Frederick W. Green (congressman)
| Frederick William Green | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
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| Preceded by | John Belll |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Ellison |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | Edson B. Olds |
| Succeeded by | Cooper K. Watson |
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February 18, 1816 Fredericktown, Maryland |
| Died | June 18, 1879 (aged 63) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Resting place | Woodland, Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
Frederick William Green (February 18, 1816 – June 18, 1879) was a lawyer, newspaperman, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Maryland, Green settled in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1833. He pursued an academic course and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin. He served as Auditor of Seneca County for six years.
Green was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was not a candidate for renomination. He subsequently moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and served as clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1855 to 1866.
He was editor of The Plain Dealer 1866-1874. Green was one of the Ohio commissioners to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. He served as a state oil inspector in 1878 and 1879.
He died in Cleveland and was interred in Woodland Cemetery.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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