Lewis Philip Ohliger was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

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

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

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 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

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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