HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House of Representatives consists of 49 members chosen biennially by counties.

Arapahoe county, has seven representatives. Population 28,000.

Webster D. Anthony, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Union Springs, Cayuga county, New York, June 4, 1838; received a common school education; is at present engaged in the vocation of furnishing abstracts of titles to real estate; removed to the West in 1856, and located in Henry county, Illinois, where he engaged in the grain business; from thence to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1858, where he was occupied in the office of register of deeds; came to Colorado in 1860, and was appointed private secretary to Lewis Ledyard Weld, Secretary of the Territory; in 1862 was private secretary to Gov. Evans, and in the same year was appointed clerk of the District Court, which office he held until 1864, when he resigned; in 1865 was elected to the offices of Treasurer of Arapahoe county and Collector of Taxes for Denver; in 1867 was elected County Clerk and Recorder, and was re-elected four times, his last term expiring in 1875; was Grand Master of Colorado A. F. & A. M. for two terms, and is now Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Colorado. In November, 1876, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, to which he was elected in October, receiving 2,339 votes against 1,642 for L. N. Greenleaf, Democrat.

George C. Griffin, (Rep.), of Island Station, was born in East Haddam, Middlesex county, Connecticut, October 21, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser; came to Colorado October 10, 1859; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,292 votes against 1,635 for A. J. Bean, Democrat.

John C. Mayer, (Rep.), of Denver; was born in Baden, Germany, March 21, 1839; received a common school education; is a hardware merchant by occupation; served in the army during the rebellion, and came to Colorado in 1866; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,280 votes against 1,627 for John Kerr, Democrat.

John McBroom, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Kentucky, July 26, 1822; was educated in the common schools of Montgomery county, Indiana; is a farmer by occupation; in 1843 moved to Missouri, and in 1846 to New Mexico, where he joined the United States army, and in connection with the quartermaster’s department, took part in the Mexican war; in 1855 he served in the Indian war in the Southern part of Colorado, and in 1858 marched over the ground where the city of Denver now stands with the troops sent to fight the Mormons; was shortly after mustered out of service in which he had remained for twelve years, and returned to New Mexico; came to Colorado in 1858 and married in 1866; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,298 votes against 1,642 for John G. Hoffer, Democrat.

Alfred C. Phelps, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Woodville, Mississippi, December 4, 1842, received his education at the public schools and at the Illinois College; is an attorney-at-law, and was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1867; during the war entered the military service in which he continued for three years; enlisted as a private and was promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant; removed to Colorado in May, 1872, located in Denver, where he engaged in the practice of his profession; in 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 2,304 votes against 1,652 for B. P. Smith, Democrat.

W. H. Pierce, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, January 18, 1838. He graduated in the class of 1858 at the Western Reserve College, of which his father was for twenty-five years the presiding officer. He is by profession a civil engineer and surveyor, but is now largely engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came to Colorado August 31, 1861, and enlisted in the 2d regiment Colorado cavalry, and was mustered out of service as first Lieutenant. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 2,351 votes against 1,623 for Samuel E. Browne, Democrat.

Adolph Schinner, (Rep.), of Denver, was born in Germany in 1831; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation, and a printer by trade; came to Colorado in April, 1860; was Secretary of the School District for two years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 2,322 votes against 1,683 for Thomas S. Clayton, Democrat.

Bent county. Population 4,000.

Robert M. McMurray, (Dem.), of Las Animas, was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Penn., December 27, 1824; received a common school education; is a merchant by occupation; came to Colorado in June 1859; was Treasurer of Bent county for two years, and filled other offices of less importance; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 424 votes against 252 for Frank Bingham, Republican.

Boulder county has four members. Population 12,000.

Isaac Canfield, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Angelica, Allegany county, New York October 11, 1839; received a common school education; is proprietor and manager of the Rob Roy Coal Mine; in 1861 was interested in the oil business in Pennsylvania; came to Colorado in 1871; was appointed Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of the first General Assembly, to which he was elected in October, 1876, receiving 1,553 votes against 1,095 for James Coin, Democrat.

