David Hollingsworth

David Adams Hollingsworth
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	Capell L. Weems
Succeeded by	William B. Francis
Constituency	16th district
In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919
Preceded by	John J. Whitacre
Succeeded by	B. Frank Murphy
Constituency	18th district
16th Ohio Attorney General
In office April 21, 1883 – January 14, 1884
Appointed by	Charles Foster
Preceded by	George K. Nash
Succeeded by	James Lawrence
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 20th district
In office January 4, 1880 – April 21, 1883
Preceded by	David Wagener
Succeeded by	Solomon Hogue
Personal details
Born	(1844-11-21)November 21, 1844 Belmont, Ohio
Died	December 3, 1929(1929-12-03) (aged 85) Cadiz, Ohio
Resting place	Cadiz Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Linda McBean
Children	two
Alma mater	Mount Union College
Military service
Branch/service	Union Army
Years of service	1861–1863
Unit	25th Ohio Infantry

David Adams Hollingsworth (November 21, 1844 – December 3, 1929) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the early 20th century.

Early life and career

Born in Belmont, Ohio, Hollingsworth moved with his parents to Flushing, Ohio. He attended the public schools. He was a private in Company B, 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment of the Union Army from 1861 to 1863. He studied law at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in St. Clairsville, Ohio, on September 17, 1867, and commenced practice in Flushing.

Political career

He served as mayor of Flushing in 1867. He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, in 1869 and continued the practice of law.

Hollingsworth was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison County in 1873 and reelected in 1875. He served as member of the State senate in 1879 and reelected in 1881. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1880. He served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1882. On April 21, 1883, he resigned as Senator to accept appointment as Ohio Attorney General. He did not run for re-election and served until January 14, 1884. He resumed the practice of law in Cadiz. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio State Bar Association, serving as chairman in 1908.

Congress

Hollingsworth was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Cadiz.

Hollingsworth was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1918.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law until his death in Cadiz, Ohio, December 3, 1929. He was interred in Cadiz Cemetery.

Personal life

He was married April 8, 1875, to Linda McBean of Cadiz. She had two sons, Henry, and Donald, who died in early childhood. Hollingsworth was a Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias, Methodist, and member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

External links

• Media related to David Hollingsworth at Wikimedia Commons
• David Hollingsworth at Find a Grave

Further reading

• United States Congress. "David Hollingsworth (id: H000726)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Burtoft, L. Ada Judkins; Judkins, Clyde Hollingsworth (1920). Biographical sketch of Hon. David A. Hollingsworth, Cadiz, Ohio.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress