Sawyer 'liked to stand by the Speaker's chair during debates noisily munching sausages and cornbread and using his pants for a napkin and his jack-knife for a toothpick'.[1]
In 1850-1851 Sawyer served as a member of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention. He served another term in the State House in 1856. He also served as mayor of St. Marys and a Federal land agent in Minnesota.
[Sawyer] would never submit to the slave States sending their emancipated blacks within her borders or colonies. He…said, if the test must come, the banks of the Ohio (a mile wide) would be lined with men with muskets on their shoulders to keep off the emancipated slaves which the slave States might attempt to throw in among them.
— Narration of William Sawyer's speech in United States House of Representatives, June 22, 1848, source
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^Boller, Paul (1991). Congressional Anecdotes. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN0-19-507706-7.
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william, sawyer, representative, william, sawyer, 1803, 1877, term, member, united, states, house, representatives, from, ohio, from, 1845, 1849, william, sawyermember, house, representatives, from, ohio, districtin, office, march, 1845, march, 1849preceded, b. William Sawyer 1803 1877 was a two term member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1845 to 1849 William SawyerMember of the U S House of Representatives from Ohio s 5th districtIn office March 4 1845 March 3 1849Preceded byEmery D PotterSucceeded byEmery D PotterMember of the Ohio House of Representatives from Auglaize CountyIn office January 7 1856 January 3 1858Preceded byJohn WalkupSucceeded byG W AndrewsMember of the Ohio House of Representatives from Montgomery CountyIn office December 3 1832 December 4 1836Preceded byC G SwayneM ShidelerSucceeded byRobert A ThurstonPersonal detailsBorn 1803 08 05 August 5 1803Montgomery County OhioDiedSeptember 18 1877 1877 09 18 aged 74 St Marys OhioResting placeElm Grove CemeteryPolitical partyDemocraticBiography EditSawyer was born in Montgomery County Ohio In 1818 he began to learn the trade of blacksmithing He worked at this occupation in both Dayton Ohio and Grand Rapids Michigan In 1829 he settled in Miamisburg Ohio From 1832 1835 Sawyer served in the Ohio House of Representatives filling the position of speaker in 1835 In 1838 and 1840 he ran unsuccessfully for congress In 1843 Sawyer moved to St Marys Ohio He was elected to United States Congress as a Democrat in 1844 He was reelected in 1846 but did not run for re election in 1848 Sawyer liked to stand by the Speaker s chair during debates noisily munching sausages and cornbread and using his pants for a napkin and his jack knife for a toothpick 1 In 1850 1851 Sawyer served as a member of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention He served another term in the State House in 1856 He also served as mayor of St Marys and a Federal land agent in Minnesota Sawyer would never submit to the slave States sending their emancipated blacks within her borders or colonies He said if the test must come the banks of the Ohio a mile wide would be lined with men with muskets on their shoulders to keep off the emancipated slaves which the slave States might attempt to throw in among them Narration of William Sawyer s speech in United States House of Representatives June 22 1848 sourceSources EditCongressional biographyReferences Edit Boller Paul 1991 Congressional Anecdotes New York NY Oxford University Press p 28 ISBN 0 19 507706 7 This article about an Ohio politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Sawyer representative amp oldid 1125424423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
