Thomas Posey
Thomas Posey | |
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| 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 |
| 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) as elected first state Governor of Indiana (1816-1822) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 9, 1750 Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | March 19, 1818 (aged 67) Shawneetown, Illinois Territory |
| Party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouses | Martha Mathews 1772 – 1778 Mary Alexander Thornton 1784 – 1818 |
| Children | 9 |
| Profession | Politician, Soldier |
| Signature | |
| 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). Posey was later commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular United States Army during peacetime, and became involved in the Northwest Indian War (1785–1795).
Posey later served in the Kentucky Senate as a Kentucky state senator (1804–1806), subsequently becoming the third lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1806–1808). After a brief tenure as senator of the newly admitted state of Louisiana (1812–1813), Posey was appointed by the fourth President James Madison (1759–1836, served 1809–1817) as the third and final Governor of the Indiana Territory (1813–1816), serving during the last three years of the Territory's existence before admission to the federal Union as the state of Indiana.