Daniel Ransom, (Rep.), of Longmont, was born in Woodstock, Windsor county, Vermont, October 17, 1813; received a common school education; is a farmer by occupation; at the age of eighteen engaged in mercantile business, and pursued that vocation to the close of 1873; was married in 1835; in 1840 was Colonel of militia; in 1850 removed to Wisconsin, thence to Chicago, where he resided nearly twenty years; and thence to Colorado in 1872; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,547 votes against 1,092 for Louis Herzinger, Democrat.

Azor A. Smith, (Rep.), of Nederland, was born in Gratiot, Licking county, Ohio, August 25, 1829; was educated in Aurora, Illinois; graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the year 1857; came to Black Hawk, Colorado, in 1859; in 1861 was appointed assistant Surgeon in the first Colorado infantry, and at the close of the war was mustered out of service as Surgeon; located in Lynn county, Kansas, and represented that county in the Legislature of 1867-8; afterwards practiced Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., and in 1870 returned to Colorado and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder counties; was appointed physician for the Nederland Mining Company; was Assayer and then Superintendent of the Nederland Mill; in 1874, was Republican candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,529 votes against 1,087 for James Stevens, Democrat.

George X. Young, (Rep.), of Erie, was born in Cuyahoga county. Ohio, September 21, 1832; received a common school education; is a farmer and stock raiser; migrated to Kansas in 1853, and in 1854 and 1855 resisted the bold attempts to establish slavery in that Territory; during the rebellion served as Lieutenant for two years; was afterwards Deputy Assessor of Idaho Territory; came to Colorado in 1870, and in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,550 votes against 1,073 for I. N. Field, Democrat.

Conejos county. Population 2,500.

Agapito Vigil, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, September 18, 1833; received a common school education; represented the county of Mora in the Legislature of New Mexico, in 1859, and was Justice of the Peace in the same county; removed to Colorado and settled in Las Animas county, of which he was Assessor for two years; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; was elected to the House of Representatives in October, 1876, receiving 348 votes against 198 for Gerard Austin, Democrat.

Costilla county. Population 2,000.

Meliton Alberts, (Rep.), of San Luis, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, January 11, 1848; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation; was Assessor of Costilla county in 1871; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 336 votes against 103 for Felipe Chavez, Democrat.

Costilla and Conejos counties. Population 4,500.

D. Archuleta, (Rep.), of Conejos, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, December 2, 1854; received a common school education in the Spanish language; came to Colorado, then Kansas Territory, in 1856; is a merchant by occupation; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, of which he is the youngest member, receiving 402 votes against 381 for P. R. Trujillo, Democrat.

Clear Creek county, has four Representatives. Population 10,000.

P. E. Morehouse, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Saratoga county, New York, October 18, 1835; was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio; is a teacher by profession, but now engaged in mining; during the war served two years in the quartermaster’s department; came to Colorado in July, 1874; was Superintendent of Schools for Clear Creek county; in October 1876 was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,085 votes against 1,020 for P. McCann, Democrat.

George A. Patten, (Rep.), of Idaho Springs, was born in Surry, Hancock county, Maine, April 26, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a merchant; came to Colorado May 8, 1860; has been postmaster at Idaho Springs for five years; is now a member of the Town Board; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,092 votes against 970 for William Gibson, Democrat.

Theodore F. Simmons, (Rep.), of Georgetown, was born in Harford, Cortland county, New York, January 24, 1847; was educated at the High School, Beloit, Wisconsin; is by occupation a merchant, came to Colorado in April 1866; was Alderman of the city of Georgetown for four years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,175 votes against 1,000 for W. W. Ware, Democrat.

T. Jeff. Watts, (Rep.), of Silver Plume, was born in Newville, Richland county, Ohio; received a common school education; is a miner by occupation; enlisted during the war in the 5th Iowa infantry and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and in the decisive battles of Iuka, Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, second battle of Corinth, and many others of less importance; came to Colorado in 1869; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,113 votes against 988 for John Tomay, Democrat.

