Given the question: Facts: - death place: springfield , ohio - preceded: george w. wilson - party: republican - restingplace: ferncliff cemetery - death date: 26 may 1909 - district: 7th - term end: march 3 , 1901 - succeeded: thomas b. kyle - term start: march 4 , 1897 - state: ohio - name: walter lowrie weaver - birth date: 1 april 1851 - image: walter l. weaver 1899.jpg - birth place: montgomery county , ohio - alma mater: monroe academy wittenberg college Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walter l. weaver .
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walter lowrie weaver -lrb- april 1 , 1851 - may 26 , 1909 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .born in montgomery county , ohio , weaver attended the public schools and monroe academy , and was graduated from wittenberg college , springfield , ohio , in 1870 .he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in springfield , ohio .weaver was elected prosecuting attorney of clark county in 1874 , 1880 , 1882 , and 1885 .weaver was elected as a republican to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1897-march 3 , 1901 -rrb- .he served as chairman of the committee on elections no. 2 -lrb- fifty-sixth congress -rrb- .he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900 .after leaving congress , he was appointed associate justice choctaw-chickasaw citizens ' court at mcalester , oklahoma , in 1902 .he returned to springfield , ohio , in 1904 and resumed the practice of law .he died in springfield , ohio , may 26 , 1909 and was buried in ferncliff cemetery .