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Bulkley</a>, Bratenahl - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffee-coffield.html#574.72.72">Martin V. Coffey</a>, Bratenahl - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupper-durgin.html#065.70.41">Francis W. Durbin</a>, Lima - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#384.47.70">Joseph T. Ferguson</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#932.42.57">W. Burr Gongwer</a>, Cleveland Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#287.78.14">Philip P. Hannah</a>, Upper Arlington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heebner-hefron.html#423.08.70">Walter F. Heer</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#691.14.63">Albert A. Horstman</a>, Dayton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#743.59.17">Mildred R. Jaster</a>, Shaker Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#095.33.52">Percy D. Jones</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly9.html#643.01.07">Virginia S. Kelly</a>, Portsmouth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#850.79.69">Jacob Kroll</a>, Cincinnati - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nolan.html#906.31.62">John F. Nolan</a>, Steubenville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#861.53.78">John J. Quinlivan</a>, Toledo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#545.46.63">Charles F. Smith</a>, Youngstown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#245.51.11">A. F. Whitney</a>, Bay Village <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#612.18.44">Arthur Espy</a>, Cincinnati - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html#995.81.22">William A. Harlow</a>, Cincinnati <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#166.98.52">Jack Abrams</a>, Cincinnati - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan5.html#757.51.65">James H. Sullivan</a>, Cincinnati <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#732.98.24">Marguerite Parrish</a>, Dayton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#845.03.64">Robert M. Sohngen</a>, Hamilton <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#642.98.80">Raymon J. Marker</a>, Versailles - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#541.57.06">Harry R. Meredith</a>, Lima <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#727.32.94">R. E. Laudick</a>, Ottawa - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pease.html#883.46.77">Elizabeth Pease</a>, Defiance <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#843.13.14">Will H. Acord</a>, Waverly - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilburn-kiley.html#641.58.23">Thomas C. Kilcoyne</a>, Portsmouth <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#409.98.73">John E. Holden</a>, Morrow - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehan.html#515.89.72">Paul J. Sheehan</a>, Springfield <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#853.59.65">Grover C. Snyder</a>, Waldo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#802.48.50">Helen R. Truax</a>, Bucyrus <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#368.78.42">Daniel P. Holzemer</a>, Toledo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#337.43.55">Frazier Reams</a>, Toledo <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daugherty.html#421.01.59">Oral Daugherty</a>, Nelsonville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#274.29.56">Joe P. Gallagher</a>, Wellston <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#665.36.46">Garrett S. Claypool</a>, Chillicothe - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#219.51.20">Walter L. Gordon</a>, Lancaster <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#745.55.15">Arvin J. Alexander</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#940.56.82">John Caren</a>, Worthington <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#879.47.42">Albert V. Baumann</a>, Fremont - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#557.08.59">W. E. Giles</a>, Bellevue <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#820.22.77">Walter J. Coyle</a>, Akron - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mottashed-moultin.html#741.63.84">Clarence E. Motz</a>, Akron <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#727.34.18">Harley E. Calvin</a>, Marietta - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynch.html#098.31.41">Charles W. Lynch</a>, Woodsfield <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#159.91.06">Eugene H. Hanhart</a>, Dover - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller3.html#659.21.85">Emmett D. Miller</a>, Wooster <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy6.html#199.36.76">Martin P. Murphy</a>, Coshocton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neville.html#535.83.37">James M. Neville</a>, Delaware <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis1.html#685.14.78">A. A. Davis</a>, St. Clairsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millet-milligan.html#877.46.99">Arthur H. Milleson</a>, Freeport <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilguss-kim.html#987.15.58">William B. Kilpatrick</a>, Warren - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#004.41.83">Walter W. Mitchell</a>, Youngstown <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duffy.html#387.08.58">Dan W. Duffy</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#866.93.75">F. T. Matia</a>, Cleveland <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#438.73.39">William H. Annat</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#970.91.34">Frank P. Ratajczak</a>, Cleveland <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller7.html#360.35.84">Ray