John Sloane (Ohio politician)

John Sloane (November 3, 1779 – May 15, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and later the Treasurer of the United States.

John Sloane
7th Treasurer of the United States
In office November 27, 1850 – April 6, 1853
President	Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce
Preceded by	William Selden
Succeeded by	Samuel L. Casey
Secretary of State of Ohio
In office 1841–1844
Governor	Thomas Corwin Wilson Shannon
Preceded by	William Trevitt
Succeeded by	Samuel Galloway
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1829
Preceded by	Peter Hitchcock
Succeeded by	John Thomson
Constituency	6th district (1819-1823) 12th district (1823-1829)
4th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office December 2, 1805 – November 30, 1806
Preceded by	Michael Baldwin
Succeeded by	Abraham Shepherd
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Columbiana County
In office 1807–1808
Preceded by	John McConnell
Succeeded by	George Clark John Crumbacker William Harbaugh
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Jefferson and Columbiana counties
In office 1804–1806
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Samuel Boyd Thomas Elliott John McLaughlin John McLaughlin
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Jefferson County
In office 1803–1804
Preceded by	Rudolph Bair Zacheus A. Beatty Thomas Elliott Isaac Meeks
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	November 3, 1779 York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 15, 1856 (aged 76) Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Rank	colonel
Battles/wars	War of 1812

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 to 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.

Sources

• United States Congress. "John Sloane (id: S000494)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• John Sloane at Find a Grave
• "Sloane, John" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress