Albert Douglas

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Albert Douglas (April 25, 1852 - March 14, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Douglas attended the public schools of Chillicothe and a preparatory school. He was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1872 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1874. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County 1877-1881.

Douglas was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to represent the United States at the centennial of the independence of Peru in 1921. He retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city on March 14, 1935. He was interred in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.

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• Albert Douglas at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress