Jeremiah Morrow

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Jeremiah Morrow

Jeremiah Morrow (born October 6, 1771 in Gettysburg , Province of Pennsylvania , †  March 22, 1852 in Lebanon , Ohio ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) and from 1822 to 1826 the ninth governor of Ohio. He also represented this state in both chambers of Congress .

Early years and political advancement

Jeremiah Morrow attended local schools in his homeland. In 1795 he moved to Warren County in what is now Ohio. There he worked as a teacher, surveyor and farmer.

Between 1801 and 1802 Morrow was a member of the Territorial Parliament of Ohio. In 1803 he was in the Senate there for one year. After Ohio became a US state, he represented it in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In 1813, he moved to the Senate within Congress , where he remained until 1819. In 1822, Morrow was on a commission to upgrade the Ohio canals . In the same year he was elected with 41.1 percent of the vote before incumbent Allen Trimble (36.1 percent) and William W. Irvin (17.4 percent) as the new governor of his state.

Governor of ohio

Morrow took up his new office on December 28, 1822. After re-election in 1824, he was able to exercise it until December 19, 1826. A property tax was introduced in Ohio during this period . Construction on the Ohio-Erie Canal has ended and a state-sponsored new school system has been introduced. During his tenure, the consequences of the economic crisis of 1819 were overcome. In addition to the completed Ohio-Erie Canal, other new waterways were built. The roads of the state were also expanded. After his second term in office, he declined to run again.

Another résumé

Even after the end of his governorship, Morrow remained politically active. Between 1827 and 1828 he was a member of the State Senate . He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829 and 1835 . Between 1840 and 1843 he was again a member of the US House of Representatives. There he acted as chairman of the committee for the administration of the state lands ( Public Land ). In 1842 he declined to run again for reasons of age. In Ohio, Morrow was a co-founder of the Whig Party . After 1843 he no longer held any public office. He withdrew into his private life and devoted himself to his own business. Jeremiah Morrow died in 1852. He was married to Mary Parkhill, with whom he had six children.

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SURNAME Morrow, Jeremiah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Gettysburg , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1852
Place of death Lebanon , Ohio