David K. Watson
David Kemper Watson | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's12thdistrict | |
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |
Preceded by | Joseph H. Outhwaite |
Succeeded by | John J. Lentz |
19thOhio Attorney General | |
In office January 9, 1888 – January 11, 1892 | |
Governor | Joseph B. Foraker James E. Campbell |
Preceded by | Jacob A. Kohler |
Succeeded by | John K. Richards |
Personal details | |
Born | London, Ohio | June 18, 1849
Died | September 28, 1918 Columbus, Ohio | (aged 69)
Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Louise M. Harrison |
Children | two |
Alma mater | Dickinson College |
David Kemper Watson(June 18, 1849 – September 28, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. RepresentativefromOhiofrom 1895 to 1897.
Biography
[edit]Born nearLondon, Ohio,Watson was graduated fromDickinson College,Carlisle, Pennsylvania,in 1871 and from the law department ofBoston Universityin 1873. He wasadmitted to the barand commenced practice. He served as assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of Ohio during the administration of President Arthur.
Watson was electedattorney generalof Ohio in 1887 and reelected in 1889. In 1890, he successfully prosecuted theStandard OilCompany under theSherman Antitrust Act,leading the court to dissolve the trust.[1] He served as special counsel for the United States in the suits brought by the Government against the Pacific railroads in 1892.
Watson was elected as aRepublicanto theFifty-fourthCongress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to theFifty-fifthCongress. He was appointed by PresidentWilliam McKinleyas a member of the commission to revise and codify the laws of the United States. He resumed the practice of law.
He died inColumbus, Ohio,September 28, 1918. He was interred inGreen Lawn Cemetery.[2]
Watson was married to Louise M. Harrison, daughter of Hon.Richard A. HarrisonofColumbus, Ohio,in 1873, and had a son and a daughter.[1]
Publications
[edit]- Watson, David K.(1890)."The Early Judiciary, Early Laws and Bar of Ohio".Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications.3:141–160.
- David K. Watson (1910). The constitution of the united states: its history, application and construction. Imprenta: Chicago, Callaghan, 1910.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abReed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897).Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography.Vol. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 257–258.
- ^Goodman, Rebecca (2005).This Day in Ohio History.Emmis Books. p. 294.ISBN9781578601912.Retrieved21 November2013.
- ^"David K. Watson., the constitution of the united states, Livro".
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress."David K. Watson (id: W000200)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1849 births
- 1918 deaths
- People from London, Ohio
- Dickinson College alumni
- Boston University School of Law alumni
- Ohio lawyers
- Burials at Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio