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Senator Jones also had charge of, and got through the Senate, several bills which were introduced in the House by the representatives from Franklin and Pickaway Counties.
Sentor Jones served as Chairman of the committee on County Af- fairs, and a member of the following committees, namely: Benevolent Institutions, Cities, Fish Culture and Game, Initiative and Referendum, Judicary, Manufactures and Commerce, Mines and Mining, Prisons and Prison Reform, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and Taxation.
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HON. JAMES S. KENNEDY. Twenty-fifth District. (Cuyahoga County)
The Twenty-fifth Senatorial District is rep- resented by five Democrats in the Eighty- second General Assembly of Ohio, two of whom - Hon. Charles A. Mooney, and Hon. James S. Kennedy - Were also members of the Senate in the Eighty-first General As- sembly.
Hon. James S. Kennedy was born at Syra- cuse, New York, March 10, 1869. His father, James Kennedy, was born in Ireland. The son, James S., received his education in the public schools at Syracuse, N. Y. He learned the plumbers' trade, at which occupation he always worked until in 1910, he was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Plumbers' Local Union, in Cleveland. He held this office until the year 1914, when he resigned on account of his election to the State Senate.
In the month of January, 1916, Mr. Kennedy was united in mar- riage with Miss Mary C. Carroll, of Syracuse, N. Y. .
Throughout his service in the Senate, Mr. Kennedy has been active in behalf of legislation to benefit labor, for the relief of cities, for the public health, and of all measures for the benefit of the majority of the people. At the regular session of the Eighty-second General As- sembly in 1917, Senator Kennedy introduced S. B. No. 56, relating to the inspection of plumbing; and S. B. No. 57, authorizing the In- dustrial Commission to' supervise power piping, refrigeration and hydraulic piping, and heating and ventilating, as safety measures. Both bills became Laws. Mr. Kennedy served as Chairman of the Senate committee on Labor, and a member of the following committees, namely : Claims, Fees and Salaries, Industrial Schools, Public Health, Public Works, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
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HON. ERASTUS G. LLOYD. Tenth District. (Franklin County)
The fact that the subject of this sketch has been chosen three times in succession to rep- resent the Capital district in the Ohio Senate, is proof of his substantial popularity as a Legislator.
Hon. Erastus G. Lloyd, jointly with Hon. George D. Jones, represents the 10th District, comprised of Franklin and Pickaway Coun- ties, in the Ohio Senate - Eighty-second General Assembly. Erastus G. Lloyd was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, Nov. 12th, 1876. His father, George W. Lloyd, was a native of Jackson County, Ohio. The son, Erastus G., received his education in the public schools, Otterbein University, and Ohio State University. He read Law at the State University Law School, was admitted to the Bar in 1901, and at once commenced the practice of his profession at Columbus.
In the year 1903, Mr. Lloyd was united in marriage with Miss Eva Ranck, of Westerville, Ohio.
Mr. Lloyd never sought public office, but in the year 1912, he was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent the 10th Dis- trict in the Ohio Senate. At that time, the District was usually Repub- lican, but in a very closely contested election, Mr. Lloyd was success- ful by a majority of about 200. As a member of the 80th General Assembly, Senator Lloyd was conspicuous for his efforts in behalf of educational measures that were passed for the benefit of the public schools and colleges in Ohio, and in 1914, he was elected by a largely increased majority to serve the District in the 8Ist General Assembly. Again, in 1916, Senator Lloyd was chosen by an increased majority to serve in the 82nd General Assembly.
At the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly, Senator Lloyd served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, also Chairman of the committee on State Buildings, and a member of the following committees, namely : Banks and Savings Societies, Colleges and Univer- sities, Commercial Corporations, Constitutional Amendments, and Military Affairs.
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HON. FRANK MILLER. Thirteenth-Thirty-first District.
The Thirteenth and Thirty-first Senatorial District of Ohio has two representatives in the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio, - one from Union County, and the other - Mr. Miller - from Crawford County. The Dis- trict is composed of the following counties, namely: Hardin, Logan, Marion, Union, Crawford, Seneca, and Wyandot.
Hon. Frank Miller was born at Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio, March IIth, 1863, where he now resides. His father, C. H. Miller, was born in New York City and is now living at Crestline, O. He is almost a nonagenarian. The mother, nee Caroline Jackson, was born at Carroll- ton, O. The son, Frank, received his education in the public schools of Crestline, graduating therefrom in 1881. In the same year he entered Ohio State University, which institution he attended until 1883. He read Law at Crestline, Ohio, and was admitted to the Bar in the Fall of 1887. He practiced Law until 1893, at which time he started what is now known as "The Crestline Live-Stock Feeding Station", which business is owned and managed by Mr. Miller, at Crestline, Ohio. Mr. Miller is a Director in the First National Bank; Vice-President and Treasurer of the Schill Bros. Company; Vice-President of the Bench Plow Works Company - all of Crestline.
On October 16th, 1889, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Hattie N. Short, of Belle Center, Ohio. He was elected Mayor of Crestline in 1896, and re-elected in 1898, serving in that office for four years. In the year 1916, Mr. Miller was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, State Senator from the 13-31st District.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Mr. Miller was author of S. B. No. 70, relating to the licensing of Physicians, which bill became a Law. Senator Miller was Chairman of the committee on Public Utilities, and he served as a member of the following committees, namely: Banks and Savings Societies, Col- leges and Universities, Insurance, Privileges and Elections, Roads and Highways, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
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HON. JACOB HENRY MILLER. Fifteenth-Sixteenth District. (Licking County)
The President Pro Tem. and the Democratic Floor Leader in the Sen- ate of the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio - Hon. Jacob H. Miller - was born in Mary Ann Township, Lick- ing County, Ohio, October 3rd, 1865. His father, Jacob A. Miller, was a native of Licking County. The son, Jacob, was educated in the country schools and Bethany College, W. Va., where he received the degree of A. M. He also graduated from Ohio Northern University, receiving the degree of LL. B. Mr. Miller is a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, and he refers to the fact that he was a graduate of the same college and Literary Society with Champ Clark, Speaker of the Na- tional House of Representatives. Mr. Miller also belongs to the Modern Woodman Lodge and the Ohio State Grange. He studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and began the practice of his profession at Newark, Ohio, in 1907. Mr. Miller has always been interested in political and reform movements. He is an ardent temperance advocate and has been at the head of the dry forces in his county for years. He is a member of the Christian Church and active in church work, and has occupied pulpits. His immediate ancestors on both sides were from Virginia.
On February 2d, 1918, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Harriett Rachel Adams of Lorain, O.
In the year of 1916, Mr. Miller was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent the Fifteenth-Sixteenth District in the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio, and upon the organization of that body in January, 1917, he was chosen President Pro Tem. and consequently, Democratic Floor Leader.
Throughout the regular Legislative term, Senator Miller was vigilant as a party leader, and was particularly interested in the "Good Roads"
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bill; the "Quail" bill; and he delivered a notable speech in behalf of the "Reynolds Woman Suffrage" bill. Senator Miller was Chairman of the committee on Rules, and a member of the committees on Agri- culture, Drainage and Irrigation, Federal Relations, Finance, Insurance, Judiciary, Public Utilities, and Roads and Highways.
HON. CHARLES A. MOONEY. Twenty-fifth District.
One of the five Senators representing the Twenty-fifth District in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, and one who was responsible for much important legislation at the regular session of the Assembly in 1917, is the subject of this sketch.
Hon. Charles A. Mooney was born at St. Mary's, Ohio, Jan. 5th, 1879. His father, Michael J. Mooney, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland. The son, Charles, received his education in the public schools and at St. Mary's High School. He was an accountant in the office of the Standard Oil Company, at Lima, Ohio, from 1897 to 1901, inclusive. From 1901 tol 1908, he was Auditor for the Ohio Department of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company.
In the year 1903, Mr. Mooney was united in marriage with Miss Isabelle MacMahon, of East Orange, N. J. They are blessed with three children : Charles A., Jr., Isabelle, and William J.
In the year, 1914, Mr. Mooney was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, a Senator in the 8Ist General Assembly of Ohio, and he was re-elected in 1916. At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Senator Mooney was author of S. B. No. 39- to protect persons performing labor and furnishing material for the construction and repair of public works; S. B. No. 40 - relating to the qualifications of electors; S. B. No. 48- relating to absent vot- ing; S. B. No. 184-relating to the powers and reserve requirements of banks ; and S. B. No. 192 - to revise and re-codify the Military Laws of the state of Ohio, and bring same into conformity with the laws of
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the United States; all of which bills became Laws. Senator Mooney was actively interested in election reform measures, and in general legis- lative matters he was always industriously engaged for the benefit of the people.
Senator Mooney was Chairman of the Insurance Committee, as well as the committee on Privileges and Elections, and he served as a member of the following commitees, namely: Banks and Savings So- cieties, Cities, Federal Relations, Finance, Military Affairs, and Public Utilities.
Senator Mooney was also chairman of the Cuyahoga county delega- tion in the 82nd General Assembly.
HON. ULYSSES GRANT MURRELL, Fifth-Sixth District. (Clinton County)
The medical profession is represented by seven members in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio - five of them in the House of Representatives, and two in the Senate. The 5th and 6th Senatorial District, which is comprised of Fayette, Greene, Clin- ton, Highland, and Ross Counties, is rep- resented by Dr. U. G. Murrell, of Clinton County.
Dr. Murrell is recognized as pre-eminent in his profession, and he is very popular in his home county, where he has endeared him- self to the people.
Hon. Ulysses Grant Murrell was born near London, Madison County, Ohio, June 19th, 1868. The father, John Murrell, was born in Virginia, in 1841, and he died in 1908. The mother, nee Mary Coberly, was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1847, and died in 1912. Dr. Murrell's paternal grandparents were Thomas and Sarah Murrell, who were early settlers in Clinton County. His maternal grandparents were Thomas and Louisa Coberly, natives of Pennsylvania, and who were early settlers in Madison County, Ohio. Dr. Murrell's father, John
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Murrell, served four years in the Union Army in the American Civil War.
Senator Murrell has always taken an active part in Republican politics, and he has served as chairman of the Clinton County Central committee. He is at present, Secretary of the County Executive com- mittee. Dr. Murrell has served as Health Officer and as Physician to the County Infirmary for 12 years, and a member of the local Pension Board for 6 years. Dr. Murrell graduated from the Medical Depart- ment of Cincinnati University in 1896. He practiced his profession in New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio, for 9 years and he has resided at Wilmington since 1905. He has been most successful as a physician, and he has large business and property interests at Wilmington and in Clinton County.
In the year 1894, Dr. Murrell was joined in marriage with Miss Ora Hinshaw, of Clinton County, Ohio, she being a descendant of an old Quaker family, who were early settlers of Clinton County. They have two daughters.
In the year 1916, Dr. Murrell was nominated at the popular primary, and elected in November, as a Republican, to represent the 5th-6th Dis- trict in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, and at the regular session of the Legislature in 1917, Senator Murrell served as Chairman of the committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and a mem- ber of the following committees, namely: Common Schools, County Af- fairs, Drainage and Irrigation, Fees and Salaries, Insurance, Medical Colleges and Societies, Public Health, Public Utilities, and Roads and Highways.
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HON. ADAM W. OBERLIN. Twenty-first District. (Stark County)
The representative of the Twenty-first Senatorial District in the Ohio Senate of the Eighty-second General Assembly - Hon. Adam W. Oberlin - was born on a farm in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, May 13th, 1859. His parents, John Oberlin and Anna Wenger, were born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The ancestry on both sides were early emigrants to America from Switzerland. The great-grandfather, Mike Oberlin, born in Lancaster County, Penn- sylvania, in 1751, was a soldier in the Amer- ican Revolution, and the grandfather, John Oberlin, served in the War of 1812.
Adam W. Oberlin was educated in the common schools and Avery Academy, Canton, Ohio, and he took a Business Course at Spencerian Business College, Cleveland, Ohio. The home farm, like many others in Stark County, had a coal mine in operation, and young Oberlin early learned to mine and haul coal.
In the year 1878, Mr. Oberlin was united in marriage with Miss Marietta Gans, of Middlebranch, Ohio, whose father, Benjamin Gans, was the first white male child born in Stark County. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oberlin, namely: John Frederick, Patent Attorney in Cleveland; Gertrude, married to E. C. Roberts, Real Estate agent, Canton, Ohio; Harold Vincent, Akron, Ohio; Benjamin G., student at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; now at Ft. Benjamin Harrison Training Camp; Edith, a student at Lake Erie Col- lege, Painesville, Ohio.
