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Early in Mr. Pollock's life he was recognized as a hard-working and enthusiastic Republican, and was one of the leaders in the west end of the county. Twice has he been elected Justice of the Peace and a member of the School Board. The latter position he still holds.
After a hard fight he was elected by a large majority.
On the floor of the House he is considered one of the leaders, being an able representative of the laboring interests, and never fails to let his voice be heard in their behalf. As a debater he is looked upon with favor, and is solicited by friends for his services on all important measures.
He was chairman of the Committee on Geology, of Mines and Mining, and a member of the Temperance Committee.
He was president of the Bachelors' Club, composed of eighteen members of the Assembly, who enjoyed many social sessions.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Jr. O. U. A. M. and the Ladies' Auxiliary and also the Elks.
He was re-elected to the 75th General Assembly, by an increased vote, leading the legislative ticket. On December 18, 1901, was married to Miss Gloria C. Blakely of Doylestown, O., and the session of this legislature has afforded many pleasures to their honeymoon. Mr. Pollock has served on the following committees: Chairman of Geology, Mines and Mining; member of Labor and Elections.
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MR. POOL, OF LOGAN COUNTY.
Luther H. Pool, Republican, is serving his second term as Representative from Logan county, in which county he was born and has ever since resided. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the township schools and DeGraff High School, after which he taught school four winters; and since that time has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He is one of the leading farmers of his county, always taking a prominent part in the fairs and farmers' institutes of the county, having been a member of the Fair Board eleven years, two years of which time he was president, and four years president of the farmers' institute.
He is a Knight Templar Mason. He is a member of the Methodist Church, in which he has held an official position for fifteen years. In 1899 he was elected to the 74th General Assembly by a majority of 1,300, and re-elected to the 75th General Assembly by the handsome majority of 1,703.
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MR. PRICE, OF ATHENS COUNTY.
Aaron E. Price, Republican, who is serving his second term as the Representa- tive from Athens county, was born near Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, on December 10, 1861. He lived with his father on the farm until nineteen years of age. In the spring of 1881 he entered the Ohio University at Athens, from which he grad- uated in June, 1888, having completed the classical and the seven years' pedagogical courses.
He was principal of the Georgetown, Ohio, public schools for the two succeed- ing years, abandoning teaching altogether and taking up the study of law in the office of Judge Samuel H. Bright, of Logan, Ohio, who now represents the Ninth-Fourteenth Senatorial District in the present Senate. He was admitted to the bar on March 3, 1892, and immediately went into the practice at Nelsonville, Ohio, where he remained for four years. He then located at Athens, where he has since followed his chosen profession. Mr. Price was married in June, 1889, to Miss Anna R. Klos -. termeier, of Marietta. To them have been born three children, one daughter and two sons. He was elected to the House in November, 1899, as the member from Athens county, upon the Republican ticket, by a majority of 2,517, and re-elected for a second term in November, 1901.
Mr. Price is a member of the standing committees on Municipal Affairs and Public Buildings and Lands.
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MR. RANNELLS, OF VINTON COUNTY.
Charles S. Rannells, Republican, who is serving his second term as the Rep- resentative from the Hocking-Vinton joint district, was born on the 28th day of Apri', 1844, in Guernsey county, Ohio. In 1850 he removed, with his parents, to a farm in Vinton county; he remained on the farm from that time until 1858, when he re- moved with the family to McArthur, the county seat of Vinton county. He received his education in the schools of McArthur. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Co. H, 87th Ohio Infantry, for one hundred days; his regiment was sent to the Eastern Army, where he, together with his whole regiment, was captured at Harper's Ferry on the 15th of September, 1862; he was paroled on the field and sent through to our lines. The term of the enlistment of his regiment having expired, he was mustered out. The following winter he attended school at home. In September, 1863, he enlisted in Company L, 12th Ohio Cavalry, for three years; he was made Orderly Sergeant at the organization of the company and was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on January 6, 1864; and again to First Lieutenant on August 1, 1865; he was mustered out of the service at Nashville, Tenn., on November 15, 1865.
