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Edward Ball

11th Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
In office July 5, 1861 – December 8, 1863
Preceded by	Henry W. Hoffman
Succeeded by	Nehemiah G. Ordway
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by	John Johnson
Succeeded by	Cydnor B. Tompkins
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office 1845-1849

Personal details
Born	Edward Ball (1811-11-06)November 6, 1811 Fairfax County, Virginia, US
Died	November 22, 1872(1872-11-22) (aged 61) Zanesville, Ohio, US
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery
Political party	Whig Opposition

Edward Ball (November 6, 1811 – November 22, 1872) was an American farmer and law enforcement officer who served two-term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1853 to 1857.

Biography

Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Falls Church, Ball attended the village school. He moved to Ohio and located near Zanesville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Early Career

He served as deputy sheriff of Muskingum County in 1837 and 1838 and sheriff from 1839 to 1843. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1845 to 1849, and became editor of the Zanesville Courier in 1849.

Congress

Ball was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857). In Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856.

Later career

After his tenure in Congress, Ball studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1860, and commenced practice in Zanesville. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1860, and as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-seventh Congress from 1861 to 1863.

He resumed the practice of law, and was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1868 to 1870.

Death

He was accidentally killed by a railroad train near Zanesville, Ohio, on November 22, 1872.

References

Sources

United States Congress. "Edward Ball (id: B000098)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Offices and distinctions

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district 1853 - 1857	Succeeded byCydnor B. Tompkins
Preceded byHenry William Hoffman	Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives 1861 - 1863	Succeeded byNehemiah G. Ordway
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded byDavid Johns	Representative from Muskingum County December 1, 1845-December 6, 1846 Served alongside: John Trimble	Succeeded byJohn Trimble
Preceded byAbel Randall	Representative from Muskingum County December 3, 1849-December 1, 1850	Succeeded byWilliam Morgan

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham
Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield
Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson
Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington
Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster DeFazio Graves
Note	Alternately named Public Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses and Public Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district
Whittlesey Giddings Mathews Cummins Hoagland Johnson Ball Tompkins Cutler White Bingham Danford McKinley Updegraff Taylor Wilkins Geddes Wilkins Owens Warwick Ohliger Pearson Danford Gill Weems Hollingsworth Francis McCulloch Himes McSweeney McClintock Thom Seccombe Thom Carson Thom Carson McSweeney Bow Regula Boccieri Renacci Gonzalez

v t e Sergeants at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
Wheaton T. Dunn J. Dunn Randolph Dorsey Townsend Lane Sargent Glossbrenner Hoffman Ball Ordway Thompson Hooker Leedom Holmes Yoder Snow Russell Casson Jackson Riddell Gordon Rogers Romney Russell Callahan Russell Snader Bonsell Johnson Harding Guthrie Russ Brandt Livingood Irving Blodgett (acting) Walker McFarland (acting)

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