district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded state_house birth_date term_start article_title state name restingplace
17th columbiana county laurin d. woodworth j. k. rukenbrod 22 september 1906 canton , ohio pittsburgh , pennsylvania republican march 3 , 1873 january 1 , 1860 ephraim r. eckley john hunter moses mendenhall ohio 18 february 1829 march 4 , 1869 january 4 , 1858 jacob a. ambler
 ohio jacob a. ambler hope cemetery , salem , ohio
jacob a. ambler

jacob a. ambler -lrb- february 18 , 1829 -- september 22 , 1906 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in pittsburgh , pennsylvania , ambler attended the local schools of allegheny city and also received private instruction .
he moved to salem , ohio , and studied law in his brother 's law office .
he was admitted to the bar on march 27 , 1851 , and commenced practice in salem , ohio .
ambler was elected to the state house of representatives in 1857 and served two terms .
he was appointed judge of the ninth judicial district in 1859 and served until 1867 .
ambler was elected as a republican to the forty-first and forty-second congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1869-march 3 , 1873 -rrb- .
he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872 .
he resumed the practice of law and also became interested in various business enterprises in salem , ohio .
he served as vice president of a bank and of a steel and wire nail mill corporation and also as president of a publishing company .
he served as a delegate to every republican national convention between 1876 and 1896 .
he was appointed a member of the united states tariff commission by president arthur in 1882 .
he retired from the general practice of law in 1898 but continued active business pursuits until his death in canton , ohio , september 22 , 1906 .
he was interred in hope cemetery , salem , ohio .
