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Champaign County, Ohio
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BIOGRAPHIES
CORWIN, Moses Bledso, (1790 - 1872)
CORWIN, Moses Bledso, (brother of Thomas Corwin and uncle of Franklin Corwin), a Representative from Ohio; born
in Bourbon County, Ky., January 5, 1790; spent the early part of his life on a farm; attended the rural schools;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; member of
the State house of representatives in 1838 and 1839; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March
3, 1851); again elected to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); engaged in the practice of
law until his death in Urbana, Ohio, April 7, 1872; interment in Oak Dale Cemetery.
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