Leroy Welsh was a Republican politician appointed Ohio State Treasurer

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 from 1875-1876.

Leroy Welsh was the son of Isaac Welsh

Isaac Welsh

Isaac Welsh was a Republican politician in the state of Ohio who was in the Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, and was Ohio State Treasurer from 1872 until his death in 1875, when he was replaced by his son....

. Isaac Welsh was elected Ohio State Treasurer in 1871, and again in 1873. He died November 25, 1875, and Governor Allen

William Allen (governor)

William Allen was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio. He moved to the U.S. state of Ohio after his parents died, residing in Chillicothe, Ohio....

 appointed Leroy Welsh to serve the remaining weeks of his second term.

Biography

Leroy Welsh was born in Beallsville

Beallsville, Ohio

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, Monroe County, Ohio

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 in March 1844. He moved with his parents to Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio

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 in 1854. In 1869 he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University

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 and then studied law at home for a year before entering Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1871. He was chief assistant to his father at the Treasury beginning in 1872, and continued there until he was appointed treasurer following his father's death. He returned home to Belmont County, Ohio

Belmont County, Ohio

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 early in 1876 when his term ended.

Welsh practiced in Belmont County, and later opened a law office in Columbus

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, but returned home to die when he fell ill. He died August 20, 1879 in Belmont County.