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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioFernando Coello LAYTON
(1847-1926)
LAYTON, Fernando Coello, a
Representative from Ohio; born near St. Johns, Auglaize County,
Ohio, April 11, 1847; attended the public schools and Wittenberg
College, Springfield, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1869 and practiced in Wapakoneta, Ohio; county school examiner;
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize County 1875-1878; served as
captain of Company G, Ohio National Guard, 1878-1883; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1896; resumed the practice of his profession in
Wapakoneta, Ohio; elected judge of the court of common pleas in
1908; reelected in 1914 and in 1920, and served until his
resignation on June 9, 1926; died in Wapakoneta, Auglaize County,
Ohio, on June 22, 1926; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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