About Francis D. Kimball
Lived 1820 – 1856 (aged 35–36). Francis D. Kimball was an American lawyer and politician.
Francis D. Kimball (c. 1820 - 1856) was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General in 1856.
Kimball was born in about 1820 in New Hampshire. He was reared as a Whig and an Abolitionist. In 1842 he moved to Medina County, Ohio, and was soon elected to county office. He was prosecuting attorney of Medina County 1849–1853. He was a champion of the Anti-Nebraska Movement in 1854, and a founder of the Republican Party in Ohio. He died August 15, 1856, and was succeeded as Attorney General by Christopher P. Wolcott of Summit County by appointment of Governor Salmon P. Chase.
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Who was Francis D. Kimball?
American lawyer (1820–1856)
When was Francis D. Kimball born?
Francis D. Kimball was born in 1820 in New Hampshire.
When did Francis D. Kimball die?
Francis D. Kimball died on 15 August 1856 in Columbus.
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Francis D. Kimball was a lawyer and politician.
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Francis D. Kimball was American.
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