Allen T. Brinsmade

Allen T. Brinsmade
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874
Serving with Benjamin R. Beavis
Preceded byWorthy S. Streator
Succeeded byWilliam Bingham
H. W. Curtiss
Personal details
Born(1837-03-29)March 29, 1837
Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio
DiedNovember 16, 1913(1913-11-16) (aged 76)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Resting placeLake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Political partyRepublican
Alma materWestern Reserve College
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/service150th Ohio Infantry
Years of service1864
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Allen T. Brinsmade (March 29, 1837 – November 16, 1913) was a Republican politician from Cleveland, Ohio, United States who was President of the Ohio State Senate 1872–73, and was later United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Early life

Allen T. Brinsmade was born at Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio, on March 29, 1837.[1][2] When he was six years old, his family moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he grew up.[1]

Education

He graduated from Western Reserve College in 1860 and Cleveland Law College in 1861, being admitted to the bar that year in Cleveland.[1]

Career

Brinsmade was assistant city attorney of Cleveland 1863 to 1866. He enlisted for 100 days in the 150th Ohio Infantry in 1864, and was stationed in Washington, D.C.[3] In 1866 he was elected city attorney of Cleveland, and was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1871.[3] He was president pro-tem that term.[4]

Brinsmade returned to the law firm Brinsmade & Stone,[2] and was appointed an aide on the staff of Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.[3] In 1877, he was appointed a colonel in the Ohio National Guard.[3] He was elected to Cleveland City Council in 1884, and in 1885 was elected to a four-year term as city solicitor, to which he was re-elected in 1889.[3] He was chairman of the Republican state committee 1887–1888.[3]

From December 23, 1890, to 1895, Brinsmade was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.[5]

Death

Brinsmade died November 16, 1913, and is interred at Lake View Cemetery.[6][citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Kennedy & Day, p. 279.
  2. ^ a b Crabb, p. 21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kennedy & Day, p. 280.
  4. ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 67.
  5. ^ Sixth Circuit.
  6. ^ Enquirer.

References

  • Kennedy, James Harrison; Day, Wilson M. (1889). The Bench and Bar of Cleveland. The Cleveland Printing and Publishing Co. pp. 279–280.
  • Crabb, W Darwin (1872). Biographical sketches of the state officers, and of the members of the 60th General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Columbus: Ohio State Journal. p. 21.
  • "U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio". United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio.
  • "Cleveland Attorney Dies". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 17, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved April 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.