From eighteen four, to eighteen hundred
Four and seventy, were statesmen
Sent to represent Lancaster,
In the senate of Kentucky.
First, in eighteen four, James Thompson,
Eighteen six, came William Bledsoe,
Eighteen nine, was Thomas Buford,
Then in eighteen twelve, John Faulkner,
Eighteen thirty-two W. Owsley,
Samuel Lusk, in four and thirty,
In fifty-nine, George Denny, Senior.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House the hillside city
Was in numbers represented
From among the early settlers,
To the present generation.
Thomas Kennedy, elected,
Seventeen hundred nine and ninety,
Then John Boyle in eighteen hundred,
Eighteen one, came Henry Pawling,
Eighteen two, was Stephen Perkins,
Next, in eighteen three, James Thompson,
Eighteen five, came Abner Baker,
Eighteen six, came Thomas Buford,
Samuel McKee in eighteen nine, and
William Owsley, eighteen eleven:
Then in eighteen twelve, John Yantis,
Eighteen thirteen, Samuel Johnson,
Eighteen fourteen, Robert Letcher,
Eighteen fifteen, came James Spillman,
Eighteen twenty-one Ben. Mason,
Then George Robertson, in eighteen
Two and twenty, was elected.
Twenty-seven, R. McConnell.
Eighteen hundred eight and twenty
Simeon Anderson next followed,
Nine and twenty, Tyree Harris,
One and thirty, Jesse Yantis,
Eighteen thirty-two, John Jennings,
Alex. Sneed, in three and thirty,
Eighteen thirty-five, George Mason,
A. G. Daniel, nine and thirty,
George R. McKee, in one and forty,
Jennings Price, in three and forty,
Forty-four, went Grabriel Salter,
Eighteen forty-five, W. Mason,
Horace Smith, in forty-seven,
Forty-eight, La Fayette Dunlap,
John B. Arnold, eighteen fifty,
Fifty-four, George W. Dunlap,
Joshua Dunn, in five and fifty,
William Woods, in fifty-seven,
Fifty-nine, went Joshua Burdett,
Alex. Lusk, in one and sixty,
Sixty-three, went John K. Faulkner,
Sixty-five, went Daniel Murphy,
William J. Lusk, in sixty-seven,
Seventy-one, went William Sellers.
Reelected, three and seventy.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
First, John Boyle was sent to Congress,
From eighteen three to eighteen nine; then
Samuel McKee, to eighteen seventeen;
Then George Robertson, till twenty;
R. P. Letcher next, from twenty
To eighteen hundred three and thirty.
From thirty-nine to eighteen forty,
Simeon H. Anderson was chosen;
From sixty-one to three and sixty,
George W. Dunlap served the session,
Called to quell the civil troubles,
By pacific intervention.
JUDGES.
John Boyle and William Owsley,
And George Robertson, were Judges
Of the Appellate Court at Frankfort.
Samuel Lusk, George R. McKee, and
Samuel McKee, and Mike H. Owsley,
Form the list of Circuit Judges
Of the Eighth Judicial District.
County Judges, five in number;
James H. Letcher, first in order,
Nicholas Sandifer, the second,
Third, James Patterson elected,
Fourthly, comes George Denny, Junior,
Last is William McKee Duncan.
Police Judges are as follows:
First, T. Gresham heads the list, then
Hugh McKee and Allan Burton,
James McKee and Louis Phillips,
R. Grinnan and W. M. Duncan.
George Denny, Junior, M. H. Owsley,
Served as Commonwealth's Attorney.
CLERKS.
William A. Bridges, Benjamin Letcher,
A. R. McKee, and W. J. Landram,
W. D. Hopper, E. D. Kennedy,
John K. Faulkner, now in office,
Are the Circuit Court Recorders.
County clerks were Benjamin Letcher,
A. McKee, and W. B. Mason,
James H. Smith, and W. J. Landram,
J. W. West and W. H. Wherritt.
POSTS OF HONOR.
