Samuel Sullivan

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Samuel Sullivan

Samuel Sullivan (born April 10, 1773 in Wilmington , Delaware Colony , † October 15, 1853 in Falls Township , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . He was Treasurer of State of Ohio from 1820 to 1823 . He was also the first manufacturer of fine china in Zanesville, Ohio. The Congressman Samuel S. Cox was his grandson and was named after him.

Career

Samuel Sullivan, son of David and Jane Sullivan, was born during the reign of George III. Born on his father's plantation near Wilmington. His ancestors came to the Thirteen Colonies with Baron Baltimore . The plantation was at the mouth of the Christina River within sight of the Delaware River . The War of Independence overshadowed his childhood. His parents died when he was a teenager. He was penniless as a result of mismanagement or insincerity on the part of the estate administrators. Sullivan began in a pottery near Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania to work). He did an apprenticeship there and later pursued this craft in town. He almost died in 1793 when he fell ill during a yellow fever epidemic . He was married to a Mary Freeman. In 1804 he moved with his family to Chillicothe (Ohio). However, the unhealthy environment favored his early move to St. Clairsville (Ohio) . He stayed there until 1809. That year he moved to Zanesville, Ohio. He went into trading there and built the first pottery making quality goods for which Zanesville would later become famous.

On January 27, 1811, he was elected associate judge of the Muskingum County's Court of Common Pleas by the Ohio General Assembly - a post he held until February 4, 1815. Sullivan then successfully ran for a seat in the Ohio Senate in Muskingum County . He began his two-year term on December 6, 1819. On February 15, 1820, Ohio Treasurer of State Hiram M. Curry resigned from his post because he was discredited. Embezzlement was found. Sullivan was elected the new Treasurer of State by the Legislature to fill the vacancy created by Curry's resignation. His choice fell on the first ballot. He took up his post on February 17, 1820 and served until February 17, 1823. A guarantee of $ 140,000  was required to take the post. In those days there were no pawnbrokers and William Henry Harrison was the first to sign Sullivan's bail. Sullivan refused, however. He preferred Muskingum County guarantors. A guarantee that was several times the required amount was secured in less than an hour. Sullivan balanced the books during his three-year tenure. He refused to be re-elected.

After the end of his tenure, he returned to Zanesville, where he went about his business. In 1822 he ran in the 9th  Congressional District of Ohio for the 18th Congress , but lost the election to Philemon Beecher . On October 13, 1825, he was appointed postmaster . Sullivan then retired from public life on July 24, 1828. He stayed in business for several years before retiring to his Falls Township Farm, where he died in 1853.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Edward Powell: The Democratic Party of the State of Ohio , The Ohio Publishing Company, 1913, p. 355
  2. ^ A b c J. Hope Sutor: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio , SJ Clarke Publishing Company, 1905, p. 302
  3. ^ Elliott Howard Gilkey and William Alexander Taylor: The Ohio Hundred Year Book , FJ Heer, State Printer, pp. 502 and 504
  4. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio , Volume 18, The State, 1819, p. 3
  5. ^ Allen T. Wikoff: Annual Report , Nevins & Myers, State Printers, 1875, p. 12
  6. ^ Philip Lampi: Ohio 1822 US House of Representatives, District 9 , Lampi Collection of American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825
  7. ^ OH - District 09 - History , Our Campaings
personal data
SURNAME Sullivan, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmington , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1853
Place of death Falls Township , Ohio