David A. Starkweather
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David Austin Starkweather (1802–1876) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a U.S. diplomat.
Starkweather was born in Preston, Connecticut on January 21, 1802. He attended school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, establishing a practice in Mansfield, Ohio. He later moved to Canton, Ohio.
He was a judge in one of the higher courts in Stark County, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835, and a member of the Ohio Senate from 1836 to 1838. He was a representative of the Democrats in Congress from Ohio during from 1839 to 1841 and again from 1845 to 1847. He was chosen a presidential elector in 1848 and served as U.S. Envoy to Chile from 1854 to 1857.
Strakweather died on July 12, 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- David A. Starkweather at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Starkweather, Carlton Lee (1904). A brief genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Auburn, N.Y.: Press of Knapp, Peck and Thomson. OCLC 16504739.
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Matthias Shepler |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district 4 March 1839–3 March 1841 |
Succeeded by Ezra Dean |
| Preceded by Ezra Dean |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district 4 March 1839–3 March 1841 |
Succeeded by Samuel Lahm |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by Balie Peyton |
United States Envoy to Chile 22 November 1854–26 August 1857 |
Succeeded by John Bigler |
