The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . y pushing his horse to full speedmanaged to escape. Gov. Huntington died in Paines-ville, O., June 8, 1878. MEIGrS, Return Jonathan, governor of Ohio(1810-14), second of the name,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . y pushing his horse to full speedmanaged to escape. Gov. Huntington died in Paines-ville, O., June 8, 1878. MEIGrS, Return Jonathan, governor of Ohio(1810-14), second of the name, was born in Middle-town, Conn., in 1766. He waswell educated, being sent toYale College, where he wasgraduated at the age of twenty,and then entered a law office asa student and studied law. In1788 his father settled in Mari-etta, O., where the younger Meigspracticed law, and in 1807 and1808 was judge of the U. S. dis-trict court of Michigan territory,having been already, in 1802,chief justice of the supremecourt of the state of Ohio. In1807 he was a candidate for gov-ernor of his state, and was elect-ed, in a spirited campaign, overhis competitor. Gen. Massie, butnot having had the constitutionalqualification of four years resi-dence in the state, his electionwas contested and decided against him. He was ap-pointed U. S. senator in 1807, but resigned to enterupon his second campaign for the governorship. He. 138 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA
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