Daniel R. Tilden

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Daniel Rose Tilden (November 5, 1804 - March 4, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Tilden attended the public schools. Resided several years in Virginia and South Carolina. He moved to Garrettsville, Ohio, about 1828, and thence to Warren, Ohio. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Ravenna, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Portage County 1838-1841.

Tilden was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848 and 1852. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852.

Tilden was elected probate judge of Cuyahoga County and served from 1855 to 1888. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1890. He remains were cremated at Buffalo, New York, and the ashes deposited in the Buffalo Crematory.

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• Daniel R. Tilden at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Daniel R. Tilden at Find A Grave