Cyrus Spink

Cyrus Spink
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th district
In office March 4, 1859 – May 31, 1859
Preceded by	Philemon Bliss
Succeeded by	Harrison G. O. Blake
Personal details
Born	March 24, 1793(1793-03-24) Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Died	May 31, 1859(1859-05-31) (aged 66) Wooster, Ohio
Resting place	Wooster Cemetery
Political party	Republican

Cyrus Spink (March 24, 1793 - May 31, 1859) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Spink moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815. He taught school for several years in Kendal, Ohio. He was appointed deputy surveyor of Wayne County in October 1815 and served until December 1816. County surveyor from 1816 to 1821, serving also for a time as district surveyor. County auditor in 1820 and 1821. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1821 and 1822. He was employed in the register's office at Wooster 1822-1824. He was appointed register by President Monroe in 1824. Reappointed by President Adams in 1828 and served until 1832. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Wooster. Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.^[1] He served as member of the State board of equalization in 1846. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852. He was appointed by Governor Chase one of the directors of the Ohio Penitentiary in 1856.

Spink was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his death in Wooster, Ohio, on May 31, 1859. He was interred in Wooster Cemetery.

Source

1. ^ Taylor 1899 : 255

• Cyrus Spink at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... 1. State of Ohio. p. 255. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA255. 

External links

Biography portal

• Cyrus Spink at Find a Grave

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Name	Spink, Cyrus
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Date of birth	March 24, 1793
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Date of death	May 31, 1859
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