The Elected Ones

Congressmen and Senators

Other Elected and Appointed Officials

• ANDREWS, Joseph Alfred Sr
          Elected: Last Chief of the Skokomish


• ANDREWS, Lieutenant Colonel William
          Elected: 1633 in Accomack County, Virginia; Court Commissioner and House of Burgess


• BALTHROP, John Petty
          Occupation: Jul 1939 in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee; Chief of Police
          Elected: Dec 1962 in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee; City Alderman


• BEW, Albert Roy
          Elected: 1912 in Leflore County, Mississippi; Chancery Clerk


• BLACK, Alfred Griffith
          Elected: 1859 in Howell County, Missouri; Grand Jury -- "The first circuit court was held in a little log cabin one mile east of West Plains."
            Grand Jurors for that session included Griffith Black - "Sixteen good and lawful men."


• BLOUNT, John William
          Elected: 1704 in North Carolina; Member of the Assembly, later, Justice of the General Court


• BLOUNT, Sir John II
          Elected: 1399 in Worcestershire, England; Member of Parliament


• BOLLING, Colonel John Fairfax
          Occupation: 1722 in Virginia; Owned a Tobacco Warehouse
          Elected: 1710 in Virginia; House of Burgesses


• BOLLING, Robert
          Elected: 1702 in Virginia; House of Burgesses representing Charles City County


• BONIA, Thomas
          Elected: Jul 1923 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Minister of Posts and Telegraphs


• BOURNE, John I Jr
          Elected: 1976 in Robertson County, Tennessee; County Court Magistrate


• BRANSON, Galba Edwards
          Elected: 1889 in Gasconade County, Missouri; Sheriff


• BROOKES, Fred Edward
          Occupation: 1941 in Middlesex County, Connecticut; High Sheriff
          Elected: 1923 in Connecticut; State Representative


• BROOKES, Robert Albert
          Elected: Postmaster and Fire Chief


• BRYAN, Marquis of Thormond William
          Elected: North Carolina; He served as High Sheriff and Justice of the Peace for Bertie County,
            and was a member of the Colonial Assembly for Pasquotank County/Colonial North Carolina


• BURFORD, 10th Director of the Bureau of Land Management Robert Fitzpatrick
          Occupation: 1981 in Washington, District of Columbia; Director of US Bureau of Land Management
          Elected: 1975 in Colorado; Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 54th district
            - Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1979


• BURSON, Private Aaron Emanuel
          Elected: 13 Mar 1858 in Warren County, Iowa; Postmaster


• BUTLER, Captain Joseph
          Occupation: Dec 1775 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Wright's Tavern:
            Capt. Joseph Butler becomes proprietor of the famous tavern where the Concord Minutemen, many of whom he commanded,
            gathered on the morning of April 19, 1775, before the fight with the British at the Old North Bridge.
          Occupation: 1773 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; appointed Deputy Sheriff
          Elected: 1765 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Constable and Collector of Taxes


• CAMPBELL, Edna Jane
          Elected: Oct 1914 in Islesford, Hancock, Maine; Edna Hadlock - Appointed US Postmaster


• CARTWRIGHT, Reverend Rev Peter Jr
          Elected: Cartwright jumped into politics as a Democrat. Twice a member of the Illinois legislature,
            he ran for the United States Congress in 1846, but was defeated by the Springfield Whig, Abraham Lincoln.


• CARUTHERS, Judge Abraham Looney
          Occupation: Lawyer
          Elected: Aug 1861 ; Represented Wilson County in the Tennessee Seccession Legislature, and
            reluctantly voted for seccession despite being a Union man in principle


• CARUTHERS, Samuel
          Elected: Represented Sullivan County at the constitutional convention of the State of Franklin in the 1780s


• CATHEY, William Pearson
          Elected: 08 Aug 1900 in Mariposa County, California; WP Cathey appointed Vice Postmaster of Mariposa County


• CROFT, George C
          Elected: 1976 in Tamms, Alexander, Illinois;
          Elected Mayor for two terms


• CULLERTON, Pauline Elizabeth
          Elected: 26 Jan 1927 in Bay Point, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine; Pauline Pinkham - US Postmaster


