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Franklin County.
House, 1870-1871, 1878-1879.
White, Elmer.
32d District ..
Senate, 1882-1885.
White, George.
Washington County
House, 1906-1908.
White, James M.
Hardin County.
House, 1860-1861.
White, John.
Morgan County.
House, 1846.
White, John D.
Clermont County
House, 1842-1843.
White, Rosewell M.
Hamilton County
House, 1876-1877.
White, Samuel.
Licking County.
House, 1843.
White, S. H.
Hancock County.
House, 1864-1865.
White, Thomas J.
Crawford County .
House, 1872-1875.
Whitehill, Joseph.
Warren County.
House, 1830, 1832-1834.
Whiteley, Mathias C ..
Hancock County.
House, 1848-1849.
Whitman, Henry C.
Fairfield County
Senate, 1848-1849.
Whitmore, Samuel.
Coshocton County
House, 1835-1836.
Whitney, Wm. Curtis
Franklin County
House, 1904-1908.
Whitney, Wait.
Knox County.
House, 1862-1863.
Whiton, Joseph L.
Lorain County.
House, 1849.
Whitridge, L. W.
Preble County.
House, 1846.
Whittlesey, Elisha.
Trumbull County.
House, 1820-1822.
Whittlesey, Frederick
Lorain County.
House, 1832.
Whittlesey, Frederick.
Lorain County ..
Senate, 1833-1834.
Whittlesey, Friend .
Portage County.
House, 1886-1889.
Whittlesey, Friend ..
26th District
Senate, 1894-1897.
Whittlesey, William A.
Washington County.
House, 1839.
Wickerham, Peter N.
Highland County
House, 1872-1873.
Wickham, Fred.
30th District.
Senate, 1862-1863.
Wiggins, Willis H.
Ross County.
House, 1890-1891.
Wightman, Chas. D.
27th-29th District
Senate, 1898-1901. House, 1866-1867.
Wilcox, A. T.
Erie County ..
Wilder, Horace.
Ashtabula County.
House, 1834-1835.
Wilford, Joseph
Wayne County. Muskingum County
House, 1842-1845. House, 1866-1867.
Wiley, Aquilla.
Wayne County.
House, 1896-1899.
Wiley, John W
Cuyahoga County
House, 1828-1829.
Wiley, John W.
Cuyahoga County.
Senate, 1830-1832.
Wiley, William.
Harrison County.
House, 1822, 1824-1826.
Wilhelm, George W
Stark County
House, 1888-1889, 1896-1897.
Wiles, Perry.
22-B. A.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Alphabetical List of Members of the General Assembly.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS-Continued.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Wilhelm, George W.
21st District, .
Senate, 1900-1903.
Wilken, Andrew J.
Coshocton County.
House, 1862-1863.
Wilkins, Beriah.
18th District.
Senate, 1880-1881.
Wilkins, John A.
33d District.
Senate, 1880-1881.
Will, George.
Ross County
House, 1834-1835.
Will, Joseph K.
Athens County
House, 1848-1849.
Willey, Judah.
Hamilton County
House, 1804.
Willet, Meredith R.
32d District ..
Senate, 1864-1867.
Willford, Joseph.
Wayne County
Senate, 1846.
Williams, Abraham,
Ross County.
House, 1805-1806.
Williams, A. J.
25th District.
Senate, 1884-1885.
Williams, Chas.
Coshocton County
House, 1825.
Williams, Chas ..
Trumbull County
House, 1814.
Williams, Charles F.
Hamilton County
House, 1902-1905.
Williams, George W
Hamilton County
House, 1880-1881.
Williams, George W
Franklin County ..
House, 1824-1825.
Williams, Heslip
Coshocton County
House, 1844-1845.
Williams, Heslip
18th District.
Senate, 1854-1855.
Williams, James.
Champaign County
House, 1852-1853. House, 1803.
Williams, James M.
Coshocton County
House, 1886-1889.
Williams, James M.
25th District
Senate, 1906-1908. House, 1814.
Williams, John J.
13th District
Senate, 1852-1853.
Williams, John Y.
Columbiana County
House, 1886-1889.
Williams, Joseph B
19th District
Senate, 1876-1879.
Williams, Joseph F.
Coshocton County. .
House, 1846-1847. House, 1845.
Williams, Joseph F.
22d District.
Senate, 1854-1855.
Williams, Joseph W.
Williams County
House, 1892-1893.
Williams, J. Milton
Warren County
House, 1858-1859.
Williams, John.
Monroe County.
House, 1858-1859.
Williams, Marsh.
Butler County.
House, 1823.
Williams, Marshall J.
Fayette County.
House, 1870-1873.
Williams, Micajah T.
Hamilton County.
House, 1820-1824.
Williams, T. B.
Delaware County.
House, 1874-1875.
Williams, Otho.
Fayette County.
House, 1850-1851.
Williams, Richard G.
Stark County.
House, 1876-1879.
Williams, Robert, Jr.
Preble County.
House, 1890.
Williams, Samuel.
Richland County
House, 1816.
Williams, Samuel B
Clark County.
House, 1846.
Williams, Silas J ..
21st District.
Senate, 1896-1899.
Williams, S. Stracker
Licking County.
House, 1896-1899.
Williams, Thomas C.
Noble County.
House, 1886-1887, 1892-1893.
Williams, Thomas J.
Morgan County
House, 1866-1867.
Williams, William
Clermont County
House, 1823.
Williams, William J.
Mahoning County.
House, 1902-1905.
Williams, William M.
17th-28th District
Senate, 1900-1901.
Williams, William S
Jackson County.
House, 1870.
Williamson, John A.
Huron County.
House, 1878-1881.
Williamson, John P.
Miami County.
House, 1870-1871.
Williamson, John C.
Darke County.
House, 1856-1857.
Williamson, Samuel.
Cuyahoga County.
House, 1850-1851.
Williamson, Samuel.
25th District. .
Senate, 1864-1867.
Williston, John H.
31st District.
Willis, Frank B ..
Hardin County
Senate, 1884-1887. House, 1900-1903.
Williams, James.
Hamilton County
Williams, John H.
Montgomery County
Williams, Joseph F
Columbiana County
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Alphabetical List of Members of the General Assembly.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS -- Continued.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Willis, J. Madison
Fayette-Madison Counties
House, 1902-1905.
Willis, Rollin K.
Delaware County.
House, 1890-1893.
Wilson, Benjamin
Belmont County
House, 1906-1908.
Wilson, Clinton
Wayne County .
House, 1850-1853.
Wilson, Dewitt C
Lawrence County
House, 1884-1885.
Wilson, Eber.
Sandusky County.
House, 1849-1850.
Wilson, Elzey.
Wayne County .
House, 1839.
Wilson, George W
Madison County
House, 1872-1873.
Wilson, George W
11th District
Senate, 1878-1879.
Wilson, Horace,
10th District
Senate, 1882-1883.
Wilson, James.
Jefferson County.
House, 1816, 1820-1822,
Wilson, James J.
Perry County.
House, 1839-1840.
Wilson, Joel W
Hancock County
Senate, 1848-1849, 1852-1853.
Wilson, John
Miami County ..
House, 1834-1835.
Wilson, John M
Hamilton County
House, 1872-1873.
Wilson, John T.
7th District.
Senate, 1864-1867.
Wilson, Joseph D.
Adams County
House, 1900-1901.
Wilson, Moses F.
1st District.
Senate, 1886-1887.
Wilson, Nathaniel.
Fairfield County
House, 1812.
Wilson, Richard.
Marion County
House, 1858-1859.
Wilson, Robert,.
Warren County.
House, 1846-1847.
Wilson, Thomas.
Belmont County.
House, 1804.
Wilson, Thomas
Mahoning County
House, 1880-1881.
Wilson, Thomas.
Pike County
House, 1862-1863.
Wilson, Thomas B.
11th District.
Senate, 1890-1891.
Wilson, William M.
Miami County.
Senate, 1846-1847.
Wilson, William R.
Wayne County.
House, 1868-1871.
Wiltsee, William P
Hamilton County
House, 1876-1877.
Wiloz, Peter.
Wayne County.
House, 1843.
Winans, James T.
5th District ..
Senate, 1858-1859.
Winegarner, Samuel
Licking County
Senate, 1846-1847.
Wing, J. R.
Trumbull County
House, 1870-1873.
Winner, John L.
Darke County.
House, 1858-1861.
Winner, John L.
12th District ..
Senate, 1868-1871.
Winn, John W.
Defiance County.
House, 1892-1895.
Winship, Thomas J.
Pickaway County.
House, 1835-1838.
Winslow, Hiram W
Sandusky County.
House, 1870-1871.
Winters, Cyrus B
Erie County
House, 1906-1908. Senate, 1900-1903. House, 1836.
Wise, Peter, M.
Stark County.
Wiseman, Wilber W.
Lawrence County
House, 1890-1891.
Withrow, James
Knox County.
House, 1851-1852.
Witten, Peter.
Monroe County.
House, 1837-1838.
Wolcott, Alfred
Summit County.
House, 1870-1871.
Wolcott, Chas.
Wayne County
House, 1841.
Wolcott, Charles.
Wayne County
Senate, 1842-1843.
Wolcott, Herbert W
25th District ..
Senate, 1898-1899.
Wolcott, S. P
24th-26th District
Senate, 1882-1885.
Hamilton County .
House, 1884-1885.
Wolf, Salem S.
Hocking County
House, 1878-1881.
Womeldorf, Daniel.
Gallia County
House, 1819.
Womeldorf, Daniel.
Gallia County.
Senate, 1820-1822, 1824-1825.
Wood, Amos E.
Seneca County.
House, 1840-1842.
Wood, Amos E.
Seneca County
Senate, 1845.
Wood, Frederick W
Morgan County.
House, 1864-1865.
Wolf, Daniel. Wolf, Jacob.
Hamilton County.
House, 1868-1869.
Wirt, Benj. F.
23d District ..
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Alphabetical List of Members of the General Assembly.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS-Continued.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Wood, Elijah
Belmont County.
House, 1803-1810.
Wood, Gustavus A.
Washington County.
House, 1892-1895.
Wood, H. L.
Wood County.
House, 1866-1869.
Wood, John A. B.
20th-22d District
Senate, 1894-1895.
Wood, Joel.
Darke County.
House, 1827.
Wood, Reuben
25th District.
Senate, 1825-1829.
Wood, Stephen,
Hamilton County.
House, 1803-1804.
Wood, Stephen.
Hamilton County
Senate, 1805-1811, 1826-1827.
Wood, William S.
Wood County.
House, 1860-1861.
Woodbridge, George M
Washington County.
House, 1842.
Woodbridge, John
6th District.
Senate, 1870-1871.
Wood bridge, William.
Washington County
House, 1808.
Wood bridge, William
Washington County.
Senate, 1811-1813.
Woodburn, R. L.
Union County
House, 1904-1908.
Wood bury, Benj. B.
Geauga County.
House, 1862-1865.
Woodford, Seth.
Warren County
House, 1848-1849.
Woodmansee, Daniel.
Butler County
House, 1825-1827.
Woodmansee, Daniel.
Butler County.
Senate, 1828-1829. 1832-1833.
Woods, F. W.
Medina County.
House, 1906-1908.
Woods, William B
Licking County.
House, 1858-1861.
Woodruff, John E.
Trumbull County
House, 1837.
Woodside, Jonathan F.
Ross County.
House, 1833.
Woodworth, E. S.
Portage County
House, 1882-1883. 1890-1891.
Woodworth, L. D.
22d District.
Senate, 1868-1871.
Woolsey, John W.
Cuyahoga County
House, 1844.
Worcester, Samuel T.
Huron County.
Senate, 1848-1849.
Work, Wesley.
Pickaway County
House, 1884-1887.
Workman, Andrew J
Knox County ..
House, 1896-1897.
Workman, Chas. H.
Hancock County
House, 1892-1893.
Workman, Daniel .
Miami County ..
Senate, 1826-1827.
Workman, William.
Belmont County
House, 1831-1832, 1841-1842.
Worley, Daniel.
Stark County.
House, 1878-1879.
Worley, Joseph
Miami County.
House, 1849.
Worth, S. M.
Wyandot County
House, 1866-1869.
Worthington, David I.
Fayette County.
House, 1886-1889.
Worthington, James I.
Ross County. .
House, 1831-1832
Worthington Jesse J.
Fayette County.
House, 1854-1855.
Worthington, Paul B.
Belmont County.
House, 1902-1905.
Worthington, Thomas.
Ross County.
House, 1807, 1821-1822.
Worthington, Vachel
1st District.
Senate, 1874-1875.
Worthington, W. W.
Jefferson County.
House, 1858-1859 House, 1866.
Wright, George.
Hamilton County
Wright, Isaac S.
5th District ..
Senate, 1854-1855.
Wright, Irvin B.
Hamilton County.
House, 1878-1879.
Wright, Jabez
Geauga County.
Senate, 1823-1824.
Wright, John.
Adams County .
House, 1803.
Wright, Joseph F
Hamilton County
House, 1858-1859.
Wright, Joseph F
Ist District ..
Senate, 1872-1873.
Wright, Mahlon
Washington County.
House, 1860-1861.
Wright, M. B.
Franklin County.
House, 1832.
Wright, Seth S.
Licking County.
House, 1845.
Wright, Thomas
Hamilton County
House, 1854-1855.
Wright, Thomas.
Summit County ..
House, 1890-1891.
Wright, William A. Wydman, Byron S.
Hocking County.
House, 1882-1883.
Hamilton County.
House, 1886-1889, 1892-1893.
Wynne, Michael.
Hamilton County.
House, 1906-1908.
341
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Alphabetical List of Members of the General Assembly.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS-Concluded.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Yaple, Alfred
Ross County
Senate, 1856-1857.
Yarnal, Peter.
Belmont County.
House, 1812.
Yates, Ballard B
Pickaway County.
Senate, 1902-1903.
Yates, David .
Pickaway County.
House, 1880-1883.
Yates, Richard
Licking County.
House, 1850-1581.
Yeatman, Thomas H.
1st District.
Senate, 1870-1871.
Yeatman, W. M.
1st District
Senate, 1882-1883.
Yeoman, Samuel F
Fayette County
House, 1833.
Yoaman, S. N.
6th District. .
Senate, 1868-1869, 1874-1875
Yoe, Joshua.
Greene County
Senate, 1834-1835.
Yontz, John
Licking County
House, 1835-1836.
York, Charles I.
Ottawa County.
House, 1902-1905.
Yost, D. E.
Monroe County.
House, 1904-1908.
Yost, Joel.
Monroe County
House, 1845-1846.
Young, Daniel.
Montgomery County
House, 1814.
Young, Daniel.
Gallia County.
House, 1840.
Young, Boston G.
Marion County
House, 1884-1889.
Young, Ed W
Franklin County
House, 1884-1885.
Young, Garretson I.
Columbiana County
House, 1870.
Young, John B.
Adams County
House, 1884-1885.
Young, John G.
Columbiana County
House, 1813.
Young, John G.
Columbiana County
Senate, 1815-1816.
Young, Robert.
Miami County ..
Senate, 1824-1825, 1831-1832.
Young, S. E.
Hancock County
House, 1880-1881.
Young, Thomas L
Hamilton County
House, 1866-1867.
Young, Thomas L.
1st District ..
Senate, 1872-1873.
Zeigler, George M.
Crawford County
House, 1884-1887.
Zimmerman, John
17th-28th District.
Senate, 1890-1891.
Zimmerman, Joseph.
30th District
Senate, 1886-1889.
Zinn, Peter.
1st District.
Senate, 1850-1851, 1862-1863.
Zumstein, John
Hamilton County
House, 1876-1877.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 77th General Assembly-Senate.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. 77th GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Position.
Name.
Residence.
President pro tem.
James M. Williams
Cleveland. Ottawa.
Clerk ..
ยท A. P. Sandles.
Assistant Clerk
Clark C. Doughty
Columbus.
Journal Clerk.
W. A. Gold.
Pt. Washington.
Message Clerk
Herman Blaich :
Marion.
Index Clerk ..
J. F. Fergus.
Cleveland.
Engrossing Clerk.
George F. Ackerman
Bucyrus.
Enrolling Clerk .
Flora M. Sparrow.
Columbus.
Recording Clerk.
Eleanor Critchfield.
Mt. Vernon.
Sergeant-at-Arms
Bert S. Bartlow.
Hamilton.
First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
Michael Booth.
Shreve.
Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. .
Wm. F. Corcoran
Toledo.
Third Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
T. C. Coil
Spencerville.
Fourth Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
Thomas O'Donnell
Upper Sandusky.
Fifth Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
Stanley Harrison
Cleveland.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The 77th General Assembly-Senate.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Dist.
Name.
Pol.
County.
Home P. O. Address.
Profession or Occupation.
1
John W. Harper (9) Arthur Espy
D
Hamilton.
Cincinnati
Lawyer.
Edward A. Hafner
D
Hamilton.
Cincinnati
Lawyer.
2-4
3
Isaac E. Huffman (2). William H. Meck. . F. C. Arbenz (8)
D R
Butler.
Oxford
Lawyer.
7
Gordon F. Lauman (1) Milton E. Rathburn
R R
Meigs
Rutland
Merchant.
9-14
Isaiah R. Rose.
R
Wasnington
Marietta.
Farmer.
Joseph S. Sites
R
Fairfield .
Lancaster.
Lawyer.
10
U. S. Brandt ..
R
Franklin.
Canal Winchester. .
Lawyer.
11 12
Oran F. Hypes (1) (4) J. E. Russell .
R
Shelby
Sidney
Lawyer.
13
Samuel H. West (1) . W. L. Atwell
R
Licking. Wayne
Wooster
Shipper farm products
18-19
J. P. Mahaffey.
D R
Guernsey Jefferson
Steubenville
Lawyer.
R
Columbiana. . Stark
Canton
Merchant.
R
Trumbull Summit
Akron.
Lawyer.
R
Ashtabula
Jefferson
Lawyer.
D
Cuyahoga.
Cleveland
Lawyer.
25
D
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Insurance agent.
D
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Lawyer.
D
Cuyahoga. Ashland Erie
Kimball
Merchant.
32[
T. M. Berry (1)
D
Wyandot Williams
Upper Sandusky. Spencerville. . West Unity
Farmer.
33 [] Amos Boehmer (7)
Putnam
Ottawa ..
Farmer.
D
Wood
Bowling Green
34
ID
Lucas
Toledo
Oil producer and broker. Lawyer and railroad bus.
(1) Member Senate, 76th General Assembly.
(2) Member House, 75th and 76th General Assemblies.
(3) Member House, 70th, 72d and 73d General Assemblies.
(4) Member House, 67th General Assembly.
(5) Member House, 74th and 75th General Assemblies.
(6) Member House, 74th General Assembly.
(7) Member House, 67th and 68th General Assemblies.
(8) Member House, 73d General Assembly.
(9) Member Senate, 73d General Assembly.
D D
Hamilton.
Cincinnati
Farmer. Insurance.
5-6
R
Montgomery . Ross
Scioto.
Lucasville, R. F.D.
Farmer.
B. F. Gayman (3) ..
D R
Clark
Canal Winchester. . Springfield .
Merchant.
R
Logan
Bellefontaine.
Lawyer.
17-28
F. M. Vanover.
D
20-225
D. W. Crist (2) .
Moultrie.
Music publisher.
21 23
R. A. Pollock (1) (5) ..
R
Thos. Kinsman (1) (5) N. O. Mather ..
Farmer.
24-265
R
Frederick C. Howe P. W. Ward .
Lawyer.
27-29
Ashland
Lawyer.
30 31
James M. Williams (4) Thomas P. Schmidt Frank N. Patterson John C. Drake
R D
Elza Carter (1)
D
Lawyer.
Physician and banker ..
