Frederick W. Green (congressman)

Frederick William Green

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	John Belll
Succeeded by	Andrew Ellison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	Edson B. Olds
Succeeded by	Cooper K. Watson
Personal details
Born	(1816-02-18)February 18, 1816 Fredericktown, Maryland
Died	June 18, 1879(1879-06-18) (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.

Biography

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.

Sources

United States Congress. "Frederick William Green (id: G000409)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Bell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th congressional district 1851–1853	Succeeded by Andrew Ellison
Preceded by Edson B. Olds	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district 1853–1855	Succeeded by Cooper K. Watson

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th congressional district

Beall Clendenin Hitchcock Sloane McArthur Thomson Creighton Muhlenberg Creighton Vinton Morris St. John Dickinson Wood Bell Green Ellison Emrie Cockerill Howard White Clarke Smith Sherwood Hurd Cox Hill Ritchie Hill Boothman Donovan Hulick Brown Hildebrant Scroggy Denver Fess Kearns Polk Davis McCowen Polk Miller Harsha McEwen Strickland Cremeans Strickland Wilson Johnson

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district

Beecher Irvin Chaney Medill Florence Perrill Edwards Olds Green Watson Hall Carey Noble Buckland Dickinson Foster J. W. Robinson Poppleton Jones Converse J. S. Robinson Cooper Outhwaite Ritchie Southard Sherwood Chalmers Sherwood Chalmers White Duffey Hunter Ramey Burke Reams Ashley Weber Kaptur

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