Freeman Thorpe | |
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Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ashtabula County | |
In office January 7, 1878 – January 4, 1886 | |
Preceded by | William P. Howland |
Succeeded by | Elbert L. Lampson |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
Personal details | |
Born | Freeman Woodcock Thorpe June 16, 1844 Geneva, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | October 20, 1922 Crow Wing County, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 78)
Spouse | Orlena Eggleston (m. 1865) |
Freeman Woodcock Thorpe (or Thorp; June 16, 1844 – October 20, 1922), born in Geneva, Ohio, was an American painter who painted portraits of many notable people such as Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses Grant, Simon Cameron, Salmon Chase, Robert Smith, Horace Greeley, Walter Forward and Robert E. Lee. He was also a state legislator in Ohio and a soldier.