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JUSTICES OF THE HIGHER COURTS, SINCE 1776.

chief magistrates, the Governors being residents of the province. Be-
fore that, when the Governor was resident in Massachusetts, the Lt.
Governors claimed to be chief magistrates, and often acted as such
when the Governor was out of the province.

In May, 1775, the Royal Governor withdrew, and the province was
governed by a convention, of which Matthew Thornton was President;
and in January, 1776, a temporary Constitution was adopted under which
Meshech Weare was unanimously elected President of the Council, and
Chairman of the Committee of Safety, till June, 1784.

2. Presidents under the Constitution of 1784.

3. Governors under the Constitution of 1792.

Noah Martin, Dover,..........1852

Nathaniel B. Baker, Concord,. 1854

Ralph Metcalf, Newport, 1855

William Haile, Hinsdale, 1857

lehabod Goodwin, Portsmouth, 1859
Nathaniel S. Berry, Hebron,.. .1861
Joseph A. Gilmore, Concord,.. 1863

JUSTICES OF THE HIGHER COURTS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
SINCE 1776.

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE—1776 TO 1813.

Meshech Weare, C. J., Hampton Falls, Jan. 27, 1776, to June 19, 1782.

Leverett Hubbard, Portsmouth, Jan, 27, 1776, to 1785.

Matthew Thornton, Londonderry, Jan. 27, 1776, to 1782.

John Wentworth, Salmon Falls, Jan. 27, 1776, to May 17, 1781.

Samuel Livermore, C. J., Holderness, June 21, 1782, to 1790.

Woodbury Langdon, Portsmouth, June 22, 1782, to 1783; Feb., 1786, to
Jan. 1791.

Josiah Bartlett, Kingston, Nov. 14, 1782, to 1790; C. J., Jan. 15, 1790,
to June, 1790.

William Whipple, Portsmouth, June 20, 1783, to 1785.

John Dudley, Raymond, Dec. 1784, to Feb. 1, 1797.

John Pickering, C. J., Portsmouth, July 7, 1790, to Feb. 1795.