Oliver Payne Bolton was an American politician of the Republican party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1953-1957 and from 1963-1965. He was the son of long-serving Representative Frances P. Bolton (R-Ohio), who represented a district including the eastern Cleveland suburbs from 1940-1969, and Representative Chester Castle Bolton (R-Ohio), who preceded his wife in the House of Representatives from 1929-1939. Of the three Boltons, Frances Payne Bolton is generally considered the most distinguished in her service. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Frances Payne Bolton (March 29, 1885 - March 9, 1977) was a Republican politician from Ohio. ...