Martin Welker

Martin Welker

Martin Welker (born April 25, 1819 in Knox County , Ohio , † March 15, 1902 in Wooster , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives . From 1858 to 1860 he was its lieutenant governor .

After completing his school career, Welker studied law and worked as a lawyer in Millersburg after completing his studies and being admitted to the bar . From 1846 to 1851 he served as a clerk in the Holmes County Court . A year later, in 1852, he stood for election to Congress, but was unable to prevail. In 1857 he moved to Wooster; that same year he was elected lieutenant governor of Ohio alongside Governor Salmon P. Chase .

After divorcing office after two years, he was appointed adjutant to Governor William Dennison with the rank of colonel in August 1861 . In the same year he was the chief judge advocate general of the state of Ohio. During the Civil War he was in charge of the drafting measures from August 1862; that year he became the deputy chief military officer ( adjutant general ) in Ohio. In February 1865 he himself joined the Union Army and served with the rank of private until September of the same year .

In the meantime Welker had applied again for a seat in the US House of Representatives in 1862, but failed again. It was not until 1864 that he was elected to Congress , where he represented the 14th  constituency of Ohio from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1871. In 1870 he did not run again. In 1873, US President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Welker to the federal district court judge for the Northern District of Ohio. He stayed in this post until 1889 when he retired. Between 1873 and 1890 he was Professor of Political Science and International Law at Wooster University . He died in Wooster in March 1902 and was buried there.

Web links

• Martin Welker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)