Mordecai Bartley

Mordecai Bartley
18thGovernor of Ohio
In office December 3, 1844 – December 12, 1846
Preceded by	Thomas W. Bartley
Succeeded by	William Bebb
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's14thdistrict
In office March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by	new district
Succeeded by	Eleutheros Cooke
Member of theOhio Senate from the Coshocton district
In office December 2, 1816 – December 6, 1818 Serving with Abraham Shane Joseph Wampler
Preceded by	William Gavit Abraham Shane
Succeeded by	John Spencer Joseph Wampler
Personal details
Born	(1783-12-16)December 16, 1783 Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Died	October 10, 1870(1870-10-10)(aged 86) Mansfield, Ohio
Resting place	Mansfield Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Mordecai Bartley(December 16, 1783 – October 10, 1870) was aWhigpolitician from northeasternOhio.He served as the 18thgovernor of Ohio.Bartley succeeded his son,Thomas W. Bartleyas governor, one of few instances of this happening in theUnited Statesin high offices.

Biography

Bartley was born inFayette County, Pennsylvania.After attending the local school inVirginia,he married Elizabeth Welles in 1804 and moved toJefferson County, Ohio.

Bartley served as acaptain,and then anadjutantduring theWar of 1812.Following his service under GeneralWilliam Henry Harrisonin the War, Bartley moved toRichland County, Ohio,nearMansfield.

While farming, he was elected and served one term in theOhio State Senatefrom 1816 to 1818. Elected to theUnited States House of Representativesin 1822, Bartley served four terms before declining to be renominated in 1830.

Bartley was an Ohio Whig PartyPresidential electorin 1836 forWilliam Henry Harrison.

He ran for governor in 1844 as a Whig afterDavid Spangler,the original nominee, declined to run. Bartley served a single term from 1844 to 1846 before retiring again. While he was Governor, Ohio raised forty companies and 7,000 men for theMexican–American War.

External links

• Media related toMordecai Bartleyat Wikimedia Commons
• United States Congress."Mordecai Bartley (id: B000210)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• "Bartley, Mordecai".Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.1900.
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899).Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900...Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.