Goodspeeds, 1890
The following officers of Johnson County have begun to serve at the dates mentioned, and remained in office until the accession of their successors: Judge: George Jamison, 1833; J. P. Keesie, 1835; J. L. Cravens, 1836; J. B. Brown, 1838; Samuel Adams, 1846; M. Rose, 1848; J. B. Brown, 1850; C. B. Perry, 1852; H. A. Powers, 1854; C. B. Perry, 1856; A. D. King, 1858; W. T. Hyten, 1860; S. H. Laster, June, 1865; A. M. Ward, 1866; Elisha Mears, 1868.

Board of Supervisors: 1872-74; J. G. Connelly, 1874; W. G. Taylor, 1878; J. B. Porter, 1880; J. G. Connelly, 1882; J. B. Porter, 1884; J. G. Connelly, 1888-90.

Clerk: Thomas Janette, 1833; William Fritz, 1835; A. M. Ward, 1836; J. G. Connelly, 1854; A. M. Ward, 1850; J. G. Connelly, 1860; C. C. Reid, November, 1865; J. B. McConnell, 1866; R. F. Naylor, 1868; Edwin Greene, March, 1870 (R. F. Naylor, clerk of the circuit court); J. M. Thompson, 1874; Q. B. B. Poyner, 1884; D. N. Clark, 1888-90.

Sheriff: S. F. Mason, 1833; A. Sinclair, 1834; W. J. Parks, 1835; A. Sinclair, 1838; W. M. H. Newton, 1842; J. M. Hamilton, 1846; C. B. Mann, 1850; M. D. Griffith, 1856; Samuel Farmer, November, 1857; J. F. Hill, 1858; W. L. Cravens, 1864; J. M. Laster, June, 1865; E. N. Griffith, 1866; P. Hixen, 1868; R. S. Crampton, 1872; L. N. Swaggerty, from December, 1873; J. M. Armstrong, 1874; E. T. McConnell, 1878; W. S. Jett, 1884-90.

Treasurer: M. Rose, 1836; A. Lewis, 1838; William Adams, 1840; R. A. Latimer, 1842; A. Smith, 1844; L. Armstrong, 1846; W. S. Swigart, 1848; M. A. Hill, 1850; William Fritz, 1852; J. Conway, 1856; William Fritz, 1858; T. Baskin, 1860; T. Powers, September, 1865, William Hamlin, 1866; J. R. Laferry, 1868; H. Jacobs, 1872; A. J. Clark, 1874; R. Houston, 1876; J. B. Wilson, 1880; W. G. Taylor, 1886-90.

Coroner: J. P. Keesie, 1833; R. S. McMiken, 1835; A. L. Black, 1836; A. Brown, 1838; B. G. Clark, 1840; D. Hargraves, 1842; Charles Dennings, 1844; Joseph Stewart, 1846; J. Arbaugh, 1848; Lewis Matthews, 1852; James Carlisle, 1854; Lewis Matthews, 1856; James Ballard, 1858; P. Sanders, 1860; A. Southerland, 1862; W. Reed, 1864; J. C. Jones, 1866; J. C. Leek, 1868-72; Samuel Fleming, 1874; J. B. Lee, 1876; F. R. McKennon, 1882; J. T. Sykes, 1886-90.

Surveyor: Augustus Ward, 1835; W. A. Anderson, 1836; J. W. Ryan, 1838; John Ward, Sr., 1840; D. G. Harris, 1842; Alfred Allen, 1844; W. D. Dropper, 1846; V. Wallace, 1848; B. M. Davis, 1850; W. P. Clark, 1858; V. Wallace, 1862-64; B. M. Davis, 1866; A. R. Young, 1868; Edward Greene, from March, 1870-72; S. H. Thompson, 1874; G. R. Daniels, 1878; Ezra Adkins, 1880; J. C. Bunch, 1884; J. M. Kelly, 1886; Ezra Adkins, 1888-90.

Assessor: J. F. Hill, 1864-66; E. N. Griffith, 1868; L. Sykes, January, 1870; L. Robinson, 1872; J. R. Price, 1874; J. M. King, 1878; J. W. Huddleston, 1882; J. T. Patterson, 1884; Reubon Matthews, 1886; J. M. King, 1888-90.

Officers elected September 1, 1890 for 1890-92: J. H. Basham, judge; J. N. Clark, circuit clerk; John H. Powers, sheriff; W. G. Taylor, treasurer; J. T. Sykes, coroner; W. C. Boyle, surveyor; J. M. Kelly, assessor; H. L. Bunch, county clerk.

State Senators representing Johnson County have been as follows: J. Williamson, 1836-38; S. Adams, 1840-43; M. Rose, 1844-46; W. A. McClain, 1848-51; M. Rose, 1852-55; W. W. Floyd, 1856-59; A. M. Ward, 1860-62; Ben T. Embry, 1862; William Stout, 1864-65; Ben T. Embry, Confederate Legislature, 1864; J. E. Cravens, 1866-67; J. N. Sarber, 1868-71; Thomas A. Hanks, 1873-74; C. E. Toby, 1874-77; John F. Hill, 1879-81; Ben T. Embry, 1883-85; G. T. Cazort, 1887-89; Senator elect, J. M. Harkey.

Representatives in the Lower House: E. B. Alston and Samuel Adams, 1836-38; E. A. Pace and M. Rose, 1840; William Gray and William McClain, 1842-43; J. B. Wilson, W. W. Floyd and John B. Brown, 1844-45; W. M. H. Newton, Samuel Farmer and Samuel Turner, 1846; John H. Strong and S. Farmer 1848-49; O. Basham and S. Farmer, 1850-51; O. Basham and V. Wallace, 1852-58; H. G. Butts and J. G. Watson, 1854-55; W. H. M. Newton and H. G. Wilson, 1856-57; S. Farmer and W. H. M. Newton, 1858-59; J. E. Cravens and L. Robinson, 1860-62; L. B. Howell and W. H. Connelly, 1862; J. Rogers and A. P. Melson, 1864-65; W. H. Connelly, Confederate Legislature, 1864; John W. May and J. S. Green, 1866-67; W. W. May, 1868-69; W. G. Harris, 1871; John N. Sarber, 1873; A. D. King, 1874; J. S. Green, 1874-75; A. S. McKennon, 1877; Louis Felton, 1879; F. R. McKennon, 1881; J. W. May, 1883; Isaac McCrscken, 1885; T. P. King (succeeded by M. A. Moore), 1887; J. W. Coffman, 1889; representative elect, J. W. Coffman.

Johnson County is in the Fourth Congressional District, composed of Johnson, Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Logan, Scott, Yell, Perry, Garland, Saline and Montgomery Counties, and represented by Hon. J. H. Rogers, of Fort Smith.

The Fifth Judicial Circuit is composed of Johnson, Yell, Conway, Pope and Franklin Counties. The judges of this circuit have been, J. J. Clendenin, from December 28, 1840,; W. H. Field, from December 24, 1846; J. J. Clendenin, from September 6, 1854; Liberty Bartlett, from November 12, 1854; E. D. Ham, from July 23, 1868; Benton J. Brown, from September 30, 1874; W. W. Mansfield, from October 31, 1874; Thomas W. Pound, from September 9, 1878; W. D. Jacoway, from October 31, 1878; G. S. Cunningham, from October 31, 1882; J. E. Cravens, from October, 1889; J. G. Wallace, judge elect. The prosecuting attorneys have been, R. W. Johnson, from December 29, 1840; George C. Watkins, from January 11, 1845; J. J. Clendenin, from February 17, 1849, to September, 1854; J. L. Hallowell, from September 8, 1858; Samuel W. Williams, from May 10, 1860; Pleasant Jordan, from September 7, 1861; Samuel W. Williams, from July 6, 1803; John Whytock, from December, 19, 1865; R. H. Dedman, from October 15, 1866; N. J. Temple, from August 15, 1868; Arch Young, from August 24, 1862; Thomas Barnes, from April 23, 1873; J. P. Byers, from October 31, 1873; A. S. McKennon, from October 14, 1878; J. G. Wallace, from October 31, 1882; H. S. Carter, from October 30, 1886; Jeff Davis, prosecuting attorney elect.

Some of Arkansas' most distinguished lawyers have appeared in the Johnson Circuit Court, and the resident attorneys of the county have from the first taken high rank. The list of resident lawyers at this time embraces the names of J. E. Cravens, present circuit judge, A. S. McKennon, J. W. Coffman, R. C. Reding, J. H. Basham, county judge elect, J. W. May, W. T. Hunt, Thomas B. May, E. D, W. Blythe, John N. Sarber, C. B. Wilson, J. D. Hunt and J. P. Buster.

The following named residents of Johnson County hold or have until recently held commissions as notaries public: F. L. Purrington, T. B. Blakley, R. C. Reding, J. H. Basham, J. M. Quaile, J. M. Thompson, R. E. L. Gray, J. N. Brown, W. F. Hunt, J. E. Watson, F. R. McKennon, W. A. Whitemore, W. L. King, Charles A. Jones, E. A. Kline, Thomas Stevenson, Frank T. Diers.

The Fourth Congressional District comprises the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Sebastian, Logan, Pulaski, Scott, Yell, Perry, Garland, Saline and Montgomery. The present representative is Hon. J. H. Rogers, Democrat, of Fort Smith.