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Thomas Shannon (Ohio politician)

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Thomas Shannon
state1	Ohio
district1
term_start1	December 4, 1826
term_end1	March 3, 1827
preceded1	David Jennings
succeeded1	John Davenport
office2	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Belmont County
term_start2	1824
term_end2	1825
preceded2	New district
succeeded2	William Dunn
William Perrine
office3	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Belmont and Monroe counties
term_start3	1819
term_end3	1823
preceded3	William Dunn
Charles Hammond
George Paull
succeeded3	Isaac Atkinson
William Perrine
John Scatterday
office4	Member of the Ohio Senate from Belmont County
term_start4	December 7, 1829
term_end4	December 4, 1831
preceded4	William Blackstone Hubbard
succeeded4	William Dunn
term5	1837-1843
party	Adams
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	Washington County, Pennsylvania, US
death_place	Barnesville, Ohio, US
restingplace	Green Mount Cemetery

William Perrine Charles Hammond George Paull William Perrine John Scatterday Thomas Shannon (November 15, 1786 – March 16, 1843) was an American politician. He served briefly as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from December 1826 to January 1827.

Biography

Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools and moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Belmont County, Ohio in 1800. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and later moved to Barnesville in Belmont County in 1812 where he entered the mercantile business. During the War of 1812 served as captain of Belmont County Company in Colonel John Delong's regiment.

Congress

He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1819 to 1822 and again in 1824 and 1825. In 1826, he was elected as an Adams candidate to the 19th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Jennings and served from December 4, 1826, to March 3, 1827.

Later career

He did not seek renomination in 1827 and returned to Barnesville, Ohio, where he became a leaf-tobacco merchant. He was elected to and served in the Ohio State Senate in 1829 and again from 1837 to 1843. He died in Barnesville and is interred in Green Mount Cemetery.

Thomas Shannon was the brother of Wilson Shannon, Governor of Ohio and Territorial Governor of Kansas Territory. He was also brother of George Shannon, who participated in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and was also a politician and lawyer.

Death

Shannon died in Barnesville, Ohio March 16, 1943 at the age of 56.

References

Denton, Carolyn S.. (1991). "George Shannon Biography".

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