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The University of Cincinnati College of Law in Cincinnati, Ohio was established at the Cincinnati Law School in 1833. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia

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Name Class Notability References
Gaius Glenn Atkins 1891 Congregational minister and professor of homiletics at Auburn Theological Seminary
James Hartley Beal 1886 Ohio House of Representatives, acting president of Scio College, and professor of pharmacy at Pittsburg College of Pharmacy
Howard Landis Bevis 1910 president of Ohio State University and Ohio Supreme Court
Leonard Case Jr. 1844 Founder and endower of Case School of Applied Science
Kenneth Lawson 1989 Faculty specialist at the William S. Richardson School of Law
Harold G. Maier 1963 International Law Scholar; former Counselor on International Law with the U.S. Department of State
David M. Smolin 1986 Professor and director of Cumberland School of Law Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics

Business

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Name Class Notability References
Ian Bruce Eichner 1969 Real estate developer
Charles DeLano Hine 1893 Civil engineer, lawyer, railway official, and US Army colonel
William Pitt Trimble Businessman and attorney
John P. Williams Jr. 1966 President of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and attorney

Judiciary

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Name Class Notability References
Coleman W. Avery 1905 Ohio Supreme Court Associate Justice
William M. Barker 1967 Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Michael R. Barrett 1977 United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio district judge
Sandra Beckwith 1968 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chief judge
William Bertelsman 1961 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

chief judge and senior Judge

Howard Landis Bevis 1910 Ohio Supreme Court and president of Ohio State University
Morris Lyon Buchwalter 1870 Judge of the common-pleas court of the first judicial district of Ohio
Robert Burch Superior Court of San Diego judge and head football coach

at the University of Cincinnati

George H. Clark 1894 Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Robert H. Day 1891 Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Joe Deters 1982 Ohio Supreme Court associate justice and Ohio State Treasurer
Timothy Sylvester Hogan 1931 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chief judge
Howard Clark Hollister 1880 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio judge
John David Holschuh 1951 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio senior judge
Samuel Furman Hunt 1867 Ohio Senate, Judge Advocate General Ohio, and a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati
Tracie Hunter Judge in Hamilton County, Ohio and pastor
Samuel Furman Hunt 1867 Judge Advocate General Ohio, judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, and Ohio Senate
James G. Johnson 1880 Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and mayor of Springfield, Ohio
Sharon L. Kennedy 1991 Supreme Court of Ohio Justice
Joseph P. Kinneary 1935 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Laura Liu 1991 Illinois Appellate Court judge
Nicholas Longworth II Ohio Supreme Court Justice
Robert O. Lukowsky Kentucky Supreme Court justice
Stephen Markman 1974 Justice, Michigan Supreme Court [1]
Carrington T. Marshall 1892 Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and

Presiding Judge of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial

Isaac Jack Martin 1932 US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals associate judge
James Morris North Dakota Supreme Court justice and North Dakota Attorney General
Hugh L. Nichols 1886 Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

Joseph W. O'Hara 1884 Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Selwyn N. Owen 1862 Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Mark P. Painter 1973 Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals
Emmett N. Parker 1882 Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court [2]
John Weld Peck 1898 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio judge
John Weld Peck II 1938 US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit senior judge
David Stewart Porter 1934 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chief judge
William S. Richardson 1943 Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
Thomas M. Rose 1973 United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio district judge
Samuel Murray Rosenstein 1931 Senior Judge of the US Court of International Trade and US Customs Court
Carl Bernard Rubin 1944 US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chief judge
George Read Sage Non-degreed US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio judge
Louis J. Schneider Jr. 1949 Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio House of Representatives
Thomas Adiel Sherwood 1857 Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court fr [3][4]
Richard Elihu Sloan 1882 Arizona Territorial Supreme Court associate justice,

US District Court for the District of Arizona judge, and Governor of Arizona Territory,

Will P. Stephenson 1895 Supreme Court of Ohio justice
James Garfield Stewart 1905 U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice and Ohio Supreme Court justice
Frederick L. Taft 1891 Ohio Courts of Common Pleas judge
William Howard Taft 1880 Chief Justice of the United States and 27th President of the United States
Willis Van Devanter 1881 Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
John Wesley Warrington 1869 US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit senior judge
Paul Charles Weick 1920 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit chief judge
Benjamin Willoughby 1879 Indiana Supreme Court justice
Donald C. Wintersheimer 1960 Kentucky Supreme Court justice
Daniel Thew Wright 1887 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Associate Justice
Marilyn Zayas 1997 Ohio First District Court of Appeals judge [5]

Law

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Name Class Notability References
Thomas C. Campbell 1870 Prosecuting attorney in Cincinnati
Stanley M. Chesley 1960 Attorney with Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A
Charles Keating 1948 Founding partner of Keating, Muething & Klekamp
Billy Martin 1976 Defense attorney of Washington D.C.
Lawrence Maxwell Jr. 1875 United States Solicitor General
James Morris North Dakota Attorney General and North Dakota Supreme Court justice
Neil Chatterjee Former Chairman and commisoner of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Military

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Name Class Notability References
John D. Altenburg 1973 United States Army major general
Thomas M. Anderson 1858 United States Army general
Joseph Scott Fullerton 1858 Chairman of the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

and Civil War brevet brigadier general

Gates P. Thruston Judge-advocate general and brigadier general of the Army of the Cumberland, author

Organizations

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Name Class Notability References
Theodore S. Parvin 1837 Organizer of the State Historical Society of Iowa and a founder of the

Masonic Order of Iowa

Michael Clarkson Ryan 1842 Founder of Beta Theta Pi
Russell Wilson Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and founder of Sigma Sigma

Politics

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Name Class Notability References
Alfred G. Allen 1890 U.S. House of Representatives
Helen Elsie Austin 1930 United States Foreign Service officer
James Hartley Beal 1886 Ohio House of Representatives, acting president of Scio College,

and professor of pharmacy at Pittsburg College of Pharmacy,

Albert S. Berry 1858 U.S. House of Representatives and Kentucky Senate
John Berry 1857 U.S. House of Representatives
Ted Berry 1931 First African-American mayor of Cincinnati and NAACP attorney
Stanley E. Bowdle 1889 U.S. House of Representatives
John L. Bretz 1880 U.S. House of Representatives
Jacob H. Bromwell 1870 U.S. House of Representatives
Jim Butler Member and speaker pro tempore of the Ohio House of Representatives
John A. Caldwell 1876 U.S. House of Representatives, lieutenant governor of Ohio,

mayor of Cincinnati, and judge of the court of common pleas

Joseph Gurney Cannon Non-degreed Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [6]
Willis Carto Non-degreed American far-right political activist
Samuel Fenton Cary 1837 U.S. House of Representatives and vice presidential candidate
John C. Chaney 1882 U.S. House of Representatives
Neil Chatterjee Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Norton Parker Chipman 1859 Secretary of the District of Columbia, U.S. congressman,

first presiding justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal

Donald D. Clancy 1948 U.S. House of Representatives and mayor of Cincinnati
Champ Clark 1875 U.S. House of Representatives and speaker of the House
Alfred M. Cohen 1880 Ohio Senate
Robert Crosser 1901 U.S. House of Representatives
William Cumback U.S. House of Representatives
Charles G. Dawes 1886 30th vice president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Thomas C. Dawson US ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, and Panama
James W. Denver 1844 Governor of the Kansas Territory, secretary of state of California,

and namesake of Denver, Colorado

Joe Deters 1982 Ohio State Treasurer and Ohio Supreme Court associate justice
Henry L. Dickey 1859 U.S. House of Representatives
Robert E. Doan 1857 U.S. House of Representatives
Ozro J. Dodds U.S. House of Representatives
Sidney Edgerton 1845 1st territorial governor of Montana, chief justice of the

Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, U.S. House of Representatives

Henry I. Emerson 1893 U.S. House of Representatives
William H. Enochs 1866 U.S. House of Representatives
Richard P. Ernst 1880 U.S. senator from Kentucky
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg 1859 U.S. House of Representatives and

US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri judge

Joseph Fischer Kentucky House of Representatives
David Fowler 1983 Tennessee Senate
Robert E. Freer 1917 Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
Martin K. Gantz 1883 U.S. House of Representatives
Warren Gard 1894 U.S. House of Representatives
John J. Gilligan 1947 Governor of Ohio
Thomas J. Godfrey 1857 Ohio Senate
Herman P. Goebel 1872 U.S. House of Representatives
J. Henry Goeke 1891 U.S. House of Representatives
Lewis B. Gunckel 1851 U.S. House of Representatives and Ohio Senate
Judson Harmon 1870 U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Ohio
Richard A. Harrison 1846 U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio House of Representatives,

and Ohio Senate

Victor Heintz 1899 U.S. House of Representatives
William E. Hess U.S. House of Representatives
James M. Hinds 1856 U.S. House of Representatives
Greg J. Holbrock 1932 U.S. House of Representatives
Charles John Howard President of the Ohio Senate
John Wesley Hoyt 1849, attended Governor of the Wyoming Territory
David P. Hull 1840 Wisconsin State Assembly
Henry Thomas Hunt 1903 Mayor of Cincinnati
Samuel Furman Hunt 1867 Ohio Senate, judge advocate general Ohio, and a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati
Stephanie J. Jones Chief opportunities officer, US Federal Government
James Joyce 1892 U.S. House of Representatives
Charles Cyrus Kearns 1894 U.S. House of Representatives
William J. Keating 1950 U.S. House of Representatives
Henry W. King 1839 Ohio Secretary of State
Walter Lanfersiek Attorney and executive secretary of the Socialist Party of America
William Lawrence 1840 U.S. House of Representatives and first comptroller of the Treasury
David Linton 1840 Ohio Senate and a founder of Beta Theta Pi
Nicholas Longworth 1894 U.S. House of Representatives and speaker of the House
David P. Lowe 1851 U.S. House of Representatives
Charlie Luken 1976 U.S. House of Representatives and mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Thomas Henry McConica 1883 House of Commons of Canada
Edwin P. Morrow 1902 Governor of Kentucky
Grant E. Mouser 1890 U.S. House of Representatives
Paula Boggs Muething 2003 Cincinnati's first Asian-American city manager
Hugh L. Nichols 1886 Chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

and lieutenant governor of Ohio

Carl L. Nippert Lieutenant governor of Ohio and Ohio Senate
Edward Follansbee Noyes 1858 Governor of Ohio
William Parham first African American in the Ohio House of Representatives
John M. Pattison 1872 Governor of Ohio
William G. Pickrel 1912 Lieutenant governor of Ohio
Connie Pillich Ohio House of Representatives
Lois Pines 1963 Massachusetts Senate
Atlee Pomerene 1886 Lieutenant governor of Ohio and United States senator
Christian L. Poorman 1855 Ohio secretary of state and Ohio House of Representatives.
Todd Portune 1983 Cincinnati City Council and Hamilton County Commissioner
Walter E. Powell U.S. House of Representatives
Aftab Pureva 2008 Mayor of Cincinnati
Homer A. Ramey Non-degreed U.S. House of Representatives
Carl West Rich 1924 U.S. House of Representatives and mayor of Cincinnati
James Wallace Robinson 1851 U.S. House of Representatives
Charles W. Sawyer 1911 United States Secretary of Commerce
Milton Sayler U.S. House of Representatives
Louis J. Schneider Jr. 1949 Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio House of Representatives
Bill Seitz 1978 Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate
Philemon Simpson 1843 Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate
Yvette Simpson Cincinnati City Council and former chief executive of Democracy for America
David L. Sleeper 1880 Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Richard Elihu Sloan 1882 Governor of Arizona Territory, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court

associate justice, and US District Court for the District of Arizona judge

John S. Snook 1887 U.S. House of Representatives
Jacob B. Snyder 1892 Ohio House of Representatives
William R. Stewart 1886 Ohio House of Representatives
Bellamy Storer 1869 U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. minister or ambassador

to Belgium, Spain, and Austria

Charles L. Swain Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Bob Taft 1976 Governor of Ohio
Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. 1910 U.S. House of Representatives and Ohio First District Court of Appeals judge
Joseph D. Taylor 1860 U.S. House of Representatives
Samuel McIntire Taylor 1884 Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio secretary of state, and U.S. consul

to Glasgow, Scotland; Calao, Peru; and Birmingham, England

Claudia Tenney U.S. House of Representatives
William E. Tou Velle 1889 U.S. House of Representatives
Charles Townsend 1866 Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, and Ohio secretary of state
H. Clay Van Voorhis U.S. House of Representatives
John L. Vance 1861 U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Ward 1978 Minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Leroy Welsh 1871 Ohio State Treasurer
Charles Preston Wickham U.S. House of Representatives
Russell Wilson Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and founder of Sigma Sigma
Thomas L. Young 1865 Governor of Ohio and U.S. House of Representatives

Sports

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Name Class Notability References
Larry Barbiere Competition swimmer and Olympic athlete
Katie Blackburn Executive vice president of the Cincinnati Bengals
Robert Burch Head football coach at the University of Cincinnati and Superior Court of San Diego judge
Cris Collinsworth 1991 Professional football player with the Cincinnati Bengals and

television sportscaster for NBC Sunday Night Football

Amos Foster Head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the

University of Nebraska, and Miami University

John Holifield 1996 Professional football player with the Cincinnati Bengals
Miller Huggins 1902 Manager of the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame [7]
C. J. McDiarmid Principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds
Dudley Sutphin 1900 Amateur tennis player, attorney, and judge

References

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  1. ^ "Stephen Markman".
  2. ^ H. James Bowell, American Blue Book (Boswell) Western Washington (1922), p. 12.
  3. ^ "Missouri Jurist Born 96 Years Ago", The Missouri Herald (June 6, 1930), p. 1.
  4. ^ "Biographies of the Gentlemen Comprising the Democratic State Ticket", The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (August 3, 1882), p. 7.
  5. ^ Jordyn (2020-10-09). "Improbable life story responsible for Law Alumna's Legal Journey". UC News. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  6. ^ "Cannon, Joseph Gurney, (1836–1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  7. ^ HickokSports.com – Biography – Miller Huggins
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