Duncan McArthur

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Duncan McArthur (born January 14, 1772 in Dutchess County , Province of New York , † April 29, 1839 in Chillicothe , Ohio ) was an American politician and from 1830 to 1832 the eleventh governor of the state of Ohio.

Early years

Duncan McArthur attended local schools in his native New York and Pennsylvania , where he moved with his father in 1780. He then traveled to different areas and worked in various positions as a temporary worker. In 1790 he took part in an unfortunate Indian campaign under General Josiah Harmar . After moving to Kentucky , he worked for that state as an Indian ranger for two years. His job was to protect the border from Indian attacks along the Ohio River . In 1796 he came to what was then the north-west territory and settled in the newly founded town of Chillicothe. This city would later become the first capital of the state of Ohio. There he acquired larger areas of land and soon rose to become one of the largest and richest landowners in the area.

Political rise in Ohio

McArthur was one of the founders of that state's militia. There he made it to major general. In 1804 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives; between 1805 and 1814 he sat in the State Senate , and in 1809 and 1810 he was even its president. McArthur took part in the War of 1812 . In the meantime he came into British captivity. Upon his release, he became a brigadier general in the US Army and served under William Henry Harrison . After his resignation from the post of commander in chief of the Northwest Army, McArthur took over this office.

After the war, McArthur was a member of a negotiating commission that was supposed to conclude peace treaties with the Indians. Together with Lewis Cass , a peace treaty was drawn up with some tribes in 1817. Between 1815 and 1830 he was a number of intermittent members of the House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate; in the House of Representatives he acted as speaker from 1817 to 1818 . From 1823 to 1825 he represented his home state in the US House of Representatives . In 1830, McArthur was elected as the National Republican Party candidate for the new governor of his state.

Governor of ohio

Duncan McArthur took office on December 18, 1830. During his two-year tenure, tax legislation was reformed and several other laws in the country were revised. The expansion of the roads was continued, as was the expansion of the waterways and canals. In 1832, McArthur did not run for re-election, so he resigned from office on December 7th that year.

After the end of his term of office, a renewed candidacy for Congress failed due to a single vote. Then he devoted himself to his private business interests. His health soon deteriorated and he died in 1839. He was married to Nancy McDonald, with whom he had three children.

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SURNAME McArthur, Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Dutchess County , Province of New York
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1839
Place of death Chillicothe , Ohio