In the spring of 1867 he entered the office of Drs. Wolfe and Rannells, of Mc- Arthur, O., for the purpose of studying medicine; he graduated from the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, O., in the spring of 1871. After graduation he returned to McArthur, where he entered into a partnership with his brother, Dr. D. V. Rannells, where he continued the practice of medicine for three years; he then located in Zaleski, O., where he has resided since, except for about three years that he spent at Sandusky, O., having been appointed Surgeon of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at that place.
In the summer of 1899 he was nominated by acclamation by the Republicans of the Hocking and Vinton district, and at the election following he was elected, de- feating Hon. M. S. Cox, who was a candidate for re-election, by a majority of 418 votes. He was re-elected in 1901. Mr. Rannells is a member of the standing committees on Medical Colleges and Societies, Federal Relations, Asylum for In- sane (chairman).
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MR. ROLL, OF WARREN COUNTY.
William Z. Roll, Republican, Representative from Warren county, was born October 14, 1865, in Butlerville, Warren county, O. His parents being poor he worked on the farm in summer and attended school during the winter until 1886, when he received a teacher's certificate and taught school six years. Having saved sufficient money for that purpose, he moved to Lebanon, O., and spent one year in the National Normal University, after which he became principal of the Utica schools, holding this position for seven years. He then became General Manager of the Valley Telephone Co., and opened an insurance and real estate office in Lebanon, O. He was married in 1889 to Miss Frances G. Bird of Butlerville.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., having represented Warren county in the Grand Lodge of Ohio the past four years. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E. and the I. O. R. M.
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MR. ROWLAND, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Demas Perlee Rowland was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, March 27, 1851, and came to Cincinnati in 1879 to work at his trade as a journeyman carpenter.
His record as a Republican is well known. He joined the Carpenters' Union No. 2, in Cincinnati in 1882 and for nearly twenty years has been an active, conserva- tive member of it, serving in nearly every office within its gift, from doorkeeper to president. He attended the National Convention of his trade, held in Detroit, Michigan, in 1888, and was elected General President of the National Organization, and served in that capacity for two years. In 1890 "D. P." (as he is familiarly called) was sent as a delegate to the Building Trades Council of his city and served in that capacity for several years. In 1891 he was elected President of that body and served two consecutive terms. During the year of 1892 he represented his local union in their national convention and was elected a member of the General Execu- tive Board, serving for two years.
He also represented their national organization in the American Federation of Labor Convention in Denver and New York City. In 1892 he was appointed to the position of Superintendent of the Free Employment Office in Cincinnati by our de- ceased and lamented Governor, William Mckinley, and served for two terms in that department. Mr. Rowland is well known in labor circles as an old stand-by and conservative adviser. He was serving as business agent for the Carpenters' District Council of Cincinnati when elected a member of the 75th General Assembly. He is a member of the committees on Labor (chairman), Asylum for Insane, Common Schools.
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MR. SEESE, OF SUMMIT COUNTY.
Charles Fremont Seese, the Representative from Summit county, who is sery- ing his second term in the General Assembly, is a Republican, as is indicated by his middle name. Born of humble parentage, he early learned the lessons of self-help and having a longing desire to better his condition he applied all his energies to the acquisition of knowledge. By close application in the common school and private select schools he early in life fitted himself for teaching, which profession he has followed successfully all his life. He has filled the office of Superintendent. of Schools at Hudson, O., for eleven years past and during all that time was a promi- nent member of the County Board of School Examiners, which office he resigned on being chosen Representative.
He is a hard worker and during both his terms as chairman of the Committee on Common Schools distinguished himself by his fairness and successful work in the interest of the public schools. His name will stand in the school history of the state as the author of the Normal School Bill, which, through his efforts, became a law early in session of the 75th General Assembly.
In August, 1880, he was married to Miss Luella May Cummins, and together, they are happy with a family of four bright boys. In the fall of 1901 he was re-elected by a largely increased majority, which gives evidence of his popularity at home.
He is a member of the standing committees on Boys' Industrial School, Pub,- lic Works. Common Schools (chairman).
