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In the year 1916, Mr. Hooley was nominated and elected, as a Republican, to serve as a member of the 82nd General Assembly, and at the regular session of that body in 1917, he was particularly interested in agricultural and highway legislation.
Representative Hooley served as a member of the committees on Agriculture, Constitutional Amendments and I. and R., and Public Highways.
HON. KARL, E. HOOVER.
(Wayne County)
Wayne was the third of the quartette of counties given to the great Northwest Terri- tory, and thus has a history antedating the State of Ohio. It was established by Proc- lamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair, of the Northwest Territory, on August 15th, 1796, and named for General Anthony Wayne, then the greatest hero of that period. Its original limits were so large that it cannot be described here, and remained so until after the Ohio state constitution had been adopted, and the government of the new state had been put in active operation. On January 4th, 1812, the State legislature enacted a law effective on the first of the fol- lowing March, and providing for an election of officers for the county, on the Ist Monday of April, 1812. Up to that time, what is now Wayne County, had been one entire big township, known as Killbuck, named for the old Indian of that name then living in the county.
The town of Wooster was laid out in 1808, and it was named for Gen. David Wooster, an officer of the Revolutionary War, but its selec- tion as the county seat was not definitely made until May 30th, 181I.
Hon. Karl Edwin Hoover, who represents Wayne County in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, was born at Burton City, Wayne County, Ohio, August 16th, 1892, and is the youngest member of the present Ohio House of Representatives. His father, Peter Hoover, was born in Germany. The son, Karl, attended the rural schools of Wayne County, and he graduated from High School at Orr- ville, in Wayne County, in the year 1911. He taught school for three
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years and studied law during his spare time. He was a special student at Ohio State University for one year, taking a general course in law.
In the year 1916, Mr. Hoover was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent Wayne County in the Ohio Legislature, and at the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, he was active in a general way, to promote good legislation, and he worked equally hard against some legislation that he did not approve.
Representative Hoover served as a member of the following house committees, namely : Dairy and Food Products, Judiciary, Prisons and Prison Reform, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and Villages.
HON. WILLIAM S. HOY.
(Jackson County)
One of the most conspicuous members of the Ohio House of Representatives in the Eighty-second General Assembly, and a man of really brilliant mind and attainments was the representative of Jackson County. Dr. Hoy (now deceased) was a most accom- plished orator, and he was never more elo- quent than when defending upon the floor of the House the claims of Labor, especially the coal miners of Ohio, for favorable con- sideration at the hands of the law-making body of the State.
Hon. William S. Hoy was born at Ben- wood, W. Va., October 17th, 1856. His parents were of Irish extrac- tion. Dr. Hoy received his early education in the public schools and high school, and his medical education was acquired at Philadelphia, Pa. He was well known in the medical profession and filled many important positions in its various associations. He was Vice-president of the International Association of Railway Surgeons; President of the Cincinnati-Hamilton and Dayton Railway Association of Surgeons ; President of the American Association of Railway Surgeons; Chair- man of the Ohio Hospital Association, and President of the Southern Ohio Academy of eMdicine. Dr. Hoy was an active Republican in politics, and in the year 1914, he was nominated and elected, as a
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Republican, to represent Jackson County in the 8Ist General Assembly of Ohio, and he was re-elected to the 82nd General Assembly.
Representative Hoy was strongly opposed to the Civil Service in Ohio, and he was President of the Ohio Anti-Civil Service Associa- tion.
Soon after the adjournment of the regular session of the Eighty- second General Assembly in 1917, Dr. Hoy was fatally stricken, and his death was deeply deplored by his associates, members of the Legis -- lature, without regard to party, as well as by all who knew him. His son, Dr. C. DeCosta Hoy, is an instructor in Surgery on the Ohio State University staff, and a surgeon at the Protestant Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. The father, Dr. William S. Hoy, was known as the "poor man's surgeon".
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Hoy served as a member of the following com- mittees, namely : Manufactures and Commerce, Mines and Mining, and Public Health.
HON. FRED HUBER.
(Mercer County)
Gen. Hugh Mercer, who was a highly dis- tinguished officer of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, was complimented when Mercer County was provided for, by Legislative Act on February 12th, 1820, and given his name. Gen. Mercer was killed, or rather received the many wounds from which he afterwards died, at the battle of Prince- ton, in 1777. Many of the states have hon- ored his memory by naming counties and towns for him. The writer of this history has named a son for him. Mercer County was officially organized in 1824, the first county seat being St. Mary's, which, by a subsequent re-arrangement of boundaries, is now across the line in Auglaize County. Celina became the county seat in 1840, and was given its name on account of the resem- blance of the locality to that of Salina, New York, but the spelling was changed to avoid confusion of names.
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Hon. Fred Huber, who is that highly useful type of citizen - "Teacher and Farmer" - represents Mercer County in the 82nd Gen- eral Assembly of Ohio, and he has born at Cassella, Mercer County, Ohio, Oct. 10th, 1864. His father, Max Huber, and his mother, Pauline Huber, were natives of Baden, Germany, and they came to America to better their condition. The mother died early and the father, left with four children, married again, and raised a large family. He died in 1905, aged 72 years.
In the year 1892, Fred Huber was married to Miss Elizabeth Mesker, of St. Rosa, Mercer County. Her maternal grandfather was one of the early pioneers of Mercer County. Mr. and Mrs. Huber have been blessed with ten children, namely: Rosina (married), Henry (de- ceased), Joseph, Mary Gregor Frederick Urban, Olivia, Charles, and Paulina.
Mr. Huber received his education in the public schools at Cassella, Ohio, and at St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, Ohio. He also went two terms to Ada Normal School, and he attended various other normal schools for several terms. He worked hard on the farm to assist his father in raising his large family, and later, by teaching school, got a start for himself.
In the year 1916, Mr. Huber was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent Mercer County in the Ohio House of Repre- sentatives, and at the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly in 1917, he showed much interest in legislation affecting the farmer, and Representative Huber hopes and believes that the cities will eventually concede all the necessary legislation for the farming interests.
Mr. Huber served as a member of the following committees, namely : Codes, Courts and Procedure, Common Schools, Public Parks and Works, and State and Economic Betterment.
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HON. WILLIAM LEWIS HUGHES.
(Lorain County)
Lorain County is said to possess the best harbor for shipping on Lake Erie, and the largest plant of the American Ship Building Company, is located there. What will be the largest tin-plate plant in the world is in process of construction at Lorain, and in recent years, this county has developed into a great steel manufacturing center.
Hon. William L. Hughes was born in Bel- mont County, Ohio, July 2nd, 1860. His father, Preston Hughes, was born in Berks County, Pa., and he came to Ohio in 1825, when one year old, with his father and mother, settling in Belmont County. The family is of Welsh descent, - in America since 1665. The mother of William L. Hughes was Mary Ann Fisher, nee Edwards.
Representative Hughes received his education in the common schools of his native county and normal school, and by private tutorage. In the year 1891 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Leonora Dickerson. Four children have been born to this union, two of whom, Izetta Lucile, twenty-four, and Inez Leone Gardner, twenty-one, the latter being married.
As a lad, Mr. Hughes worked on a farm and in the coal mine, going to school in the winter months. After receiving his education, he taught school for fifteen years until he reached the position of Prin- cipal and Superintendent of High School in Harrison County. He has always been a Republican, and active in behalf of his party since the Blaine campaign in 1884. He studied law and was admitted to prac- tice in December, 1894, at Columbus. In the year 1897. Mr. Hughes was elected City Solicitor of Lorain, and he served in that capacity for five years.
At the popular primary held in the year 1916, of seven candidates for the office of Representative to the Ohio Legislature, Mr. Hughes received the highest number of votes, and was chosen as a Republican. He was elected by the usual majority given to Republican candidates in that county.
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At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly, Representative Hughes was particularly interested in legislation per- taining to municipalities, and labor legislation. He is a member of the American Federation of Musicians. He is a lawyer by profession, and he has proven to be a popular and effective member of Ohio's law-mak- ing body.
Mr. Hughes served as a member of the following House Commit- tees, namely: Cities, Codes, Courts and Procedure, and Fish Culture and Game.
