H. Ross Ake

Howard Ross Ake (born September 22, 1878 in Osnaburg Township , Ohio , † February 11, 1954 in East Canton , Ohio) was an American banker and politician ( Republican Party ). He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly and was Treasurer of State of Ohio from 1929 to 1930 .

Career

Howard Ross Ake, son of Cora Shearer and John Ake, was born on a farm in Osnaburg Township ( Stark County ) in 1878 . His parents were both born in Stark County. He attended country schools and Mount Union College . He then worked as a banker in Canton, Ohio. Since the founding of the Morris Plan Bank in Canton in 1916, he held the positions of Secretary-Treasurer and Manager there.

Ake served two terms as County Treasurer in Stark County before being elected to the Ohio Senate in 1918 . He then served as a senator from 1919 to 1920. His term of office was overshadowed by hostility towards Germans because of the hostilities with the Germans during the First World War . In this context, the legislature passed the Ake Law in 1919 , which banned the teaching of German below the eighth grade in all schools, both public and private. The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1921 ( Meyer vs. Nebraska ) that this law and another was unconstitutional because the state is not empowered to ban the German language in private schools. Ake continued his work in the legislature. In February 1929, Treasurer of State Bert B. Buckley was convicted of bribery and forced to resign before he was removed from office. His two-year term had just started and was not due to end until late January 1931. The Governor of Ohio Myers Y. Cooper then appointed Ake as the new Treasurer of State for the remainder of the term of Buckley. Ake resigned from his post in November 1930. The Republican Party nominated Ake in 1936 in the 16th congressional electoral district of Ohio for the 75th Congress . He ran as an isolationist and suffered a defeat to incumbent William R. Thom of the Democratic Party .

Ake married Hannah Roxaine Dager in 1904. The couple had three children. Ake was a member of the Freemasons , the Knights of Pythias , the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics . He died in East Canton in 1954 and was buried in the Mapleton, Ohio cemetery.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b H. Ross Ake in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 19, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b ^c W.E. Halley and John P. Maynard: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1920, pp. 40 and 65
^ ^A ^b Ake Law, Ohio History Central , July 1, 2005
^ Massillon Evening Independent, May 9, 1938
^ Kokomo Daily Tribune, February 6, 1929

personal data
SURNAME	Ake, H. Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ake, Howard Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American banker and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Osnaburg Township , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1954
Place of death	East Canton , Ohio

[FAG-1] H. Ross Ake in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 19, 2015.

[HM-2] W.E. Halley and John P. Maynard: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1920, pp. 40 and 65

[AL-3] A ^b Ake Law, Ohio History Central , July 1, 2005

[MEI-4] Massillon Evening Independent, May 9, 1938

[5] Kokomo Daily Tribune, February 6, 1929