page_title: Thomas Voigt
section_title: Ohio Clock
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Voigt / Ohio Clock
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a reprint of the text of the original order for the Ohio Clock from the US Senate.
context_page_description: Thomas Voigt was an American clockmaker. He apprenticed under his father, Henry Voigt, an American Revolution era clockmaker and inventor 1,2,3 and became a renowned clockmaker. He built clocks that have withstood the test of time and become emblems of U. S. history and national longevity.
context_section_description: In 1815, the U. S. Senate placed the following order with Thomas Voigt for a clock for its chambers.
  In 1816, Voigt delivered the Ohio Clock to the U. S. Senate. In 1816 the U. S. Senate was operating in temporary quarters while the U. S. Capitol was being rebuilt from damage incurred during the War of 1812. In 1819, the U. S. Capitol was restored so that Senate operations could be resumed at the US Capitol. The Ohio Clock was positioned within the restored U. S. Capitol in the Senate Chamber. In 1859, when a new Senate chamber was constructed, the Ohio Clock was positioned opposite the main entrance to the new Senate chamber where it resides today.
  The name of the clock that Thomas Voigt delivered to the US Senate in response to Senator Daggett's order has been a topic of speculation. Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union in 1804, but before the clock was delivered to the US Senate, Louisiana, and Indiana were admitted to the union as the eighteenth and nineteenth states in 1812 and 1816 respectively. Its name, The Ohio Clock, has been associated with the seventeen stars and stripes added to the cabinet case by its creator. Thomas Jefferson is widely acclaimed for a major expansion of the United States – the Louisiana Purchase. But, a review of the admission dates of states show that Ohio was the only state admitted to the union during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson – a long time friend and customer of Thomas Voigt and his father, Henry. It may therefore be speculated that Thomas Voigt's use of seventeen stars and stripes represented the admission of Ohio to the union during the presidential administration of Thomas Jefferson.  
caption: Text of the order for the Ohio Clock written by Sen. David Daggett[3]
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