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Democrat, Conductor, Lucas county, residence 1721 Lagrange St., Toledo, Ohio.
REED, GEORGE F
Democrat, Farmer, Washington county, residence R. F. D. No. 3, Waterford, Ohio.
REIGHARD, FRANK H Republican, Retired, Fulton county, residence Wauseon, Ohio.
REYNOLDS, JAS. A.
Democrat, Farmer, Cuyahoga, county, residence 9526 Kinsman Road, Cleve- land, Ohio.
REYNOLDS, TOM
Democrat, Steward, Cuyahoga county, residence North Randall, Ohio.
ROBINS, HUSTON T
ROBINSON, W. J.
RUSSELL, W. A
Republican, Lawyer, Ross county, resi- dence Carlisle Blk., Chillicothe, Ohio. Democrat, Insurance, Portage county, residence Ravenna, Ohio.
Republican, Insurance, Lawrence county, residence Ironton, Ohio.
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SCHWAB, NELSON
Republican, Lawyer, Hamilton county, residence 1641 Blue Rock St., Cincin- nati, Ohio.
SHANK, PAT O.
Republican, Farmer, Medina county, residence Litchfield, Ohio.
SHINN, W. H. Democrat, Editor, Williams county, residence Montpelier, Ohio.
SHY, HERMAN
Democrat, Merchant and Farmer, Pike county, residence Dove, Ohio.
SIEBERT, LOUIS R.
Democrat, Cigar Manufacturer, Frank- lin county, residence 216 Mithoff St., Columbus, Ohio.
SMITH, CULBERTSON J
Democrat, Lawyer, Butler county, resi- dence Hamilton, Ohio.
SMITH, JOHN C ..
Democrat, Clerk, Cuyahoga county, residence 3485 E. 98th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
SPENCER, J. M
Republican, Farmer and Livery, Meigs county, residence Racine, Ohio.
SPRAGUE, W. R.
Republican, Lawyer, Scioto county, residence Portsmouth, Ohio.
STEWART, JAMES B.
Democrat, Feed Merchant, Guernsey county, residence Cambridge, Ohio.
STOKES, W. W
Democrat, Counselor, Montgomery county, residence Conover Bldg., Day- ton, Ohio.
STUMP, A. L.
Democrat, Physician, Pickaway county, residence Derby, Ohio.
THOMPSON, FRANCIS M.
Democrat, Lawyer, Franklin County, residence Rooms 806-9 No. 8 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.
TOTMAN, M. P.
Republican, Merchant, Athens county, resiednce Athens, Ohio.
TRISCH, C. M
Democrat, Train Dispatcher, Summit county, residence 190 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, Ohio.
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WADDELL, PAUL V Democrat, Lawyer, Belmont county, residence Bellaire, Ohio.
WAGGONER, ALFRED
Democrat, Farmer, Sandusky county, residence Fremont, Ohio.
WALCUTT, HARRY
Democrat, Farmer, Franklin county, residence Station A, Columbus, Ohio.
WALSH, M. J.
Democrat, Farmer and Contractor, Cuyahoga county, residence Dunham Rd., South Newburg, Ohio.
WHITACRE, EARNEST U.
Republican, Machinist, Columbiana county, residence 27 Lincoln Ave., Salem, Ohio.
WIEST, GEORGE.
Democrat, Merchant, Tuscarawas county, residence Uhrichsville, Ohio.
WILDERMUTH, F. M.
Democrat, Banker, Shelby county, resi- dence Jackson Center, Ohio.
WINTER, EDWARD A
Republican, Insurance, Hamilton county, residence 1209 First National Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
WISE, FRANK C.
Republican, Farmer, Stark county, resi- dence New Berlin, Ohio.
WYDMAN, BYRON S
Republican, Salesman, Hamilton county, residence 1330 Grace Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
ZIEGLER, HENRY. .
Democrat, Farmer, Seneca county, residence R. D. No. 3, Bloomville, Ohio.
Democrats 72-Republicans 56.
E. J. HOPPLE, Speaker.
HON. EARL D. BLOOM, Lientenant-Governor of Ohio.
HON. EARL D. BLOOM, Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio. (Wood County)
When Wood county was organized in the Spring of 1820, it was named in honor of Captain Wood, the Army Engineer who constructed Fort Meigs, in the upper part of the County on the Maumee River. The county commissioners held their first meeting at Maumee City, for lack of accommodations at Perrysburg, which had been designated as the temporary County Seat.
Bowling Green was made the county seat in 1868, on account of its central location, but did not become the busy and popular city it is today, until after the big gas and oil developments of later years. Wood County lies in the great black swamp region of Ohio, whose swampy aspect so long delayed the settlement of that part of the State, but which, by drainage, has become the most productive land in Ohio.
The present Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio is a native of Wood County, and he is a lawyer by profession. In the year 1895, Mr. Bloom was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor G. Lathrop, of Weston, Ohio, and they have a daughter, Alice Gertrude, who is a graduate of Bowl- ing Green High School, and she entered Western College for Women, in 1917.
Without any special effort on his own part, Lieutenant-Governor Bloom was nominated for the office he now holds at the popular primary, in the month of August, 1916, and he was elected by the people in the following November. For many years prior to this time, Mr. Bloom had been active in the interests of the Democratic Party, and a large part of the success of the Democratic party in Wood County, in recent years, is attributed to the good judgment and advice of the Lieutenant- Governor. Governor Bloom has been a delegate to all Democratic State Conventions for the past twenty years, and he was elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, which was held at St. Louis in 1916.
By virtue of his office as Lieutenant-Governor, he is President of the Ohio Senate. In this high position, it can be said for Mr. Bloom that he acquitted himself with dignity and impartiality, and he, at all times, commanded the respect of the Senate without regard to party. His record to date reflects credit upon himself and the Democratic party which elected him.
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HON. WILLIAM AGNEW.
(Cuyahoga County)
Cuyahoga County has been represented in the Ohio Senate by many distinguished men, but no one within present recollection ever rendered a more important service to the State than has the subject of this sketch. Through his labors as a member of the im- portant "Joint Committee on Taxation" which had to do with the entire revision of Ohio's Taxation Laws, Mr. Agnew proved his expert knowledge of the taxation prob- lem, and the result of the work of the com- mittee is generally conceded to be all that could have been devised as a correct and equitable adjustment of the tax problem for the period.
Hon. William Agnew was born at Glasgow, Scotland, May 30th, 1870. His father, John Agnew, was a native of Newton-Stewart, Scot- land. William Agnew was educated in the Public Schools at Cleveland, Ohio, and he graduated at the Cleveland Law School. He was ad- mitted to the Bar in the month of June, 1906. Mr. Agnew served as Clerk in the Cleveland Post-Office, during the years 1887-1903. From 1903 until 1911, inclusive, he was Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts, in Cuyahoga County. In the year 1913, Mr. Agnew served as President of the Cleveland Board of Review. He was Deputy State Tax Com- missioner for Cuyahoga County in 1914-1915.
On account of the chaotic tax conditions in Ohio in the year 1916 (the Supreme Court of the State having declared invalid the existing tax laws) it was apparently very necessary that men with expert knowl- edge on the subject of taxation be sent to the Legislature, so, presum- ably, Mr. Agnew was nominated by the Democrats of Cuyahoga County and elected to serve in the 82nd General Assembly as the best rep- resentative that they could furnish to assist in framing new legisla- tion that would be valid and satisfactory to the people of the whole State.
How well he served the people as a member of "The Joint Com- mittee on Taxation" will be fully demonstrated in years to come, but it is now believed that the law framed by Mr. Agnew's Committee and
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passed by the 82nd General Assembly will stand the test of the Courts, and will prove to be equitable and just toj the people.
In the year 1899 Mr. Agnew was united in marriage with Miss Anna B. Coville of Cleveland.
Besides the onerous duties of the Joint Committee on Taxation, Senator Agnew served as a member of the Committees on Commercial corporations, County affairs, Initiative and Referendum, Judiciary, Sol- diers' and Sailors' Home, and Taxation.
HON. ISAIAH M. APPLE. Twelfth District. (Shelby County)
The 12th Senatorial District comprised of Darke, Miami, and Shelby Counties, is rep- resented by a Democrat in the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio.
Hon. Isaiah M. Apple was born in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, August 9th, 1871. His father, John Jacob Apple, was born at the same place. The son, Isaiah, received his education in the country school, and during his earlier years, followed the occupation of farming. He was engaged for several years with a threshing machine and saw-mill industry, and has been a dealer in heavy farm machinery for the last 8 years.
On December 25th, 1892, Mr. Apple was joined in marriage with Miss Ida M. Rouston, daughter of Reuben Routson, Newbury Town- ship, Miami County, Ohio. They are the parents of ten children - six sons, and four daughters, as follows: Adrian, Ivan, Reuben, Chalmer, Woodrow, and David, Agnes, Delmore Lavinia and Lulu. Mr. and Mrs. Apple and their forebears have all been farmers all of their lives, and all are members of the Lutheran Church.
