Preceded by William H. Enochs Preceded by George L. Converse Party Democratic Party Succeeded by Byron F. Ritchie Role U.S. representative | Preceded by William C. Cooper Name Joseph Outhwaite Succeeded by David K. Watson Succeeded by James I. Dungan | |
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Died December 9, 1907, Columbus, Ohio, United States Resting place Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio | ||
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (December 5, 1841 – December 9, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Outhwaite attended the public schools of Zanesville, Ohio. He taught in Zanesville's high school from 1862 to 1864. Outhwaite was principal of a grammar school in Columbus, Ohio from 1864 to 1867, studying law while teaching. He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced from 1867 to 1871 at Osceola, Missouri. He served as prosecuting attorney of Franklin County, Ohio from 1874 to 1878. Starting in 1879 he was trustee of the county children's home, continuing until he was appointed trustee of the fund of the city of Columbus in 1883, staying there until 1889.
Outhwaite was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses). He was appointed a member of the commission to codify the laws of the United States.
Outhwaite was Dean of the law school at Ohio State University from 1904 until his death in Columbus on December 9, 1907. He is interred in Green Lawn Cemetery.