Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . e war he re-turned to his home in Quincy, but subsequentlyemigrated to California. Hon. Peter Lott, a native of New York, waselected the successor of Judge Ralston, contin-uing in office until January, 1841; was a mem-ber of the Fourteenth General Assembly (1844-46) from the Adams County District, and in1S4S was appointed Clerk of the Circuit served in this position until 1852, when hebecame a resident of California, holding theoffice of Superintendent of the United StatesMint at San Francisco under President Pierce;but was removed from oflBce
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . e war he re-turned to his home in Quincy, but subsequentlyemigrated to California. Hon. Peter Lott, a native of New York, waselected the successor of Judge Ralston, contin-uing in office until January, 1841; was a mem-ber of the Fourteenth General Assembly (1844-46) from the Adams County District, and in1S4S was appointed Clerk of the Circuit served in this position until 1852, when hebecame a resident of California, holding theoffice of Superintendent of the United StatesMint at San Francisco under President Pierce;but was removed from oflBce by President Buch-anan, and spent the last years of his life inKansas in humble circumstances—is said tohave died in Mexico while serving as UnitedStates Consul at Tehuantepec. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas was elected a Judgeof the Supreme Court by the Legislature of1841,—the Judges of the Supreme Court fromthat period until the reorganization of thecourts under the Constitution of 1848 doingcircuit court duty. Judge Douglas continued in. MARIA LEWIS BENNETT
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