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Martin Welker

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · 1873

Martin Welker , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Martin Welker (April 25, 1819 – March 15, 1902) was an American politician and judge who was a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1865 to 1871 and a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1873 to 1889.

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Career

Private practice, Millersburg, Ohio, 1840-1846, 1851-1852; Clerk, Holmes County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1846-1851; Judge, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Sixth Judicial District, 1852-1857; Private practice, Wooster, Ohio, 1857; Lieutenant governor, Ohio, 1857-1858; U.S. Army colonel, 1861-1865; U.S. representative from Ohio, 1865-1871; Professor, Wooster College, 1873-1890

Biography

Martin Welker (April 25, 1819 – March 15, 1902) was an American politician and judge who was a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1865 to 1871 and a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1873 to 1889.

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