PAST PRESIDENTS

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The Cincinnati Bar Association’s very first president was Alphonso Taft, who also served as secretary of war and U.S. attorney general for President Ulysses S. Grant. An impressive line of dedicated lawyers succeeded Taft in his post as leader of the CBA. Given that the CBA is one of the oldest and largest metro bar associations in the nation, more than 110 attorneys have served as bar president since the association’s founding. These leaders are listed below.

Alphonso Taft
1872

George Hoadly
1879-80

Rufus King
1884-86

Channing Richards
1893

John R. Sayler
1898-99

Alfred B. Benedict
1904

Judson Harmon
1907

L.C. Black
1912

George Hoadly
1917-18

Frank F. Dinsmore
1923

John R. Schindel
1926

Edward Colston
1928

Murray M. Shoemaker
1930-31

Walter M. Shohl
1933-34

Morison R. Waite
1936-37

Charles E. Weber
1939-40

Joseph S. Graydon
1942-43

Merton L. Ferson
1944-45

Burton E. Robinson
1947-48

George Metzger
1950-51

Chester R. Shook
1953-54

Milton H. Schmidt
1956-57

Alton E. Purcell
1959-60

Roscoe L. Barrow
1962-63

Jack B. Josselson
1965-66

Paul W. Steer
1968-69

C.R. Beirne
1971-72

R.O. Klausmeyer
1973-75

Albert R. Fingerman
1977-78

Bruce I. Petrie
1980-81

Stephen Cohen
1983-84

Bea V. Larsen
1986-87

John S. Stith
1989-90

Daniel J. Hoffheimer
1992-93

Terrence M. Donnellon
1995-96

Pamela W. Popp
1998-99

Barbara J. Howard
2001-2002

John W. McNally Jr.
2004-2005

Henry Stanbery
1873-76

Joshua H. Bates
1881-82

E.W. Kittridge
1884-86

Thornton M. Hinkle
1894-95

Frank M. Coppock
1900-01

Chas. B. Wilby
1905

Chas. H. Stephens
1908

Alfred M. Allen
1913-14

Simeon M. Johnson
1919-20

Anthony B. Dunlap
1924

Alfred C. Cassatt
1927

Carl M. Jacobs Jr.
1928-29

Joseph W. O’Hara
1931-32

Froome Morris
1934-35

Charles M. Leslie
1937-38

Nelson J. Cohen
1940-41

Bert H. Long
1943-44

Murray Seasongood
1945-46

Herbert Shaffer
1948-49

Grauman Marks
1951-52

Robert P. Goldman
1954-55

Robert F. Dreidame
1957-58

Ralph E. Clark Jr.
1960-61

Robert Houston French
1963-64

James L. Elder
1966-67

John R. Bullock
1969-70

Robert R. Lavercombe
1972-73

Simon Lazarus Jr.
1975-76

John J. Getgey Jr.
1978-79

John S. Wirthlin
1981-82

Robert G. Stachler
1984-85

Timothy A. Garry
1987-88

Harry H. Santen
1990-91

Michael W. Hawkins
1993-94

Michael H. Neumark
1996-97

Frank M. Diedrichs
1999-2000

John D. Holschuh Jr.
2002-2003

Beth A. Myers
2005-2006

Isaac C. Collins
1877-78

Aaron F. Perry
1883

Patrick Mallon
1890-92

Wm. Worthington
1896-97

Moses F. Wilson
1902-03

Albert Bettinger
1906

Rufus B. Smith
1909-11

John Galvin
1915-16

Province M. Pogue
1921-22

Alfred G. Allen
1925

Walter A. Ryan
1927-28

George E. Mills
1929-30

John Weld Peck
1932-33

A. Julius Freiberg
1935-36

Edward P. Moulinier
1938-39

Floyd C. Williams
1941-42

Carl E. Basler
1944

Walter Schmitt
1946-47

Ed F. Alexander
1949-50

William H. Nieman
1952-53

Lawrence R. Lytle
1955-56

Joseph C. Dinsmore
1958-59

Francis L. Dale
1961-62

Otis R. Hess
1964-65

Milton M. Bloom
1967-68

Raymond H. Hensley
1970-71

Robert M. Dennis
1973

Richard H. Ward
1976-77

Powell McHenry
1979-80

Alan R. Vogeler
1982-83

Kenneth F. Seibel
1985-86

John H. Burlew
1988-89

Doloris F. Learmonth
1991-92

Jack Sherman Jr.
1994-95

Stephen T. MacConnell
1997-98

Thomas D. Heekin
2000-01

Robert J. Gehring
2003-04

Patrick F. Fischer
2006-07

Jeffery S. Shoskin
2007-08

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