THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

TERMS EXPIRE JANUARY, 1879.

GOVERNOR.

John L. Routt, of Denver, Arapahoe county, was born in Eddyville, Kentucky, April 25, 1827. His family emigrated to Illinois in 1833, and settled in Hancock county. At the age of thirteen, his mother being a widow in destitute circumstances, he was apprenticed to a carpenter and builder in Bloomington, where he resided until he came to Colorado. He had received the rudiments of an English education, but devoted the leisure hours of his apprenticeship to the improvement of his mind. He was married at the age of 19 to Miss Hester A. Woodson, who died in 1872. In 1860 he was elected sheriff of McLean county, and resigned eighteen months afterwards to enter the army. He enlisted in the 94th regiment Illinois volunteers, and soon rose to the rank of Captain, and subsequently to that of Lieutenant-Colonel. Upon his return home, at the close of the war, he was elected Treasurer of McLean county, an office the annual collections of which amounted to half a million dollars. After holding this position for two terms, he was appointed United States Marshal for the Southern district of Illinois, and in 1871 was appointed second Assistant Postmaster General. In 1874 he was married to Miss Leila Pickrell, of Decatur, Illinois. In February, 1875, he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Colorado, and performed the responsible duties of that position so acceptably that in 1876 he was elected the first Governor of the new State, receiving 14,154 votes against 13,316 for Bela M. Hughes, Democrat.

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

Lafayette Head of Conejos, was born in Howard county, Missouri, April 19, 1825; received a common school education; enlisted in the second regiment Missouri volunteers, which distinguished itself in the Mexican war, in several battles which were fought in 1846, at La Canado, El Embuda, Taos and Santa Clara Springs. Upon the expiration of his military service he settled in New Mexico, and in 1849 engaged in mercantile pursuits at Abiquiu. He was appointed United States Marshal for the Northern District of New Mexico, and held that position for nearly three years. In 1861 he was elected sheriff of Rio Arriba county for the term of two years. In 1853 he was elected Representative from Rio Arriba county to the Legislature, which convened at Santa Fe. In 1855 he was commissioned Lieutenant in Col. St. Vrain’s regiment of volunteers, which served for six months against the Ute and Apache Indians. In 1856 he was elected from Taos to the Legislature and was subsequently chosen representative to fill the vacancy created in the Council by Benito Valdez, and was re-elected in 1857, and was chosen President of that body. In 1859 he was appointed special agent of the Ute and Apache Indians, and held that office for nine years. In 1874 he was elected from Conejos county to the Colorado Legislature as member of the Council. In 1875 he was chosen a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. In 1876, at the first State election, he was chosen Lieutenant-Governor, receiving 14,191 votes against 13,093 for Michael Beshoar, Democrat.

SECRETARY OF STATE.

William M. Clark, of Georgetown, Clear Creek county, was born in Highland, Chester county, Penn., May 1st, 1839. At an early age, his mother dying, he was placed in the care of his grand parents, to whom he owes his early training. Until his sixteenth year he attended the public schools, and then spent one year at a select school, and another year at the State Normal School at Millersville, Penn. He afterwards taught school until the summer of 1861, when he enlisted as a private in company “P,” twenty-eighth regiment afterwards company “E,” one hundred and forty-seventh regiment (Pa.) volunteers. He received several promotions, and was captain of his company when mustered out of service in July, 1865. His company served in the army of the Potomac, until after the battle of Gettysburg; with Hooker’s corps, under Grant, in the west, until after the battle of Lookout Mountain; with Sherman’s army in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and in its march to the sea; and in the campaign from Savannah to Raleigh, which resulted in Johnston’s surrender after the fall of Richmond. In the spring of 1866 he arrived in Clear Creek county, Colorado, where he has since resided. He engaged in mining and soon became a prominent citizen. In 1867 he was elected Superintendent of Schools, and was afterwards elected to the same office for two different terms. In the same year he was appointed Clerk of the District Court and Master in Chancery, and held these offices until 1874, when he was chosen to represent the counties of Clear Creek and Summit in the tenth session of the Territorial Legislature. Early in 1874, he was appointed Brigadier General of Colorado militia, which position he held until the last general election, having been re-appointed by Gov. Routt in 1875; he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention and held the important position of Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining. At the Republican Convention in Pueblo, General Clark was nominated by acclamation for the office of Secretary of State, and the election returns evinced the wisdom of the Convention, as he ran largely ahead of his ticket in almost every county in the State, receiving 14,582 votes against 12,843 for James T. Smith, Democrat.