Douglas County. Population 3,500.

George A. Lord, (Dem.), of Pine Grove, was born in Lebanon, York county, Maine; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; came to Colorado June 21, 1861; was for two years School Superintendent, and afterwards Treasurer, of Douglas county; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 292 votes against 285 for M. A. Latimer, Republican.

Elbert county. Population 1,500.

Andrew D. Wilson, (Dem.), of Godfrey Station, was born in Weston, Platte county, Missouri, July 2, 1844; received a common school education; is a stock raiser by occupation; came to Colorado May 22, 1860; represented the counties of Elbert, Bent and Douglas in the last Territorial Legislature; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 96 votes against 88 for A. L. Gleason, Republican.

El Paso county has two representatives. Population 5,750.

Joseph C. Helm, (Rep.), of Colorado Springs, was born in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, June 30, 1848; during the war he served in the army corps investing Vicksburg and took part in the campaigns of the Cumberland and Potomac, and was taken prisoner and confined seventy-six days in Belle Isle. Upon his return home he attended the State University of Iowa and graduated for the legal profession. Before assuming the practice of law he spent three years in the public schools of Arkansas, one year as principal of the Van Buren School and two years as principal of the High School at Little Rock. He came to Colorado November 25, 1874. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, receiving 712 votes against 403 for James Knox, Democrat.

Charles Woodman Kittredge, (Rep.), of Florissant, was born in Portland, Maine, January 16, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser; came to Colorado in 1872; during the Rebellion he entered the army as Captain of Company F, Seventh Iowa Infantry, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel of the Thirty-Sixth Iowa Infantry, and served with his command to the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Belmont, Shiloh and many others, and received his commission as Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 701 votes against 400 for David McShane, Democrat.

Fremont county has two representatives. Population 5,250.

Richard Irwin, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Montreal, Canada, September 30, 1841; received a common school education and attended the Commercial College at Montreal; came to Colorado in August, 1860; is by occupation a prospector. He was elected to the House of Representatives in October, 1876, receiving 520 votes against 510 for Thomas Thornton, Republican.

Charles R. Sieber, (Dem.), of Rosita, was born in Prussia January 28, 1846; received a common school education; came to Colorado in 1865, and is by occupation a farmer and stock raiser. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 548 votes against 472 for Lewis Muhlebach, Republican.

Gilpin county has three representatives. Population 8,800.

H. Jacob Kruse, (Rep.), of Central City, was born in Holstein, Europe, November 18, 1837; received a common school education; came to Colorado in July, 1860, and located in Central City, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits; was a member of the City Council and afterwards Mayor. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,112 votes against 747 for Frank Fossett, Democrat.

Henry W. Lake, (Rep.), of Black Hawk, was born in Tully, Onondaga county, New York, September 5, 1832; was educated at the Homer Academy, New York, and afterwards taught school for three years; removed to Nebraska and engaged in the real estate business and was Clerk and Recorder of Nemaha county, in which he resided; came to Colorado in the spring of 1860 and settled at Black Hawk, of which city he was alderman for four years; is now largely engaged in mining and milling operations. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 999 votes against 765 for J. V. Kimber, Democrat.

Austin C. Marshman, (Rep.), of Nevada, Colorado, was born in Coshocton, Coshocton county, Ohio, February 3, 1847; received a common school education. During the war he served in the Second Ohio Artillery; came to Colorado in December, 1870; has been Secretary of the School Board of Gilpin county for over three years; is by occupation a merchant and miner; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 1,021 votes against 736 for Wm. H. Beverly, Democrat.

Grand county. Population 1,000.

John H. Stokes, (Dem.), of Hot Sulphur Springs, was born in Davidson county, Tennessee, August 10, 1848; received a common school education; is a merchant and miner by occupation; came to Colorado August 6, 1874; has been postmaster at Hot Sulphur Springs, and held other offices in Grand county; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 101 votes against 69 for John A. Himebaugh, Republican.

Hinsdale county. Population 4,000.

William H. Green, (Rep.), of Lake City, was born in Greenville, Sussex county, New Jersey, November 23, 1828; received a common school education; is a miner by occupation; came to Colorado in 1858; during the war served four years in the Second regiment Colorado cavalry; was Clerk and Recorder of Hinsdale county for three years; in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly, receiving 411 votes against 364 for H. M. Woods, Democrat.

Huerfano county has two representatives. Population 5,000.

Joseph T. Chavez, (Dem.), of Gardner, was born in Taos, Taos county, New Mexico; received a common school education; came to Colorado November, 1868; is a stock raiser by occupation; was Assessor of Huerfano county for four years. In 1876 was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 576 votes against 385 for Juan B. Jaquez, Republican.

Jose R. Esquibel, (Dem.), of Walsenburg, was born in Embuda, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, September 18, 1830; received a common school education; came to Colorado in October, 1857; is by occupation a stock raiser. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 606 votes against 369 for Thomas Sproull, Republican.

Jefferson county has two Representatives. Population 5,500.

Martin V. Luther, (Dem.), of Morrison, was born in Valparaiso, Porter county, Indiana, January 10, 1837; graduated at the University of Valparaiso, is by profession an attorney-at-law, but is now engaged in farming and stock raising; was for two years school teacher in Porter and Lake counties, Indiana; came to Colorado in 1861; was for eight years Justice of the Peace of Jefferson county. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 568 votes against 551 for M. N. Everett, Republican.

George Rand, (Dem.), of Golden, was born in Kings county Nova Scotia, June 26, 1837; received a common school education; migrated to Wisconsin in 1850, where he engaged in farming and dealing in lumber; came to Colorado March 7, 1865; is a stock raiser; represented the counties of Jefferson and Boulder in the last Territorial Legislature, and in October, 1876, was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 577 votes against 551 for Levi Harsh, Republican.

Lake county. Population 2,300.

William J. McDermith, (Dem.), of Oro City, was born in Fredericktown, Madison county, Missouri, December 8, 1835; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock raiser and merchant; came to Colorado in September, 1859; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876, receiving 255 votes against 201 for Thomas S. Wells, Republican.

La Plata county. Population 800.

John Moss, (Dem.), of Parrott City, was elected in October, 1876, to the House of Representatives, receiving 110 votes against 46 for C. C. Gaines, Republican.

Larimer county. Population 3,500.

Nathaniel C. Alford, (Rep.), of Livermore, was born in Hope, Knox county, Maine, November 29, 1834; received a common school education; came to Colorado in June, 1859, and is by occupation a stock raiser. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 373 votes against 286 for James Sullivan, Democrat.

Las Animas county has three Representatives. Population 10,000.

Urbano Chacon, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in El Chanuzal, Taos county, New Mexico, May 25, 1851; was educated at St. Michael’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the age of fifteen he was assistant postmaster at Santa Fe, and afterwards learned the printing business in the office of the Santa Fe New Mexican, and was subsequently connected with the Santa Fe Post; was interpreter and translator for the agency of the Pueblo Indians; was teacher at Plaza Del Alcalde, Rio Arriba county, and for the Indians of the Pueblo of Tesuque. He was married November 28, 1871, at Santa Fe, to a Mexican lady; came to Colorado October 4, 1873, and is now editor and proprietor of the Colorado Pioneer and the Spanish paper, El Explorador. In 1876 he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 1,148 votes against 669 for L. M. Peterson, Republican.

Mariano Larragoite, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 28, 1847; received a common school education. At the age of nineteen he was elected to the Legislature in New Mexico, and obliged to resign his seat on account of his youth; came to Colorado in March, 1869; is an attorney-at-law and farmer; represented the county of Las Animas in the Territorial Legislatures of 1872 and 1874, and in October, 1876, he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 1,042 votes against 666 for J. A. Salazar, Republican.

