Thomas Kirker
| Thomas Kirker | |
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| 2nd Governor of Ohio | |
| In office 1807–1808 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Tiffin |
| Succeeded by | Samuel H. Huntington |
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| Born | 1760 County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Died | February 20, 1837 (aged 76–77) Adams County, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Thomas Kirker (1760 – February 20, 1837) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the second Governor of Ohio.
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Biography [edit]
Kirker was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He moved with his family to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1779.[1] Kirker married Sarah Smith in 1790, and moved with his wife to Kentucky. Three years later, they moved to Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio.[2]
Career [edit]
He was a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802.[3] He served in the first Ohio House of Representatives in 1803 and then in the Ohio State Senate from 1803 to 1815.
While serving as Speaker of the Senate, Kirker became Governor upon the resignation of Edward Tiffin to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. Kirker's term was extended through the 1807–1808 meeting of the Assembly due to the disqualification of Return J. Meigs, Jr. who had won the 1807 election to the governorship but had been disqualified by the Assembly as he had not met the residency requirements.[4]
Kirker ran for re-election in 1808, but lost badly to Samuel H. Huntington. Kirker later returned to the Assembly, serving in the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817 and in the State Senate from 1821 to 1825.[5]
He was the Ohio Presidential elector in 1824 for Henry Clay.[6]
Kirker retired from politics, and returned to his home at his Liberty Township farm. Upon his death he was buried in a family burial plot on the farm.[7]
References [edit]
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- ^ "Thomas Kirker". Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "Thomas Kirker". Ohio History Central. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "First Constitutional Convention, Convened November 1, 1802". Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications V: 131–132. 1896.
- ^ "Thomas Kirker". Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ "Thomas Kirker". Ohio History Central. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ Taylor 1899 : 145
- ^ "Thomas Kirker". Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
External links [edit]
- Thomas Kirker at Find a Grave
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 1. State of Ohio. p. 145.
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- 1760 births
- 1837 deaths
- Governors of Ohio
- Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Presidents of the Ohio State Senate
- People from Adams County, Ohio
- Ohio Democratic-Republicans
- Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802)
- United States presidential electors
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Irish-American culture in Ohio
