Daniel Symmes

Daniel Symmes (1772 – May 10, 1817)^[1] was a politician in the U.S. State of Ohio in the Ohio State Senate, an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1805-1808, Mayor of Cincinnati 1808-1809, and register of the Cincinnati land office.

Daniel Symmes was born at Sussex County, New Jersey. He was a nephew of the pioneer land speculator of southwest Ohio John Cleves Symmes. He was educated at Princeton College, and came west with his family, among the first settlers in the Miami Purchase.^[2]

In 1794, he was appointed Hamilton County Sheriff by Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair.^[1] Symmes practiced law in Cincinnati, and, in June 1803, he was elected to the first Board of Directors of the first bank established in the State of Ohio, the Miami Exporting Company of Cincinnati.^[3] In 1803 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for several counties.^[1]

Just after statehood, Symmes was elected to represent Hamilton County in the Ohio Senate for the first through third General Assemblies, 1803-1805.^[4] In 1805 the Ohio Legislature appointed him a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy created when Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. resigned^[2]

In 1808-1809, Symmes served as President of the Cincinnati Council, (equivalent to Mayor).^[5][6]

Symmes was appointed register of the Cincinnati Land Office by President Jefferson, resigning from the court, and served for seven years. Symmes died May 10, 1817 in Cincinnati. His wife re-married, to Thomas Graham, September 29, 1819.^[1]

See also

• List of Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court#1803 to 1807

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System
2. ^ ^{a b} Reed 1897 : 12
3. ^ Randall 1912 : 490
4. ^ Ohio 1917 : 217
5. ^ Greve 1904 : 438
6. ^ Goss 1912 : 96

References

• Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography. 1. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=4gQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA12. 
• Randall, Emilius; Ryan, Daniel Joseph (1912). History of Ohio: the Rise and Progress of an American State. 4. New York: The Century History Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=ylAYN52C4m4C&pg=PA490. 
• Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. http://books.google.com/books?id=7qesAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA217. 
• Greve, Charles Theodore (1904). Centennial history of Cincinnati and representative citizens. 1. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&pg=PA438. 
• Goss, Charles Fredric (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912. 1. Cincinnati: S J Clarke Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=PmHRK2hV2vQC&pg=PA96. 

Persondata
Name	Symmes, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Ohio jurist and legislator
Date of birth	1772
Place of birth	Sussex County, New Jersey United States
Date of death	1827
Place of death

Political offices
Preceded by Martin Baum	Mayor of Cincinnati 1808-1809	Succeeded by James Findlay
Legal offices
Preceded by Return J. Meigs, Jr.	Ohio Supreme Court Judges 1805-1808	Succeeded by William Sprigg
Ohio Senate
Preceded by New Position	Senator from Hamilton County 1803-1805 Served alongside: Jeremiah Morrow, John Paul, Francis Dunlavy John Bigger, William Ward, William C. Schenck Cornelius Sneider	Succeeded by Stephen Wood Cornelius Sneider