Reynolds Robert Kinkade was a Republican jurist from the U.S. state of

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. He sat on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1925 to 1933.

Biography

Kinkade was born to Eleazer and Hannah Lyons Kinkade of

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on March 3, 1854. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced law in

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and

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from 1878 to 1899. From 1899 to 1908, Kinkade was a judge of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. In 1908 he became a judge of the Lucas County Circuit Court until 1912, when that court became the

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. He continued on this court until 1924. In 1924, Kinkade won election to the Ohio Supreme Court for a six year term, defeating Democrat Harry L. Conn. He was re-elected in 1930, and served until he resigned May 15, 1933. He resigned due to ill health, and died at

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, May 25, 1935. His funeral was at First Congregational Church in Toledo, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Kinkade married Addie George on June 15, 1881. They had two children.

References

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