Alphonso Hart

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Alphonso Hart (July 4, 1830 - December 23, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Vienna, Ohio, Hart attended the common schools and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio. He studied law in Warren, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar August 12, 1851, and commenced practice in Ravenna, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney for Portage County 1861 to 1864, when he resigned. He served as member of the State senate 1865, 1872, and 1873. Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1873-1875.

Hart was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885). He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-ninth Congress. He served as Solicitor of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department from 1888 to 1892. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and died there December 23, 1910. He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.

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• Alphonso Hart at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress