•\llan McDonald November, 1825.

David D. Webbers November, 1828.

Aaron Brown November, 1831.

Joseph H. Anderson November, 1834.

.\mos T. Hatfield November, 1837.

Joseph Lyon November, 1840.

William H. Briggs November, 1843.

James M. Bates November, 1846.

Benjamin D. Miller November, 1849.

.\lsop H. Lockwood November, 1852.

Daniel H. Little November, 1855.

William Bleakley, Jr November, 1858.

Lieniiin B. Tripp November, 1861.

Darius Lyon November, 1864.

John Bussing November, 1867.

Robert F. Brundage November, 1870.

Ziba Carpenter November, 1873.

Robert F. Brundage November, 1876.

James C. Courier November, 1879.

Stephen D. Horton^ November, 1882.

County Clerks.-- "The County Clerk, during the colonial period, was constituted by his commission clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Sessions of the Peace in his county. Under the first State Constitution, it was his duty to keep the County Records and act as Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the Oyer and Terminer. County Clerks are now likewise Clerks of the Supreme Court in their respective counties."" During the colonial period appointment was vested in the Governor; under the

( Present incumbent.

• avil List of State of New York, 1880, p. 384.

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HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

first Constitution of 1777, in the Council of Appointment; since then the ofiBce has been elective and the term three years.

Colonial.

Name. Appointed.

John Rider May 11, 1684.

Jopepli Lee September 13, lfi84.

Edward Collier 1688.

Joseph Lee JIarch 14, 1691.

Benjamin Collier October 17, 1698.