Preceded by Wilson Shannon Name Thomas Bartley Succeeded by Mordecai Bartley Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party | Preceded by Rufus Paine Spalding Parents Mordecai Bartley Preceded by Wilson Shannon Role Former Ohio State Senator | |
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Born February 11, 1812
Jefferson County, Ohio ( 1812-02-11 ) Resting place Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Spouse(s) Julia Maria Larwill
Susan D. Sherman
Ellen McCoy Died June 20, 1885, Washington, D.C., United States Education Washington & Jefferson College Previous office Ohio State Senator (1841–1845) | ||
Thomas Welles Bartley (also known as Thomas W. Bartley) (February 11, 1812 – June 20, 1885) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 17th Governor of Ohio. Bartley was succeeded in office by his father, Mordecai Bartley, one of only a few instances of this occurring in high elected office in the United States.
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Biography
Bartley was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. As a child he moved to Mansfield, Ohio with his family. Bartley attended Jefferson College and graduated in 1829. He studied law with Jacob Parker in Mansfield, Ohio, and studied law with Elijah Hayward in Washington, D.C.. Bartley was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practice in Mansfield.
Career
Bartley served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1839–1841 and then in the Ohio State Senate from 1841-1845. He was elected Speaker of the Senate in 1843.
When Wilson Shannon resigned as governor on April 15, 1844, to take a diplomatic appointment as United States ambassador to Mexico, Bartley became Governor while concurrently remaining in the Senate. He served out the remainder of Shannon's term until December 3. Bartley sought renomination under the Democratic Party, but lost at the state convention by a single vote - avoiding a contest against his father, who accepted the Whig nomination. Bartley later served a contentious term on the Ohio State Supreme Court from 1852-1859.
Bartley lived in Mansfield, Ohio, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to practice law in 1863, and in 1867 to Washington, D.C., where he died in 1885. He was interred at Glenwood Cemetery.
Family life
On October 9, 1837, Bartley married his first wife, Julia Maria Larwill, in Wooster, Ohio. Bartley married his second wife, Susan D. Sherman (October 10, 1825– January 10, 1876), sister of John Sherman and General William Tecumseh Sherman, on November 7, 1848,. Ellen McCoy, widow of one of General Sherman's staff officers, was his third wife.
Death
Bartley was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C.