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Mr. Fledderjohann is a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylums and Turnpikes.
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MR. FOSTER, OF ROSS COUNTY.
James C. Foster, Republican, Representative from Ross county, was born in that county May 3, 1842. He was inured to labor on his father's farm, and secured as liberal an education as the public and private schools of his neighborhood could furnish, supplemented with a course at a private military school at Chillicothe, just prior to the Civil War. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 53d O. V. I., October 17, 1861; was made first sergeant of his company January 1, 1862; promoted to second lieutenant in September, 1862. In the organization of colored troops for the Union Army he recruited a company and was mustered in as Captain of Co. A, 59th U. S. C. T, June 6, 1863; promoted to Major June 11, 1864, mustered out of service January 31, 1866. After a course in a commercial college at Cleveland Mr. Foster settled down to a farmer's life near his old home, where he still resides. Was a member of Ross Agricultural Society for twenty-five years, and is now a member of G. A. R. and Loyal Legion. Mr. Foster is a member of the standing committees on County Affairs, Military Affairs, Taxation.
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MR. FRASER, OF LUCAS COUNTY.
Harold W. Fraser, one of the four Republican Representatives from Lucas county, was born in Woodstock, Ontario, in 1872; secured a common school education and attended Upper Canada College in Toronto for four years. With his parents he moved to the United States in 1885, and Toledo has been his home since 1890. Prior to his admission to the bar he was employed in the railroad service, and while so employed studied law during his spare moments, and was admitted to practice in 1894. In 1895 he formed a partnership with E. J. Marshall, under the firm name of Marshall & Fraser and still retains this connection. He has attained a quite enviable reputation as a lawyer, and is recognized as one of the young men having a bright future in his profession. He is an active Mason, being a Past Master of Toledo Lodge F. & A. M. His election to the 75th General Assembly is the first position of a political character he has ever held or sought, although he has been for some years a consistent worker in the ranks of the Republican party. Mr. Fraser is a member of the standing committees on Ditches, Drains and Watercourses, Girls' Industrial Home, and Revision.
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MR. GARRISON, OF BROWN COUNTY.
J. D. Garrison, Democrat, who is serving his second term as the Representative from Brown county, was born in Adams county, January 31, 1870. His early educa- tion was confined to the country district schools, but afterwards somewhat extended at Riverside Seminary, Vanceburg, Ky., and University of Kentucky, Lexington. He was a minister of the Church of Christ for several years, holding pastorate at Ash- land, Ky., Hartwell, Van Wert and Georgetown, O.
He was married to Minnie Lloyd at Ashland, Ky., March 29, 1894. His wife died April 5, 1901. Mr. Garrison began the study of law and entered politics in 1896. He is a member of the standing committees on Prison and Prison Reform, Temperance, and Universities and Colleges.
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MR. GEAR, OF WYANDOT COUNTY.
William C. Gear, who is serving his third term as the Representative from Wyandot county, was born in Logan county, Ohio, December 28, 1846. When about one year old his parents moved to Wyandot county, where he has resided almost con- tinuously ever since. He attended the common school until June 3, 1862, when he en- listed in Company G, 87th O. V. I. He was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 15, 1862, and was paroled and sent home. He attended school until December 24, 1863, when he re-enlisted in Co. A, 49th O. V. V. I. He was trans- ferred to the 68th O. V. I. and was in the Strawberry Plains and Knoxville cam- paign in the winter of 1863 and 1864. He was ordered to his command, the 49th O. V. V. I., while at camp at Cleveland, Tenn., and was with Sherman at Atlanta and with Thomas in the Nashville campaign. He served throughout the war and was mustered out and discharged November 30, 1865. He attended Wittenberg College a short time and went to teaching school, and taught in all sixteen years. He was married in 1874. He was admitted to practice law in 1876, but gave up that profes- sion for his old profession, that of civil engineer. He was appointed school examiner of Wyandot county in 1876, and served nine years as such. In 1883 he was elected surveyor of Wyandot county, and in 1886 re-elected; in 1889 he was elected to the lower branch of the General Assembly and was re-nominated by his party in 1891 at the April convention. At the senatorial convention in June of the same year, held at Tiffin, he was nominated for Senator. He accepted the nomination and his successor as Representative was nominated in the person of Hon. J. J. Smith. He served in the Senate in the 70th and 71st General Assemblies, and was again elected to the House of the 74th General Assembly in 1899. He was re-elected to the present Gen- eral Assembly by a greater majority than he received two years ago.
Mr. Gear has always been an unfaltering Democrat. He was elected as one of the alternates at large to the National Convention held at Chicago, 1892. He is a member of the standing committees on Ditches, Drains and Watercourses, Finance and Military Affairs.
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MR. GEHRETT, OF HENRY COUNTY.
Dr. T. M. Gehrett, Democrat, who is serving his second term as the Representa- tive from Henry county, was born at Stoutsville, Fairfield county, Ohio, November 27, 1856. In the fall of 1865 his parents moved to Henry county, where he has since resided. His boyhood days were spent upon the farm of his father. He attended dis- trict school until the age of sixteen, when he entered Hiram College, taking a four years' course. At the conclusion of his studies at Hiram College he began the study of medicine in the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, graduating from that in- stitution in 1879. In the fall of 1880 he located at Deshler, Ohio, for the prac- tice of his profession, where he has since been in the active practice of medicine and surgery.
Politically he has always been a Democrat, taking an active `part in the coun- cils of his party. He enjoys the distinction of having held the offices of village and township treasurer for eight successive years, and was appointed an United States Pension Examiner in 1888 and served as such until he tendered his resignation in December, 1899, having been elected to the 74th General Assembly. He was re- elected to the 75th General Assembly by an increasd majority.
Mr. Gehrett was married to Alice Thrapp, daughter of William and Martha Thrapp, of Napoleon, O., March 13, 1879. To this union two girls have been born, Coral and Madge. He is a member of the standing committees on Asylum for Insane, Medical Colleges and Societies and Railroads and Telegraphs.
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MR. GOLD, OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY.
W. A. Gold, the Democratic Representative from Tuscarawas county, was born in 1867, at Port Washington, in the county which he represents. He has ever since resided in that town. Mr. Gold's father died when he was but three years old, and his mother died not many years after. Thus he was early thrown upon his own re- sources. He prepared himself for the profession of teaching, which he followed for twelve years, five of which were spent in the home schools.
Thus he has lived and labored in the community where he was born, and it is a great compliment to him that his neighbors in the county hold him in the highest regard. Nor has Mr. Gold abused this confidence in the opinion of the writer. For he has conducted himself in his legislative work in a broad, independent way and in the people's interest. Mr. Gold is a member of the standing committees on Common Schools, Claims, Institution for Feeble Minded Youth.
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MR. GUERIN, OF ERIE COUNTY.
W. E. Guerin, Jr., Republican, Representative from Erie county, was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, November 24, 1870. At an early age he removed to Columbus, where he resided until 1895, when he located in Sandusky, Ohio. He has since been engaged in the practice of law at that place. He was educated in the common schools of Columbus, and at the Ohio State University. His legal education was secured at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. From 1888 to 1891 Mr. Guerin was Traveling Auditor of The Columbus, Shawnee & Hocking Railway Company, acquiring a prac- tical knowledge of railway affairs. On the 9th day of December, 1893, he was ad- mitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, and immediately commenced the practice of law in Columbus, associating himself with Messrs. Arnold and Morton, under the firm name of Arnold, Morton & Guerin. At Sandusky Mr. Guerin has been associated at different times with Hon. C. P. Wickham, of Norwalk, O., Hon. Linn W. Hull, now of the Circuit Bench, and during the past few years with Hon. E. B. King, under the firm name of King & Guerin. During his residence in Erie county, Mr. Guerin has been actively identified with the politics of that county. He is a staunch Republican. In the House Mr. Guerin is a member of the standing committees on Enrollment, Fish Culture and Game, Judiciary and Revision (chair- man).
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MR. GUTHRIE, OF ADAMS COUNTY.
Dr. John W. Guthrie, Democrat, Representative from the Adams-Pike district, was born in Highland county, O., December 22, 1850. Educated at the public schools of Hillsboro, O., and at Richardson College, Maysville, Ky. Studied medicine with his father , Dr. D. S. Guthrie. Graduated from the Kentucky School of Medi- cine, Louisville, Ky., located at Manchester, O., where he has been continuously en- gaged in the practice of his profession until his election as representative. Dr. Guth- rie is a member of the I. O. O. F., B. and P. O. of Elks, and I. O. R. M .; has always been an ardent champion of the principles of Democracy. His first entry into poli- tics was in the fall of 1901, when nominated by acclamation for the office of represen- tative. At the November election he defeated his opponent in a district normally Republican by five hundred, his majority being 79.
Mr. Guthrie is a member of the standing committees on Asylum for Insane, Insur- ance, Manufactures and Commerce and Medical Colleges and Societies.
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MR. HAGENBUCH, OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.
Edwin Hagenbuch, Republican, of Champaign county, served his second term as a member of the state legislature in the 75th General Assembly. He was born in the county which he represents, was educated in the common schools and resides in Urbana, the county seat, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He is well known in Masonic circles, and is now serving as Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Ohio. During both of his terms as Representative he was a member of the Finance Committee, and in the last session was chairman of the Committee on Rail- roads and Telegraphs. He is married and has a family of two boys.
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MR. HAYS, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Mr. George W. Hays, Republican, one of the Representatives from Hamilton county, was born near St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, November 1, 1847. His mother being a slave and his father free, young Hays, by the laws of Louisiana, became the property of his mothers master. At seven years of age he was taken with the family to Franklin, Ky., where he remained until the fall of Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, when he was pressed into the Confederate army on General Floyd's retreat, September, 1862, when he escaped and joined the Union army at Fort Negley. Being then but fourteen years of age he was assigned to duty as attendant to the officers ; was with General Negley's army when it consolidated with General Sherman's and went with General Sherman's army on its march to the sea. , Remained with the Union army until April, 1865, when he went to New York city in search of work and mental improvement. He secured a position as waiter and with the books at his command began at once to acquire an education which until that time he had been unable to begin. From New York he went to Cleveland, O., where he entered the public schools. In August, 1867, he went to Cincinnati to work as a waiter, and during his leisure moments applied himself to study. January, 1869, he joined a surveying party in charge of Colonel Abert, U. S. Engineers, and assisted in a survey of the Grand river in Indian Territory, and the Arkansas river to Little Rock. After the completion of the field work of the survey he returned to Cincinnati, where he entered the public schools. In October, 1871, he was appointed as an attache of the U. S. Circuit and District courts. He continued his connection with the court until his nomination for representative in 1901, nearly 30 years. During his serv- ice with the court he has served under Judges Swing, Emmons, Sage, Baxter, Jackson, Taft, Lurton, Stevens, Day and Thompson, all of whom have commended him for his faithfulness and fidelity to duty. As Court Crier he had the distinction of opening the first session of the Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, July 1, 1892. In April, 1890, he was appointed by Governor Jas. E. Campbell as trustee of the Ohio
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Institute for the Blind, and has been honored by reappointment by Governors Mc- Kinley, Bushnell and Nash. In his twelve years' connection with the board of trustees he has served as its secretary. He has also been a trustee of the Orphans' Home for Colored Children in Cincinnati for several years. Mr. Hays on coming to Cincin- nati connected himself with the Union Baptist Church, and has served as trustee of that body continuously since January, 1872. He is Superintendent of the Sabbath Schools of both the Union Baptist, and the Calvary Baptist Church. In fraternal organizations Mr. Hays is quite prominent. He is a 32 degree Mason, a District Grand Director of the G. U. O. O. F., and an active member of the True Reformers.
Mr. Hays was married to Miss Mamie L. Forte, in July, 1874, five children having been born to them, three boys and two girls. Mr. Hays has always been a Republican and when he was younger was always active in the conventions and cam- paigns of his party, where he was recognized as a man of much more than average influence among his people. In 1897, for the purpose of counteracting the efforts of certain dissatisfied Republicans who were trying to effect a fusion with the Demo- cratic party, a Committee of twelve of the most prominent Republicans of the county, embracing some of the most substantial and influential business and professional men of the community recommended a ticket to the County Convention for its endorse- ment. On the ticket so recommended Mr. Hays was named as a candidate for Representative. This, under all the circumstances was a signal testimony of his sterling character. Mr. Hays with others of his associates on the ticket, was defeated at the election, but the marked tribute to his high standing as shown by the pe- culiar circumstances of his selection stands as a lasting honor to the man. Mr. Hays is a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylum (chairman), Privileges and Revision.
MR. HENSEL, OF PREBLE COUNTY. .
M. K. Hensel, Republican, Representative in the 75th General Assembly of Ohio, from Preble county, was born in West Moreland county, Pennsylvania, where he re- ceived his education in the public and select schools, and from whence he came to preble county, in 1867. He served as a soldier in the first battalion of P. V. I., in the Civil War, and having served his time of enlistment in that regiment, re-enlisted in the 101st P. V. I., and served until the expiration of the war. Mr. Hensel has been connected for many years with the public schools as teacher, county examiner and member of the board of education; has filled many local positions of trust and honor and was a member of the electoral college in 1892. He now resides on his farm near Eaton.
He has at all times been identified with the Republican party, and as an ardent supporter of its principles, having cast his first vote for the martyred Lincoln in 1864. He was married to Elizabeth A. Lyons, of Indiana county, Pa., August 13, 1868. To them have been born five children, four of which are living, and have been teachers in the public schools of Ohio. He is a member of the standing com- mittees on Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Institution for Feeble Minded Youth, and Sol- diers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
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MR. HERRICK, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Dwight R. Herrick, Republican, one of the Representatives from Hamilton county, was born October 21, 1841, on a farm near Twinsburgh, Summit county, O. Received his early education in the common schools of that place, working on a farm in the summer, attending school during the winter. Enlisted in Company C, 1st O. L. A., August, 1863, and was mustered out at Nashville August, 1865, at the close of the war. The following year attended school at Oberlin. Located in Cincin- nati in 1867. He married Julia S. Jackson in 1874. They have three children. He engaged in the nursery business with S. S. Jackson in 1875, and he is now the proprietor of the Jackson Nursery. He was always an active Republican. In 1900 was elected Justice of the Peace the third time. He is now President of the Ham- ilton County Agricultural Society. Mr. Herrick is a member of the standing commit- tees on Agriculture, Claims, and Turnpikes.
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MR. HOLADAY, OF CLINTON COUNTY.
Ross E. Holaday, Republican, is serving his second term in the House of Rep resentatives. He is the eldest of a family of five children, was born on a farm near Westboro, July 17, 1870. In this vicinity the first sixteen years of his life were spent. He attended the district school until 1886, when his father, S. A. Holaday, was elected Sheriff of Clinton county, and he with his parents removed to Wilming- ton. He graduated with honors from the Wilmington High School in 1890.
After graduation he passed a civil service examination and was mailing clerk at the postoffice at Wilmington, Ohio, for two years, resigning his position on account of ill health. He then taught school at North Fairview for two years, when he was called to fill a position as teacher of Political Economy, Mathematics and Book- keeping in the Davis Military School at Winston, North Carolina, which position he held three years. He held a like position in Wood's Business College, Easton, Pa.
Mr. Holaday's ambition was the study of law, and winter evenings and sum- mer vacations were devoted to the study of his chosen profession. During the winter of 1898 he read law with the firm of Smith and Savage of Wilmington, where he was able to know not only the theory but to observe the practice; he was admitted to the bar in the spring of the same year and immediately set about the practice of law. In the fall of 1899 he was chosen by the Republican party to represent Clinton county in the 74th General Assembly and in 1901 he was re-elected by an increased ma- jority as a member of the 75th General Assembly.
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MR. HOWEY, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
Aaron J. Howey, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Cuyahoga county, was born in Columbia, Lorain county, November 17, 1836; lived with his parents on a farm, but during the winters attended Baldwin University. In 1862 he enlisted in the 5th Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters and served until honorably discharged. In the spring of 1876 he left his farm and moved to Berea. Has served four terms as Township Assessor six years, as village councilman six years, as trustee of Baldwin University and at present is serving his second term as township trustee. In all of his elections he has run far ahead of the other candidates on his ticket.
Mr. Howey was reared in the Democratic faith, and has never failed to main- tain Democratic doctrines or to support the candidates of that party. He believes that the Democratic party is committed to the interests of the common people-the whole people, and not the interests of the few. Mr. Howey is a member of the standing committees on Agriculture, Military Affairs and Public Printing.
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MR. HUFFMAN, OF BUTLER COUNTY.
Isaac E. Huffman, Democrat, Representative of Butler county, Ohio, was born December 31, 1868, at Springdale, Ohio, where he spent his earlier years upon the farm. After graduating from the high school he entered the State Normal Univer- sity, at Lebanon, Ohio, from which place he graduated in June, 1890. The following September he began teaching in the Butler county schools, and was employed in the Oxford township schools for eight years, continuously, spending his summers at work upon the farm. His work as a teacher was unusually satisfactory and earned him a reputation throughout the county, because of his advanced methods. In 1898 he began the study of law, which profession he has adopted for his future field of labor. Being essentially a man of the people, he is well equipped to serve his constituency.
He is a loyal supporter of the Democratic party ticket, and of its principles. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Oxford, and Chapter 41 of Hamilton, Knights of Pythias, and I. O. O. F. He is vice-president of the Butler County Pythian Associa- tion, State Representative of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and an enthusiastic lodge man.
Mr. Huffman is a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylum, Fees and Salaries, and Labor.
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MR. HYPES, OF CLARK COUNTY.
Oran F. Hypes, Representative from Clark county, was born at Xenia, Ohio, December 18, 1862. Graduated at Xenia High School, 1879; began business life at Xenia; removed to Springfield in 1883; continuously engaged as a hat merchant: identified with Springfield's commercial interests; director of Springfield Board of Trade and Charter Member of Commercial Club. Always an ardent and active Repub- lican; was elected to the 75th General Assembly by nearly 2,000 plurality. Served as secretary of the Committee on Taxation; chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Lands and a member of the Committee on Insurance.
Mr. Hypes is a Mason, Past Master of Anthony Lodge No. 455 F. & A. M. Past Eminent Commander of Palestine Commandery No. 33 Knights Templar. Married Jessie B. Johnson in 1889. They have two children, Dorothy and Douglas.
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MR. JANSON, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
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Otto Janson, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Cuyahoga county, was born in Ingersleben, Thuringia, Germany, January 2, 1859. He received his edu- cation in the public schools, served three years in the German army, and came to this country, settling in Cleveland in 1883. Handicapped at first by a lack of familiarity with the language and conditions of this country, Mr. Janson secured employment in the rolling mills in Newburgh, where he worked four years; then taking service on the "Cleveland Volksfreund." In 1889 he resigned from the news- paper to enter the book and stationery business on his own account, in which he has been successful, and which still occupies his time in a business way. Mr. Janson is active in German societies and a leader in that work. In the spring of 1901 he was appointed by Mayor Johnson of Cleveland a member of the City Board of Equalization, and his work on this board led to his nomination and election as a mem- ber of the House of Representatives. He is a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylum, Rules and Manufactures and Commerce.
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MR. JOHNSTON, OF GALLIA COUNTY.
Hollis C. Johnston, Republican, Representative from Gallia county, was born Oc- tober 2, 1861; graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in May, 1886, and began the practice of law at Gallipolis, O., in the summer of 1886. Was married on Feb- ruary 15, 1892, to Nell F. Dages, and has three children: Mable C., Esther A., and Fred D.
In April, 1895, he was appointed trustee of the Athens State Hospital by Gov. ernor William Mckinley, and was appointed to the same position by Governor Nash in April, 1900. Has been a lifelong Republican, and was elected a member of the present House of Representatives on the 5th day of November, 1901, by a majority of 1,659 votes. Mr. Johnston is a member of the standing committees on Hospital for Epileptics, Judiciary and Taxation.
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MR. JONES, OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
Arthur H. Jones, Republican, Representative from the Delaware-Morrow joint district, was born in Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, September 22, 1854, being a son of the late Judge T. C. Jones. In 1855, with his father's family, he moved to a farm in Troy township, Delaware county, where he has since lived. His education was received in the common schools, with some help from private teachers and a short course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware. He is a farmer both by education and inclination, and is pre-eminently successful as a cattle man. He is particularly interested in thoroughbred Short-Horns, and is at the present time the owner of the oldest and largest herd of pure bred cattle in Ohio, and a herd which ranks among the largest in the world. He is a member of the Polled Durham and American Short-Horn Associations; was director in the latter twelve years; is a life member of the Short-Horn Society of Great Britain. He is a director in the Delaware County National Bank, which was originally established by his maternal grandfather as a branch of the old State Bank of Ohio. He has the liveliest interest in the schools of the country and has served as a member of various school boards from the time of his first vote.
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