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Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin was a member of the United States House of Representatives (elected as a Whig to the 22nd Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1831, until his resignation, effective May 30, 1840; later, he returned to the House as a Republican and served from March 4, 1859 to March 12, 1861). Corwin was also a member of the United States Senate (appointed by the Ohio General Assembly as a Whig and served from March 4, 1845 to July 20, 1850). He was the brother of Moses Bledso Corwin and the uncle of Franklin Corwin, both of whom likewise served in Congress.

Thomas Corwin is perhaps best known for the proposal to the state legislatures by the 36th Congress in 1861 of the Corwin amendment to the United States Constitution which is technically still pending before the state legislatures for ratification and which, if ratified, would forbid the Federal banning of slavery in the United States. It was a last-ditch effort to avert the outbreak of the Civil War.

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