Thomas Worthington (1773 - 1827)

Born 16 Jul 1773 in Charles Town, (West) Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor Jane (Swearingen) Worthington — married 13 Dec 1796 in Shepherdstown, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1827 at age 53 in New York City, New York, United States

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Preceded by 5th Governor Othniel Looker Preceded by Office established at Statehood March 1, 1803 Preceded by Return J. Meigs, Jr.

Thomas Worthington 6th Governor of Ohio 1814—1818 US Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1803—1807 US Senator (Class 1) from Ohio[1] 1810—1814

Succeeded by 7th Governor Ethan Allen Brown Succeeded by Edward Tiffin Succeeded by Joseph Kerr

Biography

Born in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia) Worthington travelled to the Northwest Territory with his brother-in-law, Dr. Edward Tiffin who would become the first governor of Ohio, settling in Chillicothe. He served in the Territorial House of Representatives and was delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention. He was one of the first two US Senators at statehood.

Elected as the 6th Governor in 1814, he moved the capital from Chillicothe to Columbus. In 1818 he was appointed canal commissioner and is remembered as the father of the "Ohio-Erie Canal".

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005

Name: Thomas Worthington Birth Date: 16 Jul 1773 Residence Place: Ohio, USA Death Date: 20 Jun 1827 Elected Office(s): Senator, Representative, Delegate Biography: a Senator from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), on July 16, 1773; completed preparatory studies; went to sea; studied surveying; moved to Ross County, Ohio, in 1796; member of the first and second Territorial legislatures 1799-1803; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1803; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from April 1, 1803, to March 3, 1807; member, State house of representatives 1807; again elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Return J. Meigs, Jr., and served from December 15, 1810, until December 1, 1814, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; Governor of Ohio 1814-1818; canal commissioner from 1818 until his death; member, State house of representatives 1821-1822; died in New York City on June 20, 1827; interment in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio.|Bibliography: American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Sears, Alfred Byron. Thomas Worthington: Father of Ohio Statehood. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1958.

Will

Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 Name: Thomas Worthington Probate Date: 10 Oct 1827 Probate Place: Hocking, Ohio, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1827 Inferred Death Place: Ohio, USA Item Description: Transcribed Will Records, Vol 1, 1820-1851

Sources

1. ↑ Resigned to become Governor of Ohio, vacant December 1, 1814 – December 10, 1814 when successor elected.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7553
• Thomas Worthington on Wikipedia
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress