About Jacob A. Kohler
Lived 1835 – 1916 (aged 80). Jacob A. Kohler was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
Jacob Adams Kohler was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1886 to 1887.
Biography Kohler was born August 15, 1835, at Reading, Pennsylvania. When he was four months old, his family moved to Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio. He received a public education and went to Lodi Academy. In 1859, he was admitted to the bar, and served as Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County two terms. His first law partner was Sidney Edgerton. Kohler married Frances H. Coburn May 16, 1860, and had two sons.
In 1883 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the Sixty-sixth General Assembly. In 1885 he was elected Ohio Attorney General. In 1895, he was elected a Common Pleas Court Judge.
He died March 15, 1916, at his Akron home.
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American politician
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Jacob A. Kohler was born on 15 August 1835 in Reading.
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Jacob A. Kohler died on 15 March 1916 in Akron.
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Jacob A. Kohler was a lawyer, politician and judge.
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