Spanish Fork Press | 1906-06-21 | Page 1 | Ohio's Governor Dead

OHIOS GOVERNOR DEAD John M Pattison Is Called to the Great Beyond Cincinnati John M Pattison gov srnor of Ohio died of Drlghts disease it 420 Monday afternoon at his homo n Milford fifteen miles coat of this tltyJohn John PattIson boy soldier lawyer Hate legislator member of congress tad governor of Ohio was born in Clermont county 0 June 13 1847 He enlisted as a volunteer In the United States army when but 16 years of ago In 1864 and entered college immediately Immedi-ately after being mustered out graduating grad-uating at the Ohio Wesleyan university univer-sity Delaware 0 with the class of 1869 having been a college mate ot United States Senator James B For aker lie was admitted to the bar in 1872 and elected to the lower house of tho Ohio legislature In 1873 From 1874 to 1876 he was the attorney for tho committee of safety at Cincinnati Ho became a member of the Ohio senate sen-ate In 1890 and was elected to tho iftysecond congress For the post fifteen years he had been president of the Union Central Life Insurance company He was a Democrat and ono of the leaders In the state senate in support of legislation legisla-tion for a more stringent observance of Sunday Andrew LIntnpr Harris lieutenant governor who under tho constitution becomes governor during the balance of the term for which Pattison was elected Is a Republican