Hezekiah Sanford Bundy (August 15, 1817 – December 12, 1895) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, Bundy moved with his parents to

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in 1819. He attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was

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in 1850 and practiced until 1860 when he became engaged in the iron business. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and 1850. He served in the State senate in 1855.

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for

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in 1860. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress. Bundy was elected as a

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to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1866. Bundy was a trustee of

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beginning in 1864. Walker 1869 : 348 Bundy was elected to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage ( Forty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He moved to Wellston, Jackson County, in 1887 and resumed the practice of law. Bundy was elected to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Enochs and served from December 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895. He died in

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, December 12, 1895. He was interred in the City Cemetery. His daughter Julia Ann married

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, a prominent Ohio politician in the end of the 19th century and early 20th who served as governor of Ohio.

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