Jacob A. Kohler

Jacob Adams Kohler (born August 15, 1835 in Reading , Pennsylvania , † March 15, 1916 in Akron , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). He sat in the Ohio House of Representatives and was Attorney General of Ohio from 1886 to 1887 .

Career

Jacob Adams Kohler was born in Berks County about two years before the 1837 Depression began . When he was four months old, his family moved to Ohio and settled in Franklin Township ( Summit County ). Kohler attended public schools and the Lodi Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He then served two terms as a prosecuting attorney in Summit County. His first law firm partner was Sidney Edgerton. Kohler married Frances H. Coburn on May 16, 1860. The couple had two sons: Rally C. (1861–1865) and Frank Eugene (1864–1866).

In 1883 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. He was then elected Attorney General of Ohio in 1885. He defeated the Democrat James Lawrence with 360,802 to 341,762 votes. In 1895 he was elected judge on the Court of Common Pleas . He died on March 15, 1916 at his home in Akron, Ohio, and was then buried in Glendale Cemetery .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Joseph Patterson Smith: History of the Republican Party in Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, pp. 512 and 515
^ ^A ^b Samuel Alanson Lane: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County , Beacon Job Department, 1892, p. 267
^ ^A ^b U. L. Marvin: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Association ... , Volume 37, George Riddle, 1916, pp. 189-192
^ Rally C. Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ Frank Eugene Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, p. 299
^ Jacob A. Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Kohler, Jacob A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kohler, Jacob Adams (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reading , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	March 15, 1916
Place of death	Akron , Ohio

[Smith-1] A ^b ^c Joseph Patterson Smith: History of the Republican Party in Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, pp. 512 and 515

[Lane-2] A ^b Samuel Alanson Lane: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County , Beacon Job Department, 1892, p. 267

[Marvin-3] A ^b U. L. Marvin: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Association ... , Volume 37, George Riddle, 1916, pp. 189-192

[4] Rally C. Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[5] Frank Eugene Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[6] Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, p. 299

[7] Jacob A. Kohler in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 28, 2015.