Harrison G. O. Blake

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Harrison Gray Otis Blake
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th district
In office
October 11, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byCyrus Spink
Succeeded byGeorge Bliss
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
1846–1847
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office
1848
Personal details
Born(1818-03-17)March 17, 1818
166th Ohio Infantry

Harrison Gray Otis Blake (March 17, 1818 – April 16, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in

Ohio State Senate
in 1848, serving as that chamber's president.

Blake was elected as a

166th Ohio Infantry, a Hundred Days Regiment
. Blake was mayor of Medina from 1870 to 1872.

After the war, he declined the appointment of Governor of

Idaho Territory, resuming the practice of law and maintaining an interest in banking and mercantile pursuits. He served as delegate to the Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia in 1866, and died ten years later in Medina, Ohio
, on April 16, 1876. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress