Samuel Medary
3rd Territorial Governor of Minnesota
In office April 23, 1857 – May 24, 1858
Appointed by	James Buchanan
Preceded by	Willis A. Gorman
Succeeded by	Office abolished Henry Hastings Sibley asGovernor ofMinnesota
6th Territorial Governor of Kansas
In office December 1858 – December 1860
Preceded by	James W. Denver
Succeeded by	Office abolished Charles L. Robinson asGovernor ofKansas
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Born	(1801-02-25)February 25, 1801 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	November 7, 1864(1864-11-07) (aged 63) Columbus, Ohio, United States
Resting place	Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Profession	newspaper owner
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Samuel Medary (February 25, 1801 – November 7, 1864) was an American newspaper owner and politician.

Born and raised inMontgomery County, Pennsylvania, he settled inBethel, Ohio, in 1825. After a term in theOhio House of Representatives (1834) and theOhio State Senate (1836–38) as aJackson Democrat, he purchased a newspaper inColumbus that became theOhio Statesman, which he edited until 1857. He was active at the National Democratic Conventions atBaltimore in 1844, where he was instrumental in the nomination ofJames K. Polk; and atCincinnati in 1856, where he was the President pro tem. PresidentJames Buchanan appointed him as the third TerritorialGovernor of Minnesota from April 23, 1857, to May 24, 1858. Minnesota became a state on May 11, 1858, and electedHenry Hastings Sibley as the state's first governor.^[1]

Samuel Medary was also Governor ofKansas Territory from December 1858 to December 1860.William F. Wheeler was territory Librarian and the Governor's Secretary while in office.

Returning to Columbus, Ohio, he established a newspaper he namedThe Crisis. While living in Columbus, Medary resided at his estate, Northwood Place, located along the Worthington Pike, now North High Street, near Northwood Avenue. Medary was indicted by a federalgrand jury in 1864 for conspiracy against the government and was arrested. He was released on bond, but died inColumbus, Ohio before he could be tried.

One of the first townsites in Dakota Territory is named afterMedary. The town ofMedaryville, Indiana, was also named after him. In North Columbus, Ohio (annexed to the city of Columbus in the late 1800s), a street dating back to the early 1900s Medary Avenue was named for him. Because Columbus Public Schools names its schools for the street on which they are located, Medary Elementary School also carried his surname.

Medary was buried atGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.

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