. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . n 1803. Mr. Jefferson had suc-ceeded Mr. Adams in the Presidency, and the Repub-licans were in the ascendant in both national andState governments. The capital had, by the act ofApril 3, 1799, been temporarily established at Lan-caster. Mr. Findlay, at this session, proposed that itshould be permanently established at proposition then failed; but it was eventuallycarried, and in 1812 the removal was effected. Heproved himself a leading member, and one of the B
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . n 1803. Mr. Jefferson had suc-ceeded Mr. Adams in the Presidency, and the Repub-licans were in the ascendant in both national andState governments. The capital had, by the act ofApril 3, 1799, been temporarily established at Lan-caster. Mr. Findlay, at this session, proposed that itshould be permanently established at proposition then failed; but it was eventuallycarried, and in 1812 the removal was effected. Heproved himself a leading member, and one of the BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 489 most useful in the House, being placed in the mostresponsible positions. When the act to revise thejudiciary system was before the House, Mr. Findlayoffered additional sections, providing that a plaintiffmight file a statement of his cause of action, insteadof a declaration ; for reference of matters in disputeto arbitration; that proceedings should not be setaside for informality; that pleadings might beamended, and amicable actions and judgments en-tered without the agency of an GOVERNOR WILLIAM FINDLAY. These provisions were not then adopted, but theyafterwards became and still are a part of the statutelaw. The object aimed at by their mover was doubt-less to enable parties to conduct their own cases incourt without professional assistance. This the enact-ments have failed to accomplish ; but they have beenof great advantage to attorneys themselves, enablingthem to cure their own errors and omissions, to whichthey as well as the unlearned are liable. On the 13th of January, 1807, Mr. Findlay waselected State treasurer, whereupon he resigned hisseat in the House. From that date until the 2d ofDecember, 1817, when he resigned to assume theduties of chief magistrate, a period of nearly elevenyears, he was annually re-elected by the Legislatureto that office, in several instances unanimously, andalways by a strong majority, not uncommonly bein
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