Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-01-22

/ We're commenced, the Legislature hav
ing made an appropriation of $4,000.
THOMAS CoRwIN
t of Narran county, succeeded Shannon
in 1910. He was Il member of the Gen
erai Asse mbly, and for long time
? member of Congress, before his elec
tion to the office of Governor. His frs
great fame was made by speech in
J answer TO General Crary, of Michigan,
: who had criticised General Harrison
, Corwin was accounted the best stump
speaker In the Whig party in the fam
} ons campaign of 1910. He was renom-
mated for Governor and defeated by
shannon; but was subsequently sent to
the United States Senate, and was Sec
retary of the Treasury under President
Taylor.
WILSON SHANNON
was reelected Governor, defeated Cor
wIE-an event which the Democrats
called 'righting the wrongs of no. Cor
win having been a great power in the
campaign of that year. In 1914, before
the expiration of his term, Shannon
accepted the position of Minister to
Mexico, and vacated the Executive
office. He was afterward elected to
Congress, and was one of the four Con-
gressmen from Ohio (the other three
being d. T. Disney, Edison B. Olds and
f. w. Green, the last named now of
the Cleveland Plain Dealer) VINO voted
for the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Gov
ernor Shannon is now living in Law
renee, Kansas, where he has an extern
sive law practice. All the Governors
OF Ohio who were in Office previous to
his second term, are dead.
| THOMAS w. BARTLEY,
OF Richland county, President of the
Senate, became acting Governor when
Shennon went to Mexico, in 1914. Pre-
vious to this he had been twice elected
to the Ohio House of Representatives
and when called to the gubernational
| clntir WAS serving his second term as a
State Senator. Afterward, he was
elected by the people one of the first
Judges of the Supreme Court under the
present constitution; was reelected,
and altogether served on the bench
eight Or nine years He then resumed
the practice of law, and is now engaged
In his profession in Washington City.
IN politics, he was IL Democrat.
MoDECAI BARTLEY,
of Richlaud county, became Governor
in 1914, having been elected as Whig
over David Tad, the Democratic can
didate. AT this inauguration he was
introduced by his son and predecessor,
L. w. BARLEY, VINO h;li been in the
Office but ii snort time. He was
member oi Congress from 1923 to 1881.
He served two years as Governor, at
Sl20Q per gnnum, Il reform " Legisla-
ture having cut down salaries. He
died several years ago in Mansfield.
l, WILLIAM BEBB,
of Butter county, made speech in
Stewards grove (now the City Park, in
/ ColumbaS) which secured him the
sybig nomination for Governor, and
the election. and ne assumed the duties
Of the Office in iSi6. After the expira-
tion of his term he removed to ii inOis.
During his residence there he was ar
rested and tried on a Charge Of shoot
ing and killing Il man who belonged to
D serenading party that was making
night hideOuS on the occasion of the
marriage of his Mr.. Bebb's) daughter
He was acquitted. We have no infvr-
nation of his whereabouts afterwar1 I
sEABURY FORD,
Of Geauga county, father Of Hon. Geo.
III. Ford. present lsepresentatit e in the
General Assembly from the same coun-
ty, was elected Governor as d WhiE.
defeating John b. Weller, Colonel
the Mexican war, and afterward Gov /
ernor of California and Senator ffonl |
that State, Previously Governor Ford |
had bees & State Senator and Speaker /
of the House Of Representative. lie /
serve two years as Governor, I64S-50, /
and on his retirement lie Ohio Sta tes- I
man, the Democratic organ, said che |
left the gubernationui chair with the /
g0ntigence and respect of the entire /
coiiissqHltg," We have not the date |
of his death.
REUBEN WOOD,
of Cuyahoga county, Democrat, was
Governor from 1850 to 1853. Previous
to this he had been for a long time
President Judge and Judge of the Su-
preme Court. He ranked as a good
laWer, and made many friends BY his
care and attention to young members
of the bar. In The middle of his second
term he left The Office to assume the
duties of consul to Valparaiso, his last
public position befnre his death.
a CHANGE OF BASE.
The OIL State House W destroyed
by fire during the term of Governor
i, 1852. During the
OF the Legislative session of
that year The House Of Representatives
met in the Odeon building, adjoining
the present Neil House, and the Senate
in the old United States Court House.
In 1853, 1854 and 1856, the House held
its sessions in the OdeOn building, and /
the Senate In AmbGs Hall. There was
no session of the Legislature in 1855.
WILLIAM NIEDILL,
of Fairfield county, was the first Lieu
tenant Governor under the new Con-
stitution, and became acting Governor .
on the retirement of Wood, in 1858,
prior to which time he had served
several terms in the legislature Zone of [
them as Speaker of the House,, as
of Congress in 1887, as Assis-
tant Postmaster General, and Commits |
siOner of Indian Affairs. At the ex- ,
piration of his term as acting Governor, 1
he. was nominated by the Democrats for ,
the Office and elected. He was renom-
mated for another term but defeated at
the election. After serving some time ]
as Comptroller of the Treasury at Wash /
ington, he retired from public life, and /
lied about five years ago al Lancaster. S
SALMON p. CHASE, =.
Of Hamilton county, was elected United !
States Senator from Ohio in 1913, en- a
movementof of Wings and Free +,
soilers, and succeeded William Allen.
After six years service, and two out of Z
office he WAS elected and reelected
Governor of Ohio, serving from 1856 to {
1860, defeating Medill and Henry B. !
Payne. He was appointed Secretary :
If the Treasury by President Lincoln,
md shortly after his resignation of that :