OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Jacob Dolson Cox, Jr. 

BORN:
October 27, 1828,
Montreal, Canada

DIED:
August 4, 1900 (age 71)
Magnolia (near Gloucester), Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Oberlin College (BA 1851)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1829:
Moved to New York City
1846:
Moved to Lorrain, Ohio
1853:
Admitted to Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Warren, Ohio
1860-1861:
Member, Ohio State Senate
1861-1866:
Served in Union Army 
1866-1868:
Governor of Ohio
1868:
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,
Resumed Practicing Law
1869-1870:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1870:
Practiced Law in Cincinnati
1873-1878:
President, Wabash Railroad
1874:
Moved to Toledo, Ohio
1877-1879:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-OH)
1881-1897:
Dean of the Cincinnati Law School
1885-1889:
President of the University of Cincinnati,
Author

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Ohio History Central
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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