Jonathan Sloane (November 1785April 25, 1854) was a

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from

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. Born in

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in November 1785, Sloane completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College,

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, in 1812. He studied law, was

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in 1816, and commenced practice in

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. 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

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from 1820 to 1822, and in the

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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.

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