Frederick William GREEN, Congress, OH (1816-1879)

GREEN, Frederick William, a Representative from Ohio; born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Md., February 18, 1816; settled in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1833; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio; auditor of Seneca County for six years; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and served as clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 1855-1866; Ohio commissioner to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer 1866-1874; State oil inspector in 1878 and 1879; died in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 18, 1879; interment in Woodland Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present