Jacob A. Beidler

Jacob Atlee Beidler (November 2, 1852 – September 13, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Jacob Atlee 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
Born(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

Biography

Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, 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.

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.[1]

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

Sources
  1. Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136
  • United States Congress. "Jacob A. Beidler (id: B000317)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 2. State of Ohio. p. 136.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Fremont O. Phillips		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th congressional district
1901-1907		 Succeeded by
L. Paul Howland
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