Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party

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from

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. He represented Ohio in the

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from 1911 until 1923.

Biography

Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in

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, and his spouse was Mary Bockrus Pomerene. He studied at

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and the

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Law School.

Career

He began practicing law in

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, in 1886. After serving in a variety of city, county, and state positions as solicitor and prosecutor, Pomerene was elected the 31st

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in 1910. He briefly served in the post in early 1911 before being elected by the State Legislature to the U.S. Senate. Pomerene was re-elected in 1916, but narrowly lost a bid for a third term six years later. Pomerene was appointed by President

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to serve as a special prosecutor to deal with the

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scandal. He ran unsuccessfully for the other U.S. Senate seat from Ohio in 1926 and for the Democratic nomination to the

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in 1928. In 1932, President

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appointed Pomerene to succeed

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as head of the

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after Dawes' sudden resignation on June 7.

Death

Pomerene died in Cleveland on November 12, 1937, and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio US.

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