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Judge Caldwell also resigned in the December term of 1854, and was succeeded by William Kennon, of Belmont County, who was ap- pointed to fill the vacancy and then elected at the October election, 1854, to succeed himself.
The court for the year 1854 consisted of Judges Caldwell, Ran- ney, Corwin, Bartley, and Thurman, until the second division of the 41 B. A.
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December term; and of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thurman, Warden, and Kennon, from that time until February 9, 1855.
1855-1856. Judge Swan took his seat on the bench as the suc- cessor of Judge Warden and Judge Corwin (as explained above) on the 9th day of February, 1855, the court consisting of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thurman, Kennon, and Swan.
1856. Judge Kennon served to the adjourned session in March, 1856, as did Judge Thurman; the terms of each expiring at that time. They were succeeded by Judges Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Richland Coun- ty, and Charles C. Convers, of Muskingum County, who had been elect- ed the previous October. Judge Convers resigned in May on account of ill health, never having taken his seat on the bench; he was suc- ceeded by Ozias Bowen, of Marion County, who was appointed to fill the vacancy and elected to succeed himself in October following.
The court from February 9 to May 15, consisted of Judges Ran- ney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Convers; and from May 15 to February 9, 1857, of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Bowen.
1857. Josiah Scott, of Butler County, was elected to succeed Judge R. Ranney, in October, 1856, and took his seat February 15, 1857, the court being composed of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinker- hoff, Bowen and Scott.
1858. Milton Sutliff, of Trumbull County, was elected in Oc- tober, 1857, to succeed Judge Bowen, and took his seat February 9, 1858, the court consisting of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, and Sutliff.
1859. William V. Peck, of Scioto County, was elected in Octo- ber, 1858, to succeed Judge Bartley, and took his seat February 9, 1859, the court consisting of Judges Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sut- liff, and Peck.
Judge Swan, then Chief Justice, resigned in November, and Wil- liam Y. Gholson, of Hamilton County, who had been elected in Octo- ber to a seat in the court, was appointed to succeed him. He took his seat November 8, and entered on his regular term the 9th of February, 1860.
The members of the court from November, 1859, to February, 1863, were Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sutliff, Peck, and Gholson.
Judge Brinkerhoff was re-elected in 1860, and Judge Scott was re-elected in 1861.
1863. Ex-Judge Rufus P. Ranney was elected in October, 1862, to succeed Judge Sutliff, and took his seat on the 9th day of February, 1863 ; the court from this date to December 12th consisting of Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Peck, Gholson, and Ranney.
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On the 11th of December, 1863, Judge Gholson resigned, and Horace Wilder, of Ashtabula County, was appointed for his unexpired term. Judge Wilder was elected to succeed himself in October, 1864. Hocking Hunter, of Fairfield County, was elected to succeed Judge Peck in October, 1863, and took his seat on February 9, 1864, only to resign the same day.
William White, of Clark County, was appointed to the vacancy oc- casioned by the resignation of Judge Hunter, and was elected in Octo- ber, 1864, for the unexpired term.
Luther Day, of Portage County, was elected in October, 1864, to succeed Judge Wilder, and took his seat February 9, 1865.
The membership of the court during the years 1863-1865, was therefore:
December 12, 1863, to February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Peck, Ranney, and Wilder.
February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder and Hunter.
February 10, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder, and White.
February 9, 1865: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, White and Day.
Judge Ranney resigned on the 23d of February, 1865, and his suc- cessor was appointed in the person of John Welch, of Athens County, who was elected in October following for the unexpired term.
February 23, 1865, to February 9, 1871, the court was composed of Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, White, Day and Welch.
February 9, 1871. George W. McIlvaine, of Tuscarawas Coun- ty, who had been elected in October to succeed Judge Brinkerhoff, came upon the bench and the court was thus composed of Judges Scott, Welch, White, Day and McIlvaine.
February 9, 1872. William H. West, of Logan County, elected to succeed Judge Scott, came upon the bench, the court then consisting of Judges Welch, White, Day, McIlvaine, and West.
Judge West resigned in 1873 and was succeeded by Walter F. Stone, of Erie County, who was appointed by the Governor, and elected in October to fill the unexpired term. He in turn resigned in Sep- tember, 1874, and was succeeded by George Rex, of Wayne County, who was appointed by the Governor, and then elected by the people to fill the unexpired term of Judge West.
The re-election of Judge Welch in October, 1872, of Judge White in October, 1873, and the election of William J. Gillmore, of Preble County, to succeed Judge Day in October, 1874, led to the following changes in the personnel of the court in the years named :
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In 1873 the court was composed of Judges White, Day, McIlvaine, West, Stone and Welch.
In 1874 of Judges Day, McIlvaine, Stone, Rex, Welch, and White.
In 1875 of Judges McIlvaine, Rex, Welch, White, and Gillmore.
In 1876 of Judges Rex, Welch, White, Gillmore, and McIlvaine. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1875.
In October, 1876, W. W. Boynton, of Lorain County, was elected to succeed Judge Rex, and took his seat February 9, 1877, and in Oc- tober, 1877, John W. Okey, of Franklin County, was elected to suc- ceed Judge Welch.
Judge White was re-elected in October, 1878, and in the following year William W. Johnston, of Lawrence County, was elected to suc- ceed Judge Gillmore. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1880, and in November, 1881, Judge Boynton resigned, the Governor appointing as his successor for the unexpired term until the next Feb- ruary, Nicholas Longworth, of Hamilton County, who had been elect- ed for the full term of five years, a month before the resignation of Judge Boynton.
The personnel of the court from February 9, 1877, to February 9, 1882, was as follows :
February 9, 1877-1878: Judges Welch, White, Gillmore, McIl- vaine, and Boynton.
February 9, 1878-1879: Judges White, Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boynton, and Okey.
February 9, 1879-1880 : Judges Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey and White.
February 9, 1880-1881: Judges McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey,
White, and Johnson.
February 9, 1881-1882 : Judges Boynton (Longworth), Okey, White, Johnson, and McIlvaine.
February 9, 1882-1883 : Judges Okey, White, Johnson, McIl- vaine, and Longworth.
Judge Okey was re-elected in October, 1882, but the resignation of Judge Longworth and the death of Judge White, both occurring in March, 1883, created a number of changes in the court in that year. John H. Doyle, of Lucas County, was appointed by the Governor to suc- ceed Judge Longworth, and took his seat in the court on the 10th day of March. Martin D. Follett, of Washington County, was, however, elected to fill the vacancy in October, and qualified on the 8th day of December, Judge Doyle retiring. Judge White, who had served in the court for over 19 years, died on the 12th day of March in the same year, and William H. Upson, of Summit County, was appointed by the
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Governor as his successor. He took his seat on the 14th of March, but Selwyn N. Owen, of Williams County, having been elected in October for the unexpired term, qualified on the 8th of December, Judge Up- son retiring.
The court during this year (1883) was composed of the following membership :
February 9, to March 9: Judges White, Johnson, McIlvaine, Longworth and Okey.
March 10 to March 12: Judges White, Johnston, McIlvaine, Doyle, and Okey.
March 14 to December 7: Judges Upson, Johnson, McIlvaine, Doyle, and Okey.
December 8 to February 9, 1884: Judges Owen, Johnston, Mc- Ilvaine, Follett, and Okey.
February 9, 1884, to February 9, 1885: Judges Johnson, Mc- Ilvaine, Okey, Foileti, and Owen.
February 9, to July 25, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Okey, Follett, Owen, and Johnson (re-elected).
August 20 to December 15, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Atherton, Follett, Owen, and Johnson.
December 16, 1885, to February 9, 1886 : Judges McIlvaine, Fol- lett, Spear, Owen and Johnson.
The death of Judge Okey on the 25th day of July, 1885, created a vacancy in the court which was filled by the appointment of Gibson Atherton, of Licking County, who took his seat on the 20th day of Aug- ust. The October elections resulted in the election of William T. Spear, of Trumbull County, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Okey, and he qualified and took his seat on the 16th day of December, Judge Atherton retiring. At the same election Thaddeus A. Minshall, of Ross County, was elected for the full term of five years to succeed Judge McIlvaine, and these two members of the court have, by re- peated re-elections by the people, been continued on the bench of the Supreme Court to the present time. Judge Johnson resigned No- vember 9, 1886, and Franklin J. Dickman, of Cuyahoga County, was appointed to fill the vacancy until the next general election. He took his seat November 16. In October previous, Marshall J. Williams, of Fayette County, was elected to succeed Judge Follett. In 1887 Judge Spear was re-elected for a full term and in 1888 Joseph P. Bradbury, of Gallia County, was elected to succeed Judge Owen. Judge Dickman was re-elected in 1889, Judge Minshall was re-elected in 1890 and Judge Williams in 1891. In the elections of 1892, under a new law, by which the membership of the court was increased from five mem- bers to six, and the terms of office from five years to six, two members
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of the court were elected in the persons of Judge Spear for the long term of six years and Jacob F. Burket, of Hancock County, for five years. Judge Bradbury was re-elected in 1893; John A. Shauck, of Montgomery County, was elected in October, 1894, to succeed Judge Dickman. From 1894 to 1899 the sitting judges were re-elected to succeed themselves without exception, and consequently no changes oc- curred in the personnel of the court. In November, 1899, William Z. Davis, of Marion County, was elected to succeed Judge Bradbury, who resigned January 10, 1900, a month before the expiration of his term. Judge-elect Davis was appointed to succeed him, and thus went on the bench a month earlier than the time for which he had been elected. In November, 1900, Judge Shauck was re-elected and entered on his present term February 9, 1901. In November, 1901, James L. Price, of Allen county, Chief Justice of the Circuit Courts of Ohio, was elected to the Supreme Court to succeed Judge Minshall, and took his seat February 9, 1902. Chief Justice Williams died in July, 1902, and on the 19th of the month Governor Nash appointed Judge William B. Crew of Morgan county, to the vacancy, who immediately took his seat and was in November, 1902, elected to succeed himself. The per- sonnel of the Supreme Court of Ohio for the period between February 9, 1886, and February 9, 1901, was therefore:
February 9, to November 9, 1886: Judges Owen, C. J. Follett, Spear, Johnson, and Minshall.
November 10, 1886, to February 9, 1887: Judges Owen, C. J. Follett, Dickman, Spear and Minshall.
February 9, 1887, to February 9, 1888 : Judges Owen, C. J. Dick- man, Spear, Minshall, and Williams.
February 9, 1888, to February 9, 1889 : Judges Owen, C. J. Dick- man, Minshall, Spear and Williams.
February 9, 1899, to February 9, 1890: Judges Minshall, C. J. Dickman, Spear, Williams and Bradbury.
February 9, 1890, to February 9, 1891: Judges Minshall, C. J. Williams, Spear, Bradbury, and Dickman.
February 9, 1891, to February 9, 1892: Judges Williams, C. J. Spear, Bradbury, Dickman and Minshall.
February 9, 1892, to February 9, 1893: Judges Spear, C. J., Bradbury, Dickman, Minshall and Williams.
February 9, 1893, to February 9, 1894: Judges Bradbury, C. J., Dickman, Minshall, Williams, Burket, and Spear.
February 9, 1894, to February 9, 1895: Judges Dickman, C. J., Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear, and Bradbury.
February 9, 1895, to February 9, 1896: Judges Minshall, C. J., Williams, Burket, Spear, Bradbury and Shauck.
