Jacob A. Kohler

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Jacob Adams Kohler was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1886 to 1887.

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Kohler was born August 15, 1835, at Reading, Pennsylvania. When he was four months old, his family moved to Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio. He received a public education and went to Lodi Academy. In 1859, he was admitted to the bar, and served as Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County two terms. [1] His first law partner was Sidney Edgerton. [2] [3] Kohler married Frances H. Coburn May 16, 1860, and had two sons. [2]

In 1883 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the Sixty-sixth General Assembly. [1] [4] In 1885 he was elected Ohio Attorney General. [5] In 1895, he was elected a Common Pleas Court Judge. [1]

He died March 15, 1916, at his Akron home. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Smith, p. 515.
  2. 1 2 Lane, p. 267.
  3. 1 2 Marvin, p. 189-192.
  4. ↑ Ohio 1917, p. 299.
  5. ↑ Smith, p. 512.

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Jacob Adams Kohler
Jacob A. Kohler-1896.jpg
circa 1896
18th Ohio Attorney General
In office
January 11, 1886 –January 9, 1888
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Ohio
1886–1888		Succeeded by
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