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member of the Supreme Court Commission. of all while performing the duties of this, His name was placed before the President the first elective office ever held by him. of the United States by friends all over Ohio, In 1876 he ran for Congress against Thos. for the place on the Supreme Court of the Ewing, but was defeated; in 1877 he was a United States, made vacant by reason of the candidate on his party ticket (Republican) death of Associate Justice Stanley Mathews. for Attorney-General, but went down with the ticket; in 1879 he was again nominated He has held many places of trust, both pub lic and private, to all of which he has been for the same place and elected; and re faithful. Held in the highest esteem by all elected in 188 1. Judge Nash made many

new friends while ac who know him, and ting as Attorney-Gen loved by his neigh eral, and had many a bors for the many ex grave question to pass cellent qualities of upon mind and heart, he faithfully did he at still continues in the tend to them that practice of his pro when the time came fession in his native to make up the list city of Zanesville, of names of men who Ohio. George K. Nash were to serve on the was born in Medina Supreme Court Com County, Ohio, August mission, Judge Nash's name was quite 14, 1842. He is a son of Asa and Electa naturally suggested, (Branch ) Nash, na and he was made one tives of Massachu of that important setts. At an early commission, and on day Mr. Nash's father the seventeenth day came to Ohio and of April, 1883, he settled on a farm in took his seat with the other gentlemen who the county where were to aid in the George K. was born work of bringing up and reared. He at JOSEPH P. BRADBURY. tended the public the docket of the schools of his native county, and later highest court in the State. Judge Nash's entered college at Oberlin, Ohio, where public service has been so eminently satis he took the regular course up to sophomore factory that there seems little reason to doubt that he has not yet seen the last of the public year, when he retired from college on ac count of his health, and began the study of service which the people of this State are to law, reading with R. B. Warden. Judge ask of him. Since his retirement from the Nash was admitted to the bar in April, 1867, bench he has been engaged in a practice of and at once began the practice of his chosen a very general nature, not having made any profession. He was at one time chief clerk special branch of the law a specialty. He or Secretary of State Sherwood; in 1870 has frequently been associated with other he Was elected prosecuting attorney of counsel in the Supreme Court in cases in Franklin County, being re-elected to the volving the construction of statutes or the same office in 1872. He won the respect constitutionality of laws. He is still a young
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