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��fourth was John Sherman, elected to the Thirty- fourth Congress, in 1855, serving as a member of the House until 18G1. when he was called to the Senate to take the chair vacated by Sal- mon P. Chase, who became Secretary of the Treasur}'. The county was honored by the presence of Mr. Sherman in the Senate from that time until called to the cabinet of President

��Hayes. The fifth man elected to the House of Representatives from this county was William Johnson, who served one term, from 1863 to 1 805. The present member, Greorge W. Geddes, resides in Mansfield, and was elected in 1879, making the sixth furnished Ijy this count}' to the councils of the nation.

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