Thomas Shannon (November 15, 1786 – March 16, 1843) served briefly as a

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from

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from December 1826 to January 1827.

Biography

Born in Washington County,

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, he attended public schools and moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in

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in 1800. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and later moved to Barnesville in Belmont County in 1812 where he entered the mercantile business. During the

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served as captain of Belmont County Company in Colonel John Delong’s regiment.

Congress

He served as a member of the

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from 1819 to 1822 and again in 1824 and 1825. In 1826, he was elected as an Adams candidate to the 19th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Jennings and served from December 4, 1826, to March 3, 1827. He did not seek renomination in 1827 and returned to Barnesville, Ohio, where he became a leaf-tobacco merchant. He was elected to and served in the Ohio State Senate in 1829 and again from 1837 to 1843. He died in Barnesville and is interred in Green Mount Cemetery. Thomas Shannon was the brother of

Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon (February 24, 1802 – August 30, 1877) was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th governor of Ohio, and was the first Ohio governor born in the state. He was the second governor of the Kansas ...

, Governor of Ohio and Territorial Governor of Kansas Territory.

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