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330 Justices from 1864 to 1866. Erasmus D. Shattuck, Chief Justice; Paine P. Prim, Reuben P. Boise, Riley E. Stratton, Joseph G. Wilson, and Alonzo A. Skinner, Associate Justices from 1866 to 1868. Reuben P. Boise, Chief Justice; Paine P. Prim, Joseph G. Wilson, William W. Upton, and John Kelsay, Associate Justices from 1868 to 1870. Paine P. Prim, Chief Justice; Reuben P. Boise, Andrew J. Thayer, William W. Upton, B. Whitten, and L. L. McArthur, Associate Justices from 1870 to 1872. William W. Upton, Chief Justice; Paine P. Prim, Andrew J. Thayer, B. F. Bonham, L. F. Mosher, and L. L. McArthur, Associate Justices from 1872 to 1874. B. F. Bonham, Chief Justice; Paine P. Prim, L. L. McArthur, E. D. Shattuck, and John Burnett, Associate Justices from 1874 to 1876. From 1862 to 1870 Judge Prim was the only democrat upon the bench, although Judge Shattuck later affiliated with and became a member of the democratic party. From 1874 to 1876 there was no republican on the bench of the circuit or supreme court in Oregon. Joseph G. Wilson was clerk and reporter from 1853 to 1862, and reporter thereafter up to 1874, and as such reported the first, second, and third Oregon Reports. Lucien Heath became clerk of the supreme court in 1862, was succeeded by Richard Williams in 1864, who was succeeded by C. G. Curl in 1870. C. B. Bellinger succeeded Wilson as reporter and Curl as clerk in 1874, and as such reported volumes four, five, six, seven, and eight, Oregon Reports, and remained clerk until 1880.

Sylvester C. Simpson, a democrat, was appointed the first superintendent of public instruction by Governor Grover under an act of the legislature, which took effect January 29, 1873, and held this office until September 14, 1874, to be succeeded by L. L. Rowland, elected that year as a republican, to serve four years. W. A. Me-