Joseph Vance (Ohio politician)

Joseph Vance
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Philemon Beecher
Succeeded by	Samson Mason
Constituency	5th district (1821-1823) 4th district (1823-1833) 10th district (1833-1835)
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	Jeremiah Morrow
Succeeded by	Richard S. Canby
Constituency	4th district
13th Governor of Ohio
In office December 12, 1836 – December 13, 1838
Preceded by	Robert Lucas
Succeeded by	Wilson Shannon
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign County
In office 1819–1820
Preceded by	Aaron L. Hunt Reuben Wallace
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign, Logan and Clark counties
In office 1815–1816
Preceded by	Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell
Succeeded by	Unknown
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Champaign County
In office 1812–1814
Preceded by	Samuel McCulloch
Succeeded by	Alexander McBeth Samuel Newell
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office 1840-1841
Personal details
Born	March 21, 1786 Catfish, Pennsylvania
Died	August 24, 1852(1852-08-24) (aged 66) Urbana, Ohio
Resting place	Oak Dale Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Joseph Vance (March 21, 1786 – August 24, 1852) was a Whig politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 13th governor of Ohio and was the first Whig to hold this position.

Vance was born in Catfish (now Washington), Pennsylvania. He moved to Vanceburg, Kentucky, with his father Joseph C. Vance, a Revolutionary War veteran, in 1788, and later moved to Urbana, Ohio, in 1805.^[1] Vance married Mary Lemon in 1807.

A salt farmer, Vance gained a commission during the War of 1812 and rose quickly from Major to Major General. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1812–1813, 1815–1816 and 1818–1819. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1820, Vance served seven terms before losing a bid for an eighth term in 1834. Vance ran for governor in 1836 and served a single two-year term, losing a bid for re-election in 1838.^[1]

He intended to retire but was elected to the Ohio State Senate, and served in the Senate from 1840 to 1841. Vance ran again for the House of Representatives in 1842 and served two more terms in the House. He did not run for re-election in 1846. Vance was a delegate to the 1848 Whig National Convention and was a member of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention in 1851.

Vance died on August 24, 1852, and was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery.^[2]

Vance was instrumental in laying out the town of Findlay, Ohio.

• Media related to Joseph Vance at Wikimedia Commons

• United States Congress. "Joseph Vance (id: V000017)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Joseph Vance at Find a Grave
• "Vance, Joseph" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.