# Albert Douglas

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{for-multi|the Saskatchewan politician|Albert B. Douglas|the Prince Edward Island politician|Albert E. Douglas}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Albert Douglas
| image       = Albert Douglas.png
| state       = [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
| district    = [11th](/source/Ohio's_11th_congressional_district)
| party       = [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party)
| term_start  = March 4, 1907
| term_end    = March 3, 1911
| preceded    = [Charles H. Grosvenor](/source/Charles_H._Grosvenor)
| succeeded   = [Horatio C. Claypool](/source/Horatio_C._Claypool)
| birth_date  = April 25, 1852
| birth_place = [Chillicothe, Ohio](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1935|3|14|1852|4|25}}
| death_place = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
| spouse      = 
}}

'''Albert Douglas''' (April 25, 1852 – March 14, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Ohio](/source/Ohio) from 1907 to 1911.

==Biography ==
Born in [Chillicothe, Ohio](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio), Douglas attended the public schools of Chillicothe and a preparatory school.  He graduated from [Kenyon College](/source/Kenyon_College), [Gambier, Ohio](/source/Gambier%2C_Ohio), in 1872 and from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1874.  He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1874 and commenced practice in [Chillicothe, Ohio](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio).  He served as [prosecuting attorney](/source/prosecuting_attorney) of [Ross County](/source/Ross_County%2C_Ohio) 1877–1881. [Presidential elector](/source/Presidential_elector) in 1896 for [McKinley](/source/William_McKinley)/[Hobart](/source/Garret_A._Hobart).<ref>Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136</ref>

Douglas was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Sixtieth](/source/60th_United_States_Congress) and [Sixty-first](/source/61st_United_States_Congress) Congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911).  He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the [Sixty-second Congress](/source/62nd_United_States_Congress), and resumed the practice of law in [Chillicothe, Ohio](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Ohio).  He was appointed [Ambassador Extraordinary](/source/Ambassador_Extraordinary) to represent the United States at the [centennial](/source/Centennial_of_the_Independence_of_Peru) of the independence of [Peru](/source/Peru) in 1921.  He retired and resided in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), until his death in that city on March 14, 1935.  He was interred in [Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe](/source/Grandview_Cemetery%2C_Chillicothe), [Ross County, Ohio](/source/Ross_County%2C_Ohio), USA.

==Sources==
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*{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |volume=2 |ref=taylor1899|page=136
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ}}

==External links==
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* {{Find a Grave|6895309|accessdate=September 3, 2010}}

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Category:Politicians from Chillicothe, Ohio
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Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Ambassadors of the United States
Category:County district attorneys in Ohio
Category:Ohio University trustees
Category:1896 United States presidential electors
Category:Burials at Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio)
Category:Republican Party United States representatives from Ohio
Category:Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Category:20th-century United States representatives

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