| Edward Tiffin | |
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In office December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Matthias Corwin |
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Ohio House of
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Representative from Ross County |
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In office 1809 – 1811 |
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| Preceded by | Jessup Nash Couch James Dunlap Joseph Kerr Samuel Monnett David Shelby |
| Succeeded by | District Eliminated |
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In office 1807 – 1809 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Worthington |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Griswold |
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In office March 3, 1803 – March 4, 1807 |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas Kirker |
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Speaker of the Northwest
Territory House of Representatives
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In office 1799 – 1802 |
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Member of the Northwest
Territory House of Representatives from Ross County
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In office 1799 – 1802 |
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| Preceded by | First in office |
| Succeeded by | Statehood |
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| Born | June 10, 1766 Carlisle, Cumbria, England |
| Died | August 9, 1829 Chillicothe, Ohio |
| Resting place | Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe |
Edward Tiffin (June 19, 1766 – August 9, 1829) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio, and the first Governor of the state.
Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle; however he may have been born in or near Workington — also in the then county of Cumberland, England. He emigrated with his parents and siblings to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1791, and opened a medical practice. Tiffin headed westward, along with Thomas Worthington, in 1798, settling in Chillicothe, Ohio.
He arrived with a letter addressed to the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair from George Washington, recommending him for public office. Tiffin served as the Speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives from 1799–1801 and as president of the 1802 Constitutional Convention. 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 Thomas Worthington and Nathaniel Massie.
Tiffin was the obvious choice for the governorship when Ohio was admitted to the Union. He was elected almost without opposition to a first term and re-elected by similarly overwhelming numbers two years later.
Tiffin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1806 and resigned the governorship in March 1807 to take his seat. He served only two years, however, resigning after the death of his wife. He spent only a few months at home, however, before being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served as speaker from 1809–11. Tiffin became the first commissioner of the General Land Office, which managed allocations of Federal lands.
He quickly helped remove the Federal records from Washington before it was sacked during the War of 1812. In 1814, he became the Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, exchanging positions with Josiah Meigs so that he might spend more time near his home in Chillicothe. Tiffin served in the post until a few weeks before his death.
Tiffin was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA.
The city of Tiffin in northwestern Ohio is named after him.
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