Oscar Widman (D), Fremont.

Douglas -- Commissioners

H. S. McDonald (R), Omaha; Harry Counsman (R), Omaha; Chas. Kubat (R), Omaha; John E. Briggs (R), Omaha; Thos. Falconer (R), Omaha.

Dundy -- Commissioners:

     A. L. Miller (D), Benkelman; Budd Crow (D), Max; I. D. Long (R), Haigler.

Fillmore -- Supervisors:     

     J. F. Mitchell (D), Exeter; Harry Bergstrand (D), Fairmont; Fred Softley (R), Grafton; Clarence E. McCartney (R), Geneva; A. A. Russell (D), Geneva; J. P. Moor (R), Ohiowa; E. T. Ketchurn (D), Shickley.

Franklin -- Supervisors:

     J. L. Watson (R), Campbell; J. Roggenkamp (R), Upland; John F. Schepler (R), Hildreth; T. J. Woody (D), Naponee; Chris DeRiese (D), Bloomington; Wm. Dependehner (D), Franklin; L. J. Kugler (R), Riverton.

Frontier -- Commissioners:

     Wm. C. Meyer (R), Maywood; A. J. Swanson (R), Moorefield; Win. Schilpp (R), Eustis.

Furnas -- Commissioners

     F. W. Clarine (D), Oxford; Oscar Mart (D), Holbrook; Walter Martin (D), Hendley.

Gage -- Supervisors:

     Frank Bures (D), Odell; J. G. Carstens (R), Adams; W. T. Fort. (D), DeWitt; G. H. Smith (R), Beatrice; Fred Nichols (R), Beatrice; J. W. Marple (R), Blue Springs; Anton Scherdeler (D), Wymore.

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     A. A. Batie (R), Lisco; Roscoe Vance (R), Lewellen; C. M. Davis (R), Oshkosh.

Garfield -- Commissioners:

     F. A. Downey (R), Burwell; C. F. Clark (R), Blake; J. D. Wittsche (R), Ord.

Gosper Commissioners:

     Fred Kelley (R), Eustis; Albert Hand (R), Oxford; R. E. Parkyn (D), Elwood.

Grant -- Commissioners:

     J. L. Buchfinck (R), Whitman; Geo. Manning (D), Hyannis; Reinhold Jons (R), Ashby.

Greeley -- Commissioners

     W. P. Dunning (D), Spalding; M. H. Teilman (D), Wolbach; Frank Phelan (D), Greeley.

Hall -- Supervisors

     George E. Mader (R), Grand Island; W. B. Parks (D), Wood River; C. A. Fairbanks (R), Wood River; W. H. Rainforth (R), Prosser; L. T. Geer (R), Grand Island; H. J. Voss (D), Grand Island; A. H. Relider (R), Grand Island.

Hamilton -- Commissioners

L. A. Enderl (D), Aurora; L. T. Johnson (D), Marquette; C. E. Killian (R), Phillips.

Harlan -- Supervisors:

     L. A. Ault (R), Alma; O. R. Cassell (R), Republican City; Frank Reynolds (R), Long Island, Kansas; C. Edward Peterson (R), Holdrege; E. E. Johnson (R), Orleans;, L. Olson (R), Orleans; T. J. Maret (R), Huntley:

Hayes -- Commissioners:

     Presley Loomis (R), Hayes Center; Taylor- Ward (R), St. Ann; T. E. Counce (D), Hayes Center.

Hitchcock -- Commissioners:

     S. J. Adkins (D), Trenton; W. C. Hay (D), Trenton; W. H. Ritchie (R), Stratton.

Holt -- Supervisors:

     L. C. McKim (R), Opportunity: Hugh L. James (D), Atkinson; John Sullivan (D), O'Neill; L. E. Skidmore (R), Ewing J. C. Stein (R), Meek; E. Gibson (D), Chambers; C. B. Nellis (R), Atkinson,

Hooker -- Commissioners:

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     J. F. Bower (D), St. Paul; Henry Ingerle (R), Elba; Chris Nielsen (D), Boelus.

Jefferson -- Commissioners:

     W. L. Woods (R), Steele City; Louis Jarchow (R), Daykin; J. M. Koch (D), Fairbury.

Johnson -- Commissioners:

     C. W. Little (R), Crab Orchard; P. G. Betzelberger (R), Tecumseh; John F. Kuhlman (D), Johnson.

Kearney -- Supervisors

     M. O. Monson (D), Minden; Carlyle England (D), Axtell; Tom Gormley (D), Lowell.

Keith -- Commissioners:

     J. L. Brown (R), Brule; Freeman Whitney.

Keya Paha -- Commissioners:

     F. A. Lewis (D), Burton; C. L. LaRue (D), Norden; A. J. Outhouse (D), Springview.

Kimball -- Commissioners:

     E. G. Meredith (R), Bushnell; John Baur (P), Dix; E. J. Dillon (R), Kimball.

Knox -- Supervisors:

     John M. Mischke (R), Crofton; John D. Forsyth (R), Niobrara; Ernest A. Miller (R), Walnut; John Aird (R), Center; C. A. Busskohl (R), Bloomfield; E. A. Ellingson (D), Wausa; Jacob P. Jundt (R), Creighton.

Lancaster -- Commissioners:

     J. M. Cameron (R), Lincoln; J. R. Bennett (R), Lincoln; T. J. Hensley (R), Lincoln.

Lincoln -- Commissioners:

     O. H. Everly (R), Hershey; F. J. Diener (R), North Platte; G. D. Eells (R), Brady.

Logan -- Commissioners:

     James Philpot (R), Gandy; Alfred G. Stockall (R), Logan; W. C. Raynard (R), Stapleton. 0

Loup -- Commissioners:

     Z. C. Harris (R), Burwell; E. H. Coleman (R), Taylor; John Dunbar (R), Moulton.

McPherson -- Commissioners:

     A. G. Wails (D), Tryon; N. E. Trego (R), Plats; Paul Munson (R), Ringgold.

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     W. S. Crook (R), Meadow Grove; J. C. Kilmer (R), Madison; Fred Terry (R), Norfolk.

Merrick -- Supervisors:

     E. B. Woods (R), Silver Creek; C. J. Dittmer (D), Clarks; J. O. Rawlings (D), Archer; S. A. Bellville (R), Central City; Ed Klingenberg (D), Chapman; August C. Zamzow (R), Central City; Chas. Bosselman (R), St. Libory,

Morrill -- Commissioners:

     .R. W. Haggerty (R), Broadwater; Fred R. Lindberg (D), Bridgeport; C. O. Morrison (R), Bayard.

Nance -- Supervisors:

     R. Widle (R), Genoa; F. E. Miller (R), Fullerton; M. Jennings (R),Fullerton; G. H. Caswell (R), Fullerton; C. F. Schwensen (D), Belgrade; M. M. Medbery (D), Fullerton; John Podraza (R), Fullerton.

Nemaha -- Commissioners:

     C. A. Lash (D), Auburn; J. A. Shiveley (D), Nemaha; J. W. Bennett (D), Brock.

Nuckolls -- Commissioners:

     S. C. Swett (R), Oak; W. D. McBroom (R), Superior; H. H. Hite (D), Nelson.

Otoe -- Commissioners:

     H. H. Herzog, Jr. (R), Nebraska City; Lewis Ganzel (R), Otoe.

Pawnee -- Commissioners

     John S. Vrtiska (R), Table Rock; J. H. Hart (D), Burchard; George R. Pinkerton (D), Pawnee.

Perkins -- Commissioners:

     E. F. Nomer (D), Elsie; Emil Kluge (R), Madrid; W. J. Watkins (D), Venango.

Phelps -- Supervisors:

     H. E. Erickson (D), Holdrege; C. H. Kingsbury (R), Holdrege; C. A. Larson (R), Holdrege; E. E. Dahlstrom (D), Holdrege; Nels Anderson (D), Funk; G. N. Abramson (D), Loomis; Albert P. Swenson (R), Bertrand.

Pierce -- Commissioners:

     P. A. Weyrich, McLean, H. G. Hoffart, Plainview, Wm. Plahn, Pierce.

Platte -- Supervisors

     Jos. Bender (D), Humphrey; Hec Blaser (D), Columbus; Wm. Grotelueschen (D), Creston; Jas. Leggat (D), Monroe; W. T. Matzen (R), Columbus; Henry Schaecher (D), Lindsay; Emil Schoen (R), Platte Center. 

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     Lee Campbell (D), Gresham; A. Dornan (D), Shelby; C. Edwin Johnson (R), Osceola.

Red Willow -Commissioners:

      A. E. Allen (R), Danbury; W. H. Meyers (D), McCook; W. A. Irons (R), McCook.

Richardson -- Commissioners:

      John H. Hutchings (D), Falls City; J. H. Lewis (R), Verdon; Jas. B. Davis (D), Humboldt.

Rock -- Commissioners:

      Chas. Swanson (R), Selden; Frank Barker (R), Bassett.

Saline -- Commissioners:

      Frank H. Tavis (R), Crete; J. W. Kaura (R), DeWitt.

Sarpy -- Commissioners:

      Gates Lilley (D), Route 3, So. Omaha; John H. Wiese (D), Springfield; Jacob Ehlers (R), Gretna.

Saunders -- Commissioners:

      George Harmon (D), Ashland; Martin Swanson (R), Wahoo; From Houfen (R), Malmo.

Scotts Bluff -- Commissioners:

      Chas. A. Morrill (R), Scottsbluff; G. M. Crabill (R), Melbeta; H. M. Springer (R), Mitchell.

Seward -- Supervisors:

      W. B. Stolz (R), Milford; C. I. Morefield (R), Milford; W. C. Tishue (R), Seward; George Bauer, Jr. (R), Goehner; John Meyer (R), Gresham; J. W. Garber (R), Seward; Frank Steffen (R), Utica.

Sheridan -- Commissioners:

      Joe W. Leedom (R), Gordon; John Peters (R), Hay Springs; J. T. Burton (D), Bingham.

Sherman -- Supervisors:

      S. S. Ignowski (D), Ashton; Chas. Quartz (D), Loup City; J. E. Roush (D), Loup City; Wm. Jaeschke (R), Rockville; E. W. Thompson (D), Loup City; C. H. Bacus (R), Litchfield; Louis Hansen (D), Hazard.

Sioux -- Commissioners:

      W. B. Woodruff (D), Harrison; J. C. Lewis (D), Henry; L. M. Childs (R), Story.

Stanton -- Commissioners:

      S. P. Petersen (D), Leigh; Paul Kingsley (D), Stanton; Julius Schulz (R), Pilger.

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      J. B. Christopher (R), Carleton; A. F. Townsend (R), Williams; Fred Bell (D), Hebron.

Thomas -- Commissioners:

      J. C. Ewing (R), Purdum; F. C. Licking (D), Seneca; C. E. Knepper (D), Thedford.

Thurston -- Commissioners:

      W. H. Merry (R), Thurston; Stanton Wilder (R), Rosalie; E. G. Ross (R), Winnebago.

Valley -- Supervisors:

      Scott Philbrick (R), Ord; Joseph Vasicek (R), Ord; J. A. Braden (D), Arcadia; V. W. Robbins (R), North Loup.

Washington -- Commissioners:

      Chas. Nelson (D), Herman; C. B. Mehrens (R), Ft. Calhoun; C. J. Nelson (R), Blair.

Wayne -- Commissioners:

      Frank Erxleben (R), Wayne; Henry Rethwisch (R), Carroll; David Koch (R), Winside.

Webster -- Commissioners-

      H. A. Stumpenhorst (R), Blue Hill; J. N. Hutchins (R), Cowles; A. G. Goth (R), Red Cloud; E. J. Cox (R), Guide Rock; H. E. Chaplin (R), Inavale.

Wheeler -- Commissioners:

      James Pratt (D), Cumminsville; R. F. Lehman (R), Ericson; C. J. Bartak (R), Newboro.

York Supervisors:

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MUNICIPALITIES

      The figures of the United States census in the table which follows are not wholly satisfactory, for two principal reasons:

      (1) The censuses of 1860, of 1870 and of 1880 in many cases did not separate the population of incorporated towns from that of the precincts where they were situated.

      (2) In Nebraska the United States census of 1890 was a stuffed and fraudulent census, the population of a number of cities being grossly exaggerated.

COMPARISON OF NEBRASKA CITIES AND VILLAGES WITH

VILLAGES WITH RURAL POPULATION, 1860-1920

     ¹ Population of cities and villages not separated from precincts by this census except in some cases.
     ² City population as shown by this census report greatly in excess of true population.

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