Finely crafted black walnut desk, 40 x 29 x 36 in. high., numbered 24 on a brass plate affixed to the top left corner of the desk. With key. Accompanied by documentation from the Ohio Historical Society identifying the desk as original to the Ohio State Chambers when the Statehouse in Columbus was opened in 1857, and identifying the notable men who used it, including: James A. Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States who began his political career at the age of 26 when sent to the Ohio Senate in 1859. He held this position through 1861, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army and took command of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; John M. Pattison (1847-1906), who served in Ohio House early in his career, but re-entered politics some years later, being elected to the State Senate in 1890. He was elected to Congress in 1891, and went on to serve as Governor of Ohio in 1905, but he died within months after taking the oath of office; and Andrew L. Harris (1835-1915), a Civil War veteran and Ohio Governor. He started his political career as a State Senator (1866-1867), then was twice elected probate judge of Preble County, and lieutenant governor in 1891 and 1893, serving under Governor McKinley. As President, McKinley named Harris to Federal Commission on Trusts and Industrial Combinations. Although he retired in 1902, Harris was nominated and elected in 1905 as Lieutenant Governor, and when Pattison died in 1906, he became Ohio's 44th Governor. Also included is a typed letter, dated December 1992, from John W. Bush, the previous owner of the desk and former Head of Purchasing for the State of Ohio, in which he explains how he acquired the desk and how he discovered its previous users. In 1958, when the Senators instructed Mr. Bush to replace their desks, Senator Charles Carney chose to give the historic desk to Mr. Bush, and it has since descended directly in his family.
Finely crafted black walnut desk, 40 x 29 x 36 in. high., numbered 24 on a brass plate affixed to the top left corner of the desk. With key. Accompanied by documentation from the Ohio Historical Society identifying the desk as original to the Ohio State Chambers when the Statehouse in Columbus was opened in 1857, and identifying the notable men who used it, including: James A. Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States who began his political career at the age of 26 when sent to the Ohio Senate in 1859. He held this position through 1861, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army and took command of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; John M. Pattison (1847-1906), who served in Ohio House early in his career, but re-entered politics some years later, being elected to the State Senate in 1890. He was elected to Congress in 1891, and went on to serve as Governor of Ohio in 1905, but he died within months after taking the oath of office; and Andrew L. Harris (1835-1915), a Civil War veteran and Ohio Governor. He started his political career as a State Senator (1866-1867), then was twice elected probate judge of Preble County, and lieutenant governor in 1891 and 1893, serving under Governor McKinley. As President, McKinley named Harris to Federal Commission on Trusts and Industrial Combinations. Although he retired in 1902, Harris was nominated and elected in 1905 as Lieutenant Governor, and when Pattison died in 1906, he became Ohio's 44th Governor. Also included is a typed letter, dated December 1992, from John W. Bush, the previous owner of the desk and former Head of Purchasing for the State of Ohio, in which he explains how he acquired the desk and how he discovered its previous users. In 1958, when the Senators instructed Mr. Bush to replace their desks, Senator Charles Carney chose to give the historic desk to Mr. Bush, and it has since descended directly in his family.
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