In the year 1916, Mr. Apple was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to a seat in the Ohio Senate, representing the 12th District, and he was re-elected in 1916, to serve in the 82nd General Assembly. The only office held by Mr. Apple prior to being chosen to the State Senate was that of Councilman-at-large for the city of Sidney.
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At the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly in 1917, Senator Apple was author of S. B. No. 125 - relative to the use of traction engines and tractors upon public streets and highways; also S. B. No. 196- relating to the admission to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. - Both bills became laws.
Senator Apple served as Chairman of the Committee on Manufac- tures and Commerce, and a member of the committees: Banks and Savings Societies, Benevolent Institutions, County Affairs, Federal Relations, Insurance, Medical Colleges and Societies, Roads and High- ways, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
HON. BYRON EVANS BAKER.
(Union County)
In the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio the 13th and 31st Senatorial District was rep- resented, jointly, by Hon. B. E. Baker, of Union County, and Hon. Frank Miller of Crawford County
Hon. Bryon Evans Baker whose residence is Milford Center, Union County, was born in Hartford Township, near Croton, Lick- ing County, Ohio, September 5th, 1868. He was the only son of Levi Hugh Baker, who also was born on the same farm. The mother of Byron E. Baker, died when the son was but seven years old, and his father died in the year 1880. Both parents were very poor, and up to this time the son had little or no education, and was without a home.
However, the boy worked hard on the farm during the summer, and went to school in the winter months, working nights and mornings for his board. He finally secured a teacher's certificate from the country schools, taught for a time, saved his money and later attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware.
In the year 1890 he entered Ohio Northern University at Ada, where he finished the scientific course in 1891. He entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1892, where he finished the full medical course, receiving the degree of Doctor in Medicine, in 1895. He received honorable mention and second high
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grade in the three years course of study, and he also received the highest grade in the examination on diseases of the nervous system under Prof. D. N. Kinsman, ever given a graduate of that school, in a class of sixty-five graduates, thereby obtaining the College prize.
As a practicing physician, Dr. Baker has ever been willing to serve the poor as well as the rich, and he has been uniformly successful. In the year 1901, Senator Baker was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- beth Cary Lee, and they have a daughter, Frances Marvine Baker, aged fifteen years.
As a member of the Ohio Senate in the 82nd General Assembly, Senator Baker was persistent in his efforts against lavish expenditures and he made every effort to reduce the expenses of the General Assem- bly. He voted "No" on very many bills which did not meet with his approval. He was the author of a state wide pension bill for public school teachers.
Mr. Baker served as a member of the Village Council at Milford Center in 1904, and as a member of the Board of Education in 1906-9. He was elected a member of the Democratic State Central Committee from the seventh Congressional District in 1914 and again in 1916, carrying eight out of the nine counties. He was Mayor of his home town in 1916. In the primary contest for State Senator in the 13th- 3Ist District, he won by 23 votes in a race with five others. In the elec- tion which followed in November he was chosen by a majority of nearly 4,000.
During the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly, Senator Baker worked early and late, never missing a roll-call, and he stood by his party platform throughout, as well as every moral measure in- troduced.
He served on the following Committees, namely: Chairman of the Committee on Medical Colleges and Societies, and on Claims, Fees and Salaries, Geological Survey, Library, Public Health, and Villages.
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HON. CLARENCE ADDISON BENEDICT. Thirty-fourth District, Toledo. (Lucas County)
Men come and go in Legislative circles, from term to term. Some are remembered for what they accomplish in the way of Legislation, but most members dwell in the memory of their colleagues and associates at the Capitol more on account of their per- sonal and social qualities, and the spirit of helpfulness to each other in the interest of the State, which is characteristic of the aver- age Senator and Assemblyman.
The subject of this sketch, Hon. Clarence A. Benedict, throughout his career as a mem- ber of both branches of the Legislature, has been most effective in securing valuable legislation for all the people, largely because of his fine personality, and his untiring industry. He is an active Union labor advocate, yet conservative with all that is neces- sary for the best interests of all the people.
Hon. Clarence Addison Benedict was born in Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio, May 5th, 1878. His father, Linton W. Benedict, was born in Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio. The son received his education in the common schools at Bucyrus, Ohio, and he after- ward learned the printers' trade. Senator Benedict is instructor in printing at Waite High School and Woodward Manual Training School, both public schools at Toledo. He lives with his mother and sister at Toledo. He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Eighty-first General Assembly of Ohio, from Lucas County, and in the year 1916 he was nominated and elected as a Democrat, to rep- resent the Thirty-fourth district, jointly with his colleague, Hon. George J. Snyder, in the Eighty-second General Assembly.
Senator Benedict has ever been active concerning Legislation affect- ing Labor interests, and he is an influential member of the Typo- graphical Union. He is also greatly interested in the care of the public institutions and wards of the State, and the proper housing of all State departments in modern state-owned buildings. Senator Benedict served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Works, and is a member of
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the Committees on Cities, Colleges and Universities, Initiative and Referendum, Labor, Military Affairs, Privileges and Elections, Public Printing, Roads and Highways, and Temperance.
HON. THOMAS M. BERRY.
(Allen County)
The 32nd Senatorial District of Ohio has two representatives in the 82nd General As- sembly, namely: Mr. Berry of Allen County, and Hon. George W. Holl of Auglaize County. The District is composed of the counties : Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, 'Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams.
Hon. Thomas M. Berry was born on a farm in Jennings Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, July 29th, 1859. His father, Joseph Berry, was a native of Champaign County, Ohio. He died in 1892. The mother, nee Mary Jane Fitzpatrick, was a native of New York, and her father was a native of Ireland. Her mother, nee Elizabeth Anthony, a descendant of a very prominent family of New York, moved to Auglaize County, Ohio.
The paternal ancestors of Senator Berry were of German descent. Both of his parents were educated at the Institution for the Deaf at Columbus, Ohio. Senator Berry was educated in the common schools in the District where he was born, and he lived and worked on the farm until the fall of 1897 when he became County Auditor of Van Wert County, having been elected in the fall of 1896. He was re-elected in the fall of 1899 and served six years. He has served as a member of the Board of Education, Constable, and Clerk of the Township where he was born, and he still owns the home farm.
Mr. Berry served his District in the Ohio Senate in the 76th and 77th General Assemblies, he having been nominated, the first time, in April, 1903, on the 92nd ballot after a two day convention at Wapa- koneta, Ohio. He was elected the following November without op- position, was re-nominated and re-elected in 1905.
In the August primaries of 1916, he was again nominated on the Democratic ticket, and again elected without opposition to the Senate
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of the 82nd General Assembly, where he has shown much interest in legislation affecting taxation, roads and highways, drainage, and school legislation.
In October, 1880, Mr. Berry was united in marriage with Miss Minnie L. Wolford, of Allen County, and there has been born to them thirteen children, twelve of whom are still living, two sons and ten daugh- ters. The eldest son died at the age of nineteen. The sons living are, John William, and Lester Jennings. The daughters are, Adda May, Beatrice Nevada, Minnie Grace, Norma Catharine, Ana Oressa, Eunice Edna, Nellie Bell, Hazel Myra, Etta Bernice, and Jessie Fae.
Senator Berry moved from Van Wert County to Spencerville, Allen County, in June, 1904, where he has since resided. He is in- terested in farming, and the manufacture of cement drain tile, and building blocks. He has always been a Democrat.
In the 82nd General Assembly he served as Chairman on the Committee of Federal Relations, and a member of the Committees on Agriculture, County Affairs, Drainage and Irrigation, Insurance, Ju- diciary, Taxation and Temperance, and a member of the Special Joint Non-Partisan Taxation Committee.
HON. WILLIAM M. BROWN. Twenty-seventh-Twenty-Ninth District. (Ashland County)
The Twenty-seventh-Twenty-ninth Sena- torial District is comprised of Medina, Lorain, Ashland and Richland Counties. The Legis- lative act creating Ashland County was passed Feb. 24th, 1846, and the new county was formed from territory taken out of Richland, Lorain, Huron and Wayne Counties.
Hon. William M. Brown who represents the Twenty-seventh-Twenty-ninth District in the Ohio Senate of the Eighty-second General Assembly was born at Ruggles, Ashland County, Ohio, Sept. 12th, 1874. His father, William Blake Brown, was a native of New York. The son, William, received his education in the public schools, at Savannah Academy, and Oberlin Business. College.
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Ever since leaving school, Mr. Brown has successfully followed the occupation of farming, and he is known throughout Ohio as one con- versant with scientific methods of agricultural pursuits. In the year 1899, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Mary P. Scobey, of Ruggles, Ohio, and they have a son, Kenton Scott Brown.
