Albert Douglas

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Albert Douglas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th district
In office March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	Charles H. Grosvenor
Succeeded by	Horatio C. Claypool
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1852 Chillicothe, Ohio
Died	March 14, 1935 (age 82) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Albert Douglas (April 25, 1852 – March 14, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Douglas attended the public schools of Chillicothe and a preparatory school. He graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1872 and from Harvard Law School in 1874. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County 1877-1881. Presidential elector in 1896 for McKinley/Hobart.

Douglas was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress,and resumed the practice of law in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to represent the United States at the centennial of the independence of Peru in 1921. He retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city on March 14, 1935. He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.

Source

• Albert Douglas at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles H. Grosvenor	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th congressional district March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	Succeeded by Horatio C. Claypool