Ephraim Ralph Eckley (December 9, 1811 – March 27, 1908) was an American

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veteran and three-term

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from

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, serving from 1863 to 1869.

Early life

Eckley was born near Mount Pleasant,

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, but moved with his parents to

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, in 1816. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Vermillion Institute,

. He moved to

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, in 1833 and taught school. He studied law under William Johnston and was

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in 1836; he commenced practice in Carrollton. He served as member of the State senate 1843-1846, 1849, and 1850 but was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1851. He also served in the State house of representatives 1853-1855 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1853 to the

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. He served as delegate to the first

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at Philadelphia in 1856.

Civil War

During the

, Eckley served in the Union Army as the

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of the 26th Ohio Infantry, and later of the

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Postbellum

Eckley was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. He resumed the practice of law in

. He died March 27, 1908, in

, and was interred in Grand View Cemetery. He married Martha L. Brown and had five children, including Harvey J. His son Harvey was an Ohio state senator and judge.

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Early life

Civil War

Postbellum

See also

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