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class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 13, 1853 – January 14, 1856</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ohio" title="Lieutenant Governor of Ohio">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Myers_(politician)" title="James Myers (politician)">James Myers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Wood" title="Reuben Wood">Reuben Wood</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase" title="Salmon P. 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Chase</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ohio" title="Lieutenant Governor of Ohio">Lieutenant Governor of Ohio</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 12, 1852 – July 13, 1853</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Wood" title="Reuben Wood">Reuben Wood</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Myers_(politician)" title="James Myers (politician)">James Myers</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Indian_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Indian Affairs">Commissioner of Indian Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1845–1849</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. 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Polk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hartley_Crawford" title="Thomas Hartley Crawford">Thomas Hartley Crawford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Brown_(Kentucky_politician)" title="Orlando Brown (Kentucky politician)">Orlando Brown</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Ohio09 !"><a href="/wiki/Ohio%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Ohio's 9th congressional district">9th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(congressman)" title="John Chaney (congressman)">John Chaney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elias_Florence" title="Elias Florence">Elias Florence</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Ohio_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives">Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Sawyer_(representative)" title="William Sawyer (representative)">William Sawyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Anthony_(politician)" title="Charles Anthony (politician)">Charles Anthony</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1835–1838</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Medill</div><br />February 1802<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1802-02</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/White_Clay_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="White Clay Hundred">White Clay Hundred</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 2, 1865<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1865-09-03</span>)</span> (aged 63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Ohio" title="Lancaster, Ohio">Lancaster, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Elmwood Cemetery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">Newark Academy</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:William_Medill" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:William Medill">William Medill</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>William Medill</b> (February 1802 – September 2, 1865) was a 19th-century American lawyer and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> politician from <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>. He was the 22nd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Ohio">governor of Ohio</a> from 1853 to 1856. He had previously served two terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives"> U.S. House of Representatives</a> from 1839 to 1843. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Medill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/White_Clay_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="White Clay Hundred">White Clay Hundred</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>, William was the son of Irish immigrants, William and Isabelle Medill. He grew up on the family farm, in the rural outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark</a>. He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">Newark Academy</a> and graduated in 1825.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation, he <a href="/wiki/Read_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Read law">read law</a> and was admitted to the bar in Delaware in 1830. Medill moved to Ohio in 1830 and was <a href="/wiki/Admitted_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Admitted to the bar">admitted to the bar</a> in Ohio in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Medill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medill was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a>, where he served from 1835 to 1838, serving as <a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives">speaker of the House</a> from 1836 to 1837. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in 1838, serving from 1839 to 1843. He lost a bid for a third term in 1842. After briefly serving as the second assistant postmaster general, Medill was appointed by <a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">President Polk</a> as <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Indian_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Indian Affairs">commissioner of Indian Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to Ohio in 1850 to serve as the president of the 1850–1851 Constitutional Convention. Elected to the new post of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant governor of Ohio">lieutenant governor of Ohio</a> in 1851, Medill entered office in 1852, serving until the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Wood" title="Reuben Wood">Governor Reuben Wood</a> on July 13, 1853 to take up a Consular office in Chile. Medill was re-elected in his own right in 1853, but was defeated in a bid for a second full term in 1855 by the anti-slavery <a href="/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase" title="Salmon P. Chase">Salmon P. Chase</a>. He was First Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1857 to 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Medill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medill died in Lancaster in 1865, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery in Lancaster, Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medill never married. A nephew inherited his property.<sup id="cite_ref-ohhistcent_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohhistcent-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Medill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_medill_william.html">"Ohio Governor William Medill"</a>. National Governors Association<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 13,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ohio+Governor+William+Medill&rft.pub=National+Governors+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nga.org%2Fcms%2Fhome%2Fgovernors%2Fpast-governors-bios%2Fpage_ohio%2Fcol2-content%2Fmain-content-list%2Ftitle_medill_william.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Medill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/medill.html">"William Medill"</a>. The Ohio Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 13,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=William+Medill&rft.pub=The+Ohio+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohistory.org%2Fonlinedoc%2Fohgovernment%2Fgovernors%2Fmedill.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Medill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#political">Poore 1878</a> : 235</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#political">Poore 1878</a> : 226</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_medill_william.default.html">"William Medill"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 27,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=William+Medill&rft.pub=National+Governors+Association&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nga.org%2Fcms%2Fhome%2Fgovernors%2Fpast-governors-bios%2Fpage_ohio%2Fcol2-content%2Fmain-content-list%2Ftitle_medill_william.default.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Medill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ohhistcent-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ohhistcent_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=270">William Medill </a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Ohio_History_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio History Central">Ohio History Central</a></i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Medill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="political" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Perley_Poore" title="Benjamin Perley Poore">Poore, Benjamin Perley</a> (1878). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/politicalregist00poorgoog"><i>The political register and congressional directory: a statistical record of the Federal Officials...1776–1878</i></a>. 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Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_White_(Ohio_politician)" title="George White (Ohio politician)">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_L._Davey" title="Martin L. Davey">Davey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Bricker" title="John W. Bricker">Bricker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lausche" title="Frank Lausche">Lausche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Herbert" title="Thomas J. Herbert">Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lausche" title="Frank Lausche">Lausche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Brown" title="John William Brown">J. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._William_O%27Neill" title="C. William O'Neill">O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_DiSalle" title="Michael DiSalle">DiSalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rhodes" title="Jim Rhodes">Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Gilligan" title="John J. 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Richards">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Warwick" title="John G. Warwick">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Kennedy" title="Robert P. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_A._Conrad" title="Silas A. Conrad">Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Lyon" title="William C. Lyon">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_L._Lampson" title="Elbert L. Lampson">Lampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_V._Marquis" title="William V. Marquis">Marquis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_L._Harris" title="Andrew L. Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_W._Jones" title="Asa W. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Caldwell" title="John A. Caldwell">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_L._Nippert" title="Carl L. Nippert">Nippert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Gordon" title="Harry L. Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. 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Pickrel">Pickrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Braden" title="George C. Braden">Braden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Brown" title="John T. Brown">J. T. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_G._Pickrel" title="William G. Pickrel">Pickrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Sawyer" title="Charles W. Sawyer">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_G._Mosier" title="Harold G. Mosier">Mosier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_P._Yoder" title="Paul P. Yoder">Yoder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_M._Herbert" title="Paul M. Herbert">Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Nye" title="George D. Nye">Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_M._Herbert" title="Paul M. Herbert">Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Nye" title="George D. Nye">Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Brown" title="John William Brown">J. W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_M._Herbert" title="Paul M. Herbert">Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Donahey" title="John W. 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