The Sixth Ohio General Assembly was the sixth meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It convened in Chillicothe, Ohio, on December 7, 1807, and adjourned February 22, 1808.[1]
| 6th Ohio General Assembly | |||||
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 Ohio's first statehouse at Chillicothe (1800) | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Meeting place | Chillicothe, Ohio, USA | ||||
| Term | December 7, 1807 – December 4, 1808 | ||||
| Ohio Senate | |||||
| Members | 15 | ||||
| Speaker of the Senate | Thomas Kirker (D-R) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic-Republican Party | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| House Speaker | Philemon Beecher (D-R) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic-Republican Party | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Background
editUnder Ohio's first constitution, State Senators were elected to two year terms.[2] Members of the House were elected for each term. Article I, section 2 and 6 of Ohio's first constitution called for an enumeration of white male inhabitants of 21 years age every four years, with the number of representatives and senators for each county apportioned by the legislature based on this census.[3] Article I, section 3 called for elections the second Tuesday in October.[3]
Ohio governor Edward Tiffin had been elected to the United States Senate at the conclusion of the previous General Assembly. Thomas Kirker of Adams County, who had been re-elected Speaker of the Senate, became the acting governor, as dictated by the initial state constitution,[4] and served in this dual capacity the remainder of the General Assembly due to the state's failure to timely elect a successor for Tiffin. The Senate Clerk was Thomas Scott and the Senate Doorkeeper was Edward Sherlock.[1]
Philemon Beecher, of Fairfield County, was elected Speaker of the House,[5] becoming the first person from Fairfield County to do so. The House Clerk was Thomas S. Hinde and the House Doorkeeper was Adam Betz.
State Senate
editDistricts
editFor this session, the legislature apportioned two senators for Warren, Butler, Montgomery, Greene, Champaign and Miami Counties, Washington, Gallia, Muskingum and Athens Counties, Jefferson and Columbiana Counties, Ross, Franklin, and Highland Counties, and Hamilton County, and one senator each for Trumbull and Geauga Counties, Adams and Scioto Counties, Clermont, Fairfield, and Belmont Counties.[1]
Members
edit| District | Senator[1][6] | Party | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Scioto |
Thomas Kirker | Democratic-Republican | elected Speaker of the Senate served dually as Acting Governor |
| Belmont | Josiah Dillon | ||
| Clermont | David C. Bryan | ||
| Fairfield | Elnathan Scofield | ||
| Hamilton | Hezekiah Price | ||
| Stephen Wood | |||
| Jefferson Columbiana |
John McConnell | ||
| John McLaughlin | |||
| Ross Franklin Highland |
Abraham Claypool | ||
| Duncan McArthur | Federalist | ||
| Trumbull Geauga |
Calvin Cone | ||
| Warren Butler Montgomery Greene Champaign Miami |
John Bigger | ||
| Richard S. Thomas | |||
| Washington Gallia Muskingum Athens |
Leonard Jewett | ||
| John Sharp |
Ohio House of Representatives
editDistricts
editFor this session, the legislature apportioned four representatives for Ross, Franklin and Highland Counties, three representatives each for Adams and Scioto Counties, Washington, Muskingum, Gallia and Athens Counties, Jefferson County Belmont, and Hamilton County, two representatives each for Butler, Fairfield and Warren Counties, Trumbull and Geauga Counties, and one representative each for Greene and Champaign Counties, Columbiana County and Montgomery County.[5]
Members
edit| District | Representatives[5][7] | Party | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Scioto |
Alexander Campbell | Democratic-Republican | |
| Andrew Ellisor | |||
| Philip Lewis | |||
| Belmont | John Patterson | Democratic-Republican | |
| John Pollock | |||
| William Vance | |||
| Butler | William Corry | ||
| James McClure | |||
| Columbiana | John Sloane | Democratic-Republican | |
| Fairfield | Philemon Beecher | Democratic-Republican | elected Speaker of the House |
| William W. Irvin | Democratic-Republican | ||
| Greene Champaign |
Joseph Tatman | ||
| Hamilton | Zebulon Foster | ||
| John Jones | |||
| Othniel Looker | Democratic-Republican | ||
| Jefferson | Thomas Elliott | ||
| Benjamin Hough | Democratic-Republican | ||
| Thomas McClure | |||
| Montgomery | Daniel C. Cooper | ||
| Ross Franklin Highland |
Elias Langham | Democratic-Republican | |
| William Lewis | |||
| Jeremiah McLene | Democratic-Republican | ||
| Thomas Worthington | Democratic Republican | ||
| Trumbull Geauga |
James Montgomery | ||
| John W. Seeley | |||
| Warren | Matthias Corwin | Democratic-Republican | |
| George Harlan | |||
| Washington Muskingum Gallia Athens |
John P.R. Bureau | ||
| John Matthews | |||
| James Palmer |
Major events
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Major legislation
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d Taylor & Taylor, p. 51.
- ^ Taylor & Taylor, p. 39.
- ^ a b Taylor & Taylor, p. 23.
- ^ History of Logan County and Ohio. O.L. Baskin. 1880. p. 126.
- ^ a b c Taylor & Taylor, p. 52.
- ^ Gilkey, p. 151.
- ^ Gilkey, p. 188-189.
References
edit- Gilkey, Elliot Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... State of Ohio.
External links
edit- "Alphabetical list of Members of the General Assembly of Ohio for 127 years - 1803 - 1930". State Library of Ohio. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15.