Aaron Fyfe Perry (January 1, 1815 – March 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a

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from

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from 1871 to 1872

Biography

Born in Leicester, Vermont, Perry attended the public schools and

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. He was

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in 1838. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice. He served as member of the

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in 1847 and 1848. He moved to

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, in 1854 and continued the practice of law. He was law partner with

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Dennison in Columbus and

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in Cincinnati. Reed 1897 : 383-384 He declined appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1861 tendered by

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. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864. He received

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s from

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and

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. He married Elizabeth Williams, daughter Cincinnati politician Micajah T. Williams, in 1843, and had three daughters and one son.

Congress

Perry was elected as a

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to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1871, until his resignation in 1872. He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in literary pursuits. He was appointed chief counsel for the

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in the Crédit Mobilier case in 1873.

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for Hayes/ Wheeler in 1876. Smith 1898 : 364 He was appointed a member of the board of sinking-fund trustees of Cincinnati in 1877 and was president of the board from 1884 to 1892, when he resigned.

Death

He died in

, March 11, 1893. He was interred in

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