William Lincoln Hart | |
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William L. Hart in 1921
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Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
In office November, 1934 – December 1934 |
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Preceded by | Robert Nugen Wilkin |
Succeeded by | Arthur H. Day |
In office January 1939 – January 1957 |
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Preceded by | William C. Dixon |
Succeeded by | Thomas J. Herbert |
Personal details | |
Born |
Columbiana County, Ohio |
February 5, 1867
Died | April 29, 1962 Alliance, Ohio |
(aged 95)
Resting place | Alliance City Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ida B. Caskey |
Children | Ian Bruce, William Lincoln Jr. |
Alma mater |
Mount Union College University of Michigan Law School |
Religion | Methodist Episcopal Church |
William Lincoln Hart (February 5, 1867 – April 29, 1962) was a lawyer in the U.S. State of Ohio who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He taught law at university, and was president of the Ohio State Bar Association.
William Lincoln Hart was born February 5, 1867 to Benjamin F. and Ariel S. (Dreghorn) Hart of Salineville or Inverness,Columbiana County, Ohio. He attended the schools of Columbiana County, and began teaching at age 18. He alternated teaching and attending Mount Union College, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio for seven years, and graduated A.B. in 1893. He taught in the schools of his home district, and Madison and Butler Townships, Columbiana County, and Paris Township, Stark County. During 1893 to 1895 he was city editor of the Alliance Daily Critic. In 1895 he entered the University of Michigan Law School, and graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1897. He was president of the senior class and was Alpha Tau Omega.
Hart was admitted to the bar in Ohio, June 10, 1897, and to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, March 23, 1903. He began practice in Alliance October 1, 1897, and partnered with Dennis E. Rogers March 1898 to Roger's death January, 1903 as Rodgers and Hart. Partnered from February 1903 with Hugo C. Koehler as Hart & Koehler, and ended up with Hart, Blumenstein and Strong. He was elected president of the Ohio State Bar Association 1923-1924, and lectured on international law and international relations at Mt. Union College, where he also served as trustee.