interest of his client without litigation. It requires tact and skill and superior ability to gain the ends aimed at by diplomacy." He was known as "the peacemaker of the Dayton bar." He was a delegate from the Ohio state bar to the newly formed National Bar Association from 1888 to 1890, also serving as treasurer and member of the executive committee of the latter. In the later years of his life, Gunckel was President of the Dayton Public Savings Bank. Gunckel died of pneumonia and heart trouble in Dayton and is interred in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum. References The History of Montgomery County, Ohio. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882. Kennedy, James Harrison. The bench and bar of Cleveland. Cleveland: Cleveland Printing and Publishing Co., 1889, 376 pgs. Edgar, John F. Pioneer Life In Dayton and Vicinity 1796-1840. Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, W. J. Shuey, Publisher, 1896. Conover, Frank, ed. Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio. Logansport, Ind.: A. W. Bowen & Co., Press of Wilson, Humphreys & Co., 1897. History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1898, 1579 pgs. Taylor, William Alexander. Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: XX Century Publishing Company, 1900, ©1899, 319 pgs. "Lewis B. Gunckel." New York Times, October 4, 1903, pg. 7. Further reading Alleged frauds against certain Indian soldiers: June 8, 1872: laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Washington, D.C.: The House, 1872, 590 pgs. External links National Military Home - Dayton, Ohio Hon. Lewis B. Gunckel of Ohio, Speech on Cheap Transportation, March 25, 1874 Guide to the Central National Soldiers' Home (1891) 1826 births 1903 deaths People from Germantown, Ohio Ohio Whigs Ohio state senators People of Ohio in the American Civil War Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Miami University alumni University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio