Life span: 11/14/1824 to 09/16/1896TabsLife SummaryFull name: James Mitchell AshleyPlace of Birth: Pittsburgh, PABurial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Dayton, OHBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateOccupation: PoliticianBusinessmanJournalistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticRepublicanGovernment: Grant Administration (1869-77)US House of RepresentativesGovernor Note Cards James Mitchell Ashely (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceASHLEY, James Mitchell, (great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley), a Representative from Ohio; born near Pittsburgh, Pa., November 14, 1824; instructed himself in elementary subjects while employed as a clerk on boats operating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; editor of the Dispatch, and afterwards of the Democrat, in Portsmouth, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 but never practiced; moved to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged in the wholesale drug business; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Territories (Thirty-seventh through Fortieth Congresses); unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists’ Convention in 1866; Governor of the Territory of Montana in 1869 and 1870; constructed the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, and served as president from 1877 to 1893; died in Alma, Gratiot County, Mich., September 16, 1896; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio. "Ashley, James Mitchell," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000314. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 10/09/1866 10/09/1866 In state elections, Ohio Republicans easily retain control of the legislature and congressional delegation. 01/07/1867 01/07/1867 The House of Representatives requests its Judiciary Committee to investigate impeachment of President Johnson 03/07/1867 03/07/1867 The Fortieth Congress orders its Judiciary Committee to continue impeachment investigations on President Johnson 12/04/1867 12/04/1867 In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee reports and recommends the impeachment of President Johnson. 12/07/1867 12/07/1867 The Fortieth Congress strongly rejects its Judiciary Committee's recommendation to President Johnson. Major TopicsFugitive Slave LawThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Author Docs Date Title 01/07/1867 James M. Ashley, Motion to Impeach the President of the United States, floor of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1867. Subject Docs Date Title 01/07/1867 James M. Ashley, Motion to Impeach the President of the United States, floor of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1867. Images James Mitchell Ashley James Mitchell Ashley, detail James M. Ashley, Brady image James M. Ashley, Brady image, detail Bibliography
James Mitchell Ashely (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceASHLEY, James Mitchell, (great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley), a Representative from Ohio; born near Pittsburgh, Pa., November 14, 1824; instructed himself in elementary subjects while employed as a clerk on boats operating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; editor of the Dispatch, and afterwards of the Democrat, in Portsmouth, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 but never practiced; moved to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged in the wholesale drug business; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Territories (Thirty-seventh through Fortieth Congresses); unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists’ Convention in 1866; Governor of the Territory of Montana in 1869 and 1870; constructed the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, and served as president from 1877 to 1893; died in Alma, Gratiot County, Mich., September 16, 1896; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio. "Ashley, James Mitchell," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000314.
