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(Redirected from Jacob Atlee Beidler) American politician (1852–1912)
Jacob Beidler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907
Preceded byFremont O. Phillips
Succeeded byL. Paul Howland
Personal details
BornJacob Atlee Beidler
(1852-11-02)November 2, 1852
Chester County, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 13, 1912(1912-08-13) (aged 59)
Willoughby, Ohio
Resting placeLake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseHannah M. Rhoades

Jacob Atlee Beidler (November 2, 1852 – September 13, 1912) was an American businessman and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1907.

Biography

Born in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, Beidler attended the country schools, and Locke's Seminary, Norristown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio and settled in Willoughby in Lake County in 1873. He engaged in business as a coal dealer and later as an operator.

Business career

Beidler was elected a member of the city council of Willoughby in 1881. He moved to his farm, "Belle Vernon," near Willoughby, in 1881 and engaged in raising dairy cattle. He served as president of the Belle Vernon-Mapes Dairy Co.. He served as vice president of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railroad Co. Presidential elector in 1896 for McKinley/Hobart.

Congress

Beidler was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907).

Owing to ill health he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress.

Later career

He resumed his former business activities. He served as president of the Rhodes & Beidler Coal Co. He served as member of the State board of agriculture.

Death

He died at "Belle Vernon," near Willoughby, Ohio, September 13, 1912. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sources

  1. Beidler, Jacob Atlee, in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition); p. 78; via archive.org
  2. Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136

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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byFremont O. Phillips Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th congressional district

1901-1907
Succeeded byL. Paul Howland
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th and 20th congressional districts
Ohio 19
Ohio 20
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