Historical Figures Who Were Recorders

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Historical Figures Who Were Recorders

Caesar Rodney Signer, Declaration of Independence Delegate from Delaware, Continental Congress	Recorder of Deeds Kent County, Delaware
Timothy Pickering U.S. Senator, Massachusetts U.S. Representative, Massachusetts U.S. Postmaster U.S. Secretary of War U.S. Secretary of State	1774-1777 Register of Deeds Essex County, Massachusetts
Rev. Joseph Montgomery Delegate from Pennsylvania, Continental Congress	1785-1794 Recorder of Deeds Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Allen Trimble Governor, Ohio	1808-1812 Clerk of Courts and Recorder of Deeds Highland County, Ohio
George Nixon Briggs Governor, Massachusetts U.S. Representative, Massachusetts	1824-1831 Register of Deeds Berkshire County, Massachusetts
David Rittenhouse Porter Governor, Pennsylvania	1827-1836 Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
John Page Governor, New Hampshire U.S. Representative, New Hampshire	1828-1834 Register of Deeds Grafton County, New Hampshire
George Busby U.S. Representative, Ohio	1831-1839 Recorder of Deeds Marion County, Ohio
Nelson Dewey Governor, Wisconsin	1837-1838 Register of Deeds Grant County, Wisconsin Territory
Andrew Parsons Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Michigan	1840-1846 Register of Deeds Shiawassee County, Michigan
Cyrus Aldrich U.S. Representative, Minnesota	1847-1849 Register of Deeds Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Charles Miller Croswell Governor, Michigan	1850-1854 Register of Deeds Lenawee County, Michigan
Rev. Samuel Plummer Morrill U.S. Representative, Maine	1857-1868 Register of Deeds Franklin County, Maine
Lucius Hubbard Governor, Minnesota	1858-1860 Register of Deeds Goodhue County, Minnesota
Alfred C. Harmer U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania	1860-1863 Recorder of Deeds Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Edward R. Lacey U.S. Representative, Michigan Comptroller of the U.S. Currency	1860-1864 Recorder of Deeds Eaton County, Michigan
John Steele Henderson U.S. Representative, North Carolina	1866-1868 Register of Deeds Rowan County, North Carolina
George A. Sheridan U.S. Representative, Louisiana	1878-1881 Recorder of Deeds District of Columbia
William Henry Boyce U.S. Representative, Delaware	1881-1886 Recorder of Deeds Sussex County, Delaware
Frederick Douglass Abolitionist	1881-1886 Recorder of Deeds District of Columbia
Henry Plummer Cheatham U.S. Representative, North Carolina	1884-1888 Register of Deeds Vance County, North Carolina 1897-1901 Recorder of Deeds District of Columbia
Charles E. Townsend U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative, Michigan	1886-1897 Register of Deeds Jackson County, Michigan
Blanche Kelso Bruce U.S. Senator, Mississippi Register of U.S. Treasury	1891-1893 Recorder of Deeds District of Columbia
William Scott Vare U.S. Senator-elect and U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania	1902-1912 Recorder of Deeds Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Charles Frederick Joy U.S. Representative, St. Louis City, Missouri	1907-1921 Recorder of Deeds St. Louis City, Missouri
Francis Byron DeWitt U.S. Representative, Ohio	1912-1920 Register of Deeds Arenac County, Michigan
Charles Bennett Deane U.S. Representative, North Carolina	1926-1934 Register of Deeds Richmond County, North Carolina
Edward Patrick Boland U.S. Representative, Massachusetts	1941-1952 Register of Deeds Hampden County, Massachusetts
Carol Moseley Braun U.S. Senator, Illinois U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa	1980-1990 Recorder of Deeds Cook County, Illinois
Jesse White Secretary of State, Illinois	1992-1998 Recorder of Deeds Cook County, Illinois
Terri Lynn Land Secretary of State, Michigan	1993-2000 County Clerk and Register of Deeds Kent County, Michigan