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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioAlbert DOUGLAS
(1852-1935)
DOUGLAS, Albert, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 25,
1852; attended the public schools of Chillicothe and a preparatory
school; was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1872
and from the law department of Harvard University in 1874; was
admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Chillicothe,
Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Ross County 1877-1881; elected as a
Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910
to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Chillicothe, Ohio; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to represent
the United States at the centennial of the independence of Peru in
1921; retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death in
that city on March 14, 1935; interment in Grand View Cemetery,
Chillicothe, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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