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By emphasizing their moral conservatism, the Whigs were also able to expand into the Northwest and win elections in a state like Ohio and Indiana. [180] The Whigs were generally not as competitive in Democratic strongholds like New Hampshire, [ 181 ] Maine, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas.
Whig 1848–1850 William Bebb Whig 1846–1848 Mordeccai Bartley Whig 1844–1846 Thomas W. Bartley Democrat 1844-1844 Wilson Shannon Democrat 1842–1844 Thomas Corwin Whig 1840–1842 Wilson Shannon Democrat 1838–1840 Joseph Vance Whig 1836–1838 Robert Lucas Democrat 1832–1836 Duncan McArthur Federalist 1830–1832 Allen Trimble Federalist
The Constitution of the State of Ohio is the basic governing document of the State of Ohio, which in 1803 became the 17th state to join the United States of America. Ohio has had three constitutions since statehood was granted. Ohio was created from the easternmost portion of the Northwest Territory.
William Dennison Jr. was one of the first major Ohio politicians to leave the dying Whig Party for the new Republican Party. He rose quickly through the party ranks due to his anti-slavery and anti-discrimination efforts in the Ohio State Senate .
Daniel Webster, then U.S. Secretary of State under President John Tyler, asserted that as the slaves were on an American ship, they were under the jurisdiction of the U.S., and by U.S. law they were property. [7] On March 21, 1842, before the case was settled, Giddings introduced a series of resolutions in the House of Representatives.
The Ohio Council of Churches, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, Innovation Ohio and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative also were represented. Groups to defend citizens' power to ...
Ohioans have one effective weapon against this power and greed — the citizen-driven ballot initiative to change the constitution with a simple majority of voter approval, Mayda Sanchez Shingler ...
The 41st Ohio General Assembly first convened on December 5, 1842. The 36 members of the Ohio Senate and the 72 members of the Ohio House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 1842 .