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About George Kilbon Nash
Nash was born in York Township, Medina County, Ohio. He attended the preparatory school at Western Reserve College. At 20 years of age he entered Oberlin College and stayed until his sophomore year, when he enlisted as a private in the One hundred fiftieth regiment of the Ohio National Guard of the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war he studied law in the offices of Robert B. Warden, who had been a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court.[1][2] He was admitted to the bar in 1867 in Columbus, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin County, Ohio in 1870, and re-elected in 1872.[1] He re-entered private practice, and in 1876 lost a bid for Congress,[1][3] and lost for Ohio Attorney General in 1877.[1][4] In October, 1879, he was elected Ohio Attorney General.[5] In 1881 he was re-elected.[6] In 1883, he was appointed a member of the supreme court commission of Ohio for two years. He then devoted time to lucrative private practice, including significant railroad litigation, and party politics.[1] Nash served as Governor of Ohio from January 8, 1900 to January 11, 1904.
The following story is written in the book by Al Jennings, Through the Shadows with O. Henry. A young inmate, Dick Price, was sentenced for life for repeated safe-cracking, in which he was a good specialist. Once there was a necessity to open a safe of a company, when keys were lost. George Nash promised to pardon Price, if he did it. Price cracked the safe, but Nash didn't pardon him, thus didn't fulfill his promise. Soon Price died in prison. His story was used by O. Henry in a story A Retrieved Reformation.
George Kilbon Nash's Timeline
1842 |
August 14, 1842
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York Township, Medina County, Ohio
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1862 |
1862
- 1864
Age 19
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Student at Oberlin College
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1864 |
1864
Age 21
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Left college and entered the army as a private
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1865 |
1865
Age 22
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moved to Columbus, Ohio
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1867 |
1867
Age 24
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Admitted to the bar
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1867
Age 24
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began practicing law in Columbus, Ohio
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1869 |
1869
Age 26
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Chief clerk in the office of Secretary of State of Ohio
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1870 |
1870
- 1874
Age 27
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Prosecuting attorney of Franklin County
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1880 |
1880
- 1881
Age 37
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Chairman of the State Republican Executive Committee
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1880
- 1883
Age 37
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Attorney general of the State of Ohio
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