1st Ohio General Assembly

Initial meeting of the Ohio state legislature February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 1st Ohio General Assembly Ohio First Statehouse, Chillicothe, Ohio 1800.jpg Ohio's first statehouse at Chillicothe (1800) 1803 3 1 1803 12 4 2nd Ohio Senate 14 Democratic-Republican Party President of the Senate Nathaniel Massie (D-R) House of Representatives 30 Democratic-Republican Party House Speaker Michael Baldwin (D-R) March 1, 1803 April 16, 1803 The First Ohio General Assembly was the initial meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It convened in Chillicothe, Ohio, on March 1, 1803, and adjourned April 16, 1803.Taylor & Taylor 33 This General Assembly coincided with the first year of Edward Tiffin's first term as Ohio Governor. Background Under Ohio's first constitution, State Senators were elected to two year terms. For the first class, half were elected for one year and half for two years. Members of the House were elected for each term. The Constitution was written in November, 1802, and submitted to the U S Congress. Elections for the first session were held in January, 1803. The apportionment of legislative districts was based on the 1802 Ohio Constitution, in section 7 of the Schedule.Taylor & Taylor 33 Subsequent sessions would be elected each October, and meet the first Monday of December. State Senate Districts For the first session, the constitution apportioned four senators for Hamilton County, one senator for Clermont County, one senator for Adams County, two senators for Ross County, one senator for Fairfield County, two senators for Washington County, one senator for Belmont County, two senators for Jefferson County, and one senator for Trumbull County.Taylor & Taylor 33 Members District SenatorTaylor & Taylor 35Gilkey 150 Party notes Adams John Beasley successfully contested by Joseph Darlinton Belmont William Vance Clermont William Buchanan Fairfield Robert F. SlaughterHamilton Francis DunlavyDemocratic-Republican Jeremiah MorrowDemocratic-Republican John PaulDemocratic-Republican Daniel SymmesDemocratic-RepublicanJefferson Zenas Kimberly Bezaleel Wells FederalistRoss Abraham Claypool Nathaniel MassieDemocratic-Republican elected Speaker of the SenateTaylor & Taylor 35 Trumbull Samuel HuntingtonDemocratic-Republican Washington Joseph Buell Democratic-Republican Ohio House of Representatives Districts For the first session, the constitution apportioned eight representatives for Hamilton County, two representatives for Clermont County, three representatives for Adams County, four representatives for Ross County, two representatives for Fairfield County, three representatives for Washington County, two representatives for Belmont County, four representatives for Jefferson County, and two representatives for Trumbull County.Taylor & Taylor 33 Members District RepresentativesTaylor & Taylor 35-36Gilkey 186-187 Party notesAdams Thomas KirkerDemocratic-Republican Joseph Lucas William RussellBelmontJoseph Sharp Elijah WoodsDemocratic-RepublicanClermont Amos Ellis R. Walter WaringFairfieldDavid Reece William A. TrimbleDemocratic-RepublicanHamilton Thomas BrownJames Dunn Robert McClure William Maxwell Thomas McFarland Ephraim Kibbey William JamesJohn BiggerJefferson Thomas Elliott Rudolph BairDemocratic-Republican Isaac Meeks Zacheus BeattyRossMichael BaldwinDemocratic-Republican elected Speaker of the HouseTaylor & Taylor 36 Robert Culbertson William Patton Thomas WorthingtonDemocratic-RepublicanTrumbull Ephraim Quimby Aaron WheelerWashington William Jackson Robert Safford Wyllys Silliman Major events In joint session, state officers were elected: William Creighton Jr. as Ohio Secretary of State, William McFarland as Ohio State Treasurer and Thomas Gibson as Ohio State Auditor.Taylor & Taylor 36 John Smith and Thomas Worthington were elected United States Senators, with no record of vote made.Taylor & Taylor 36 In joint session, local judges and three Ohio Supreme Court judges, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Samuel Huntington, and William Sprigg, were elected.Taylor & Taylor 37 Major legislation Eight new counties were erected during this session:Taylor & Taylor 37 Butler detached from Hamilton Columbiana erected from parts of Jefferson and Washington Franklin detached from Ross Gallia from Ross Greene from parts of Hamilton and Ross Montgomery from Hamilton Scioto from Adams Warren from Hamilton Existing territorial laws were recognized as in force, if not specifically invalidated. See also List of Ohio state legislatures Notes 2 References The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio Elliot Howard Gilkey Gilkey 1901 https://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150 Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... William Alexander Taylor Aubrey Clarence Taylor Taylor & Taylor 1899 State of Ohio https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 External links State Library of Ohio Alphabetical list of Members of the General Assembly of Ohio for 127 years - 1803 - 1930 http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p267401ccp2/id/105/rec/1 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120415145617/http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p267401ccp2/id/105/rec/1 2012-04-15 Category:Ohio legislative sessions Ohio