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Burlington Office.

Register. Receiver.
A. C. Dodge, 1838. Verplank Van Antwerp, 1838.
William Ross, 1841. Joseph C. Hawkins, 1841.


Fairfield Office.

Bernhart Henn, 1845. Verplank Van Antwerp, 1845.


COMMISSIONERS TO LOCATE THE CAPITAL AT IOWA CITY:

Chauncey Swan, 1839 to 1841.
John Rolands, 1839 to 1841.
Robert Ralston, 1839 to 1841.


LIBRARIANS:

Theodore S. Parvin, April, 1838.
Charles Weston, 1839 to 1840.
Morgan Reno, 1841 to 1846.




Legislative Assemblies.


FIRST ASSEMBLY

Convened at Burlington, November 12, 1838.


The Council.

President of the Council, Jesse B. Browne, Whig.

Secretary, B. F. Wallace, Whig.


COUNTIES REPRESENTED. NAMES OF MEMBERS.
Lee Jesse B. Browne.
Van Buren J. Keith, E. A. M. Swazy.
Des Moines Arthur Ingraham, Robert Ralston, George Hepner.
Henry Jesse D. Payne, L. B. Hughes.
Muscatine, Louisa, Slaughter James M. Clark.
Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn Charles Whittlesey.
Scott and Clinton Jonathan W. Parker.
Dubuque, Jackson, Clayton Warner Lewis, Stephen Hempstead.

Democrats, 7; Whigs 6.


House of Representatives.

William H. Wallace, Speaker, Whig.

Joseph T. Fales, Chief Clerk, Democrat.


COUNTIES REPRESENTED. NAMES OF MEMBERS.
Lee William Patterson, Hawkins Taylor, Calvin J. Price, James Brierly.
Van Buren James Hall, Gideon S. Bailey, Samuel Parker.
Des Moines James W. Grimes, George Temple, Van B. Delashmutt, Thomas Blair, George H. Beeler.
Henry William G. Coop, William H. Wallace, Asbury B. Porter.
Muscatine, Louisa, Slaughter John Frierson, William L. Toole, Levi Thornton, S. Clinton Hastings.
Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn Robert G. Roberts.
Scott and Clinton Laurel Summers, Jabez A. Burchard, Jr.
Dubuque, Jackson, Clayton Chauncey Swan, Andrew Bankson, Thomson Cox, Hardin Nowlin.

Democrats, 17; Whigs, 8.

The Assembly Adjourned January 25, 1839.