Description: Taken by photographer R.F. Bowdish in the 1870s, this stereograph shows members of the Ohio Senate in the assembly room at the Ohio Statehouse located at 1 Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio, on the corners of Broad and High Streets. This stereograph is part of the John H. Klippart Family Collection, an audiovisual collection of 433 items, including tintypes, stereoviews, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, and carte-de-visites from 1850-1920, belonging to John H. Klippart. Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1823, Klippart took on many business ventures throughout his life, but is most noted for his roles in the agriculture industry. In 1855 Klippart was associate editor of the "Ohio Farmer" and in 1856 was elected corresponding secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. As secretary he promoted agricultural improvement and education throughout the state of Ohio, and in 1865 toured Europe under a commission from the United States Commissioner of Agriculture to gather information on agricultural procedures. He also served as an assistant on the Ohio Geological Survey, and in 1873 was appointed commissioner of fisheries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P157_B02F03_001
Subjects: Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio General Assembly Senate; Ohio Government; Architecture; Politicians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer R.F. Bowdish in the 1870s, this stereograph shows the Ohio General Assembly room at the Ohio Statehouse, located at 1 Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio, on the corners of Broad and High Streets. This stereograph is part of the John H. Klippart Family Collection, an audiovisual collection of 433 items, including tintypes, stereoviews, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, and carte-de-visites from 1850-1920, belonging to John H. Klippart. Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1823, Klippart took on many business ventures throughout his life, but is most noted for his roles in the agriculture industry. In 1855 Klippart was associate editor of the "Ohio Farmer" and in 1856 was elected corresponding secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. As secretary he promoted agricultural improvement and education throughout the state of Ohio, and in 1865 toured Europe under a commission from the United States Commissioner of Agriculture to gather information on agricultural procedures. He also served as an assistant on the Ohio Geological Survey, and in 1873 was appointed commissioner of fisheries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P157_B02F03_002
Subjects: Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio General Assembly Senate; Ohio Government; Architecture; Politicians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer R.F. Bowdish in the 1870s, this stereograph shows the speaker's desk at the Ohio General Assembly room at the Ohio Statehouse, located at 1 Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio, on the corners of Broad and High Streets. This stereograph is part of the John H. Klippart Family Collection, an audiovisual collection of 433 items, including tintypes, stereoviews, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, and carte-de-visites from 1850-1920, belonging to John H. Klippart. Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1823, Klippart took on many business ventures throughout his life, but is most noted for his roles in the agriculture industry. In 1855 Klippart was associate editor of the "Ohio Farmer" and in 1856 was elected corresponding secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. As secretary he promoted agricultural improvement and education throughout the state of Ohio, and in 1865 toured Europe under a commission from the United States Commissioner of Agriculture to gather information on agricultural procedures. He also served as an assistant on the Ohio Geological Survey, and in 1873 was appointed commissioner of fisheries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P157_B02F03_003
Subjects: Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio General Assembly Senate; Ohio Government; Architecture; Politicians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Document titled "Diagram of the Ohio Senate for the Session of 1852." It shows an overhead view of the Ohio Senate Chambers with the 35 senate seats labelled by senator and county. Also shown are the positions of William Medill (Senate President), C.B. Flood (Senate Clerk), R. Watson (Sergeant-at-arms), and three senate reporters from the Democratic Mirror, the Journal and the Statesman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_1202
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Ohio General Assembly Senate
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Document titled "Diagram of the Ohio Senate, for the Session of 1852-3." This session was assembled at Ambos' New Hall in Columbus, Ohio. It shows an overhead view of the Ohio Senate Chambers with 35 senate seats labelled by senator and county. Also shown are the positions of William Medill (Senate President), C.B. Flood (Senate Clerk), E.B. Eshelman (First Assistant Clerk). R. Watson (Sergeant-at-arms), R.S. McEwen (Postmaster) and two senate reporters from the Journal and the Statesman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_1203
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Ohio General Assembly Senate
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Harry J. Ritter, who represented Miami County in the 78th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1909-1910). He was a member of the Republican Party. In this oval-framed portrait, Ritter is in his early sixties and has a mustache. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with a pin in the left lapel. Ritter was born in 1848 near Reading, Pennsylvania. He was a student at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, but left school in 1864 to join the United State Signal Corps. He served in that post until the end of the Civil War. After the war he graduated from a commercial college and entered the horse business. In 1894 he entered the manufacturing field and became general manager and treasurer of the Tipp Building Manufacturing Company, Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City), Ohio. He was elected to the 77th and 78th General Assemblies of the State of Ohio. In 1918 he was elected to the State Senate. Harry J. Ritter died in 1925 and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07018
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Miami County (Ohio); Politicians; Veterans
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1965 map showing the apportionment of the Ohio Senate, broken into counties and townships. The map's caption reads "Apportionment of the Ohio Senate prescribed by the Governor, Secretary of State and the Auditor of State, September 27, 1965." There are 33 numbered apportionment districts, as well as handwritten notes related to county populations. In 1965, Ohio's Governor was Jim Rhodes. Ohio’s first General Assembly convened on March 1, 1803, with thirty members of the House and fourteen members of the Senate, with each county receiving a certain number of legislators based upon the county’s population. In 1903, each Ohio county was guaranteed to have its own House member, while all other members of the House were to be at large positions. In 1966, by order of the federal government, this apportionment procedure ended. Under the new system Ohio has ninety-nine representatives and thirty-three senators from various districts based on population. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0696_2
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Maps; Ohio General Assembly Senate
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Broadside for the citizens of Butler and Warren counties from N. Wade during his campaign for state senate in 1851, regarding what his voting record would show if elected, as opposed to Senator J. Kilborn's. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_2222
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Elections
Places: Butler County (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing three men and a woman, all in patriotic dress and holding flags, posed in a corn field. They wear hats that read "Slagle." The image was submitted by photographer Nelson Slagle of Huntington Beach, California, in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. Slagle provided the following caption: "Slide was taken July 4, 1976 at 1154 Columbus-Sandusky Road (Rt 98), Marion, Ohio the morning before the Slagle family (Emily, Jim, John, & Gene) rode in the Marion Bicentennial Parade. Gene Slagle was State Senator representing the 26th district. The slide projects the bicentennial spirit as it was taken on the nations 200th birthday in a bountiful field of corn and included campaign hats and American flags. The corn is much taller than July 4th knee high standard." In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F145_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Families; Flags; Corn; Agriculture; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Fourth of July celebrations;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)