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Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a politician, Democrat, Republican, and poet.

Meigs was the son of Jonathan Meigs Sr. (1734-1823), a colonel in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence, graduated from Yale University, where he studied law, and had a colorful political career primarily in Ohio.

In 1798 Meigs was appointed judge of the Northwest Territory and the following year was elected to the territorial legislature. When Ohio became a state in 1803, he became chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Meigs served as senator 1808 to 1810; he was governor of Ohio from 1810 to 1814. Meigs County, Ohio, and Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio, are named in his honor.

Date and place of birt:17 november 1764, Middletown, USA
Date and place of death:29 march 1825, Marietta, USA
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Politician
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