John Sloane (Ohio politician) explained

John Sloane
Order1:7th
Office1:Treasurer of the United States
Term Start1:November 27, 1850
Term End1:April 6, 1853
President1:Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Preceded1:William Selden
Succeeded1:Samuel L. Casey
Office2:Secretary of State of Ohio
Term Start2:1841
Term End2:1844
Governor2:Thomas Corwin
Wilson Shannon
Preceded2:William Trevitt
Succeeded2:Samuel Galloway
State3:Ohio
Constituency3: (1819-1823)
(1823-1829)
Term Start3:March 4, 1819
Term End3:March 4, 1829
Preceded3:Peter Hitchcock
Succeeded3:John Thomson
Office5:4th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Term Start5:December 2, 1805
Term End5:November 30, 1806
Predecessor5:Michael Baldwin
Successor5:Abraham Shepherd
Office6:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Columbiana County
Term Start6:1807
Term End6:1808
Preceded6:John McConnell
Succeeded6:George Clark
John Crumbacker
William Harbaugh
Office7:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Jefferson and Columbiana counties
Term Start7:1804
Term End7:1806
Preceded7:New district
Succeeded7:Samuel Boyd
Thomas Elliott
John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin
Office8:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Jefferson County
Term Start8:1803
Term End8:1804
Preceded8:Rudolph Bair
Zacheus A. Beatty
Thomas Elliott
Isaac Meeks
Succeeded8:District eliminated
Party:Democratic-Republican
Birth Date:November 3, 1779
Birth Place:York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:May 15, 1856(aged 76)
Death Place:Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Restingplace:Oak Hill Cemetery
Allegiance:United States
Rank:colonel
Battles:War of 1812

John Sloane (November 3, 1779May 15, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and later the Treasurer of the United States.

Born in York, Pennsylvania, Sloane moved to Ohio in early youth. He completed preparatory studies. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805 and again in 1807. Sloane served as colonel of militia in the War of 1812.United States receiver of public moneys at Canton, Ohio from 1808 to 1816 and at Wooster 1816-1819.

Sloane was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1829). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Seventeenth through Twentieth Congresses).

He was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas of Wayne County in 1831 and served several years. He was the Secretary of State of Ohio, 1841–1844.

Sloane was Treasurer of the United States from November 27, 1850, to April 6, 1853.He died in Wooster, Ohio, May 15, 1856. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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