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Twenty-eighth.
Dungan, Jesse
Fourth.
Dunlap, Major
Sixth.
Egbert, Jacob
Second.
Gilleland, Thomas W.
Seventh.
Haynes, David
Twenty-third.
Hoy, John
Twenty-sixth.
Johnson, Samuel C.
Eighth.
Jones, J. Daniel
First.
Ladd, James D.
Twenty-second.
McColloch, Samuel
Thirteenth.
McDonald, William
Eleventh.
Morris, James R.
Nineteenth.
Nesbitt, Benoni
Fifth.
Northrop, A. L.
Twelfth.
O'Bannon, Pressley N.
Sixteenth.
Ramage, Archibald C.
Twentieth.
Rinehart, Hugh T.
Thirty-second.
Russell, W. S.
Thirtieth.
Spencer, Erastus
Twenty-fourth.
Titus, Rasselas R.
Thirty-first.
Urie, George W.
Twenty-ninth. First.
Vattier, John L.
White, Alexander
Ninth.
Williamson, Samuel
Twenty-fifth.
Woodford, Seth
Fourteenth.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President Samuel Williamson
Secretary Francis M. Wright
Ass't Secretary .H. A. Hamilton
.James H. Beebe Sergeant-at-Arms
Hibbs, Adin G.
Tenth.
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MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, 1870-1871.
Name.
Congressional District
Barnet, David
Barton, William
Third. Seventeenth and Twen- ty-eighth.
Baughman, Abraham
Carson, E. T.
Twenty-ninth. First.
Dickson, Andrew
Thirty-first.
Dugan, Benjamin E.
Twentieth.
Dutton, Edwin
Twenty-second.
Field, C. C.
Twenty-fourth.
Ford, Charles
Second.
Fullington, James
Thirteenth.
Groesbeck, William S.
First.
Hibben, Samuel E.
Sixth.
Howard, D. W. H.
Thirty-third.
Hoyt, James M.
Twenty-fifth.
Jones, J. D.
First.
Leckey, S. A.
Twelfth.
Licey, A. D.
Twenty-seventh.
Linn, Daniel B.
Fifteenth.
Lye, Francis J., Jr.
Thirty-second.
McClelland, Richard
Eighteenth.
McIntosh, Enos S.
Fourteenth.
Nash, William
Eighth.
Niles, O. E.
Tenth.
Phillis, Charles
Eleventh.
Roudebush, William
Fourth.
Shaw, Josiah C.
Twenty-first.
Smith, Andrew J.
Sixteenth.
Smith, John Quincy
Fifth.
Stevens, Henry H.
Twenty-sixth.
Van Meter, William
Nineteenth.
Washam, W. T.
Seventh.
White, Alexander
Ninth.
Williams, Theodore
Thirtieth.
Wolcott, Orlow L.
Twenty-third.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President William S. Groesbeck
President pro tem. J. Q. Smith
Secretary J. H. Godman
Assistant Secretary
B. J. Loomis
Sergeant-at-Arms . T. E. Botsford
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
Fred Blenkner
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MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, 1880-1881.
Name.
Congressional Districts.
Bowman, S. C.
Twenty-first.
Brand, S. J.
Thirty-second.
Carlisle, J. .
Comly, Benjamin
Daniel, George
Dexter, Julius
Elliott, George E.
Second.
Galbraith, R.
Sixth.
Giles, John S.
Eighth.
Grove, George A.
Third.
Hafer, George
First.
Hare, George
Thirtieth.
Hedges, H. C.
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth.
Hinman, E. L.
Tenth.
Howard, A. P.
Eleventh.
Humphrey, William
Seventeenth and Twen- ty-eighth.
Jaeger, Godfrey
Thirtieth.
Johnson, J. J.
Fifteenth.
Love, Joseph
Seventeenth and Twen- ty-eighth.
McCalister, R. T.
Thirteenth.
McIntosh, A. S.
Twenty-third.
Munson, M. M.
Sixteenth.
Osborn, E. N.
Twenty-fourth.
Parrett, J. H.
Fifth.
Pelton, F. W.
Twenty-fifth.
Ralston, O. P.
