{"id":17,"date":"2019-06-28T22:19:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:59:38","slug":"uscommissioners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"US Commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fjc.gov\/history\/administration\/court-officers-and-staff-commissioners\">U.S. Commissioner<\/a> dates back to 1793, when Congress authorized U.S. Circuit Courts to appoint &#8220;discreet persons learned in the law&#8221; to take bail. With the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Congress granted commissioners new powers to determine the fate of fugitive slaves.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 U.S. Commissioners were in office throughout the period of the law&#8217;s operation (1850-1864), though only a select few actually handled fugitive cases. At present, no comprehensive list of commissioners operating under the 1850 law exists. The names below represent a working list, which will be modified accordingly as this thesis project progresses. Names in\u00a0<strong>bold\u00a0<\/strong>signify commissioners who handled fugitive cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Alabama:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>R.B. Owen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Arkansas:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>J.B. Ogden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>California:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>W.H. Cheevers<\/li>\n<li>J.E. Gryme<\/li>\n<li>H.C. Hyde<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/george-pendleton-johnston\/\"><strong>George Pendleton Johnston<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>H.B. Jones<\/li>\n<li>C. McAllister<\/li>\n<li>G.L. Mix<\/li>\n<li>J.J. Papy<\/li>\n<li>A.M. Schell<\/li>\n<li>A.S. Tayler<\/li>\n<li>J.O. Wheeler<\/li>\n<li>J.B. Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Colorado Territory:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>W.P. Bacon<\/li>\n<li>W. Larimer<\/li>\n<li>P.P. Wilcox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Connecticut:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>A. Blackman<\/li>\n<li>J.C. Comstock<\/li>\n<li>F. Fellower<\/li>\n<li>Charles R. Ingersoll<\/li>\n<li>D.W. Pardee<\/li>\n<li>W.D. Shipman<\/li>\n<li>Erastus Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Delaware:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/samuel-guthrie\/\"><strong>Samuel Guthrie<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>L.E. Wales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>District of Columbia:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/samuel-s-phillips\/\">Samuel S. Phillips<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Florida:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Winer Bethel<\/li>\n<li>E.A. Perry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Georgia:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>M. Myers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Illinois:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/john-a-bross\/\">John A. Bross (-1864)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>J.W. Chickering<\/li>\n<li>W. Chumasere<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/stephen-a-corneau\/\"><strong>Stephen A. Corneau<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/levi-davis\/\"><strong>Levi Davis (-1853)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/philip-a-hoyne\/\"><strong>Philip A. Hoyne (1855-)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George C. Lamphere<\/li>\n<li>J.W. Magill<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/george-w-meeker\/\"><strong>George W. Meeker (1850-1855)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.T. Moulton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Indiana:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>C. Craft<\/li>\n<li>Edwin A. Davis<\/li>\n<li>Reginald H. Hall<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Moore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>H.C. Newcomb<\/li>\n<li>H.B. Payne<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/john-h-rea\/\"><strong>John H. Rea<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>T.J. Sample<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/william-sullivan\/\"><strong>William Sullivan<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>W.S.H. Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Iowa:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>S.E. Brown<\/li>\n<li>A.C. Dillon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/george-frazee\/\"><strong>George Frazee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.L. Harvey<\/li>\n<li>A. Humphreys<\/li>\n<li>J.M. McKinley<\/li>\n<li>G.L. Nightingale<\/li>\n<li>J.N. Rogers<\/li>\n<li>S. Silbley<\/li>\n<li>A.L. Walling<\/li>\n<li>W.G. Woodward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Kansas:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>C.G. Aiken<\/li>\n<li>A.N. Blacklidge<\/li>\n<li>D.J. Brewer<\/li>\n<li>H.A. Burgess<\/li>\n<li>F.A. Callahan<\/li>\n<li>W.T. Gallaher<\/li>\n<li>J.P. Greer<\/li>\n<li>P.S. Post<\/li>\n<li>W. Roy<\/li>\n<li>J.F. Todd<\/li>\n<li>A. Wiley<\/li>\n<li>H.K. Wood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Kentucky:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>R.A. Athey<\/li>\n<li>A.J. Ballard<\/li>\n<li>C.J. Clark<\/li>\n<li>J.G. Haswell<\/li>\n<li>H.F. Middleton<\/li>\n<li>J.F. Ward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Louisiana:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>M.M. Cohen<\/li>\n<li>W. Cornelius<\/li>\n<li>J.W. Gurley<\/li>\n<li>W.H. Hunt<\/li>\n<li>R.M. Lusher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Massachusetts:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/george-ticknor-curtis\/\"><strong>George Ticknor Curtis<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.P. Curtis, jr.