CINCINNATI

In a city government, the chief legal officer is the City Solicitor - the top lawyer. It's an important position.  In 1858, the City Solicitor of Cincinnati was Rutherford B. Hayes.  Heard of him?

In 1861, when the Civil War broke out, he left his job in Cincinnati to become a General in the U.S. Army.  When the war ended in 1865, he came back and was elected the U.S. Representative to Congress for Ohio's 2nd District which includes the eastern half of Cincinnati.

One term in Congress was enough. In 1868, he ran for and became Governor of Ohio.  After a one term hiatus, he was again elected Ohio Governor in 1876.  Not for long!  In 1877, he ran for the top spot in the Country and he became the 19th President of the United States. 

Wow!  How's that for a resume?  And it all got going in Cincinnati.

Thoughts and miscellaneous info (some is true):
The oldest remaining building on the Ohio State Campus is Hayes Hall built in 1893.
His commemorative library and museum is located in Spiegel Grove State Park in Fremont, Ohio.  It was the first of Presidential Libraries.
His grandson, Woody, became famous and infamous in the Columbus area.
In elementary school, his friends called him Ruth for short.