- Jeremiah McLene
Jeremiah McLene (1767 –
March 19 ,1837 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio from 1833 to 1837, major general of militia in theAmerican Revolutionary War , the 2ndOhio Secretary of State from 1808 to 1831, and a state representative from 1807 to 1808. He served as a Democrat.Early life
McLene was born in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania in 1767. As a youth he attended the common schools. During the Revolution he served in themilitia at a very young age and rose to the rank of major general by the war's end in 1783.Political career
After the war he moved west to settle in
Chillicothe, Ohio . By 1806, he had been elected to the Ohio House of Representatives as a Democrat. He became Secretary of State in 1808 and served eight terms until 1831. During this time, in 1816, he moved north toColumbus, Ohio . In 1832 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for theOhio's 8th congressional district and served two terms. He lost re-election to a third term in 1836 to a Whig,Joseph Ridgway .Death
Jeremiah McLene died in
Washington, D.C. on March 19, 1837 at age 70, before he could move back to Columbus. He is interned in theUnited States Congressional Cemetery .References
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000556 McLENE, Jeremiah-Biographical Information]
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