Cyrus Spink
Cyrus Spink | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – May 31, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Philemon Bliss |
| Succeeded by | Harrison G. O. Blake |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Wayne County district | |
| In office December 2, 1822 – November 30, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Jones |
| Succeeded by | Robert McClarren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 24, 1793 |
| Died | May 31, 1859 (aged 66) Wooster, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Wooster Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Nancy Campbell Beall |
| Children | six |
Cyrus Spink (March 24, 1793 – May 31, 1859) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three months in 1859 prior to his death in office.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Spink moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815.
Early career
[edit | edit source]He taught school for several years in Kendal, Ohio. He was appointed deputy surveyor of Wayne County in October 1815 and served until December 1816. County surveyor from 1816 to 1821, serving also for a time as district surveyor. County auditor in 1820 and 1821.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1821 and 1822. He was employed in the register's office at Wooster 1822-1824. He was appointed register by President Monroe in 1824. Reappointed by President Adams in 1828 and served until 1832.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Wooster. Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.[1] He served as member of the State board of equalization in 1846. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852. He was appointed by Governor Chase one of the directors of the Ohio Penitentiary in 1856.
Congress
[edit | edit source]Spink was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his death in Wooster, Ohio, on May 31, 1859. He was interred in Wooster Cemetery.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was married to Nancy Campbell Beall, daughter of General Reasin Beall, February 19, 1819. They had six children.[2] Spink was a Baptist.[2]
See also
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- ^ Taylor 1899 : 255
- ^ a b Douglass 1878 : 332-335
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External links
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- 1793 births
- 1859 deaths
- American surveyors
- County auditors in the United States
- Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Politicians from Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- People from Wooster, Ohio
- Ohio Whigs
- 1844 United States presidential electors
- Baptists from Massachusetts
- Baptists from Ohio
- 19th-century Baptists
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- 19th-century United States representatives
- 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly