Chauncey N. Olds | |
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8th Ohio Attorney General | |
In office February 20, 1865 – January 8, 1866 | |
Governor | John Brough Charles Anderson |
Preceded by | William P. Richardson |
Succeeded by | William H. West |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Pickaway County district | |
In office December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Huston |
Succeeded by | M. L. Clark |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the Ross & Pickaway Counties district | |
In office December 3, 1849 – December 1, 1850 | |
Preceded by | new district |
Succeeded by | Joseph H. Geiger |
Personal details | |
Born | Marlboro, Vermont | February 2, 1816
Died | February 11, 1890 Columbus, Ohio | (aged 74)
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Whig |
Relations | brother Edson B. Olds |
Alma mater | Miami University |
Chauncey N. Olds was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General 1865.
Chauncey Olds was born February 2, 1816, at Marlboro, Vermont, brother of Edson B. Olds.[1] He was moved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at age four. In 1830, the family moved to Circleville, Pickaway County.[2] He began studies at Ohio University that autumn, but quit after three years due to illness. He entered Miami University in 1834, graduated in 1836, and soon became a professor there. He resigned in 1840, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1842 in Circleville.[2] He practiced in that town until 1856, and represented the county in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 47th General Assembly, 1848–1849,[3] and the Ohio State Senate 1849–1850,[4] elected as a Whig.[5] In 1856 he moved to Columbus, Ohio, and ran for Ohio Attorney General in the 1862 election,[2] but lost.[6]
In 1865, Attorney General William P. Richardson resigned, and Olds was appointed by Governor Brough,[7] February 20, 1865.[8] He was not nominated for the 1865 election. He was a trustee of Miami University for twenty five years.[5] He was prominent in the Presbyterian church.[1][5] For the last seventeen years of his life he represented the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway in Franklin County.[5] He died February 11, 1890, at his home in Columbus.[5]