While Joe the Plumber’s 15 minutes of fame are fading away, it has become apparent that his place in Ohio voting history is not entirely unique.

In Harrison County, in 1824, in the voting for State Representative, the official records list one vote for a candidate listed in the official records as simply “Tom the Tinker.”

That’s it.  No last name.  No other information.  Apparently the linking of a first name with a job title is something that has a long history in Ohio politics.  Tom the Tinker will forever be enshrined in A New Nation Votes as having received one vote for State Representative in Harrison County, Ohio in 1824.