William W. Irvin

William W. Irvin (April 5, 1779 [1] – March 27, 1842) also spelled Irwin[2] was a lawyer, farmer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Ohio.

William W. Irvin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Philemon Beecher
Succeeded by	John Chaney
Ohio Supreme Court Justice
In office April 2, 1810 – February 16, 1816
Preceded by	William Sprigg
Succeeded by	Jessup Nash Couch
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office 1806-1807
Personal details
Born	April 5, 1779 Charlottesville, Virginia
Died	March 27, 1842 (aged 62) Lancaster, Ohio
Resting place	Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster
Political party	Jacksonian
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth B. Gillespie
Children	seven

Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Irvin pursued an academic course and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in his native county. He moved to Lancaster, Ohio, about 1801 and continued the practice of his profession.

He was appointed an associate judge of the court of common pleas for Fairfield County by the first general assembly in 1803. He was impeached in 1804 by the Ohio House of Representatives and subsequently removed from office by the decision of the Ohio Senate.

Irvin served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1806 and 1807, and was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 1810 to 1815. He finished third in election for Governor of Ohio in 1822.[2] He was again a member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1825-27 and served as speaker in 1825 and 1826. He came in third for election to the United States Senate in 1827, losing to Benjamin Ruggles. [3]

Irvin was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.

He returned to his farm near Lancaster and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on March 27, 1842.

Irvin was married to Elizabeth B. Gillespie in Lancaster on February 2, 1813. They had seven children.[2]

Notes

1. William W. Irvin at Find a Grave
2. "William W. Irvin". The Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Judicial System. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
3. Taylor 1899 : 129

Sources

• United States Congress. "William W. Irvin (id: I000034)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... State of Ohio. p. 129.

External links

• "Irvin, William W." . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.

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