Fourth.
Ramey, O. B.
Thirty-third.
Rigby, William L.
Ninth.
Rose, Clark
Nineteenth.
Ryan, J. J.
Twelfth.
Sackett, George
Twenty-sixth.
Sangster, C. F.
Eighteenth.
Shannafelt, J. B.
Twentieth.
Stanberry, E. M.
Fourteenth.
Symmes, William
Eighth.
Washam, W. T.
Seventh.
Williams, William H.
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President E. L. Hinman.
President pro tem. H. C. Hedges.
Secretary B. J. Loomis.
Assistant Secretary
J. Hargitt
Sergeant-at-Arms James M. Orr
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms C. C. James
First. Twenty-second. Thirtieth. First.
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MEMBERS OF THE NINTH STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, 1890-1891.
Name.
District.
Ackley, John
Ninth.
Armstrong, W. W.
27th-29th.
Barrett, D. M.
Sixth.
Beman, A. W.
Twenty-fifth.
Bolander, Henry
Fourth.
Cherry, E. V.
First.
Clark, Amos
Eighth.
Couch, J. B. .
Thirty-third.
Douglass, James
Thirtieth.
Grinnell, William
24th-26th.
Grubb, John
First.
Horton, Paris
Eighth.
Houston, Leon H.
Eleventh.
Hyatt, B. F.
Thirty-third.
Jorden, Matthew
Fourteenth.
Kagy, Isaac
Thirty-first.
Kerr, S. H.
Twelfth.
Maize, William
Tenth.
Mason, W. J.
15th-16th.
McGill, Amzi
First.
Niles, O. E.
Tenth.
Parks, Foster
27th-29th.
Poe, E. W .- Auditor of State
Ex-officio.
Pursel, V. V.
Thirty-second.
Robinson, J. W.
Thirteenth.
Roth, F. M.
Thirtieth. Twentieth. Second.
Stroble, C. A.
Turner, James
Third.
Turner, Milton
18th-19th.
Ulery, G. W.
17th-28th.
Wallace, William
Twenty-third.
Washam, W. T.
Seventh.
Wilhelm, G. W.
Twenty-first.
Webb, J. W. S.
Twenty-fifth.
Wells, F. L.
Twenty-second. Fifth.
Woodward, S. F.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President
E. V. Cherry
President pro tem. D. M. Barrett
Secretary J. L. Hampton
Sergeant-at-Arms
C. H. Williams
Skinner, C. A.
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MEMBERS OF THE TENTH STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, 1900-1901.
Names
Politics
District
Address
Barnett Joshua.
Republican.
5th-6th.
Spring Valley.
Bates, Theo. M.
Republican.
25th.
Cleveland.
Booth, Michael. .
Democrat.
17th-28th
Shreve.
Chapman, Wm. W.
Republican.
3d.
Dayton.
Chenoweth, Frank A.
Republican
10th.
Harrisburg.
Crater, George.
Democrat
18th-19th.
Canal Dover.
Crawford Wm. B.
Republican
21st.
Augusta.
Denny, Dennis. .
Republican
13th.
Lewistown.
Ehlert, Henry C. A.
Republican .
33d .
Toledo.
Fisher, Robert P ..
Democrat.
2d-4th
Decatur.
Hart, T. G.
Republican
24th-26th
Mentor.
Hicks, Frank.
Democrat
2d-4th.
Edwardsville.
Horn, Joseph
Democrat
30th .
Fremont.
Ketterer, C. E.
Democrat.
18th-19th.
Miltonsburg.
Leeding, Robert.
Republican
15th-16th.
St. Louisville.
Mckinney, Charles
Republican.
20th-22d.
Smithfield.
Newton, North.
Republican
23d.
Boardman.
Oskamp, Henry.
Republican .
Ist.
Cincinnati.
Patterson, R. M.
Republican
9th-14th.
R. D. No. 1 Athens.
Pringle, James A.
Republican.
11th.
Bigplain.
Quellhorst, C. F.
Democrat.
12th
Kettlersville.
* Ritchie, Jacques
Republican
ist.
Cincinnati.
Rorick, John C.
Republican .
33d .
