Mcarthur, Duncan
soldier, legislator, congressman, governor, was born in 1772, in Dutchess county, N. Y. In 1805 he was a member of the Ohio legislature; in 1806 was appointed colonel, and in 1808 major-general of the state militia. In 1815 he was again a member of the legislature. In 1816 he was appointed commissioner to conclude treaties with the Indians. From 1817 to 1819 he was in the legislature; was speaker of the house in 1817; and was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1825. In 1830 he was chosen governor of the state, which position he held until 1833. He died April 28, 1839, near Chillicothe, Ohio.