{{Short description|American politician (1790–1881)}} {{About|the U.S. representative from Ohio|other people with the same name|John Chaney (disambiguation)}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000300. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name= John Chaney | image= John Chaney (congressman).jpg | caption = | state1= Ohio | district1= 9th | term_start1 = March 4, 1833 | term_end1 = March 3, 1839 | preceded1= William W. Irvin | succeeded1= William Medill | office2= Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | term2= 1828-1830 | birth_date = {{birth date|1790|1|12}} | birth_place = Washington County, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1881|4|10|1790|1|12}} | death_place = Canal Winchester, Ohio, U.S. | resting_place=Union Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio | party= Democratic | spouse=Mary Ann LaFere |signature=John Chaney (congressman) signature.jpg |alma_mater = |relatives = Lon Chaney (great-grandson)<br>Lon Chaney Jr. (great-great-grandson) }}
'''John Chaney''' (January 12, 1790 – April 10, 1881) was a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1833 to 1839.
==Biography== Born in Washington County, Maryland, the son of Susanna and Nathan Cheney, Chaney moved with his parents to Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling. He moved to Ohio in 1810 and settled in Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Chaney married Mary Ann LaFere of Bloom Township in 1816.<ref>Scott 1877 : 162</ref> He was in the Justice of the Peace in 1821, 1824, and 1827. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Trustee of Bloom Township for twenty-three years. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Major, colonel, and paymaster in the Ohio State Militia. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1828-1830.
Chaney was elected associate judge of Fairfield County in 1831. Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson.<ref>Taylor 1899 : 193</ref> Chaney was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839). He returned to Ohio and settled in Canal Winchester, Franklin County. He was again a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1842 and served as speaker. He served as member of the village council. He served in the Ohio State Senate in 1844 and 1845. He was again a member of the state house of representatives in 1855. He served as a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention in 1851.
===Death=== He died at Canal Winchester, Ohio, April 10, 1881. He was interred in Union Grove Cemetery.
John Chaney was the great-grandfather of the famous actor Lon Chaney, and the great-great-grandfather of Lon Chaney's son, Lon Chaney Jr.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lon Chaney: The Man Behind the Thousand Faces |first=Michael F. |last=Blake |year=1990 |publisher=Vestal Press |location=Vestal, NY |isbn=1-879511-09-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lonchaneymanbehi0000blak/page/7 7] |url=https://archive.org/details/lonchaneymanbehi0000blak/page/7 }}</ref>
==Sources== {{CongBio|C000300}} *{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |volume=1 |ref=taylor1899|page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193}} *{{cite book|ref=fair|title=A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio |first=Hervey |last=Scott |year=1877 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/acompletehistor00scotgoog/page/n185 161]–165 |publisher=Siebert and Lilly |location=Columbus |url=https://archive.org/details/acompletehistor00scotgoog}} {{reflist}} {{Bioguide}} {{navboxes|title=Offices and distinctions|list=<!-- Succession box --> {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{s-bef | before=William W. Irvin}} {{s-ttl | title=United States Representative from Ohio's 9th congressional district | years=1833–1839}} {{s-aft | after=William Medill}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=William W. Irvin<br>Samuel Spangler}} {{s-ttl |title=Representative from Fairfield County |alongside=Samuel Spangler<br>David Ewing| years=1828-1831}} {{s-aft | after=Samuel Spangler<br>David Ewing}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=William McClung}} {{s-ttl |title=Representative from Fairfield County |alongside=William McClung| years=1842-1843}} {{s-aft | after=Jacob Greene<br>Joseph Sharp}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=Samuel H. Porter}} {{s-ttl |title=Representative from Fairfield County |alongside=David Lyle| years=1856-1857}} {{s-aft | after=B. W. Carlisle<br>T. W. Bigony}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=Rufus P. Spalding}} {{s-ttl |title=Speaker of the House| years=1842-1843}} {{s-aft | after=John M. Gallagher}} {{s-par|us-oh-sen}} {{s-bef | before=Nelson Franklin}} {{s-ttl |title=Senator from Fairfield and Pickaway Counties | years=1844-1846}} {{s-aft | after=Edson B. Olds}} {{s-end}} }} {{OhioRepresentatives09}} {{Authority control}}
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