Matthias Corwin (February 19, 1761 – September 4, 1829) was an American politician. Born in

Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county was the state's List of counties in New Jersey, tenth- ...

, Corwin and his family moved to Ohio in 1798. Corwin served in the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

and served as speaker. His son was US Senator, Ohio Governor and US Secretary of the Treasury

Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio and the 2 ...

. Corwin died in

Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 20,841 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. Th ...

.'Hallock-Holyoke Pedigree and Collateral,' Charles Hallock and William Allen Hallock, Press of Morehouse and Carpenter: 1906, pg.62 He was a

Presidential elector In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president in the presidential election. This process is described in ...

in 1812 for the

James Madison James Madison (June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the ...

ticket.

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* 1761 births 1829 deaths People from Morris County, New Jersey People from Lebanon, Ohio Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives 1812 United States presidential electors Members of the Ohio House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{Ohio-politician-stub