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  2. Arthur Lovett Garford - Wikipedia

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    By the early 1900s, Garford had gained wealth and a reputation as a businessman. He helped found the first Chamber of Commerce in Elyria. In 1896 and again in 1908, Garford served as an Ohio delegate to the Republican National Convention. He ran and lost a bid for Ohio Governor in 1912 [2] and the U.S. Senate in 1914 under the Progressive Party ...

  3. George Henry Chamberlain - Wikipedia

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    George Henry Chamberlain (21 June 1862 – 3 March 1943) was a Republican politician and lawyer from Elyria, Ohio, United States. He was President of the Ohio State Senate during 1904 and 1905. George H. Chamberlain was born June 21, 1862, in Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio. He was the son of George B. and Elizabeth (Cragin) Chamberlain. [1]

  4. Elyria, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Elyria (/ əˈlɪəriə / ə-LEER-ee-ə[6]) is a city in, and the county seat of, Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located at the forks of the Black River in Northeast Ohio 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Cleveland. [7] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 52,656. [8] It is a principal city in the Cleveland metropolitan area.

  5. Elyria Township, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    440. FIPS code. 39-25270 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1086509 [2] Website. elyriatownship .com. Elyria Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,250.

  6. Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce - Wikipedia

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    The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, doing business as the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, is a regional chamber of commerce.It is one of the nation's largest chambers of commerce, representing 4,000 businesses and nearly over 500,000 employees in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana, also known as Greater Cincinnati, or the Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky ...

  7. Chamber of commerce - Wikipedia

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    A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community. Local businesses are members, and they elect a board of ...

  8. Lorain County, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    5th. Website. www.loraincounty.us. Lorain County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. [2] Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. [3] The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. [4]

  9. United States Chamber of Commerce - Wikipedia

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    470 [1] Website. www.uschamber.com. The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business association advocacy group. It is the largest lobbying group in the United States. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging of President William Howard Taft and his Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles ...