Thomas Worthington (governor)
| Thomas Worthington | |
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| 6th Governor of Ohio | |
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In office December 8, 1814 – December 14, 1818 |
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| Preceded by | Othniel Looker |
| Succeeded by | Ethan Allen Brown |
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United States Senator from Ohio |
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In office December 15, 1810 – December 1, 1814 |
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| Preceded by | Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Kerr |
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In office April 1, 1803 – March 4, 1807 |
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| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Edward Tiffin |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross County | |
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In office 1803–1803 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | William Creighton, Jr. James Dunlap John Evans Elias Langham |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross, Franklin and Highland counties | |
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In office 1807–1808 |
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| Preceded by | James Dunlap Nathaniel Massie David Shelby Abraham J. Williams |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross, Franklin and Highland counties | |
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In office 1821–1823 |
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| Preceded by | John Bailhache John Entrekin William Vance |
| Succeeded by | George Nashee Allison C. Looker Edward King |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross | |
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In office 1824–1825 |
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| Preceded by | George Nashee Allison C. Looker Edward King |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Cook Edward King |
| Personal details | |
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July 16, 1773 Charles Town, Colony of Virginia, British America (now Charles Town, West Virginia) |
| Died | June 20, 1827 (aged 53) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Residence | Adena Mansion |
Thomas Worthington (July 16, 1773 – June 20, 1827) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the sixth Governor of Ohio.
Worthington was born in Charles Town in the Colony of Virginia (his birthplace is now located within the modern-day state of West Virginia). Worthington moved to Ross County, Ohio in 1796. The home he eventually built just outside Chillicothe was called Adena and is the namesake of the Adena culture.
He served in the Territorial House of Representatives from 1799 to 1803 and served as a Ross county delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1802. He was a leader of the Chillicothe Junto, a group of Chillicothe Democratic-Republican politicians who brought about the admission of Ohio as a state in 1803 and largely controlled its politics for some years thereafter. Among his colleagues in the faction were Nathaniel Massie and Edward Tiffin.
Worthington was elected one of Ohio's first Senators in 1803, serving until 1807. He was returned to the Senate in December 1810 upon the resignation of Return J. Meigs, Jr. and served until December 1814, when he resigned after winning election to the governorship. On June 17, 1812, he voted "No" on the resolution to declare war on Britain, but the vote in favor of war was 19 to 13. He won re-election as governor two years later, moving the state capital from Chillicothe to Columbus. Worthington did not seek re-election in 1818.
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