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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1813-1814. . .
13th
James Kilbourne
1815-1816. .
14th
1817-1818. .
15th
Philemon Beecher
1819-1820. ..
16th
1821-1822. .
17th
Joseph Vance
1823-1824. . .
18th
John W. Campbell
1825-1826. ..
19th
1827-1828. .
20th
William Russell
66
1829-1830. .
21st
66
66
1831-1832. .
22d
66
1833-1834. .
23d
Thomas L. Hamer
Brown. 6€
1835-1836.
24th
66
1839-1840.
26th
William Doane
Clermont.
1841-1842. .
27th
66
1843-1844. .
28th
Emery D. Potter
1845-1846. .
29th
William Sawyer 66
Lucas. Mercer. 66
1851-1852. .
32d
Alfred P. Edgerton
1853-1854.
33d
1855-1856. .
34th
Richard Mott
Lucas.
1859-1860.
36th
James M. Ashley
1861-1862. .
37th
1863-1864.
38th
Francis C. LeBlond
Mercer.
1865-1866.
39th
1867-1868.
40th
William Mungen 66
Hancock.
1869-1870.
41st
1871-1872.
42d
Charles N. Lamison
1873-1874.
43d
1875-1876.
44th
Americus V. Rice 66
1877-1878. .. 1879-1880.
46th
Benjamin LeFevre
Shelby.
1881-1882. .
47th
1883-1884. .
48th
George E. Seney
1885-1886. .
49th
Benjamin LeFevre
1887-1888.
50th
George E. Seney® 66
1889-1890. : 1891-1892. .
52d
Ferd. C. Layton
1893-1894. .
53d
Dennis D. Donovan
1895-1896. .
54th
Francis B. DeWitt
1897-1898. .
55th
David Meekison
1899-1900. ..
56th
1901-1902. .
57th
John S. Snook
Paulding.
Franklin. 66 Fairfield. 66 Champaign. Adams.
1837-1838. .
25th
1847-1848. .
30th
1849-1850.
31st
Emery D. Potter
Lucas. Defiance.
1857-1858.
35th
66
Allen. Putnam.
45th
Seneca. Shelby. Seneca.
51st
Auglaize. Henry. Paulding. Henry.
1
66
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Highland and Warren.
CHARLES Q. HILDEBRANT, WILMINGTON, OHIO.
CHARLES Q. HILDEBRANT, Republican, of this district in the House of Repre- sentatives, was born October 17, 1864; was educated in the Public Schools and was a short time at the Ohio State University; elected Clerk of Courts of Clinton County in 1890; re-elected in 1893, and again in 1896; elected a member of the 57th Congress in November, 1900; married Adda J. Hains October 14, 1886, and have three children.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1813-1814. . .
13th
John S. Edwards
Rezin Beall
David Clendenen
1815-1816.
14th
1817-1818. .
15th
1819-1820. .
16th
1821-1822.
17th
1823-1824.
18th
1825-1826 ..
19th
John Thompson
William Creighton, Jr.
Ross.
1827-1828. .
20th
1829-1830
21st
1831-1832.
22d
1833-1834. .
23d
1835-1836.
24th
1837-1838. .
25th
Calvary Morris 66
Athens.
1839-1840 ..
26th
1841-1842.
27th
1843-1844. .
28th
1845-1846. .
29th
1847-1848.
30th
Rudolphus Dickenson
Sandusky.
1849-1850
31st
John Bell
1851-1852.
32d
Frederick W. Green
1853-1854. .
33d
Andrew Ellison
1855-1856.
34th
Jonas R. Emrie
1857-1858.
35th
Joseph R. Cockerill
1859-1860
36th
William Howard
Brown.
1863-1864. .
38th
1865-1866. 1 39th
1867-1868.
40th
1869-1870.
41st
John A. Smith 66
Highland.
1871-1872.
42d
1873-1874. . .
1 43d
Isaac R. Sherwood
Williams. Lucas.
1875-1876. . 1877-1878. 1
45th
Jacob D. Cox
1879-1880.
46th
William D. Hill
1881-1882. 1 47th
James M. Ritchie
1883-1884. . . |
48th
William D. Hill.
1885-1886.
/ 49th
1887-1888.
1 50th
M. M. Boothman
Williams.
1889-1890. . | 51st
1891-1892. .
52d
Denis D. Donovan George W. Hulick
Henry. Clermont.
1895-1896 54th
1897-1898. .. | 55th
Seth W. Brown "
Warren.
1899-1900. { 56th
1901-1902. / 57th
Charles Q. Hildebrant
Clinton.
Trumbull. Wayne. Trumbull.
Geauga. Wayne.
Duncan McArthur
Ross. Columbiana.
Francis Muhlenburg
William Creighton, Jr.
Pickaway. Ross. "
Samuel F. Vinton
Gallia. 60
66
66 Seneca.
Henry St. John
Amos E. Wood
Seneca. Brown. Highland. Adams. Clermont.
1861-1862. 1 37th
Chilton A. White
Reader W. Clark
Clermont. "
1 44th
Frank H. Hurd
Defiance. Lucas. Defiance. "
1893-1894. 53d
6
Peter Hitchcock
John Sloar
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Clark, Fayette, Madison, Miami and Pickaway.
THOMAS B. KYLE. TROY, OHIO.
THOMAS B. KYLE, Republican, of Troy, was born in Troy, Ohio, March 10, 1856, and has lived there all his life; is the son of Lieutenant Barton S. Kyle, of the 71st O. V. I., who was killed at the battle of Shiloh, August 6, 1862; was ad- mitted to the practice of law in June, 1884; was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Miami County, 1890, and again in 1893, serving two full terms; graduated in the Public Schools of Troy in 1873, and attended Dartmouth College, being a member of the class of 1881; was married at LeGrand, Iowa, December, 1883, to Lettie E. Benedict, and have two children.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
١٠
1823-1824. ..
18th
Samuel F. Vinton
Gallia.
1825-1826. . .
19th
1827-1828.
20th
1829-1830.
21st
1831-1832. .
22d
1833-1834.
23d
William Allen
Ross.
1835-1836.
24th
William Key Bond
1837-1838. .
25th
1839-1840. .
26th
William Russell
1843-1844.
28th
Joseph J. McDowell
1845-1846.
29th
1847-1848. .
30th
Thomas L. Hamer
Brown. Clermont.
1849-1850. .
31st
1851-1852.
32d
Nelson Barrare
1853-1854. .
33d
Aaron Harlan
1855-1856.
34th
1857-1858.
35th
1859-1860. . .
36th
Thomas Corwin
Warren.
1861-1862.
37th
Richard A. Harrison
1863-1864. .
38th
Samuel S. Cox
1865-1866.
39th
Samuel Sholabarger "
1869-1870.
41st
James J. Winans
1871-1872. . . .
42d
Samuel Shellabarger
1873-1874. .
43d
Lawrence T. Neal
1875-1876. . .
44th
1877-1878. 1
45th
Henry L. Dickey
1879-1880. .
46th
Frank H. Hurd
1881-1882 ..
47th
John P. Leedom
1883-1884.
48th -
Henry L. Morey
Adams. Butler.
1885-1886.
49th
George E. Seney
1887-1888. . .
/ 50th
James E. Campbell
1889-1890. .
| 51st
Henry L. Morey
1891-1892. ..
52d
William E. Haynes
1893-1894. ..
53d
George W. Wilson
1895-1896 . . . |. 54th
1897-1898. . .
55th
Walter L. Weaver
Clark. 66
1899-1900. . . | 56th
1901-1902. . . 1
| 57th
Thomas B. Kyle
Miami.
1841-1842. .
27th
"
Adams. Highland.
Jonathan D. Morris 66
Adams. Greene.
"
1867-1868.
40th
Madison. Franklin. Clark. " Greene. Clark. Ross. . " Highland. Lucas.
James E. Campbell
Seneca. Butler. 66 Sandusky. Madison.
EIGHTH DISTRICT. Counties-Champaign, Delaware, Hancock, Hardin, Logan and Union.
