Thomas Kirker
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Thomas Kirker (1760 – February 20, 1837) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the second Governor of Ohio.
Kirker was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He moved with his father to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1779. He moved with his new wife to Kentucky in 1790 and then Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio three years later. He served in the first Ohio House of Representatives in 1803 and then in the Ohio State Senate from 1803 to 1815. While serving as Speaker of the Senate, Kirker became Governor upon the resignation of Edward Tiffin to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. Kirker's term was extended through the 1807–1808 meeting of the Assembly due to the disqualification of Return J. Meigs, Jr. who had won the 1807 election to the governorship but had been disqualified by the Assembly as he had not met the residency requirements. Kirker ran for re-election in 1808, but lost badly to Samuel H. Huntington. Kirker later returned to the Assembly, serving in the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817 and in the State Senate from 1821 to 1825.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Tiffin |
Governor of Ohio 1807–1808 |
Succeeded by Samuel H. Huntington |
| Preceded by James Pritchard |
Speaker of the Ohio Senate 1806–1809 |
Succeeded by Duncan McArthur |
| Preceded by Duncan McArthur |
Speaker of the Ohio Senate 1810–1813 |
Succeeded by Othniel Looker |
| Preceded by Othniel Looker |
Speaker of the Ohio Senate 1814–1815 |
Succeeded by Peter Hitchcock |
| Preceded by Matthias Corwin |
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1816–1817 |
Succeeded by Duncan McArthur |
| Ohio House of Representatives | ||
| New district | Representative from Adams County 1803 Served alongside: Joseph Lucas, William Russell |
Succeeded by Daniel Collier Abraham Shepherd John Wright as Representatives from Adams and Scioto Counties |
| Preceded by John Wilson Campbell Josiah Lockhart |
Representative from Adams County 1816–1817 Served alongside: John Ellison, Jr. |
Succeeded by William Middleton Robert Morrison |
| Ohio Senate | ||
| Preceded by Joseph Darlington as Senator from Adams County |
Senator from Adams and Scioto Counties 1803–1808 |
District eliminated |
| New district | Senator from Adams County 1808–1815 |
Succeeded by Abraham Shepherd |
| Preceded by William Russell |
Senator from Adams County 1821–1825 |
Succeeded by Abraham Shepherd as Senator from Adams and Brown Counties |
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