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Representative | Republican | KEIFER, JOSEPH WARREN, a Representative from Ohio; born near Springfield, Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, January 30, 1836; attended the common schools and Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Springfield, Ohio, January 12, 1858; enlisted in the Union Army on April… Continue reading J. Warren Keifer

Representative | Republican | BOLTON, FRANCES PAYNE, (wife of Chester Castle Bolton, granddaughter of Henry B. Payne, mother of Oliver Payne Bolton), A Representative from Ohio; born Francis Payne Bingham, March 29, 1885, in Cleveland, Ohio; attended private schools in United States and France; active in public health, nursing education and other social service, education,… Continue reading Frances Bolton

David’s comment: Well, you gotta love that name…Representative | Democrat | STOKES, Louis, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 23, 1925; educated at Cleveland College of Western Reserve University, 1946-1948; J.D., Cleveland Marshall Law School, 1953; served in the United States Army, 1943-1946; admitted to the bar in 1953 and… Continue reading Louis Stokes

Representative | Republican | LONGWORTH, NICHOLAS, (nephew of Bellamy Storer), a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 5, 1869; attended the Franklin School in Cincinnati, and was graduated from Harvard University in 1891; spent one year at Harvard Law School and was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1894; was admitted to… Continue reading Nicholas Longworth

Representative | Republican | GIDDINGS, JOSHUA REED, A Representative from Ohio; born in Tioga Point (later Athens), Bradford County, Pa., October 6, 1795; moved with his parents to Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1795; received a common-school education; again moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1806; completed preparatory studies; served in the War of… Continue reading Joshue Giddings

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Senator | Republican | WADE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (brother of Edward Wade), a Senator from Ohio; born in Feeding Hills, near Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., October 27, 1800; received his early education from his mother; moved with his parents to Andover, Ohio, in 1821; taught school; studied medicine in Albany, N.Y., 1823-1825; returned to Ohio; studied… Continue reading Benjamin Wade

Senator | Republican | TAFT, Robert Alphonso, (Son of President William H. Taft, nephew of Charles Phelps Taft, father of Robert Taft, Jr.), a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 1889; attended the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and of Manila, Philippine Islands, and Taft School, Watertown, Conn.; graduated from Yale University… Continue reading Robert Taft