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When eighteen years old he was appointed by President Grant as a member of a commission to settle with the Chippeway Indians for lands in northern Minnesota. This temporary appointment is the only salaried office he has ever held. Mr. Jones has always been active in politics, and a Republican from the ground up. Was married in 1878 to Clara J. Phelps of Franklin county. He is a member of the stand- ing committees on Fish Culture and Game (chairman), Girls' Industrial Home, and Public Printing.
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MR. JONES, OF LUCAS COUNTY.
John C. Jones, Republican, one of the Representatives from Lucas county, was born in Milford township, Knox county, Ohio, April 9, 1857. Though born in Knox county his boyhood days and early manhood were spent on a farm in Licking county. His early education was obtained in the country schools. At the age of seventeen years he began to teach school in the winter, and attended school in the spring and fall until June 3, 1881, when he graduated from the Normal School at Utica, Ohio. He continued to teach in Licking county until the fall of 1886, when he took charge of the public school of Sylvania, Ohio, his present home, where he remained for five years. Mr. Jones, while teaching, applied himself to the study of law, registering with Hon. J. K. Hamilton and the late J. D. Ford, at Toledo, O. In October 5, 1892, he passed a successful examination before the Supreme Court of Ohio, discontinued his school work and entered into the active practice of law. He opened an office in Sylvania and also associated himself with L. W. Morris of Toledo, until the latter went upon the Common Pleas Bench, when he took offices in The Spitzer building. Mr. Jones has always taken a very active interest in educational affairs. He served ten years as a member of the county board of school examiners, resigning said office to take his seat as a member of the 75th General Assembly. He has been president of the board of education of Sylvania for six years. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Commander of Enterprise Tent No. 138 K. O. T. M. and Secretary of Sylvania Lodge No. 287 F. & A. M.
Mr. Jones is a member of the standing committees on Temperance, Turnpikes, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and Enrollment.
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MR. KIMBALL, OF LAKE COUNTY.
Homer Nash Kimball, Republican, Representative from Lake-Geauga counties, was born in Madison, Ohio, October 11, 1867, on the farm where his family has lived continuously since 1812. He attended the public schools in Madison and graduated from Oberlin College in 1890. He was employed for a number of years by The Ex- change Bank of Madison, and is now one of its directors. In 1892 Mr. Kimball was asked to accept the position of Superintendent of Schools in his home village. He still holds this position, and is'also serving his fifth year as a member of the Lake County Board of School Examiners. For ten years he has served as Clerk, Coun- cilman or Mayor of the village and is now Mayor. The Madison Review is the Republican party paper of the east end of Lake county. Mr. Kimball is one of its proprietors and editors. General Abel Kimball, grandfather of the present Repre- sentative, was a member of the House of Representatives in 1844, 1845 and 1847, from Lake county. Mr. Kimball is a member of the standing committees on Common Schools, Privileges.
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MR. KINNEY, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
John J. Kinney, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Cuyahoga county, was born in New York in 1870. His parents shortly after moved to Pittsburg, and from there to Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned the trade of metal polisher. Mr. Kinney soon took an active interest in the labor movement, and was elected to the position of first vice-president of his national organization. In 1895 at the Dayton Convention of that body he was elected National Secretary, Treasurer and Editor, which position he held for four years, declining a re-election. He was also honored by organized labor in Cleveland, being elected President of the Central Labor Union, composed at that time of some seventy different locals. Mr. Kinney held this last position two terms and declined re-election.
Mr. Kinney is a member of the standing committees on Dairy and Food Prod- ucts, Deaf and Dumb Asylum and Privileges.
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THOMAS KINSMAN, OF TRUMBULL COUNTY.
Thomas Kinsman, who is now representing Trumbull county, was first elected by a majority of 3,948 to the 74th General Assembly in 1900, and was returned in 1902 by an increased majority. He was born in Kinsman, Trumbull county, O., and was educated at the Kinsman schools, as his course of study at Western Reserve College, then at Hudson, O., was abruptly ended by the death of his father and the imperative need that the two thousand acres of farm lands should have the care of the sons, of whom Thomas was the elder. -
His farming has been of a general character, but dairying and raising of cattle and of the trotting-bred horse have been especially prominent. In politics Mr. Kins- man is of the Republican stock that is found on the Western Reserve, who are never known to waver in their principles. While not an active member on the floor of the House he has been a working member in the committees to which he was assigned, and his suggestions in the various matters have been carefully considered. During the session he has been chairman of the Committee on The Boys' Industrial School and a member of the Finance Committee and of the Fish and Game Committee.
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MR. LOCHARY, OF MEIGS COUNTY.
John A. Lochary, Republican, Representative from Meigs county, is a native of Belmont county, being the son of Patrick Lochary, a former sheriff of that county, from 1859 to 1863. He was educated at Miller Academy, Guernsey county, and Ohio University, Athens. While at College enlisted and served one hundred days as sergeant in Co. B, 141st O. V. I. Taught school several years; served six years as Prosecuting Attorney of Meigs county, and resigned the office of Probate Judge to become a candidate for the legislature, after serving five years. Mr. Lochary is a member of the standing committees on Blind Asylum, Fees and Salaries, Judiciary, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
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MR. McDONALD, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Allen C. McDonald, Republican, one of the three Representatives from Mont- gomery county, comes from Scotch-Irish and German ancestry, and was born near the village of Laura, in Miami county, O., on November 29, 1869. He was brought up in the country, and his parents being in limited pecuniary circum- stances, he was early thrown upon his own resources. By hiring out his services to neighboring farmers during the summer months, he managed to attend the district schools during the winter season, following the elementary instruction therein re- ceived with a course at high school. At the age of fifteen he obtained, after rigid examination by the Board of County Examiners, a year's license to teach in the common schools. He began teaching at 17, at which he continued for a couple of years, when he left his native place to attend Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind. Availing himself also of a stenographic and business course of study, he accepted and efficiently filled a responsible office positon with a large manufacturing corpora- tion in Richmond until the first of February, 1894, at which time he received a fed- eral appointment in one of the executive departments in Washington, D. C., shortly after having creditably passed a civil service examination.
While in the employ of the Government Mr. McDonald was successively promoted until he reached one of the highest grades in the classified service, and his fidelity and ability were officially recognized by the Secretary of his department (Treasury) , who voluntarily gave him a special testimonial letter of commendation.
While thus employed Mr. McDonald, by evening and morning study, also took a complete course at one of the evening law schools in Washington, with the degree LL. M., and subsequently received second best grade and honorable mention as a re- sult of an examination, embracing a large class of applicants for admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Soon thereafter resigning his position with the Government, he took up the practice of the law in Dayton, which city had previously been his legal residence for several years.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 75th General Assembly-House of Representatives.
Mr. McDonald has always been a loyal Republican, but has never manifested offensive partisanship or intolerance toward those of different political opinions. He is an extensive reader, and a diligent student. He was married in 1893 to Miss Mary A. Murray of Hagerstown, Ind., and they have one child-a little girl of seven years.
In religious affiliation Mr. McDonald is a Presbyterian, and is also a member of several secret orders, including the Jr. O. U. A. M., K of P., and Masonic fraternities.
Mr. McDonald is a member of the standing committees on Fish Culture and Game, Institution for Feeble Minded Youth, Municipal Affairs, and Prison and Prison Reform.
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MR. McNAMEE, OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John F. McNamee, Democrat, one of the four Representatives from Franklin county, was born October 29, 1867. Received a common school education, which was supplemented by private instruction from his father, who was himself an educator. He came to Columbus eighteen years ago, a mere boy, to earn his own way in the world, and after a short term of service in the Kilbourne and Jacobs manufactory, entered the employ of the Pan Handle Railroad Company as a locomotive fireman, and as soon as eligible after entering railroad service he became a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. In a few years, through his marked ability and popularity, he became a national officer in this-one of the largest, most conserva- tive and most influential industrial institutions in the world, which position he now holds. In his recent campaign Abraham Lincoln Lodge (No. 445) B. of L. Firemen, although a non-partisan organization, issued a letter in his behalf in which the following testimonial occurs:
"This lodge is supporting him officially and unanimously, regardless of party lines. With unfaltering fidelity to duty, he has, regardless of sacrifice to himself, filled every position of trust and responsibility in which we have placed him. He is honest, true, capable, broad-minded and generous. His educational ability is un- questioned. His character, both public and private, as well as his whole past life is without spot or blemish." Mr. McNamee received the largest vote given to any legislative candidate on the ticket in November last. In 1889 he was married to Miss Caroline Welch of Columbus, daughter of Thos. F. B. Welch, a veteran of the Civil War, and has two children, Mary Louise, 11 years of age, and Thomas S. C., nine years.
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MR. MCNEAL, OF MARION COUNTY.
L. B. McNeal, Republican, Representative from Marion county, was born in Marion, O., April 28, 1868. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and after three years in the High School entered the preparatory department of Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio; after the course there he entered Cornell University, and graduated from that institution in 1892. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity.
After graduation he spent two years studying law with his father, and was ad- mitted to the bar in June, 1894, and became a member of the firm of J F. McNeal & Sons. Mr. McNeal is a member of the standing committees on Judiciary, Military Affairs and Public Works.
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MR. MAAG, OF MAHONING COUNTY.
William F. Maag, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Mahoning county, was born in Ebingen, Wuertemberg, Germany, on the 28th of February, 1850. He was educated in his native country and there learned the printer's trade. He came to America in 1867, locating in Milwaukee, Wis., where he accepted a position on the Daily Herald. A few years later he went to Watertown, Wis., and after a short stay there he located in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1871, accepting a position on the Indiana Staats-Zeitung, with which paper he continued until 1875, when he moved to Youngs- town, O., where he has since resided. Immediately upon locating in Youngstown he purchased the Youngstown Rundschau, the publication in which he has continued ever since, it being regarded as the leading German publication in Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
In 1887, Mr. Maag purchased the Youngstown Vindicator, which he has ever since published and in 1888 he formed a partnership with the late John M. Webb, one of the pioneer newspaper men of the state. In 1889 the Daily Vindicator was started, the property passing into the hands of a stock company, known as The Vindicator Printing Company, of which Mr. Maag has since its inception been the Business Manager and Treasurer. In June, 1901, the Democratic party of Mahoning county nominated him for Representative, and despite the fact that Governor Nash re- ceived a majority of 2,084 in the county, Mr. Maag was elected by the substantial majority of 643, the balance of the Republican ticket being elected. In 1872 Mr. Maag and Miss Elizabeth Ducasse of Watertown, Wis., were united in marriage. The marriage has given issue to six children, four of whom survive.
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MR. MANGUS, OF ALLEN COUNTY.
J. W. Mangus, Democrat, Representative from Allen county, was born in Perry county, March 1, 1857. In the spring of 1861 the family moved to Allen county, where Mr. Mangus has lived since that time. He was brought up on rented farms, and obtained his education in the common schools, at times when he could be spared from the farm work. He attended the Normal University at Ada one term of ten weeks; taught school fifteen terms and then turned his attention to farming, to which line of work his time is devoted. Has served his township successively in the offices of assessor, clerk, trustee and justice of the peace. Is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr. Mangus was married to Miss Lizzie Plowright of Wood county in 1884, and has four children from this union, one girl and three boys.
Mr. Mangus is a member of the standing committees on Dairy and Food Prod- ucts, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and Taxation.
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DANIEL B. MAUCK, OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.
Daniel B. Mauck, Representative from Lawrence county, was born in Gallia coun- ty, March 15, 1853. In 1878 he moved to Proctorville, Lawrence county, where he has ever since been engaged in the mercantile business.
Mr. Mauck was elected to the 74th General Assembly on the Republican ticket, by a majority of 2,062, and was re-elected to the 75th by a majority of 2,136.
Mr. Mauck is a member of the standing committees. on Asylum for Insane, Dairy and Food Products (chairman), and Manufactures and Commerce.
