David Hollingsworth
David Adams Hollingsworth | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th district | |
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | |
Preceded by | Capell L. Weems |
Succeeded by | William B. Francis |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th district | |
In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |
Preceded by | John J. Whitacre |
Succeeded by | B. Frank Murphy |
16th Ohio Attorney General | |
In office April 21, 1883 – January 14, 1884 | |
Appointed by | Charles Foster |
Preceded by | George K. Nash |
Succeeded by | James Lawrence |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 20th district | |
In office January 4, 1880 – April 21, 1883 | |
Preceded by | David Wagener |
Succeeded by | Solomon Hogue |
Personal details | |
Born |
Belmont, Ohio | November 21, 1844
Died |
December 3, 1929 85) Cadiz, Ohio | (aged
Resting place | Cadiz Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Linda McBean |
Children | two |
Alma mater | Mount Union College |
Religion | Methodist |
Military service | |
Service/branch | Union Army |
Years of service | 1861-1863 |
Unit | 25th Ohio Infantry |
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David Adams Hollingsworth (November 21, 1844 – December 3, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Belmont, Ohio, Hollingsworth moved with his parents to Flushing, Ohio. He attended the public schools. He served in the Union Army in Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1863. He studied law at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in St. Clairsville, Ohio, on September 17, 1867, and commenced practice in Flushing. He served as mayor of Flushing in 1867. He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, in 1869 and continued the practice of law.
Hollingsworth was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison County in 1873 and reelected in 1875. He served as member of the State senate in 1879 and reelected in 1881. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1880. He served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1882. On April 21, 1883, he resigned as Senator to accept appointment as Ohio Attorney General.[1] He did not run for re-election and served until January 14, 1884.[2] He resumed the practice of law in Cadiz. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio State Bar Association, serving as chairman in 1908.
Hollingsworth was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Cadiz.
Hollingsworth was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1918. He resumed the practice of law until his death in Cadiz, Ohio, December 3, 1929. He was interred in Cadiz Cemetery.
He was married April 8, 1875 to Linda McBean of Cadiz. She had two sons, Henry, and Donald, who died in early childhood.[3] Hollingsworth was a Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias, Methodist, and member of the Grand Army of the Republic.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Burtoft & Judkins, p. 15.
- ↑ Burtoft & Judkins, p. 16.
- ↑ Burtoft & Judkins, p. 7-8.
- ↑ Burtoft & Judkins, p. 1-2.
- United States Congress. "David Hollingsworth (id: H000726)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
Further reading
- Burtoft, L. Ada Judkins; Judkins, Clyde Hollingsworth (1920). Biographical sketch of Hon. David A. Hollingsworth, Cadiz, Ohio.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
Legal offices | ||
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Preceded by George K. Nash |
Attorney General of Ohio 1883–1884 |
Succeeded by James Lawrence |
United States House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by Capell L. Weems |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th congressional district 1909-1911 |
Succeeded by William B. Francis |
Preceded by John J. Whitacre |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district 1915-1919 |
Succeeded by B. Frank Murphy |