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Albert Douglas, a Representative from Ohio; born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 25,
1852; attended the public schools of Chillicothe and a preparatory school;
was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1872 and from the law
department of Harvard University in 1874; was admitted to the bar in 1874
and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Ross
County 1877-1881; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first
Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice of
law in Chillicothe, Ohio; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to represent
the United States at the centennial of the independence of Peru in 1921;
retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city on
March 14, 1935; interment in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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