Isaac Welsh

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Isaac Welsh (born July 20, 1811 in Belmont County , Ohio , † November 25, 1875 in Washington Township , Ohio) was an American politician . He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly and was Treasurer of State of Ohio from 1872 to 1875 .

Career

Isaac Welsh was born in Belmont County about a year before the outbreak of the British-American War . He grew up on a farm and received a poor education. As an adult, he moved to Beallsville ( Monroe County ), where he went about merchandising, but soon returned to Belmont County back. Welsh was part of the Whig Party until it was dissolved. He then joined the Republican Party . He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1857 and re-elected in 1859. He sat in the 53rd and 54th General Assemblies. In 1861 he was elected to the Senate of Ohio's 20th District . He then sat in the 55th General Assembly. In the presidential election in 1868 , he served as elector for Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax . Welsh was elected Treasurer of State of Ohio in 1871 and re-elected in 1873. He died in 1875 before his term of office was over. His son Leroy Welsh was named to succeed him as Treasurer of Ohio for the remainder of his father's tenure.

Isaac Welsh was married to Mary A. Armstrong of Belmont County. He was a Presbyterian .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Caldwell, JA: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio , p. 415
  2. ^ A b Joseph Patterson Smith: History of the Republican Party in Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, pp. 260 and 289
  3. ^ Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, pp. 241 and 282
  4. ↑ Biographical notices of the members of the fifty-fifth General Assembly of the state of Ohio , John Wallace, 1862, pp. 37f
personal data
SURNAME Welsh, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Belmont County , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1875
Place of death Washington Township , Ohio