Background
William Lincoln Hart was born February 5, 1867 to Benjamin F. and Ariel S. (Dreghorn) Hart of Salineville or Inverness, Columbiana County, Ohio.
William Lincoln Hart was born February 5, 1867 to Benjamin F. and Ariel S. (Dreghorn) Hart of Salineville or Inverness, Columbiana County, Ohio.
He attended the schools of Columbiana County, and began teaching at age 18. He alternated teaching and attending Mount Union College, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio for seven years, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1893. In 1895 he entered the University of Michigan Law School, and graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1897.
He taught law at university, and was president of the Ohio State Bar Association. He taught in the schools of his home district, and Madison and Butler Townships, Columbiana County, and Paris Township, Stark County. During 1893 to 1895 he was city editor of the Alliance Daily Critic.
He was president of the senior class and was Alpha Tau Omega.
Hart was admitted to the bar in Ohio, June 10, 1897, and to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, March 23, 1903. He began practice in Alliance October 1, 1897, and partnered with Dennis East. Rogers March 1898 to Roger"s death January, 1903 as Rodgers and Hart.
Partnered from February 1903 with Hugo C. Koehler as Hart & Koehler, and ended up with Hart, Blumenstein and Strong. He was elected president of the Ohio State Bar Association 1923-1924, and lectured on international law and international relations at Mountain.
Union College, where he also served as trustee.
Hart was elected to a six year term in 1938, re-elected in 1944 and again in 1950, retiring at age 89. He died in 1962, and was buried in Alliance City Cemetery.
Hart was a member of the legal advisory board of Stark County during World War I. In November, 1934, Hart was elected as a Republican to fill a short term on the Ohio Supreme Court, and resumed private practice afterward.