Wm. N. Denman (6)
D D
Van Wert
Johnstown.
Supt. of schools.
Cambridge.
Publisher.
Marshall N. Duval (5)
Chillicothe
Manufacturer.
8
Thomas Hunt
Hamilton.
Kennedy
Dayton.
Teacher and lawyer.
Franklin
Publisher.
15-16
Kinsman
Charles Lawyer.
Cleveland .
Richard A. Beatty Sylvester Lamb
3
2
4
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5
7
6
ASSISTANT CLERKS OF THE SENATE.
1. Clark C. Doughty, Asst. Clerk.
2. W. A. Gold, Journal Clerk.
3. Eleanor Critchfield, Recording Clerk.
4. Herman Blaich, Message Clerk.
5. J. F. Fergus.
6. Flora M. Sparrow, Enrolling Clerk.
7. George F. Ackerman, Engrossing Clerk.
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ASSISTANT SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, SENATE.
1. Michael Booth, 1st Asst. Sergeant- 3. T. C. Coil, 3rd Asst. Sergeant-at- at-Arms. Arms.
2. Wm. F. Corcoran, 2nd Asst. Ser- 4. Thomas O'Donnell, 4th Asst. Ser- geant-at-Arms.
geant-at-Arms.
5. Stanley Harrison, 5th Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms.
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EIGHT PAGES, SENATE.
1. Chas. N. Burkhardt.
2. Arthur Culleton.
3. Harrison Dixon.
4. John Goldrick.
5. Waldo Shock.
6. Robert Vogel.
7. Allyn West.
8. Bernard Wiles.
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JAMES M. WILLIAMS, OF CLEVELAND.
President Pro Tem. of the Senate.
W AS born in Plainfield, Coshocton County, Ohio, July 22, 1850. His father, Heslip Williams, a leading physician of Coshocton County, was a native of Ohio, and a member of the House of Representatives of this State in 1845 and 1846, and of the Senate in 1854 and 1855. His grandfather, Levi Williams, was a native of Staunton, Virginia. He came to this State with General Wayne's army at the time of the establishment of the Greenville treaty line. He was a captain in the service, and on their march West the army en- camped where the public square of Cleveland is now located. His great-grand- father, David Williams, and his great-great-grandfather, Richard Williams, were both in the Colonial Army during the War of the Revolution, and were in General Washington's army at the surrender of Yorktown. His ancestors on the paternal side came originally from England, settling in Virginia. His mother, Charlotte Miskimen, was also a native of Ohio. Her father, James Miskimen, came to Ohio in 1803, from Washington County, Maryland. Mr. Williams' education was obtained in the common schools of his native county, at the Newcomerstown, Ohio, high school, and at Allegheny College, Meadville,
. Pennsylvania, where he graduated in the class of 1873. He studied law in the office of Judge J. C. Pomerene, of Coshocton, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1875. He practiced law at Coshocton until 1888, when he removed to Cleveland. He enlisted as a private soldier in Company C, 3rd United States Cavalry, during the late Civil War, when he was only thirteen years old, and served in campaigns in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
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In 1883, Mr. Williams edited the Revised Statutes of Ohio, in three volumes, which was afterward adopted by the General Assembly and furnished to the judiciary and all other State and County officers. In 1885, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of this State, as a Democrat, serving for two years. While in the Legislature he was a member of the Committees on Judiciary, Revision of the Laws, and Public Works, and was chairman of the special committee which prepared a code of parliamentary law for the Ohio House of Representatives. He drafted the statute passed in 1885, providing for the organization and jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of the State, and the constitutional amendment adopted in the same year changing the time of holding the State elections from October to November; also the proposed con- stitutional amendments submitted in 1889, providing for biennial elections and for single legislative districts. He is the author of the laws, passed in 1887, defining the rights and liabilities of husband and wife; how a married person may sue and be sued in courts of record; and exempting every honorably dis- charged soldier from the two days' labor, then required, on the public high- ways. Mr. Williams is well known as a practitioner before the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has appeared frequently before that court in causes involving im- portant constitutional questions. His arguments have always been character- ized by clear and forcible statement, searching analysis, and great argumenta- tive power. In the notable case of Cope vs. Foraker, governor, the issue was the adoption or rejection of the biennial elections amendment to the Con- stitution; and the plaintiff applied for a writ of mandamus to compel the governor to declare by proclamation the amendment adopted, because it re- ceived a majority of the votes cast directly on the question, though not a ma- jority of all the votes cast at the election. The utmost interest was felt in the decision, and few abler and more ingenious arguments were ever made before the Supreme Court of Ohio than that of Mr. Williams in behalf of the adoption of the amendment. Equal praise was elicited by his argument before that court in the application for a mandamus in State vs. Sawyer, sheriff of Cuy- ahoga County. The points made by Mr. Williams, in a masterly argument, were sustained, and the unanimous decision of the court was, that proclama- tion must issue, and four judges of the Common Pleas Court be elected for Cuyahoga County, with the other county officials, in November, 1889, instead of 1890.
He was the nominee of his party for Judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1888 and 1894, but was not elected. He was chosen at the November election, 1905, one of the Senators from the Cleveland District by a majority of 10,002, and on the organization of the General Assembly, he was chosen President pro tem. of the Senate.
Besides his duties as President pro tem, of the Senate, he is chairman of the Committees on Commercial Corporations and Rules, and is also a member of the Committees on Judiciary, Taxation, County Affairs and Fees and Salaries.
Mr. Williams was married in 1879 to Miss Mary S. Brockway, only daughter of Hon. Charles B. Brockway of Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, by which union he has one child, a daughter, born in 1882. Mrs. Williams died in 1897. His home is at 2127 East 100th St., Cleveland.
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A. P. SANDLES, OF OTTAWA.
Senate Clerk.
BORN in log house near Putnam County poorhouse, 1871. Farm product, home grown and hand spanked. Has a wife, six children, a mortgage and good neighbors.
Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, Granger, " Teacher, Democrat.
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BERT S. BARTLOW, OF HAMILTON. Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
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B ERT S. BARTLOW was born in Franklin County, Indiana, July 10th, 1869. In 1876 he came with his parents to Butler County. Ohio, where he has since resided. He passed his boyhood days attending the public schools and dur- ing his vacations worked on the farm. In September, 1888, he was matriculated in the preparatory department of Miami University, at Oxford, and in the autumn of the following year he became a member of the freshman class. He was graduated with honors on the 14th of June, 1893, having given special at- tention to economic and collateral subjects. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and special honors in the department of political science. After his graduation, Mr. Bartlow studied law for several months in Hamilton, Ohio, where he now resides, and later became a special newspaper correspondent. In 1901, he was editor of the Butler County Press, and the next year, for several months after its founding, served as city editor of the Hamilton Evening Sun.
Mr. Bartlow manifests great interest in the success of the principles of the Democratic party, and has proved a most able and successful campaign worker, having delivered numerous political addresses and represented his party in county, district, state and national conventions. In August, 1897, he was nominated as Representative of Butler County in the State Legislature, securing a plurality of six hundred and thirty-four votes over eight competitors in the primary election, while in the following November election he received a majority of three thousand one hundred and fifty-one votes. He was chosen as his own successor in 1899, thus serving four consecutive ycars and being a member of the 73rd and 74th General Assemblies. His career as a legislator was marked by its sincerity and its usefulness, especially in the conservation of economy in public expenditures. In July, 1903, he was appointed a member of the Board of Deputy State Supervisors of Elections, for Butler County, in which he had previously served for four years as clerk, and he still retains this incumbency, being chief deputy of the board. January 1st, 1906, on the organization of the Senate of the 77th General Assembly, Mr. Bartlow was elected Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr. Bartlow is especially active in connection with fraternal society work, being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order, Tribe of Ben Hur and the Fraternal Censer. The latter society, of which he is the Supreme President, is an insurance order organized under the laws of Ohio, with its supreme office located at Dayton. Mr. Bartlow was elected Supreme President of the order in the meeting of the Supreme Council at Dayton, in June, 1903, and was re- elected in July, 1904, for a further term of three years.
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