Francis D. Kimball | |
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5th Ohio Attorney General | |
In office January 14, 1856 – August 15, 1856 | |
Governor | Salmon P. Chase |
Preceded by | George Wythe McCook |
Succeeded by | Christopher Wolcott |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1820 New Hampshire |
Died | August 15, 1856 Columbus, Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Whig |
Francis D. Kimball (c. 1820 - 1856) was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General in 1856.
Kimball was born in about 1820 in New Hampshire. He was reared as a Whig and an Abolitionist. In 1842 he moved to Medina County, Ohio, and was soon elected to county office.[1] He was prosecuting attorney of Medina County 1849-1853.[2] He was a champion of the Anti-Nebraska Movement in 1854, and a founder of the Republican Party in Ohio.[1] He attended the preliminary National Convention at Pittsburgh, and the first regular National Convention at Philadelphia, where he contracted a disease that would lead to his death.[1] He was nominated for Ohio Attorney General, and won the election in 1855.[3] He died August 15, 1856, and was succeeded as Attorney General by Christopher P. Wolcott of Summit County by appointment of Governor Salmon P. Chase.[1]