Joseph Vance (Ohio politician)

United States general (1786–1852)

Joseph Vance


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Philemon Beecher
Succeeded by	Samson Mason
Constituency	5th district (1821-1823) 4th district (1823-1833) 10th district (1833-1835)
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	Jeremiah Morrow
Succeeded by	Richard S. Canby
Constituency	4th district
13th Governor of Ohio
In office December 12, 1836 – December 13, 1838
Preceded by	Robert Lucas
Succeeded by	Wilson Shannon
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign County
In office 1819–1820
Preceded by	Aaron L. Hunt Reuben Wallace
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign, Logan and Clark counties
In office 1815–1816
Preceded by	Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell
Succeeded by	Unknown
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign County
In office 1812–1814
Preceded by	Samuel McCulloch
Succeeded by	Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office 1840-1841

Personal details
Born	March 21, 1786 Catfish, Pennsylvania
Died	August 24, 1852(1852-08-24) (aged 66) Urbana, Ohio
Resting place	Oak Dale Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Joseph Vance (March 21, 1786 – August 24, 1852) was a Whig politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 13th governor of Ohio and was the first Whig to hold this position.

Biography

Vance was born in Catfish (now Washington), Pennsylvania. He moved to Vanceburg, Kentucky, with his father Joseph C. Vance, a Revolutionary War veteran, in 1788, and later moved to Urbana, Ohio, in 1805.^[1] Vance married Mary Lemon in 1807.

Career

A salt farmer, Vance gained a commission during the War of 1812 and rose quickly from Major to Major General. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1812–1813, 1815–1816 and 1818–1819. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1820, Vance served seven terms before losing a bid for an eighth term in 1834. Vance ran for governor in 1836 and served a single two-year term, losing a bid for re-election in 1838.^[1]

He intended to retire but was elected to the Ohio State Senate, and served in the Senate from 1840 to 1841. Vance ran again for the House of Representatives in 1842 and served two more terms in the House. He did not run for re-election in 1846. Vance was a delegate to the 1848 Whig National Convention and was a member of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention in 1851.

Death

Vance died on August 24, 1852, and was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery.^[2]

Legacy

Vance was instrumental in laying out the town of Findlay, Ohio.

References

^ ^a ^b "Joseph Vance". Ohio History Central. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ "Joseph Vance". National Governors Association. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

External links

Media related to Joseph Vance at Wikimedia Commons

United States Congress. "Joseph Vance (id: V000017)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Joseph Vance at Find a Grave
"Vance, Joseph" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.

Offices and distinctions

Political offices
Preceded by Robert Lucas	Governor of Ohio 1836–1838	Succeeded by Wilson Shannon
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel McCulloch	Representative from Champaign County 1812–1814 Served alongside: Hiram M. Curry (1813–1814), Samuel Newell (1812–1813)	Succeeded by Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell
Preceded by Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell	Representative from Champaign County 1815–1816 Served alongside: Samuel McCulloch	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Aaron L. Hunt Reuben Wallace as Representatives from Champaign County	Representative from Champaign, Logan, and Clark Counties 1819–1820 Served alongside: Reuben Wallace	District eliminated
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Philemon Beecher	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district 1821–1823	Succeeded by John W. Campbell
Preceded by David Chambers	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district 1823–1833	Succeeded by Thomas Corwin
Preceded by Jeremiah Morrow	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district 1843–1847	Succeeded by Richard S. Canby
Party political offices
Preceded by James Findlay	Whig Party nominee for Governor of Ohio 1836, 1838	Succeeded by Thomas Corwin

Articles and topics
v t e Governors and lieutenant governors of Ohio
Governors	Tiffin Kirker Huntington Meigs Looker Worthington E. Brown Trimble Morrow Trimble McArthur Lucas Vance Shannon Corwin Shannon T. Bartley M. Bartley Bebb Ford Wood Medill Chase Dennison Tod Brough Anderson J. D. Cox Hayes Noyes Allen Hayes Young Bishop Foster Hoadly Foraker Campbell McKinley Bushnell Nash Herrick Pattison Harris Harmon J. M. Cox Willis J. M. Cox Davis Donahey Cooper White Davey Bricker Lausche Herbert Lausche J. Brown O'Neill DiSalle Rhodes Gilligan Rhodes Celeste Voinovich Hollister Taft Strickland Kasich DeWine
Lieutenant governors	Medill Myers Ford Welker Kirk Stanton Anderson McBurney Lee Mueller Hart Young Curtiss Fitch Hickenlooper Richards Warwick Kennedy Conrad Lyon Lampson Marquis Harris Jones Caldwell Nippert Gordon Harding Harris Treadway Pomerene Nichols Greenlund Arnold Bloom C. Brown Bloom Lewis Bloom Pickrel Braden J. T. Brown Pickrel Sawyer Mosier Yoder Herbert Nye Herbert Nye J. W. Brown Herbert Donahey J. W. Brown Celeste Voinovich Shoemaker Leonard DeWine Hollister O'Connor Bradley Johnson Fisher Taylor Husted

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
^Alternately named National Security* in 104th and 105th Congresses.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district
Caldwell Herrick Chambers Vance Thomas Corwin Morrow Vance Canby Moses Bledso Corwin Stanton Nichols Allen McKinney Lawrence McKinney Gunckel McMahon Keifer Shultz Le Fevre Anderson Yoder Gantz Layton Marshall Gordon Garber Tou Velle Goeke Russell Welty Cable Fitzgerald Cable Kloeb Albaugh Jones McCulloch Guyer Oxley Jordan

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district
Kilbourne Beecher Vance J. Campbell Russell Hamer Doan Potter Sawyer Potter Edgerton Mott Ashley Le Blond Mungen Lamison Rice Le Fevre Seney Le Fevre Seney Layton Donovan De Witt Meekison Snook W. Campbell Ansberry Matthews Snook Thompson Kniffin Clevenger D. Latta Gillmor B. Latta

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district
Patterson Jennings Shannon Davenport Kennon Vance Mason H. A. Moore Stone Delano Duncan Sweetser Taylor O. F. Moore Miller Trimble Ashley Hoag Peck C. Foster Ewing Rice Hurd Romeis Haynes Doan Enochs Bundy Fenton Morgan Bannon Johnson Switzer I. Foster Jenkins Moeller Abele Moeller Miller Hoke Kucinich Turner