Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ention that nominated Fillmore in1856, and to the Democratic national conventionin 1868, serving as one of the vice-presidents. Hewas elected to the Maryland state senate in 1854,t the house of delegates in 1867, and to the senateairain in 1871. While filling this office he waselected U. S. senator from Maryland as a Democrat,ing until , William, war governor of Ohio,b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 Nov., 1815; d. in Co-lumbus, 15 June,1882. His fatherwTas a prosperousbusiness man, andhad him preparedfor college in thebest schools of Cin-cin
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ention that nominated Fillmore in1856, and to the Democratic national conventionin 1868, serving as one of the vice-presidents. Hewas elected to the Maryland state senate in 1854,t the house of delegates in 1867, and to the senateairain in 1871. While filling this office he waselected U. S. senator from Maryland as a Democrat,ing until , William, war governor of Ohio,b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 Nov., 1815; d. in Co-lumbus, 15 June,1882. His fatherwTas a prosperousbusiness man, andhad him preparedfor college in thebest schools of Cin-cinnati. He wasgraduated at Mia-mi in 1835, stud-ied law in Cincin-nati, under thedirection of Na-than iel Pendletonand Stephen Fales,and practised inColumbus - until1848, in which yearhe was chosen tothe stair; legisla-ture. About this period Mr. Dennison became in-rted in banking and in railroad affairs, andwas president of the Exchange bank and presi-dent of the Columbus and Xenia railroad com-pany. In 1856 he was a delegate to the first Na-. 1 f tiotial convention of the Republican party. Hewas chosen governor of Ohio in I860 by the Repub-licans, and delivered his first message to the gen-eral assemblv in 1801. At his suggestion the legis-lature voted$3,000,000 to protect the state frominvasion and insurrection, and conferred powerupon the executive to raise troops. Gov. Denni-son was an anti-slavery man and an ardent admirerof President Lincoln. In response to his call troops, he offered 30,000, sending agents toWashington to urge their acceptance. He tookpossession of the telegraph lines and railroads inthe name of the state, and seized money in tran-situ from Washington to Ohio, which he gave tothe quartermaster-general to clothe and equip sol-diers. Gov. Dennison was a delegate to the Re-publican national convention in 1864, and waselected chairman. He was appointed by PresidentLincoln postmaster-general in 1864, and continuedin that office, under President John
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