- Joseph Vance
Infobox Congressman
name =Joseph Vance
state =Ohio
district =4th & 5th
term_start =March 4 ,1821
term_end =March 3 ,1823 (5th)March 4 ,1823 –March 3 ,1833 (4th)March 4 ,1843 –March 3 ,1847 (4th)
predecessor =Philemon Beecher (1821)
David Chambers (1823)Jeremiah Morrow (1843)
successor =John Wilson Campbell (1823)Thomas Corwin (1833)Richard S. Canby (1847)
order2 =13thGovernor of Ohio
term_start2 =December 12 ,1836
term_end2 =December 13 ,1838
predecessor2 =Robert Lucas
successor2 =Wilson Shannon
birth_date =March 21 ,1786
birth_place =Catfish, Pennsylvania
death_date =August 24 ,1852
death_place =Urbana, Ohio
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party =Whig
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footnotes =Joseph Vance (
March 21 ,1786 –August 24 ,1852 ) was a Whig politician fromOhio . He was the 13th Governor of Ohio and the first Whig to hold the position.Vance was born in Catfish (now Washington), Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, a Revolutionary War veteran, to
Vanceburg, Kentucky and then toUrbana, Ohio .A farmer, Vance gained a commission during the
War of 1812 and rose quickly fromMajor toMajor General . He served in theOhio House of Representatives in 1812-1813, 1815-1816 and 1818-1819. Elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1820, Vance served seven terms before losing a bid for an eighth term in 1834. Vance ran for governor in 1836 and served a single two-year term, losing a bid for re-election in 1838.He intended to retire but was elected to the
Ohio State Senate , and served there from 1840-1841. Vance then ran again for the House of Representatives in 1842, and served two more terms there before refusing to run for re-election in 1846.References
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USRepSuccessionBox
state=Ohio
district=5
before=Philemon Beecher
after=John W. Campbell
years=1821–1823USRepSuccessionBox
state=Ohio
district=4
before=David Chambers
after=Thomas Corwin
years=1823–1833USRepSuccessionBox
state=Ohio
district=4
before=Jeremiah Morrow
after=Richard S. Canby
years=1843–1847
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