Harrison G. O. Blake
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Harrison Gray Otis Blake | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th district | |
In office October 11, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | |
Preceded by | Cyrus Spink |
Succeeded by | George Bliss |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
In office 1846–1847 | |
Member of the Ohio Senate | |
In office 1848 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 166th Ohio Infantry | March 17, 1818
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
- United States Congress. "Harrison G. O. Blake (id: B000531)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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