. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. residing inAllegheny, and the other in Tioga, without relationship,were candidates for the supreme judgeship. TheAllegheny judge first succeeded and died in office,and a few years thereafter of Tioga wasappointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the deathof Chief Justice Mercur, and was elected for a full termthe same year, and like his namesake died
. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. residing inAllegheny, and the other in Tioga, without relationship,were candidates for the supreme judgeship. TheAllegheny judge first succeeded and died in office,and a few years thereafter of Tioga wasappointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the deathof Chief Justice Mercur, and was elected for a full termthe same year, and like his namesake died after adecade or more of service. The contest for the Democratic nomination forsupreme judge intensely embittered, chieflybecause the late William M. Singerly, then a strongDemocratic power in Philadelphia, threw intothe breach to prevent the nomination of FurmanSheppard, who was the favorite of the convention,and would certainly have been nominated but forSingerlys aggressive and skillful tactics. The firstballot gave Trunkey 71 and Sheppard 64, with a largescattering vote diffused among a half a score of candi-dates. On the second ballot Sheppard received 103votes to 100 for Trunkey, with 48 votes scattering;. i^/e-1 it^/X^tC . c_J^^//^ V THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Astor, Lenox and TJden^Foundations. Of Pennsylvania 489 on the third ballot, that was taken in almost breath-less silence, every delegate answered to his name but** Uncle Jake Zeigler of Butler, the leading Democraticpolitician of his section, who had been clerk of thehouse for many years. He had retired between ballotswith some friends to sample the old rye of the BradyHouse, and as the ballot progressed, and his absencewas noted, several exploring parties w^ere sent out tobring him in before the ballot ended. When the last name on the list was called the votestood Trunkey 124 and Sheppard 124, but just then Uncle Jake entered the hall, and stood up in themain aisle smiling like a bridesmaid, an
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