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George Kilbon Nash (14 August 1842-28 October 1904) was the Republican Governor of Ohio from 8 January 1900 to 11 January 1904, succeeding Asa S. Bushnell and preceding Myron T. Herrick.

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George Kilbon Nash was born in York Township, Medina County, Ohio in 1842, and he served n the 150th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War before becoming a lawyer in Columbus. He served as Franklin County prosecuting attorney from 1870 to 1872, as Ohio Attorney General from 1880 to 1883, on the Supreme Court Commission from 1883 to 1885, and as Governor from 1900 to 1904. He died in 1904.

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