Albert G. Riddle

Albert Gallatin Riddle (May 28, 1816 – May 15, 1902) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1861 to 1863.

Early life Born in Monson, Massachusetts, Riddle moved with his parents to Newbury, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, in 1817. He completed preparatory studies, and then studied law.

Career Riddle was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice in Geauga County, serving as prosecuting attorney of that county from 1840 to 1846.

Early political career He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1848 to 1850, and in 1848 called the first Free Soil convention in Ohio.

Death and legacy Riddle died at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 1902. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

His papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. They include the unpublished manuscript Accounts of experiences in Cuba (1862–1864).

Works Students and Lawyers, lectures (Washington, 1873) Bart Ridgeley, a Story of Northern Ohio (Boston, 1873) The Portrait, a Romance of Cuyahoga Valley (1874) Alice Brand, a Tale of the Capitol (New York, 1875) Life, Character, and Public Services of James A. Garfield (Cleveland, 1880) The House of Ross (Boston, 1881) Castle Gregory (Cleveland, 1882) Hart and his Bear (Washington, 1883) The Young Sugar Makers of the West Woods (Cleveland, 1885) The Hunter of the Chagrin (1882) Mark Loan, a Tale of the Western Reserve (1883) Old Newberry and the Pioneers (1884) Speeches and Arguments (Washington, 1886) Life of Benjamin F. Wade (Cleveland, 1886) Recollections of War Times, 1860–1865 Ansel's Cave: A Story of Early Life in the Western Reserve (Cleveland, 1893)