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1831-1832.
22d .
1833-1834
23d
Jeremiah McLene 66
Franklin.
1835-1836.
24th.
1837-1838.
25th.
Joseph Ridgeway
1839-1840. .
26th.
1841-1842
27th.
1843-1844.
28th.
John I. Van Meter
1845-1846. .
29th.
Allen G. Thurman.
1847-1848
30th.
John L. Taylor
66
1849-1850
31st.
1851-1852.
32d
1853-1854.
33d.
Moses B. Corwin
1855-1856
34th.
Benjamin Stanton 66
1857-1858 .. 1859-1860
36th.
66
1861-1862
37th.
Samuel Shellabarger
Clark. Richland.
1863-1864. ..
38th.
William Johnson
1865-1866
39th.
James R. Hubbell.
Delaware.
1867-1868.
40th.
Cornelius S. Hamilton
Union. Morrow.
1869-1870 1871-1872.
41st. 42d.
William Lawrence 66
Logan.
1875-1876.
44th.
J. Warren Keifer.
1879-1880
46th
Ebenezer B. Finley.
Clark. Crawford. Clark.
1883-1884.
47th. : 48th
John Little
1887-1888
50th .
Robert P. Kennedy
1889-1890 1891-1892.
51st.
D. D. Hare
Wyandot.
1893-1894
53d.
Luther M. Strong "
66
1897-1898. ..
55th .
Archibald Lybrand
Delaware.
1899-1900
56th.
1901-1902
57th.
William R. Warnock.
Champaign.
43d.
1877-1878.
45th .
1881-1882.
J. Warren Keifer
1885-1886
49th.
Greene. Logan. 66
52d.
1895-1896
54th.
Champaign. Logan.
35th
John Beatty
1873-1874. ..
Pike. Ross.
66
38 H. Y. B.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Counties - Lucas, Fulton, Ottawa and Wood.
JAMES H. SOUTHARD, TOLEDO, OHIO.
JAMES HARDING SOUTHARD, Republican, of Toledo, was born on a farm in Washington township, Lucas County, Ohio, January 20, 1851; is the son of Samuel and Charlotte Southard; Samuel Southard came to this country from Devonshire, England, about 1833, and located in Lucas County, where he has since resided; Charlotte Southard came to Lucas County from central New York with her parents at a later date. He attended Hopewell District School, Toledo Public Schools and studied at Adrian, Michigan, and Oberlin, Ohio, prepara- tory to enter Cornell University, where he graduated in 1874; began to study law in 1875 and was admitted to practice in 1877; in 1882 was appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas County; afterwards was twice elected Prosecuting Attorney of said county and served in that office six years; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Con- gress, receiving 21,913 votes to 18,081 for Samuel R. Niece, Democrat, and 16 for David Miley, Union Reform,
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824.
18th.
Philemon Beecher
Fairfield.
1825-1826
19th
66
1827-1828.
20th
1829-1830
21st
William W. Irwin
60
1831-1832
22d.
66
1833-1834
23d.
John Chaney
66
1835-1836
24th
1837-1838.
25th
1839-1840.
26th
William Medill
66
1841-1842.
27th.
Elias Florence
Pickaway. 66
1845-1846.
29th.
Augustus L. Perrill.
1847-1848.
30th.
Thomas O. Edwards
Fairfield. Pickaway.
1849-1850
31st.
Edson B. Olds.
1851-1852.
32d.
1853-1854
33d.
Frederick W. Green
Seneca.
1855-1856. 1857-1858
35th.
Lawrence W. Hall.
Crawford. Wyandot.
1859-1860
36th
John Carey
Warren P. Noble.
Seneca.
1863-1864.
38th.
39th
Ralph P. Buckland.
Sandusky.
1869-1870.
41st
Edward F. Dickinson.
1871-1872 . .
42d
Charles Foster
1873-1874. ...
43d
James W. Robinson.
1875-1876. .
44th.
Early F. Poppleton
1877-1878
45th .
John S. Jones.
George L. Converse
1881-1882 . . 1883-1884. . .
47th.
48th.
49th.
William C. Cooper
Knox. 66
50th.
66
66
Joseph H. Outhwaite
Byron F. Ritchie.
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1897-1898.
55th .
56th
66
66
1899-1900. . . 1901-1902.
57th
Seneca. Union. Delaware.
1879-1880
46th
James S. Robinson.
Franklin. Hardin. 66
1885-1886. . . 1887-1888. . . 1889-1890. 1891-1892. . 1893-1894.
51st. 52d.
53d. 54th
1895-1896.
66
66
34th.
Cooper K. Watson.
1861-1862.
37th.
1865-1866. .. 1867-1868.
40th
66
1843-1844
28th
TENTH DISTRICT. Counties - Adams, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike and Scioto ..
STEPHEN A. MORGAN, OAK HILL, OHIO.
STEPHEN MORGAN, Republican, of Oak Hill, was born in Jackson County , Ohio, January 25, 1854; was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools, at Worthington and Lebanon, Ohio; taught in the Public Schools of Jack- son County for a number of years; was School Examiner for nine years and Principal of the Oak Hill Schools for fifteen years; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 19,297 votes, 13,769 for Alva Crabtree, Democrat.
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE TENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. .
18th.
Jno. Patterson
Belmont.
1825-1826.
19th
Thomas Shannon
1827-1828. .
20th
John Davenport
1829-1830. ..
21st.
William Kennon
1831-1832.
22d.
1833-1834. .
23d.
Joseph Vance
1835-1836. .
24th.
Samson Mason
66
1839-1840 ..
26th.
66
66
1841-1842.
27th
1843-1844.
28th.
Alfred P. Stone
Franklin. Knox.
1845-1846
29th.
Columbus Delano
1847-1848.
30th.
Daniel Duncan
1849-1850
31st.
Charles Sweetzer
1851-1352.
32d.
1853-1854.
33d.
John L. Taylor
1855-1856.
34th.
Oscar F. Moore.
1857-1858. . .
35th.
Joseph Miller
1859-1860. .
36th.
Carey A. Trimble
1861-1862. .
37th.
James M. Ashley
Lucas.
1865-1866. .
39th.
1867-1868.
40th
Erasmus D. Peck.
Wood.
1871-1872 . . .
42d.
1873-1874. . .
43d
Charles Foster
Seneca.
1875-1876
44th.
1877-1878
1879-1880
Thomas Ewing
1881-1882.
47th.
Jno. B. Rice.
1883-1884
48th.
Frank H. Hurd.
1885-1886
49th.
Jacob Romeis 66
1887-1888.
50th.
1889-1890 1891-1892.
51st.
William E. Haynes.
Robert E. Doan.
1893-1894.
1895-1896.
54th.
Lucien J. Fenton.
1897-1898
55th
1899-1900
56th.
Stephen Morgan
1901-1902.
57th
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Sandusky. Clinton. Jackson.
Jackson. 66
-
60
Champaign. Clark.
1837-1838.
25th.
Licking. Delaware.
Ross. Scioto. Ross.
1863-1864. ..
38th
66
1869-1870. ..
41st.
45th. 46th
66
Fairfield. Sandusky. Lucas.
52d. 53d
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Counties - Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Perry, Ross and Vinton.
CHARLES H. GROSVENOR, ATHENS, OHIO.
CHARLES HENRY GROSVENOR, Republican, of Athens, was born at Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., September 20, 1833; his grandfather was Col. Thomas Grosvenor, of the Second Connecticut Regiment in the Revolution, and his- father was Maj. Peter Grosvenor, who served in the Tenth Connecticut Regiment in the War of 1812; his father carried him from Connecticut to Ohio in May, 1838, but there was no school house near where he settled until he was fourteen .. years old, when he attended a few terms in a country log school house in Athens County, Ohio; taught school and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857; was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association from its organization for many years; served in the Union Army in the Eigh- teenth Ohio Volunteers from July, 1861, to November, 1865; was Major, Lieu- tenant-Colonel, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers, command- ing a brigade at the battle of Nashville, in December, 1864; has held divers town- ship and village offices; was a member of the State House of Representatives of Ohio, 1874-1878, serving as Speaker of the House for two years; was Presi- dential elector for the Fifteenth District of Ohio in 1872, and was chosen to carry the electoral vote of the state to Washington; was Presidential elector at large in 1880; was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, Ohio, from April, 1880-1888, and President of the Board for five years; was elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty- sixth Congress, receiving 19,806 votes to 16,434 for C. E. Peoples, Democrat, and 17 for G. W. Dillison, Union Reform.
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. .
18tỉ:
John C. Wright 60
Jefferson. 66
1825-1826 ...
19th.
1827-1828.
20th.
60
66
1829-1830.
21st.
Humphrey H. Leavitt. "
66
1831-1832.
22d
1833-1834.
23đ
James M. Beil.
1835-1836.
24th.
William Kennon
1837-1838. . .
25th .
James Alexander, Jr.
1839-1840.
26th
Isaac Prish.
Benjamin S. Cowen
1843-1844. .
28th
Jacob Brinkerhoff
1845-1846.
29th.
1847-1848
30th.
John K. Miller 66
Knox.
1849-1850
31st.
1851-1852.
32d.
George H. Busby
1853-1854. .
33đ
Thomas Ritchey
1855-1856
34th
Valentine B. Horton.
1857-1858.
35th.
Charles D. Martin.
1861-1862 ..
37th.
Valentine B. Horton
1863-1864
38th.
Wells A. Hutchins
Scioto.
1865-1866 . . 1867-1868
39th
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Jackson. Adams. .
1873-1874
43đ
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Jackson. Gallia.
1875-1876.
44th .
John L. Vance ..
1877-1878.
45th.
Henry S. Neal.
Lawrence.
1879-1880.
46th.
Henry L. Dickey
Highland.
1881-1882.
47th.
Henry S. Neal.
Lawrence.
1883-1884. . .
48th.
John W. McCormick
1885-1886.
49th.
W. W. Ellsbury
1887-1888. 1889-1890.
50th.
Albert C. Thompson
1891-1892.
51st. 52d
John M. Pattison.
1893-1894. . . 1895-1896.
53d.
Chas. H. Grosvenor 66
1897-1898 ..
55th.
56th.
66
60
1901-1902 ...
57th.
66
66 Guernsey. Belmont. 66
1841-1842. .
27th.
Guernsey. Belmont. Richland.
1859-1860. .
36th
Marion. Perry. Meigs. 66 Fairfield. Meigs.
1869-1870.
41st. 42đ
60
1871-1872 ...
40th.
John T. Wilson
Gallia. Brown. Scioto.
Clermont. Athens.
54th
66
1899-1900.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Counties - Franklin and Fairfield.
EMMETT TOMPKINS, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
EMMETT TOMPKINS, the new member of Congress from the Tenth District, son of Hon. Cydnor B. and Mary Ann (Fouts) Tompkins, attended the public schools of McConnellsville until he reached the age af twelve years, having been taken by his guardian, William Voorhees, who assumed charge of him after the death of his parents. After leaving school he pursued a scientific and classical . course in the Ohio State University at Athens. Like his distinguished father, he selected the law as his vocation in life, his studies having been pursued in turn under the preceptorship of Judge John Welsh and Hon. C. H. Grosvenor. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and at once began practice in Athens, where, one year later, he was elected City Solicitor, being then in his twenty-third year.
In 1878 Mr. Tompkins was elected Mayor of Athens, which office he resigned a few months prior to the expiration of his term in order to accept the position of Prosecuting Attorney. In this connection his work was so effective and satisfactory that he was re-elected. In 1885 Mr. Tompkins was elected to the State Legislature and succeeded himself in 1887. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Asylums for the Insane and was a member of the Judiciary Com- mittee and of the Committee on Railroads and Telegraphs.
In 1889, in order to broaden the scope of his professional labors, Mr. Tomp- kins removed to Columbus. He entered into partnership with Frank W. Merrick under the firm name of Merrick & Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins is popular in business and social circles. In politics he has always been a strong supporter of Republi- canism, and in 1900 was the nominee of his party for election to the Congress from the Twelfth Ohio District, and was elected, although the district is Democratic.
