Ohio Biographies

Senator Kirkwood

Senator Kirkwood of Iowa spent a part of his early life in Mansfield, Ohio. While there he stood among the foremost lawyers at th ebar, and was noted both as a counselor and pleader. He was very plain in both manner and dress. He wore an old, short, yellow faded coat, which gave him the nickname of "Old Yellow Coat" taken from a character supposed to represent him in a local novel called the "Unjust Judge".

 

From The Ohio Liberal, July 25, 1877

 

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