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James Myers (politician)

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James Myers
2nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office
January 9, 1854 – January 14, 1856
GovernorWilliam Medill
Preceded byWilliam Medill
Succeeded byThomas H. Ford
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the Lucas & other Counties district
In office
December 4, 1848 – January 4, 1852
Preceded byJesse Wheeler
Succeeded byWilliam Mungen
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Lucas County district
In office
January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1864
Preceded byDennis Steele
Succeeded byLorenze L. Morehouse
Personal details
BornJune 1795
Dutchess County, New York
DiedJuly 19, 1864(1864-07-19) (aged 69)
Toledo, Ohio
Resting placeForest Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic, Unionist

James Myers (1795-1864) was an American politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1854 to 1856.[1]

Biography

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James Myers was born in June 1795 in Dutchess County, New York, of German ancestry. When young, his parents moved to Albany and then Schenectady, where he grew up.[2] During the War of 1812, he volunteered during the summer of 1813, and served on the northern frontier in the winter campaign under general Wade Hampton. The next summer he was stationed at Brooklyn Heights, near New York City.[3]

After the war ended, Myers farmed and engaged in mercantile pursuits.[3] In 1823[3] or 1825,[2] he became collector of tolls at Schenectady on the new Erie Canal, until 1836, when he moved to Toledo, Ohio.

In Toledo, Myers became involved with the construction of the Miami and Erie Canal. After completion of the canal, he concentrated on property management and real estate. He was elected to two terms under Ohio's first constitution to the Ohio State Senate, to represent much of Northwest Ohio starting in 1848. Under the new constitution, he served a single term as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio as a Democrat.[2][3]

He was in feeble health beginning in the mid-1850s, but served a two-year term as a representative from Lucas County in the Ohio House of Representatives during the American Civil War, after nomination by the Union convention.[2][3]

Myers' health further declined, and after much pain, he died July 19, 1864, at his home, northwest corner of Jefferson and Superior Streets, Toledo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio: 1852 - Present". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  2. ^ a b c d e Scribner, Harvey, ed. (1910). Memoirs of Lucas County and the city of Toledo: from the earliest ... Vol. 1. Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. pp. 120–121.
  3. ^ a b c d e Biographical notices of the members of the fifty-fifth General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Columbus: John Wallace. 1862. pp. 81–83.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1854–1856 		Succeeded by
Mayors of Toledo, Ohio
  1. John Berdan
  2. Hezekiah D. Mason
  3. Myron H. Tilden
  4. James Myers
  5. George B. Way
  6. Richard Mott
  7. Emery D. Potter
  8. Daniel O. Morton
  9. Caleb F. Abbott
  10. Charles M. Dorr
  11. Daniel McBain
  12. Egbert B. Brown
  13. Ira L. Clark
  14. Mavor Brigham
  15. Charles M. Dorr
  16. Alexander Brownlee
  17. Alexander H. Newcomb
  18. Isaac R. Sherwood
  19. John Manor
  20. Charles M. Dorr
  21. Charles A. King
  22. William Kraus
  23. William W. Jones
  24. Guido Marx
  25. William W. Jones
  26. Jacob Romeis
  27. George W. Scheets
  28. Samuel F. Forbes
  29. James Kent Hamilton
  30. Vincent J. Emmick
  31. Guy G. Major
  32. Samuel M. Jones
  33. Robert H. Finch
  34. Brand Whitlock
  35. Carl Henry Keller
  36. Charles M. Milroy
  37. Cornell Schreiber
  38. Bernard F. Brough
  39. Fred J. Mery
  40. William T. Jackson
  41. Addison Q. Thacher
  42. Solon T. Klotz
  43. Roy C. Start
  44. John Q. Carey
  45. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
  46. Michael DiSalle
  47. Ollie Czelusta
  48. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
  49. Ollie Czelusta
  50. John W. Yager
  51. Michael J. Damas
  52. John William Potter
  53. William J. Ensign
  54. Harry W. Kessler
  55. Douglas DeGood
  56. Donna Owens
  57. John McHugh
  58. Carty Finkbeiner
  59. Jack Ford
  60. Carty Finkbeiner
  61. Michael Bell
  62. D. Michael Collins
  63. Paula Hicks-Hudson
  64. Wade Kapszukiewicz
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