Ephraim R. Eckley

Ephraim Ralph Eckley (December 9, 1811 - March 27, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, Eckley moved with his parents to Hayesville, Ohio, in 1816.He attended the common schools and was graduated from Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio.He moved to Carrollton, Ohio, in 1833 and taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Carrollton.He served as member of the State senate 1843-1846, 1849, and 1850.He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1851.He served in the State house of representatives 1853-1857.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1853 to the United States Senate.He served as delegate to the first Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1856.

During the Civil War, Eckley served in the Union Army as the colonel of the 26th Ohio Infantry, and later of the 18th Ohio Infantry. At the end of the war, he was brevettedas a brigadier general and mustered out of the army.

Eckley was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868.He resumed the practice of law in Carrollton, Ohio, where he died March 27, 1908.He was interred in Grand View Cemetery.

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