It is noteworthy that four of these places belonged to the Town of Greenburgh, while a fifth was located on its borders. Population of Westchester County in 1880: POPULATION

towns Bedford Mount Kisco Village Cortlandt

12>664

Peekskill Village Eastchester

^ 8'737

M93

Mount Vernon Milage Greenburgh Tarrytown Village Harrison Lewisboro

^ 8,934

4,686

3>731

3,025 1,494 l,bl-

HISTORY

WESTCHESTER

COUNTY POPULATION

TOWNS

Mamaroneck Mount Pleasant North Tarrytown Village New Castle New Rochelle North Castle North Salem

!'8^3 5'450

Ossining

8>769

2>297 °>276 i'818 1>693

6>578

Sing Sing Village Pelham Poundridge Rye Port Chester Village Scarsdale Somers Westchester White Plains White Plains Village Yonkers City Yorktown. . Total

2,684

2>5^ 1'°^ 6,576

:5,254

61f 1'639 °>78J 4>094 18,892 2,381 2,481 108>988

The loss of population as compared with 1870 was the consequence of the transfer of the three Towns of Morrisania, West Farms, and Kingsbridge to the jurisdiction of New York City. The population of these three towns in 1880 was 42,898, a growth of about 10,000 since 1870. From 1880 to 1882 the governor of New York was the Hon. Alonzo B. Cornell, a descendant of Thomas Cornell, the grantee of Cornell's Neck (1645), and a son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. Governor Cornell has at various times been a resident of this county. in the sensational transactions in national politics which began with the nomination and election of James A. Garfield to the presidency in 1880, Judge William II. Robertson, of our county, was a Republican s figure." The conspicuouconvention which faction thethe between by e Garfield a compromisof was nomination national Roscot of leadership the under which, that and Blaine Mr. favored Colliding, urged a third term for General Grant. At the Republican State convention held to select delegates to the national convention Conkling had overcome all opposition and secured the choice of a delegation bound by the unit rule.