Jeremiah Morrow | |
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| 9th Governor of Ohio | |
| In office December 28, 1822 – December 19, 1826 | |
| Preceded by | Allen Trimble |
| Succeeded by | Allen Trimble |
| United States Senator fromOhio | |
| In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Campbell |
| Succeeded by | William A. Trimble |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio | |
| In office October 13, 1840 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Corwin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Vance |
| Constituency | 4th district |
| In office October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
| Constituency | at-large |
| Member of theOhio Senate fromHamilton County | |
| In office 1803 | |
| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | John Bigger William C. Schenck Daniel Symmes William Ward |
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| Born | (1771-10-06)October 6, 1771 Gettysburg, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
| Died | March 22, 1852(1852-03-22) (aged 80) Lebanon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Whig |
Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771 – March 22, 1852) was aDemocratic-Republican Party politician fromOhio. He served as the ninthgovernor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as aUnited States Senator and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from Ohio. He also served in theOhio Senate.
Morrow was born nearGettysburg in theProvince of Pennsylvania. He was of Scots-Irish descent, his Irish grandfather, also Jeremiah Morrow, had come to America from County Londonderry, and was descended from 17th century Scottish settlers. He moved to theNorthwest Territory in 1795. He lived at the mouth of theLittle Miami River for a short time before moving to what is nowWarren County.[1] As a member of theAssociate Reformed Presbyterian Church, he sought the services of a minister of his denomination soon after settling in the region, and he was one of the original elders of the Mill Creek congregation when it was organized shortly before 1800.[2]
After serving in the Territorial House of Representatives and Territorial Senate, and as aHamilton county delegate to the 1802Constitutional Convention,[3] he was elected to the firstState Senate a year later and served six months before becoming Ohio's first member of theUnited States House of Representatives. Morrow won four additional full terms. He ran for theU.S. Senate in 1812 and served a single term from 1813 to 1819, and did not seek re-election. As such, he was the first U.S. Senator for Ohio to serve a full six-yearterm. Morrow was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1814.[4] In 1820, he served as one ofOhio'sPresidential electors forJames Monroe.[5] He won election to the governorship in 1822 and served for two two-year terms. He declined to serve a third term, instead returning to theOhio House of Representatives and State Senate. Morrow was sent back to Washington again in 1841, and served two more years in the House, but refused to be renominated in 1842, believing himself too old.
After retiring from politics, Morrow returned to his farm and gristmill in Warren County. He died in 1852.
Morrow is the namesake of theJeremiah Morrow Bridge, the highest bridge in Ohio.Morrow County andMorrow, Ohio are named after him. His grandson,George E. Morrow, was a professor at theUniversity of Illinois andIowa State University, and was president ofOklahoma State University.
"Morrow, Jeremiah" .Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
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