Lucien J. Fenton
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Lucien Jerome Fenton was a U.S. Representative
from Ohio
.
Born in Winchester, Ohio
, Fenton attended the public schools, National Normal University
, Lebanon, Ohio, and Ohio University
at Athens.
Enlisted as a private in Company I, Ninety-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
, August 11, 1862.
He was discharged because of wounds on May 29, 1865.
He taught school from 1865 to 1881.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of the courts of Adams County in 1880.
He served as clerk in the United States Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.
from 1881 to 1884.
He returned to Ohio and organized the Winchester Bank in 1884.
He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio University
at Athens by Governor McKinley in 1892.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.
Fenton was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-fourth
and Fifty-fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.
He resumed banking in Winchester, Ohio
.
He served as president of the Winchester School Board 1912-1922.
He served as president of the Adams County School Board 1918-1922.
He died in Winchester, Ohio
, June 28, 1922.
He was interred in Winchester Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
.
Born in Winchester, Ohio
Winchester, Ohio
Winchester is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,025 at the 2000 census. The name of the surrounding township is also Winchester.-Geography:Winchester is located at ....
, Fenton attended the public schools, National Normal University
National Normal University
National Normal University was a teacher's college in Lebanon, Ohio. It opened in 1855 as Southwestern State Normal College and took the name National Normal University in 1870. Alfred Holbrook was the first president and the school's guiding force for most of its existence. He resigned in 1897...
, Lebanon, Ohio, and Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
at Athens.
Enlisted as a private in Company I, Ninety-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
91st Ohio Infantry
The 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It primarily served in West Virginia and in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.-Service:...
, August 11, 1862.
He was discharged because of wounds on May 29, 1865.
He taught school from 1865 to 1881.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of the courts of Adams County in 1880.
He served as clerk in the United States Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
from 1881 to 1884.
He returned to Ohio and organized the Winchester Bank in 1884.
He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
at Athens by Governor McKinley in 1892.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.
Fenton was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fifty-fourth
54th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...
and Fifty-fifth
55th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.
He resumed banking in Winchester, Ohio
Winchester, Ohio
Winchester is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,025 at the 2000 census. The name of the surrounding township is also Winchester.-Geography:Winchester is located at ....
.
He served as president of the Winchester School Board 1912-1922.
He served as president of the Adams County School Board 1918-1922.
He died in Winchester, Ohio
Winchester, Ohio
Winchester is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,025 at the 2000 census. The name of the surrounding township is also Winchester.-Geography:Winchester is located at ....
, June 28, 1922.
He was interred in Winchester Cemetery.