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February 9, 1896, to February 9, 1897 : Judges Williams, C. J., Burket, Spear, Bradbury, Shauck, and Minshall.
February 9, 1897, to February 9, 1898 : Judges Burket, C. J., Spear, Bradbury, Shauck, Minshall, and Williams.
February 9, 1898, to February 9, 1899 : Judges Spear, C. J., Bradbury, Shauck, Minshall, Williams, and Burket.
February 9, 1899, to January 10, 1900: Judges Bradbury, C. J., Shauck, Minshall, Williams, Burket, and Spear.
January 10, 1900, to February 9, 1900: Judges Shauck, C. J., Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear and Davis (by appointment).
February 9, 1900, to February 9, 1901: Judges Shauck, C. J., Minshall, Williams, Burket, Spear, and Davis (by election).
February 9, 1901, to February 9, 1902 : Judges Minshall, C. J., Williams, Burket, Spear, Davis and Shauck.
February 9, to July 7, 1902: Judges Williams, C. J., Burket, Spear, Davis, Shauck and Price.
August 21 to date of publication : Judges Burket, C. J., Spear, Davis, Shauck, Price and Crew.
THE SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONS.
T HE power of the General Assembly to assist in disposing of the work before the Supreme Court of Ohio by the formation of "Supreme Court Commissions" (Section 21, Article IV), has been invoked twice since the adoption of the present Constitution of Ohio. The appointment of the members of this commission has been vested in the Governor in both instances.
THE COMMISSION OF 1876.
On the 2d day of February, 1876, the Governor appointed as such Supreme Court Commission, to serve for three years, Josiah Scott, of Crawford County; William W. Johnson, of Lawrence County; D. Thew Wright, of Hamilton County; Richard A. Harrison, of Frank- lin County ; Henry C. Whitman, of Hamilton County; and Luther Day, of Portage County. Mr. Harrison refused to accept the appoint- ment and Thomas Q. Ashburn, of Clermont County, was appointed in his stead, and took his seat on the bench on the 16th of March, 1878.
This commission sat until the 2d day of February, 1879, as an auxiliary to the Supreme Court, and assisted in bringing up the docket which had fallen far behind the reasonable time for trial.
THE COMMISSION OF 1883.
In 1883, the Governor again appointed a commission of five mem- bers under an enabling act of the General Assembly, and this commis- sion began its work on the 17th day of April, 1883, and continued on the bench for the period of two years. The commission of 1883 consisted of Moses M. Granger, of Muskingum County, C. J., Geo. K. Nash, of Franklin County; Franklin J. Dickman of Cuyahoga Coun- ty ; Charles D. Martin, of Fairfield County ; and John McCauley, of Seneca County. This commission adjourned April 16, 1885.
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THE SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY.
MARSHAL OF THE SUPREME COURT AND LAW LIBRARIAN.
F RANK NELLIS BEEBE was born in Columbus, Ohio, January 12, 1850. The Beebe family is of Scotch descent; the great- grandparents of Frank having moved to this country in colonial times. Thomas Beebe, Frank's great-grandfather, was born Septem- ber 7, 1743, and on June 19, 1767, was married to Olive Hall. Thom- as Beebe died February 24, 1792. During the Revolutionary war Thomas Beebe was an ensign in Captain Hall's 6th company of Col- onel Nitbeck's regiment (Kinderhook District) of Albany (N. Y.) county militia. Thomas Beebe was the father of twelve children. The seventh, Joseph, was born February 23, 1778, and was married to Lydia Leroy, April 21, 1798. Joseph Beebe died September 2, 1864. He was the father of eleven children. The eighth, James Henry, was born Jan- uary 29, 1818. James Henry was married to Elizabeth Knapp, No- vember 30, 1848. James Henry died July 12, 1880, leaving four children, the eldest of which, Frank Nellis, is the subject of this sketch.
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The parents of Frank Nellis Beebe resided near Rochester, N. Y., whence they moved to the "west" (Columbus, Ohio), in 1849. Frank received a fair education in the public schools of his native city, and at the early age of sixteen was ushered into his life work as Assistant Law Librarian in the Ohio State Law Library. This service began February 11, 1866, his father being then the Librarian. He contin- ued as Assistant Librarian until the death of his father, July 12, 1880, when he became Librarian, which position he still holds, being now in the thirty-sixth year of his service in connection with the Library, which is ample evidence of his unusual fitness for the office and the faithfulness with which he has discharged its duties. Mr. Beebe read law and was admitted to the bar January 28, 1875. He compiled and published a volume of "Corrections of errors found in the citations of authorities in the Ohio Reports, including the twenty volumes Ohio Reports and forty volumes of Ohio State Reports." Later, in 1886, he compiled and edited a large volume of "Ohio Citations" with a table of cases contained in all the Ohio Reports, alphabetically arranged ; also table of cases cited, followed, explained, distinguished and re- versed by the Supreme Court of Ohio. This extensive work was pub- lished by Robert Clark & Co., of Cincinnati, and evidences the pains- taking and patient labor and accurate knowledge of the editor. Prob- ably Mr. Beebe has not his superior in acquaintance with the bibliog- raphy of the law, and his long experience in his position has given him great and valuable familiarity with the titles and subjects of almost countless legal publications.
In his younger days he was a most accomplished musician and for several years served as organist in the leading churches of Colum- bus. Mr. Beebe, from early boyhood, displayed great mechanical ability and is the inventor of several devices, some of which have been patented. A sketch of Mr. Beebe would be incomplete without mention of his fame as a most devoted disciple of Izaak Walton, and few equal him as an adept in the fisherman's art, being one of the most success- ful fly-fishermen of the famous Castalia Trout Club, of which he has been a director. A great lover of nature, he is an enthusiastic canoe- ist and fond of outdoor life and sports. Frank was married February 14, 1871, to Eliza C. Dungan of London, O., and they have two sons, Stephen Watson, and John Dungan.
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ROSTER OF THE SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY, Sept. 1, 1902.
Name.
Office.
Term of Service.
Frank N. Beebe
.
Marshal and Librarian
Three years.
E. Howard Gilkey
Bookkeeper and Asst Lib'n ..
Pleasure of the Court.
John William Shaw
Assistant Librarian
Pleasure of the Court.
Charles C. Barrows
Messenger
Pleasure of the Court.
ROSTER OF THE SUPREME COURT, Sept. 1, 1902.
Name.
Office.
Term of Service.
Frank N. Beebe
Marshal and Librarian
Three Years. Pleasure of the Court.
A. W. Buckmaster
Ist Deputy Marshal
Sherman A. Cuneo
2d Deputy Marshal
Pleasure of the Court.
Frank I. Brown
Stenographer Ist Div.
Three Years.
Fred H. Wolf
Stenographer, 2d Div.
Three Years.
Louis McCallister
3d Deputy Marshal
Pleasure of the Court.
THE SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY.
The law books forming a part of the State Library were taken to the rooms assigned for the use of the Supreme Court and Law Library in the present Capitol building as soon as said rooms were ready for occupancy. There is no data obtainable showing just when this change was made, but it was about 1858. At this time the number of volumes could not have exceeded a couple of thousand. In 1866, a count showed about 2,500 volumes. The Library was first in charge of the mes- senger of the Supreme Court, who was assigned the duty of librarian.
At this time there were two officers of the Court-a crier and ยท messenger. Owing to the illness of the messenger during the greater portion of the year of his service, the crier of the court acted as libra- rian, and furnished an assistant who was compensated under an ar- rangement with the messenger. In 1867, an act was passed providing for the appointment of a law librarian, taking effect February 9, 1867, and the positions of crier and messenger of the Supreme Court were abolished, the law librarian being made ex-officio crier of the court, said crier to furnish an assistant.
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For a number of years the listing of the volumes being added to the Law Library were taken as part of the State Library, and the State Library figures given of the number of the volumes enrolled included all those which had been set apart as the Law Library of the Supreme Court and additions thereto. This was discontinued early in the sev- enties, and the first record kept, showing additions to the Law Library were made in 1873. From this time on more attention was given the subject of books, and in 1875 the library had grown to nearly four thousand volumes. In 1880, when the first catalogue was made, the library contained about seven thousand five hundred volumes, and at the time of this writing (March 1, 1901) the library counts out a little over twenty thousand volumes.
The first Messenger and Librarian was Richard Riordan, who served about two years. He was succeeded by Herman Ruess, in 1860, who served until February 11, 1866. James H. Beebe was Acting Crier of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Supreme Court April 6, 1865, and reappointed February 11, 1866, at which time he took charge substantially of the Law Library. On February 16, 1867, a law was passed creating the office of Law Librarian, who, ex-officio, should be the crier of the court. James H. Beebe served in this capacity until his death, July 12, 1880. Frank N. Beebe, who had been serving as an assistant to his father, was appointed Law Librarian, and succeeded his father in charge of the department, July 13, 1880, and has served con- tinuously up to the present time.
NAMES OF LIBRARIANS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Richard Riordan
1858 to 1860.
Herman Ruess
*James H. Beebe
1860 to February 11, 1866. February 11, 1866, to July 12, 1880.
Frank N. Beebe
July 13, 1880-Incumbent.
*Died July 12, 1880.
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NAMES OF ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Frank N. Beebe
S. A. Decker
James M. Bell
Geo. A. Bateson
Edgar B. Kinkead
James L. Hampton
Hartzell Caldwell
E. Howard Gilkey
J. W. Shaw
February 11, 1866, to July 12, 1880. July 13, 1880, to August 14, 1881. August 15, 1881, to January 14, 1885. January 15, 1885, to March 31, 1888. April 1, 1888, to February 1, 1892. March 1, 1892, to January 14, 1896. ||January 15, 1896, to July 1, 1901. July 1, 1901-Incumbent. ..
Oct. 1, 1901-Incumbent.
||Elected First Deputy Marshal.
NAMES OF DEPUTY MARSHALS.
Name.
Term of Service.
Hartzell Caldwell A. W. Buckmaster Sherman A. Cuneo
July 1, 1901, to August 1, 1902. Oct. 1, 1901-Incumbent. Aug. 1, 1902-Incumbent.
THE REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT.
E MILIUS O. RANDALL, born 1850, in Richfield, Summit coun- ty, son of Harriet Newton Oviatt and David Austin Randall. Three great-grandfathers fought for American independence in the Revolution. Attended public schools, Columbus, O. Prepared for college, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. (1869-70). Graduated Ph. B. Cornell University (1874). Graduate course in history and literature (two years) Cornell and Europe. Graduate in College of Law, LL. B. and LL. M., Ohio State University (1892). Admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio (1890). Professor and lec- turer in law, O. S. U., since 1894. Official Reporter of the Supreme Court since 1895. ' Edited and published fifteen volumes decisions of the court. Trustee Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Secretary since 1893. Edited and published eight volumes of the Society's historical publications. Editor Society's Quarterly. Asso- ciate Editor "Bench and Bar of Ohio" (1897). Author "History of the Zoar Society, a Sociological Study," and many pamphlets and monographs in literary and historical subjects. Public lecturer and speaker. President Columbus Board of Trade (1887). Member Columbus Board of Education (1888-91). Trustee Columbus Pub- lic Library since 1885. Member American Historical Association ; Society of American Authors; American Bar Association; American Library Association; Society of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion ; (President State Society, 1901), Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio State Library Association; (Vice-President, 1900.).
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