The year 1857 witnessed the completion and occupation of the The commispresent court house of the county at White Plains. ktand jail were sioners in charge of the construction of the court house Supervisors Abraham Hatfield, of Westchester; States Barton, of New Kochelle; Daniel Hunt, of Lewisboro; William Marshall, Jr., of Somers; and George C. Finch, of North Salem. R. G. Hatfield was architect and D. I. Stagg assistant and superintendent; Theodore Hunt, builder of the court house; Seth Bird, of Tarrytown, builder of tie- jail. The amount appropriated to cover the cost of the building was |120,000. The hall of records was erected, as a wing of the court house, in 1894. Supervisors Moses W. Taylor, of Mount Pleasant; Joseph B. See, of North Castle; Odle Close, of North Salem; and Jacob Read, of Yonkers, were the commissioners in charge; Edwin A. Quick, architect."2 We have already noticed the political changes introduced by the State constitution of 1846, so far as they affected Westchester County. The further political history of the county to I860 includes nothing of importance, aside from the party struggles on the great questions of the times. The presidential votes of W7estchester County from 1S48 to I860, inclusive, were as follows; 1848.-- Lewis Cass (Dem.), 2,146; Zachary Taylor (Whig), 4,312; Martin Van Buren (Free Soil), 1,312. 1852.-- Franklin Pierce (Dem.), 5,283; Winfield Scott (Whig), 4,033; scattering, 61. eye-witness. of an narrative the i From a Smith's Manual of Westchester County, 35.

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of Yonkers, 187.