Darius Dodge Hare was a soldier, lawyer, and a two-term U.S. Representative

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 from Ohio

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Biography

Born near Adrian, Ohio, Hare attended the common schools. During the Civil War

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, he enlisted in March 1864 as a private

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 in the Signal Corps

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 of the Union Army

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, and served during the remainder of the conflict. He mustered out of the army in 1865 and returned home.

After the war, Hare attended the University of Michigan Law School

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. He was admitted to the bar

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 in September 1867 and commenced practice in Carey, Ohio

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. He moved to Upper Sandusky, Ohio

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

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, in May 1868, and served as the mayor of Upper Sandusky from 1872-82.

Hare was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 and Fifty-third

53rd United States Congress

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Congresses (March 4, 1891–March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.

He continued the practice of law until his death in Upper Sandusky on February 10, 1897. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.