Adam W. Oberlin was Sheriff of Stark County for two terms, from 1911-15. In the year 1914, Mr. Oberlin was nominated and elected, as a Republican, to represent Stark County in the Ohio House of Rep- resentatives, Eighty-first General Assembly, and in 1916, he was nominated by the Republicans of the Twenty-first District, composed of Stark and Carroll Counties, and he was elected to the Senate in Novem- ber of that year.
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While a member of the House in the Eighty-first General Assem- bly, Mr. Oberlin introduced a bill and secured an appropriation of $1,000.00 for a commission to select a site for a home for crippled children in Ohio. The measure was finally passed in 1917, and $90,- 000.00 provided for the establishment of said home.
Senator Oberlin served as Chairman of the committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and a member of the following committees, namely : Agriculture, Colleges and Universities, County Affairs, Fish Culture and Game, Insurance, Military Affairs, and Public Works.
HON. ROBERT J. O'BRIEN. (Hamilton County)
The first Senatorial District, which is Cin- cinnati, has three members in the Eighty- second General Assembly, one of whom, the subject of this sketch, particularly dis- tinguished himself by exhibiting the purest and strongest American patriotism during the regular session. Son of an Irish father, Hon. Robert J. O'Brien, is intensely American, and, spurred by the events of the terrible World War now in progress, he delivered one of the most eloquent speeches ever listened to in the Ohio Senate.
The occasion was in support of a bill, in- troduced by the Senator, requiring that the "Declaration of Independ- ence" be read in all the Public Schools of Ohio, at least once every week. The Senator's idea was that such a requirement would serve to quicken inspiration and loyalty, on the part of the children to the American Flag, and our great Republic.
A striking utterance by the Senator, in support of his bill, was as follows: "You can take the scales of justice, and place it upon the Clerk's desk. On the right hand scale, place the Lord's Prayer ; when that is done, I defy any man in the world to produce any document that was ever conceived by the human mind, or written by the hand of man, that he can place upon the left hand scale that will come as nearly balancing the Lord's Prayer as the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America".
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Senator O'Brien was born in New York City, June 5th, 1858. His father, Robert J. O'Brien, was born in the County Wicklow, Ireland, and he came to America in 1852. Senator O'Brien received his educa- tion in the public schools, and at Manhattan College, New York. He left college in 1873, and went to work for Ex-United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore, of Rhode Island, at his office, 56 Wall Street, where he remained for about five years. Mr. O'Brien came West and located in Cincinnati in the year 1879, where he has lived ever since.
The Senator is a bachelor and he is the owner of the Hotel Savoy, and other valuable real estate in Cincinnati. His general reputation in Cincinnati would indicate that he takes a very large interest in the poor and unfortunate, and out of his comfortable income, he contributes most generously toward the support of the widows and orphans in Hamil- ton County. It is said of him that every philanthropic institution in Cincinnati has felt the benefit of his charity. He has served several terms in the City Council of Cincinnati from the Sixth and Ninth Wards, and although a Republican, in his last two elections there was not a single Democrat to oppose him in the entire Sixth Ward. "He who serves the people first, serves his party best", has always been Mr. O'Brien's motto. He always carries a genial smile, and his friends are almost numberless among all classes - the very rich and the very poor.
Senator O'Brien was elected by a very large majority to serve in the Eighty-second General Assembly. He is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Initiative and Referendum, and a member of the Com- mittees on Cities, Enrollment, Manufacturers and Commerce, Prisons and Prison Reform, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
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HON. THOMAS J. PALMER. Twenty-fourth-Twenty-sixth District.
For the second time in its history, the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth Senatorial District, which was formerly considered a very strong Republican constituency, is rep- resented by two Democrats in the Eighty-sec- ond General Assembly of Ohio, namely : Hon. H. H. Timby, of Ashtabula County, and Hon. T. J. Palmer, of Summit County.
Thomas J. Palmer was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 22nd, 1861. His father, Josiah Palmer, was born I at Hagerstown, Md., and his mother, nee Margaret Stephens, was born at Harrisburg, Pa. Thomas J. Palmer attended the local district schools and Lebanon Normal School, in Warren County, Ohio. He followed the occupation of farming all his life, until 1912, since which time he has been a house- builder and contractor. In the year 1885, Mr. Palmer was united in mar- riage with Miss Emma J. Brumbaugh, at her home at Springfield Lake, Ohio. They have a family of seven children: Floyd A. Ray, Carl, Rus- sell L., Park, Hellen, and Paul M. Russell L. served with Battery B, of Akron, at the Mexican Border in 1916, and is now serving as Second Lieutenant in heavy field Artillery. Carl will serve as a private soldier in the present great war.
