- Bellamy Storer (1847)
Bellamy Storer (
August 28 ,1847 -November 12 ,1922 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio , son ofBellamy Storer (1796) and uncle ofNicholas Longworth . His wife,Maria Longworth Nichols Storer , was the founder ofRookwood Pottery located inCincinnati, Ohio .Born in
Cincinnati, Ohio , Storer attended the common schools of that city and Dixwell's private Latin school,Boston, Massachusetts .He was graduated fromHarvard University in 1867 and from the law school of Cincinnati College in 1869.He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Cincinnati.He served as assistant United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio in 1869 and 1870.Storer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (
March 4 ,1891 -March 3 ,1895 ).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894, but resumed the practice of law. He was Assistant Secretary of State in 1897. He also was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Belgium fromMay 4 ,1897 , toApril 11 ,1899 , to Spain fromApril 12 ,1899 , toSeptember 26 ,1902 , and to Austria-Hungary fromSeptember 26 ,1902 , to March 1906.Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.He died inParis, France ,November 12 ,1922 , and was interred in Le Cimetiere Neuf,Marvejols, France .ource
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