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 . C&piToI ^(blambur. TIFFIN, Edward, first governor of Ohio underthe state constitution (1803-7), was born in Carlisle,Eng., June 19,1766. The family emigrated to Americawhen he was
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 . C&piToI ^(blambur. TIFFIN, Edward, first governor of Ohio underthe state constitution (1803-7), was born in Carlisle,Eng., June 19,1766. The family emigrated to Americawhen he was about eighteen years old. He studiedmedicine at the University of Pennsylvania, andthen went to Charleston, Va., where his father hadsettled, and began practice in years later he crossed the Ohioand settled at Chillicothe, then thehome of wild beasts. Settlers werefew and far between. In 1799 hewas one of the delegates from Rosscounty in the territorial legislature,which met at Cincinnati. Dr. Tif-fin was unanimously chosen speak-er. In 1802 he represented hiscounty in the constitutional con-vention, of which he became prosi-fy (_ dent, and on the conclusion of their^ r ^ proceedings was elected governor•^ /T ^ in 1803, without opposition. He wasre-elected two years later, and wasinfluential in accomplishing the de-struction of the Burr-Blennerhassetexpedition,beinghighlycompliment-ed by President Jefferson for his
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