Senator Palmer was nominated for State Senator at the August primaries in 1916, without opposition, and he was elected in Novem- ber by a majority of three thousand votes. During the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly, Mr. Palmer was particularly interested in legislation affecting the schools, highways, the agricultural interests, and water legislation. All of the Senate bills, as well as those emanating in the House of Representatives, relating to the storage and conserving of water, were enacted into laws by the Eighty-second Gen- eral Assembly.
Senator Palmer served as Chairman of the Committee on Colleges and Universities, and a member of the committees on Agriculture, Common Schools, Drainage and Irrigation, Fish Culture and Game, Initiative and Referendum, Labor, Prisons and Prison Reform, Privileges and Elections, Public Works, and Villages.
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HON. WALTER M. SHOHL. First District. (Hamilton County)
One of the three Republican Senators rep- resenting the First District in the Ohio Sen- ate, 82nd General Assembly, is a lawyer by profession, and resides in Cincinnati.
Hon. Walter Max Shohl was born at Cin- cinnati, Ohio, July 12th, 1885. His father, Charles Shohl, was born in the same city, Oct. 24th, 1850. The son, Walter, was ed- ucated in the public schools and Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, and he is a graduate of Harvard College, (A. B.) and Harvard Law School, (LL. B.) He taught Political Economy at Harvard College dur- ing the years 1907-1908, and in the Fall of the latter year, entered the practice of Law in Cincinnati, in the offices of Frank F. Dinsmore, Esq. In 1912, Mr. Shohl became a partner in the firm of Dinsmore & Shohl, and is now engaged in the general practice of Law.
In the year 1916, Mr. Shohl was nominated and elected, as a Repub- lican, to a seat in the Ohio Senate, and at the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly in 1917, he was particularly interested in all measures relating to the Judiciary. Senator Shohl introduced S. B. No. 223 - providing for a Terminal Station at Cincinnati, and S. B. No. 248, entitled "an emergency bill to cause an enrollment of the military forces of the State of Ohio", -both measures becoming Laws. The substance of the military bill was later adopted by the Federal Congress, and the principles of it are embodied in the Federal Military Registra- tion Act.
Senator Shohl served as Chairman of the Senate committee on Con- stitutional Amendments, and as a member of the following Committees, namely : Claims, Commercial Corporations, Common Schools, Insurance, Judiciary, Public Utilities, Taxation, and Temperance. He was also ap- pointed a member of the Commission to codify the Election Laws of Ohio, which work is being proceeded with.
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HON. GEO. J. SNYDER. Thirty-fourth District. (Lucas County)
The 34th Senatorial District is represented in the 82nd General Assembly of Ohio by two Democrats, one of them - Mr. George J. Snyder - being a locomotive engineer by profession. It requires courage and real capacity to become a successful locomotive engineer, and this profession is frequently represented in the Ohio Legislature by mem- bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, thus proving that the experience of this class of men is valuable in the legisla- tive council.
Hon. George J. Snyder was born at To- ledo, Ohio, April 18th, 1861. His father, George Snyder, and his mother, Margaret Snyder, were both born in France. The son, George, received his education in grammar and High School at Toledo. He learned the machinist's trade, also bridge building, before beginning work on the railroad. He is at present engaged as a locomotive engineer in the passenger service on the Toledo Division of the New York Central Rail- road, West. He is chief of Division 4, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
On March 14th, 1889, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage with Miss Bertha E. Bowers, of Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio. They have been blessed with six children - three sons and three daughters, - as follows: George H., in 1918, stationed at Ithaca, N. Y., with the U. S. Aviation Corps; Eugene, an accountant ; Charles L., with Battalion E,-V. S. F. A., Margaret, Rosamond, and Helen.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Senator Snyder was interested in all legislation pertaining to Labor, Taxation, Education, and Good Roads. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commercial Corporations, and a member of the committees : Benevolent Institutions, Common Schools, Fish Culture and Game, Industrial School, Public Utilities, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and Taxation.
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