William Sawyer (representative)

William Sawyer

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th district
In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
Preceded by	Emery D. Potter
Succeeded by	Emery D. Potter
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Auglaize County
In office January 7, 1856 – January 3, 1858
Preceded by	John Walkup
Succeeded by	G. W. Andrews
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Montgomery County
In office December 3, 1832 – December 4, 1836
Preceded by	C. G. Swayne M. Shideler
Succeeded by	Robert A. Thurston
Personal details
Born	(1803-08-05)August 5, 1803 Montgomery County, Ohio
Died	September 18, 1877(1877-09-18) (aged 74) St. Marys, Ohio
Resting place	Elm Grove Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

[Sawyer] would never submit to the slave States sending their emancipated blacks within her borders or colonies. He…said, if the test must come, the banks of the Ohio (a mile wide) would be lined with men with muskets on their shoulders to keep off the emancipated slaves which the slave States might attempt to throw in among them.
— Narration of William Sawyer's speech in United States House of Representatives, June 22, 1848, source

William Sawyer (1803 – 1877) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio in 1845-1849.

Sawyer was born in Montgomery County, Ohio. In 1818 he began to learn the trade of blacksmithing. He worked at this occupation in both Dayton, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1829 he settled in Miamisburg, Ohio. From 1832-1835 Sawyer served in the Ohio House of Representatives, filling the position of speaker in 1835. In 1838 and 1840 he ran unsuccessfully for congress.

In 1843 Sawyer moved to St. Marys, Ohio. He was elected to United States Congress as a Democrat in 1844. He was reelected in 1846 but did not run for re-election in 1848.

In 1850-1851 Sawyer served as a member of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention. He served another term in the State House in 1856. He also served as mayor of St. Marys and a Federal land agent in Minnesota.

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Congressional biography

Offices and distinctions

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Emery D. Potter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district March 4, 1845–March 3, 1849	Succeeded by Emery D. Potter
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by C. G. Swayne M. Shideler	Representative from Montgomery County December 3, 1832-December 4, 1836 Served alongside: Henry Shideler George C. Davis Morris Seely Horace Pease Elias Matthews Fielding Lowery	Succeeded by Robert A. Thurston
Preceded by John Walkup	Representative from Auglaize County January 7, 1856-January 3, 1858 Served alongside: G. W. Andrews	Succeeded by G. W. Andrews
Preceded by John M. Creed	Speaker of the House December 7, 1835-December 4, 1836	Succeeded by William Medill

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district

Kilbourne Beecher Vance J. Campbell Russell Hamer Doan Potter Sawyer Potter Edgerton Mott Ashley Le Blond Mungen Lamison Rice Le Fevre Seney Le Fevre Seney Layton Donovan De Witt Meekison Snook W. Campbell Ansberry Matthews Snook Thompson Kniffin Clevenger D. Latta Gillmor B. Latta

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36683481 LCCN: no2006128624 US Congress: S000095

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