Description: A sign for the birthplace of Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) in Kinsman. Darrow came to prominence as a lawyer originally working for business owners, eventually deciding to work for workers instead. He became famous, and possibly infamous, for his defense of the head of the American Railway Union, and his clients victory in the case. Darrow changed his focus again, this time deciding to defend criminals, often men facing the death penalty for their crimes. He was the defense attorney in the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, where the two defendants had committed a grisly murder and faced a likely death sentence. Despite the gruesome nature of the crime, the two men avoided a death sentence after pleading guilty and were put away for life. Incredibly, he successfully defended almost every one of his clients charged with a crime. Darrow also participated as the defense attorney in the sensational Scopes Monkey Trial. The state of Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution in schools entirely, and soon after one man famously broke that law. Darrow was immediately recruited to defend him, while William Jennings Bryan would became Darrow's adversary in the case. Although he lost the case, since there was an obvious breaking of state law, he made a strong argument against literal interpretation of the Bible. He put Bryan himself on the stand, and brilliantly made a spectacle of Bryan. He questioned Bryan on the Bible and publicly embarrassed him by showing that Bryan wasn't able to give a satisfactory answer to many of his questions about the Bible. The story was soon told all around the country and the reporters of the day clamored that Darrow had torn down the idea that the Bible could be interpreted as fact. The case would be his last sensational victory, afterwards Darrow rarely practiced law and lived quietly until his death in 1938. Darrow is still held in high regard for his skill as an attorney. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06729
Subjects: Lawyers--Ohio; Education and state; Human evolution
Places: Kinsman (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Composite portrait of prominent members of the Ohio State Bar Association, ca. 1878. Each man's name is printed under his portrait. The Ohio State Bar Association was founded in 1880 as a professional organization for those in the legal profession who have passed the bar examination. Two of the more notable portraits include James Garfield, who served as the twentieth president of the United States but was assassinated after only four months in office, and Alphonso Taft, who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War, and whose son William became president in 1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05247
Subjects: Lawyers; Columbus (Ohio); Law & legal affairs; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph, taken ca. 1990, depicts the Darrow Octagon House, an octagonal house in Kinsman, Ohio, that was the childhood home of Clarence Darrow in the 1850s and 1860s. Clarence Darrow was a noted lawyer, rising to national fame as the defense attorney at the murder trial of Leopold and Loeb in 1924 and the Scopes 'Monkey' trial in 1925. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06730
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Lawyers--Ohio; Law & legal affairs; Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938
Places: Kinsman (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait depicts Ezekial Walker (1802-1883) of Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1870-1879. He is described as "a lawyer and money broker, a civic worker, a promoter of art, a maker of violins, a philosopher in a school of his own and in his later years a recluse." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06976
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Cincinnati (Ohio); Lawyers--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait depicts Ezekial Walker (1802-1883) of Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1870-1879. He is described as "a lawyer and money broker, a civic worker, a promoter of art, a maker of violins, a philosopher in a school of his own and in his later years a recluse." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06977
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Lawyers--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait depicts Ezekial Walker (1802-1883) of Cincinnati, Ohio, seated at a table with books, a candle, a microscope and a human skull, ca. 1870-1879. He is described as "a lawyer and money broker, a civic worker, a promoter of art, a maker of violins, a philosopher in a school of his own and in his later years a recluse." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06978
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Cincinnati (Ohio); Lawyers--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait depicts Ezekial Walker (1802-1883) of Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1870-1879. He is described as "a lawyer and money broker, a civic worker, a promoter of art, a maker of violins, a philosopher in a school of his own and in his later years a recluse." The photograph shows him seated painting a portrait, with a violin leaning against his chair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06979
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Cincinnati (Ohio); Lawyers--Ohio; Artists--Ohio; Musical instruments
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Thaddeus Armstrong Minshall (1834-1908), a Civil War veteran from Ohio who became a Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. Born in Ross County, Minshall enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil War and served in both the 22nd Ohio Infantry (Company C) and the 33rd Ohio Infantry (Company H). After returning to his law practice in Chillicothe, he was nominated for the Ohio Supreme Court and served from 1885 until 1902. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4501_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio. Supreme Court; Judges; Lawyers--Ohio;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Morrison R. Waite (1816-1888) left his home state of Connecticut to practice law in northwestern Ohio. Waite ran twice unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate and spent one term in the state legislature. Waite later declined a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. He served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03903
Subjects: Judges; Lawyers; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895) was a Democratic Representative (1845-1847) from Ohio; justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court, 1852-56; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1884; and candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03916
Subjects: Ohio. Supreme Court; United States. Congress. Senate; Lawyers--Ohio; Other--Federal Government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of William Day (1849-1923). Day was born in Portage County, Ohio. He was state court judge in Ohio, 1886; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899; and Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-1922. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03919
Subjects: Lawyers--Ohio; Judges; Portage County (Ohio)
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hugh J. Jewett portrait from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio," by Henry Howe, 1907. Jewett was a prominent attorney, politician and business leader in nineteenth century Ohio. He operated a legal practice, helped establish numerous railroad ventures, and served in the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives as well as the US House of Representatives. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1862 as a war Democrat, but lost the election by nearly fifty thousand votes to Unionist candidate David Tod. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04130
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Political parties; Lawyers--Ohio; Railroads--Ohio
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)