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Judge of the circuit court

ELLIOTT M. HUGHES, eleventh circuit, Danville (Democrat).- Born in Troy, Mo. November 7, 1844; educated in common schools; admitted to the bar in April, 1867; superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, 1871-2; prosecuting attorney of same, 1873-8; elected judge third judicial circuit in 1886, and reelected in 1892. Married.

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Representative

SAMUEL MILLER (Republican), of Bluffton, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., October 4, 1820; educated in the common schools of his native state; was justice of the peace five years in his native state and judge of the county court of Montgomery County, Mo., one term; removed to this state in 1867, locating at Bluffton, where he has ever since lived, with the exception of two years spent in Sedalia. Horticulturist; widower, his wife having died in 1893 after forty-six years of wedded life.

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from Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1895-96

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Justices of the Peace in Montgomery County

R. W. Page Mineola	J. M. Moore Gamma
William Penn Danville	J. T. McDaniel New Florence
Silas Rombaugh Montgomery City	A. C. Kribben Jonesburg
J. T. Jones Middletown	J. R. Knight Price's Branch
Henry Bremer Rhineland	Oscar Johnson Jonesburg
John H. Elsenraat Rhineland	E. B. Gentry Montgomery City
B. S. Baker Americus	H. H. Atterberry Bethlehem
Henry Elton Wellsville	L. A. Thompson Montgomery City
W. E. Lichte Big Spring	Walter McQuie Wellsville

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County Officers in Montgomery County

County Seat: Danville

Office	Name of Officer	Politics
Judge circuit court	E. M. Hughes Montgomery City	Democrat
Presiding judge county court	Silas A. Elkin	Republican
Judge county court, first district	Thomas J. Porter	Republican
Judge county court, second district	Fred Lichte	Republican
Judge of probate	James D. Barnett	Democrat
Clerk circuit court	George L. Bellamy	Democrat
Recorder of deeds	Richard H. Williams	Democrat
Clerk county court	Warren A. Crockett	Democrat
Prosecuting attorney	Robert Shackelford	Republican
Sheriff	John W. Sturgeon	Republican
Collector	Robert A. Baker	Republican
Assessor	William C. Nelson	Democrat
Treasurer	Everett Barton	Republican
Coroner	George E. Muns	Republican
Public administrator	Thomas J. Powell	Democrat
Surveyor	T. L. Cardwell	Democrat
School commissioner	E. A. Wise Wellsville

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Ninth District Congressional Committees
Montgomery County

Democratic	M. E. Vermillion Middletown F. H. Kallmeyer New Florence
Republican	R. Shackelford Wellsville
People's Party	C. J. Cox Wellsville
Prohibition Party State Committee Representative	Cortes Stuart Prohibition

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Montgomery County Political Committees

Chairman	Party	Secretary
Dr. F. P. Wyatt Price's Branch	Democrat	J. D. Barnett Montgomery City
Conrad Menz Wellsville	Republican	A. G. Williams Montgomery City
C. J. Cox Wellsville	People's	Jos. Moore Wellsville