Lewis B. Gunckel

Lewis B. Gunckel

Lewis B. Gunckel (born October 15, 1826 in Germantown , Montgomery County , Ohio , †  October 3, 1903 in Dayton , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis Gunckel attended preparatory schools. In 1848 he graduated from Farmer's College . After a subsequent law degree at Cincinnati College and his 1851 admission to the bar, he began in Dayton to work in this profession. He later embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . He had previously been a member of the Whig Party . In June 1856 he was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which John C. Frémont was nominated as a candidate for president. Gunckel was a member of the Ohio Senate between 1862 and 1865 . In 1864 he was appointed to the board of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers , an organization that dealt with homes for disabled soldiers. He held this position until 1871. In that year he was appointed federal commissioner to investigate cases of fraud against the Cherokee and other Indian tribes.

In the congressional election of 1872 Gunckel was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat John F. McKinney on March 4, 1873 . Since he was not confirmed in 1874, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1875 . After his time in the US House of Representatives Gunckel practiced again as a lawyer. He died on October 3, 1903 in Dayton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Lewis B. Gunckel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)