William Medill | |
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 Portrait by John Henry Witt | |
| 22nd Governor of Ohio | |
| In office July 13, 1853 – January 14, 1856 | |
| Lieutenant | James Myers |
| Preceded by | Reuben Wood |
| Succeeded by | Salmon P. Chase |
| 1stLieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
| In office January 12, 1852 – July 13, 1853 | |
| Governor | Reuben Wood |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | James Myers |
| 4thCommissioner of Indian Affairs | |
| In office 1845–1849 | |
| Appointed by | James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | Thomas Hartley Crawford |
| Succeeded by | Orlando Brown |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | John Chaney |
| Succeeded by | Elias Florence |
| Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
| In office December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837 | |
| Preceded by | William Sawyer |
| Succeeded by | Charles Anthony |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives | |
| In office 1835–1838 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Medill February 1802 (1802-02) |
| Died | September 2, 1865(1865-09-02) (aged 63) Lancaster, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Elmwood Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Newark Academy |
William Medill (February 1802 – September 2, 1865) was a 19th-century American lawyer andDemocratic politician fromOhio. He was the 22ndgovernor of Ohio from 1853 to 1856. He had previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843.
Born inWhite Clay Hundred,New Castle County, Delaware, William was the son of Irish immigrants, William and Isabelle Medill. He grew up on the family farm, in the rural outskirts ofNewark. He attended theNewark Academy and graduated in 1825.[1] After graduation, heread law and was admitted to the bar in Delaware in 1830. Medill moved to Ohio in 1830 and wasadmitted to the bar in Ohio in 1832.[2]
Medill was elected to theOhio House of Representatives, where he served from 1835 to 1838, serving asspeaker of the House from 1836 to 1837. He was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1838, serving from 1839 to 1843. He lost a bid for a third term in 1842. After briefly serving as the second assistant postmaster general, Medill was appointed byPresident Polk ascommissioner of Indian Affairs.[3] He returned to Ohio in 1850 to serve as the president of the 1850–1851 Constitutional Convention. Elected to the new post oflieutenant governor of Ohio in 1851, Medill entered office in 1852, serving until the resignation ofGovernor Reuben Wood on July 13, 1853 to take up a Consular office in Chile. Medill was re-elected in his own right in 1853, but was defeated in a bid for a second full term in 1855 by the anti-slaverySalmon P. Chase. He was First Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1857 to 1861.[4]
Medill died in Lancaster in 1865, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery in Lancaster, Ohio.[5] Medill never married. A nephew inherited his property.[6]
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