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Riddle, Albert Gallatin

lawyer, author, congressman, was born May 28, 1816, in Monson, Mass. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirtyseventh congress; and subsequently practiced law in Washington, D. C.

He has written number of romances of early life in Ohio.

He is the author of The House of Ross; Bart Ridgeley; Alice Brand; The Tory's Daughter; Mark a Loan; The Portrait; Personal Recollections of War Times; Students and Lawyers; Life of Benjamin Wade; Life of Garfield; and Speeches and Arguments.

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