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unusual facts about Governor of Ohio



Clement Vallandigham

Vallandigham travelled by blockade-runner to Bermuda and then to Canada, where he declared himself a candidate for Governor of Ohio, subsequently winning the Democratic nomination in absentia.

Eliakim P. Scammon

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Scammon offered his services to William Dennison, the Governor of Ohio in June 1861 and was appointed as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, commanding two men who would later become Presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.

Holy Cross Monastery and Church

With the encouragement and support of Sarah Peter, daughter of a early Governor of Ohio and a noted convert to Catholicism, the city stepped in and purchased the property from the heir.

James M. Anderson

In July 2005, Anderson was appointed to a national advisory commission on Medicaid reform, while two years earlier, he was appointed to Ohio Governor Bob Taft's Third Frontier Advisory Board.

Valley City, Ohio

Valley City is known for being "The Frog Jump Capital of Ohio." Since 1962, it has held an annual contest patterned after Mark Twain's story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." On April 2, 1964, two years after the first contest was held, Governor Jim Rhodes proclaimed this contest the official state frog jumping championship.


see also

Andrew Harris

Andrew L. Harris (1835–1915), American Civil War general and 44th governor of Ohio

Church of the United Brethren in Christ

James M. Cox, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, twice governor of Ohio, and founder of Cox Enterprises.

George Hoadley

George Hoadly (1826–1902), Democratic politician, 36th Governor of Ohio

Henry B. Carrington

In 1847 he studied at Yale Law School, taught school briefly at a women's institute, and the following year moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he practiced his profession in partnership with William Dennison, Jr. (who was to become Governor of Ohio in 1860).

Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission included McKinley's Ohio running mate, Commissioner Andrew L. Harris (a Governor of Ohio and Civil War General) who served as Chair of the Agriculture Subcommittee, and prominent Senators and Congressmen.

James Edwin Campbell

James E. Campbell (1843–1924), Democratic politician and Governor of Ohio

Promont

The Italianate Victorian home was purchased in 1879 by John M. Pattison, 43rd Governor of Ohio.

It was home to John M. Pattison, 43rd Governor of Ohio from 1879 until his death in 1906.

Return Jonathan Meigs

Return J. Meigs, Jr., (1764–1825), Governor of Ohio, U.S. Postmaster General

Robert Kirk

Robert C. Kirk (1821–1898), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1860–1862

Taft Coliseum

On July 28, 2010, the Coliseum was renamed to honor Bob Taft, the 67th Governor of Ohio.

TWA Flight 128

The governor of Ohio, Jim Rhodes, requested runway 18 be closed, but this was never seriously considered, as the airport is in Kentucky.

University, Hayes and Orton Halls

The building is named after President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was also the governor of Ohio and advocated for a newly established land-grant university in Ohio.

William Harvey Gibson

Among Gibson's early schoolmates were Anson Burlingame (diplomat), Consul Wilshire Butterfield (author and historian), O. D. Conger (U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Michigan), and Charles Foster (35th Governor of Ohio and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury).