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The college was founded in 1855 in Poland, Ohio, by the law firm of Judge Chester Hayden, Marcus King, and MD Legett as the Poland Law College.In 1856 [1] or 1857 [2] it moved to Cleveland and was incorporated under its official name.
Incumbent Democratic Governor of Ohio William Medill became governor after the resignation of Reuben Wood to accept a consulship, and Lt. Governor Medill became elected in his own right in 1853. The 1855 election was one of the first major tests of the fledgling Republican Party , then still a coalition of various anti-slavery forces, including ...
The Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the earlier facility was not able to handle the number of prisoners sent to ...
Pages in category "1855 in Ohio" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cincinnati riots of 1855
[130] [131] A 2016 study on immigrants in Ohio concluded that immigrants make up 6.7% of all entrepreneurs in Ohio although they are just 4.2% of Ohio's population, and that these immigrant-owned businesses generated almost $532 million in 2014. The study also showed that "immigrants in Ohio earned $15.6 billion in 2014 and contributed $4.4 ...
The African Americans were armed and ready. Whites secured a cannon, rolled it down Sixth Street, faced it toward Buck Town and fired it, people died. Martial law was declared, 300 black men were arrested. While they were in custody, many of their homes were attacked. [10]
An Ohio couple who tortured their five adopted sons in “dungeon”-like conditions and deprived them of food and water, among other abuses, has been sentenced after taking a plea deal.
In the April 1855 elections, the Know Nothings nominated a slate of candidates with James Taylor, the populist anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic editor of the Cincinnati Times, as candidate for mayor. Taylor's inflammatory attacks on immigrants caused rising tension in the city, with fighting breaking out on election day.