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Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748,it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S.,the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago,and the third-most populous U.S. state capital after Phoenix,Arizona and Austin,Texas. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County;it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area,which encompasses ten counties in central Ohio. It had a population of 2,138,926 in 2020,making it the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest metro area in the U.S.
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north,Pennsylvania to the east,West Virginia to the southeast,Kentucky to the southwest,Indiana to the west,and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states,it is the 34th-largest by area. With a population of nearly 11.8 million,Ohio is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated state. Its capital and largest city is Columbus,with other large population centers including Cleveland,Cincinnati,Dayton,Akron,and Toledo. Ohio is nicknamed the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees,and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes". Its flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all U.S. states.
The Ohio State University is a public land-grant research university in Columbus,Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio,it was founded in 1870. The university consists of sixteen colleges and offers over 400 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The main campus has grown into the fifth-largest university campus by enrollment in the United States,with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university also operates regional campuses in Lima,Mansfield,Marion,Newark,and Wooster.
The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States,flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest tributary by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River,which divides the eastern from western United States. It is also the 6th oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the border of six states,and its drainage basin includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary,the Tennessee River,the basin includes several states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for five million people.
William McKinley was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party,he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898;gained control of Hawaii,Puerto Rico,the Philippines and Cuba;restored prosperity after a deep depression;rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver,keeping the nation on the gold standard;and raised protective tariffs.
The Midwestern United States,also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest,is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the U.S. Census Bureau until 1984. It is between the Northeastern United States and the Western United States,with Canada to the north and the Southern United States to the south.
The Northwest Territory,also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio,was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution. Established in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation through the Northwest Ordinance,it was the nation's first post-colonial organized incorporated territory.
The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent The Ohio State University,located in Columbus,Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree,the Ohio buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and gray. The university's mascot is Brutus Buckeye. "THE" is the official trademark of the Ohio State University merchandise. Led by its gridiron program,the Buckeyes have the largest overall sports endowment of any campus in North America.
The Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, referred to as The Game by some fans and sports commentators,is an American college football rivalry game that is played annually between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. As of 2023,Michigan and Ohio State are winningest and third winningest programs in NCAA Division I football history,respectively. The rivalry has gathered profound national interest as many of the games determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl Game matchups,as well as the outcome of the NCAA Division I college football championship. In 2000,the game was ranked by ESPN as the greatest North American sports rivalry ever. The rivalry is listed in Rivals!:The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century,published by Wiley. Encyclopædia Britannica includes the rivalry as one of the ten great sports rivalries in history.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball Team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference.
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James David Vance is an American venture capitalist,author,and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he came to prominence with his 2016 memoir,Hillbilly Elegy.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Ohio voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee—incumbent President Donald Trump and his running mate,Vice President Mike Pence—against the Democratic Party nominee,former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate,California Senator Kamala Harris. Ohio had 18 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
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