Albert Douglas

Albert Douglas

Albert Douglas (born April 25, 1852 in Chillicothe , Ohio , †  March 14, 1935 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1911 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Albert Douglas attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1872 the Kenyon College in Gambier . After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission to the bar in 1874, he began to work in this profession in Chillicothe. Between 1877 and 1881 he served as a prosecutor in the local Ross County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1906 Douglas was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eleventh constituency of Ohio, where he succeeded Charles H. Grosvenor on March 4, 1907 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1911 . In 1910 he was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Douglas practiced again as a lawyer in Chillicothe. In 1921 he was the American special envoy to the country during the 100th anniversary of Peru's independence . He then retired, which he spent in the federal capital Washington. He died there on March 14, 1935.

Web links

• Albert Douglas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Albert Douglas in the database of Find a Grave (English)