About John M. Sheets
Lived 1854 – 1940 (aged 86). John M. Sheets was an American lawyer and judge.
John Marion Sheets (1854-1940) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1900 to 1904.
Biography
Sheets was born May 26, 1854, at Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio, was educated at public schools, and at age twenty began teaching. He entered Baldwin College in Berea in fall of 1876, and graduated in three years.
Sheets entered the University of Michigan Law School in 1879, and graduated in 1881. April 5, 1881, he was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Ottawa. In 1893, he was elected as a Republican to judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the district composing Fulton, Henry, and Putnam counties. He was re-nominated in 1898, but fell 30 votes short of election.
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Who was John M. Sheets?
Ohio Jurist, lawyer
When was John M. Sheets born?
John M. Sheets was born on 26 May 1854 in Columbus Grove.
When did John M. Sheets die?
John M. Sheets died on 29 December 1940 in Palo Alto.
What was John M. Sheets's occupation?
John M. Sheets was a lawyer and judge.
What nationality was John M. Sheets?
John M. Sheets was American.
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