James Findlay, Judge Burnet's colleague in the Council, was from Pennsylvania; after his service in this body he had a long and distinguished career. He won honor in the War of 1812, as Colonel of the Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Afterwards he was a member of the Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twentysecond Congresses. In 1834 he was the Jackson Democratic candidate for Governor, but was defeated by Robert Lucas. The remainder of the Hamilton County Representatives, if not quite so able as these mentioned, were men of prominence and worth in their day. William Goforth was one of the Associate Judges of the county; John Ludlow had served as its sheriff; Robert Benham was an officer of the Revolutionary War, a man of great firmness of character and a useful member of the Assembly. He was one of the first settlers on the Symmes purchase. He served in the army under General Harmar in 1790, was in the bloody defeat of General St. Clair on the 4th of November, 1791, and shared in General Wayne's glorious victory on the 20th of August, 1794. Aaron Caldwell and Isaac Martin were respected citizens, and well qualified for the service of the State.

Ross County sent Edward Tiffin, Thomas Worthington, Elias Langham and Samuel Findlay, a representation which was not excelled in talent and progressiveness by that of any other in the Territory. They were all Virginians by birth except Edward Tiffin, who was born in England. Two of the Ross County delegation-Tiffin and Worthington-afterwards became Governors of the State; they exercised an influence and control in the affairs of the Territory and of Ohio

unequalled by any others of their time. Their appearance upon the scene at this time is interesting, in that it was the beginning of careers that were powerful in shaping the destiny of the Northwest Territory. General Findlay and Major Langham won their titles in the Revolution, and settled in Ross County with the Virginia migration.

Adams County was also represented by native born Virginians-Joseph Darlinton and Nathaniel Massie. The former served in the Second Territorial Legislature, and in the first Constitutional Convention, and was for many years afterward a leading citizen of Southern Ohio. Massie was the pioneer surveyor of the Territory, and founded the towns of Manchester and Chillicothe. He was active in politics all his life, and was a man of great native ability.

David Vance in the Council, and James Pritchard in the House, were leading citizens of Jefferson County. The former was Associate Justice of the Common Pleas Court, and the latter in after years, when Ohio became a State, served as Senator and Representative from that county.

In the new government Governor St. Clair succeeded to increased power. In the first stage he was simply one of a legislative body of four members. He had no veto power, and the majority of the Governor and Judges acting as a legislative body, made the laws, and the veto power rested in Congress alone. But now the Governor became invested with almost autocratic power. The Ordinance provided that "the General Assembly, or legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a House of Representatives."