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THOMAS CORWIN (1794-1865)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 211 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:CORWIN (1794-1865)  , See also:American statesman and orator, was See also:born in See also:Bourbon See also:county, See also:Kentucky, on the 29th of See also:July 1794 . In 1798 his See also:father, See also:Matthias See also:Corwin (1761-1829), removed to what later became See also:Lebanon, See also:Ohio, where the son worked on a See also:farm, read much, and in 1817 was admitted to the See also:bar . As an See also:advocate he was at once successful, but after 1831 he devoted his See also:attention chiefly to politics, identifying himself first with the Whig and after 1858 with the Republican party . He was a member of the See also:lower See also:house of the Ohio legislature in 1821, 1822 and 1829, and of the See also:national House of Representatives from 1831 to 1840; was See also:governor of Ohio in 1840-1842; served in the See also:United States See also:Senate from 1845 to 185o; was secretary of the See also:treasury in the See also:cabinet of See also:President See also:Fillmore in 1850—1853; was again a member of the national House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861; and from 1861 to 1864 was See also:minister of the United States to See also:Mexico—a position of See also:peculiar difficulty at that See also:time . As a legislator he spoke seldom, but always with See also:great ability, his most famous speech being that of the 11th of See also:February 1847 opposing the Mexican See also:War . In 186o he was chairman of the House " See also:Committee of See also:Thirty-three," consisting of one member from each See also:state, and appointed to consider the See also:condition of the nation and, if possible, to devise some See also:scheme for reconciling the See also:North and the See also:South . He is remembered chiefly as an orator . Many anecdotes have been told to illustrate his kindliness, his inimitable See also:humour, and his remarkable eloquence . He died at See also:Washington, D.C., on the 18th of See also:December 1865 . See"the See also:Life and Speeches of See also:Thomas Corwin (See also:Cincinnati, 1896), edited by See also:Josiah Morrow; and an excellent See also:character See also:sketch, Thomas Corwin (Cincinnati, 1881), by A . P . See also:Russell .

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