Leroy Welsh
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Leroy Welsh
|image=
|caption=
|order=15th
|office=Ohio State Treasurer
|term_start=November 25, 1875
|term_end=January 1876
|preceded=Isaac Welsh
|succeeded=John M. Millikin
|appointer=William Allen
| birth_date = March 1844
| birth_place = Beallsville, Ohio
| death_date = August 20, 1879 (age 35)
| death_place = Belmont County, Ohio
| restingplace=
| party= Republican
| spouse=
| children =
| religion=
|alma_mater =Ohio Wesleyan University
Cincinnati Law School
}}
Leroy Welsh was a Republican politician appointed Ohio State Treasurer from 1875 to 1876.
Early life
Leroy Welsh was born in Beallsville, Monroe County, Ohio, in March 1844.
He moved with his parents to Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio, in 1854.{{cite book |title=History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio| last=Caldwell |first=J. A. |year=1880 |page=415 |url=http://debmurray.tripod.com/ohio/belbioref-7.htm#lwelsh}} Leroy Welsh was the son of Isaac Welsh, Ohio State Treasurer in 1871 and 1873. In 1869 he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and then studied law at home for a year before entering Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1871.
Career
He was chief assistant to his father at the Treasury beginning in 1872. When his father died on November 25, 1875, Governor Allen appointed Leroy Welsh to serve the remaining weeks of his father's second term.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA289 |title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio |publisher=the Lewis Publishing Company |year=1898 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Joseph P |volume=I |location=Chicago |page=289 |ref=smith}} He returned home to Belmont County, Ohio, early in 1876 when his term ended.
Welsh practiced in Belmont County and later opened a law office in Columbus.
Personal life
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Category:People from Beallsville, Ohio
Category:People from Belmont County, Ohio
Category:Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
Category:University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
Category:State treasurers of Ohio