Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764 - 1825)

Born 17 Nov 1764 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 29 Mar 1825 at age 60 in Marietta, Ohio

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Preceded by 4th Postmaster General Gideon Granger Preceded by 3rd Governor Samuel H. Huntington Preceded by John Smith

Return J. Meigs, Jr. 5th United States Postmaster General 1814—1823 4th Governor of Ohio 1810—1814 US Senator (Class 1) from Ohio[1] 1808—1810

Succeeded by 6th Postmaster General John McLean Succeeded by 5th Governor Othniel Looker Succeeded by Thomas Worthington

Biography

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Birth

Born 17 Nov 1764 at Middletown, Connecticut.^[2]

Death

Died 29 Mar 1825 at Marietta, Ohio.^[3]

Career

Meigs settled in the Northwest Territory. In 1788 he the first Clerk of the newly established court at Marietta. He was appointed as Postmaster when the first Post Office opened in Marietta in 1794. In 1798 he was appointed to a judgeship on the Territorial Court and elected to the Territorial Assembly the following year.

At statehood he was the first Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He left Ohio briefly to serve as a judge in the Louisiana and Michigan Territories. In 1807 he returned to run for governor. Though he won the the election he was declared ineligible due to residency requirements. He was appointed to the US Senate to fill out the term of Sen. John Smith and won his own term a year later. He resigned in 1810 after being elected governor. In 1811 he was elected to a 2nd term but resigned in 1814 to accept an appointment by President Madison as Postmaster General, a job he kept until 1823 when he resigned due to ill health.

Namesake of Meigs County OH [1]

Sources

1. ↑ Resigned to become Governor of Ohio, vacant December 8, 1810 – December 15, 1810 when successor elected.
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: 311
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: 311

• Source: S1 Title: The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984
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See also:

• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Image

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Baptism Date: 17 Nov 1765

Baptism Place: Middletown, Connecticut, USA

• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [2]

m. Sophia Wright 1788, career summary

• Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 [3]

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Death Date: 1825

• Ohio, Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013 [4]

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Burial Event Date: 29 Mar 1825

Event Place: Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States

Age: 59

Birth Year (Estimated): 1766

Cemetery: Mound

Page Number: 26

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