Horace Wilder

Horace Wilder (August 20, 1802 – December 26, 1889) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was in the Ohio House of Representatives and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1863-1865.

Horace Wilder
Ohio Supreme Court Judge
In office
December 12, 1863  February 9, 1865
Appointed byDavid Tod
Preceded byWilliam Y. Gholson
Succeeded byLuther Day
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Ashtabula County district
In office
December 1, 1834  December 6, 1835
Preceded byG. W. St. John, Ira Benton
Succeeded byOra H. Knapp, C. Champlin
Personal details
Born(1802-08-20)August 20, 1802
West Hartland, Connecticut
DiedDecember 26, 1889(1889-12-26) (aged 87)
Red Wing, Minnesota
Resting placeConneaut Cemetery, Conneaut, Ohio
SpousePhoebe Jerusha Coleman
Alma materYale University

Horace Wilder was born at West Hartland, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale University in 1823. He moved to Virginia, where he taught school, and was admitted to the bar January, 1826. He returned to Connecticut, then moved to Ohio in 1827. He settled in Ashtabula in 1828, where he was admitted to the Ohio bar.[1]

In 1833, Wilder was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County.[1] He represented Ashtabula County in the Ohio House of Representatives in the 33rd General Assembly, (December, 1834June, 1835).[2]

In 1855, Wilder was elected common pleas judge for a seven-year term. In 1863, he was appointed by Governor David Tod to the Ohio Supreme Court to fill the vacancy from the resignation of Justice William Y. Gholson. The next year he was elected to fill the remainder of Gholson's term, but was not nominated for re-election. He resumed private practice in Ashtabula, and moved to Red Wing, Minnesota, in May, 1867,[3] where he died December 26, 1889.[1] He was buried next to his wife in the cemetery in Conneaut, Ohio.[3]

Wilder was married March 27, 1833 to Phoebe Jerusha Coleman in Ashtabula. They had five children.[3]

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References

  • Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
  • Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio.
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