WILLIAM R. WARNOCK. URBANA, OHIO.
WILLIAM R. WARNOCK, Republican, of Urbana, is the son of Rev. Daniel and Sarah Hitt Warnock; was born at Urbana, Ohio, August 29, 1838; by teaching and other employment he secured an education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Dela- ware, Ohio, where he graduated in July, 1861; he recruited a company and was com- missioned as Captain and with his company was assigned to the 95th Regiment, O. V. I., in July, 1862; after one year's service he was made Major of the regiment and for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15 and 16, 1864, was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel and was detailed as Chief of Staff for the Eastern District of Mississippi, in which position he served until August, 1865, when he was mustered out of the service; during the three years and two months of his service he was never absent from his regiment, except on one short leave of twenty days, and participated in every march, skirmish and battle in which his regiment was engaged; at one time while making a charge with his regi- ment he had a horse killed under him and at another time was slightly wounded in the right ear; at the close of the war he returned to Urbana and resumed the study of law and was admitted to practice in May, 1866; in the fall of 1867 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Champaign County, Ohio, and served two terms; in 1875 was elected to represent his district in the Senate of Ohio and served in 1876-7; was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1879, and re-elected in 1884, and served as such Judge from 1879-1889, when he returned to the practice of law; at the November election of 1900 he was elected to represent the Eighth Ohio District in the National Congress; married to Kathryn Murray, August 20, 1868, and have three children.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. . .
18th
William Wilson
Licking.
1825-1826. . .
19th
1827-1828. . .
20th
66
66
1829-1830. . .
21st
William Stanberry
66
1831-1832. .
22d
Jeremiah McLene 66
Franklin. 66
1837-1838. .
25th
Joseph Ridgeway
66
1839-1840. . .
26th
1841-1842. . .
27th
1843-1844. . .
28th
John I. Van Meter
Pike. Ross.
1845-1846. . .
29th
Allen G. Thurman
1847-1848. . .
30th
John L. Taylor 66
66
1849-1850. . .
31st
66
1853-1854. ..
33d
Moses B. Corwin ..
1855-1856. ..
34th
Benjamin Stanton
1857-1858 ...
35th
1859-1860. ..
36th
66
1861-1862 .. .
37th
Samuel Shellabarger
1863-1864. . .
38th
William Johnson
1865-1866. . .
39th
James R. Hubbell
1867-1868. . .
40th
Cornelius S. Hamilton
1869-1870. . .
41st
John Beatty
1871-1872. . .
42d
66
1873-1874. . .
43d
William Lawrence
Logan.
1875-1876.
44th
1877-1878. . .
45th
J. Warren Keifer
1879-1880. . .
46th
Ebenezer B. Finley
1881-1882. . .
47th
J. Warren Keifer
1883-1884. ..
48th
1885-1886. . .
49th
John Little
1887-1888. ..
50th
Robert P. Kennedy
1889-1890. . .
51st
1891-1892. . .
52d
D. D. Hare
Wyandot.
1893-1894. ..
53d
Luther M. Strong 66
1895-1896. . .
54th
1897-1898. .
55th
Archibald Lybrand
Delaware.
1899-1900 . ..
56th
1901-1902. .
57th
William R. Warnock
Champaign.
.
.
Clark. Richland. Delaware. Union. Morrow. 66
1851-1852. . .
32d
66 Champaign. Logan.
1833-1834. .
23d
1835-1836. ..
24th
66
Clark. Crawford. Clark.
Greene. Logan.
NINTH DISTRICT. Counties-Lucas, Fulton, Ottawa and Wood.
JAMES H. SOUTHARD,
TOLEDO, OHIO.
JAMES HARDING SOUTHARD, Republican, of Toledo, was born on a farm in Washington township, Lucas County, Ohio, January 20, 1851; is the son of Samuel and Charlotte Southard; Samuel Southard came to this country from Devonshire, England, about 1833, and located in Lucas County, where he has since resided; Charlotte Southard came to Lucas County from central New York with her parents at a later date. He attended Hopewell District School, Toledo Public Schools and studied at Adrian, Michigan, and Oberlin, Ohio, preparatory to enter Cornell Uni- versity, where he graduated in 1874; began to study law in 1875 and was admitted to practice in 1877; in 1882 was appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas County; afterwards was twice elected Prosecuting Attorney of said county and served in that office six years; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 21,913 votes to 18,081 for Samuel R. Niece, Democrat, and 16 for David Miley, Union Reform.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. . .
18th
Philemon Beecher
1825-1826. .
19th
"
1827-1828. .
20th
1829-1830.
21st
William W. Irwin
66
1831-1832
22d
66
1833-1834. .
23d
John Chaney
1835-1836.
24th
1837-1838.
25th
1839-1840.
26th
William Medill "
66
1841-1842. .
27th
Elias Florence
Pickaway. 66
1845-1846
29th
Augustus L. Perrill
1847-1848.
30th
Thomas O. Edwards
1849-1850
31st
Edson B. Olds
1851-1852.
32d
1853-1854.
33d
Frederick W. Green
Seneca.
1855-1856. .
34th
Cooper K. Watson
1857-1858
35th
Lawrence W. Hall
1859-1860.
36th
John Carey
1861-1862.
37th
Warren P. Noble
1863-1864.
38th
1865-1866.
39th
Ralph P. Buckland
Sandusky.
1867-1868
40th
66
1869-1870
41st
Edward F. Dickinson
1871-1872. .
42d
Charles Foster
1873-1874. . .
43d
James W. Robinson
1875-1876. .
44th
Early F. Poppleton
1877-1878.
45th
John S. Jones
1879-1880.
46th
George L. Converse
1881-1882.
47th
James S. Robinson "
1883-1884. .
48th
49th
William C. Cooper
1887-1888.
50th
1889-1890.
51st
1891-1892. .
52d
Joseph H. Outhwaite
1893-1894. .
53d
Byron F. Ritchie
1895-1896.
54th
James H. Southard
Lucas.
1897-1898.
55th
66
1899-1900.
56th
66
1901-1902.
57th
66
1843-1844. .
28th
Fairfield. Pickaway.
Crawford. Wyandot. Seneca.
Seneca. Union. Delaware. 66 Franklin. Hardin.
1885-1886
Knox. 66
66
Fairfield.
TENTH DISTRICT. Counties-Adams, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike and Scioto.
STEPHEN A. MORGAN,
OAK HILL, OHIO.
STEPHEN MORGAN, Republican, of Oak Hill, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, January 25, 1854; was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools, at Worthington and Lebanon, Ohio; taught in the Public Schools of Jackson County for a number of years; was School Examiner for nine years and principal of the Oak Hill schools for fifteen years; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, re- ceiving 19,297 votes, 13,769 for Alva Crabtree, Democrat.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE TENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. . .
18th
John Patterson
1825-1826.
19th
Thomas Shannon
1827-1828. .
20th
John Davenport
1829-1830. .
21st
William Kennon 66
1831-1832. .
22d
1833-1834. .
23d
Joseph Vance
1835-1836. .
24th
Samson Mason
1837-1838. .
25th
66
66
1841-1842. .
27th
66
Franklin.
1845-1846.
29th
Columbus 'Delano
1847-1848. . .
30th
Daniel Duncan
1849-1850. .
31st
Charles Sweetzer
1851-1852 ..
32d
1853-1854. ..
33d
John L. Taylor
1855-1856. .
34th
Oscar F. Moore
1857-1858. ..
35th
Joseph Miller
Ross.
1859-1860. .
36th
Carey A. Trimble
1861-1862. .
37th
1863-1864. .
38th
James M. Ashley
1865-1866. .
39th
1867-1868. .
40th
1869-1870.
41st
Erasmus D. Peck
Wood. "
1871-1872. .
42d
1873-1874. . .
43d
Charles Foster
Seneca.
1875-1876.
44th
1877-1878. . .
45th
1879-1880.
46th
Thomas Ewing
1881-1882. .
47th
John B. Rice
1883-1884. .
48th
Frank H. Hurd
1885-1886 . .
49th
Jacob Romeis
1887-1888. .
50th
1889-1890.
51st
William E. Haynes
1891-1892. .
52d
Robert E. Doane
1893-1894. .
53d
Hezekiah S. Bundy
1895-1896.
54th
Lucien J. Fenton
1897-1898.
55th
1899-1900.
56th
Stephen Morgan
Jackson.
1901-1902.
57th
.
Champaign. Clark. 66
1839-1840. .
26th
1843-1844.
28th
Alfred P. Stone
Knox. Licking. Delaware.
Ross. Scioto.
Lucas.
Fairfield. Sandusky. Lucas.
Sandusky. Clinton. Jackson.
767
Belmont.
66
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Perry, Ross and Vinton.
CHARLES H. GROSVENOR, .
ATHENS, OHIO.
CHARLES HENRY GROSVENOR, Republican, of Athens, was born at Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., September 20, 1833; his grandfather was Col. Thomas Gros- venor, of the Second Connecticut Regiment in the Revolution, and his father was Major Peter Grosvenor, who served in the Tenth Connecticut Regiment in the War of 1812; his father carried him from Connecticut to Ohio in May, 1838, but there was no school house near where he settled until he was fourteen years old, when he attended a few terms in a country log school house in Athens County, Ohio; taught school and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857; was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association from its organization for many years; served in the Union Army in the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteers from July, 1861, to November, 1865; was Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers, commanding a brigade at the battle of Nashville, in December, 1864; has held divers township and village offices; was a member of the State House of Representatives of Ohio, 1874-1878, serving as Speaker of the House for two years; was Presidential elector for the Fifteenth District of Ohio in 1872, and was chosen to carry the electoral vote of the state to Washington; was Presi- dential elector at large in 1880; was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home, at Xenia, Ohio, from April, 1880-1888, and President of the Board for five years; was elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty. first, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty- sixth Congress, receiving 19,806 votes to 16,434 for C. E. Peoples, Democrat and 17 for G. W. Dillison, Union Reform.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
1
Name.
County.
1823-1824. .
18th
John C. Wright
Jefferson. 66
1825-1826.
19th
1827-1828. .
20th
66
66
1829-1830. .
21st
Humphrey H. Leavitt 66
66
1831-1832. .
22d
James M. Bell
Guernsey. Belmont. 66
1837-1838. . .
25th
James Alexander, Jr.
1839-1840. . .
26th
Isaac Prish
1841-1842. . .
27th
Benjamin S. Cowan
1843-1844. . .
28th
Jacob Brinkerhoff
1845-1846.
29th
John K. Miller
Knox.
1851-1852. . .
32d
George H. Busby
1853-1854. . .
| 33d
Thomas Ritchey
1855-1856. ..
34th
Valentine B. Horton
1857-1858. . .
35th
1859-1860. . .
36th
Charles D. Martin
1861-1862.
37th
Valentine B. Horton
1863-1864. . .
38th
Wells A. Hutchins
1865-1866. ..
39th
Hezekiah S. Bundy
1867-1868. ..
40th
John T. Wilson
Jackson. Adams. "6
1869-1870. . .
41st
1871-1872. . .
42d
1873-1874. ..
43d
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Jackson. Gallia.
1875-1876 ..
44th
John L. Vance
1877-1878. .
45th
Henry S. Neal
Lawrence.
1879-1880.
46th
Henry L. Dickey
Highland.
1881-1882. .
47th
Henry S. Neal
Lawrence.
1883-1884. .
48th
John W. McCormick
Gallia.
1885-1886. .
49th
W. W. Ellsbury
Brown.
1887-1888.
50th
Albert C. Thompson ..
Scioto.
1889-1890.
51st
1891-1892. .
52d
John M. Pattison
1893-1894. .
53d
Charles H. Grosvenor
1895-1896. . .
54th
"
66
1899-1900. .
56th
16
66
1901-1902.
57th
66
66
1
49 B. A.
Guernsey. Belmont. Richland. 60
1847-1848. . .
30th
1849-1850. . .
31st
Marion. Perry. Meigs.
1833-1834. .
23d
1835-1836. .
24th
William Kennon
Fairfield. Meigs. Scioto. ,
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Clermont. Athens. 66
1897-1898. .
55th
769
TWELFTH DISTRICT. Counties-Franklin and Fairfield.
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EMMETT TOMPKINS. COLUMBUS, OHIO.
EMMETT TOMPKINS, the new member of Congress from the Tenth District, son of Hon. Cydnor B. and Mary Ann (Fouts) Tompkins, attended the public schools of McConnellsville until he reached the age of twelve years, having been taken by his guardian, William Voorhees, who assumed charge of him after the death of his par- ents. After leaving school he pursued a scientific and classical course in the Ohio State University at Athens. Like his distinguished father, he selected the law as his vocation in life, his studies having been pursued in turn under the preceptorship of Judge John Welsh and Hon. C. H. Grosvenor. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and at once began practice in Athens, where, one year later, he was elected City Solicitor, being then in his twenty-third year.
In 1878 Mr. Tompkins was elected Mayor of Athens, which office he resigned a few months prior to the expiration of his term in order to accept the position of Prosecuting Attorney. In this connection his work was so effective and satisfactory that he was re-elected. In 1885 Mr. Tompkins was elected to the State Legislature, and succeeded himself in 1887. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Asy- lums for the Insane and was a member of the Judiciary Committee and of the Com- mittee on Railroads and Telegraphs.
In 1889 in order to broaden the scope of his professional labors, Mr. Tompkins removed to Columbus. He entered into partnership with Frank W. Merrick, under the firm name of Merrick & Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins is popular in business and social circles. In politics he has always been a strong supporter of Republicanism, and in 1900 was the nominee of his party for election to the Congress from the Twelfth Ohio District, and was elected, although the district is Democratic.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. . .
18th
John Sloan
Wayne.
1825-1826. . .
19th
66
1827-1828. . .
20th
1829-1830.
21st
John Thompson
1831-1832.
22d
.
1833-1834. .
23d
Robert Mitchell
1835-1836. . .
24th
Elias Howell
1837-1838. . .
25th
Alexander Harper
1839-1840. ..
26th
Jonathan Taylor
1841-1842. . .
27th
Joshua Mathiot
1845-1846. ..
29th
66
1847-1848. .
30th
66
1849-1850.
31st
1851-1852.
32d
John Welch
1853-1854. . .
33d
Edson B. Olds
1855-1856. .
34th
Samuel Galloway
1857-1858.
35th
Samuel S. Cox
1859-1860. ..
36th
66
1861-1862. .
37th
1863-1864. ..
38th
William E. Finck
Perry. "
1867-1868. ..
40th
Philadelph Van Trump
Fairfield.
1869-1870. ..
41st
1871-1872. ..
42d
1873-1874. ..
43d
Hugh J. Jewett
1875-1876. ..
44th
Ansel T. Walling
1877-1878. .
45th
Thomas Ewing
1879-1880. ..
46th
Henry S. Neal
1881-1882. . .
47th
George L. Converse
1883-1884. . .
48th
Alphonso Hart
1885-1886. . .
49th
A. C. Thompson
Highland. Scioto. Highland.
1889-1890. . .
51st
1891-1892
52d
William H. Enochs
1893-1894. .. 1
53đ
Jos. H. Outhwaite
1895-1896. .
54th
David K. Watson
1897-1898. ..
55th
John J. Lentz
1899-1900. . .
56th
1901-1902. . .
57th
Emmett Thompkins
Muskingum. Licking. Muskingum. Licking. 66 Gallia. 66
1843 .1844. .
28th
Samuel F. Vinton
66 Athens. Pickaway. Franklin.
1865-1866. . .
39th
Franklin. Pickaway. Fairfield. Lawrence. Franklin.
1887-1888. . .
50th
Jacob J. Pugsley 66
1
Lawrence. Franklin.
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66
Columbiana.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Crawford, Erie, Marion, Sandusky, Seneca and Wyandot.
JAMES A. NORTON. TIFFIN, OHIO.
JAMES ALBERT NORTON, Democrat of Tiffin, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, November 11, 1843; his father was a practicing physician and gave his son a thor- ough education, sending him to the Tiffin schools, which ranked among the best in the state; in August, 1861, while only eighteen years of age, he enlisted in the army and was mustered in as Sergeant of Co. K of the One Hundred and First O. V. I., in which company he remained until 1864, when he was promoted to be First Lieu- tenant and Adjutant of the One Hundred and Twenty-third U. S. Colored Infantry, where he served until the close of the war in 1865; engaged in teaching school and resumed the study of medicine in his father's office, which had been interrupted by his enlistment; in 1867 he began the separate practice of his profession and continued therein until 1873, when he was elected by the Democratic party to represent Seneca County in the General Assembly of the state, serving three terms, one of them as Speaker pro tempore of the House; during his terms in the General Assembly he read law with Hon. Geo. Converse, of Columbus, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; in 1885 was appointed Auditor of Seneca County, Ohio, to fill a vacancy and at the ensuing election was elected to the office, which he filled for a third term; in 1890 he received from Governor James E. Campbell the appointment of Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs for the State of Ohio and served in that capacity during Governor Campbell's administration and through a part of the first of Governor William McKinley, resigning to accept a position in the Law Department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, holding this position until he was elected to the Fifty-fifth United States Congress in 1896; in this election he defeated the former occupant of the position, receiving 28,878 votes as against 23,506 Republican, 458 Pop- ulist, and 249 Prohibitionist; he served upon the Committee on Invalid Pensions during this term; in 1898 was re-elected; in the organization of the committees in the Fifty-sixth Congress was placed on the Committee on the District of Colum- bia, in addition to that of Invalid Pensions; in 1900 was again elected to succeed himself ; his son Albert L. Norton is now a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824. . .
18th
Elisha Whittlesey
Trumbull.
1825-1826. .
19th
1827-1828.
20th
1829-1830.
21st
66
1831-1832. .
22d
...
1833-1834.
23d
David Spangler
Coshocton.
1835-1836. .
24th
1837-1838. .
25th
Daniel F. Leadbetter
Holmes. 66
1841-1842. .
27th
James Matthews
1843-1844. . .
28th
Perley B. Johnson
1845-1846.
29th
Isaac Parrish
Guernsey.
1847-1848.
30th
Thomas Ritchey
Perry.
1849-1850.
31st
William A. Whittlesey
Washington.
1851-1852.
32d
James M. Gaylord
Morgan.
1853-1854. .
33d
William D. Lindsey
Erie.
1855-1856. .
34th
John Sherman
Richland. 66
1857-1858. .
35th
66
66
1861-1862.
37th
Samuel T. Worcester
1863-1864.
/ 38th
John O'Neil
1865-1866. .
39th
Columbus Delano
1867-1868.
40th
George W. Morgan
66
1871-1872. .
42d
1873-1874. .
43d
Milton I. Southard 66
1875-1876.
44th
1877-1878.
45th
66
1879-1880.
46th
Gibson Atherton
1883-1884. . .
48th
Geo. L. Converse
1885-1886.
49th
Jos. H. Outhwaite
1887-1888. . | 50th
1882-1890.
51st
1891-1892. . 1
52d
Irvine Dungan
1893-1894. . .
53d
Darius D. Hare
1895-1896. .
54th
Stephen D. Harris
1897-1898. . . 1
55th
James A. Norton 66
Seneca.
1899-1900.
56th
1901-1902. .
57th
6.
66
1
Huron. Muskingum. Knox.
1869-1870.
41st
66
66 Muskingum.
Adoniram J. Warner
1881-1882. .
47th
Washington. Licking. Franklin.
66
66 Jackson. Wyandot.
..
66
1839-1840.
26th
. Coshocton. Morgan.
1859-1860. .
36th
66
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. Counties-Ashland, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Morrow and Richland.
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