Edward Tiffin

Edward Tiffin
4th Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory
In office
1815 – August 9, 1829
Preceded byJosiah Meigs
Succeeded byWilliam Lytle II
1st Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
May 7, 1812 – October 11, 1814
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byJosiah Meigs
8th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811
Preceded byAlexander Campbell
Succeeded byMatthias Corwin
United States Senator from Ohio
In office
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
Preceded byThomas Worthington
Succeeded byStanley Griswold
1st Governor of Ohio
In office
March 3, 1803 – March 4, 1807
Preceded byCharles Willing Byrd (as Governor of the Northwest Territory)
Succeeded byThomas Kirker
1st Speaker of the Northwest Territory
House of Representatives
In office
September 16, 1799 – January 23, 1802
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byMichael Baldwin (as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives)
Personal details
BornJune 19, 1766
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
DiedAugust 9, 1829(1829-08-09) (aged 63)
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeGrandview Cemetery
Chillicothe, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseMary Worthington
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Edward Tiffin (June 19, 1766 – August 9, 1829) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Ohio and later as a United States Senator from Ohio as a member of the Democratic-Republican party.


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