Of our Territorial Judges,—
R. P. Letcher, in Arkansas,
A. A. Burton, in Dacotah.
Foreign Missions,—R. P. Letcher,
Went to Mexico in office;
A. A. Burton, to Colombia,
R. C. Anderson, Colombia,
And to Panama in service.
A. R. McKee, to Panama, was
Sent as Consul for a season.
MEMBERS OF BAR.
1820-1875.
S. McKee and R. P. Letcher,
George Robertson, M. V. Grant, and
James McCoy, and W. G. Mullins,
S. H. Anderson, John Boyle, and
W. Mattingly, John McMillan,
Thomas Chilton, and Charles Talbott,
Samuel Lusk, and W. P. Bryant,
Jesse Woodruff, John G. Totten,
R. D. Lusk, and S. T. Mason,
George W. Dunlap, A. A. Burton,
Alex. Robertson, H. Bruce, and
Levi Blanton, Lewis Landram,
W. Kincaid, and Alex. Aldridge,
A. G. Stephenson, B. F. Graham,
Bascom Brown, and Dudley Denton,
L. B. Cox, J. Smith, Joshua Burdett,
Alex. Lusk, and Thomas Wilbur,
M. L. Rice, and George F. Burdett,
Horace Smith, and L. F. Dunlap,
W. C. Samuel, Charles E. Bowman,
A. R. McKee, and W. J. Landram,
Samuel McKee, and T. McQuery,
George R. McKee, and W. B. Mason,
S. T. Corn, and Phil. P. Barbour,
R. McKee and W. D. Hopper,
James A. Anderson, W. J. Lusk, and
Theodore Bailey, and George Hatch, and
R. M. Bradley, B. F. Burdett,
W. O. Bradley, H. T. Noel,
Harrison Wilds, and M. H. Owsley,
W. M. Duncan, William Herndon,
R. L. Tomlinson, Matt. Walton,
George Denny, Junior, H. C. Kauffman.
PHYSICIANS.
J. V. Gill, and R. McConnell,
A. Edmonson, B. F. Rhoton,
William Gill, and Benjamin Mason,
George B. Mason, L. M. Buford,
Joseph Smith, and W. A. Downton,
J. P. Burton, B. F. Duncan,
J. S. Pierce, and W. H. Pettus,
Alex. Hann, and Lewis Mullins,
Anthony Hunn, and Samuel Letcher,
David Bell, and Harvey Baker,
Jennings Price and Abner Baker,
L. B. Hudson, Jos. P. Letcher,
William Cooke, and Hartford Peters,
Charley Fox, and Houston Jackman,
O. P. Hill, and William Jennings,
Thomas Craig, John Craig, George Givens,
Johnson Price, and M. D. Logan,
Edward Cooke, and S. L. Burdett,
William Bush, and William Huffman,
Lastly, Dr. H. C. Herring,
Are the city's Esculapians.
We have merchants and mechanics,
Who supply the world of commerce,
We have artisans, and farmers,
Who are thriving, noble workers,
Men whose names are as the legions,
As they toil in honest labor.
We have literary talent,
We have preachers and professors,
We have poets and musicians,
Gallant sons and blooming daughters;
We have statesmen, we have soldiers,
In the halls and in the battles;
Even out upon the ocean,
Has the city's fame extended;
In the navy as the army,
Have her offspring been promoted;
Every path may claim her children,
Every sphere in life, a foll'wer,
Every scroll of fame, a column.
Cicero Price became a seaman,
Went to cruise upon the waters,
Rose to Commodore in service,
And sustained his proud position,
Through the shifts of fickle fortune.
Let each heart enshrine a volume
Of our honest, upright brothers;
Let the story of Lancaster,
Brush aside the dust and ashes,
Clear away the clogs and brake-wheels,
Come forth as the sun at noonday,
With her hearts and hands unsullied,
With her banner folds untarnished.