T. Miller</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#571.80.56">Thomas L. Terrell</a>, Cleveland </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#978.71.38">J. Freer Bittinger</a>, Ashland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#437.65.24">Charles V. Carr</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#353.23.05">Arthur Cunningham</a>, New Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#353.73.42">Marie M. Dickson</a>, Steubenville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#970.68.07">Michael V. DiSalle</a>, Toledo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#939.00.58">Margaret Flannery</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forman.html#497.68.24">Leonard H. Forman</a>, Akron - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#816.67.10">Robert S. Hayes</a>, Bexley - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#162.57.12">Margaret Hemmert</a>, Celina - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollander-holley.html#819.00.86">Alice M. Hollenbeck</a>, Perrysburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#980.52.21">Mary E. Ketterer</a>, Woodsfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#234.09.91">H. A. McCown</a>, Ironton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker3.html#194.19.46">Earl D. Parker</a>, Bainbridge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#282.31.92">Clara Trost Sheehy</a>, Grandview Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#495.69.94">Gladys P. Webb</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#059.26.24">James A. Wilson</a>, Cincinnati <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#031.00.18">Joseph Berning</a>, Cincinnati - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#077.69.94">R. Edward Tepe</a>, Norwood <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#869.40.42">William E. Hopper</a>, Cincinnati - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#290.78.17">Mabel C. Rostock</a>, Cincinnati <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#056.78.28">Olive Brumbaugh</a>, West Alexandria - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagan.html#557.03.78">George Flanagan</a>, Dayton <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#560.45.69">Henry Kampf</a>, Piqua - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#607.99.09">Rue P. Melching</a>, Wapakoneta <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark8.html#674.20.24">Samuel Clark</a>, Cherry Fork - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#728.15.35">John Wood</a>, Georgetown <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#055.52.58">John D. McAuliffe</a>, Marysville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#037.09.38">J. Ewing Smith</a>, Bellefontaine <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin9.html#664.09.08">William E. Martin</a>, Upper Sandusky - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#826.39.31">Steven McKirgan</a>, Mt. Gilead <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#689.27.65">Mary Boyle Burns</a>, Toledo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tazewell-temmey.html#488.95.38">O. L. Teagarden</a>, Oak Harbor <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#462.84.06">Enoch S. Allen</a>, Ironton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#545.24.71">Elsie Stanton</a>, Wellston <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#323.97.40">Charles L. Achauer</a>, Logan - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#140.29.19">Wayne Armstrong</a>, Laurelville <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#827.67.43">Arthur Goldberg</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#116.22.36">Joseph J. Van Heyde</a>, Columbus <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallach-walser.html#959.07.78">Anna E. Wallauer</a>, Castalia <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bucklin-bucknell.html#913.93.96">L. S. Buckmaster</a>, Akron - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgowan-mcgown.html#176.33.18">Mary E. McGowan</a>, Akron <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parks.html#515.44.00">Dewey Parks</a>, Reinersville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward3.html#684.38.21">Eugene B. Ward</a>, Quaker City <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#418.66.47">A. Lee Fair</a>, Millersburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#212.69.41">Leroy T. Schirack</a>, Canton <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#496.88.71">George D. Barrick</a>, Coshocton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#125.94.98">Hazel K. Zellner</a>, Mansfield <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#549.35.66">Ralph G. Hart</a>, Minerva - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#101.27.63">Vincent McGeehan</a>, East Liverpool <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#541.49.68">George D. Ellis</a>, Youngstown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#598.65.87">Frank L. Smith</a>, Andover <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donnelly.html#215.95.84">Anne M. Donnelly</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#759.50.99">Helen Cecilia Longton</a>, Cleveland <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#107.67.50">Michael M. Lucak</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogerson-roll.html#751.78.12">Loretta Rohde</a>, Cleveland <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carney.html#546.58.82">Mary L. Carney</a>, Cleveland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#980.22.69">Mary K. Long</a>, Cleveland </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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