. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . r than Mr. Shulze, orone whose votes will better stand the test of minutescrutiuy. He was a consistent Republican through-out, manifesting an ardent attachment to the Consti-tution and the principles which he had received froma pious and patriotic father, and which characterizedthe whole course of his life. His business qualifications and his probity attractedthe attentiou of Governor Snyder, who, in 1813, ap-pointed him Surveyor-General of the State. Thisoffice, at that tim
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . r than Mr. Shulze, orone whose votes will better stand the test of minutescrutiuy. He was a consistent Republican through-out, manifesting an ardent attachment to the Consti-tution and the principles which he had received froma pious and patriotic father, and which characterizedthe whole course of his life. His business qualifications and his probity attractedthe attentiou of Governor Snyder, who, in 1813, ap-pointed him Surveyor-General of the State. Thisoffice, at that time an important and responsible declined. Governor Snyder then tendered himthe positions of register, recorder, prothonotary, clerkof the Orphans Court, and clerk in the Sessions Courtof Lebanon County, which he accepted. In the dis-charge of the duties of this office he continued untilthe expiration of Governor Snyders term, when hewas recommissioned under the appointment of Gov-ernor Findlay. In the early part of 1821. thoughwarmly solicited by large numbers of the citizens to 294 HISTORY OF LEBANON i;dvi:r\or shulze. remain in this position, lie resigned, and was in Octo-ber of that year elected to represent Lebanon Countyin the House of Representatives. In the followingyear he was chosen a State senator for Dauphin andLebanon Counties, carrying the district by a largemajority, though opposed by a well-organized he had been a year in the Senate he was se-lected as a candidate for Governor by the Republicanparty, and was elec-ted by a majorityof over twenty-fivethousand. .He wasnominated for asec-ond term in 1826,and was electedwith a unanimityunparalleled in thehistory of the gov-ernment, receivingover seventy-twothousand votes,while his opponent,John Sergeant, gotbut about one thou-sand. He had im-mense patronage to bestow, having in addition tothat originally given by the Constitution, now grownto enormous proportions, that recently created byth
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