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Fred Issleib
B. F. Sullivan
Marion. Alliance.
F. V. Watts
Carmel.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 75th General Assembly-Senate.
MEMBERS OF THE OHIO SENATE .- 75th GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
District.
.
Name.
Politics.
County.
Home Postoffice.
Profession or Occu- pation.
20-22
*Frank B. Archer
R R
Belmont
Bellaire.
3
Philo G. Burnham
Montgomery
Dayton
27-29
George H. Chamberlain
R
Lorain
Elyria
20-22
Charles C. Connell
R
Columbiana
Lisbon
Lawyer.
32
Stephen D. Crites
D
Allen
Elida .
Farmer and grain merchant.
32
§William E. Decker.
D R
Lucas.
Toledo ...
34 *George C. Dunham 1 1 Peter Echert.
R
Hamilton
Cincinnati
33
Calvin P. Godfrey
R R
Gallia
Gallipolis
13
*Warren G. Harding
R
Marion.
Marionl .
24-26
R
Ashtabula.
Say brook
Farmer.
12
#+William S. Harris Orla E. Harrison. John Frank Herrick
R D
Darke
Greenville
Lawyer.
25
Lewis M. Hosea
R
Hamilton.
Cincinnati.
Lawyer.
18-19
*J. Edward Hurst
D
Tuscarawas.
New Philadelphia
30 25 1 9-14
Charles A. Judson.
Erie ..
Sandusky
Civil engineer.
John Krause.
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Druggist.
Nicholas Longworth
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Lawyer.
David H. Moore
Norman F. Overturf
R
Delaware.
Delaware.
Lawyer
15-16 7 25 11
J. G. Pomerene. Nelson A. Riggin
D R
Madison
Mt. Sterling. Batavia
Farmer. Lawyer.
2-4 31
*W. F. Roudebush. «John C. Royer.
D D D
Seneca .
Tiffin
Lawyer.
17-28
Newton Stillwell
Holmes.
Millersburg.
Lawyer.
10
William M. Thompson
D
Franklin
Columbus
Lawyer.
25
Millard Fillmore Warner ...
D
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
5-6 21 23
Thomas M. Watts.
Highland
Carmel.
Út*George W. Wilhelm.
Stark ..
Justus
Lawyer.
10
*Ballard B. Yates D
Mahoning Pickaway
Youngstown Williamsport
Farmer and stock and grain dealer.
(Member 68th General Assembly. |Member 71st General Assembly. ĮMember 72d General Assembly.
+Member 73d General Assembly.
*Member 74th General Assembly.
R D R R
Athens
Athens
Banker.
«Samuel L. Patterson.
R
Pike
Waverly Cleveland
Lawyer.
Cuyahoga
Lawyer.
Clermont
Paulding
Newspaper published
Oil producer. Manufacturer.
Putnam
Ottawa
Editor.
8
*H. Perry Hanna ....
Insurance. Publisher.
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Lawyer.
1
Insurance and real estate.
Physician and sur- geon. Retired merchant. Merchant.
Benjamin F. Wirt.
R R R
Contractor. Lawyer. Lawyer.
Paulding
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 75th General Assembly-House of Representatives.
OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE-75th GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Name.
Position.
P. O. Address.
W. S. Mckinnon
Speaker
Ashtabula
Andrew G. Comings
Speaker pro tem.
Oberlin
B. L. McElroy
Clerk
Mt. Vernon
John P. Maynard
Assistant Clerk
Washington C. H.
C. L. Williams
Journal Clerk
Steubenville
E. W. Hughes
Message Clerk
Blanchester
L. Howard Jones
Engrossing Clerk
Findlay
J. C. Riley
Enrolling Clerk
Proctorville
W. D. Howells, Jr.
Auditing Clerk
Jefferson
J. B. Templeton
Swanton
H. E. Scott
Enrollment Committee Clerk Recording Clerk
Troy
Andrew Jackson
Sergeant-at-Arms
Cedarville
Frank Newcomer
1st Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms ..
Toledo
D. L. Yarnell
2d Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms
Selma
Fred Blankner
3d Ass't Sergeant-at-Arms
Columbus
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 75th General Assembly-House of Representatives.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-75th GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Counties.
Names.
Home P. O. Address
Profession or Occupation.
Adams-Pike.
J. W. Guthrie
D
Manchester
Allen
John W. Manges
D
Ashland-Holmes
David Collier
D
Ashtabula
+*W. S. Mckinnon
Ashtabula.
Athens
*Aaron E. Price.
R Athens
Auglaize
B. E. Fledderjohann.
R
Barnesville.
Brown
*J. D. Garrison
Georgetown
Oxford
Lawyer.
Carroll-Harrison
R
Urbana.
Farmer. Merchant.
Clark
Oran F. Hypes.
R
Springfield
Bethel
Lawyer.
Clinton
*Ross E. Holaday
Wilmington. Salem
Contractor.
Columbiana
D. W. Crist.
R
Moultrie
Farmer and music publisher.
Coshocton
J. Ab. Finley
D
Clark
Farmer and auction- eer.
Crawford
*D. O. Castle
Galion
Thomas S. Dunlap.
Cleveland
Charles E. Bell
Collinwood
Locomotive fireman. Farmer.
Cuyahoga
Otto Janson
Cleveland
Book dealer.
Charles L. Selzer.
D
Cleveland
Lawyer.
A. J. Howey
D
Berea
Merchant and farmer.
D Cleveland
Lawyer. Lawyer. Mgr. of Trust Co.
Darke
*Clem L. Brumbaugh
D Greenville
Lawyer.
Defiance ..
*John M. Ainsworth
Hicksville
General merchant.
Delaware-Morrow.
Arthur H. Jones
Delaware
Farmer.
Erie
W. E. Guerin, Jr.
Sandusky
Lawyer.
Fairfield
*Robert H. Sharp
D
Fayette-Madison
J. Madison Willis R D Columbus
+Edward J. Bracken
Franklin
John Felix McNamee D
Columbus
James A. Cannon
Columbus
John B. Denune
D
Fulton
¿* Charles L. Allen
R
Fayette.
Banker.
Galia
Hollis C. Johnston. (See Lake)
R
Gallipolis
Lawyer.
Greene
*Horace Ankeney
Alpha
Creighton
Cincinnati
Produce and com- mission merchant.
Cincinnati
Manufacturer.
Dudley P. Wayne
Harrison
Lawyer.
Dwight R. Herrick
R
Cincinnati
Nurseryman.
Hamilton
Charles F. Williams
Cincinnati
Lawyer. U. S. Court Crier.
Clothing mnfr. Lawyer.
Hancock
*Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Lawyer.
Hardin
*Frank B. Willis
Ada
Teacher.
Harrison James Hartley Beal
Scio
Teacher.
Henry
*Theodore M. Gehrett
Deshler.
Physician
Highland
*N. P. Clyburn. (See Vinton)
D Greenfield
Lawyer.
Huron
*George T. Thomas
Norwalk
Lawyer. Farmer.
Jackson Noble Ottawa
L. F. Cain
R
Caldwell
Physician.
Charles I. York
Port Clinton
Lawyer.
Paulding
*John D. Brown Tom D. Binckley.
R
New Lexington.
Lawyer.
Pickaway
*Barzillai Adkins D
Deer Creek
Farmer.
Pike.
(See Adams)
Portage
*William H. Crafts R
Mantua Station
Preble.
Eaton
Putnam
Leipsic
Richland.
W. H. Earhart
Lexington
Banker and wool dealer. Teacher and farmer. Tailor Horticulturist.
Ross.
James C. Foster R Higby
Farmer.
D D D D
Bedford
John J. Kinney
D
Cleveland
Metal Polisher.
Charles W. Stage M. E. Meisel
D
Cleveland
Thomas Coughlin.
D
Cleveland
D R
R
Sugar Grove
Farmer and quarry- man. Farmer. Newswriter and lather.
Locomotive fireman. Cigar manufacturer. Farmer.
Geauga-Lake
Guernsey
*William L. Simpson
R D
Farmer. Farmer.
Charles M. Myers
R R
Frank Cook R
Cincinnati
Lawyer and court stenographer.
Cincinnati
George W. Hays Max Silberberg Cincinnati Cincinnati William Walker Smith Demas Perlee Rowland R Cincinnati
R R R R
R R R
D
Hocking-Vinton
R R
Gomer C. Evans ..
Thurman
D R Payne.
Farmer.
Perry
M. K. Hensel O. J. O'Donnell R D D
R
Machinist. Lawyer. Supt. of schools.