Wauseon.
Sheldon, A. D.
Republican.
27th-29th
Whittlesey.
Skelton, James
Republican
7th
Portsmouth.
Snyder, John C.
Republican.
8th .
Ironton.
Stuart, George.
Republican.
25th.
Cleveland.
Taylor, J. Gordon.
Republican.
Ist.
Cincinnati.
Walker, William H.
Republican.
5th-6th
Hillsboro.
Waller, Stephen.
Democrat
31st
Lykens.
Westgerdes, Frank.
Democrat.
32d .
Maria Stein.
į Resigned February 14 1891.
*Vice Diem resigned.
.
Diem, Frederick J.
Republican
Ist.
Cincinnati.
Guilbert, Walter D.
Republican .
Auditor of State.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THE TREASURER OF STATE.
I SAAC B. CAMERON, of Lisbon, Columbiana county, the present Treasurer of State, was born in the city of Nairn, Scotland. When he was yet an infant, his widowed mother emigrated to America to better her condition and provide greater facilities for the education of her family, of which the subject of this sketch was the youngest of six, believing that in so doing she would afford them more abundant oppor- tunities for success in life. Upon arriving in this country the family located on a farm in Jefferson county, a short distance south of Saline- ville, removing thence about the year 1855, into the village. Here the children of the family were reared. Mr. Cameron attended the public schools there and graduated from the Iron City Business College of Pittsburg. At an early age he accepted a position as a bookkeeper for a local mercantile firm, with whom he remained until 1874. His busi- ness ability soon advanced him to a partnership in the business, which was successfully conducted until in 1880, when Mr. Cameron became the sole owner, after which the business continued to grow and prosper until 1893, when he was elected Treasurer of Columbiana county by a majority the largest ever given to any candidate for any office in the county up to that time. He was re-elected in 1895. The business system he introduced and enforced during the four years of his incumbency in that office established a standard and created a model worthy the emula- tion of all public officials.
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When in 1898 the First National Bank of Lisbon was declared to be insolvent, Mr. Cameron having but a short time previously retired from the office of County Treasurer, was the unanimous choice alike of the creditors and stockholders for appointment as Receiver, such was their confidence in his ability to disentangle the labyrinth of complications resulting from the reckless conduct of its affairs upon the part of its management.
In this work he was engaged for more than a year, during which time he brought order out of chaos. He succeeded in fixing the responsibility for the failure of the bank, and although the books were miserably kept and outrageously falsified he obtained judgments in every suit brought by him having for its object the recovery of funds belonging to the unfortunate institution, thus proving the wisdom of those interested in their selection of him for Receiver.
Mr. Cameron is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a Knight of Pythias and an Elk. He was married in 1875 to Miss Laura A., daughter of John B. and Mary A. Irwin, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cam- eron have one child, a son, Roy MacDonald Cameron, who was born in the year 1883.
Mr. Cameron was nominated for the office of Treasurer of State at the Republican State Convention held in the city of Columbus, June 2, 1899, on the first ballot, and he was elected in November, 1899, by a large majority. He was inducted into office on the first Monday in January, 1900, since which time he has completely remodeled the interior of the office and inaugurated a much-needed system for expediently and safely conducting the large volume of business of the Department, which aggregates in receipts and disbursements many millions of dollars an- nually. In order that the funds of the State might be safely cared for and the securities required by law to be deposited with the Treasurer of State might be properly classified and securely stored, Mr. Cameron planned and has had constructed in the Treasurer's office a large steel vault, made by skilled workmen, of the best material known to the art, and weighing some twenty tons. In this vault he has built for the storage of bonds and other securities, steel filing cases, all the compart- ments of which are so numbered and lettered that, in connection with a card index system installed by him, any security or paper of value entrusted to his keeping may be easily located and readily produced. All which demonstrates Mr. Cameron to be a thorough, systematic, business man, eminently well qualified to discharge in an acceptable manner the responsible duties of the position he so ably fills.
At the Republican State Convention held in Columbus in June, 1901, Mr. Cameron was nominated by acclamation for Treasurer of State for
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a second term, and was re-elected at the fall elections of that year by a largely increased majority, running 3,775 ahead of the average vote and 15,612 ahead of the candidate receiving the lowest vote.
