Kimball was born 1820 in New Hampshire . He was reared as a Whig and an Abolitionist . In 1842 he moved to Medina County , Ohio , and was soon elected to county office . He was prosecuting attorney of Medina County 1849-1853 . He was a champion of the Anti-Nebraska Movement in 1854 , and a founder of the Republican Party in Ohio . He attended the preliminary National Convention at Pittsburgh , and the first regular National Convention at Philadelphia , where he contracted a disease that would lead to his death . He was nominated for Ohio Attorney General , and won the election in 1855 . He died August 15 , 1856 , and was succeeded as Attorney General by Christopher P. Wolcott of Summit County by appointment of Governor Salmon P. Chase
National Convention
1856 Republican National Convention
Francis D. Kimball