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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioBenjamin Franklin WELTY
(1870-1962)
WELTY, Benjamin Franklin,
a Representative from Ohio; born near Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio,
August 9, 1870; attended the common schools and the Tri-State
Normal College of Indiana; was graduated from the Ohio Northern
University at Ada in 1894 and from the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor in 1896; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1896 and
commenced practice in Lima, Allen County, Ohio; city solicitor of
Bluffton 1897-1909; served as a private during the Spanish-American
War; prosecuting attorney of Allen County 1905-1910; lieutenant
colonel in the Ohio National Guard 1908-1913; special counsel to
the State attorney general 1911-1913; special assistant in the
United States Department of Justice 1913-1915; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4,
1917-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920
to the Sixty-seventh Congress; employed with Inland Waterways
Association 1921-1924; resumed the practice of law until 1951, when
he retired; died in Dayton, Ohio, October 23, 1962; interment in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Shawnee Township, Allen County, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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