In politics he has always been a Republican, and has ever assumed an active share in the party work. Scarcely had he attained his ma- jority when he was chosen a member of the County Central Committee. So well was his work done there that he was soon chosen chairman of the County Executive Committee, and three times honored with a re-election. To his management is largely due the fact that that county of phenome- nal Republican pluralities is free from bickering and factional strife. Since he has been chairman, Columbiana county has given the Republican ticket the largest pluralities in its history. He served as a member of the 18th Congressional District Republican Committee for four years, was a mem- ber of the Republican State Executive Committee in 1893, and is a member of that committee at the present time.
CHARLES C. GREEN, CASHIER, TREASURER'S OFFICE.
C HARLES Cameron Green, Cashier of the State Treasury, was born and reared in Columbiana county, Ohio, his birth occur- ing April 6th, 1873, in the village of Salineville. His father was accidently killed September 1, 1877, leaving destitute a widowed mother and three small children. She removed immediately to East Liv- erpool, where, by her daily earnings in the factory for the manufacture
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of pottery, she was enabled, by heroic efforts to hold the children together and give them each the benefit of a few years in the public schools. At the age of twelve years Charles was serving as messenger and office boy in the office of the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Pottery Company at East Liverpool, where he remained for eight years, having been promoted from time to time until his experience had embraced the usual routine of their office duties, he having assisted at various times in each of the office departments. He left the employ of the Knowles Company Sep- tember 12, 1893, for the purpose of attending school.
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Later he served as chief clerk for the Boyce Foundry and Machine Works at East Liverpool, until he accepted the cashiership of the Colum- biana County Treasury, at Lisbon, under Treasurer-elect Isaac B. Cam- eron, where he remained as cashier and confidential clerk for five years and four months, discharging faithfully every trust reposed in him, to the entire satisfaction of his employer, and the tax payers in gen- eral. His appointment to his present situation came unsolicited from Treasurer of State Cameron, his former employer.
Mr. Green belongs to Salem Lodge No. 30 B. P. O. E., Concordia Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F., of Lisbon, Goodale Lodge No. 372, F. & A. M., Columbus, Ohio.
THE TREASURERS OF STATE
Term, three years, until the adoption of the new Constitution in 1851, afterwards two years.
Name.
Term
*John Armstrong
1792-1803
William McFarland
1803-1816
** Hiram M. Curry
1816-1820
Samuel Sullivan
1820-1823
Henry Brown
1823-1835
Joseph Whitehill
1835-1847
*Treasurer of the Northwest Territory.
** Resigned February, 1820.
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THE TREASURERS OF STATE-Concluded.
Name.
Term
Albert A. Bliss
1847-1852
John G. Breslin
1852-1856
+W. H. Gibson
1856-1857
A. P. Stone
1857-1862
G. V. Dorsey
1862-1865
W. Hooper
1865-1866
S. S. Warner
1866-1872
*Isaac Welsh
1872-1875
Leroy W. Welsh
1875-1876
John M. Millikin
1876-1878
Anthony Howells
1878-1880
Joseph Turney
1880-1884
Peter Brady
1884-1886
John C. Brown
1886-1892
William T. Cope
1892-1896
Samuel B. Campbell
1896-1900
Isaac B. Cameron
1900-1904
tResigned June, 1857. *Died November 20, 1875.
ROSTER OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT-1901-2.
Name.
Office.
Treasurer of State
Cashier
Bookkeepers
Isaac B. Cameron. Charles C. Green. John W. Barnaby. Arthur H. Griffiths.
Corresponding Clerk
Messenger
Guards
Helen L. Noble. Zachariah R. Jackson. Charles L. Gore. George T. Blake.
COMPTROLLERS OF THE TREASURY.
T HE office of Comptroller of the Treasury was established in 1859, as an intermediate check between the Auditor of State and the State Treasury. Warrants issued by the Auditor were not pay- able at the Treasury until countersigned by the Comptroller or his proper representative, whose books were practically duplicates of the books kept in the office of the Auditor and Treasurer. The office was abolished in 1877. General Wilson being then in charge. The following list gives the names and terms of service of the several incumbents :
W. B. Thrall, 1859-1862; Joseph H. Riley, 1862-1865; Moses R. Brailey, 1865-1871; William T. Wilson, 1871-1877.
Office abolished in 1877.
