Albert A. Bliss

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Albert Asahel Bliss (born March 25, 1812 in Canton , Connecticut , † May 14, 1893 in Leoni Township , Michigan ) was an American lawyer , newspaper editor and politician . He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly and was Treasurer of State of Ohio for five years . The congressman Philemon Bliss was his younger brother.

Career

Albert Asahel Bliss, son of Lydia Griswold and Asahel Bliss, was born in Hartford County about three months before the outbreak of the British-American War . Nothing is known about his childhood. At the age of 14 he began the Oneida Institute in Whitestown ( New York to visit). After graduating, Bliss then worked in Whitestown as a chair manufacturer and house and sign painter. He was saving up his money to go west. In 1833 he arrived in Elyria (Ohio), where he studied law in the law firm of Whittlesey & Hamlin and published the Ohio Atlas . He was admitted to the bar in Cleveland, Ohio in September 1835. Bliss practiced law there and published the Daily Gazette . In 1837 he returned to Elyria, where he practiced as a lawyer for the next ten years.

He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives three times as Whig during that time . His terms in office were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 . The legislature elected him in early 1847 as Treasurer of State of Ohio. His three-year tenure was overshadowed by the Mexican-American War . In 1850 he was re-elected. Ohio voters passed a new constitution in 1851 that limited the term of office of the Treasurer of State to two years and made office electoral. In the 1851 election, Bliss was defeated by the Democrat John G. Breslin . Bliss held the post until the second Monday in January 1852.

At the end of 1852 he returned to Elyria, where he remained until 1863. In 1875 his successor was accused of embezzling large sums of money from the tax authorities. As a result, he charged Bliss with a similar crime. Bliss managed to defend himself and not be punished. During the Civil War , he moved to Jackson, Michigan in 1863 . There the Governor John J. Bagley appointed him to the wardens of the Jackson State Prison. Three years later he was elected to the school board. Bliss ran as a Republican candidate for the post of probate judge in 1876 . His opponent won the election with a majority of 45 votes.

family

Albert Asahel Bliss married Almira J. Beebe on December 30, 1835 in Elyria, who was originally from Whitestown, New York. The couple had five children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wikoff, Allen T .: Annual Report , Nevins & Myers, State Printers, 1875, p. 12
  2. ^ FamilySearch - Albert A. Bliss
  3. ^ A b c d e Wright, George Frederick: A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis publishing Company, 1916, p. 228
  4. ^ A b Bliss, John Homer: Genealogy of the Bliss family in America, from about the year 1550-1880 , p. 444
  5. ^ A b c d e American Biographical History of Eminent And Self And Self-Made , Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1878, p. 117
  6. ^ William Alexander Taylor and Aubrey Clarence Taylor: Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress , Press of the Westbote Company, 1899, p. 224
  7. ^ Bell, William junior : Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Year Ending ... , Columbus Printing Company, State Printers, 1876, p. 114
  8. ^ The Ohio Treasury Swindle - The Other Side , The New York Times, March 26, 1859
personal data
SURNAME Bliss, Albert A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bliss, Albert Asahel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1893
Place of death Leoni Township , Michigan