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CHARLES L. SELZER, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
Born in Cleveland, October 6, 1859; residing in that city ever since; educated in common public schools, entering as a student in W. H. school in 1874. First started in business life as a drug clerk. After spending seven years at that business com- menced the reading of law under the tutorship of Judge John W. Heisley, at Cleveland, and was admitted to Ohio bar June 1, 1886, being active in practice ever since, with offices at 319-321 Society for Savings Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
Married to Miss Ida M. While at Cleveland, November 18, 1886, and they have two boys, aged 12 and 14 respectively. Was elected Mayor of village of Brooklyn, a populous place, now a part of Cleveland, as a Democrat, in 1890, and re-elected in 1892. Was candidate on Democratic ticket for state Senator in 1893 and was defeated by the Representative landslide in that year. At the time of his election to 75th General Assembly was member of Cleveland City Decennial Board of Equali- zation and Revision of Real Estate, having been elected by Council of Cleveland to that office.
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MR. SHARP, OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Robert H. Sharp, Democrat, is serving his second term as the Representative from Fairfield county. He was born in Sugar Grove, Fairfield county, Ohio, October 22, 1872. At the age of sixteen he entered the Ohio State University, taking the ag- ricultural course. He left college in the year 1892, to succeed his father in busi- ness. He was in the contracting and quarrying business until the fall of 1899, when he was elected to the 74th General Assembly. He was re-elected in 1901. Mr. Sharp is a member of the standing committees on Boys' Industrial School, Insurance, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
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MR. SILBERBERG, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Max Silberberg, Republican, one of the members from Hamilton county, is a German by birth, and came to this country at the age of fifteen. He was. a soldier in the Civil War and after being discharged began an active business life, which he still pursues. He was one of the organizers of the National Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, which is now instrumental in the vast exportation of American products. He is an active member of the Credit Men's Association, and a year ago when the Con- vention was held at Milwaukee was appointed chairman of the Clothing Confer- ence Committee. He also was appointed chairman of the National Legislative Com- mittee, and his report given at Cleveland received favorable comments. He is and has been for the past twelve years President of the Business Men's Building Associa- tion and a director of the Ohio Valley Building Association. He was one of the organizers of the Commercial Mckinley Club, who made themselves instrumental in rolling up the largest majority that the Republican ticket ever received in Hamil- ton county. He is an active and ardent Grand Army man. Is Past Commander of August Willich Post. He was a member of the Committee who so successfully conducted the state and national G. A. R. Encampment held in the city of Cincin- nati. He is 57 years of age, and has two sons and two daughters, all grown, and resides in Avondale. He is engaged in the wholesale clothing business and is largely engaged in telephone business through the several states.
Mr. Silberberg has been for many years a director of the Hebrew Relief Asso- ciation, and has been prominently identified with the Hebrew General Charities. Is a member of the Phoenix Club, the Cincinnati Club, and the Young Men's Blaine Club, all of which are the leading social and political clubs in the city of Cincinnati. He is a member of the standing committee on Manufactures and Commerce (chair- man), Federal Relations, and Public Ways.
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MR. SIMPSON, OF GUERNSEY COUNTY.
William L. Simpson, Democrat, who is serving his second term as the Repre- sentative from Guernsey county, was born June 8, 1835, in West Virginia; received his education in the common schools of Ohio and at Madison College; chose the occupation of farming, in which occupation he has been successful. During the Civil War he was a member of Company F, O. N. G. He has been identified with the educa- tional interests in his community and county, but has generally declined civil offi- cial positions until nominated to represent his county in the 74th Assembly. He was elected by a majority of six hundred and forty, the county being usually Re- publican from ten to thirteen hundred. He was re-elected to represent in the 75th General Assembly by a much larger vote, notwithstanding a very determined and strong opposition. He has the distinction of being the first Democrat re-elected in the history of the county and the first Democrat elected in a Senatorial year in the county. He is an active Ruling Elder in the United Presbyterian Church. He was married to Miss Mary McGonagle in the year 1864, and they together occupy the old "Simpson Homestead" in Adams township, Guernsey county, Ohio,
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MR. SMITH, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
William Walker Smith, Jr., Representative from Hamilton county, represents the business and professional element in the citizenship of Cincinnati. His father, W. W. Smith, has been engaged in the wholesale grocery business for many years, and is an old resident and extensive property owner on Walnut Hills.
