Henry Ivory Emerson (March 15, 1871 – October 28, 1953) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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.
Born in
Litchfield, Maine, Emerson moved with his parents to
Lewiston, Maine
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, where he attended the public schools and studied law.
He moved to
Cleveland, Ohio
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, in 1892 and was graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School
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History
The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest conti ...
in 1893.
He was
admitted to the bar
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the same year and commenced practice in
Cleveland, Ohio
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.
He served as member of the Cleveland City Council in 1902 and 1903.
Emerson was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-fourth,
Sixty-fifth, and
Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in
East Cleveland, Ohio
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History
Historically Eas ...
, October 28, 1953.
He was interred in
Lake View Cemetery
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,
Cleveland, Ohio
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.
Emerson married Nettie Naumann at Cleveland, December 25, 1894. She died August 15, 1913, and Emerson remarried to Lillian McCormick, originally from
Ontario
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, February 19, 1917.
Emerson was a
Methodist
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member.
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1871 births
1953 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Politicians from Cleveland
University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
Burials at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Cleveland City Council members
Ohio lawyers
People from Litchfield, Maine
Politicians from Lewiston, Maine
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives