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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.
Philemon Beecher.
Fairfield. Fairfield.
1827-1828
20th.
Philemon Beecher.
1829-1830
21st.
William W. Irwin.
Fairfield. Fairfield. Fairfield.
1831-1832
22d.
William W. Irwin.
1833-1834
23d.
John Chaney
Fairfield.
1835-1836
24th.
John Chaney
Fairfield. Fairfield.
1839-1840
26th.
William Medill.
Fairfield. Fairfield.
1843-1844
28th.
Elias Florence.
Pickaway. Pickaway. Fairfield.
1849-1850
31st.
Edson B. Olds.
Pickaway. Pickaway. Seneca.
1855-1856
34th.
Cooper K. Watson
Seneca. Crawford.
1857-1858
35th.
Lawrence W. Hall.
1859-1860
36th.
John Carey.
Wyandot. Seneca.
1861-1862
37th.
Warren P. Noble .
Seneca.
1865-1866
39th.
Ralph P. Buckland.
Sandusky.
1867-1868
40th.
Ralph P. Buckland.
Sandusky.
1869-1870
41st.
Edward F. Dickinson
Sandusky. Seneca. Union.
1875-1876
44th.
Early F. Poppleton.
Delaware.
1877-1878
45th.
John S. Jones.
Delaware.
1879-1880
46th.
George L. Converse.
Franklin.
1881-1882
47th.
James S. Robinson.
Hardin.
1883-1884
48th.
James S. Robinson.
Hardin.
1885-1886
49th.
William C. Cooper.
Knox.
1887-1888
50th.
William C. Cooper.
Knox.
1889-1890
51st
William C. Cooper.
Knox.
1891-1892
52d. 53d.
Byron F. Ritchie.
1895-1896
54th
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1897-1898
55th.
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1899-1900
56th.
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1901-1902
57th.
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1903-1904
58th.
James H. Southard.
Lucas.
1905-1906
59th.
James H. Southard
Lucas.
1907-1908
60th,
Isaac R. Sherwood.
Lucas.
1837-1838
25th.
John Chaney
1841-1842
27th.
William Medill.
1845-1846
29th.
Augustus L. Perrill.
1847-1848
30th
Thomas O. Edwards.
1851-1852
32d.
Edson B. Olds ..
1853-1854
33d.
Frederick W. Green.
1863-1864
38th.
Warren P. Noble.
1871-1872
42d.
Charles Foster ..
1873-1874
43d.
James W. Robinson.
Joseph H. Outhwaite.
1893-1894
TENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Adams, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike and Scioto.
HENRY TOWNE BANNON.
H ENRY TOWNE BANNON, Republican, of Portsmouth, was born near that city on June 5, 1867; attended the Portsmouth schools, and during the year 1885-86 attended the Ohio State University; entered the University of Michigan in 1886, and graduated therefrom in 1889; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1891, and served as prosecuting attorney of Scioto County from 1897 to 1902; married Jessie Demarin in 1893; was elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, receiving 25,097 votes to 13,316 for M. S. Merriman, Democrat, 874 for G. P. Taubman, Prohibitionist, and 826 for E. J. Zeigler, Socialist. Re-elected to the Sixtieth Congress.
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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.
Belmont.
1829-1830
21st.
William Kennon ..
Belmont.
1831-1832
22d.
William Kennon.
Belmont.
1833-1834
23d.
Joseph Vance.
Champaign. Clark.
1835-1836
24th.
Samson Mason.
1837-1838
25th.
Samson Mason.
Clark.
1839-1840
26th.
Samson Mason.
Clark.
1841-1842
27th.
Samson Mason ..
Clark.
1843-1844
28th.
Alfred P. Stone.
Franklin. Knox.
1847-1848
30th.
Daniel Duncan ..
Licking.
1849-1850
31st.
Charles Sweetzer ..
Delaware.
1851-1852
32d.
Charles Sweetzer
Delaware.
1853-1854
33d.
John L. Taylor.
Ross.
1855-1856
34th.
Oscar F. Moore
Scioto. Ross.
1857-1858
35th.
Joseph Miller ..
1859-1860
36th.
Carey A. Trimble.
1861-1862
37th.
Carey A. Trimble.
1863-1864
38th.
James M. Ashley.
Lucas.
1865-1866
39th.
James M. Ashley.
Lucas.
1867-1868
40th.
James M. Ashley.
Lucas.
1869-1870
41st.
Erasmus D. Peck.
Wood.
1871-1872
42d.
Erasmus D. Peck.
Wood.
1873-1874
43d.
Charles Foster.
Seneca.
1875-1876
44th.
Charles Foster
Seneca.
1877-1878
45th.
Charles Foster ..
Seneca. Fairfield.
1879-1880 1881-1882
47th.
John B. Rice.
Sandusky.
1883-1884
48th.
Frank H. Hurd.
Lucas.
1885-1886
Lucas.
1887-1888
50th.
Jacob Romeis.
Lucas.
1889-1900
51st.
William E. Haynes.
Sandusky.
1891-1892 1893-1894
53d.
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Jackson.
1895-1896
54th.
Lucien J. Fenton.
1897-1898
55th.
Lucien J. Fenton.
1899-1900
56th.
Stephen Morgan
1901-1902
57th.
Stephen Morgan
1903-1904
58th.
Stephen Morgan.
Jackson. Jackson. Jackson.
46th.
Thomas Ewing
49th.
Jacob Romeis.
52d.
Robert E. Doane.
Clinton.
1845-1846
29th.
Columbus Delano.
Belmont. Belmont.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Meigs, Perry, Ross and Vinton.
ALBERT DOUGLAS.
A LBERT DOUGLAS was born April 25th, 1852, in the city of Chillicothe, Ohio, where his grandfather, Richard Douglas, had begun the practice of law in 1807. His grandfather was an officer in the First Regiment of Ohio Volunteers in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather served throughout the Revolutionary War as an officer of a Connecticut Regiment. His father, Albert Douglas, was born in Chillicothe, and resided there all his life.
He was graduated from Kenyon College in the class of 1872, and from the Harvard Law School in the class of 1874. In 1876 he was elected prosecut- ing attorney of Ross County, by a majority of five, the county being then largely Democratic, and in 1878 was re-elected by a majority of about 800. He has been in active practice of his profession in Chillicothe ever since. In 1896 he was chosen a Presidential Elector-at-Large on the state ticket, and when that body met was chosen its president. He is a trustee of Kenyon College and of the Ohio University, and each of these institutions has conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. In 1906 he was elected a member of the 60th Congress from the Eleventh District of Ohio.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name. '
County.
1823-1824
18th.
John C. Wright.
1825-1826
19th.
John C. Wright.
1827-1828
20th.
John C. Wright ..
Jefferson.
1829-1830
21st
Humphrey H. Leavitt.
Jefferson. Jefferson.
1833-1834
23d.
James M. Bell
Guernsey.
1835-1836
24th.
William Kennon.
Belmont.
1837-1838
25th.
James Alexander, Jr.
Belmont. Guernsey.
1841-1842
27th.
Benjamin S. Cowan.
Belmont.
1843-1844
28th.
Jacob Brinkerhoff.
Richland.
1845-1846
29th.
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Richland.
1847-1848
30th.
John K. Miller.
Knox.
1849-1850
31st.
John K. Miller.
Knox.
1851-1852
32d.
George H. Busby
Marion.
1853-1854
33d.
Thomas Ritchey.
Perry.
1855-1856
34th.
Valentine B. Horton.
Meigs.
1857-1858
35th.
Valentine B. Horton.
Meigs.
1859-1860
36th.
Charles D. Martin ..
Fairfield.
1861-1862
37th.
Valentine B. Horton.
Meigs.
1863-1864
38th.
Wells A. Hutchins.
Scioto.
1865-1866
39th.
Hezekiah S. Bundy.
Jackson.
5
1867-1868
40th.
John T. Wilson. .
Adams
1869-1870
John T. Wilson.
Adams.
1871-1872
John T. Wilson.
Adams.
1873-1874
43d.
Hezekiah S. Bundy
Jackson. Gallia.
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
Albert C. Thompson
Scioto.
1891-1892
51st. 52d.
John M. Pattison ..
Clermont.
1893-1894
53d.
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1895-1896
54th.
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1897-1898
55th
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1899-1900
56th.
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1901-1902
57th
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1903-1904
58th.
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1905-1906
59th.
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Athens.
1907-1908
60th.
Albert Douglass
Ross.
1831-1832
22d.
Humphrey H. Leavitt.
1839-1840
26th.
Isaac Parish.
Jefferson. Jefferson.
41st. 42d.
1875-1876
44th
John L. Vance.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Franklin County.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JR.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JR., Republican Representative in Con- gress from the 12th Ohio District, was born in the city of Columbus, Ohio, August 10, 1869. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Central High School of Columbus in 1887, after which he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar December 3, 1891.
After his admission to the bar he engaged in the practice of his pro- fession as a member of the firm of Taylor, Taylor & Taylor, until his election as Prosecuting Attorney of Franklin County, Ohio, in November, 1899. He was re-elected to this office in 1902, but resigned in 1904 after his election to Congress. He was re-elected to the 60th Congress in 1906.
Mr. Taylor has been very successful as a practicing attorney, and has been engaged in many important cases in both the state and federal courts. He is now associated in practice with Curtis C. Williams and Henry A. Williams under the firm name of Williams, Williams & Taylor, at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Taylor is a hard and conscientious worker, a man of pleasing personality and strong common sense.
On January 4, 1894, he was married to Miss Marie A. Firestone.
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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 ..
1825-1826
19th.
John Sloan.
Wayne. Wayne.
1827-1828
20th.
John Sloan ..
Wayne.
1829-1830
21st.
John Thompson.
Columbiana.
1831-1832
22d.
John Thompson.
Columbiana.
1833-1834
23d.
Robert Mitchell
Muskingum.
1835-1836
24th.
Elias Howell.
Licking.
1837-1838
25th.
Alexander Harper.
Muskingum.
1839-1840
26th.
Jonathan Taylor.
Licking.
1841-1842
27th.
Joshua Mathiot. .
Licking. Gallia.
1845-1846
29th.
Samuel F. Vinton.
Gallia.
1847-1848
30th.
Samuel F. Vinton ..
Gallia.
1849-1850
31st.
Samuel F. Vinton.
Gallia.
1851-1852
32d.
John Welch. .
Athens.
1853-1854
33d.
Edson B. Olds ..
Pickaway.
1855-1856
34th.
Samuel Galloway
Franklin.
1857-1858
35th.
Samuel S. Cox ..
Franklin.
1859-1860
36th.
Samuel S. Cox ..
Franklin.
1861-1862
37th.
Samuel S. Cox ..
Franklin.
1863-1864
38th.
William E. Finck
Perry.
1865-1866
39th.
William E. Finck.
Perry.
1867-1868
40th.
Philadelph Van Trump.
Fairfield.
1869-1870
41st.
Philadelph Van Trump.
Fairfield.
1871-1872
42d.
Philadelph Van Trump.
Fairfield.
1873-1874
43d.
Hugh J. Jewett.
Franklin.
1875-1876
44th
Ansel T. Walling.
Pickaway. Fairfield.
1879-1880
46th.
Henry S. Neal. .
Lawrence.
1881-1882
47th.
George L. Converse.
Franklin.
1883-1884
48th.
Alphonso Hart.
Highland. Scioto.
1887-1888
50th.
Jacob J. Pugsley.
Highland.
1889-1900
51st.
Jacob J. Pugsley ..
Highland. Lawrence. Franklin.
1895-1896
54th.
David K. Watson.
Franklin.
1897-1898
55th.
John J. Lentz
Franklin.
1899-1900
56th.
John J. Lentz
Franklin.
1901-1902
57th.
Emmett Thompkins.
Franklin.
1903-1904
58th.
D. C. Badger
Franklin.
1905-1906
59th.
E. L. Taylor
Franklin
1907-1908
60th.
E. L. Taylor
Franklin.
1885-1886
49th.
A. C. Thompson.
1891-1892
52d.
William H. Enochs.
1893-1894
53d.
Jos. H. Outhwaite.
1877-1878
45th.
Thomas Ewing.
1843-1844
28th.
Samuel F. Vinton.
50-B. A.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Crawford, Erie, Marion, Sandusky, Seneca and Wyandot.
GRANT EARL MOUSER.
G RANT EARL MOUSER, Republican, of Marion, was born at Larue, Marion County, Ohio, September 11, 1868; received his education at Larue Union schools, Ada University, and the Cincinnati Law School, where he grad- uated in June, 1890; was elected prosecuting attorney, 1893, and has practiced law continuously since his admission to the bar at Marion; was married November 30, 1892, to Dell E. Ridgway, and has a family consisting of him- self, wife, and three children; was elected to the 59th Congress, receiving 25,054 votes, to 24,004 for D. R. Crissinger, Democrat, 672 for E. D. Paulin, Prohibi- tionist, and 883 for Peter Unsinger, Socialist Labor. Re-elected to 60th Con- gress.
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787
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824
18th.
Elisha Whittlesey
1825-1826
19th.
Elisha Whittlesey.
1827-1828
20th.
Elisha Whittlesey.
1829-1830
21st ..
Elisha Whittlesey.
1831-1832
22d.
Elisha Whittlesey.
· Trumbull.
1833-1834
23d
David Spangler.
Coshocton.
1835-1836
24th.
David Spangler.
Coshocton. Holmes.
1839-1840
26th.
Daniel F. Leadbetter.
Holmes.
1841-1842
27th.
James Matthews.
Coshocton.
1843-1844
28th.
Perley B. Johnson.
Morgan.
1845-1846
29th.
Isaac Parish.
Guernsey.
1847-1848
30th.
Thomas Richey
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.
1857-1858
35th.
John Sherman.
Richland.
1859-1860
36th.
John Sherman,
Richland.
1861-1862
37th.
Samuel T. Worcester.
Huron.
1863-1864
38th.
John O'Neil.
Muskingum,
1865-1866
39th.
Columbus Delano
Knox.
1867-1868
40th.
George W. Morgan.
Knox.
1869-1870
41st.
George W. Morgan.
Knox.
1871-1872
42d.
George W. Morgan.
Knox.
1873-1874
43d.
Milton I. Southard.
Muskingum.
1875-1876
44th.
Milton I. Southard.
Muskingum.
1877-1878
45th.
Milton I. Southard.
Muskingum.
1879-1880
46th.
Adoniram J. Warner
Washington.
1881-1882
47th.
Gibson Atherton ..
Licking.
1883-1884
48th.
George L. Converse.
Franklin.
1885-1886 |
49th.
Jos. H. Outhwaite.
Franklin.
1887-1888
50th.
Jos. H. Outhwaite.
Franklin.
1891-1892
51st.
Jos. H. Outhwaite.
Franklin.
1891-1892
52d
Irvine Dungan.
Jackson. Wyandot.
1895-1896
54th.
Stephen D. Harris.
1897-1898
55th.
James A. Norton.
Seneca.
1899-1900
56th.
James A. Norton.
Seneca.
1901-1902
57th.
James A. Norton.
Seneca.
1903-1904
58th.
A. H. Jackson.
Sandusky.
1905-1906
59th.
Grant E. Mouser
Marion.
1907-1908
60th.
Grant E. Mouser
Marion.
1893-1894
53d.
Darius D. Hare.
Trumbull. Trumbull. Trumbull. Trumbull.
1837-1838
25th.
Daniel F. Leadbetter
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Ashland, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Morrow and Richland.
JAY FORD LANING.
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AY FORD LANING, Republican, was born at New London, Huron County, J
Ohio, May 15th, 1853; received an education in the public schools, at an academy, Savannah, Ohio, and at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio; alter- nating his time between teaching and attending school.
He was admitted to the bar in May, 1875. Was elected Justice of the Peace soon after becoming of age, and held several minor village offices. He moved to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1882 and has since resided there. Was a mem- ber of the City Council from 1884 to 1888. Was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1893 and 1895.
. He practiced law until 1885, and gradually changed his calling to that of a publisher. He has written and edited a number of law and historical works in use by the legal profession and as texts in the schools, among which is an entire series of Statutes, Digests and Annotated reports and local law treatise for Ohio; an Ohio Civics and an Ohio History.
In 1895 he was given an A. M. degree by Baldwin University, and was subsequently elected as, and now is one of its trustees. ‹
He was a delegate to the National Republican convention in Chicago in June, 1904. Was elected to Congress in 1906.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1823-1824
18th.
Mordecai Bartley
1825-1826
19th.
Mordecai Bartley.
1827-1828
20th.
Mordecai Bartley.
1829-1830
21st.
Mordecai Bartley
1831-1832
22d.
Eleutheros Cook.
1833-1834
23d.
William Patterson.
1835-1836
24th.
William Patterson.
1837-1838
25th.
William H. Hunter.
1839-1840
26th.
George Sweney
1841-1842
27th.
George Sweney.
1843-1844
28th.
Alexander J. Harper, Jr.
1845-1846
29th.
Alexander J. Harper, Jr.
1847-1848
30th.
Nathan Evans.
1849-1850
31st.
Nathan Evans.
1851-1852
32d.
Alexander Harper, Jr.
1853-1854
33d.
Harvey H. Johnson
1855-1856
34th.
Philemon Bliss
1857-1858
35th.
Philemon Bliss.
1859-1860
36th.
Harrison G. Blake.
Medina. .
1861-1862
37th.
Harrison G. Blake!
Medina. Portage.
1867-1868
40th.
Martin Welker.
1869-1870
41st ..
Martin Welker.
1871-1872
42d.
James Monroe.
1873-1874
43d.
John Berry.
1875-1876
44th.
Jacob P. Cowan.
1877-1878
45th.
Ebenezer B. Finley.
1879-1880
46th.
Gibson Atherton.
1881-1882
47th.
George W. Geddes.
1883-1884
48th.
George W. Geddes
1887-1888
Chas. P. Wickham.
Huron.
1889-1890
51st ..
Chas. P. Wickham.
Huron.
1891-1892
52d.
James W. Owens.
Licking. Richland.
1893-1894
53d.
Michael D. Harter.
1895-1896
54th.
Winfield S. Kerr
1897-1898
55th.
Winfield S. Kerr.
1899-1900
56th.
Winfield S. Kerr.
1901-1902
57th.
William W. Skiles
1903-1904
58th.
A. R. Webber.
1905-1906
59th.
A. R. Webber.
Lorain.
1907-1908
60th.
J. Ford Lanning.
Huron.
Richland. Richland. Richland. Richland. Huron. Richland.
Guernsey. Muskingum. Ashland. Lorain. Lorain.
1863-1864
38th.
George Bliss.
1865-1866
39th.
Wayne. Wayne. Lorain. Wyandot. Ashland.
1885-1886
49th. 50th.
C. H. Grosvenor.
Crawford. Licking. Richland. Richland. Athens.
Shelby. Lorain.
Richland. Huron. Crawford. Crawford. Muskingum.
Muskingum. Guernsey.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and Washington.
BEMAN GATES DAWES.
B EMAN GATES DAWES, Republican of Marietta, was born at Marietta, Ohio, January 14, 1870, a son of General Rufus R. Dawes, formerly a member of Congress; was educated at Marietta Academy and College; is engaged in business; was elected to the 59th Congress and re-elected to the 60th Con- gress.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1833-1834
23d.
Jonathan Sloan.
1835-1836
24th.
Jonathan Sloan.
1837-1838
25th.
John W. Allen.
Cuyahoga. Cuyahoga.
1841-1842
27th.
Benjamin S. Cowan.
Belmont.
1843-1844
28th.
Joseph Morris.
Monroe.
1845-1846
29th.
Joseph Morris
Monroe.
1847-1848
30th.
