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Martin Welker

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Martin Welker
Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
November 25, 1873 – June 1, 1889
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byCharles Taylor Sherman
Succeeded byAugustus J. Ricks
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromOhio's14thdistrict
In office
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871
Preceded byGeorge Bliss
Succeeded byJames Monroe
4thLieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office
January 11, 1858 – January 9, 1860
GovernorSalmon P. Chase
Preceded byThomas H. Ford
Succeeded byRobert C. Kirk
Personal details
Born
Martin Welker

(1819-04-25)April 25, 1819
Knox County,Ohio
DiedMarch 15, 1902(1902-03-15)(aged 82)
Wooster,Ohio
Resting placeWooster Cemetery
Wooster,Ohio
Political partyWhig
Republican
Educationread law
Signature

Martin Welker(April 25, 1819 – March 15, 1902) was aUnited States representativefromOhiofor three terms from 1865 to 1871 and aUnited States district judgeof theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohiofrom 1873 to 1889.

Education and career[edit]

Welker was born on April 25, 1819, inKnox County,Ohio.[1]His father was an immigrant from theGerman Confederationand an earlyEuropeanpioneer in Ohio.[2]Welker left the family farm at the age of 14 to take a job as a clerk in a store inMillersburg,Ohio.[3]He attended the common schools andread lawin 1840.[1]He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Millersburg from 1840 to 1846.[1]He was clerk of theHolmes County,Ohio, Court of Common Pleas from 1846 to 1851.[1]In 1848, Welker was theWhignominee for the31st United States Congress,but lost in the largelyDemocraticdistrict.[4]In 1850, he again was offered the nomination, but declined it.[4]He resumed private practice in Millersburg from 1851 to 1852.[1]He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the33rd United States Congressin 1852.[5]He was a Judge of theOhio Court of Common Pleasfor the Sixth Judicial District from 1852 to 1857.[1]He resumed private practice inWooster,Ohio in 1857.[1]He was elected the fourthlieutenant governor of Ohioand president of theOhio Senatein the Fifty-third General Assembly,[6][7]serving from 1857 to 1858,[1]elected on the ticket withGovernor of OhioSalmon P. Chase.[5]He was a Colonel in theUnited States Armyfrom 1861 to 1865, during theAmerican Civil War.[1]

Civil War service[edit]

With the outbreak of theAmerican Civil War,on May 14, 1861, Welker was appointed judge-advocate of the second brigade of theOhio Volunteer Militiaat rank of major, and served with GeneralJacob Dolson Cox.[4][5]Welker was appointed as anaide-de-camp,with rank ofcolonelto the Governor of Ohio on August 10, 1861.[5]He then served asJudge Advocate Generalof the State of Ohio for the balance of 1861, and was the superintendent of drafting under GovernorDavid Tod,commencing August 15, 1862.[5]He served as assistantadjutant generalin 1862.[5]Welker enlisted on February 16, 1865 in theUnion Armyas aprivatein Company I,188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.[5]He was mustered out September 21, 1865.[5]

Congressional service[edit]

Welker was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1862 to the38th United States Congress.[8][5]He was elected as aRepublicanfromOhio's 14th congressional districtto theUnited States House of Representativesof the39th,40thand41st United States Congresses,serving from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1871.[9][10][11][5]He was not a candidate for renomination to the42nd United States Congressin 1870.[5]

Federal judicial service[edit]

Welker received arecess appointmentfrom PresidentUlysses S. Granton November 25, 1873, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohiovacated by JudgeCharles Taylor Sherman.[1]He was nominated to the same position by President Grant on December 2, 1873.[1]He was confirmed by theUnited States Senateon December 8, 1873, and received his commission the same day.[1]His service terminated on June 1, 1889, due to his retirement.[1]

Other service[edit]

Concurrent with his federal judicial service, Welker was a Professor of political science and international law at theCollege of Woosterfrom 1873 to 1890.[1]He also served as President of the Wooster National Bank and Vice President of theWayne CountyFair Board, and member of theGrand Army of the Republic.[4]

Death[edit]

Welker died on March 15, 1902, in Wooster.[1]He was interred in Wooster Cemetery.[5]

Family[edit]

Welker married Maria Armour of Millersburg March 4, 1841. After she died, he married Flora Uhl ofCleveland, Ohio,January 16, 1896.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdefghijklmno"Welker, Martin – Federal Judicial Center".www.fjc.gov.
  2. ^Smith 1898 Volume I:75
  3. ^Smith 1898 Volume I:76
  4. ^abcdSmith 1898 Volume II:329
  5. ^abcdefghijklUnited States Congress."Martin Welker (id: W000270)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^Ohio 1917:239
  7. ^1857 election: Welker 160,751 William H. Lytle 158,826 fromSmith 1898 Volume I:74
  8. ^1862Fourteenth DistrictGeorge Bliss10,490 Welker 10,454Smith 1898 Volume I:151
  9. ^1864 Fourteenth District Welker 12,844 George Bliss 10,312Smith 1898 Volume I:196
  10. ^1866 Fourteenth District Welker 13,494 James B. Young 11,787Smith 1898 Volume I:229
  11. ^1868 Fourteenth District Welker 13,575Lyman R. Critchfield13,113Smith 1898 Volume I:259
  12. ^Reed 1897:225–228

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1858–1860 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromOhio's 14th congressional district
1865–1871 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1873–1889 		Succeeded by
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