Lucien Jerome Fenton (May 7, 1844 – June 28, 1922) was an American

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veteran who served two term as a

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from

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from 1895 to 1899.

Biography

Born in Winchester, Ohio, Fenton attended the public schools,

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, Lebanon, Ohio, and

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at Athens. Enlisted as a private in Company I, Ninety-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 11, 1862. He was discharged because of wounds on May 29, 1865.

Career

He taught school from 1865 to 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of the courts of Adams County in 1880. He served as clerk in the

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from 1881 to 1884. He returned to Ohio and organized the Winchester Bank in 1884. He was appointed a trustee of the

at Athens by Governor McKinley in 1892. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

Congress

Fenton was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.

Death

He resumed banking in Winchester, Ohio. He served as president of the Winchester School Board 1912-1922. He served as president of the Adams County School Board 1918-1922.

Death

He died in Winchester, Ohio, June 28, 1922. He was interred in Winchester Cemetery.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenton, Lucien Jerome 1844 births 1922 deaths People from Adams County, Ohio Ohio University alumni Ohio University trustees National Normal University alumni People of Ohio in the American Civil War Union Army soldiers School board members in Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio