Aaron F. Perry
Aaron Fyfe Perry | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's first district | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – 1872 | |
| Preceded by | Peter W. Strader |
| Succeeded by | Ozro J. Dodds |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Franklin County district | |
| In office December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848 Serving with George Taylor | |
| Preceded by | John Noble Jeremy Clark |
| Succeeded by | James Dalzell David Gregory |
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| Born | January 1, 1815 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Williams |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Yale Law School |
Aaron Fyfe Perry (January 1, 1815 – March 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1871 to 1872.
Biography
Born in
Dennison in Columbus and Alphonso Taft in Cincinnati.[1] He declined appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1861 tendered by President Abraham Lincoln. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention
in 1864.
He received
LL.D.s from Marietta College and Western Reserve University.[1] He married Elizabeth Williams, daughter Cincinnati politician Micajah T. Williams, in 1843, and had three daughters and one son.[1]
Congress
Perry was elected as a
sinking-fund
trustees of Cincinnati in 1877 and was president of the board from 1884 to 1892, when he resigned.
Death
He died in
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11, 1893. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery
.
Notes
References
- United States Congress. "Aaron F. Perry (id: P000241)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
- Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 383–384.
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