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Title
Thomas
Worthington
Miniature
Oil
Painting
Subject
Ohio Government
Portraits
Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
Governors
Place
Chillicothe (Ohio)
Ross County (Ohio)
Description
Twenty-three-year
old
Thomas
Worthington
is
depicted
in this
miniature
oil
portrait
on
ivory
. The
portrait
commemorates
Worthington's
marriage
to
Eleanor
Swearingen
and
shows
him in his
wedding
suit
.
It
measures
2.55
by
2.75
inches
(6.5
by
7
cm)
.
Worthington
(1773-1827)
was
born
in
Charles
Town
,
Virginia
(later
West
Virginia)
. He was
orphaned
by the
age
of
seven
and
received
little
formal
education
.
After
a
brief
time
at
sea
,
Worthington
turned
his
attention
to
farming
and
surveying
,
which
led
him to
locate
and
purchase
land
in the
Virginia
Military
District
,
which
is
now
in the
state
of
Ohio
. In
1798
, he
moved
to
Chillicothe
with his
family
,
including
his
brother-in-law
Edward
Tiffin
,
who
later
became
Worthington's
political
ally
. The
Worthingtons
also
brought
several
former
slaves
with them that they had
freed
before
leaving
Virginia
.
Worthington
quickly
became
a
prominent
citizen
. He was
appointed
register
of the
Chillicothe
Land
Office
and was
elected
to the
Territorial
Assembly
. He was a
leader
of the
Jeffersonian
Republicans
in
Ohio
and
vocally
opposed
Territorial
Governor
Arthur
St
.
Clair
,
who
believed
that the
settlers
were not
qualified
to
govern
themselves
and
required
the
leadership
of a
strong
governor
.
Worthington
lobbied
President
Jefferson
and
Congress
to
pass
an
act
that
enabled
Ohio
to
draw
up
a
constitution
and
become
a
state
. A
delegate
at the
1802
Constitutional
Convention
,
Worthington
supported
a
highly
democratic
state
government
with a
weak
governor
. He
served
two
partial
terms
in the
U
.
S
.
Senate
,
where
he
proposed
what
later
became
the
National
Road
and the
creation
of the
General
Land
Office
.
Worthington
opposed
the
War
of
1812
,
believing
that the
U
.
S
.
could
not
protect
western
lands
from
attack
by
American
Indian
tribes
.
Once
war
was
declared
,
however
,
Worthington
worked
vigorously
to
raise
and
supply
troops
.
Worthington
served
as
governor
from
1814-1818
, but was
able
to
accomplish
little
due
to the
weak
office
he
helped
to
create
. He
served
three
terms
in the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
before
his
death
in
1827
.
Date of Original
1796
Collection
http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/adena/
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
H
76107
Format
picture
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
Om1384_1160810_001.tif
Image Height
2948
Image Width
2304
File Size
2007.426 KB
Date created
2009-01-20
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