Lewis P. Ohliger

Lewis P. Ohliger, 1900

Lewis Philip Ohliger (born January 3, 1843 in the Palatinate , Kingdom of Bavaria , †  January 9, 1923 in San Diego , California ) was an American politician . In 1892 and 1893 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In October 1854 Lewis Ohliger came with his parents from his German homeland to Canton , Ohio, where he attended public schools. He later moved to Wooster . There he worked in the pharmacy business and in retail. Between 1875 and 1879 he was district treasurer and from 1885 to 1890 postman in Wooster. He was also an authorized representative ( trustee ) of the Wooster & Lodi Railway . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In June 1892 he took part as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , at which the former incumbent Grover Cleveland was again nominated as a presidential candidate.

After the death of the MP John G. Warwick , Ohliger was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 5, 1892. Since he was no longer nominated by his party for the regular congressional elections of 1892 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1893 .

Between 1893 and 1898, Lewis Ohliger was the head of the Cleveland District tax department . He then resumed his previous private activities. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on January 9, 1923 in San Diego and was buried in Wooster.

Web links

• Lewis P. Ohliger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lewis P. Ohliger in the database of Find a Grave (English)