Brown County MN Archives History - Books .....County, State And National Chapter VII 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 19, 2014, 2:45 am Book Title: History Of Brown County, See Below CHAPER VII COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. Brown county has been represented by the following men, who have held either county, state or national positions during the county's history. The county has furnished one governor—Hon. John Lind, who assumed office January 2, 1899. As secretary of state, Francis Baasen, of New Ulm, assumed his duties May 24, 1858. As state treasurer, Emil Munch, of New Ulm, assumed his duties on January 10, 1868. William Pfaender, of New Ulm, held the same office from January 5, 1876, and was succeeded by another resident of New Ulm, Joseph Bobleter, who assumed his duties as state treasurer on January 5, 1887. The second congressional district, in which Brown county has always been situated, has been represented in Congress as follows: 1858-59, W. W. Phelps, Democrat; 1859-63, Cyrus Aldrich, Republican; 1863-69, Ignatius Donnelly, Republican; 1873-79, H. B. Strait, Republican; 188387, J. B. Wakefield, Republican; 1887-93, John Lind, Republican; 1893-1907, James T. McClary, Republican; 190715, W. S. Hammond, Democrat; 1915-17, Franklin F. Ellsworth, Republican. STATE SENATORS. The following have served in the senatorial district of which Brown county has constituted a part: 1857-58, Richard G. Murphy; 1859-60, J. F. Baldwin; 1861, James W. Linde; 1862, Henry A. Swift; 1864, Henry A. Swift; 1865, Henry A. Swift; 1866, Charles T. Brown; 1867, Adam Buck; 1868, C. T. Brown; 1869, C. T. Brown; 1870, William Pfaender; 1871, William Pfaender; 1872, William Pfaender; 1873, J. S. G. Honner; 1874, J. S. G. Honner; 1875, John W. Blake; 1876, John W. Blake; 1877, S. A. Hall; 1878, S. A. Hall; 1879, K. H. Helling; 1881, S D. Peterson; 1883, S. D. Peterson; 1885, S. D. Peterson; 1887, T E. Bowen; 1889, T. E. Bowen; 1891, S. D. Peterson; 1893, S. D. Peterson; 1895, E. D. French; 1897, E. D. French; 1899, George W. Somerville; 1901, George W Somerville; 1903, George W. Somerville; 1905, George W. Somerville; 1907, Frank Clague; 1909, Frank Clague; 1911, Frank Clague; 1913, Frank Clague; 1915, L. E. Potter, STATE REPRESENTATIVES. Fred Rechfeld, 1857; E. E. Paulding, 1861; Adam Buck, Jr., 1862; W. Tennant, 1863; William Huey, 1864; Henry Poehler, 1865; J. S. G. Horner, 1866; C. T. Brown, 1867; J. C. Rudolph, 1868; J. C. Rudolph, 1869; P. H. Swift, 1870; J. S. G. Horner, 1871; C. C. Brandt, 1872; Charles Hansing, 1873; K. L. Helling, 1874; William Skinner, 1875; E. P. Bertrand, 1876; C. C. Brandt, 1877; J. P. Bertrand, 1878-79; J. C. Zieske, 1880-81; J. Bobleter, 1882-83; William Skinner, 1884-88; C. W. H. Heidman, 1889-90; C. Ahlness, 1891-92; William Skinner, 1893-94; Nels Christensen, 1895-96; H. Heimerdiner, 1897-1901; S. D. Peterson, 1901; A. W. Mueller, present representative. PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FROM BROWN COUNTY. Since 1860 the following has been the vote for President of the United States, as cast in and for Brown county, Minnesota: 1860—Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 408; Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat, 91; J. C. Breckenridge, Southern Democrat, 10. 1864—Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 326; George B. McClellan, Democrat, 58. 1868—U. S. Grant, Republican, 654; Horatio Seymour, Democrat, 162. 1872—U. S. Grant, Republican, 802; Horace Greeley, Democrat and Liberal, 437. 1876—Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican, 932; Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat, 688. 1880—James A. Garfield, Republican, 1,233; W. S. Hancock, Democrat, 708. 1884—James G. Blaine, Republican, 1,159; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 1,169; John P. St. John, Prohibition, 34; Gen. Benjamin Butler, Greenback, 160. 1888—Benjamin Harrison, Republican, 1,285; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 1,489. 1892—Benjamin Harrison, Republican, 1,080; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 1,174; Gen. J. B. Weaver, Populist, 1,457. 1896—William McKinley, Republican, 1,807; W. J. Bryan, Democrat, 1,462; Joshua Levering, Prohibition, 52. 1900—William McKinley. Republican, 1,695; W. J. Bryan, Democrat, 1,471; John G. Woolley, Prohibition, 50. 1904—Theodore Roosevelt, Republican, 2,073; Alton B. Parker, Democrat, 869. 1908—William H. Taft, Republican, 1,518; W. J. Bryan, Democrat, 1,536; E. W. Chafin, Prohibition, 98. 1912—William H. Taft, Republican, 472; Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive, 943; Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, 1,359. VOTE ON THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. In 1864 the vote in Brown county on the question of giving colored men the right of suffrage, equal with white men, stood two hundred and fifty-one for and forty-five against the measure. COUNTY AUDITORS. A. H. Wagner, 1857; J. C. Rudolph, 1860; E. G. Koch, 1867; H. B. Constans, 1877; E. P. Bertrand, 1885; Lewis B. Krook, 1890; E. P. Bertrand, 1894; Louis G. Vogel, 1896 to present date, 1916. COUNTY TREASURERS. H. Vajen, 1857; A. Westphal, 1861; L. Puller, 1867; N. C. Rukke, 1871; Franz Schubert, 1877; Rich Pfefferle, 1883; Prank Burg, 1888; A. Schwerdtfeger, 1896; John Schneider, 1900; Henry J. Berg, 1907, still treasurer. REGISTER OF DEEDS. F. Baasen, 1856; Henry Behnke, 1857; William Pfaender, 1860; E. A. Hausman, 1861; R. Fischer, 1862; E. A Hausman, 1864; A. F. Walton, 1877; A. J. Grimmer, 1885; Fred Pfaender, 1894; W. C. Miller, 1899; Albert J. Schramm, 1905; Fred Christensen, 1915, still serving. CORONERS. H. Winkelmann, 1857; J. Flick. 1861; C. Weschke, 1869; J. Landenschlager, 1877; T. R. Humphrey, 1885; J. C. Rothenburg, 1892; L. A. Fritsche, 1900; E. W. Bayley, 1905; L. A. Fritsche, 1909; Dr. G. F. Reineke, 1911 to present. CLERK OF THE COURT. Henry Behnke, 1857; Charles Roos, 1867; Albert Blanchard, 1874; S. A. George, 1886; John Larson, 1896; Carl P. Manderfeld, 1907 to present date. SHERIFFS. H. Meyerding, 1857; George J. Jacobs, 1861; J. A. Brandt, 1867; William Gieseke, 1868; George Bickenhaupt, 1874; John Manderfeld, 1878; Edward Casey, 1880; John B. Schmid, 1886; Louis Schmelz, 1890; Nels Anderson, 1892; August L. Matter, 1898; William J. Julius, 1902 to 1916. PROBATE JUDGES. J. C. Rudolph, 1857; R. Fischer, 1860; Charles Wagner, 1862; J. Newhart, 1872; A. Westphal, 1874; E. Brandt, 1880; E. P. Bertrand, 1892; J. Landenschlager, 1894; S. A. George, 1898; George Ross, term expires in 1917. DISTRICT JUDGES. A. G. Critchfield, 1856; Louis Brannon, 1864; M. G. Hanscome, 1869; E. St. Julien Cox, 1878; D. Baldwin, 1882; B. F. Webber, 1883; I. M. Olsen, present judge. COUNTY ATTORNEYS. Frank Bassen, 1857; E. St. Julien Cox. 1860; J. J. Thornton, 1862; E. St. Julien Cox, 1863; S. A. Buell, 1867; William Pfaender, 1868; J. Dorrmann, 1869; E. St. Julien Cox, 1870; William S. Bassford, 1871; Alfred Wallin, 1872; Charles T. Clothier, 1873; B. F. Webber, 1874; Charles T. Clothier, 1875; B. F. Webber, 1877; Frank Baasen, 1882; G. W. Somerville, 1884; M. C. Robertson. 1890; L. G. Davis, 1894; Albert Steuihauser, 1896; George T. Olsen, 1893; Einar Holdale, 1902; August G. Erickson, 1907; Adolph Frederickson, 1913 to present date. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, Since 1879 this office has been held by the following: John Lind, 1879-80; D. C. Clary, 1880-83; J. B. Vallikanj, 1883-91; L. G. Davis, 1891-95; William P. Runck, 1895-1901; John Cutting, 1901-11; Robert B. Kennedy, 1911 to present date. The records show that an early superintendent, possibly the first, was August Westphal, appointed by the commissioners in 1865. COUNTY surveyors. Since 1879 the county surveyors have been: Julius Brandt, George Buck, Charles W. Robertson, P. Minium. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The record is not clear in the county archives as to who have served in Brown county on the board of county commissioners. From 1893 to date the members have been elected as follow: 1893—Jesse Palmer, E. G. Koch, Hans Sigurdron, Hubert G. Hillesheimer and J. B. Augustin. 1895—Clement Halvorson, P. D. Haverty, E. G. Koch, H. G. Hillesheimer, J. B. Augustin. 1897—Frand Schubert, Clement Halverson, Anton Richartz, P. D. Raverty and Joseph B. Augustin 1899—Frank Schubert, Ole Synsteby, Anton Richartz, J. C. Peterson, J. P. Augustin. 1901—Andrew Hoffman, Ole Synsteby, A. J. Eckstein, J. C. Peterson, P. J. Miller. 1903—Andrew Hoffman. Hans Frederickson, Andrew J. Eckstein, J. Palmer, P. J. Miller. 1905—Andrew Hoffman. Hans Frederickson, Andrew J. Eckstein, Jesse Palmer, George Ross. 1907—Andrew Hoffman, Ole Jorgenson, Andrew J. Eckstein, Hans J. Knudson. 1909—George A. Tener, Ole Jorgenson, Andrew J. Eckstein, Hans J. Knudson, Herman Polkow. 1911—Nels Erickson, Andrew J. Eckstein, W. C. Steinke, Herman Polkow. 1913:—J. P. Graff, Nels Erickson, John Henle, William C. Steinke, Herman Polkow. 1916—C. Roland. C. L. Palmer, John Henle, J. P. Graff. Andrew J. Eckstein. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D. Editor With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families VOLUME I B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/brown/history/1916/historyo/countyst49gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 9.8 Kb