Born in Baltimore , Maryland , Mungen moved to Ohio with his parents in 1830 where he attended common schools as a child . He taught school , was editor and publisher of the '' Findlay Democratic Courier '' and was auditor of Hancock County , Ohio from 1846 to 1850 . He was a member of the Ohio Senate in 1851 and 1852 , studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853 , commencing practice in Findlay , Ohio . Mungen was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856 and at the outbreak of the Civil War , entered in the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant colonel of the 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment . He was later promoted to colonel the same year and served until 1863 when he was honorably discharged . Mungen was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1866 , serving from 1867 to 1871 , not being a candidate for renomination in 1870 . Afterward , he resumed practicing law until his death in Findlay , Ohio on September 9 , 1887 . He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay
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William Mungen