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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Ohio.

349Documented
6In custody
215Released
1Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Ohio

Where Ohio’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1930s 83 1910s 66 2020s 42 1950s 31 1800s 31 1920s 23

Documented cases

349 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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William Gruber
The Ohio section individually identifies William Gruber among defendants convicted of conspiracy to violate th...
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Carl Hacker
Carl Hacker was an Ohio lieutenant-governor candidate whom I. Amter explicitly reports was arrested during a p...
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John Hahn (Ohio anti-draft defendant, 1917)
The Ohio section individually identifies John Hahn among defendants convicted of conspiracy to violate the Sel...
J
James Russell Hallam
Released
James Russell Hallam was a Newport, Kentucky, attorney and politician detained by Union military authorities f...
F
Frank B. Hamilton
Frank B. Hamilton, Socialist mayor of Piqua, Ohio, was arrested ten days before an election with five other So...
T
Thomas Hammerschmidt
Released
Thomas Hammerschmidt was from Ohio. Thomas Hammerschmidt was convicted for circulating a leaflet against regis...
J
John Hardrick
Released
Co-defendant of Fred Ahmed Evans in the Glenville Shootout — the July 23, 1968 armed confrontation in the Glen...
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Robert E. Harp
Robert E. Harp was an overseas veteran expelled from the National Military Home at Dayton under the economy pr...
D
Darryl Harris
Released
Darryl Harris was a Cleveland organizer associated with the local National Committee to Combat Fascism (the Bl...
M
Michael Harris (Akron activist)
Michael Harris, a North Carolina member of Families United Against Police Brutality, came to Akron to support...
F
Frank Hashmall
Released
Frank Hashmall was sentenced to five years for putting a false name and address on an automobile registration...
F
Fred Haug
Released
Fred Haug was a Cleveland labor organizer and former official of the United Electrical Workers and Mine, Mill...
J
J. R. Hawley
Released
J. R. Hawley was a Cincinnati merchant detained for selling stationery bearing Confederate-associated devices...
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Charles Hendrix
Charles Hendrix was one of three people the Daily Worker, page 3, identifies as arrested and still jailed afte...
C
Chris Hershberger
Released
Chris Hershberger was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Samuel M. Hershberger
Released
Samuel M. Hershberger was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-ma...
S
Simon M. Hershberger
Released
Simon M. Hershberger was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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Bruce Hicks
Released
Bruce Hicks was imprisoned at Chillicothe for conscientious refusal of military service during the 1960s.
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Amost L. Hitchcock
Released
Amost L. Hitchcock was a Socialist from Sandusky, Ohio. Amost L. Hitchcock began serving his ten-year prison s...
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Everest Melvin “Red” Hupman
Released
Everest Melvin “Red” Hupman was a United Electrical Workers local leader in Ohio prosecuted for signing a Taft...
J
Joseph Isakovich
Joseph Isakovich, also printed as Joco Isakovich, was arrested in the Youngstown deportation investigation des...
T
Teddy Jackoski
Released
Teddy Jackoski was an Ohio coal miner convicted of assault with intent to murder during the 1928 Ohio miners'...
D
David Jackson
David Jackson was one of three people the Daily Worker, page 3, identifies as arrested and still jailed after...
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Leslie Jackson
Released
Co-defendant of Fred Ahmed Evans in the Glenville Shootout — the July 23, 1968 armed confrontation in the Glen...

Institutions in Ohio

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Ohio that appear in the census’s case files.

Cuyahoga County JailCleveland, Ohio
21 cases
Summit County JailAkron, Ohio
12 cases
Camp ChaseColumbus, Ohio
6 cases
U.S. District Court, Northern District of OhioCleveland, Ohio
4 cases
Camp MansfieldMansfield, Ohio
4 cases
Hamilton City JailHamilton, Ohio
4 cases
Licking County JailNewark, Ohio
3 cases
Elkton FCILisbon, Ohio
2 cases