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 . er from 1809 to 1816. During thewar of 1813 he commanded a troop of cavalry underGen. Harrison, and saw active service during twoyears of the war in campaigns against the Pottawat-
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 . er from 1809 to 1816. During thewar of 1813 he commanded a troop of cavalry underGen. Harrison, and saw active service during twoyears of the war in campaigns against the Pottawat-tamie Indians. In 1816 he en-tered the legislature, and serv-ed the state as representative,speaker of the house, and sen-ator until 1826, having been act-ing governor in 1831-32. In1836 he was elected governorby nearly five-sixths of the en-tire vote, and was re-elected in1828. During his term he didmuch to improve the conditionof the public-school system, en-couraged the establishment ofmanufacturing concerns, andstarted the reforms in the meth-ods of penitentiary controlwhichmade the institution at Colum-bus a model. He was an ardentwhig and did much to keep hisparty in power. In 1832 he retir-ed to his farm and devoted him-self to agriculture, establishingand becoming the first president of the State Agri-cultural Society. In 1806 he married Margaret Mc-Dowell, who died three years later, leaving him two. J^^(^;jd OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 139
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