e original cost of the building….$124,672.62 (which included furniture at $4,348.69).” Twelfth Judicial District, State of Wisconsin By act of the Legislature, judicial circuits were adjusted in 1870. Rock, population 39,030, Green, population 20,646, and Jefferson County, population 34,050, were constituted as the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, and Harmon S. Conger, of Janesville, elected Circuit Judge, entering upon his duties January 1, 1871. Judge Conger (who had formerly served two terms as a Member of the United States Congress, from New York, prior to his relocation to Janesville) served until his death, October 22, 1882. Appointed to fill the vacancy at the death of Judge Conger was John R. Bennett, Janesville, who was then elected to the office on January 1, 1883, remaining on the bench until his death on June 9, 1899. Following the death of Judge Bennett, Benjamin F. Dunwiddie, of Janesville, was appointed to serve for his unexpired term, and then elected to the office on January 1, 1901. Judge Dunwiddie, born in Green County, was the first circuit judge w