HON. LITTLEFORD HUNEMEYER.
(Hamilton County)
One of the youngest members of the Eighty-second General Assembly is the sub- ject of this sketch.
Hon. Littleford Hunemeyer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 13th, 1890. He is the son of Louis Hunemeyer, who is also a native of Cincinnati.
The son, Littleford, received his education in the public schools of Cincinnat, and he grad- uated from Woodward High School, in that city, and then entered the university of the city of Cincinnati. In the year 1911, Mr. Hunemeyer graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and he was admitted to practice law in the state of Ohio, since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro- fession, in the city of Cincinnati.
Mr. Hunemeyer is unmarried, and lives with his parents.
In the year 1916, Mr. Hunemeyer was nominated and elected one of ten Republicans to represent Hamilton County in the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a member of the Eighty-second General As- sembly, he was particularly interested in all legislation pertaining to legal matters, and laws relating to public health.
Representative Hunemeyer served as a member of the Judiciary and Public Health committees and rendered valuable services as a mem- ber of each committee.
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HON. FRANK A. HUNTER.
(Franklin County)
One of the most popular young men in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, and who also served in the Eighty-first General Assembly, is the subject of this sketch.
Hon. Frank A. Hunter, one of the five Democrats who represent Franklin County in the Eighty-second General Assembly, was born at Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, Nov. 24th, 1888. His father, Frank Hunter, was born in Licking County, Ohio, and he was for many years, active and prominent in Democratic politics in the Fourth Congres- sional District of Ohio. His residence, at that time, was Sidney, Shelby County. The son, Frank A., received his education in the parochial and public schools of Sidney and Colum- bus, Ohio, and he attended Aquinas College, and also Ohio State Univer- sity. Mr. Hunter studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and has prac- ticed his profession in Columbus until May, 1917, he joined the Officers' Reserve Corps Training Camp, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and he is now commissioned a "Captain" in the U. S. Army, commanding Company I, 330th Infantry, located at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
In the year 1914, Mr. Hunter was nominated and elected a mem- ber of the Ohio House of Representatives from Franklin County, and he was re-elected in 1916.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Hunter was author of H. B. No. 452 - to provide for the erection of a Woman's building, at the Ohio State University, which bill became a Law. He was also author of H. B. No. 119, relative to contract for printing and binding Supreme Court Reports, and dis- tribution of same; and H. B. No. 120, pertaining to salaries of officers of the Supreme Court, both of which bills became Laws. Was also the author of a number of bills of local interest and value to Columbus and Franklin County.
In the Eighty-second General Assembly, Mr. Hunter served as Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and as a member of the comimttees: Appropriations and Finance, Common
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Schools, and Taxation and Revenues. He also served as Chairman of the Committee to hear cases contesting seats of members, and was ap- pointed as a member of the special committee to codify the state elec- tion laws.
HON. HARRY ISRAEL. (Montgomery County)
Montgomery County has four representa- tives in the House of the Eighty-second Gen- eral Assembly, one of whom is the subject of this sketch.
Hon. Harry Israel was born at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, Sept. Ist, 1885. His father, Benjamin Israel, and his mother, Bertha Israel, were natives of Strassburg, Germany. The son, Harry, was educated in the public schools of Dayton, and after grad- uating at high school, he attended Miami Commercial College, going to school in the mornings, and studying law in the afternoons with the firm of Plateau and Lindsey, remaining with that firm for two years. Later, he was associated with Carson, Pierrie, Scott & Company, of Chicago. In the year 1915, Mr. Israel started the Gem City Liquid Vulcanizing Company in Dayton, and in the same year, he opened up the firm of The Dayton Auto Sales & Parts Company, in which busi- ness he is still actively engaged.
In the year 1906, Mr. Israel was joined in marriage with Miss Flora Jacobs, of Dayton, Ohio. They have two children, Jerome C. and Harry, Jr.
In the year 1913, Mr. Israel was appointed Assessor in the 12th Ward, Dayton, Ohio, and this is the only political office he has held, until in 1916, he was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to serve as a member of the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Mr. Israel was author of H. B. No. 195, relating to the com- pensation of election judges, clerks, deputy clerks and assistants; H. B. No. 361, relative to holding of railroad stock and bonds by insurance companies other than life; H. B. No. 397, relating to municipal court
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of the City of Dayton, all of which became Laws. Representative Israel was particularly interested in the defeat of the Woman's Suffrage Bill. He served as a member of the following House committees, namely : Benevolent and Penal Institutions, Federal Relations, State and Economic Betterment, and Supplies and Expenditures.
HON. ARTHUR E. JONES.
(Hamilton County)
One of the ten Republican Representatives of Hamilton County in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, is a prominent business man, extensively engaged in manu- facturing and mercantile business in Cincin- nati, and vicinity.
Hon. Arthur E. Jones was born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, Jan. 12th, 1866. He received his education in the schools of Cincinnati, and at once became active in business. Mr. Jones is a member of the Cincinnati "Busi- ness Men's Club", and he participates in all meritorious civic affairs. He has never sought public office, but in the year 1916, he was nominated at the popular primary and elected in November, of that year, as a Republican, to a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. Mr. Jones is married.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Mr. Jones served as a member of the following House commit- tees, namely : Corporations, Enrollment, and Manufactures and Com- merce.
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HON. CHARLES SUMNER KAY.
(Clark County)
Hon. Charles Sumner Kay, of Spring- field, Ohio, Republican member from Clark County, in the Eighty-second General Assem- bly, was born in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, Nov. 4th, 1853. He received his education in the public schools of Spring- field, supplemented by special study and foreign travel. Early in life, he began news- paper work on papers in Cincinnati and Springfield, and after ten years of journalistic work, he became treasurer of the Superior Drill Company, of Springfield. He was, for several years, general manager of the Spring- field Light, Heat & Power Company. Mr. Kay is special editorial writer on the Springfield "Morning Sun".
In the year 1884, Mr. Kay was united in marriage with Miss Belle Clement Gunn, daughter of Capt. John Tevis Gunn, of Lexington, Ky. They have six children. The family ancestry is of Quaker antecedents. on both sides, a member of the Kay family being one of the original "William Penn Colony" which settled in Pennsylvania. Earlier, the Kay family resided in Yorkshire, England.
While being actively interested in public affairs throughout his. life, Mr. Kay never held any political office until his election to the Eighty-second General Assembly. In the year 1916, Mr. Kay was. nominated and elected, as a Republican, to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives. He had no Democratic opponent, receiving 9,500 out. of the 10,000 votes cast for that office, the remaining 500 being cast for- the Socialist candidate in. a county which usually casts over a thousand Socialist votes. Although an effective public speaker, Mr. Kay exerted his influence in legislation more by his personal work and his writings. than by oratory in the General Assembly.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Mr. Kay served as a member of the committees on Banking, Benevolent and Penal Institutions, and Supplies and Expenditures.
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HON. JAMES R. B. KESSLER.
(Adams County)
Adams is fourth of the Ohio counties in point of age, and it was formed July 10th, 1797, by proclamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair, of the Northwest Territory, and was named for the elder Adams, then Presi- dent of the United States. The history of the county really dates from December, 1790, when Nathaniel Massie and his band of sur- veyors of the Virginia Military Reservation came into the country and erected a stockade at the Three Islands of the Ohio River, the present site of the town of Manchester, Adams County. The first seat of justice was at Manchester, but the first courthouse erected by the county was built at West Union, in 1805, it being a log structure. The second courthouse was built in 18II. This was a two-story stone structure, and cost $2,830.00. West Union has remained the county seat to the present day.
Politically, Adams County fluctuates between the two parties, ma- jorities generally being very close either way.
Hon. James R. B. Kessler, who represents Adams County in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, was born in Highland County, Ohio, Aug. 22nd, 1862. He received his education in the public schools, and at Ashland College. He read law, was admitted to the Bar, and took up the practice of his profession at Peebles, Ohio, where he has been very successful.
In the year 1889, Mr. Kessler was joined in marriage with Miss Kate M. Frost, of Sinking Spring, Ohio, and they have two sons, Rus- sell and Yale.
