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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Capell L. Weems
|image=Capell L. Weems 1903.jpg
|state1=[[Ohio]]
|district1={{ushr|Ohio|16|16th}}
|term_start1=November 3, 1903
|term_end1=March 3, 1909
|preceded1=[[Joseph J. Gill]]
|succeeded1=[[David Hollingsworth]]
|state_house2=Ohio
|district2=[[Noble County, Ohio|Noble County]]
|term_start2=January 2, 1888
|term_end2=January 5, 1890
|preceded2=Thomas C. Williams
|succeeded2=Chris McKee
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1860|7|7}}
|birth_place=[[Whigville, Ohio]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1913|01|05|1860|07|07}}
|death_place=[[Steubenville, Ohio]]
|restingplace=Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville
|spouse=Mary B. Nay
|children=three
}}
'''Capell Lane Weems''' (July 7, 1860 – January 5, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Ohio]] from 1903 to 1909.

==Biography ==
Born in [[Whigville, Ohio]], Weems attended the common schools and normal academy, [[Caldwell, Ohio]]. He studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1883 and commenced practice in Caldwell.

Weems was elected [[Prosecutor|prosecuting attorney]] of [[Noble County, Ohio|Noble County]] in 1884. He served as member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] in 1888 and 1889. He moved to [[St. Clairsville, Ohio]], in 1890 and served as prosecuting attorney of [[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont County]] 1890-1896.

Weems was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[58th United States Congress|Fifty-eighth Congress]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Joseph J. Gill]].<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=III |date=9 November 1903}}</ref> He was reelected to the [[59th United States Congress|Fifty-ninth]] and [[60th United States Congress|Sixtieth]] Congresses and served from November 3, 1903, to March 3, 1909. He resumed the practice of law and was [[solicitor]] for the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].

He died in [[Steubenville, Ohio]], January 5, 1913. He was interred in Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.

Weems married Mary B. Nay of [[West Virginia]] on November 6, 1883. They had  children named Chester N., Milton M., and Lillian A.<ref name=belmont1903>{{cite book |title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens |editor1-first=A T |editor1-last=McKelvey |pages=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01mcke/page/562 562], 563 |year=1903 |location=Chicago |publisher=Biographical Publishing Company |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01mcke }}</ref>

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