- John Sloane
John Sloane (1779 –
May 15 ,1856 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio and later theTreasurer of the United States .Born in
York, Pennsylvania , Sloane moved to Ohio in early youth.He completed preparatory studies.He served as member of theOhio House of Representatives from 1803-1805 and again in 1807.He served as colonel ofmilitia in theWar of 1812 . United States receiver of public moneys atCanton, Ohio from 1808 to 1816 and at Wooster 1816-1819.Sloane was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (
March 4 ,1819 -March 3 ,1829 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Seventeenth through Twentieth Congresses).He was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas of Wayne County in 1831 and served several years. Secretary of state of Ohio 1841-1844. Treasurer of the United States fromNovember 27 ,1850 , toApril 6 ,1853 .He died inWooster, Ohio ,May 15 ,1856 .He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.ource
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