Mr. Kessler has been many times honored by his fellow-citizens of Peebles, serving as Mayor for 12 years, and for 6 years a member of the local Board of Education. In the year 1912, he was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent Adams County in the 8th General Assembly of Ohio. In the year 1916, he was again nominated and elected to serve in the 82nd General Assembly, and at the regular session of that body in 1917, he was author of H. B. No. 502, "to pro- hibit the holding in storage, or yards, of coal or food products for the
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purpose of bringing about an advance in price, or creating a shortage, or scarcity", but the bill did not become a law. He was author of House Joint Resolution No. 29, increasing pay of State employees who received a salary of $720 or less. Passed.
Representative Kessler served as Chairman of the House commit- tee on Banks and Banking, and a member of the committees: Benevolent and Penal Institutions, Judiciary, Public Health, and Public Utilities.
HON. JOHN J. KILBANE. (Cuyahoga County)
An active member among the thirteen Democratic Representatives from Cuyahoga County, in the Eighty-second General Assem- bly of Ohio, and one who is entitled to much credit for his efforts in life, is the subject of this sketch.
Hon. John Joseph Kilbane was born at Cleveland, Ohio, April 2nd, 1875. His father, Joseph Kilbane, was born in Ireland. The son, John, attended parochial school at Cleve- land for one year, and then because of orphanhood, at the age of nine years, he was sent to an orphan asylum, where he remained two years, and he received all the schooling he ever had, except that acquired in later years through reading and business experience.
In the year 1911, Mr. Kilbane was joined in marriage with Miss Margaret Nolan, of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have been blessed with four children, namely : Mary Agnes, Catharine, John, and James.
In the year 1916, Mr. Kilbane, being a salesman by profession, well and favorably known in Cleveland, was nominated, as a Democrat, and elected one of the thirteen Representatives of Cuyahoga County to the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio. At the regular session of the Legislature in 1917, Representative Kilbane, to use his own lan- guage, was "interested in legislation to promote the welfare of the wage earner; reduce the high cost of living, and provide better condi- tions for the blind, crippled, and insane." Mr. Kilbane was author of H. B. No. 509, creating the Ohio Board of Clemency, which was. passed and became a Law. Before his election as Representative, Mr_
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Kilbane was elected Nov. 5th, 1915, to the office of Tax Assessor of the 8th Ward, Cleveland.
Representative Kilbane served as a member of the following com- mittees, namely : Labor, Library, Public Printing, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
HON. CARL RUSSELL KIMBALL.
(Lake County)
Lake County was formed March 6th, 1840, from Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties, and was so named from its position along the shore of Lake Erie. Mentor was the first place settled in the county, and has since be- come famous as the old family residence of Ex-President James A. Garfield, who was partially reared in the county. Painesville was laid out for the county seat in 1805, and was named for its most prominent citizen - Gen. Edward Paine. Hon. Samuel Hunting- ton, who was Governor of Ohio from 1808- 1810, resided in Painesville in the latter part of his life, and died there in 1817.
Lake County always has a Republican Representative in the Ohio Legislature, and its member of the Eighty-second General Assembly is no exception to the rule.
Hon. Carl Russell Kimball was born July 3rd, 1876, at Madison, Lake County, Ohio, of American parentage. He received his educa- tion in the public schools, Madison High School, and Oberlin College, whence he graduated with the degree of A. B. Mr. Kimball has al- ways taken a practical interest in local affairs, having served for eight years as a member of the Board of Education of Madison Village, and as clerk of Madison Township, and of the Board of Education of Madison Township for a period of ten years. He is married, and a Mason. His brother, Homer N. Kimball, represented Lake County in the 75th and 7th 6General Assemblies of Ohio.
In the year 1914, Hon. Carl R. Kimball was nominated and elected to a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives, Eighty-first General
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Assembly, and he was re-nominated to the Eighty-second General Assem- bly in 1916.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Kimball was author of H. B. No. 314, relating to listing of personal property for taxation, and for exemption of stocks in companies ; also, H. B. No. 309, regulating the lowering and hoisting of persons in mines by vertical shaft of 50 feet or more, and requiring additional emergency openings. Both bills became laws.
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