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Title, side A: Lakewood Park
Title, side B: Same
Sponsors: Lakewood Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 14532 Lake Ave
Lakewood, 44107
Location: Lakewood Park
Latitude: 41.4934773
Longitude: -81.7965215
Subjects: Churches, Governors, Ohio. General Assembly, Presbyterian churches, West Union

Title: Thomas Kirker
Caption: Thomas Kirker (1760-1837) was acting governor of Ohio from March to December 1807. As president of the Ohio Senate he assumed the office when Edward Tiffin left to take a seat in the United States Senate. A popular election was held in 1807. However, the winner, Return J. Meigs, Jr., was declared ineligible to serve as governor and Kirker continued as acting governor through 1808. As governor, Kirker dealt with Ohio citizens' concerns about Native American threats in western Ohio (AL03989).