William Kennen, Jr.
Belmont.
1849-1850
31st.
William F. Hunter.
Monroe.
1851-1852
32d.
William F. Hunter.
Monroe.
1853-1854
33d.
William R. Sapp.
Knox.
1855-1856
34th.
William R. Sapp.
Knox.
1857-1858
35th.
Joseph Burns ..
Coshocton.
1859-1860
36th.
William Helmick.
Tuscarawas.
1861-1862
37th.
Robert H. Nugen.
Tuscarawas.
1863-1864
38th.
James R. Morris.
1865-1866
39th.
Tobias A. Plants.
1867-1868
40th.
Tobias A. Plants.
Athens.
1869-1870 1871-1872
42d.
William P. Sprague
Morgan.
1873-1874
43d.
William P. Sprague
Athens.
1875-1876
44th.
Nelson H. Van Vorhes.
Athens.
1877-1878
45th.
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
Athens
1879-1880
46th.
George W. Geddes
Richland.
1881-1882
47th.
Rufus R. Dawes.
Washington.
1883-1884
48th.
Adoniram J. Warner
Washington.
1885-1886
49th.
Beriah Wilkins.
Tuscarawas.
1887-1888
50th.
Chas. . H. Grosvenor
Athens.
1899-1890
51st.
Chas. H. Grosvenor
Athens.
1891-1892
52d. 53d.
H. C. Van Voorhis
Muskingum.
1895-1896
54th.
H. C. Van Voorhis
Muskingum.
1897-1898
55th.
H. C. Van Voorhis.
Muskingum.
1899-1900
56th. 57th.
H. C. Van Voorhis.
Muskingum.
1903-1904
58th.
H. C. Van Voorhis.
1905-1906
59th.
B. G. Dawes.
1907-1908
60th.
B. G. Dawe
Portage. Portage.
1839-1840
26th.
John W. Allen ..
Meigs.
41st
Eliakim H. Moore.
Morgan.
1893-1894
Michhael D. Harter.
Richland.
1901-1902
H. C. Van Voorhis
Muskingum. Muskingum.
Washington. Washington.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson and Monroe.
CAPELL L. WEEMS, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
CAPELL L. WEEMS, Republican, of St. Clairsville, was born at Whigville, Noble County, Ohio, July 7, 1860; received a common school and academic education; began teaching school at sixteen and taught and superintended village schools until commencing the practice of law; studied law under the firm of Dalzell & McGinnis, at Caldwell, Ohio; was admitted to the bar Oc- tober, 1881; formed partnership for the practice of law with J. M. McGinnis at Caldwell, Ohio, April, 1883; was nominated on the Republican ticket in Noble County for Prosecuting Attorney in 1884, and was elected for a term of three years; in 1887 and before the expiration of term as Prosecuting Attorney, was nominated and elected Representative from Noble County in the lower House of the General Assembly of Ohio; served one term; was a member of the Judiciary Committee and was appointed and served as a member of the special joint committee of the two Houses which prepared the constitutional amendments, which were submitted to the people of Ohio in 1890; declined a renomination and removed to Cleveland, where he resided one year; in 1890 removed to St. Clairsville; in 1893 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Bel- mont County and was re-elected in 1896, serving six years in that capacity; in 1903 was nominated by the Republicans of the 16th Congressional District of Ohio to fill the unexpired term of one year and four months in the 58th Congress caused by the resignation of the Hon. J. J. Gill; was elected and took his seat November 9, 1903; was re-elected to the 59th and 60th Congresses; he is a member of the Elks, Masons and Knights of Pythias.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County
1833-1834 1835-1836
23d
Elisha Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey.
Elisha Whittlesey
1837-1838
25th.
\Joshua R. Giddings
1839-1840
26th.
Joshua R. Giddings
1841-1842
27th.
Joshua R. Giddings
1843-1844
28th.
James Matthews.
1845-1846
29th.
John D. Cummins.
1847-1848
30th.
John D. Cummins.
1849-1850
31st.
Moses Hoagland.
1851-1852
32d.
John Johnson.
1853-1854
33d.
Edward Ball.
Muskingum. Muskingum.
1857-1858
35th.
Cydnor B. Tompkins.
1859-1860 1861-1862
37th.
William P. Cutler.
1863-1864
38th.
Joseph W. White
1865-1866
39th.
John A. Bingham.
1867-1868
40th.
John A. Bingham
1869-1870
41st.
Eliakim H. Moore
Athens.
1871-1872
42d.
John A. Bingham
Harrison.
1873-1874
43d.
Lorenzo Danford.
Belmont.
1875-1876
44th.
Lorenzo Danford.
Belmont.
1877-1878
45th.
Lorenzo Danford ..
1879-1880
46th.
William McKinley, Jr.
[Jonathan T. Updegraff.
1881-1882
47th.
Joseph D. Taylor.
Jefferson.
1883-1884
48th.
Beriah Wilkins.
1885-1886
49th.
George W. Geddes
1887-1888
50th
Beriah Wilkins
1889-1890
51st.
James W. Owens.
1891-1892
52d.
Lewis P. Ohlinger
Licking. Stark.
1893-1894
53d.
Albert J. Pearson
Stark.
1895-1896
54th.
Lorenzo Danford.
Stark. .
1897-1898
55th.
Lorenzo Danford.
1899-1900
56th.
Joseph J. Gill.
1901-1902
57th.
Joseph J. Gill.
Jefferson.
1903-1904
58th.
Capell L. Weems.
Belmont.
1905-1906
59th
Capell L. Weems.
Belmont.
1907-1908
60th.
Capell L. Weems.
.
Trumbull. Trumbull. Trumbull. Ashtabula. Ashtabula. Ashtabula. Coshocton. Columbiana . Columbiana. Holmes. Coshocton.
1855-1856
34th.
Edward Ball.
36th.
Cydnor B. Tompkins
Morgan. Morgan. Washington. Guernsey. Harrison. Harrison.
Belmont. Stark. Jefferson.
Guernsey. Tuscara was. Richland. Tuscarawas.
[John G. Warwick.
Stark. Jefferson.
Belmont.
24th.
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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Counties-Coshocton, Holmes, Licking, Tuscarawas and Wayne.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK.
W ILLIAM A. ASHBROOK was born on a farm near Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, July 1, 1867. He is the youngest son of Wm. and Lucy Ashbrook, successful agriculturists. His grandfather was an old school Baptist preacher who traveled horseback for sixty years over Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky preaching the gospel. The subject of this sketch attended the village schools and after completing the same when but seventeen years of age, started a paper in his home town, The Johnstown Independent, which he has ever since published, making it one of the best small town papers in the State. He has long been prominently identified with editorial associations and for four years has been the Secretary of the National Editorial Association of the United States, filling the duties of this important position with dis- tinction. He has been an extensive traveler, having visited every state in the Union. He is largely interested in numerous successful financial enter- prises and for ten years was the cashier of three banks, recently resigning that position with one, but yet continues with a bank in his home town and in an adjacent town. His every effort has met with marked success. He was a Cleveland postmaster, but first entered politics in 1905, being elected a mem- ber of the 77th General Assembly of Ohio, defeating a strong opponent for his second term, and leading the ticket by nearly 1,000 votes. This victory. encouraged his friends to have him make the race in 1906 for Congress in the 17th Ohio District, and after a three days' struggle was nominated on the 277th ballot and finally elected November 6th, defeating Judge Smyser for his second term by a narrow margin. He was married December 24, 1889, to Jennie B. Willison; has no children. He is a 32d degree Mason, Shriner, Elk, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellow, Woodman, Eagle, etc. He is an inde- fatigable worker with seemingly limitless capacity to execute difficult duties.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
Representatives in Congress from Ohio.
MEMBERS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Years.
Congress.
Name.
County.
1833-1834
23d
John Thompson.
1835-1836
24th.
John Thompson.
[Andrew W. Loomis.
1837-1838
25th.
Chas. D. Coffin
1839-1840
26th.
John Hastings.
1841-1842
27th.
John Hastings.
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