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• Alexander Jr., James  b. October 17, 1789  d. September 5, 1846
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1839.
  Scotch Ridge Cemetery, Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Caldwell, James   b. November 30, 1770  d. May, 1838
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Legislature.
  Methodist Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Danford, Lorenzo    b. October 18, 1829  d. June 19, 1899
  US Congressman. Known for his great oratory, he parlayed his successful law practice and his honorable military service into a long and distinguished political career. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, he studied law in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, before moving to St. Clairsville, Ohio, where, in 1854, he began practicing law. He was elected and served as Belmont County's prosecuting attorney from 1857 to 1861 before resigning, at the start of the Civil War, to enlist as a private in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Friends Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
  GPS coordinates: 40.0823059, -80.9002762 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hays, Wayne Levere    b. May 13, 1911  d. February 13, 1989
  Member of Ohio State Senate, 1941-1972, Democrat from Ohio, 18th District, 1949-1976, Member of Ohio State House of Representatives, 1979.
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Kennon Jr., William    b. June 12, 1802  d. October 19, 1867
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1865. (Bio by: K)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Kennon Sr., William  b. May 14, 1793  d. November 2, 1881
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1840, and Justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court from 1854 to 1856. (Bio by: K)
  Methodist Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Lewis, Earl Ramage  b. February 22, 1887  d. February 1, 1956
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1941, and 1943 to 1949. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Senate from 1927 to 1928, and 1931 to 1934. (Bio by: K)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Patterson, John  b. 1771  d. 1848
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1825. Also served as Mayor of St. Clairsville, Ohio, State Court Judge, and Member of the Ohio State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Ruggles, Benjamin    b. 1783  d. 1857
  US Senator. Known as the "wheel-horse of the Senate" because of his untiring work habits he represented the state of Ohio as a US Senator from 1815 to 1833. A native of Abington, Connecticut he worked is way through college by teaching school during the winter. After being admitted to the bar he moved to Ohio where he began practicing law first in Marietta before moving to St Clairsville where in 1810 he became a common pleas court judge. After serving three terms in the Senate he decided not...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Weems, Capell Lane    b. July 7, 1860  d. January 5, 1913
  US Congressman. Born in Whigville, Noble County, Ohio, this Republican was a successful prosecuting attorney for Noble County in 1884 and nearby Belmont County from 1890 to 1896. In between holding those two positions he briefly served in the state legislature and lived in Cleveland before returning to Southeastern Ohio. He was elected to represent Ohio's Sixteenth district in Congress after poor health forced the resignation of Joseph J. Gill in 1903. Weems was elected twice more for Congress...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   
• Wilson, Charles A.   b. January 18, 1943  d. April 14, 2013
  US Congressman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served Ohio's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2007 until 2011. He attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and served as a funeral director, prior to launching his political career, initially as a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives (1997 to 2004) and later the Ohio State Senate (2005 to 2007). During his tenure in Congress, he supported the Wall Street Bailout of 2008 was...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
   

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