U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805 and practiced law in Danbury, Connecticut. Moving to Canfield, Ohio, in 1806, he practiced law, taught school and was prosecuting attorney of Mahoning County. During the War of 1812, he served as a Brigade Major and secretary to General William Henry Harrison, in the Army of the Northwest. After the war, he was a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives, (1820-21). 1823, he was elected to the Eighteenth through Twenty-second Congresses, elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1838. After leaving Congress, he was the Sixth Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, (1841-43) and was the general agent of the Washington Monument Association in 1847. In 1849, he was appointed by President Taylor as First Comptroller of the Treasury, serving until 1857 and was reappointed by President Lincoln in 1861, serving until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805 and practiced law in Danbury, Connecticut. Moving to Canfield, Ohio, in 1806, he practiced law, taught school and was prosecuting attorney of Mahoning County. During the War of 1812, he served as a Brigade Major and secretary to General William Henry Harrison, in the Army of the Northwest. After the war, he was a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives, (1820-21). 1823, he was elected to the Eighteenth through Twenty-second Congresses, elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1838. After leaving Congress, he was the Sixth Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, (1841-43) and was the general agent of the Washington Monument Association in 1847. In 1849, he was appointed by President Taylor as First Comptroller of the Treasury, serving until 1857 and was reappointed by President Lincoln in 1861, serving until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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