Edson B. Olds

May 27, 1862 – Members of the Ohio delegation to Congress petition President Abraham Lincoln to order the release of Ohioans seized and imprisoned without charges, who are under the jurisdiction of the War Department. Arrested was Edson B. Olds, a physician, merchant and politician who had served in Congress as a Democrat (1849-55). During his imprisonment Olds was elected to the state legislature and took his seat upon his release.
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