Representative Smith is a lawyer of recognized ability and standing in his pro- fession, his office being in the United Bank Building. Mr. Smith was born in 1870 and was graduated from the Franklin School in 1887. He obtained his legal edu- cation at the Cincinnati Law School, which gained a national celebrity under the deanery of General Jacob D. Cox, and was graduated as a member of the last class under the "old school" before its incorporation into the Cincinnati University. He married a daughter of Mr. Henry Pogue, the dry goods merchant. He has been greatly interested in the advancement and improvement of Walnut Hills, where he has spent all his life, and is a director of the Walnut Hills Business Club. He is a Mason and a member of Cincinnati Lodge No. 5, B. P. O. Elks.
He is serving his first term as representative which also is his first political office. A stalwart Republican, he has been faithful to the stewardship intrusted to him by his constituents and has been alert in the interests of the Republican party and of the state. He was assigned to represent Cincinnati on the Municipal Affairs Committee, and is also a member of the Taxation Committee, the two committees which had to do with the most important laws enacted by the 75th General Assembly.
He is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association.
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MR. STAGE, OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
Charles W. Stage, Democrat, one of the Representatives from Cuyahoga county, was born at Painesville, O. Completed the course in the public schools and entered Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, in 1888. Has since re- sided in Cleveland. Graduated from Adelbert College, Class of '92 with the degree of A. B. Entered Western Reserve University Law School the same year and com- pleted the course in 1895 with the degree of LL. B., receiving at the same time the de- gree of A. M. from Adelbert College for work done in course.
Since 1896 has practiced law in Cleveland. For six years has been in charge of the Boys' Clubs at the Lend-a-Hand Mission; was a member of the Democratic State Executive Committee, 1901.
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MR. TENNEY, OF MIAMI COUNTY.
W. I. Tenney, Republican, Representative from Miami county, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, May 3, 1833. Received his education in the country schools, his father being his teacher most of the time. In the winter of 1847-48 he attended the high school in Columbus, O., being taught by Prof. Asa D. Lord, Super- intendent of the schools in the city, in the forenoon and Mrs. Lord in the afternoon. Was engaged in teaching from 1852 until 1873, when he was elected auditor of Miami county and re-elected in 1875.
He cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont; has been an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party since its birth and is proud of its history. He took up farming actively in 1878 and has given his attention to agri- culture from that time. He is a member of the standing committees on Agriculture, and Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
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MR. THOMAS, OF HURON COUNTY.
George T. Thomas, Republican, who is serving his second term as Representative from Huron county, was born September 11, 1856, in Huron county, and was brought up on a farm. He attended the schools of that county, entered the preparatory course at Oberlin College and later on attended Buchtel College, at Akron, O. He taught in the common schools and studied law. He was admitted to the bar February 2, 1886. At this time he resided at Greenwich, O. In 1882 he was elected Mayor of Greenwich; was Township Clerk of Greenwich township for two terms; was a member of the Board of Education of Greenwich Special School District, and its Treasurer. He was also Secretary for a number of years of the Greenwich Land and Building Association. In 1887 he moved to Norwalk and became a member of the law firm of McKnight and Thomas. In the fall of 1890 he was elected Probate Judge of Huron county, assuming the duties of that office February 9, 1891. He was re-elected in 1893 and served until February 9, 1897, after which he again engaged in the practice of law with his former partner, McKnight, of which firm he is still a member. He was married April 10, 1880, to Miss Emma J. Miller, of Fairfield township, Huron county, and they have a son, Alton O. Thomas, who is a graduate of the Norwalk High School, and is at present a member of the Senior class of Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio.
In 1899 he was elected to the 74th General Assembly, and in 1901 was re-elected for a scond term. He has been a representative in the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Ohio. Judge Thomas is a member of the standing committees on Federal Relations (chairman), Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, and Taxation.
