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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | J. Henry Goeke |
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Lima, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 28, 1869
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| Died | March 25, 1930
(60 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | GOEKE, John Henry, a Representative from Ohio; born near Minster, Auglaize County, Ohio, October 28, 1869; attended the common schools and was graduated from Pio Nono College, St. Francis, Wis., in 1888; studied law at Cincinnati Law School and was graduated in 1891; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in St. Marys, Ohio; city solicitor of St. Marys 1892-1894; prosecuting attorney of Auglaize County 1894-1900; resumed the practice of law in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1900; also served as a director of several banks and manufacturing concerns; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1903; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912, 1920, 1924, and 1928; resumed the practice of law in Wapakoneta, Ohio; moved to Lima, Ohio, in 1921 and continued the practice of law; died in Lima, Ohio, March 25, 1930; interment in Gethsemane Cemetery.
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