Albert G. Riddle

Albert Gallatin Riddle (May 28, 1816 – May 16, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Monson, Massachusetts, Riddle moved with his parents to Newbury, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, in 1817.He completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice in Geauga County.He served as prosecuting attorney of that county 1840-1846.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1848-1850.He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856.

Riddle was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862. Consul at Matanzas, Cuba, in 1863 and 1864.He returned to Washington, D.C., and again engaged in the practice of law.He was retained by the State Department to aid in the prosecution of John H. Surratt as one of the accomplices in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. Law officer of the District of Columbia 1877-1889.He died in Washington, D.C., May 16, 1902.He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

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