Armenians
THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CONTRIBUTIONS REFLECT A LEGACY OF INNOVATION THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS
Thomas Corwin
Prominent 19th-century statesman and orator
Governor of Ohio, Secretary of The Treasury
Bio
A native of Ohio, Thomas Corwin (1794, in Bourbon County, Kentucky - 1865) worked as a prosecuting attorney before being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
An extremely popular politician, Corwin was elected governor of Ohio and later served as secretary of the Treasury (under President Millard Fillmore).
Corwin also served as President Abraham Lincoln’s minister to Mexico.
