George Henry Chamberlain (21 June 1862 – 3 March 1943) was a Republican politician and lawyer from Elyria, Ohio, United States. He was President of the

Ohio State Senate The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the se ...

during 1904 and 1905. George H. Chamberlain was born June 21, 1862, in

Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio Grafton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,833. Geography Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and village: * Grafton - ...

. He was the son of George B. and Elizabeth (Cragin) Chamberlain. He remained on their farm until seventeen years old, and was educated at the district schools and

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

. He taught school, read law in an office in Elyria, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1887. Chamberlain practiced law in Elyria for two years, and then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in insurance work until 1895. He returned to Elyria, in 1895, and was engaged in law and Republican politics. In 1896, he spoke in support of the presidential candidacy of William McKinley in Lorain County, and throughout the state. Chamberlain was elected to the combined 27th-29th district of the

, ( Madison, Lorain, Richland and Ashland counties), for the 75th and 76th General Assemblies, (1902-1905). In the latter session, (1904 to 1905), he was President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In 1910, he was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 14th congressional district. Chamberlain was on the Elyria board of education beginning in 1899, and was President of the Board after 1905. He was also president of the board of elections, and a member of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce. Chamberlain married Etta K. Mynderse of LaGrange, Ohio, in June, 1883. They had nine children. After she died, his second wife was Ola Chamberlain. Chamberlain died at his Elyria home on March 3, 1943. He was buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Elyria.

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