Belmont
Paul B. Worthington
D
Butler
Isaac E. Huffman: (See Harrison)
D
Champaign
*Edwin Hagenbuch
Clermont.
Charles A. Brannock
R R
Lawyer.
*Samuel Buell
R
Plimpton Beaver Dam.
Physician. Farmer. Grain dealer.
D New Knoxville
Merchant. Law student.
Insurance agent. Lawyer.
Ludd R. Dunham
D
Bloomingburg
D
East Linden
Carpenter.
Herman H. Berghegger R
Politics.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 75th General Assembly-House of Representatives.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE-75th GENERAL ASSEMBLY .- Concluded.
Counties.
Names.
Politics.
Home P. O. Address
Profession or Occupation.
Sandusky
Edward R. Tyler.
Fremont
Scioto
Chandler J. Moulton
Lucasville.
Seneca
Roscoe L. Carle
Tiffin.
Shelby
*Wm. E. Partington
D
Sidney, R. D. R. No. 3
Stark
*Clark W. Metzger
Teacher.
Summit
William Buchtel.
R
Akron.
Banker.
Trumbull
*Thomas Kinsman.
R Kinsman
Farmer.
Tuscarawas
W. A. Gold
D Port Washington
Teacher.
Union
*Francis l'. Arthur
R
Maysville
Lawyer.
Van Wert
*Sumner E. Walters
R
Ohio City
Farmer.
Warren
William Z. Roll
R
Lebanon
Insurance and real estate.
Washington
*C. C. Middleswart
R
Marietta
Lawyer.
Wayne
*Urias F. Wells
D Shreve
Stock dealer.
Williams
Orrin H Nihart ..
R Edon
Physician.
Wood
*Clvde R. Painter
R
Bowling Green
Lawyer.
Wyandot
++*William C. Gear
D
Upper Sandusky ...
Civil Engineer.
* Member Seventy-fourth General Assembly.
t Member Seventy-third General Assembly.
+* Member Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth General Assemblies.
++* Member Sixty-ninth, Seventieth and Seventy-fourth General Assemblies.
*** Member Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-fifth and Seventy-fourth General Assemblies.
a* Member Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth and Seventy-fourth General Assemblies.
RECAPITUL ATION.
4
Senators-
Republicans
21
Democrats
12
Total 33
Representatives-Republicans
68
Democrats
42
Total 110
R R D
Jewelers' auctioneer. Merchant. Editor.
Teacher. Merchant.
*R. A. Pollock
R
North Lawrence Richville
R R Hudson
Supt. of schools.
*Charles F. Seese
TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
Composed of the counties of Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson and Columbiana.
FRANK B. ARCHER, OF BELLAIRE. President Pro Tem.
The Senator from the Twentieth and Twenty-second Districts, who is now serving his second term in the Senate, had the unusual honor to be twice nominated to rep- resent his district in the 74th and 75th General Assemblies of Ohio by acclamation. He is an active and enthusiastic Republican in Eastern Ohio, and his nomination was the natural expression of the confidence of his constituents in his ability to look after their interests, both as partisans and as citizens of Ohio, a trust which has not been misplaced.
Senator Archer was born in Bellaire on the 20th day of May, 1858, and, as his father died in the fall of that year, leaving the mother with six children to support, the educational advantages afforded him were meagre. At the age of 12 years the boy went to work in a glass factory in Bellaire, and by the time he had passed his 17th birthday he had finished his apprenticeship at the trade and was commanding the wages of a master tradesman in the business. In 1884 he left the factory to engage in the stationery and insurance business. Two years pre- viously he had been elected Township Treasurer of Pultney township, and this served to introduce him to the political field of activity.
He has served two terms as a member of the City Council of Bellaire, and was for two years President of that body. He was elected Treasurer of Belmont county in 1889, and was re-elected for a second term to that office. He was promi- nently mentioned for State Treasurer at the State Convention of his party at Zanesville, but was defeated in the nomination largely by geographical considerations in the make-up of the ticket. Senator Archer has served his party twice as Chair-
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The 75th General Assembly-Senate.
man of the Belmont County Republican Executive Committee, and has been an active member of that organization in its campaigns for many years.
Of recent years the Senator has been engaged in the business of general con- tractor. During his first term his most conspicuous service was as a member of the standing committees on Finance, Railroads, Taxation, Public Works and Public Lands, and on Manufactures and Commerce, being chairman of the last two com- mittees named. In addition to his duties as the junior presiding officer of the Senate, he is a member of the standing committees on Federal Relation, Finance, Fish Culture and Game, Industrial Schools for Boys and Girls, Mines and Mining, Municipal Corporation No. 1, Railroads and Telegraphs, Penitentiary, Imbecile Youth and Taxation.
1.
WILLIAM KING, OF MAGNETIC SPRINGS.
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
William King, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, was born September 1, 1855, on a farm in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio.
Was educated in the common schools. Followed farming until 31 years of age. On the account of failing health moved to Magnetic Springs, Union county, Ohio, in the year of 1886. Went into mercantile business in 1887. Has served two terms as mayor of Magnetic Springs. Was elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the 75th General Assembly. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. lodges at Magnetic Springs.
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HON. F. E. SCOBEY.
Chief Clerk of the Senate.
Hon. Frank Edgar Scobey, Clerk of the Senate, was born at Alcony, Miami county, Ohio, February 27, 1866. He attended the common schools in the neighbor- hood of his home and at Troy in which city he later engaged in the oil business. He was elected Sheriff of Miami county in 1897 and re-elected in 1899.
In 1889 Mr. Scobey was married to Miss Mary Barringer of Covington, Miami county, and their home continues to be in Troy.
Mr. Scobey has always taken an active part in political campaigns, has served as a member and chairman of his county committee and as a member of the Repub- lican State Executive Committee. As a fraternity man Mr. Scobey holds member- ship with the Masonic, I. O. O. F., K. of P., and B. P. O. E. bodies.
He was elected Clerk of the Senate in January, 1902.
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THIRD DISTRICT.
Composed of Montgomery and Preble Counties.
PHILO G. BURNHAM, OF DAYTON.
Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporation No. 2.
Senator Burnham, Republican, from the Third District, was born in Cham- paign county, Ohio, October 13, 1869. He received his earlier education in the public schools, and on the farm. He graduated from the Woodstock High School in 1886 and from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, in 1891, entering at once upon his duties as principal of the Covington (O.), High School. In 1893 he resigned his school work to commence the study of law in the University of Michigan, receiving his diploma from that institution in 1895, being selected valedictorian of his class. He was admitted to the bar in Ohio the same year and began the practice of his profession in the city of Dayton, where he is in active work. He was married to Miss Este C. Bair, of Covington, September 15, 1897.
At the spring election of 1900 he was elected to the Board of Education in the city of Dayton, from the Fourth Ward of the city; he was nominated by the Republican Senatorial Convention June 22, 1901, for membership in the Senate, and was elected by a complimentary majority.
He is a member of the standing committees on Corporations other than Mu- nicipal, Enrollment, Federal Relation, Judiciary, Insurance, Universities and Col- leges, Banks and Building and Loan Associations.
22 B. A.
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TWENTY-SEVENTH-TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICTS.
Composed of the Counties of Medina, Lorain, Ashland and Richland.
GEORGE H. CHAMBERLAIN, OF ELYRIA.
Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relation.
The nomination by the Republicans of the Twenty-seventh-Twenty-ninth Senator- ial district of Hon. George H. Chamberlain of Elyria was received with enthusiasm in every section of the district where Mr. Chamberlain is universally recognized as an able lawyer and a man of high character and attainments. He was born on a farm in Lorain county, June 21, 1862, receiving his early education in the district schools. At the age of 17 young Chamberlain went to Oberlin to pursue his studies, teaching school winters to pay his way. In the fall of 1884 he entered the law office of E. G. Johnson, Elyria, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in June, 1887. Since that time, with the exception of six years, from 1889 to 1895, when he lived in Milwaukee, Wis., he has practiced law in Elyria.
Mr. Chamberlain descended from good Vermont and York state stock, and early in life became interested in all political and patriotic events. He has always been a stanch Republican in politics. When it came to the election in a district nominally Republican by 3,000 votes, he received a majority of 3,800.
Mr. Chamberlain was married in June, 1883, to Etta K. Mynderse, and has seven children, four boys and three girls. He is a trustee and member of the official board of the M. E. Church and superintendent of the Sunday school. He is prominently identified with the business and social life of his home city, and is a member of the board of education of Elyria. He is a member of the standing committees on En- rollment, Judiciary, Labor, Municipal Corporations No. 2, Public Works and Pub- lic Lands, Public Expenditures, Taxation, Universities and Colleges, and State Buildings.