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PART FOUR.
THE JUDICIARY OF THE TERRITORIAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN OHIO.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART FOUR.
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Commendation of the Judiciary 625
Biographical Sketches of Present Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio. 626
The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. 632
Judges of the Territorial Courts of the Northwest Territory (1787-1802)
633
Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio (1802-1851)
635
Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio Under the Constitution of 1851. 641
The Supreme Court Commissions 648
649
The Supreme Court Law Library
654
The Reporter of the Supreme Court
657
Stenographer of the Supreme Court
658
The Circuit Courts of Ohio
659
The Courts of Common Pleas 666
The Clerk of the Supreme Court.
The Courts of Common Pleas Since 1851 717
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COMMENDATION OF THE JUDICIARY.
G OVERNOR JOSEPH VANCE in his inaugural address says, among other things, of the judiciary of the state (De- cember 13, 1836) :
"I have again and again, whilst on business in the eastern cities, heard our judiciary spoken of in terms that made me proud that I was a citizen of Ohio. 'No collusion or fraud, sir,' says an eminent mer- chant of one of our eastern cities, 'can stand before your judiciary.' This is the character, gentlemen, that causes capital to seek employ- ment here; this is the character that gives security to our rights, and value to our property ; and to these combined causes are to be attributed a large portion of that flowing prosperity that is felt throughout every portion of our commonwealth."
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JACOB F. BURKET, C. J ..
Jacob F. Burket, the present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Perry County, Ohio, March 25, 1837. He was elected to the additional judgeship created by the legislative enactment of 1892. In his younger days he taught school and also followed the carpenter's trade. He commenced the study of law in June, 1859, at the same time teach- ing school during winter months. He was admitted to the bar July 1, 1861, and com- menced the practice of his profession at Ottawa, Ohio, removing to Findlay, Ohio, in April, 1862, forming a partnership with Henry Brown, Esq., which firm was dissolved May 1, 1869, after which he practiced alone until January 1, 1888, when he formed a partnership with his son Harlan F., which firm continued until taking his seat upon the Supreme bench, in February, 1893. As a lawyer he was noted for the clear manner in which he presented his principles upon which his cases were founded, his practice in more recent years being in the line of railroad and corporation law. He devoted some time also to business interests as president and director of the American and National Bank of Findlay, Ohio. Judge Burket has also taken great interest in fraternal societies, being elected Grand Master of the Odd Fellows of Ohio in 1881. He is a member of the American Bar Association and of the Ohio State Bar Association, seldom failing to attend their meetings. Judge Burket was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1897, in which year he was re-elected to succeed himself as a member of the court and again be- came Chief Justice in July 1902 on the death of Chief Justice Marshal J. Williams.
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WILLIAM T. SPEAR.
William T. Spear, a present member of the Supreme Court, was born June 3, 1834, in Warren, Ohio, from whence came several of Ohio's distinguished judges. His father, Edward Spear, also a judge, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent ; his mother, whose lineage is traced back to colonial times, came from Norwich, Connecticut. His parents came to Ohio, settling at Warren in the year of 1819.
Mr. Spear received a common school education in the excellent union schools of Ohio, supplemented by a most valuable experience a the printer's trade. After serving an ap- prenticeship upon the "Trumbull Whig and Transcript," published at Warren, he went to New York City, where he was employed in the office of the New York "Herald," and thereafter became a compositor, and later a proofreader, in the publishing house of the Appletons.
The value of the practical lessons thus derived, laying as they did a solid foundation for important duties which he was called upon to perform in after life, can hardly be esti- mated. Perhaps no pursuit quickens the power of conception more than the craft of the printer, and especially has the experience herein outlined been of service to the judge in the preparation of judicial opinions. Says one distinguished in the craft: "Herne has uttered a sneer at the husk and shell of learning, but the best bread is made from the whole meal, and includes the 'shorts' and the 'middlings' as well as the fine flour. If every lawyer, physician, and clergyman were to spend six months at the 'case' before en- tering upon his profession, he would find, even in that short time of labor, a useful and fitting preparation for such literary tasks as may afterwards devolve upon him."
