Chauncey N. Olds was a Republican politician from the state of

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. He was

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1865.

Early life and education

Chauncey Olds was born February 2, 1816, at

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, brother of

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. He was moved to

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, at age four. In 1830, the family moved to Circleville, Pickaway County. Smith 1898 Volume I : 152 He began studies at

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that autumn, but quit after three years due to illness. He entered

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in 1834 and graduated in 1836.

Career

Olds soon became a professor at Miami University after he graduated. He resigned in 1840, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1842 in Circleville. He practiced in that town until 1856, and represented the county in the

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for the 47th General Assembly, 1848–1849, Ohio 1917 : 280 and the

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1849–1850, elected as a Whig. In 1856, he moved to

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, and ran for Ohio Attorney General in the 1862 election, but lost. In 1865, Attorney General William P. Richardson resigned, and Olds was appointed by

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Brough Smith 1898 Volume I : 198 on February 20, 1865. He was not nominated for the 1865 election.

Personal life

He was a trustee of Miami University for twenty five years. He was prominent in the

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church. For the last seventeen years of his life, he represented the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway in Franklin County. He died on February 11, 1890 at his home in Columbus.

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