Description: Inscription reads: "William Medill, born New Castle County Del. AD. 1802. Removed to Ohio and commenced practice of law in Lancaster, 1830. During a long and honorable life, he was widely known as a distinguished citizen and able statesman, having held the important public trusts of Member of the Legislature, Speaker of the House, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, and President of that body, Lieut. Gov. Speaker of the Senate and Governor of the State, Four years in Congress, Assistant Post Mas. General, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Comptroller of U.S. Treasury, all of which were administered with signal success. In private life he was kind, courteous and honorable while the purity of his public character was illustrated by preeminent ability, strict integrity, and devotion to the public good." William Medill's monument, in the shape of an obelisk, is located in Elmwood Cemetery in Lancaster. Medill was a dedicated public servant and held the following posts during his illustrious career: Member of the Ohio Legislature from 1835 - 1838; Democrat for Ohio's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 -1843; Assistant Post Master General of Ohio in 1845; Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1845 - 1850, under President James K. Polk; Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1850; President of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention in 1850; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1852, under Governor Reuben Wood; Acting Governor of Ohio, serving a six months beginning on July 13, 1853 when Wood resigned to become the U.S. Consulate to Chile; Governor of Ohio (22nd) from 1853 - 1856; First Comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1857 - 1861; and other posts as mentioned in the inscription above. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_054
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Obelisks; Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; United States. Postmaster General; United States. First Comptroller of the Treasury; Medill, William, 1802-1865
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey is shown on the day of his inauguration. The date possibly is January 14, 1935 (his first inauguration as the state's governor); he was re-elected in 1936. Although Davey was a Democrat, he opposed many of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs because they assumed control over programs previously administered by the state. As a result of Davey's opposition to Roosevelt's policies, the governor was charged with corruption by federal officials. He was investigated in 1937 but never charged with any crime; however, the stigma cost him politically. He lost his bid for re-election in 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05633
Subjects: Davey, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1884-1946; Governors--Ohio; Inaugurations--Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the west entrance to the Ohio Statehouse from a slight elevation. The McKinley Memorial can be seen in part, in the center foreground. The McKinley Memorial, located at the West entrance of Capitol Square, sits overlooking High Street at the site of the Old Neil House where he and his wife lived while in Columbus. An arc with a center pedestal is surmounted by a bronze statue of heroic size representing the martyred President, William McKinley, delivering his last address at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901. Bronze groups of allegorical figures at each end of the arc are connected with the pedestal by a granite bench. The memorial, sculptured by H.A. McNeil, was unveiled September 14, 1906, five years after the 25th President's assassination. Costs totaled $50,000 which came from legislation and public donations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_008_1
Subjects: Capitol buildings; Memorials--Ohio; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio); Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; Ohio. Senate; Walter, Henry; Sculpture, McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Doric columns that surround the Ohio Statehouse. The Doughboy statue can seen in the distance, at the far left. The Doughboy Ohio World War Memorial stands at the west entrance of the Ohio Statehouse, on Capitol Square. Erected in 1930, the statue was the work of Arthur Ivone, and stands as a tribute to those from Ohio who participated in World War I. Several possible explanations exist as to the origin of the nickname; the obvious being related to doughnuts, the other being the soldiers’ dumpling shaped buttons. The West entry into the Statehouse is symbolically guarded by two of these statues honoring Ohioans who served their country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_009_1
Subjects: Capitol buildings; Memorials--Ohio; War memorials Ohio; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio); Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; Ohio. Senate; Walter, Henry
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Doric columns that surround the Ohio Statehouse. The Doughboy statue can seen in the distance, at the far left. The Doughboy Ohio World War Memorial stands at the west entrance of the Ohio Statehouse, on Capitol Square. Erected in 1930, the statue was the work of Arthur Ivone, and stands as a tribute to those from Ohio who participated in World War I. Several possible explanations exist as to the origin of the nickname; the obvious being related to doughnuts, the other being the soldiers’ dumpling shaped buttons. The West entry into the Statehouse is symbolically guarded by two of these statues honoring Ohioans who served their country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_013_1
Subjects: Capitol buildings; Memorials--Ohio; War memorials Ohio; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio); Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; Ohio. Senate; Walter, Henry
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a group portrait that consists of cameo photographs of the 51 Ohio governors, 1787-1939. Each portrait is accompanied by a brief caption that includes the governor's name and term dates. The group portrait is titled "Ohio Governors." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05759
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio; Group portraits;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The ‘My Jewels Monument’, sometimes called ‘These Are My Jewels Statue, and located on the Northwest corner of Capitol Square, is a group of bronze statues on a granite pedestal. Created by Levi T. Scofield (a Union officer who had previously created the epic Sailors and Soldiers Monument in Cleveland), the monument was exhibited by the State of Ohio at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and then placed on its present site. Figures of Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, Edwin M. Stanton, James A. Garfield, Salmon P. Chase, and Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio soldiers and statesmen, surround a shaft topped by a statue of Cornelia, the Roman matron. Her words, ‘These Are My Jewels,’ stand out in relief at the top of the shaft. Taken from an anecdote from Roman history about Cornelia, a wealthy and respected Roman woman who considered her sons, Gaius and Tiberius, her jewels. The statue is meant to personify the state of Ohio by having Cornelia presenting to the nation in time of crisis the state's best and brightest sons to be used in the service of the war effort. General Roeliff Brinkerhoff had the idea of the statue because he believed that that Ohio's most distinguished contribution to the nation was from its men. Brinkerhoff once served as the president of the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society, forerunner of today's Ohio Historical Society. The Ohio State Capitol, located at 1 Capitol Square, is a 2 acre building which stands in a 10-acre park bounded by High, Broad, State, and Third Streets, in downtown Columbus. Also known as the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus residents would often take advantage of the wide green lawns by allowing their cows and horses to graze there during the night. Legislative action ended the use of the building for a stable in 1878, but newspaper reports show that they remained through the 1880's. The beauty of the massive limestone structure depends principally upon simplicity and strength, emphasized by a row of Doric columns at each of its four entrances. The dome is the result of a compromise. The original design called for a dome surrounded by a colonnade that would harmonize with the general architecture, but the plan never was carried out because of bickering by legislators over cost and details of construction. The cornerstone was laid in 1839, and although the building was occupied by some State departments in 1857, it was not completed until 1861, 22 years after it was begun. When Henry Walter of Cincinnati was appointed supervising architect in 1839, numerous plans for the building were considered and the one finally adopted was a composite. Both convict and private labor were used, and limestone was hauled from a quarry northwest of Columbus, purchased by the State to ensure enough material, on a railroad especially constructed for that purpose. Delays in securing State appropriations, a severe cholera epidemic, and labor difficulties retarded construction work, which at one time ceased for six years. Before the building was completed, five architects had served during the administrations of 12 governors. It is considered one of the country’s outstanding examples of the Greek Revival style and at the time, it was the second largest building, behind only the United States Capitol building. The total cost of the capitol approximated $1,650,000. An annex, directly east of the capitol and connected with it by a stone terrace, was completed in 1901 at a cost of $450,000. The capitol proper is 504 feet long and 184 feet wide, with 12 – 15 inches thick foundation walls. The annex, 220 feet long and 100 feet wide, conforms architecturally with the main building. A flight of 12 steps from each of the four entrances to the capitol leads to a central rotunda. Offices of the governor and other State officials flank the four marble-floored foyers. Elaborately carved woods, marbles from many lands, and paintings and sculpture by noted American artists adorn the interior. In the center of the inlaid marble floor of the rotunda are 13 blocks, each representing one of the thirteen original States, surrounded by three circles and a sunburst of 32 points, one for each State at the time the marble was laid. One circle represents the unorganized territory at the time the Union was formed; another, the Louisiana Purchase; and the third, the territory acquired in the war with Mexico. A fourth circle, enclosing the sunburst, symbolizes the Constitution. Battle flags of Ohio – many of them shell-torn and bearing other service scars – are displayed in cabinets. Large historical murals by William Mark Young adorn the rotunda and the walls flanking the four main stairways. The rich decorations ascending the dome culminate in an illuminated reproduction, in art glass, of the Great Seal of Ohio. Tablets at the entrances to the rotunda pay tribute to Andrews’ Raiders of the Civil War; to Major General Benson Hough, Ohio soldier and jurist; to soldiers and sailors of the Civil War; and to 51 women leaders in the feminist movement, including several Ohioans. Other tablets commemorate the sesquicentennial (1937) of the Northwest Territory and the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (1899) in Columbus. Stairways lead from the floor of the rotunda to the Hall of Representatives and the Senate Chamber. At the head of the stairway on the north side stands the Lincoln Memorial, a bust of Lincoln executed by T.D. Jones. Directly to the east is a wall panel showing in relief a group of Union and Confederate officers who participated in the battle of Vicksburg. Outstanding among the capitol’s works of art is a large painting in the east foyer, Battle of Lake Erie, by William H. Powell. A copy of this paining is displayed in the nation’s Capitol. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_016_1
Subjects: Capitol buildings; Memorials--Ohio; War memorials Ohio; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio); Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; Ohio. Senate; Walter, Henry
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) was born near Jacksonburg, Butler County, Ohio. He left school at the age of 16 and later taught at a school near Middletown. In the following years Cox became interested in the newspaper business and purchased what would become the Dayton Daily News in 1898. As Cox's newspaper business grew, so did his interest in local politics. He earned a seat in the United States House of Representatives serving the 3rd district from 1909 to 1913. Cox was also elected governor of Ohio in 1913 and served until 1915. He was elected a second time in 1917 and served until 1921. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_026_1
Subjects: Architecture; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Ohio. House of Representatives; Governors--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Othniel Looker (1757-1845) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives (1807-1809) and in the Ohio Senate (1810-1812, 1813-1817). He became acting governor when Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr., resigned to become Postmaster General of the United States. Looker served as Ohio's fifth governor from March 25 to December 8, 1814. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03990
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Robert Lucas (1781-1853) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as Ohio's 12th governor from 1832 to 1836. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren named Lucas the governor of the new Iowa Territory. He held this position until 1841. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03993
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Return Jonathan Meigs (1765-1824) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth governor of Ohio. Meigs served two consecutive two-year terms as governor and left office in 1814. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04008
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governors portrait of Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He became Ohio's first governor in 1803. He also served as senator in the United States Senate (1807), member of the House of Representatives (1809), chief commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1812), and Surveyor General of the Northwest (1814). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04046
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)