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Title
'
Thomas
Corwin
,
Governor
of
Ohio
'
portrait
photograph
Subject
Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865
Governors--Ohio
Ohio History--State and Local Government
Walker, Samuel S.
Artists--Ohio
Time Period
1840s
Description
This
bust
portrait
is
titled
"
Thomas
Corwin
,
Governor
of
Ohio.
"
Corwin
(1794-1849)
is
depicted
in
front
of a
red
drape
with
books
, an
inkwell
,
feather
pen
, and
column
. In the
background
,
visible
through
a
window
,
is
the
driver
of a
Conestoga
wagon
with
red
wheels
and
four
horses
passing
in
front
of the
Ohio
Statehouse
. The
painting
has
many
blemishes
, and its
colors
are
faded
.
Thomas
Corwin
(1794-1865)
was
born
in
Kentucky
. His
father
moved
the
family
to what would
become
Warren
County
,
Ohio
, in
1798
. The
War
of
1812
saw
northern
Ohio
ravaged
by the
Indian
confederation
that was
allied
with the
British
.
After
General
Hull
surrendered
Detroit
to the
British
,
protection
from these
destructive
raids
was
minimal
.
Corwin
, then a
teenager
,
drove
supply
wagons
north
to
feed
the
starving
American
troops
.
Self-taught
in the
law
, he was
admitted
to the
bar
in
1817
. His
political
career
began
in
1818
,
when
he
served
as
Warren
County
prosecuting
attorney
. A
member
of the
Whig
Party
,
Corwin
served
two
terms
in the
Ohio
state
legislature
and
five
terms
in the
United
States
Congress
. In
1840
he was
elected
the
fifteenth
governor
of
Ohio
. In
1845
he was
elected
to the
U.S
.
Senate
,
where
he
eloquently
expressed
his
opposition
to the
Mexican
War
. He
served
in the
cabinet
of
President
Millard
Fillmore
as
secretary
of the
treasury
from
1850-1853
.
Corwin
became
Secretary
of the
Treasury
in
1850
, but
two
years
later
he
returned
to
Lebanon
,
Ohio
, and
practiced
law
from his
office
in
Cincinnati
. He was
re-elected
to
Congress
in
1860
, and a
year
later
President
Abraham
Lincoln
appointed
him
minister
to
Mexico
.
Corwin
was
able
to
secure
Mexico's
support
for the
Union
during
the
Civil
War
. He then
established
a
law
practice
in
Washington
,
where
he
died
in
1865
.
Samuel
Swan
Walker
(1806-1848)
of
Butler
County
,
Ohio
, was
trained
as a
physician
but
left
the
medical
profession
in
1836
to
become
a
portrait
and
miniature
painter
,
working
principally
in
Cincinnati
. He
traveled
frequently
as an
itinerant
painter
,
working
primarily
in
Ohio
,
where
he
created
portraits
of
well-known
Ohioans
and
giving
art
lessons
to
wealthy
patrons
.
Creator
Samuel Swan Walker (Artist)
Date of Original
ca.
1840
Collection
Ohio
Historical
Society
Museum
Collections
Source
Museum
Format
Picture
;
Oil
painting
;
Color
transparency
Extent
24
cm
high
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05937.tif
Image Height
2214
Image Width
2214
File Size
17984440 Bytes
Notes
Uncertain
media
format.
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
:
H
87851
Date created
2011-08-05
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