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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJames FINDLAY
(1770-1835)
FINDLAY, James, (brother
of John Findlay and William Findlay), a Representative from Ohio;
born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa., October 12, 1770;
attended the public schools; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1793;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the
Territorial legislative council in 1798; United States receiver of
public moneys at Cincinnati in 1800; United States marshal of Ohio
in 1802; member of the State house of representatives in 1803;
mayor of Cincinnati in 1805 and 1806, and again in 1810 and 1811;
served in the War of 1812 as colonel of the Second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and
elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second
Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1832; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
Governor of Ohio in 1834; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 28,
1835; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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