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MR. TYLER, OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
Edward R. Tyler, Republican, Representative from Sandusky county, was born in Fremont, Sandusky county, in May, 1863, and has been a life-long resident of that county. He attended the public schools of Fremont and ever since has led an active business life. He is said to be one of the best jewelers' auctioneers in the county, and has successfully conducted some very large sales in nearly every state in the Union. He is Past Exalted Ruler of the Fremont Lodge of Elks and one of its charter members; also a valued member of the Maccabees and Toledo Traveling Men's Association. In politics he has ever been a Republican, a consistent and earnest worker, and always identified with what he believed to be the best interests of his party, being one of the most prominent of the party workers in Sandusky county, His popularity is shown in the fact that he was elected to represent Sandusky county which has sent but one . Republican to the General Assembly since 1858. Mr. Tyler is a member of the standing committees on Ditches, Drains and Water- courses, Medical Colleges and Societies and Turnpikes.
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MR. WALTERS, OF VAN WERT COUNTY.
Sumner E. Walters, Representative from Van Wert county, was born in Wellshire township, Van Wert county, Ohio, November 12, 1874. He was born and raised on a farm, attended the district school until fifteen years of age, after which time he spent several terms in the Western Ohio Normal School at Middlepoint, Ohio, there fitting himself for teaching, in which profession he was actively engaged for seven years. During the summer of 1894 he attended the Steadman Business College at Toledo, O. He married Miss Kittie M. Allen, December 23, 1894. Mr. Walters now owns and resides upon a farm in Liberty township, Van Wert county. He was elected to the 74th and re-elected to the 75th General Assembly as a Republican.
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MR. WAYNE, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Dudley P. Wayne, Republican, one of the Representatives from Hamilton coun- ty, was born in Cincinnati, May 18, 1861. Was educated in the public schools of that city, and then attended Urbana University, at Urbana, O., where he graduated in 1881. He studied law in Ramsey, Matthews and Matthews office, and at the same time attended the Cincinnati Law School, graduating with the class of 1883, and being admitted to the bar in June of that year. He was married to Adelaide L. Smith, of Urbana, O., December 1884. Mr. Wayne was a pioneer in the settlement of South Dakota, where he helped to found the town of Ipswich, which became the county seat of Edmunds county, in 1884, and where he continued the practice of his profession until March, 1894, when, owing to climatic conditions, affecting his health, he returned to Cincinnati, where he now has a large and growing practice.
Mr. Wayne resides in Harrison, in the western part of the county and main- tains his law office in Cincinnati. He has always been a Republican.
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MR. WELLS, OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Urias F. Wells, Democrat, who is serving his second term as Representative from 'Wayne county, was born in Ripley township, Holmes county, Ohio, July 28, 1843. Was educated in the common school of that township. He commenced teaching school at the age of 18 years, farming and buying stock in summer time and teaching school in the winter for ten years. He married Miss Louisa M. Mathewson, January 14, 1864, to which union one son was born. Mr. Wells moved to Shreve, Wayne county, in the spring of 1880, where he has lived ever since, purchasing the farm well known as the "Oldroyd Homestead," in the spring of 1885, in which he lived ten years; he continued to farm and bought stock, wool and hay from his farmer friends. In the spring of 1896 he was elected as member of Shreve School Board and by the Board was elected its President, which office he still holds. He was elected as Waterworks Trustee in 1898, and is Secretary of the Board at present. He is the grandson of Thomas Shreve, who represented Wayne county in the General Assembly from 1839 to 1843.
Mr. Wells has been a member of the Christian Church since 1862, and is now serving his 35th year as Sunday-school Superintendent. Is a member of the Com- mittees on Agriculture and Finance.
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MR. WILLIAMS, OF HAMILTON COUNTY.
Charles F. Williams, Republican, one of the Representatives from Hamilton county, is a practicing attorney of that county. He was born April 23, 1873, in Cincinnati, O. He attended the public schools, graduating from Woodward High School in 1891 and the Cincinnati Law School in 1897. He is a director of both the Blaine Club and Stamina Republican League, the two Republican clubs of Hamilton county. He has been identified with athletics, being a member of all the athletic organizations in Cincinnati. Mr. Williams has drafted and assisted in the passage of all the measures relating to the welfare of good roads, and the in- terests of wheelmen and horsemen generally, in the last two sessions of the legisla- lature, and has been identified as the attorney of organized labor throughout the state.
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