David F. Wilkins, (Dem.), of Trinidad, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, November 12, 1837; was educated at the Zanesville Academy; removed to New Mexico, where he resided eighteen years; came to Colorado in 1857; was married to a Spanish lady of New Mexico; is by profession a teacher of the Spanish language, and reputed to be the ablest interpreter in the West; is also a stock raiser and dealer; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1876, receiving 1,147 votes against 738 for Eldridge B. Sopris, Republican.

Park County. Population 4,500.

Ziba Surles, (Rep.), of Grant, was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1811; received a common school education; removed to the West in 1833, and settled in Huron county, Ohio, in 1834; migrated to California in 1862, thence to Oregon and Idaho, and was in Montana at the time of its organization into a Territory; came to Colorado November 7, 1864; is a miner by occupation; was Assessor of Summit county in 1866 and 1867; represented the county of Summit in the Territorial Legislature of 1866-7, and was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council in 1868; was Justice of the Peace of Park county for five years. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives, receiving 460 votes against 404 for Capt. W. B. White, Democrat.

Pueblo county has two Representatives. Population 6,500.

James M. Carlile, (Dem.), of Pueblo, was born in Leesburgh, Carroll county, Ohio; received a common school education; came to Colorado in 1860; is a railroad contractor, also a stock raiser and dealer. In October, 1876, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 759 votes against 496 for Charles Wildeboor, Republican.

Garrett Lankford, (Dem.), of Boonville, was born in Marshall, Saline county, Missouri, November 26, 1838; received a common school education; is by occupation a stock raiser. During the war he performed military service for four years in the Trans-Mississippi Department under General Joe Shelby. In 1876 he was elected to the first State Legislature, receiving 725 votes against 541 for W. K. Carlile, Republican.

Rio Grande county. Population 4,000.

Alva Adams, (Dem.), of Del Norte, was born in Blue Mounds, Iowa county, Wisconsin, May 14, 1850; graduated at Albion Academy in 1870 and came to Colorado in 1871; is a hardware merchant; the standard bearer of the Democracy and the cerberus of the treasury. In October, 1876, he was elected from a Republican county to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 383 votes against 331 for Michael Breen, Republican.

Saguache county. Population 2,500.

Isaac Gotthelf, (Rep.), of Saguache, was born in Huemme, Germany, May 26, 1844; received a common school education; came to Colorado in November, 1867, and has since that time been engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising; is President of the Saguache and San Juan toll road; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly in October, 1876, receiving 284 votes against 195 for John Lawrence, Democrat.

San Juan county. Population 4,000.

Charles H. McIntyre, (Rep.), of Animas Forks, was born in Sheffield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, August 6, 1837; received a common school education; removed to Minnesota where he resided for ten years, thence to Dakota where he remained seven years. While in Dakota he was elected to the Council of the Territorial Legislature of 1867, was re-elected in 1869 and again elected in 1871; came to Colorado in 1873; is largely engaged in mining and milling operations; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, in October, 1876, receiving 381 votes against 327 for A. W. Begole, Democrat.

Summit County. Population 2,000.

George W. Wilson, (Rep.), of Breckinridge, was born in Rock Island, Rock Island county, Illinois, December 4, 1845; received a common school education; is a miner; came to Colorado in June, 1867. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first General Assembly, receiving 212 votes against 160 for Charles A. Finding, Democrat.

Weld county has two Representatives. Population 6,000.

Abner Leonard, (Rep.), of Evans, was born in Unity, Columbiana county, Ohio, January 10, 1823. At the age of fourteen moved to Hancock county, Ohio, in which place he resided thirty-seven years engaged in teaching, farming and dealing in live stock; came to Colorado in 1874; is a capitalist; was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, in October 1876, receiving 728 votes against 507 for W. G. Winbourn, Democrat.

David F. Rainey, (Rep.), of Platteville, was born in Cedarville, Green county, Ohio, December 24, 1832; received a common school education; removed to California, where he engaged in mining and dealing in lumber; came to Colorado in June, 1860; is by occupation a stock raiser and farmer. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, receiving 782 votes against 451 for Alvard White, Democrat.

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