The campaign was sure to be a struggle ; the Whigs nominated their " Eagle Orator " Gustavus Henry, and Johnson wasted no time in calling him to task for his " Henry-mandering " of the First District, as their debates made their way across the state from one county seat to the next.

Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.

In the late 6th century, the city re-emerged as the seat of a county and an archdiocese within the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks, but royal Frankish power was never strong.

Boone is the county seat of Watauga County and the home of Appalachian State University.

This quake destroyed the county seat of Alameda County then located in San Leandro and it subsequently moved to Oakland.

John C. Hammond and Henry P. Field, both Amherst graduates, introduced Coolidge to the law practice in the county seat of Hampshire County.

It is also the county seat of Merrimack County.

In 1994, the administrative county ( which did not include the county borough of Dublin ) was dissolved and the area divided among the administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin each with its county seat.

Cadillac () is a city in the U. S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County.

Cadillac became the county seat after the so-called " Battle of Manton ," in which a show of force was involved in enforcing a controversial decision to move the county seat from Manton, Michigan.

Cadillac partisans, however, won the county seat by county-wide vote in April 1882.

The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the location of the University of Missouri.

Columbus () is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.

Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion of the city limits also extend into DuPage County.

** Cortez, Colorado, a city and county seat of Montezuma County

Prior to 1969, Carson City was also the county seat of Ormsby County.

Dayton () is the 6th largest city in the U. S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County.

Dedham () is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

It became the county seat of Norfolk County.

Above the tree are the scales of justice, representing Dedham as the county seat and home to Norfolk County's courts.

Ellensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

Thaddeus St. John, a county court judge in Fonda, New York, recalled having seen two old friends, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, traveling with a black man to Washington at the time of the late President Harrison's funeral.

On the other hand, Arlington County, Virginia, the United States ' smallest county, located just across the Potomac River from Washington, D. C., is both an urbanized and suburban area, governed by a unitary county administration.

Some cities or counties also have an annual State of the City Address given by the mayor, county commissioner or board chair, including Sonoma County, California ; Orlando, Florida ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Parma, Ohio ; Detroit, Michigan ; Seattle, Washington ; Birmingham, Alabama ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Los Angeles, California ; Buffalo, New York ; Rochester, New York ; San Antonio, Texas ; McAllen, Texas ; and San Diego, California.

Montgomery County is a county in the U. S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D. C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore.

Prince George's County is a county located in the U. S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, D. C.

This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederick from Prince George's in 1748 ; and Montgomery and Washington from Frederick in 1776.

Washington County is a county located in the western part of the US state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west.

Washington County was the first county in the United States to be named for the Revolutionary War general ( and later President ) George Washington.

Washington county has experienced a population boom, and is one of the fastest growing counties in the country, due to an influx of people from the Washignton-Baltimore metropolitan areas.

However, Washington County's County Commissioners exercise executive powers as they exist in the government of the county.

The County Commissioners in Washington County comprise the traditional form of county government in Maryland.

Howard County is a county located in the central part of the U. S. state of Maryland, between Baltimore and Washington, D. C.

Recent development in the south of the county has led to some realignment towards the Washington, D. C. media and employment markets.

Clark County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U. S. state of Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.

Clark County was the first county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Democratic U. S. Senator Patty Murray narrowly carried Clark County in the United States Senate election in Washington, 2010 with 52 % of the vote, but lost the county to Republican Senate candidate George Nethercutt in 2004.

At the state level, unsuccessful Republican candidate Dino Rossi won the county in the Washington gubernatorial election, 2008 with 91, 301 votes ( 51. 01 %) over the Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire, who won 87, 683 votes ( 48. 99 %).

Since that decision, annexation plans have been halted, and Washington County started urban planning to provide city-level services to the unincorporated urban areas in the county.

Washington County is a county located in the U. S. state of New York.

Washington County is a long narrow county located in the northeastern section of the State.

Winding across the bottom of the county is the legendary Batten Kill ( Dionondehowa ), famous for its worldclass flyfishing, and its marvelous falls ( near the Washington County fairgrounds ).

* Washington County, South Dakota, a former county ( 1883-1943 ) that was sliced up and then merged into Jackson County, Pennington County, and Shannon County in 1943 because of financial troubles in South Dakota.