Jacob A. Kohler Explained

Jacob Adams Kohler
Order:18th
Office:Ohio Attorney General
Term Start:January 11, 1886
Term End:January 9, 1888
Governor:Joseph B. Foraker
Preceded:James Lawrence
Succeeded:David K. Watson
State House2:Ohio
District2:Summit County
Term Start2:January 7, 1884
Term End2:January 3, 1886
Preceded2:John Park Alexander
Succeeded2:Frank M. Green
Birth Date:15 August 1835
Birth Place:Reading, Pennsylvania, US
Death Place:Akron, Ohio, US
Restingplace:Glendale Cemetery, Akron
Party:Republican
Spouse:Frances H. Coburn
Children:two

Jacob Adams Kohler was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1886 to 1887.

Biography

Kohler was born August 15, 1835, at Reading, Pennsylvania. When he was four months old, his family moved to Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio. He received a public education and went to Lodi Academy. In 1859, he was admitted to the bar, and served as Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County two terms. His first law partner was Sidney Edgerton. Kohler married Frances H. Coburn May 16, 1860, and had two sons.

In 1883 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the Sixty-sixth General Assembly. In 1885 he was elected Ohio Attorney General. In 1895, he was elected a Common Pleas Court Judge.

He died March 15, 1916, at his Akron home.

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