City: Chattanooga
DOTY, H. Walter, lawyer; born Findlay, Ohio, August 15, 1860; son John and Margaret (Walters) DOTY; English descent; educated National Institution, Lebanon, Ohio; graduate of same B. S. 1882; married Ida L. COOPER of Ohio, September 12, 1883; member K. of P. (Past Chancellor); served during three terms as Mayor of McComb, Ohio, 1889-93; member of Ohio Senate from 1895-97; 1882 began reading law with Hon. Henry BROWN at Findlay, Ohio, and admitted to bar of Supreme Court of Ohio June 1, 1885; admitted to practice in that court and Federal Courts; practiced law in Ohio until 1907, when he removed to Chattanooga and formed partnership with G. L. TYLER, which was dissolved August 1, 1909; author of bill passed in Ohio Assembly in 1890 limiting trial judges in civil courts in granting more than one new trial on the weight of the evidence; law has in recent years been adopted in Tennessee, and a number of other States; Democratic candidate for Congress in 1808 from Eighth Ohio Congressional District; member First Christian Church.
