Jeremiah McLene (1767 – March 19, 1837) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1833 to 1837, major general of militia in the American Revolutionary War, the 2nd Ohio Secretary of State from 1808 to 1831, and a state representative from 1807 to 1808.
During the Revolution he served in the militia at a very young age and rose to the rank of major general by the war's end in 1783.
[1] In 1832 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the Ohio's 8th congressional district and served two terms.
He lost re-election to a third term in 1836 to a Whig, Joseph Ridgway.
McLene died in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 1837, at age 70, before he could move back to Columbus.