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The Governor.

TABLE SHOWING THE TERRITORIAL AND STATE GOVERNORS, ETC.- - Concluded.

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*Governors so marked had previously served in the General Assembly. Governors so marked also served in the Senate of the United States.

†Governors so marked also served as members of the Congress from Ohio.

Governors so marked were subsequently elected to be President of the United States.
§Governors so marked became Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Governors so marked became Postmaster General of the United States.

a Thomas Kirker, Speaker of the Senate, was called to act as Governor vice Tiffin, resigned.

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OHN A. CALDWELL was born in Fair Haven, Preble county, Ohio, April 1, 1852. He received a common school education in his native village, supplemented by a course in mathematics and Latin. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1876, and taught school during the fall and winter of 1877, and in the spring of 1878 entered upon the practice of law in Cincinnati. Mr. Caldwell was elected prosecuting attorney in 1881 and again re-elected in 1883. In 1885, Judge Fitzgerald, a man of great popularity, defeated Mr. Caldwell for police judge of Cincinnati, but in 1887 he, in turn, defeated Judge Fitzgerald for the same office. Before he completed his term as police judge, he was elected to represent the Second Ohio district in Congress. He was reelected in 1890 and 1892.

As congressman from the Second district, he was conspicuous as an advocate of all measures to protect the workingmen, and afford justice and relief to the soldiers. He strongly advocated the eight-hour bill, under the provision of which government contractors are prevented from forcing their men to work more than eight hours. He is the author of the bill to prevent the desecration of the American flag, and also of the AntiLottery bill. He made the favorable report that secured the enactment of the Car Coupler law, requiring all railroad companies to adopt safety couplers on all trains engaged in interstate commerce. He successfully

The Lieutenant-Governor.

advocated the reclassification of the various postal employes, under which all railway postal clerks and letter-carriers are now working. He took a firm stand against the employment of convict labor on government contracts, and was the author of a bill to require all prison-made goods, of whatever character, to be stamped, so as to show where and in what prison they were manufactured. While Judge Caldwell was serving his third term in Congress he was unanimously elected Chairman of the Congressional Campaign Committee.

When it became necessary to Republican success in Cincinnati that the party select as its candidate for mayor the strongest possible man before the people, Judge Caldwell was nominated to head the municipal ticket, and he patriotically put aside his congressional career, and was elected mayor of Cincinnati.

The Washington correspondent of the Ohio State Journal, writing of the Lieutenant-Governor, says, "He should have remained in Congress. where he was establishing a career of usefulness and ability."

The office of Lieutenant-Governor was created by the second Constitution of Ohio (1851) by which he is made the President of the Senate, (at the nominal salary of $800 per annum) with power to vote in that body only in the event of a tie. In case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Governor, he becomes his successor for the remainder of their mutual term, or until his successor is elected and qualified.

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The Lieutenant-Governor.

LIST OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS OF OHIO-Concluded.

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REDERICK N. SINKS, Private Secretary to Governor Nash, was born in Columbus, August 24th, 1872. His early education was obtained at the public schools of that city. Later he attended preparatory schools, where he fitted himself for college, entering Yale University in the year 1890, and being graduated there from in 1894.

Soon after he entered the Law School of the Ohio State University, completing his course in June, 'c8, when he was admitted to the bar.

While pursuing his legal studies, and subsequent thereto, he was under the tuition of Governor Nash, being associated with him in his law office.

During this time a warm personal friendship grew up between them, which resulted in the appointment of Mr. Sinks as Secretary. In June, 1899, Mr. Sinks married Miss Katharine Thurman, of Columbus.

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