Henry B. Banning

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(November 10, 1836 — December 10, 1881) Henry Blackstone Banning was an American politician and lawyer. Banning was born in Bannings Mills, Ohio in 1836. He attended Kenyon College, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. During the Civil War, Banning was in the Union Army. He served as a private, captain, and colonel before mustering out in 1862. Banning was a member of the State House of Representatives before moving to Cincinnati and practicing law there. He was elected first as a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives to the Forty-Third Congress, and then elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Fourth and succeeding Congresses. Overall, he served in the House from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. After serving Congress, he resumed practicing law until his death in 1881. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000117]

Member of Ohio Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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