Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-28
DEWEY'S CONFRERES.

DEWEY'S C0NFRERES.
The State Officers While Nelson
Dewey Was Governor.
A Muster Roll Of Eminent Men. ofwhom only
.. Park Coon II Alive.
From the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph.
The recent disasters which have
befailen ex-Gov. Nelson Dewey have
attracted universal attention. He
was the first Governor of the State.
the expenses of which, for the three
years and eight months which he
served in the executive office, were
about Sl75, 900, which is one sixth of
the present state expenses for any
one year. The associates of Gov.
Dewey in the state offices were in
some respects remarkable men, whose
names live only in the Blue Book and
IN the state archives A mere list of
them will furnish names new to the
vast majority OF newspaper readers at
the present day, and 1t Is here pub
i!shed as matter of curiosity:
IN 1859.
uoVernor Nelson Dewey
Lieutenant Governor -. :. John L. Holmes.
Secretary of State -. Thos. McHnrgh
| state treasurer -. -. -. j. G. Fairchild
Attorney Gcnerai ......... James s. Brown.
Supt. OF Public Instruction -. !. Eleazor Root.
IN 1901.
Governor ................. Nelson Dewey.
Lieutenant Governor ........ Sam. w Beall.
Secretary OF State VIM. A. Barstow
state treasurer ............ j. u. Fairchild.
Attorney General ........... S. Park Coon.
Suptof Public Instruction ;. Eleazor Root.
THE FIRST LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
John E. Holmes was a resident of
Jefferson county, and lived at Jeffer-
son, the county seat. He was mem.
Der OF the legislative council from
Dodge and Jefferson counties, under
the territory in ls47 and ls4s, when
the state was admitted, and he was
elected Lieutenant Governor. The
first session of the state legislature
when he presided was held from June
9Th to August 81, 1913; the second
session was held from January 10th
to April I'd, ls49. At the first ses-
sion, Henry G. Abbey, OF Milwaukee,
was chief clerk of the Senate and
Lyman IL Seaver, Walworth coun
ty was sergeant. at arms The SEN
ate consisted of but nineteen mem.
bers, of whom the most distinguished
were II. q. Hobart, of Sheboygan !;
Warren Chase, of Ceresco; II. NJ
Billings, (deceased) of Iowa county !;
George w. Lakin, of Plattevile, now
an attorney in Milwaukee Simeon
Mills, OF Madison w. nj. Dennis, of
Watertown Fred Horn, of Cedar
burg; Myron B. Williams, OF Water
town, now a resident OF Indianapolis;
e. l.. Sholes, Of Kenosha, and Philo
White, then of Racine, afterwards u.
5, Minister to Ecuador, and now a
resident of Whitesboro, N. Y. Asa
Kinney and r. N. Messenger were
the senators from Milwaukee. In 1852
Gov. Holmes was elected a Member
OF the Assembly from Jefferson coun.
", but his seat was contested by
Benjamin +. Adams the contest prov
ing unsuccessful. H. L. Palmer was
speaker OF the assembly at that SEES
sion, and it was the last appearance
OF Gov, Holmes in public life, except
possibly as theNoccupant of some mi
nor local offices. His death occurred
twelve or fifteen years afterward. He
was a man of good repute and fair
abilities, a warm and industrious pol
itcian, and active in public affairs. -
He had spare features, was medium
size, had dark hair ana complexion,
and was about 80 years old when he
presided over the State Senate
SAM. W. BEALL
was Lieutenant Governor during
Dewey's second term, in 1850 and
1851. A somewhat detailed blogra.
ply of Gov. Beall was published in
The Sunday Telegraph several months
ago. He became resident of Mar
quette county, Wisconsin, in 1916.
was member Of the first and second
constitutional conventions, was elect.
ed Lieutenant Governor in le49, and
entered on the duties of the office
January l, 1850. While he presided
over the Senate, Alexander Botkin. of
Madison, NJ NJ. Cothren, of Mineral
Point, j. III. Rountree, of PlatteviIle,
Duncan G Reed and the late John
b. Smith, of Milwaukee, were mem.
bers. The venerable VIM. X Smith
was chief clerk of the Senate in 1850,
and the Hon. Vim. Hull, afterwards
Speaker of the Assembly and promi
nent in politics, ard now resident
OF La Crosse, was chief clerk in 1851.
In the latter year, Theodore Conkey,
OF Appleton, Sam. G. Bugh, Of Shuil-
burgh, K. B. Dean, Jr of Madison.
George Hyer, of Waukesha and Dr.
+. Huebschmann, of Milwaukee, also
served in the Senate. Gov. Beall
was not again in public life, although
taking an active part in politics, till
the war, when he was commissioned
Lieut.. Colonel of the 18th regiment.
After the war, Col. Beall went to
Montana where in an affray, he was
shot by Geo. w. Pinney, afterwards
notorious as defaulter in San ran
cisco. He was an amiable and genial
gentleman, of brilliant abilities and
high culture, and he eminentlv adorned
the Office while he held it. His
daughter,a woman of superior beauty,
mind and education, was married to
the late Judge Hubbell, who was
however, of about the same age as
Gov Beall. The latter was about 60
or a little over, at the time of his
death, in 1868.
THOMAS McHUGH
was Secretary of State under Gov.
Dewey's first term. He was the son
of an Episcopal clergyman, we'll
known IN early timas in Wisconsin,