Christian L. Poorman

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Christian L. Poorman
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Christian L. Poorman (born October 28, 1825 in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania , † March 6, 1912 in Shadyside , Ohio ) was an American carpenter, lawyer , publisher, officer , inventor, manufacturer and politician . He sat in the Ohio House of Representatives and was Secretary of State of Ohio from 1892 to 1893 .

Career

Christian L. Poorman, son of Elizabeth Longdorf and Christian Poorman, was born and raised in Cumberland County . His father died in 1840 as a result of an injury which he sustained during the British-American War . Christian L. Poorman attended community schools. He made an apprenticeship as a carpenter and followed this activity. In 1853 he began his law studies at the Cincinnati Law School and graduated there in 1855. After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in St. Clairsville, Ohio . Poorman was the first elected Justice of the Peace in Belmont County, Ohio. He was elected county auditor , a post he held for two terms beginning in 1859.

Politically, he was a Whig but became a Republican and strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln when he published the Belmont Chronicle . He was the publisher of the Chronicle until 1870, with the exception of his time as a soldier during the Civil War .

Poorman raised a company . He subsequently received an officer license as captain in D Company in the 43rd  Ohio Infantry . He held this rank from December 21, 1861 to August 12, 1862. For his bravery, he was made Lieutenant Colonel and transferred to the 98th Infantry of Ohio. He took part in the battles in Kentucky and Tennessee . On September 12, 1863, he resigned from his post.

After the Chronicle was sold in 1870, Poorman was a manufacturer of machinery in Bellaire, Ohio. In this context, he filed US patent 115,099 in 1871. The stock market crash of 1873 wiped out his fortune completely.

The Democrats nominated him in 1872 for the 16th  Congressional District of Ohio. But he lost the election to the Republican Lorenzo Danford . In 1878 he founded the Bellaire Tribune and subsequently advocated protective tariffs. Poorman was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1885 and re-elected in 1887. He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly from 1886 to 1889 . In April 1891, Daniel J. Ryan resigned from his post as Secretary of State of Ohio. Governor James E. Campbell appointed Poorman as the new Secretary of State to fill the vacancy. He was not nominated again for re-election in 1892. The Republicans nominated Poorman in 1890 for the 17th congressional electoral district of Ohio and in 1892 for the 16th congressional constituency of Ohio. He lost both elections to Democrat Albert J. Pearson , the first choice 51.2% to 48.8% and the second choice 50.06% to 49.94%.

Poorman married Martha Ann Ebert on April 6, 1846.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography , James T. White and Company, 1893, pp. 76f
  2. ↑ Improvement iniclothes-clamps ( English ) Google Patents. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Commissioner of Patents Annual Report , United States. Patent Office, 1872, p. 386
  4. ^ A b Smith, Joseph Patterson: History of the Republican Party in Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, pp. 306, 593, 631
  5. ^ Ohio General Assembly: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, p. 296
  6. ^ Elliott Howard Gilkey and William Alexander Taylor: The Ohio Hundred Year Book , FJ Heer, 1901, p. 425

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SURNAME Poorman, Christian L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American carpenter, lawyer, publisher, officer, inventor, manufacturer, and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1912
Place of death Shadyside , Ohio