Hamilton County Officials

The county was provisionally erected in 1816, but not seperately organized until 1 Jan 1838. However, even then it remained attached to Montgomery county for the election of state and federal officials.  Hamilton county became attached to Fulton county when it was formed in April 1838 from Montgomery county.  To this day, Fulton and Hamilton county elect together one state assemblyman.

Sheriffs

Name	Appointed or Elected
Harris, James	Nov. 1838
Brundidge, Almon	Nov. 1841
Phillips, Ephraim	Nov. 1843
Ostrander, Robert G.	Nov. 1847
Brundidge, Almon	Nov. 1850
Bass, Joseph	Nov. 1853
Brownell, James H.	Nov. 1856
Horsley, Samuel	Nov. 1859
Petit, William	Nov. 1862
Moon, James	Nov. 1865
Anibal, Andrew H.	Nov. 1868
Cochran, Robert J.	Nov. 1871
Carpenter, Caleb R.	Nov. 1874
Gilman, John M. Hasley, John G.	Nov. 1877 [decided elected by the court, instead of Gilman]
Mitchell, Patrick	Nov. 1880

County Judges

Name	Appointed or Elected
Peck, Richard	Feb. 23, 1838
Durham, John	Jun. 19, 1847
Peck, Richard	Nov. 1851
Brownell, Cyrus H.	Nov. 1855
Peck, William H.	Nov. 1859
Morrison, Ozariah	Jan. 13, 1863 [appointed vice Peck]
Peck, Richard	Nov. 1863
Anibal, Robert P.	Nov. 1871
Brownell, Lewis	Nov. 1877
Clarence W. Smith	1883
William H. Fry	1889
Thomas McGann	1895
Timothy D. Sullivan	1901

District Attorneys

Name	Appointed or Elected
Parbut, G. Rarie	1841
Vanderwarker, Isaac I.	1843
Brownell, Cyrus H.	1845
Salisbury, Samuel B.	Jun. 1847
Peck, Richard	Nov. 1849
Peck, Samuel K.	Jan. 19, 1852 [appointed vice R. Peck, County Judge]
Brownell, Cyrus H.	Nov. 1852
Ostrander, Robert G.	Nov. 1855
Brownell, James H.	Nov. 1861
Locke, Willard W.	Nov. 1864
McIntyre, Jacob	Nov. 1867
Brownell, James H.	Nov. 1870 (re-elected)
Rhodes, Thomas J.	Nov. 1879
Jacob McIntyre	1882
James H. Brownell	1885
John H. Wheeler	1890
James Hickey	1896
James McGinn	1899
Edward A. Wilson	1902
William Carroll	1908
Hartwell E. Gill	1914
Herbert A. Palmatier	1920

Surrogates

Name	Elected
Kline, Thomas H.	Feb. 23, 1838
Brown, Isaac	Jul. 7, 1840
Vanderwarker, Isaac J.	Feb. 10, 1843
Van Arnum, William R.	May 12, 1846
Count Judge since	Jun. 1847

County Clerk

Name	Appointed or Elected
Call, Samuel	Nov. 1838
Holmes, John C.	Nov. 1841
Peck, William B.	Nov. 1853
Call, Samuel	Nov. 1862
Fry, William H.	Nov. 1865 [re-elected]

County Treasurers

Name	Appointed or Elected
Morrison, Isaiah	Nov. 1848
Harris, William	Nov. 1851
Williams, Isaac	Nov. 1854
Powell, William J.	Nov. 1857
Call, Silas	Nov. 1860
Crowe, Patrick N.	Nov. 1866
Moon, James	Nov. 1872
Harris, Peter	Nov. 1875 [re-elected]

School Commissioners
Prior to 1857 School Commissioners
were appointed by the Boards of Supervisors.

Name	Elected Nov. of the year
Peck, Richard	1859
Anibal, Samuel L.	1862
Burnham, William W.	1865
Smith, Charles S.	1868
Buell, Samuel W.	1871
Smith, William D.	1873
Brownell, Isaac H.	1874
Cochran, Daniel	1877
Call, Silas	1880

County Superintendents of Common Schools
By an act passed April 17, 1843, the county Boards of Supervisors
were directed to appoint County Superintendents of Common Schools.
The office was abolished March 13, 1847.

Holcomb, Bethuel Jones, William D. Whitman, Nelson

Sources for lists of officials:

"Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York, for the Year 1882," by Stephen C. Hutchins, Albany: Weed Parsons and Company Publishers, 1883.

"Courts and Lawyers of New York; A History, 1809-1925," by Alden Chester, vol 1:

19 Jan 08 update: Added info on Judges and District Attorneys (no other lists effected) from "Courts and Lawyers of New York"

Last Updated: Wednesday, 14-May-2008 13:37:24 PDT
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