William Trevitt

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William Trevitt (born February 7, 1809 in Mont Vernon , New Hampshire , † February 8, 1881 in Columbus , Ohio ) was an American doctor, newspaperman and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Secretary of State twice , served in the Ohio House of Representatives , was a surgeon during the Mexican-American War and a diplomat in South America .

Career

William Trevitt was born in Hillsborough County about three years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He was the youngest son of Jane and Henry Trevitt. Nothing is known about his youth. Trevitt studied medicine at Dartmouth Medical School , where he graduated in 1830. He then moved to Baltimore, Ohio. In the following years he practiced there as a doctor. He later moved to Thornville ( Perry County ).

Trevitt then represented Perry County in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839. His parliamentary time was overshadowed by the outbreak of the economic crisis of 1837 . On June 9, 1840, the Secretary of State died Carter B. Harlan in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania ). Governor Wilson Shannon then temporarily named Trevitt Secretary of State until the Ohio General Assembly met in early 1841 to elect a successor.

During the Mexican-American War, Trevitt served as a surgeon in the 2nd Ohio Infantry.

With the new Ohio Constitution of 1851, the office of Secretary of State became an electoral position. Trevitt then ran for the post that same year. He defeated the incumbent Henry W. King of the Free Soil Party and the Whig Earl Bill. He was re-elected in 1853 but lost the following election in 1855 to Republican James H. Baker . He held the post of Secretary of State from January 1852 to January 1856.

President Franklin Pierce then appointed Trevitt for consul in Valparaiso ( Chile ) - a post he held from 1857 to 1860. He was then consul in Callao ( Peru ) between 1860 and 1861 . He then returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he went about the newspaper business. In November 1867 he founded the Sunday Morning News and published the newspaper until it was sold in 1870.

Trevitt died on February 8, 1881 in Columbus and was there on the Green Lawn Cemetery buried. He was married to Lucinda Butler from Columbus. The couple had six children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Smith, Charles James: History of the Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire , Blanchard Printing Company, 1907, p. 158
  2. ^ A b c Bisbee, Marvin Davis: General Catalog of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900 , Dartmouth College, 1900, p. 333
  3. ^ Wiseman, Charles Milton Lewis: Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio , FJ Heer printing Company, 1901, p. 117
  4. ^ Ohio General Assembly: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, pp. 269 and 272
  5. ↑ Baltimore Sun, June 12, 1840
  6. ^ William Alexander Taylor and Aubrey Clarence Taylor: Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress , Press of the Westbote Company, 1899, p. 186
  7. ^ A b c Lee, Alfred Emory: History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio , Volume 1, Munsell & Company, 1892, pp. 434 and 746
  8. ^ Bell, William Jr .: Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Year Ending , Columbus Printing Company, State Printers, 1876, p. 114
  9. ^ Green Lawn Cemetery Burial Records
  10. ^ William Trevitt in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 10, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Trevitt, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor, newspaper man, and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Mont Vernon , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1881
Place of death Columbus , Ohio