Ohio's 20th congressional district
The 20th congressional district of Ohio was created after the 1840 census. It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1990 census, and redistricted and renumbered as the 10th district.
Image: Joshua Reed Giddings 35th Congress 1859
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Joshua Reed Giddings was an American attorney, politician and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1859. He was at first a member of the Whig Party and was later a Republican, helping found the party.
Photograph by Mathew Brady
Giddings c. 1855–64 by Matthew Brady
Giddings Law Office in Ohio (1936 Nat'l Park Service photo)