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Nathaniel Massie. Ohio Statehood - March 1, 1803. Prepared in 1802, Ohio's first constitution established three branches of government. The legislative branch of government, called the General Assembly, was composed of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
- President William H. Harrison
- President James A. Garfield
- President Warren G. Harding
- Benjamin Franklin Wade, Next in Line For President?
- Chief Justice of The United States Morrison Waite
- Associate Justice of The U.S. Supreme Court Stanley Matthews
Pete Fact : Ohio is often referred to as the "Mother of Presidents" because seven presidents were born in Ohio. William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia, but settled in Ohio. In addition to former state Senators Harrison, Garfield, and Harding, Ohioans Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and William H. Taft...
Pete Fact : Alexander Graham Bell, famous for inventing the telephone, tried to help the mortally wounded President Garfield. He tried to locate the bullet using an induction-balance electrical device of his own design, but sadly, the effort was unsuccessful. James A. Garfield, the nation's 20th president served in the Ohio Senate from 1859 -1861. ...
Warren G. Harding, our 29th president, was the publisher of a newspaper before he began his career in politics. He served in the Ohio Senate from 1899-1902, served as Ohio Lieutenant Governor, ran unsuccessfully for governor, and later served in the United States Senate. In 1920, Harding became the Republican candidate for president and won by a la...
In 1868, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his successor President Andrew Johnson faced impeachment and trial. Because the vice presidency was vacant, the next in line for the presidency was the United States Senate President Pro Tempore, former state Senator Benjamin Franklin Wade of Ohio. Not long after Johnson was acquitted, Wade f...
The seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court first served in the Ohio Senate from 1849-1850. Born in Connecticut, he moved to Maumee, Ohio to practice law after graduating from Yale. He was appointed Chief Justice by President Ulysses S. Grant, a fellow Ohioan, and succeeded Justice Salmon P. Chase, former Governor of Ohio. As Chief...
Stanley Matthews, who served in the Ohio Senate from 1856-1857, was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated Matthews for the Court in 1881. Because Matthews was considered a controversial pick, the United States Senate did not act upon his appointment. When President James A. Garfield succeed...
Ohio - Government, Society, Politics: Ohio’s present constitution was adopted in 1851 but has been amended extensively as the state matured. Like the federal constitution, it provides for executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. The executive branch is composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer, all elected ...
admission to the Union as a state. Ohio’s second constitution, the Constitution of 1851, as subsequently amended, is today’s fundamental law of Ohio. A constitution is the fundamental law of a state or nation. Like the United States Constitution, the Ohio Constitution organizes state government into three separate branches: legislative ...
Mar 9, 2023 · The Ohio Constitution. In 1802, the Ohio Constitutional Convention was held in Chillicothe, Ohio. This convention was the first step in the process of Ohio becoming a state. The convention was made up of delegates from all over the state, who had been elected by the people of Ohio. The delegates were tasked with creating a constitution that ...
The 1851 Ohio Constitution with its amendments is the current version of the Constitution and designates the structure of the Executive branch of the state government, the elected officials of this governmental branch, and the eligibility and elections for these positions. Information on this page was taken from Ohio Defined published by the ...
The story of Ohio's statehood dates back to the Ordinance of 1787 and the creation of the Northwest Territory--a large body of unsettled land that encompassed what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. The territory was ruled by a governor, a secretary, and three judges, who were all appointed by Congress.
