| 词条 | Albert G. Riddle |
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|name= Albert Gallatin Riddle |image name=Albert G. Riddle 002.png |state= Ohio |district= 19th |party= Republican |term_start = March 4, 1861 |term_end = March 3, 1863 |preceded= Edward Wade |succeeded= James A. Garfield |state_house2=Ohio |district2=Geauga & Trumbull Counties |term_start2=December 4, 1848 |term_end2=December 1, 1850 |preceded2=Anson Matthews |succeeded2=M. C. Bradley G. H. Kent |alongside2=Isaac Lee John Hutchins |birth_date= May 28, 1816 |birth_place= Monson, Massachusetts |death_date= {{death date and age|1902|5|16|1816|5|28}} |death_place=Washington, D.C. | restingplace=Rock Creek Park |spouse= |religion= }} Albert Gallatin Riddle (May 28, 1816 – May 16, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Early lifeBorn in Monson, Massachusetts, Riddle moved with his parents to Newbury, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, in 1817. He completed preparatory studies, and then studied law.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} CareerRiddle was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice in Geauga County, serving as prosecuting attorney of that county 1840-1846. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1848-1850, and in 1848 called the first Free Soil convention in Ohio.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Riddle moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1856, and in 1859 he defended the Oberlin slave rescuers. He served as a Republican in the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863), making speeches in favor of arming slaves, the first on this subject that were delivered in Congress, and others on emancipation in the District of Columbia and in vindication of President Lincoln. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} After his term in Congress, Riddle served as consul at Matanzas, Cuba, in 1863 and 1864. He then returned to Washington, D.C., and again engaged in the practice of law. He was retained by the State Department to aid in the prosecution of John H. Surratt as one of the accomplices in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. He also served as law officer of the District of Columbia 1877-1889. He was in charge of the law department at Howard University for several years after its establishment.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Death and legacyRiddle died in Washington, D.C., May 16, 1902. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} His papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. They include the unpublished manuscript "Accounts of experiences in Cuba" (1862-1864).{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Works
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