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OH HR515
Resolution
Status
Passed
8/2/2018
Primary Sponsor
Doug Green
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AI Summary
- Designates August 8, 2018, as Thomas Hamer Day in Ohio
- Thomas Lyon Hamer was born in July 1800 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, moved to Ohio at age 17, and was admitted to the bar in 1821
- Served as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and was elected to the 23rd and 24th United States Congresses
- Volunteered as a private in the Mexican-American War in 1846, was appointed Brigadier General, and assumed command of his brigade at the Battle of Monterrey
- Hamersville and Hamer Township in Ohio are named in his honor; President Ulysses S. Grant described him as one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced
Legislative Description
Designating Thomas Hamer Day in Ohio, August 8, 2018.
Last Action
Adopted
8/2/2018
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