Horace Wilder (August 20, 1802 – December 26, 1889) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of

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who was in the Ohio House of Representatives and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1863-1865. Horace Wilder was born at

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, and graduated from

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in 1823. He moved to

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, where he taught school, and was admitted to the bar January, 1826. He returned to

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, then moved to

in 1827. He settled in

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in 1828, where he was admitted to the Ohio bar. Smith 1898 : 198 In 1833, Wilder was elected Prosecuting Attorney of

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. He represented Ashtabula County in the Ohio House of Representatives in the 33rd General Assembly, (December, 1834–June, 1835). Ohio 1917 : 268 In 1855, Wilder was elected common pleas judge for a seven-year term. In 1863, he was appointed by Governor

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to the Ohio Supreme Court to fill the vacancy from the resignation of Justice

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. The next year he was elected to fill the remainder of Gholson's term, but was not nominated for re-election. He resumed private practice in Ashtabula, and moved to Red Wing, Minnesota, in May, 1867, where he died December 26, 1889. He was buried next to his wife in the cemetery in

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.The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - Horace Wilder
/ref> Wilder was married March 27, 1833 to Phoebe Jerusha Coleman in Ashtabula. They had five children.

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