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unusual facts about Jacob D. Cox House


Jacob D. Cox House

A native of Montréal in Lower Canada, Cox settled in Ohio in the 1840s, served in the Ohio Senate from 1859 to 1861, and later served as the United States Secretary of the Interior during the Grant administration.


Battle of Wyse Fork

Schofield, with the units from Alfred Terry's Expeditionary Corps, moved north from Wilmington, while Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox took his XXIII Corps division and sailed up the coast and landed at New Bern, North Carolina.

Charles D. Breitel

In November 1973, he was elected on the Republican and Liberal tickets Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, defeating Democrat Jacob D. Fuchsberg and Conservative James J. Leff.

George B. Cox

The George B. Cox House at the corner of Brookline and Jefferson avenues was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1973.

Jacob D. Green

Jacob at one point in time stole a couple of sweet potatoes, his master found out and ordered him to deliver a letter which he was sure contained an order to lash him.

Jacob D. Leighty

He served as a member of the State house of representatives from 1886 to 1888, and later was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

Samuel Hannaford

George B. Cox House, one-time home to renown Cincinnati political boss George Barnsdale Cox, and later the longtime home to the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at the University of Cincinnati.


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