De Witt C. Badger

De Witt Clinton Badger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by	Emmett Tompkins
Succeeded by	Edward L. Taylor, Jr.
Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
In office 1906–1908
Preceded by	Robert H. Jeffrey
Succeeded by	Charles Anson Bond
Personal details
Born	August 7, 1858(1858-08-07) London, Ohio
Died	May 20, 1926(1926-05-20) (aged 67) Columbus, Ohio
Resting place	Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Sidney Slaughter
Children	two
Alma mater	Mount Union College

De Witt Clinton Badger (August 7, 1858 – May 20, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near London, Ohio, Badger attended the country schools in Madison County and Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. He taught school from 1875 to 1880. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in London, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Madison County 1882-1885. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, and was elected judge of the court of common pleas in 1893. He was reelected in 1897 and served until 1903, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.

Badger was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He resumed the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio. He served as mayor of Columbus 1906-1908. He died in Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1926. He was interred in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. Badger married Sidney Slaughter, and had children named Clinton and Minnie.^[1]

Source

• De Witt C. Badger at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

1. ^ Egger, Charles, ed (1975). Columbus Mayors. Columbus: Columbus Citizen-Journal. http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/colmayors/columbus_mayors_1.pdf. 

External links

Biography portal

• De Witt Badger at Find a Grave

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Persondata
Name	Badger, De Witt Clinton
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 7, 1858
Place of birth	london ohio
Date of death	May 20, 1926
Place of death	columbus ohio