Jonathan Sloane Explained

Jonathan Sloane
State1:Ohio
Term Start1:March 4, 1833
Term End1:March 3, 1837
Preceded1:new district
Succeeded1:John W. Allen
Office2:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Portage and Medina counties
Term Start2:1820
Term End2:1822
Preceded2:Jonathan Foster
Succeeded2:George B. Depeyster
Joseph Harris
Party:Anti-Masonic
Birth Date: November 1785
Birth Place:Pelham, Massachusetts
Death Place:Ravenna, Ohio
Restingplace:Evergreen Cemetery
Alma Mater:Williams College

Jonathan Sloane (November 1785April 25, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Pelham, Massachusetts in November 1785, Sloane completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1812.He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816, and commenced practice in Ravenna, Ohio.He was also general agent of the Tappan family for the sale of lands.He served as prosecuting attorney of Portage County in 1819.He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1820 to 1822, and in the Ohio Senate in 1826 and 1827.

Sloane was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836.He retired from business activities on account of ill health. He died in Ravenna, Ohio, April 25, 1854. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.