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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaRomeo Hoyt FREER
(1846-1913)
FREER, Romeo Hoyt, a
Representative from West Virginia; born in Bazetta, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November 9, 1846; attended the common schools of
Ashtabula County, Ohio, where his parents had moved when he was
three years old; during the Civil War served in the Union Army as a
private; settled in Charleston, W.Va., in March 1866; taught
school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and practiced;
assistant prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County 1868-1871;
prosecuting attorney of the same county 1871-1873; appointed
commercial agent to San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, January 15,
1873, and served until January 1877; moved to Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va., in 1882; member of the State house of delegates in
1891; prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County 1892-1897; judge of
the fourth circuit of West Virginia 1896-1899; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3,
1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; attorney general of
West Virginia 1901-1905; appointed postmaster of Harrisville,
W.Va., on October 4, 1907, and served until his death, May 9, 1913;
interment in Harrisville Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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