NAME: William Medill
BORN: 1802
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
(born, New Castle County, Delaware)
moved...Lancaster, Ohio (Farfield County)
EDUCATION: graduated, Newark Academy (currently, University of Delaware), 1825
GOVERNORSHIP: 22nd governor, 1853 - 1856 acting governor, followed by one term)
DIED: September 2, 1865 |
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FAST FACTS:
Medill was a lawyer by training.
Medill served in the Ohio General Assembly from 1835 to 1838. He was elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representives, 1838 - 1842.
Medill served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the Polk administration.
He served as acting governor after the resignation of Reuben Wood and was elected governor for the 1854 - 1856 term.
Medill never married.
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