In the year 1912 Mr. Brown was nominated and elected as a Demo- crat, to represent Ashland County in the House of Representatives of the Eightieth General Assembly of Ohio. He received the unusually heavy majority of 3,300 votes. Prior to this time, he had served as a member of the School Board of Ruggles, and he was for four years a Deputy Inspector of Commercial Foodstuffs and Fertilizers under the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. Representative Brown served as Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the House in the 80th General Assembly, and in the year 1913, he was appointed by Governor Cox as a member of the American Commission to study European methods of Finance and Co-operation, as authorized by an act of the Legislature.
In the year 1914, Representative Brown was re-elected and he served in the Eighty-first General Assembly. At the popular primary in August, 1916, Mr. Brown was nominated by the Democrats of the Twenty-seventh-Twenty-ninth District for State Senator, and at the election in November, following, he was elected by a heavy majority.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1916, Senator Brown served as Chairman of the Committee on Prisons and Prison Reform, and as a member of the committees on Banks and Saving Societies, Colleges and Universities, Commercial Corporations, Federal Relations, Medical Colleges and Societies, Public Works, Sol- diers' and Sailors' Home, and Taxation.
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HON. T. ADDISON BUSBEY. Eleventh Senatorial District.
The Eleventh Senatorial District is com- prised of Champaign, Clark and Madison Counties, which is a very rich section of Ohio, both from a manufacturing and agricultural point of view. This district is always care- ful in the selection of its representatives in the Ohio Legislature. Scarcely any measure of importance is ever considered in the General Assembly of Ohio without the active approval or disapproval of the constituency in this district.
Hon. T. Addison Busbey was born at South Vienna, Clark County, Ohio, June 11th, 1858. His father, Thomas Carlton Busbey, was born in the State of Virginia. The son was educated in the public schools of Vienna, and he taught school in early life, having secured his first teacher's certificate at the age of 17. He went to Chicago in 1883 and in that year, accepted a position on the "Railway Age" as reporter. He remained with that paper for twenty-five years, serving as reporter, associate editor, and he was the managing editor for five years. It was while associated with this publication that Mr. Busbey, himself, became a noted authority on transportation matters. His statistical articles commanded wide at- tention, being copied almost universally by the great dailies of the country. In the year 1908, Mr. Busbey returned to the village of his birth, where he has since resided. He was elected mayor in 1909, and has served four terms in that office, resigning on Jan. Ist, 1917, to assume the duties of the office of State Senator for the Eleventh Senatorial District.
On June 28th, 1888, he was married, at Westerville, O., to Miss Emancipation Proclamation Coggeshall, daughter of Hon. William T. Coggeshall, an author and writer of note, who was for years editor of the "Ohio State Journal", and he was the first State Librarian of Ohio, also he was Military Secretary to Governor Dennison during the War of the Rebellion. Mrs. Busbey died Oct. Ist, 1913, leaving a son, Ralph C. Busbey, born in the year 1890, who is now managing editor of the "Morning Sun", of Springfield, Ohio.
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Senator Busbey was chosen as a Republican at the popular primary in 1916, to represent his party as a candidate for election in November, when he was successful, having carried every county in the district.
Senator Busbey comes of a distinguished family of Ohio, and he is the youngest of eleven children. Four of his brothers have become noted in their chosen circles of activity, and they all represent the highest type of citizenship. At the regular session of the Eighty-second Gen- eral Assembly, Senator Busbey served as chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries, also chairman of the Committee on Public Print- ing, and a member of the Committees on Commercial Corporations, Common Schools, Judiciary, Manufactures and Commerce, Medical Colleges and Societies, Prisons and Prison Reform, Public Utilities, Public Works, Roads and Highways, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and Villages.
HON. GEORGE S. CRAWFORD. Eighteenth-Nineteenth District.
(Monroe County)
There are six practical farmers in the mem- bership of the Ohio Senate - Eighty-second General Assembly - one of them represent- ing the 18th-19th District, which is comprised of Coshocton, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, part of Monroe, and part of Noble counties.
Hon. George S. Crawford was born at Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio, Oct. 8th, 1864. His father, W. J. Crawford, was born in Ireland. The son, George, received his education in the common schools at Grays- ville, Ohio. Mr. Crawford has made farm- ing his life-work. He believes in progressive methods, and has been successful.
In the year 1889, Mr. Crawford was united in marriage with Miss Nannie A. Dowell, of Graysville, Ohio, and they have two sons and two daughters.
In the year 1912, Mr. Crawford was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent Monroe County in the Ohio House of Repre- sentatives, in the Both General Assembly, and he was again chosen in 1914, to serve in the 8Ist General Assembly, and at both elections he
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