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TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICTS.
Composed of the Counties of Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson and Columbiana.
CHARLES C. CONNELL, OF LISBON.
Chairman of the Committees on Privileges and Elections, Universities and Colleges.
The Junior Senator from the 20-22d district is a Republican. He was born in Lisbon, Ohio, September 27, 1871; graduated from High School of Lisbon 1890; attended college at Ohio State University 1890-1891; taught school and studied law 1891-1892; entered the Cincinnati Law School and graduated therefrom May 30, 1894; returned to Lisbon and engaged in the practice of his profession, and was elected solicitor of his native village in April, 1899; was nominated for State Senator by the Republican party without opposition, and was elected to the Seventy- fifth General Assembly from the 20-22d joint district by 8,500 majority.
He is a member of the standing committees on Claims, Judiciary, Insurance, Medical Colleges and Universities, Public Printing and Railroads and Telegraphs.
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THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
Composed of the Counties of Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams.
STEPHEN D. CRITES, OF ELIDA. Chairman of the Committee on Ditches and Drains.
Senator Crites, Democrat from the 32d District, is the eldest son of Jacob (and Mary J. Cameron) Crites; was born in German township, Allen county, Ohio, No- vember 28, 1847, and has ever since been a resident of his native township. He was brought up on the farm and experienced many of the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. He was educated at the schools of his native township and at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, when Alfred Holbrook / was President of that institution. He began teaching at the age of eighteen; in September, 1870, he was elected Superintendent of the Elida public schools, which position he successfully held for twelve successive years, when he was forced to resign on account of ill health. From 1876 to 1888 he was a member of the Allen County Board of School Examiners. He was for nine years a Justice of the Peace in his home township. In 1883 he turned his attention from school work to the . outdoor work of farming and stock raising. In 1895 he purchased the grain ele- vator in Elida, which he has modernized and brought into a condition of in- creased activity and prosperity. This he manages in addition to the active man- agement of his farm.
Mr. Crites was a warm supporter of William J. Bryan in 1896 and again in 1900. He is a Mason (32 degree), and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Sarah J. Reichelderfer of Pickaway county, Ohio, who died within the same year. In 1876 he was married to Miss Emma M. Ditto. They have a family of four daughters : Mrs. S. O. Morris of Lima, and the Misses Mabel, Zoe and Grace. The Senator was nominated by acclamation by his party convention, and was elected by 2,300 majority, running ahead of his ticket in the district.
Mr. Crites is a member of the standing committees on Agriculture, Benevolent Institutions, Common Schools and School Lands, Fees and Salaries, Public Works and Public Lands, Penitentiary, Universities and Colleges, and Banks, Building and Loan Associations.
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THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
Composed of the Counties of Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams.
W. E. DECKER, OF PAULDING.
Chairman of the Committee on Roads, Highways and Turnpikes.
Senator Decker, Democrat, is the owner and editor of the Paulding County Demo- crat, with which he has been connected since 1877. He was a member of the Senate of the 73d General Assembly (1898-99) from his district (32d) and is not a stranger to his senatorial duties. He was born near Groveport, Franklin county, in 1858, and removed to Henry county in 1872. Was educated in the public schools of Napo- leon and for ten years after his graduation was a teacher. He resigned the super- intendency of the Holgate schools in 1887, to enter upon newspaper work, in which he has been eminently successful. Mr. Decker is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Elks, Knights Templar and Syrian Temple Mystic Shriners of Cincinnati.
He is a Democrat of pronounced type, and from his youth has been an active partisan in the politics of Northwestern Ohio. He is a member of the standing com- mittees on Claims, Insurance, Municipal Corporation No. 2, Publie Printing, Rail- roads and Telegraphs, Taxation and Soldiers and Sailors' Home.
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THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Composed of the County of Lucas.
GEORGE C. DUNHAM, OF TOLEDO.
Chairman of the Committees on Penitentiary, Banks, Building and Loan Associations.
.
The Senator from Lucas county, who is serving his second term in the Senate, has the honor to be the first Senator to be elected from the new (34th) Senatorial district. Senator Dunham is a native of Delaware county, having been born on a farm near Delaware, on the 18th day of February, 1857. His Republicanism is of the stalwart character, because, as he says, the Republican party and he grew up to- gether. He was educated in the public schools of Delaware, graduating from the Delaware High School in 1873, at which time he began teaching, and at the same time attending the Ohio Wesleyan University. After leaving the University he was engaged in the Hardwood Lumber trade at Sunbury, making his entry in political matters as Township Clerk in his native township, an office to which he was elected four terms in succession. He was elected Recorder of Delaware county in 1885, and while in this office became interested in the oil fields of Northwestern Ohio, to which branch of industry and investment he has since given his attention. He became a resident of Lucas county in 1891. In politics he has always taken an active interest, but his election to the Senate in 1899 was his first personal candidacy in his new location.
Mr. Dunham was married to Miss Lillian Morehouse, June 20, 1888, and has a family of two girls. He is a member of the standing committees on Fees and Salaries, Finance, Labor, Insurance, Mines and Mining, Railroads and Telegraphs, Privileges and Elections, Sanitary Laws and Regulations.
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FIRST DISTRICT.
Composed of Hamilton County.
PETER ECHERT, OF CINCINNATI.
Chairman of the Committees on Labor and Municipal Corporation No. 1.
Peter Echert, one of the three Republican Senators from Hamilton county, has resided in Cincinnati for 62 years. He was born in the Palatinate, Bavaria, Ger- many, in 1832, and is now 69 years of age. In the early forties Mr. Echert attended the First English-German free school in Cincinnati. Later on he learned the candy business and became practical in all its branches. Having been identified with the business for over forty years, as the president and the head of The P. Echert Co., he still takes an active interest in the management of the concern. Is vice-president of the National Confectioners' Association of the United States and a director of the Atlas National Bank of Cincinnati.
Mr. Echert was elected to the Senate by the Republicans of the 1st district, hav- ing received one of the largest majorities of any candidate on the ticket.
He is a member of the standing committees on Benevolent Institutions, Fish Culture and Game, Manufactures and Commerce, Penitentiary, Sanitary Laws and Regulations, and Banks, Building and Loan Associations.
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THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Composed of the Counties of Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Putnam and Wood.
CALVIN P GODFREY, OF OTTAWA.
Chairman of the Committee on Library and Public Printing.
Calvin P. Godfrey of Ottawa, Putnam county, was born in that village April 11, 1863. He has resided there all his life, excepting the four years of childhood at Bluffton, Ohio, one year as drug clerk at Paxton, Ill., two years as student in the school of pharmacy, University of Michigan, two years as drug clerk at Dayton, Ohio, and seven years as drug proprietor at Fostoria, Ohio. During the period from 1893 to 1901 he was publisher of a weekly newspaper at Ottawa. He grad- uated from the Ottawa High School in 1881, and from the University of Michigan in 1884. He was married on November 6, 1889, to Miss Emma Kelly of Ottawa. Two sons have blessed their union. He was the Republican nominee in the Democratic thirty-third Senatorial district and was elected on November 5, 1901, by a majority of 2,652, running 415 ahead of his ticket. He is a member of the following named committees : Agriculture, Ditches and Drains, Finance, Geological Survey, Military Affairs, Roads and Highways, Imbecile Youth and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
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EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Composed of the Counties of Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs and Vinton.
H. PERRY HANNA, OF GALLIPOLIS.
Chairman of the Committee on Benevolent Institutions, and Soldiers and Sailors' Home.
The Republican Senator from the Eighth District, who is serving his second term in the Senate, is one of the few ex-soldiers of the Civil War who have a mem- bership in the Senate. Mr. Hanna is a native resident of Gallia county, where he was born, and in which county he has lived continuously. He was born near Vinton on a farm, which he left only when he enlisted in Company G, Ist Ohio Heavy Artillery, at the age of 20, and served until the close of the war. His popularity at home has been shown first by the neighbors in Huntington township, who have repeatedly called upon him to fill minor local offices; next the Republicans of Gallia county nomin- ated him for Probate Judge, to which office he was elected in 1890, and re-elected in 1893. His nomination to the Senate in 1899 was the result of a spirited contest, but his majority was so overwhelming that there was no Democratic opposition to his election in the entire district. In 1900 he was re-nominated by the Republican Convention, and re-elected by the people of his district without opposition. There were no candidates against him. During his first term Mr. Hanna introduced the Senate bill under which the office of State Fire Marshal was established. He is a member of the Knights Templars, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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