US Congressman. He was born in Sharpsburg Maryland but moved with his parents to Zanesville, Ohio as a young boy. He worked as a blacksmith and as a merchant before being admitted to the bar in 1824. In 1832 he moved to Coshocton, Ohio where he opened a law practice. Shortly after his arrival there he was elected to Congress as an Anti-Jacksonian and served in the Twenty-third Congress from 1833 to 1835. He was reelected as a Whig and served another term that ended in 1837. He declined to seek political office again even though he was urged to run for a third term in Congress in 1836 and was asked to run for Governor of Ohio in 1844. He died in Coshocton.
US Congressman. He was born in Sharpsburg Maryland but moved with his parents to Zanesville, Ohio as a young boy. He worked as a blacksmith and as a merchant before being admitted to the bar in 1824. In 1832 he moved to Coshocton, Ohio where he opened a law practice. Shortly after his arrival there he was elected to Congress as an Anti-Jacksonian and served in the Twenty-third Congress from 1833 to 1835. He was reelected as a Whig and served another term that ended in 1837. He declined to seek political office again even though he was urged to run for a third term in Congress in 1836 and was asked to run for Governor of Ohio in 1844. He died in Coshocton.
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