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824 ..
18th.
John Sloan
Wayne.
1825-1826. .
19th.
66
1827-1828.
20th
1829-1830.
21st.
john Thompson
Columbiana. 66
1833-1834.
23d.
Robert Mitchell
Muskingum. Licking.
1835-1836.
24th.
Elias Howell
1837-1838.
25th
Alexander Harper
Muskingum.
1839-1840. .
26th.
Jonathan Taylor
Licking. 66
1841-1842
27th
Joshua Mathiot
1843-1844.
28th.
Samuel F. Vinton.
Gallia.
1845-1846.
29th.
66
66
1847-1848.
30th.
66
1851-1852.
32d.
John Welch
1853-1854.
33J.
Edson B. Olds.
1855-1856.
34th
Samuel Galloway
1857-1858.
35th.
Samuel S. Cox
1859-1860 ..
36th
66
66
1861-1862.
37th.
66
66 Perry.
1865-1866
39th.
66
Philadelph Van Trump
Fairfield.
1869-1870. .
41st.
1871-1872. .
42d.
1873-1874
43d.
Hugh J. Jewett.
60 Franklin. Pickaway.
1875-1876.
44th.
Ansel T. Walling
Fairfield.
1879-1880.
46th .
Henry S. Neal.
Lawrence.
1881-1882.
47th.
George L. Converse
Franklin.
1883-1884.
48th.
Alphonso Hart
1885-1886. .
49th
A. C. Thompson.
1887-1888
50th.
Jacob J. Pugsley
1889-1890
51st.
1891-1892.
52d.
William H. Enochs
1893-1894.
53d.
Jos. H. Outhwaite.
1895-1896
54th
David K. Watson.
1897-1898. . .
55th.
John J. Lentz.
6
1899-1900.
56th.
66
1901-1902
57th.
Emmett Thompkins
66
1849-1850
31st
66 Athens. Pickaway. Franklin. 66
1863-1864
38th.
William E. Finck.
1867-1868. .
40th
1877-1878.
45th .
Thomas Ewing
Highland. Scioto. Highland. 66 Lawrence. Franklin. 6
66
1831-1832
22d.
66
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties - Crawford, Erie, Marion, Sandusky, Seneca and Wyandot.
JAMES A. NORTON, TIFFIN, OHIO.
JAMES ALBERT NORTON, Democrat of Tiffin, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, November 11, 1843; his father was a practicing physician and gave his son a thorough education, sending him to the Tiffin Schools, which ranked among the best in the state; in August, 1862, while only eighteen years of age, he enlisted in the army and was mustered in as Sergeant of Co. K of the One Hundred and First O. V. I., in which company he remained until 1864, when he was promoted to be First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the One Hundred and Twenty-third U. S. Colored Infantry, where he served until the close of the war in 1865; engaged in teaching school and resumed the study of medicine in his father's office, which had been interrupted by his enlistment; in- 1867 he began the separate practice of his profession and continued therein until 1873, when he was elected by the Democratic party to represent Seneca County in the General Assembly of the state, serving three terms, one of them as Speaker pro tempore of the House; during his terms in the General Assembly he read law with Hon. Geo. Converse, of Columbus, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; in 1885 was appointed Auditor of Seneca County, Ohio, to fill a vacancy and at the ensuing election was elected to the office, which he filled for a third term; in 1890 he received from Governor James E. Campbell the appointment of Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs for the State of Ohio and served in that capacity during Governor Campbell's administration and through a part of the first of Governor William McKinley, resigning to accept a position in the Law Department of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, holding this position until he was elected to the Fifty-fifth U. S. Congress in 1896; in this election he defeated the former occupant of the position, receiving 28,878 votes as against 23,506 Republican, 458 Populist, and 249 Prohibitionist; he served upon the Committee on Invalid Pensions during this term; in 1898 was re-elected; in the organization of the committees in the Fifty-sixth Congress was placed on the Committee on the District of Columbia, in addition to that of Invalid Pensions; in 1900 was again elected to succeed himself; his son Albert L. Norton is now a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Nanie.
County.
1823-1824. .
18th
Elisha Whittlesey
Trumbull. 66
1825-1826
19th.
1829-1830. .
20th.
66
66
1829-1830
21st
66
66
1831-1832.
22d.
23d
David Spangler
1835-1836
24th
66
1837-1838
25th.
Daniel F. Leadbetter 66
1839-1840.
26th
James Matthews
Coshocton.
1843-1844.
28th
Perley B. Johnson.
Morgan.
1845-1846
29th.
Isaac Parrish
Guernsey.
1847-1848.
30th
Thomas Ritchey
Perry.
1849-1850
31st.
William A. Whittlesey
Washington.
1851-1852.
32đ
James M. Gaylord.
1853-1854.
33d.
William D. Lindsicy
1855-1856
34th
John Sherman
Richland.
1857-1858. 1859-1860.
35th.
66
66
1861-1862
37th.
Samuel T. Worcester.
1863-1864.
38th.
John O'Neil .
1865-1866. .
39th.
Columbus Delano
1867-1868.
40th.
George W. Morgan.
1869-1870 . .
66
66
1871-1872.
1873-1874
43d.
Milton I. Southard.
Muskingum. 66
1875-1876.
44th.
1877-1878
45th . 46th
Adoniram J. Warner
1881-1882. .. 1883-1884
47th. 48th
Geo. L. Converse.
1885-1886. .
49th .
Jos. H. Outhwaite
1887-1888.
50th.
66
1889-1890. 1891-1892.
. .
51st.
Irvine Dungan
1893-1894.
53d
Darius D. Hare.
1895-1896.
54th .
Stephen D. Harris
1897-1898.
55th .
James A. Norton
1899-1900.
56th.
1901-1902
57th.
66
66
66
66
66 Coshocton. 66 Holmes. 66
1841-1842
27th.
36th.
Huron. Muskingum. Knox.
41st. 42d
66
1879-1880.
Gibson Atherton
Washington. Licking. Franklin. 66
52d.
66 66 Jackson. Wyandot.
Seneca. 66
66
66
Morgan. Erie.
1833-1834.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
.Counties - Ashland, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Morrow and Richland.
WILLIAM WOODBURN SKILES, SHELBY, OHIO.
WILLIAM WOODBURN SKILES, Congressman Fourteenth District, was born ¿at Stoughstown, Cumberland County, Pa., December 11, 1849. His parents . came to Richland County, Ohio, in 1854, since which time he has resided in Shelby and vicinity.
His early education was obtained in the District Schools, and he afterwards took full college course at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. He and his brother, George M. Skiles, were graduated from the above institution in 1876 and began the study of law with the firm of Matson, Dirlam & Lehman, of Mansfield. They were admitted to the bar July 24, 1878, and immediately opened office at Shelby, where they have practiced law under the firm name of Skiles & Skiles since that time.
Previous to his election to represent his district in Congress in 1900 Mr. Skiles had never held any political office other than being President of the Shelby School Board for the last eighteen years. He is prominently connected with financial and manufacturing institutions in Shelby, but has devoted his time entirely to his law practice. Though not holding political office he has for years been active in state politics, at one time serving as a member of the Republican State Central Committee.
Mr. Skiles was married October 3, 1878, to Miss E. Dora Matson, of Shelby, and a son and daughter are the issue of this marriage,
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824.
18th
Mordecai Bartley
Richland.
1825-1826.
19th.
"
1827-1828. ..
20th.
1829-1830.
21st.
1831-1832
22d.
Elentheros Cook
1833-1834.
23d
William Patterson
1835-1836.
24th.
1837-1838.
25th.
William H. Hunter
1839-1840.
26th.
George Sweney
1841-1842. ..
27th.
Alexander J. Harper, Jr
1847-1848
30th.
Nathan Evans
1849-1850. .
31st.
1851-1852.
32d
Alexander Harper, Jr
1853-1854.
33d.
Harvey H. Johnson.
1855-1856.
34th.
Philemon Bliss
1857-1858.
35th.
1859-1860
36th.
Harrison G. Blake. 66
Medina .. 6
1861-1862.
37th.
1863-1864.
38th.
George Bliss
Portage ..
1865-1866
39th.
1867-1868.
40th.
Martin Welker
Wayne.
1869-1870
41st.
1871-1872. ..
42d.
James Monroe
1873-1874. .
43d.
John Berry
1875-1876. . .
44th.
Jacob P. Cowen
Ebenezer B. Finley
Crawford.
1883-1884.
48th.
1885-1886.
49th.
C. H. Grosvenor
Chas. P. Wickham
1891-1892. 1893-1894 . .
53d
Michael D. Harter.
1895-1896
54th.
Winfield S. Kerr.
1897-1898.
55th.
1899-1900. .
56th.
66
1901-1902.
57th.
William W. Skiles.
Shelby.
Huron Richland. 66 Huron. Crawford .. 66 Muskingum .. 66 Guernsey. 66
1843-1844.
28th.
1845-1846
29th.
Muskingum. Ashland .. Lorain ..
Lorain. Wyandot. Ashland.
1877-1878. 1879-1880.
45th.
Gibson Atherton
1881-1882.
46th. 47th.
George W. Geddes 66
Licking. Richland .. 66 Athens .. Huron ..
1887-1888
50th.
1889-1890.
51st. 52d
James W. Owens
Licking. Richland.
66
66
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
"Counties - Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and Washington.
HENRY C. VAN VOORHIS, ZANESVILLE, OHIO.
HENRY CLAY VAN VOORHIS, Republican, of Zanesville, was born in Lick- Fing Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, May 11, 1852; was educated in the Public Schools and at Dennison University; was admitted to the bar in 1874; was Chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1879 to 1884; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1884; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
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607
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1833 -- 1834.
23d
Jonathan Sloane
Portage. 1
1835-1836.
24th.
1837-1838
25th.
John W. Allen.
Cuyahoga. 66
1839-1840.
26th.
66
1841-1842.
27th.
Sherlock J. Andrews
1843-1844.
28th.
Joseph Morris
Monroe.
1845-1846.
29th.
William Kennon, Jr.
1849-1850
31st
William F. Hunter
Belmont. Monroe. 66
1853-1854.
33d.
William R. Sapp 66
Knox. 66 Coshocton. Tuscarawas. 66
1859 -- 1860. . .
36th .
William Helmick
1861-1862.
37th.
Robert H. Nugen.
1863 -- 1864.
38th.
James R. Morris
1865-1866.
39th
Tobias A. Plants 66
Meigs.
1867-1868.
40th
Eliakim H. Moore.
1871 -- 1872.
42d
William P. Sprague.
1873-1874.
43d.
1875-1876
44th.
Nelson H. Van Vorhes.
Athens.
1877-1878 ..
45th . 46th.
George W. Geddes
1881-1882
47th.
Rufus R. Dawes
1883-1884.
48th.
Adoniram J. Warner
1885-1886. .
49th
Beriah Wilkins
1887-1888. . .
50th
Chas. H. Grosvenor
1889-1890.
1891-1892.
Michael D. Harter.
1893-1894. ..
51st 52d 53d
H. C. Van Voorhis 66
1895-1896.
54th
1897-1898.
55th
66
1899-1900.
56th
66
66
1901-1902 .. .
57th.
66
32d
1855-1856.
34th
1857-1858.
35th.
Joseph Burns
1869-1870
41st.
Athens. Morgan.
1879-1880.
Richland. Washington.
66
Tuscarawas. Athens. 66 Richland. Muskingum.
1847-1848.
30th.
1851-1852.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties - Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson and Monroe.
JOSEPH J. GILL, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.
JOSEPH J. GILL, Republican, of Steubenville, was born September 21, 1846, at Barnesville, Ohio; was the eldest child of Samuel and Deborah Gill; shortly afterward his parents returned to Mount Pleasant, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where his people were among the earliest of the pioneer Quaker settlers at that place from Virginia, and were engaged very extensively in milling, banking and mercantile pursuits.
Here he received an academic education ; later studied law and graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 1868; organized a private bank in Steubenville in 1873. later convert- ing it into the National Exchange Bank and becoming its cashier ; engaged in glass manufacturing in 1874, beginning the business of the present firm of Gill Brothers & Company, owners of the largest factory of the world exclusively producing lamp chimneys; inventor of the Gill glass furnace; one of the proprietors of the Ohio Valley Clay Company at Steubenville, making clay pots and furnace blocks; in 1889 became managing director of a large mining corporation in Michigan, associated with and succeeding ex-Secretary of the Treasury William Windom, Senator Dorsey and others; is a strong Republican, having taken an active interest in party affairs since 1872; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896 which nominated William McKinley for President; after the death of Lorenzo Danford, in June, 1899, he was nominated for Congress to fill the unexpired term and was unanimously endorsed by all the labor organiza- tions of his county; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving a plurality of 4,066 over his Democratic opponent, and was re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, receiving a majority of 4,912; is the owner of the Steubenville Herald, established in June, 1806, being the oldest newspaper in the state.
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THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1833-1834 ..
23d.
Elisha Whittlesey 66
Trumbull.
1835-1836
24th
1837-1838 ..
25th.
Joshua R. Giddings
66
1839-1840
26th
1841-1842
27th
James Matthews
Coshocton. Columbiana.
1845-1846
29th.
John D, Cummins.
1847-1848
30th
1849-1850
31st.
Moses Hoagland
1851-1852. .
32d.
John Johnson
1853-1854.
33d.
Edward Ball
1855-1856.
34th
1857-1858.
35th.
Cydnor B. Tompkins.
1859-1860.
36th
William P. Cutler
1863-1864
38th .
Joseph W. White.
1865-1866
39th.
John A. Bingham.
1867-1868 ..
40th
1869-1870. .
41st
Eliakin H. Moore
1871-1872.
42d.
John A. Bingham
1873-1874 . .
43d.
Lorenzo Danford
1875-1876
44th
1877-1878. .
45th.
1879-1880.
46th
William McKinley, Jr
Stark. Jefferson. 66
1883 -- 1884
48th.
Beriah Wilkins
1885-1886
49th.
George W. Geddes
1887-1888. .
50th
Beriah Wilkins
Richland.
1889-1890.
51st.
James W. Owens
Tuscarawas.
1891-1892
52d
Lewis P. Ohliger
Licking. Stark.
1893-1894
53d
Albert J. Pearson.
1895-1896. ..
54th
Lorenzo Danford
1897-1898.
55th.
1899-1900.
56th.
Joseph J. Gill 66
Jefferson.
66
1901-1902 . .
57th
Holmes. Coshocton. Muskingum. 66 Morgan. 66
1861-1862.
37th
Washington. Guernsey. Harrison. 66 Athens. Harrison. Belmont.
66
1881-1882
47th.
Jonathan T. Updegraff.
Joseph D. Taylor
Guernsey. Tuscarawas.
John G. Warwick.
66
66
1843-1844.
28th.
66
39 H. Y. B.
609
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. Counties - Coshocton, Holmes, Licking, Tuscarawas and Wayne.
JOHN W. CASSINGHAM, COSHOCTON, OHIO.
JOHN W. CASSINGHAM, Democrat, of Coshocton, born June 22, 1840, and received his education in the Public Schools of that place; was married November 5, 1863 to Caroline Lamberson; was Deputy Treasurer of his county from 1857- 1868 and served as County Auditor from 1880-1887, besides filling several minor local offices; was engaged in mercantile and coal mining operating prior to 1880, and since then in operating coal mines and in the manufacture of paper, the latter business ceasing in 1893. His interest in the public affairs of the town has always been great, having been Trustee of the Public Library since its . organization, and also a member of the Board of Education from 1886 to the present time; he is President of the Coshocton Board of Trade and Director and President of the Commercial Banking Company, and a Trustee of West Lafayette College; his means are now largely invested in farm property, although he is somewhat interested in coal mining and manufacturing; was delegate to the Na- tional Democratic Convention at Chicago in 1896 and was elected to the Fifty- seventh Congress, receiving 26,275 votes against 21,283 votes cast for George Adams, Republican, and 217 votes for Thomas N, Madden, Union Reform.
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