Edward Tiffin

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Edward Tiffin was an early American politician who became the first governor of the state of Ohio and played a key role in its transition from territory to statehood.

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instanceOf American politician
human
birthDate 1766-06-19
birthPlace Carlisle, Cumberland, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1829-08-09
educatedAt medical apprenticeship in England
employer State of Ohio NERFINISHED
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
endTime 1807-03-04 (as Governor of Ohio)
1809-03-03 (as U.S. Senator from Ohio)
1814 (as Commissioner of the General Land Office)
1829 (as Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory)
familyName Tiffin NERFINISHED
givenName Edward
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED
movedTo Chillicothe, Ohio NERFINISHED
Virginia NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first Governor of Ohio
early leadership in Northwest Territory politics
notableWork leadership in Ohio statehood movement
presiding over the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1802
occupation physician
politician
surveyor
officeContested delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention
playedRoleIn drafting of the Ohio Constitution of 1802
transition of Ohio from territory to statehood
positionHeld Commissioner of the General Land Office
Governor of Ohio
Speaker of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives NERFINISHED
Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory NERFINISHED
United States Senator from Ohio
precededBy position created (Governor of Ohio)
relative Thomas Worthington NERFINISHED
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Chillicothe, Ohio NERFINISHED
spouse Mary Worthington Tiffin NERFINISHED
startTime 1803-03-03 (as Governor of Ohio)
1807-03-04 (as U.S. Senator from Ohio)
1812 (as Commissioner of the General Land Office)
1815 (as Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory)
succeededBy Samuel Huntington (as Governor of Ohio) NERFINISHED

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Governor of Ohio firstHolder Edward Tiffin