Edwin Darlington Ricketts (August 3, 1867 – July 3, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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for three terms in the early 20th century.
Biography
Born near
Maxville, Ohio, Ricketts attended the public schools.
For twelve years, he was a teacher and superintendent of schools.
He then studied law and was
admitted to the bar
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in 1899 and commenced practice in
Logan, Ohio
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.
Congress
Ricketts was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the
Sixty-fifth Congress.
Ricketts was elected to the
Sixty-sixth and
Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the
Sixty-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
He then resumed the practice of law and served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928.
Ricketts died in
Logan, Ohio
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, on July 3, 1937, and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Sources
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1867 births
1937 deaths
People from Logan, Ohio
Ohio lawyers
People from Perry County, Ohio
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio