Jeremiah McLene

Jeremiah McLene

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	William Stanbery
Succeeded by	Joseph Ridgway
2nd Ohio Secretary of State
In office December, 1808 – January, 1831
Preceded by	William Creighton, Jr.
Succeeded by	Moses H. Kirby
Personal details
Born	1767 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Died	March 19, 1837 Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Congressional Cemetery
Political party	Jacksonian

Jeremiah McLene (1767 – March 19, 1837) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1833 to 1837, major general of militia in the American Revolutionary War, the 2nd Ohio 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 the militia 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 to Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson.^[1] In 1832 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the Ohio's 8th congressional district and served two terms. He lost re-election to a third term in 1836 to a Whig, Joseph Ridgway.

Death

McLene died in Washington, D.C. on March 19, 1837 at age 70, before he could move back to Columbus. He is interred in the United States Congressional Cemetery.

Notes

↑ Taylor 1899 : 193

References

United States Congress. "Jeremiah McLene (id: M000556)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "McLene, Jeremiah". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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. 193.

Offices and distinctions

Political offices
Preceded by William Creighton, Jr.	Ohio Secretary of State 1808–1831	Succeeded by Moses H. Kirby
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by James Dunlap Nathaniel Massie David Shelby Abraham J. Williams	Representative from Ross, Franklin, and Highland Counties 1807–1808 Served alongside: Elias Langham, William Lewis, Thomas Worthington	District eliminated
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Stanbery	United States Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district 1833–1837	Succeeded by Joseph Ridgway

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th congressional district

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 4240306 LCCN: n98000391 US Congress: M000556

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