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HARRISON, John Scott (1804-1878)

Opposition of Ohio

2nd congressional district

Served in House 1853-1857

Total roll-call votes cast: 895

Biography

A Representative from Ohio; born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 4, 1804; completed preparatory studies; studied medicine but abandoned the profession; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; retired to his estate ``Point Farm,'' near North Bend, Ohio, and died there May 25, 1878; interment in the Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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