Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Hawke, George S. 1878 - 
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    George S. Hawke. Among the strong figures of the day who have boldly stood
for reform in our state and national laws, none of the members of the Ohio bar
has a larger or more appreciative audience than George S. Hawke, of Cincinnati.
Born in this city, October 23, 1878, he is a product of its institutions, having
acquired his early education in the graded and high schools, his instruction as
to business methods in several commercial colleges and his primary legal
training in the law school of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Hawke's
youth was one in which he was forced to depend upon himself, largely, not only
for his education but for his means of livelihood, and his struggles were
numerous although not being of a nature which could permanently discourage him,
or to do more than add to his self reliance. He worked at several employments,
principally in the banking line for the Ohio Valley and First National Banks,
and, even though admitted to the bar in 1903, did not begin practice until 1905.
At that time he became a member of the law firm of Smith, Simonton & Hawke, with
which he continued to be identified until he became one of the partners in the
formation of the firm of Bolsinger & Hawke. This association continued until
1915, since which time Mr. Hawke has been alone in practice. Mr. Hawke has been
the representative of large interests in important litigation in the Ohio
Supreme Court and the United States District Court, the United States Court of
Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and occupies a position in his
profession that is recognized by his fellow-practitioners and a large and
growing practice. He is a valued member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, and
of the Masonic Blue Lodge, and has a number of important social and civic
connections. As to the movements concerned with the civic reform of the state
and nation, Mr. Hawke has acted successfully as attorney for the "dry" interests
of Cincinnati in a number of cases, notably in the prohibition and woman
suffrage Ohio referendum cases in the United States Supreme Court and was
organizer for the prohibition movement in Hamilton county for several years. He
was always a third party Prohibitionist. Altogether, he is a man who touches and
improves life on many sides.

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