The old State convention reserved to itself the authority to appoint the first judges, and designated as chief justice our John Jay, who opened the first session of the Supreme Court at Kingston in September, 1777. He held tin1 office, however, for only two years, being succeeded on the 23d of October, 1779, by Richard Morris, also a son of Westchester County.1 Chief Justice Morris remained at the head of the judiciary of the State until 1790. At the first election held under the constitution, General George Clinton was chosen governor. By the provisions of the constitution the senate had twenty-four members, chosen from four districts only, called the Southern. Middle, Eastern, and Western. Westchester County belonged to the Southern district. Its first senators were Pierre Van Cortlandt and General Lewis Morris; and upon the organization of the senate (June 30, 1777) Van Cortlandt was elected its presiding officer and also lieuteant-governor of the State. As General Clinton, after his choice as governor, still continued to be much occupied by his command in the field, the actual duties of the governorship were performed for a considerable time by Van Cortlandt. lie held the office of lieutenant-governor from 1777 to 1795, a period of eighteen years. By the original apportionment for the assembly (which continued in force until 1791), Westchester County had six representatives in that body out of a total of seventy. Our county's members of the first assembly held under the State government were Thaddeus Crane, Samuel Drake, Robert Graham, Israel Honeywell, Jr., Zebadiah Mills, and Gouverneur Morris. The first county judge under the constitution was Lewis Morris (appointed by the State convention, May S. 1777); he was succeeded, the reFebruary 17, 177S, by Robert Graham, who served during Hatfield mainder of the Revolution. The first surrogate was Richard (appointed March 23, 177S); the first sheriff, John Thomas, Jr., (appointed May S. 1777); the first county clerk, John Bartow (appointed officers of general importMay 8, 1777).