John Carey (congressman)

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John Carey (April 5, 1792 - March 17, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Carey moved with his parents to the Northwest Territory in 1798. He served under General Hull in the War of 1812. He served as associate judge 1825-1832. He was appointed Indian agent at the Wyandotte Reservation in 1829. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1828, 1836, and 1843. Promoter and first president of the Mad River Railroad, from Sandusky to Dayton, about 1845. He established the town of Carey, Ohio.

Carey was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861). He died in Carey, Ohio, March 17, 1875. He was interred in the family burial ground on the home farm. He was reinterred in 1919 in Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey, Ohio.

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• John Carey (congressman) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress