About Walter L. Weaver
Lived 1851 – 1909 (aged 58). Walter L. Weaver was an American politician, lawyer and judge.
Walter Lowrie Weaver (April 1, 1851 – May 26, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1897 to 1901.
Biography Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Weaver attended the public schools and Monroe Academy, and was graduated from Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1870.
Early career He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Springfield, Ohio. Weaver was elected prosecuting attorney of Clark County in 1874, 1880, 1882, and 1885.
Congress Weaver was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Fifty-sixth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900.
Later career After leaving Congress, he was appointed associate justice Choctaw-Chickasaw citizens' court at McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1902. He returned to Springfield, Ohio, in 1904 and resumed the practice of law.
Death and burial He died in Springfield, Ohio, May 26, 1909 and was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery.
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American politician
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Walter L. Weaver was born on 1 April 1851 in Montgomery County.
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Walter L. Weaver died on 26 May 1909 in Springfield.
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Walter L. Weaver was a politician, lawyer and judge.
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