Editing Henry Stanbery (section)

===Ohio Attorney General===
In 1846, the [[Ohio General Assembly]] elected Stanbery to serve as [[Ohio Attorney General]], the first person to hold the post.<ref name="Bench"/>  He moved from his home in [[Lancaster, Ohio|Lancaster]] to the state capital of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] to assume his new duties.<ref name="Bench"/>  As the initial holder of the position, Stanbery spent much of his time and effort on determining its duties and responsibilities and organizing his staff.<ref name="Bench"/>  His work included creation of a case-tracking system and uniform crime report format for county prosecutors and a successful lobbying campaign to obtain the power to negotiate with individuals and corporations that were in debt to the state.<ref name="Bench"/>  Once he obtained this power in 1848, Stanbery cleared a backlog of existing lawsuits and cases by entering into agreements for partial payment or payment over time.<ref name="Bench"/>

In 1850 he was elected a delegate to the 1850-1851 state constitutional convention.<ref name="Enquirer"/> In 1853 he moved to [[Cincinnati]], and in 1857 he moved across the [[Ohio River]] to [[Fort Thomas, Kentucky]], where he owned an elegant hilltop mansion, ''The Highlands''.<ref name="Enquirer"/>