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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioRalph Pomeroy BUCKLAND
(1812-1892)
BUCKLAND, Ralph Pomeroy, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Leyden, Mass., January 20, 1812;
moved with his parents to Ravenna, Ohio, the same year; attended
the country schools, Tallmadge (Ohio) Academy, and Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and
commenced practice in Fremont, Ohio; mayor of Fremont 1843-1845;
delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848; member of the
State senate 1855-1859; entered the Union Army as colonel of the
Seventy-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, January 10, 1862;
commissioned brigadier general of Volunteers November 29, 1862;
brevetted major general March 13, 1865; resigned from the Army
January 6, 1865; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress;
resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Philadelphia
Loyalists’ Convention in 1866 and to the Pittsburgh
Soldiers’ Convention; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1876; Government director of the Union Pacific
Railroad 1877-1880; died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 27,
1892; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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