Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (/ˈmɛɡz/; November 17, 1764 – March 29, 1825) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio.

In 1788, after being admitted to the bar in Connecticut, he moved to Marietta, Ohio, where his father had been one of the first settlers, arriving earlier that year.

[1] In October 1804, he resigned this position to become commandant of U. S. troops in the St. Charles district of the Louisiana Territory.

He served two two-year terms, resigning in April 1814 when appointed Postmaster general by President James Madison.

His grave is marked by a large monument bearing a long inscription reciting his public services and family devotion.

[4] Among those men who read law under his tutelage in Tennessee was William Parish Chilton who would become Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio, was named in his honor during the War of 1812 by William Henry Harrison.