<\/li>\n<li>A.S. Cushman<\/li>\n<li>C. Demond<\/li>\n<li>W.S. Dexter<\/li>\n<li>G.D. Guild<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benjamin F. Hallett\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>H.L. Hazlett<\/li>\n<li>George Hilliard<\/li>\n<li>C.W. Loring<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edward Greely Loring<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Elias Marvin<\/li>\n<li>E. Mervin<\/li>\n<li>Charles Wesley Tuttle (1860-)<\/li>\n<li>Sidney Webster (1858-1860)<\/li>\n<li>C.L. Woodbury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Maryland:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>John Hanan<\/li>\n<li>A.S. Ridgely<\/li>\n<li>W.F. Watson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Maine:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Carr<\/li>\n<li>W.H. Clifford<\/li>\n<li>E.H. Davis<\/li>\n<li>T.A. Deblois<\/li>\n<li>A. Hayden<\/li>\n<li>George Herbert<\/li>\n<li>E.B. Jackson<\/li>\n<li>J.M. Messerve<\/li>\n<li>John Rand<\/li>\n<li>J.S. Rowe<\/li>\n<li>C.W. Waterman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Michigan:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>W. Ashley, jr.<\/li>\n<li>G.G. Buell<\/li>\n<li>G.S. Clapp<\/li>\n<li>G.A. Coe<\/li>\n<li>J.M. Edwards<\/li>\n<li>G.A. Graves<\/li>\n<li>G.W. Hoffman<\/li>\n<li>Charles Jewett<\/li>\n<li>G. Kingsley<\/li>\n<li>A.A. Knapper<\/li>\n<li>H.R. Lovell<\/li>\n<li>A. Mandell<\/li>\n<li>G.A. Mason<\/li>\n<li>John McNeil<\/li>\n<li>S.D. Miller<\/li>\n<li>W.W. Mitchell<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Parish<\/li>\n<li>G.L. Parsons<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Stockton<\/li>\n<li>G.B. Turner<\/li>\n<li>J. Van Ransalear<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/samuel-g-watson\/\"><strong>Samuel G. Watson<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>W.L. Webber<\/li>\n<li>W.D. Wilkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Minnesota:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>C.S. Bryant<\/li>\n<li>J.N. Cardazo<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Carey<\/li>\n<li>E. St. J. Cox<\/li>\n<li>S.B. Garvie<\/li>\n<li>J.J. Noah<\/li>\n<li>G.G. Ripley<\/li>\n<li>J.A. Willard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Missouri:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>A.W. Alexander<\/li>\n<li>B.F. Hickman<\/li>\n<li>J.M. Krum<\/li>\n<li>N. McDonald<\/li>\n<li>J.C. Moody<\/li>\n<li>G.T. White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>North Carolina:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>P. Adams<\/li>\n<li>Q. Busbee<\/li>\n<li>B.G. Graham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Nebraska:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>D. Gantt<\/li>\n<li>Isaac S. Gibbs<\/li>\n<li>J.M. Parker<\/li>\n<li>C.W. Troy<\/li>\n<li>J.M. Woolworth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>New Hampshire:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>W.L. Foster<\/li>\n<li>W.H.Y. Hackett<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Metcalf<\/li>\n<li>Horace Webster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>New Jersey:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>J.M. Cassady<\/li>\n<li>J.P. Vroom<\/li>\n<li>John Whitehead<\/li>\n<li>James Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>New York:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miles Beach<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>G.M. Beckworth<\/li>\n<li>G.F. Betts<\/li>\n<li>A.A. Boyce<\/li>\n<li><strong>J. Brigham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>J.L. Carroll<\/li>\n<li>J.L. Clark<\/li>\n<li>A. Conkling<\/li>\n<li>G.B. Dusenberne<\/li>\n<li>L. Farrar<\/li>\n<li>W. Frothingham<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/alexander-gardiner\/\"><strong>Alexander Gardiner (1845-1851)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/charles-m-hall\/\"><strong>Charles M. Hall<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.B. Harvey<\/li>\n<li>Orlando Hastings<\/li>\n<li>R.J. Hilton<\/li>\n<li>T.M. Howell<\/li>\n<li>O.K.A. Hutchinson<\/li>\n<li>G.E. Isbell<\/li>\n<li>H.S. Johnson<\/li>\n<li>L. Kip<\/li>\n<li>John Lampert<\/li>\n<li>G.W. Morell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/george-w-morton\/\"><strong>George W. Morton<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>J.W. Nelson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A.P. Nichols<\/li>\n<li>J.A. Osborn<\/li>\n<li>P.G. Parker<\/li>\n<li>Alberts Perry<\/li>\n<li>W.C. Ruger<\/li>\n<li><strong>J.F. Sabine (1849-)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>W.H. Shumway<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/henry-k-smith\/\"><strong>Henry K. Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>R.E. Stillwell<\/li>\n<li>W.C. Storrs<\/li>\n<li>C.O. Tappan<\/li>\n<li>B. Thompson<\/li>\n<li>K.G. White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Ohio:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>E. Adams<\/li>\n<li>J. Adams<\/li>\n<li>W. Baker<\/li>\n<li>W.H. Baldwin<\/li>\n<li>S.R. Bonenitz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles C. Brown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>H. Carey, jr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/samuel-s-carpenter\/\"><strong>Samuel S. Carpenter<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sterne Chittenden<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>J.D. Cleveland<\/li>\n<li>J. Cochran<\/li>\n<li>D.H. Dodge<\/li>\n<li>C.M. Dorr<\/li>\n<li>W. Dunbar<\/li>\n<li>J. Fitch<\/li>\n<li>G.W. Frost<\/li>\n<li>J.C. Grannis<\/li>\n<li>F. Halliday<\/li>\n<li>C. Hayden<\/li>\n<li>John F. Hoy<\/li>\n<li>G.M. Lee<\/li>\n<li>J.J. Manor<\/li>\n<li>E.R. Marshall<\/li>\n<li>W.M. Meek<\/li>\n<li>J.T. Mott<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edward R. Newhall<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>J.F. Oliver<\/li>\n<li>J.R. Osborne<\/li>\n<li>Richard C. Parsons (1852-)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/john-ludlow-pendery\/\"><strong>John L. Pendery (1853-1857)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.L. Perry<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Powell<\/li>\n<li>G. Sanderson<\/li>\n<li>Charles Stetson (-1852)<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Smith<\/li>\n<li>G.W. Trost<\/li>\n<li>W.W. Warden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bushnell C. White<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>P.B. Wilcox<\/li>\n<li>D.H. Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Pennsylvania:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Alexander B. Anderson<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Bailey<\/li>\n<li>R. Beeson<\/li>\n<li>James Ellis Bonham (1850-1851)<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Paul Brown, Jr. (1856-)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jabez Burchard<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Cadwalader<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/robert-p-flenniken\/\"><strong>Robert P. Flenniken<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Grant<\/li>\n<li>C.F. Heazlitt<\/li>\n<li>Samuel E. Hench<\/li>\n<li>William H. Hutter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/uscommissioners\/edward-ingraham\/\"><strong>Edward Ingraham (1845-1854)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/james-l-jones\/\"><strong>James L. Jones (1850-1851)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/j-cooke-longstreth\/\"><strong>J. Cooke Longstreth (1855-)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/richard-mcallister\/\"><strong>Richard McAllister (1850-1853)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>B. Patton<\/li>\n<li>George Plitt (1852-)<\/li>\n<li>John P. Rhodes (1859-)<\/li>\n<li>C. Sargent<\/li>\n<li>A.H. Smith<\/li>\n<li>H. Sproul<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/cast\/jacob-bowman-sweitzer\/\"><strong>Jacob Bowman Sweitzer (1850-)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adolphus D. Wilson<\/li>\n<li>Samuel L. Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Rhode Island:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>T.S. Anthony<\/li>\n<li>Charles Hart<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Parsons<\/li>\n<li>S.W. Peckham<\/li>\n<li>J.L. Pitman<\/li>\n<li>J.S. Pitman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>South Carolina:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>G.W. Eggleston<\/li>\n<li>R.C. Gilchrist<\/li>\n<li>H.Y. Gray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Tennessee:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>J.L. Bostick<\/li>\n<li>William Lowry<\/li>\n<li>J.A. McMurry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Texas:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>J.C. Fowler<\/li>\n<li>F.J. Parker<\/li>\n<li>J.A. Settle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Virginia:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>H. Forbes<\/li>\n<li>J.T. Francis<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Goff<\/li>\n<li>L. Haymond<\/li>\n<li>J. McCally<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Pendleton<\/li>\n<li>D.S. Purnel<\/li>\n<li>J.S. Wheat<\/li>\n<li>J.C. Wheeler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Vermont:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>R.N. Clark<\/li>\n<li>C.N. Davenport<\/li>\n<li>H.L. Hallett<\/li>\n<li>Robert Pierpont<\/li>\n<li>N.T. Sheafe<\/li>\n<li>Royal Tyler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Washington Territory:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>E.S. Dyer<\/li>\n<li>N.D. Hill<\/li>\n<li>H.W. McGill<\/li>\n<li>J.J.H. Von Bokhelen<\/li>\n<li>R.M. Walker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong>Wisconsin:<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>F. Bloodgood<\/li>\n<li>J.B. Brunson<\/li>\n<li>J.H. Clary<\/li>\n<li>James Hutchinson<\/li>\n<li>J. LaDue<\/li>\n<li>W. Merrill<\/li>\n<li>S.O. Payne<\/li>\n<li>J.A. Savage, jr.<\/li>\n<li>Winfield Smith<\/li>\n<li>J.G. Townsend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post of U.S. Commissioner dates back to 1793, when Congress authorized U.S. Circuit Courts to appoint &#8220;discreet persons learned in the law&#8221; to take bail. With the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Congress granted commissioners new powers to determine the fate of fugitive slaves. 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