Philemon Beecher

Adams Representative of Ohio's 9th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1775 (64 years old)

Birthday

November 30, 1839

Death

American politician and attorney who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in the Connecticut Colony and received a classical education before studying law.
Moved to Lancaster, Ohio, in 1801 and became a prominent lawyer, practicing law for over 25 years.
Served multiple terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, including as Speaker in 1807.
Initially a Federalist, later identified as an Adams-Clay Republican and an old-line Whig.
Elected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and later to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses.
Participated in the Colonization Society, promoting repatriation to Africa as an alternative to slavery.
Involved in local banking, serving as president and director of the Lancaster Bank.
Experienced electoral defeats, including a bid for U.S. Senate and reelection to Congress.
Continued practicing law until his death in 1839, and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery.