[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] tory of theState — twenty-two years; he also had the distinction of hav-ing been speaker more times than any other man."1 He was only once defeated as a candidate for the assembly — in 1882, by John Hoag. In 18G8 John Thompson Hoffman, a native of Westchester County, Smith's Manual of Westchest from 1812 to 1900 605 was elected governor of the State. He was a son of Dr. A. K. Thomp-son, of Sing Sing, and was born in that village on the 10th of Jan-nary, 1828. After completing his general education he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and engaged in the practice of law in New York City. He soon became prominent both in his profession and in politics. He served two terms as governor, being re-elected in 1870. It was unfortunate for him that his career in the executive office was coincident with the Tweed Ring exposures, which involved much criticism of his political affiliations with Tammany. Upon the completion of his second term he retired from public life. He died on the 24th of March, 1888. Eighteen hundred and seventy was the last census year in which Westchester County retained the bounds established for it under the original county act of 1083. The population in 1870, by town-ships and villages, was as follows: TOWNS Bedford POPULATION 3,f>!>7.. 11,694 Peekskill Village Verplanck Village Eastchester Central Mount Vernon Village East Mount Vernon Village.. 7,41)1 6,560 1,500 150