Preceded by Peter Hitchcock | Preceded by District created Name John Sloane Role Artist | |
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Died September 7, 1951, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States Spouse Helen Farr Sloan (m. 1944–1951), Anna Maria Wall (m. 1901–1943) Parents James Dixon, Henrietta Sloan Education Central High School, Spring Garden College, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Artwork McSorley's Bar, South Beach Bathers, Renganeschi's Saturday Night, Red Kimono on the Roof, Yeats at Petitpas Similar People Robert Henri, William Glackens, George Luks, Everett Shinn, Maurice Prendergast | ||
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John Sloane (1779 – May 15, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and later the Treasurer of the United States.
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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 1803–1805 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.