John Beatty (Ohio banker)
John Beatty | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th district | |
| In office February 5, 1868 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelius S. Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | William Lawrence |
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| Born | December 16, 1828 3rd Ohio Infantry |
John Beatty (December 16, 1828 – December 21, 1914) was an American banker and statesman from Sandusky, Ohio. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Beatty was born near
When the Civil War started Beatty volunteered as a
Following the war, he represented Ohio in the U.S. Congress from 1868 to 1873.
He served as a
A 1909 biographer wrote that Beatty "is the sole survivor of the electoral college of Ohio, which cast its vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and as far as known, the only surviving elector who cast a vote for President Lincoln when he was chosen to his first term almost a half century ago."[5]
Beatty was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky.
Autobiography
Beatty wrote The citizen-soldier, or, Memoirs of a volunteer, Cincinnati : Wilstach, Baldwin, 1879. The book has been reprinted more than once.[1]
Prior to the Civil War, John Beatty was a banker.
Yet like many others, North & South,
swiftly demonstrated a capacity for war.— Dave Powell[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 1-4065-3698-9
- ^ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. p. 124.
- ^ "Index to Politicians: Beatty to Beatty-smith". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 106
- ISBN 9780832828300.
- North & South - The Official Magazine of the Civil War Society, Volume 10, Number 1, Page 58.
- Attribution
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
- The Robert Clarke Company. pp. 924–926.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 106.
- United States Congress. "John Beatty (id: B000283)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-12
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
- Works by John Beatty at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Beatty at Internet Archive
- "John Beatty". Find a Grave. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
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