Thomas Posey | |
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 Portrait of Posey by John Bayless Hill | |
| State Senator of Kentucky Speaker 1805–1806 | |
| In office 1804–1806 | |
| 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky | |
| In office January 1806 – December 1808 | |
| Governor | Christopher Greenup |
| Preceded by | John Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Slaughter |
| United States Senator from Louisiana | |
| In office October 8, 1812 – February 4, 1813 | |
| Appointed by | William C. C. Claiborne (Governor of Louisiana) |
| Preceded by | Jean N. Destréhan |
| Succeeded by | James Brown |
| 2nd Governor of Indiana Territory | |
| In office March 3, 1813 – November 7, 1816 | |
| Preceded by | John Gibson Secretary 1801-1816, as Acting Territorial Governor |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834)[1] as elected first state Governor of Indiana (1816-1822) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 9, 1750 Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Died | March 19, 1818 (aged 67) Shawneetown, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouses | Martha Mathews 1772 – 1778 Mary Alexander Thornton 1784 – 1818 |
| Parent | John Posey |
| Profession | Politician, Soldier |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Continental Army United States Army |
| Years of service | 1775 – 1783 (*Continental Army) 1793 – 1794 (United States Army) |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel (Continental Army) Brigadier General (USA) |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) |
Thomas Posey (July 9, 1750 – March 19, 1818) was an officer rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army, under commanding General George Washington (1732-1799, commanded 1775-1784), in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), a later commissioned lieutenant colonel during peacetime,in the regular United States Army.but involved in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795).
Later served in the Kentucky Senate as a Kentucky state senator and as Speaker of the Kentucky Senate, the upper chamber of the Kentucky Legislature (state legislature), meeting at the Kentucky State Capitol at the state capital of Frankfort, then the third Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Then the third Governor of the Indiana Territory, 1813-1816, appointed by the fourth President, James Madison (1759-1836, served 1809-1817), during the last three years of the Territory's existence before admission to the federal Union as the xx state of Indiana.
Following as a United States Senator in the United States Senate in the upper chamber of the Congress of the United States, meeting at the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)
- ^ Jennings was elected first Governor of the State of Indiana