William Sawyer (politician)

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William Sawyer (born August 5, 1803 in Montgomery County , Ohio , †  September 18, 1877 in St. Marys , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1818, William Sawyer completed an apprenticeship as a blacksmith. In this profession he then worked in Dayton and then near Grand Rapids in Michigan . In 1829 he moved to Miamisburg . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1832 and 1835 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives , of which he was president in 1835. In the years 1838 and 1840 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives. From 1843 he lived in St. Marys.

In the congressional election of 1844 , Sawyer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Emery D. Potter on March 4, 1845 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . In 1848 he renounced another candidacy.

In 1850 and 1851, Sawyer was a delegate to a constitutional convention in his state; In 1856 he was again a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Until 1861 he worked for the land registry in the Otter Trail District of Minnesota . From 1870 to 1874 he was a curator of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College , the later Ohio State University . Between 1870 and 1877 he was Mayor and Justice of the Peace of St. Marys. He died there on September 18, 1877.

Web links

  • William Sawyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)