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Duncan McArthur

Duncan McArthur
Duncan McArthur at statehouse.jpg
11th Governor of Ohio
In office
December 18, 1830 – December 7, 1832
Preceded by Allen Trimble
Succeeded by Robert Lucas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by John Sloane
Succeeded by John Thomson
Member of the Ohio Senate from Ross, Franklin and Highland counties
In office
1805-1813
1821-1823
Preceded by Abraham Claypool
Joseph Kerr
Succeeded by William Creighton, Sr.
James Dunlap (1805-1813)
David Crouse (1821-1823)
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross and Franklin counties
In office
1804-1805
1815-1816
1817-1818
Personal details
Born (1772-06-14)June 14, 1772
Dutchess County, New York
Died April 29, 1839(1839-04-29) (aged 66)
Fruit Hill, Chillicothe, Ohio
Resting place Grandview Cemetery
Political party
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1812 - 1815
Rank Brigadier general
Commands Army of the Northwest
Battles/wars War of 1812

Duncan McArthur (June 14, 1772 – April 29, 1839) was a military officer and a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio.

When first elected to state office as a representative, he was serving in the state militia during the War of 1812. He was later appointed as Brigadier General in the U.S. Army and commanded a brigade under General William Henry Harrison during the battle of the Thames. Shortly thereafter he was placed in charge of the Army of the Northwest, serving through 1817 and negotiating the Treaty of Fort Meigs of 1817 to ratify peace and land cessions with Native American tribes.

Born to Scottish immigrants in Dutchess County, New York, McArthur grew up in western Pennsylvania and later moved to Kentucky, where he was employed as an Indian ranger.

McArthur obtained a position with Nathaniel Massie in 1793, and worked with Massie on a surveying expedition in the Northwest Territory. In 1796, he worked with Massie to lay out the new town of Chillicothe, Ohio, which was to become the state capital in 1803. McArthur moved across the Ohio River in 1797 to Chillicothe, where he gained wealth by his land speculations in the Northwest Territory.

McArthur was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd congressional district while serving in the state militia during the War of 1812. He never qualified for office as he preferred to continue serving in the military.


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