Albert Gallatin RIDDLE, Congress, OH (1816-1902)

RIDDLE Albert Gallatin , a Representative from Ohio; was born in Monson, Mass., May 28, 1816; moved with his parents to Newbury, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, in 1817; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice in Geauga County; prosecuting attorney of that county 1840-1846; member of the State house of representatives 1848-1850; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; consul at Matanzas, Cuba, in 1863 and 1864; returned to Washington, D.C., and again engaged in the practice of law; was retained by the State Department to aid in the prosecution of John H. Surratt as one of the accomplices in the murder of President Lincoln; law officer of the District of Columbia 1877-1889; died in Washington, D.C., May 16, 1902; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Bibliography

Riddle, Albert G. Recollections of War Times: Reminiscences of Men and Events in Washington, 1860-1865. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present