Capell L. Weems
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 16th district
In office
November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1909
Preceded byJoseph J. Gill
Succeeded byDavid Hollingsworth
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Noble County district
In office
January 2, 1888 – January 5, 1890
Preceded byThomas C. Williams
Succeeded byChris McKee
Personal details
Born(1860-07-07)July 7, 1860
Whigville, Ohio
DiedJanuary 5, 1913(1913-01-05) (aged 52)
Steubenville, Ohio
Resting placeUnion Cemetery, St. Clairsville
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary B. Nay
Childrenthree

Capell Lane Weems (July 7, 1860 – January 5, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1903 to 1909.

Biography

Born in Whigville, Ohio, Weems attended the common schools and normal academy, Caldwell, Ohio. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Caldwell.

Weems was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble County in 1884. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1888 and 1889. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1890 and served as prosecuting attorney of Belmont County 1890-1896.

Weems was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph J. Gill.[1] He was reelected to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses and served from November 3, 1903, to March 3, 1909. He resumed the practice of law and was solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He died in Steubenville, Ohio, January 5, 1913. He was interred in Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.

Weems married Mary B. Nay of West Virginia on November 6, 1883. They had children named Chester N., Milton M., and Lillian A.[2]

References

  1. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. III. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ McKelvey, A T, ed. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company. pp. 562, 563.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byJoseph J. Gill Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th congressional district November 3, 1903 - March 3, 1909 Succeeded byDavid Hollingsworth
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