Catalogue of the principal officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851, with some biographical notices, &c., by Leonard Deming.

12. COUNCILLORS FROM 1778 TO 1835.
March 12l,
1778 Jonas Fay, Ben. Timothy Brownsor Jeremiah Clark Ira Allen, Colche, - Benj. Corpenter, Peter' Olcott,
Oct. 78 " nington Sunderland [Bennington.. [ te [(uilford. [Norwich.
79 & 80"' ~" - ohn Fassett,'jr. r'homa Chaldler,'81 " 3ezleIl Woodward " " [Arlington Peter Olcott,'82 1" "'rh os Porter [N.H i' "
83 " [Tinmoult; " " "'84 T"'homas Moredock.
85;Samuel Mattocks. Nathaniel Niles
86 " Tinmouth "Fairlee. ",'87 8&9 Isaac Ticheror John Fassett, Timothy Brownsot i,''90' Bennington.",. lJonathan Arnold,
91 " " ".Ebenezer Marvin,
"92 Paul Brigham, ",','93 " Norwich ". ". " Jonas Galusha, Gideon Olin,'94 - " " " Ebenezer Marvin " Shaftsbury.'95' " Elijah Robins.on Sam'lWilliamns [Tinmoutli'96'" Weathers'd " I[Rutland " "'97 Stephen Jacobs " ~..'98 " Windsor "' " Timothy Todd,'99 " Abel Spencer " Elisha Allis,. [Arlington.
1800 ". [Brookfield. ":'1 " "Noah Chittenden " Beriah Loomis,'2 Eliskimn Spooner StephenWilliams " [Jeritchc tames Witherill,'3 &4 W"estm'ns'tr. Nathaniel Niles. [Fairhaveil A.saph Fletcher,'5 &6 "' " ".. "'' "c Cavenbish.'7 " [Thetford I".Samuel Shaw, Cast'S Jed. T. Buckingham Daniel Dana " Johii Ellsworth Chauncey Langdol. Asa Lyon, G. Isle.'9 Beriah Loomis Gilbert Denison, Samuel C. Crafts Apollos Austin, Haines French,'10 Thetford ": Guilford " & Pliny Smith, of " [Maidstone.':!t I " " "!''., Orwell. John Cameron,,12 William C. Bradley Wm. C. Harrington " i." [Ryegate.
13 " lait Richards " [Burlington Daniel Dana Gamaliel Painter, Solomon Miller,'14 Moses Robinson William Hall jr. John Eilsworthi [Wiltison.'15 Josjah Wright Mark Richards William. Cahoon Pimnotbv Stanley Joel Doolittle, Pirumnan Chitenden'!6.''Theoph's Crawford " 1:.
Th'eoph's Crawf.rd [Lysidon " [Greehnboro " (do.'17 David Fay,Benning " Putiey "'18 -. " toil " " bel Tomlinson,'.'19. "
~20' " Charles Phelps Joseph Wariier t ienry Olin,'21. Joel Pratt, Manclies- " Townsend [Sudbury'22'" " Uriel C. -Hatch Ebell V,. Ju.dd,'23 " John Roherts t:hauncey Langdon Samuel t1. Hlley. ~ V'24 Orsamus C. Merrill "...Whitingham' - " [Bristol. I'.25 -.Bennington " " Samuel C. Crafts -' c'26',
~7'', I/John C. Thompson " Windsor.'28 Myron Clark [Burliiigton " Ira H. Allen Ezra Hoyt, Abner Forbes,'29 "Manchester " [ l rasburglh " [Newhaven Job Lyman,
~'30'.....'Henry F. Janes " [Middlebury William G. Hunter'31 John S. Pettibone John Phelps [Waterbury Jaspcr Robinson anamuel S. Phelps, sam'l. C. Loveland:32 Isaa. Sherman [Guilford B" "' iBowning' n Silas. H. Jenison,'I [Reading.
"23 A: Austin Birchard,'34 " ~ " c T[Newfane ".. llen Wardner,'35 John S. Pettibone David Crawford' ilton Brown E.. Starkweather Harvey Bell, " ~ Windsor.
ManchesterI [Putney [Worcester [Irasbu rgh [Middlebury.
lackig. From an examination of -the Jounal it ciples as he'began,:. shold look no further to find
might be readily inferred that Judge Kinne, a ie- where that missing voie didDnot come from.
publican eminber from Plainfield, was at fault, but Whenever Mr., De. Forest, a federalist, or the
although he was very feeble, and scarsely able to Speaker, did not vote, the. name of: the gentleman
leaqe hiS lodgings, he did attend on the election of firomn -Bennington County would help up, the numGovdrnor and voted till all was done, and the fault her to 1i08 on all the test votes. And it is possible
must lie at anothers door. There were four test that Mr. De Forest being unwell, retired before
Votes taken during the maneuverin= to get the two the last vote was taken, beijg satisfied that hisold
branches together, and one after, and at each the helper would help him again.
federal vote was 108, and the highest on the other In the latter part-of Judge Haight's term of'legside was 1.03, and that only once. There was a islation he became quite radical, and was influenmember of the house that year Irom a small town tialin procuring the passage of a bill for ieducing
in the southerly part of Bennington County, and the fees ofmanv officers, including the County
lorlthe first time, and lastbut one, that was countee Court Judges, of which he was one.'When the
with the republicans; but by an examination of Clerk of the court had counted out the amount due
the five test votes as stated, he voted twice on the: each Judge at the end of a session, which was
federal side, twice on the republican, and on the much reduced under his. own, bill. The -Judge
other he did not vote, and if he carried out his prin- looked on the money as if in a quandary about