Nicholas Longworth II

Nicholas Longworth II (June 16, 1844 – January 18, 1890) was a lawyer from a prominent Cincinnati, Ohio, family who served on the Ohio Supreme Court. Biography Nicholas Longworth II was born June 16, 1844, in Cincinnati to Joseph and Anna Rives Longworth. Joseph Longworth was the only son of Nicholas Longworth, a lawyer, winemaker and land speculator, who came to Cincinnati in 1804, and for the year 1850 had a tax bill of $17,000, second only to John Jacob Astor in the United States. Anna Rives was the niece of William Cabell Rives. Longworth was educated at the public schools in Cincinnati, and graduated from Harvard University in 1866 with high honors. He then studied law under his uncle, (his mother's brother-in-law), Rufus King at the Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He had a partnership with his cousin, Edward L. Anderson, which dissolved in 1871. From 1871 to 1877 he practiced with King Thompson and Longworth. In 1876, Longworth was elected to the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County for a five-year term. On October 11, 1881, he was elected on the Republican ticket to the Ohio Supreme Court. On November 9, 1881, Washington W. Boynton resigned his seat three months before the end of his term due to ill health and meager salary, and Longworth was seated on that day. His term was scheduled to end February, 1887.