Officials of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio

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Governors

Name	Whence Appointed	Date of Commission
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	05 October 1787
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	01 September 1789
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	10 December 1794
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	10 December 1797
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	03 February 1801

Secretaries

Name	Whence Appointed	Date of Commission
Winthrop Sargent	Massachusetts	05 October 1787
Winthrop Sargent	Massachusetts	01 September 1789
Winthrop Sargent	Massachusetts	10 December 1794
William Henry Harrison	Virginia	28 June 1798
Charles Willing Byrd	Virginia	31 December 1799

Judges

Name	Whence Appointed	Date of Commission
John Armstrong¹	Pennsylvania	16 October 1787
James Mitchell Varnum	Rhode Island	16 October 1787
Samuel Holden Parsons	Connecticut	16 October 1787
Samuel Holden Parsons	Connecticut	01 September 1789
John Cleves Symmes	New Jersey	19 February 1788
John Cleves Symmes	New Jersey	02 September 1789
George Turner	South Carolina	12 September 1789
Rufus Putnam	Massachusetts	31 March 1790
Joseph Gilman	Territory Northwest of the River Ohio	07 November 1796
Joseph Gilman	Territory Northwest of the River Ohio	22 December 1796
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.	Territory Northwest of the River Ohio	12 February 1798

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¹Appointed by the Congress of the Confederation but declined.

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