William Frederick Garver

William Frederick (W.F.) Garver was a judge from the U.S. State of Ohio who sat on the Ohio District Courts of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court during the 1930s.

Biography W.F. Garver was born on a farm outside of Killbuck, Holmes County, Ohio, on September 17, 1864. He attended the local schools, and began teaching at age fifteen. He graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1883, and taught for the next ten years. He entered the Ohio State University College of Law in 1893, and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He opened a law office in Millersburg, Ohio, and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1898.

Political career Garver was elected Holmes County prosecuting attorney in 1896, and was re-elected in 1899. He did not run for a third term in 1902. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1914 and 1916 from the Holmes County district. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1922, and re-elected in 1924. While the Senate had 27 Republicans and four Democrats, Garver, a Democrat, was elected president pro tempore. He also served as a Millersburg city councilman, and county school examiner.