Frank H. Hurd


Frank Hunt Hurd was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for three separate terms.

Hurd was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was the son of Rollin C. Hurd, a local judge, and Mary B. Hurd, sister of Daniel S. Norton, Senator from Minnesota. Hurd graduated from Kenyon College in nearby Gambier in 1858. He studied law with his father, and was admitted to the state bar in 1861. Hurd practiced law in Mt. Vernon and was the prosecuting attorney of Knox County in 1863. He served as member of the State senate in 1866, and was appointed to codify the criminal laws of Ohio in 1868. He inserted the provision that permitted the accused to testify.

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