The young printer appreciated his calling, but growing tired of the confinement of the printing office, and having imbibed an ambition for the law, he returned to Warren, and at once began to learn something of the practical side of the profession of his choice, by service as deputy clerk of the Probate and Common Pleas Courts of Trumbull County. He served in these capacities for several years, devoting his spare hours, in the meantime, to the study of the law under the direction of Hon. Jacob D. Cox, since Governor of Ohio, but then of the Trumbull County Bar, now Dean of the Cincinnati Law School, and Father of many lawyers. This preparation was followed by a course in Harvard Law School, where Mr. Spear was graduated in 1859. Being thus equipped by reason of his practical theoretical training, and ready to enter the field of contest, and having returned to Warren, where he was admitted to the bar of Ohio, he at once became a member of the firm of Cox & Ratliff. Later he was associated in practice with Hon. John C. Hutchins, now of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County. In 1871 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Trumbull County, serving two terms, and solicitor of his native city for two terms; and for several years he was engaged in the practice with C. A. Harrington, Esq., the firm enjoying a lucrative business. Soon after laying down the duties of those minor positions, Mr. Spear was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the duties of which office he entered upon in 1898. He was re-elected at the expira- tion of his first term, but did not complete the second term, because of his election to the Supreme Court, which occurred in 1885. He has since been three times elected to succeed himself as a member of the Supreme Court, and in 1892 and 1897 was Chief Justice.
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WILLIAM Z. DAVIS.
William Z. Davis was born in the village of Loydsville, Belmont County, Ohio, June 10, 1839. He is of Virginia descent. His father, Dr Bashford Washington Davis, was a native of Loudon County, Virginia, and descendant of the revolutionary stock in the Old Dominion. The late Dr. John Davis, an eminent physician and surgeon of Dayton, was his uncle. His mother nee Miss Harriet Hatcher of Belmont County, was also a member of a Virginia family. He was educated in the public schools and in private academy ; has been a life-long student and was for many years a member of the American Microscopical So- ety, withdrawing only because pressure of business duties interfered with scientific experi- ment; served out a three months' enlistment in the 4th Ohio Regiment, during the civil war; and afterwards served in the 96th Ohio Regiment, until physically dsabled and hon- orably discharged during the Vicksburgh Campaign ; in the meantime was admitted to the bar ; and after coming out of the military service, and upon regaining his health he enter- ed upon the practice of the law ; almost from the beginning was recognized as a leader at the bar, and enjoyed a large practice, extending into all the state and federal courts. The suggestion of his name for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio was received with remarkable enthusiasm by lawyers of all political parties throughout the state; was nomnated by the Republican party in June, 1899, as its candidate for that office, and was elected in November of that year, up to which time he had never held an elective office. On the 10th day of January, 1900, he was appointed by Governor Nash to fill a vacancy on the Supreme bench caused by the resignation of Judge Joseph P. Bradbury, who had resigned the day before ; on February 9, 1900, he entered upon the regular term for which he had been elected in the preceding November.
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JOHN A. SHAUCK.
John A. Shauck was born on a farm near Johnsville, Richland County, Ohio, March 26, 1841 ; descendant from German stock; ancestors on bis father's side emigrating from the fatherland and settling in America before the American Revolution. He obtained his early education in a private school and the public schools of Johnsville. In 1866 he graduated in the classical course from Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. He attended the law school of the University of Michigan, graduating from the same in 1867. He entered upon the general practice of the law at Dayton, Ohio, continuing the same until 1884, when he was elected upon the Republican ticket to the Second Circuit Court. He was re-elected Judge of the Circuit Court in 1889. At the Republcan Convention held in Columbus, June 1894, Judge Shauck was nominated for the office of Supreme Judge. He was elected in the following fall and took his seat February 9, 1895, to serve for a full term of six years. Judge Shauck was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1900, during which year he was re-elected for the full term of six years ending February 9, 1907.
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