• DAVIS, Maxwell Jonathan MD
          Elected: Abt. 1907 in Blair County, Pennsylvania; County Coroner and City Health Commissioner


• DONELSON, Andrew Jackson
          Elected: 1846 ; United States Envoy to Prussia


• DONELSON, Brigadier General Daniel Smith
          Elected: 1841 ; Tennessee House of Representatives


• DUFFIELD, Joseph Benjamin
          Elected: 1711 in Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Assembly


• DUNCAN, Louisa Marian
          Elected: 27 Oct 1915 in Jerseydale, Mariposa, California; US Postmaster


• FARRAR, Major William III
          Occupation: 1690 in Henrico County, Virginia; Sheriff of Henrico County
          Elected: 1700 in Virginia; Member Virginia House of Burgesses


• FARRAR, William I
          Occupation: Virginia; Farrar was a subscriber to the Third Charter of the Virginia Company
          Elected: 14 Mar 1625 in Virginia; William Farrar was appointed councillor to the Council of Virginia by Charles I of England


• GOLD, Washington 'Wash'
          Elected: 01 Jul 1897 in Webster County, Kentucky; US Postmaster


• HADLOCK, Judge George Russell
          Elected: 1946 in Hancock County, Maine; Probate Judge


• HARRELL, Housand
          Occupation: Farmer
          Elected: North Carolina Legislature


• HARRISON, Colonel Benjamin
          Occupation: 1768 in Rockingham County, Virginia; Benjamin Harrison served as a surveyor for the highway from Linville's Creek to Mole Hill
          Elected: 1781 in Rockingham County, Virginia; Benjamin Harrison represented Rockingham as a member of the House of Delegates


• HART, Michael
          Elected: 1822-23, Sheriff of St. Francois County


• HEFLIN, Lewis 'Bullet'
          Elected: 19 Jun 1869 in Rowan County, Kentucky; Appointment as US Postmaster in Pine Springs


• HERRING, Lela Myrtle
          Occupation: Bookkeeper
          Elected: Abt. 1940 in Davidson County, Tennessee; Deputy County Register


• HOLLIDAY, Ross Adam
          Elected: Clinton County, Indiana; Rock City Councilman


• HOWARD, Isaac Whipple MD
          Occupation: Bet. 1833–1843 ; Sailor at age 14
          Elected: 08 Jul 1850 in Fulton County, Arkansas; Postmaster at Rapps Barrenns


• HOWARD, Judge Hon Daniel
          Elected: Rhode Island; Judge of the RI Court of Common Pleas


• KEY, John Martin
          Elected: First sheriff of Fluvanna Co. Va. formed from Albemaarle County, Va. in 1777
          Elected: First Judge of Fluvanna County, Va. formed from Albermarle County


• LEWIS, Wendell Melvin
          Elected: Feb 1940 in Maine; Appointed Postmaster


• MCGILL, 4th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Anne Irene
          Elected: 1976 in Colorado; Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 12th district


• MILLER, Charles Edward
          Elected: 1898 in Festus, Jefferson, Missouri; Mayor of Festus


• MILLET, Captain Thomas
          Occupation: 1740 in New Hampshire; Judge of the Supreme Court
          Elected: 1732 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; Selectman


• MOORE, James Alvis
          Occupation: 1950 in Montgomery County, Tennessee; Deputy Sheriff
          Elected: 1963 in Tennessee; State Fire Marshal


• MOSS, James Harvey
          Elected: Murray County, Oklahoma; County Commissioner


• MURRAY, John D
          Elected: Oswego, Oswego, New York; Fire Chief


• NEAGUS, William S
          Elected: 07 Aug 1871 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana; Appointment as Postmaster, Lewis and Clark, Montana Territory


• NEWCOMB, William Boyd
          Elected: 24 Aug 1863 in Pepin, Pepin, Wisconsin; Appointed as Postmaster


• OBERKIRCH, Joanne M
          Elected: Mar 1958 in Manorhaven, Nassau, New York; Village Board of Trustees


• PALMER, Masters Mate John Wesley
          Elected: 24 Jul 1850 in Weakley County, Tennessee; Appointed Postmaster (Palmer's Store)


• PARKER, Ernest Holder
          Elected: Abt. 1930 in Davidson County, Tennessee; County Registrar


• PAYNE, Josiah Hereford
          Elected: 30 Sep 1873 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi; S
          Elected as Postmaster


• PINKHAM, Kenneth Truman
          Elected: 07 Oct 1922 in Southport, Lincoln, Maine; Appointed Postmaster


• PYLAND, James
          Elected: 1652 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia; House of Burgess. Expelled from the House of Burgess in 1652 for his extreme Royalists position.


• REESE, William Jacob
          Elected: 30 Sep 1865 in Reynolds County, Missouri; US Postmaster - Reese's Hill


• REYNOLDS, Leiutenant Nathaniel
          Occupation: Shoemaker
          Elected: Chief Constable for the City of Boston


• ROBBINS, Isabelle B
          Elected: 29 Sep 1904 in Central Hancock, Hancock, Maine; Appointed Postmaster


• ROESS, Martin John Jr
          Elected: 23 Aug 1972 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Judge


• ROGERS, John Jr
          Occupation: 1698 in New Jersey; Blacksmith
          Elected: 1735 in Windsor Township, Middlesex, New Jersey; Constable


• ROGERS, John Sr
          Elected: 1690 in Burlington County, New Jersey; Constable


• RUH, Daniel
          Elected: 1899 in St Francois County, Missouri; Postmaster


• SANDERSON, Mannie Wain
          Elected: 1950 in Montgomery County, Tennessee; Montgomery County Sherrif


• SCHROEPPEL, John Adam
          Elected: Abt. 1900 in Collinsville, Madison, Illinois; Justice of the Peace


• SHY, William Albert
          Elected: 16 Oct 1933 in Campbell, Dunklin, Missouri; US Postmaster


• SMITH, Allen Payne Jr
          Elected: Buliding Inspector U.S Postal Service


• SMITH, Harry Manley
          Elected: 1937 in Montgomery County, Tennessee; County Clerk


• STAPLES, Joseph W
          Elected: 10 Sep 1860 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; Appointed Postmaster


• STOCKBRIDGE, Seth Gardner
          Elected: 1918 in Maine; Road Commissioner


• SUMNER, Samuel 'Sam'
          Elected: 1884 in Trigg County, Kentucky; County Coroner


• TALCOTT, John Sr
          Elected: Abt. 1652 in Connecticut; Colonial Connecticut Treasurer


• TALCOTT, Major John Jr
          Elected: 1660 in Connecticut; State Treasurer


• TALLEY, Hubert
          Elected: Sheriff Leadwood MO


• THOMPSON, Nathaniel R
          Elected: Abt. 1870 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; County Sheriff


• TURNER, James D
          Occupation: Farmer
          Elected: 1857 in Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky; Appointment as US Postmaster


• TWOMEY, Evan Ellis
          Elected: 1906 in Shorb, Los Angeles, California; Appointed Postmaster


• TWOMEY, Samuel Everett
          Elected: 1955 in Iron County, Missouri; State Representative in the 68th General Assembly


• WALKER, Honorable Laken Dubart Jr
          Elected: Bet. 1871–1875 ; Sheriff of St. Francois County
          Elected: 1877 ; Judge and Legislator


• WALKER, Judge Laken Dubart Sr
          Elected: Blacksmith, Assessor of St Francois County, Judge of the County Court, and later Sheriff


• WALKER, Lula
          Elected: 1976 in Montgomery County, Tennessee; Montgomery County Court Clerk


• WELCH, Major John
          Elected: High Sheriff Anne Arundel County


• WESTFALL, Ethelbert D
          Elected: 20 May 1870 in Doddridge County, West Virginia; Isaacs Camp, Appointment of U. S. Postmaster


• WESTFALL, Joel James
          Occupation: Rancher, butcher, and coal miner
          Elected: Aft. 1858 in Mariposa County, California; Deputy Sheriff, Road Commissioner and County Supervisor


• WESTFALL, Joel Sr
          Elected: 1774 in Virginia; 1st Sheriff of Beverly in Randolph County


• WILLIAMS, Roger
          Elected: Chief Officer of Providence and Warwick


• YARBROUGH, Richard
          Occupation: Tobacco Farmer
          Elected: 1659 in Virginia; Member of the House of Burgesses