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Leavenworth County History
County Commissioners, 1860-1916


Name and date elected for each commissioner.

Edward Stevenson, Chairman, April 2, 1860
Marion Todd, April 2, 1860
John M. Gallagher, April 2, 1860
Frederick Wellhouse, Chairman, January, 1862
Roger F. Kelly, January, 1862
Alexander Harlow, January, 1862
E. W. Baird, January, 1864
Thomas Kincaid, January, 1864
C. N. Palmer, January, 1864
William T. Marion, January, 1866
William Dunlap, January, 1866
C. N. Palmer, January, 1866
John Hannon, January, 1868
George B. Hines, January, 1868
J. P. Curran, January, 1868
A. J. McMannas, January, 1868
John W. Broaddus, January, 1868
R. H. Davis, January, 1868
B. B. Moore, January, 1868
William Crowder, January, 1868
John C. Gist. January, 1868
W. P. Burney, January, 1868
R. C. Foster, January, 1868
Benjamin Harrod, January, 1868
John Hannon, January, 1870, First Ward
G. B. Hines, January, 1870, Second Ward
Cyrus Hicks. January, 1870, Third Ward
P. J. McMamius, January, 1870, Fourth Ward
Charles H. Chapin, January, 1870, Alexandria Township
J. F. Miller, January. 1870, Delaware Township
J. Thomburg. January, 1870, Easton Township
O. S. Hiatt January, 1870, Fairmount Township
J. T. McWirt, January, 1870, High Prairie Township
Charles Spencer, January, 1870, Kickapoo Township
A. A. Harrison, January, 1870, Stranger Township
John Jewett, January, 1870, Sherman Township
J. W. Murphy, January, 1870, Tonganoxie Township
J. E. Eaton, January, 1870, Reno Township
W. S. Plummer, January, 1872
John Wilson, January, 1872
Enos Hook, January, 1872
Gottlieb Geiger, January, 1872
C .W. Spencer, January, 1872
O. S. Hiatt, January, 1872
A. C. Williams, January, 1872
John Hannon, January, 1874, Nineteenth District
John Wilson, January, 1874, Twentieth District
Enos Hook, January, 1874, Twenty-first District
J. McCormick, January, 1874, Twenty-second District
W. F. Ashby, January, 1874, Twenty-third District
J. G. Mclntyre, January, 1874, Twenty-fourth District
James Pickens, January, 1874, Twenty-fifth District
B. S. Richards, January, 1876
E. W. Lucas, January, 1876
John Van Winkle, January, 1876 (commissioners at large)
H. C. Squires, January, 1878, District No. 1
B. S. Richards, January, 1878, District No. 2
James Pickens, January, 1878, District No. 3
B. S. Richards, re-elected November 4, 1879, from Second District
H. W. Rice, elected November 2, 1880, from Third District
H. C. Squires, re-elected November 8. 1881, from First District
L. Michael, elected November 7, 1882, from Second District
J. M. Phinicie, elected November 6, 1883, from Third District, in office till first Monday in January, 1899
H. C. Squires, re-elected November 4, 1884, from First District
John Hannon, elected November 3, 1885, from Second District, in office till January, 1895
J. M. Phinicie, re-elected November 2, 1886, from Third District
H. C. Squires, re-elected November 8, 1887, from First District, in office till first Monday in January, 1891
John Hannon, re-elected November 6, 1888, from Second District
J. M. Phinicie, re-elected November 5, 1889, from Third District
R. C. Mullins, elected November 4, 1890, from First District, in office till second Monday in January, 1903
John Hannon, re-elected November 3, 1891, from Second District
Jacob Rodenhaus, elected November 6, 1894, from Second District
Frank O'Donnell, elected November 2, 1897, from Second District
Joseph Bleakley, elected November 8, 1898, from Third District, resigned 1910, and Moses Harvey appointed to fill vacancy till first Monday in January, 1911
Stephen Naeher, elected November 6, 1920, from Second District, in office till first Monday in January, 1905
M. C. Kennedy, elected November 4, 1902, from First District, in office till first Monday in January, 1911
Harold C. Short, elected November 8, 1904, from First District, in office till first Monday in January, 1913
John Bollin, elected November 8, 1910, from First District, in office till first Monday in January, 1915
S. H. Ward, elected November 8, 1910, from Third District
Robert E. Davis, elected November 5, 1912, from Second District
George Roe, elected November 3, 1914, from First District
Harold C. Short, elected November, 1916, from Second District
Ernest Eberth, elected November, 1916





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