Joseph Hodson Outhwaite | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | George L. Converse |
| Succeeded by | David K. Watson |
| Constituency | 13th district (1885–1891) 9th district (1891–1893) 12th district (1893–1895) |
| 3rd Dean ofMoritz College of Law | |
| In office 1905–1907 | |
| Preceded by | William F. Hunter |
| Succeeded by | George W. Rightmire |
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| Born | (1841-12-05)December 5, 1841 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 1907(1907-12-09) (aged 66) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (December 5, 1841 – December 9, 1907) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served five terms as aU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1885 to 1895.
Born inCleveland, Ohio, Outhwaite attended the public schools ofZanesville, Ohio. He taught in Zanesville's high school from 1862 to 1864.Outhwaite was principal of a grammar school inColumbus, Ohio from 1864 to 1867, studying law while teaching.
He wasadmitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced from 1867 to 1871 atOsceola, Missouri. He served as prosecuting attorney ofFranklin County, Ohio from 1874 to 1878. Starting in 1879 he was trustee of the county children's home, continuing until he was appointed trustee of the fund of the city of Columbus in 1883, staying there until 1889.
Outhwaite was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-second andFifty-third Congresses).He was appointed a member of the commission to codify the laws of the United States.
Outhwaite was Dean of the law school atOhio State University from 1904 until his death in Columbus on December 9, 1907. He is interred inGreen Lawn Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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