1. Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio.
11 Facts About Jeremiah Morrow
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Jeremiah Morrow served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office.
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Jeremiah Morrow served as a United States Senator and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
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Jeremiah Morrow was of Scots-Irish descent, his Irish grandfather, Jeremiah Morrow, had come to America from County Londonderry, and was descended from 17th century Scottish settlers.
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Jeremiah Morrow lived at the mouth of the Little Miami River for a short time before moving to what is Warren County.
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Jeremiah Morrow ran for the US Senate in 1812 and served a single term from 1813 to 1819, and did not seek re-election.
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Jeremiah Morrow was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.
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Jeremiah Morrow won election to the governorship in 1822 and served for two two-year terms.
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Jeremiah Morrow declined to serve a third term, instead returning to the Ohio House of Representatives and State Senate.
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Jeremiah Morrow was sent back to Washington again in 1841, and served two more years in the House, but refused to be renominated in 1842, believing himself too old.
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Jeremiah Morrow's grandson, George E Morrow, was a professor at the University of Illinois and Iowa State University, and was president of Oklahoma State University.