RETURN J. MEIGS , JR.

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FULL NAME:
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.

BORN:
November 17, 1764,
Middletown, Connecticut

DIED:
March 29, 1825 (age 60)
Marietta, Ohio

EDUCATION:
Yale University (1785)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1785:
Admitted to the Connecticut Bar 
1788:
Moved to Marietta, Ohio,
Served in several positions within the Northwest Territory court system in Washington County, Ohio 
1794:
Appointed First Postmaster of Marietta, Ohio
1794-1798:
Served as Prosecuting Attorney of Washington County 
1798-1803:
Judge, General Court of the Northwest Territory (territorial court)
1799-1801:
Served in the territorial legislature for the Northwest Territory 
1803-1804:
First Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
1804-1806:
Colonel in the U.S. Army,
Commandant of the U.S. troops and militia in the St. Charles district of the Louisiana Territory
1805-1806:
Judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
1807-1808:
Judge, U.S. District Court of the Territory of Michigan 
1808:
Elected Governor of Ohio and declared ineligible for not meeting residency requirement;
Judge, Ohio Supreme Court
1808-1810:
U.S. Senator from Ohio 
1810-1814:
Governor of Ohio
1814-1823
U.S. Postmaster General

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia