Charles H. Graves

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Charles H. Graves (around 1912)

Charles Henry Graves (born June 24, 1872 in Clay Township , Ohio , † August 15, 1940 in Toledo , Ohio) was an American lawyer , banker and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Secretary of State of Ohio from 1911 to 1915 .

Career

Charles Henry Graves, son of Mary Joseph and John Henry Graves, was born in Ottawa County about seven years after the end of the Civil War . His father immigrated from the area of ​​the German Empire . Graves attended public schools in Oak Harbor, Ohio and graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1889. He then worked as a teacher for two years. Graves then attended the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor , where he graduated in 1893. He previously studied law at Oak Harbor . He was admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio in 1893 and then began practicing in Oak Harbor.

Graves married Emma B. Mylander of Oak Harbor on September 2, 1896. The couple had two sons.

Graves worked as a City Solicitor in Oak Harbor. He was elected and re-elected Ottawa County prosecuting attorney in 1900 and 1903 for a three-year term . During this time he was a co-founder of the First National Bank of Oak Harbor and President of the Institute in 1903 until he moved to Columbus after being elected Secretary of State.

In 1909 he chaired the Ottawa County Democratic Central Committee and the Executive Committee. Graves was elected Secretary of State in 1910 and re-elected in 1912. After his tenure ended, he moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he ran a law practice with Scott Stahl. In 1933, Graves was appointed tax collector ( collector of internal revenue ) in Toledo. On July 8, 1939, he married his second wife Irene in Port Clinton . He died on August 15, 1940 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo after an operation for gallstones .

Graves belonged to the Freemasons .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles H. Graves on the FamilySearch website
  2. ^ A b Ohio Legislative History: 1909-1912 , Volume 1, FJ Heer Printing, 1912, pp. 173f
  3. ^ Charles H. Graves obituary
  4. ^ Charles H. Graves obituary
personal data
SURNAME Graves, Charles H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graves, Charles Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, banker, and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Clay Township , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1940
Place of death Toledo , Ohio