STATE TREASURER.

George C. Corning, of Boulder, Boulder county, was born in Painesville, Ohio, on the second day of April, 1837; was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; is by occupation a banker; in 1868 organized the Bank of Topeka, at Topeka, Kansas, and for three years was president of that institution; came to Colorado in 1870, settled at Boulder and engaged in the banking business; in 1876 he was elected State Treasurer, receiving 14,038 votes against 13,310 for Thomas M. Field, Democrat.

STATE AUDITOR.

David C. Crawford, of Colorado Springs, El Paso county, was born in London, Canada West, September 5th, 1836. Shortly after the family migrated to Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Until his twelfth year he attended the public schools, and for two years after the Academy at Kalamazoo. Here until 1856 he occupied the position of clerk in a hardware store. He then moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and engaged in the jewelry business under the firm name of Stanley & Crawford; came to Colorado in May, 1860, and engaged in mining in Gilpin and Boulder counties, and in 1862 opened a general merchandise store in Musquito, Park county, and there continued his mining pursuits. In the summer of 1865, and the summer following, he cultivated a farm in Jefferson county. In the fall of 1867 he was elected Clerk and Recorder of Jefferson county, and was twice re-elected. In the fall of 1870 he was married to Miss Amanda J. Thornton, of Golden. Real estate and insurance claimed his attention until 1875, when he became the proprietor of the Crawford House at Colorado Springs. In October, 1876, he was elected State Auditor, receiving 14,117 votes against 13,295 for J. K. Benedict, Democrat.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Archibald J. Sampson, of Canon City, Fremont county, was born near the town of Cadiz, Ohio, June 21, 1839. His early life was devoted to farming, a pursuit which his parents, who were of Irish-Welch descent, followed for a livelihood. He graduated at Mount Union College in 1861, and at once entered as a volunteer in an Ohio regiment to do battle for the preservation of the Union. He was soon promoted to a captaincy, but in 1864, at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, he was disabled for life and discharged from the service. He returned to Cadiz, and in 1864 was admitted to the bar, then entered the Cleveland Law School, at which he graduated in 1865. In 1866 he migrated to Missouri, and settled at Sedalia. On October 18th of this year, he married the daughter of Judge Allen C. Turner, of Cadiz, his native place. In 1872 he was unanimously nominated in Pettis county, Missouri, for the Legislature, but declined, preferring to continue the practice of his profession without interruption. He was attorney for the State Board of Education for the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri; in February, 1873, was nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate United States Consul to Palestine, but again declined; was Presidential elector in Missouri in 1872; came to Colorado in 1874, and settled in Canon City, where he continued the practice of law until 1876, when he was elected Attorney-General, receiving 14,145 votes against 13,182 for G. Q. Richmond, Democrat.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

Joseph C. Shattuck, of Greeley, Weld county, was born at Marlborough, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, February 28, 1835. He attended Westminster Seminary, Vermont, and afterwards the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., joining the class of ’61, but left without completing the course; was married to Miss Hattie M. Knight, of Marlborough, August 17, 1858; went to Missouri and engaged in teaching; came to Colorado in 1870 with the Union Colony, of which he afterwards became vice-president and general manager, occupying that position from 1872 until November, 1876, when he resigned to assume the duties of his present office. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature of 1874, and in 1876 to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, receiving 14,304 votes against 12,473 for G. B. Groesbeck, Democrat.