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  Eckley, Ephraim R.
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameEphraim R. Eckley
Address Carroll County
Carrollton, Ohio , United States
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Born December 09, 1811
DiedMarch 27, 1908 (96 years)
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Last ModifedRBH
Aug 26, 2016 01:08am
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InfoECKLEY, Ephraim Ralph, a Representative from Ohio; born near Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 9, 1811; moved with his parents to Hayesville, Ohio, in 1816; attended the common schools and was graduated from Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio; moved to Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, in 1833 and taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Carrollton.

OH Senate (Carroll) 1843-1846, 1849, and 1850

Unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1851

OH House (Carroll) 1853-1857

Unsuccessful candidate for election in 1853 to the United States Senate

Delegate to the first Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1856

During the Civil War served in the Union Army as colonel of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and also of the Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; brevetted brigadier general.

U.S. Representative (R-OH) 1863-1869; was not a candidate for renomination in 1868

Resumed the practice of law in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, where he died March 27, 1908; interment in Grand View Cemetery.

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