district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded term_start image article_title state name restingplace
ohio 16 16th albert j. pearson 09 january 1923 san diego , california rheinpfalz , bavaria , germany democratic march 3 , 1893 john g. warwick december 5 , 1892 lewis p. ohliger.jpg lewis p. ohliger
 ohio lewis philip ohliger wooster cemetery , wooster , ohio
lewis p. ohliger

lewis philip ohliger -lrb- january 3 , 1843 - january 9 , 1923 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in rheinpfalz , bavaria , germany , ohliger immigrated to the united states in october 1854 with his parents .
he settled in canton , ohio , in 1857 .
he attended the public schools .
he moved to wooster , ohio , and engaged in the wholesale drug and grocery business .
county treasurer 1875-1879 .
postmaster of wooster from february 1885 until february 1890 .
trustee of the wooster & lodi railway .
he served as delegate to the democratic national convention in 1892 .
ohliger was elected as a democrat to the fifty-second congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of john g. warwick and served from december 5 , 1892 , to march 3 , 1893 .
he was an unsuccessful for renomination in 1892 .
internal-revenue collector of the cleveland district by appointment of president grover cleveland 1893-1898 .
he resumed his former business pursuits .
he died in san diego , california , january 9 , 1923 , and was interred in wooster cemetery , wooster , ohio .
