Joseph Ridgway (May 6, 1783 – February 1, 1861) was a

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from

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. Born on

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, Ridgway attended public schools and learned the trade of carpentry. In 1811, he moved to

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where he began manufacturing plows. He settled in

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, in 1822 and established an iron foundry. Ridgway served as a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives from 1828 to 1832. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses serving from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1843. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress in 1842. Ridgway also served on the Ohio State Board of Equalization and as a director of the Clinton Bank for twenty years. Additionally, he was a member of the Columbus City Council. He died on February 1, 1861 in

and was interred in Green Lawn Cemetery.

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