Lewis P. Ohliger
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Lewis Philip Ohliger was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Ohio
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Born in Rheinpfalz, Bavaria, Germany, Ohliger Immigrated to the United States in October 1854 with his parents.
He settled in Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
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, in 1857.
He attended the public schools.
He moved to Wooster, Ohio
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, and engaged in the wholesale drug and grocery business.
County treasurer 1875-1879.
Postmaster of Wooster from February 1885 until February 1890.
Trustee of the Wooster & Lodi Railway.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.

Ohliger was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Fifty-second
52nd United States Congress
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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John G. Warwick
John G. Warwick
John George Warwick was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in County Tyrone, Province of Ulster, Ireland, Warwick attended the common schools of his native land....

 and served from December 5, 1892, to March 3, 1893.
He was an unsuccessful for renomination in 1892.
Internal-revenue collector of the Cleveland district by appointment of President Grover Cleveland
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 1893-1898.
He resumed his former business pursuits.

He died in San Diego, California
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, January 9, 1923, and was interred in Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.

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