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MR. MEISEL, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
Max Emile Meisel, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Cuyahoga county, was born in Cleveland, O., August 12, 1876. An attorney by profession he has a good education, having been graduated from the Cleveland Central High School in 1893; from Adelbert College in 1897; from the Law School of Western Reserve University in 1900 and admitted to the bar in June, 1900. A close student of economics and political conditions, he is unusually well equipped for the duties of his office. Although a young man in years he has manifested an energetic ability and much natural power in public affairs. He has served the Democratic party in man' semi-official capacities, but has never been a candidate for public office. He enjoy. the distinction of being at once the youngest member of the Cuyahoga delegation and the highest man in the number of votes received. It is likewise a matter of pride to his constituents that he is one of the youngest members in the next General Assembly. He is a member of the standing committees on Enrollment, Finance, Re- vision, and Universities and Colleges.
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MR. METZGER, OF STARK COUNTY.
Clark W. Metzger, from Stark county, was born at Richville, Stark county, November 5, 1868; taught school a number of years. Is at present engaged in the life and accident insurance business; was elected to the 74th and 75th General Assemblies of Ohio as a Republican.
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MR. MIDDLESWART, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Clarence Coulter Middleswart, Republican, is serving his second term as the Republican Representative from Washington county. Was born in Lawrence town- ship of that county, September 11, 1870. His early years were spent upon his father's farm, and in attending district school. He then entered Marietta Academy, and later Marietta College, from which he graduated in 1894, receiving the degree A. B. From 1894 to 1896 he was Superintendent of schools at New Matamoras, O. The following year he spent in the Law Department of the University of Michigan, and from there went to the Ohio State University, where he graduated from the Law Department in 1898.
Opening a law office in Marietta, he engaged in the practice of his profession, and in November, 1899, was elected on the Republican ticket to the 74th General As- sembly, serving there as a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was re-elected to the House in 1901.
September 10, 1900, he was married to Miss Belle L. Otis of Ann Arbor, Mich., a graduate of Michigan University. He is a member of the firm of Brenan & Mid- dleswart. Mr. Middleswart is a member of the standing committees on Geology, Mines and Mining, Labor, Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home (chairman) .
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MR. MYERS, OF HAMILTON.
Charles M. Myers, one of the Republican members from Hamilton county, was born in Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, June 12, 1863, and at the age of three years moved with his parents to Ashland, O., where his boyhood days were spent, coming to Cincinnati in 1877. For several years he was connected with a newspaper advertis- ing agency, from which position he entered the employ of the Corrugated Elbow Co., manufacturers of sheet metal goods, and is at present the president and gen- eral manager of the company.
Mr. Myers was married in 1898, but is a widower, his wife having died in the spring of 1900, and at present lives with his two-year-old daughter in Evanston, one of the attractive suburbs of Cincinnati. He is a member of the standing committees on Insurance (secretary), Manufactures and Commerce, Universities and Colleges.
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JOHN CARNEY MYERS, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
John Carney Myers, the Republican member of the House of Representatives from Montgomery county, was born near Logansport, Indiana, September 24, 1864, to which locality his father, Rev. Daniel Myers, and mother, Mrs. Catharine Carney Myers, had removed from Ohio a few years before. The family soon thereafter re- turned to Ohio, living in Dayton several years, and then on the farm in the southern portion of the county, where the subject of this sketch spent his youth and ac- quired an education in the district school. At the age of twenty he began teach- ing school, in which profession he continued six years, when he took up the study of law and graduated from the Law School of the Cincinnati College in May, 1891.
He is a member of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ at Miamisburg, Ohio, where he has been superintendent of the Sabbath School for eight years.
He was elected to the General Assembly in November, 1899, by a vote higher than any of the other candidates for the same office, and was re-elected in November, 1901, by a majority over 1,300 votes greater than on his first campaign. Mr. Myers is a member of the standing committees on Federal Relation, Public Ways and Temperance (chairman) .
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MR. MOULTON, OF SCIOTO COUNTY.
Chandler J. Moulton, Republican, Representative of Scioto county, was born in East Randolph, Vermont, December 26, 1839. He came to Scioto county with his parents, who settled in Lucasville, in 1848. His father died in '49 leaving his mother and three children. He attended the district school. When about 19 years of age he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained about two years. After leaving school he engaged in farming and trading in stock. In 1867 he embarked in the mercantile business, which he still carries on in connection with lumber, farming and real estate.
In 1876 he married Mary C. Smith, daughter of the Hon. J. M. Smith, of West Union, Ohio.
Mr. Moulton cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has always taken an active part in politics, giving time and money for the advancement of his friends and party. He has been chairman of the County Executive Committee twice and was chairman of the committee when Mckinley received his first election to the Presi- dency. He is a member of the standing committees on Agriculture, Claims, Public Works (chairman).
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MR. NIHART, OF WILLIAMS COUNTY.
Orrin H. Nihart, Representative from Williams county, was born in that county, October 17, 1871. His early life was spent on the farm; began teaching at the age of 18, which profession he followed for several years, graduating from the Northern Indiana Normal in 1895, receiving the degree of A. B. The fall of the same year entered Medical College, graduating from Starling Medical in 1898. He was elected Coroner of Williams county in the fall of 1898 by a good majority, but refused the second nomination. Mr. Nihart has always been true to the Republican principles, but not an office seeker, and accepted the nomination for Representative on the Republican ticket only after the earnest solicitation of his friends, and was elected by a plurality of 1,048, running 300 ahead of the ticket.
He is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and K. of P. In 1898 he was married to Miss Lulu I. Ewan, daughter of A. H. Ewan, of Bryan, O.
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MR. O'DONNELL, OF PUTNAM COUNTY.
Owen J. O'Donnell, Democrat, Representative from Putnam county, was born in Madison, Indiana, in July, 1866. He received a common school education in Madison, and was entered as an apprentice to a tailor in that city. Completing his trade he moved to Cincinnati, and in 1888 located in Leipsic, Putnam county. In 1893 he was married to Miss Kate Kihm, and has five children, two boys and three girls. Having been reared a Democrat, Mr. O'Donnell is an earnest advocate of the principles of that party. He is an active friend to the cause of organized labor.
Mr. O'Donnell is a member of the standing committees on Ditches, Drains and Watercourses, Library and Public Ways.
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MR. PAINTER, OF WOOD COUNTY. .
Clyde R. Painter, Republican, is serving his second term as a Representative from Wood county. He was born in 1866 on a farm in that county. Attended the com- mon schools and at twenty years of age entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, graduating in 1892. For a time he taught in the district schools, and in 1894 he entered the law school of the Ohio State University." He was admitted to the bar December 6, 1895, since which time he has practiced in Bowling Green.
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MR. PARTINGTON, OF SHELBY COUNTY.
William E. Partington, Republican, is serving his second term as Representa- tive from Shelby county. He was born in Green township, Shelby county, September 27, 1865. He is the son of a prosperous farmer, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm; received a common school education, and on arriving at manhood re- solved to enter the teacher's profession, and in order to prepare for his future work he entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, O., in 1884, and graduated from that institution in 1885. He began teaching in Green township in 1885, and taught 13 successive years in the same township.
Mr. Partington completed his education in college at Fostoria, and in the univer- sity, at Valparaiso, Indiana. He is, strictly speaking, a self-made man, having worked his way through school, and owing all he is to his indomitable will and perseverance.
Notwithstanding the perplexing duties devolving on him as a teacher, Mr. Part- ington sought every opportunity to identify himself with the broadest citizenship, every purpose for the betterment of things receiving his encouragement and aid. He was twice elected Clerk of the township in which he lives, and in 1899 was elected as a Democrat to the 74th General Assembly. His faithful and efficient services having been heartily appreciated and approved, he was re-elected to the 75th Gen- eral Assembly in 1901.
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MR. POLLOCK, OF STARK COUNTY.
R. A. Pollock, one of the two Republican Representatives from Stark county, is serving his second term in the House of Representatives. Is of Scotch-Irish descent; was born at North Lawrence, Ohio, August 24, 1870. He attended the public schools until thirteen years of age when he went to the coal mine to work, at which labor he continued for several years, but as he had paid close attention to literary work during his period of work in the mines, at the advice of friends he abandoned the mine and took up his schooling, attending the school at home for a couple of years and for a short time attended school at Mt. Union College at Alliance, Ohio, and later on took a commercial course at Valparaiso, Indiana, Normal School and then engaged in business with his father, who conducts a general store in his native town.
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