The Vinton memorial : comprising a genealogy of the descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648: also, genealogical sketches of several allied families .. With an appendix containing a history of the Braintree iron works, and other historical matter . were emigrantsfrom Paris., France, and settled in Gallipolis as early as 1792. Heremains a widower. Mr. Vinton grad. at Williams Coll., 1814, and studied law with Titus Hosmer, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Courtof Connecticut. In 1816, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar ; butfinding the profession somewhat crowded, he soon
The Vinton memorial : comprising a genealogy of the descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648: also, genealogical sketches of several allied families .. With an appendix containing a history of the Braintree iron works, and other historical matter . were emigrantsfrom Paris., France, and settled in Gallipolis as early as 1792. Heremains a widower. Mr. Vinton grad. at Williams Coll., 1814, and studied law with Titus Hosmer, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Courtof Connecticut. In 1816, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar ; butfinding the profession somewhat crowded, he soon bent his steps to theyoung and growing State of Ohio, then the most inviting of the fieldsof the West. He established himself in the practice of law at Galli-polis, on the Ohio River; his first efforts at the bar attracted muchattention ; and by the end of the first year, he was in the enjoyment ofan extensive and prosperous business. During six years, he continuedto achieve the most flattering success ; rising constantly in public esti-mation ; his income steadily increasing; and having apparently noinclination for publie life, and no taste for party politics. Without anyagency or wish of his own, he unexpectedly found himself, in the au-. yArf .1 ^-<^£^€^^~Z/\^^y <#-^Ct SIXTH GENERATION. 197 tumn of 1822, nominated for a seat in Congress, by a large meetingof the people of his district. His election, over two formidable com-petitors, was a decisive token of the popular esteem. He was chosenat the six following elections, and by increasing majorities, until, in1837, he voluntarily withdrew from public life. During this long periodof fourteen years, he took an equally active and useful part in nearlyall the great questions which agitated the country. Several measuresof great importance were originated and carried through the House ofRepresentatives by him. He steadily opposed every scheme of evil,particularly the efforts made from time to time to abolish the wise poli
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