Chapter 14
Political History

March 20, 1812-
Incorporated by State Legislature at the same time as three other towns.
April 7, 1812
Held election and Organization meeting.
First of above four towns.
Place: at home of Jacob Wright at hamlet now known as Armor.
Results of Election:

Town Officials - 1812

Supervisor

David Eddy (Veteran of 1812)

 

Town Clerk

Samuel Hawkins

 

Assessors

Isaac Chandler
Richard Smith
Ned Whittaker

 

Constable & Collector

Abner Wilson

 

Overseers of the Poor

Nathan Clark
Thomas Fish

 

Com. of Highways

Joseph Browning
John Green
Amasa Smith

 

Constables

Daniel Smith
Gilbert Wright
Benjamin Henshaw

 

Pound Master

Jotham Bemis
Abner Amsdell

 

First Overseers of Highways & Fence Viewers - 1812
District:
1. Obadiah Baker
2. Henry Arnold
3. Jared Canfield
4. Jesse Oaks
5. Nathan Cummings
6. Stephen Miller
7. Benjamin Hisks
8. Aaron Parker
9. George Pierce
10. Samuel Abbott
11. John Layton
12. John Griffin
13. Nathan Williams
14. Jesse Miller
15. Luther Colvin
16. Joshua Newton
17. David Clark
18. Ezekiel Smith Jr.
19. Warren Odell
20. Obadiah Newton
21. Andrew Irish

 

Roll Call of County Officials - 1812

1855 Abram Thorn Surrogate
1877 Robert C. Titus District Attorney
1879 Robert B. Foote County Clerk
____ Frank H. Abbott District Attorney
____ Oscar H. Sowle Co. Supt of Poor

 

Roll Call of State Officials Roll - 1812
Assemblymen

1816 Richard Smith
1843 Elisha Smith
1847 - 49 Ira E. Irish
1855 John Clair
1856 Horace Boise
1868 A.C. Calkins
1872 - 3 Robert B. Foote
1886 Amos H. Baker (Later Governor of Iowa)
1891 - 3 Thomas L. Bunting
1927 - 40 R. Foster Piper
1941 - 50 John R. Pillion
1951 - William Sadler

 

Senators - 1812
1881 - 5 Robert C. Titus

 

Roll Call of Federal Officials - 1812

1850 - 3 Millard Fillmore President
1884 - 7 Grove Cleveland President
1893 - 6 Grover Cleveland President
1892 - 3 Thomas L. Bunting Congressman
1953 - John R. Pillion Congressman

 

Roll Call of Judicial Officials - 1812

1814 David Eddy Assoc. Justice of County Court
David Eddy Assoc. Justice of County Court, Court of Common Pleas
1885 - 94 Robert C. Titus Judge of Superior Court
1895 Robert C. Titus Judge of Superior Court
1941 - 8 R. Foster Piper Judge of Superior Court
1949 - 55 R. Foster Piper Judge of Appellate Div.

Roll Call of Town Clerks - 1812 - 1962

Samuel Hawkins Amasa Smith Samuel Hawkins Nathan Williams Samuel Hawkins Amasa Smith Isaac Deuel John S. Weld Levi Lawrence William Dickinson William H. Brown ( Louis T. White) Paultis Colvin Philander Ratbone Charles Hewson George Fed Erspiel Ed Nott George J. Kopp J.F. Schumer Fayette Kelly T.W. Schiller F.A. Kupfer John Van Epps Joseph Leach F.J. Baser Joseph E. Leach. Egbert Allen Henry O. Leyh .

1812 1813,'14, '15 1816, '17 1818 1819,'20 1821, '22, '23 ,'24, ,'25, '26, '27, '28 1829, '30, '31, '32 1833, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41 1842, '43, '44 1845 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50 1851 1852 1853, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59,'60 1867, '68, '69, '70 1871, '72 1873, '74, 75, '76, '77, '78, '79 1880, '81, '82 1883, '84 1885, '86 1887, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93 1894, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '1900, '01 1902, '03 *1904, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09 1910, '11 1912 through 1948 (died in office) 1948, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55 1956, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62

Source:
1812 - 1962
Town of Hamburg Sesquicentennial
Reflections Through the Years