David T. Disney

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David Tiernan Disney

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	James J. Faran
Succeeded by	Timothy C. Day
Personal details
Born	(1803-08-25)August 25, 1803 Baltimore, Maryland
Died	March 14, 1857(1857-03-14) (aged 53) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

David Tiernan Disney (August 25, 1803 – March 14, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Disney moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807. He attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He became a writer for a newspaper in 1825. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1829, 1831, and 1832, and served as speaker in the last-named year. He served in the State senate in 1833, 1834, 1843, and 1844, and was president of the senate in 1833. He was one of the commissioners to adjust the boundary line between the States of Ohio and Michigan in 1834. He served as chairman of the commission to adjust taxes of the counties of Ohio in 1840. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848.

Disney was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1854. He died in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1857. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Source

David T. Disney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Offices and distinctions

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James J. Faran	United States Representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district 1849–1855	Succeeded by Timothy C. Day
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Elijah Hayward Alexander Duncan Robert Todd Lytle	Representative from Hamilton County 1829-1830 Served alongside: Samuel Reese Alexander Duncan George Graham	Succeeded by Samuel Reese Daniel Stone Leonard Armstrong
Preceded by Samuel Reese Daniel Stone Leonard Armstrong	Representative from Hamilton County 1831-1833 Served alongside: John Burgoyne Alexander Duncan Daniel H. Hawes Adam N. Riddle Samuel Bond Israel Brown	Succeeded by Adam N. Riddle W. C. Anderson Samuel Bond John Burgoyne
Preceded by William B. Hubbard	Speaker of the House 1832-1833	Succeeded by John H. Keith
Ohio Senate
Preceded by Alexander Duncan Samuel R. Miller	Senator from Hamilton County 1833-1835 Served alongside: Alexander Duncan	Succeeded by Henry Morse William Price
Preceded by Oliver Jones James J. Faran	Senator from Hamilton County 1843-1845 Served alongside: Oliver Jones	Succeeded by Oliver Jones James H. Ewing
Preceded by Samuel R. Miller	Speaker of the Senate 1833-1834	Succeeded by Peter Hitchcock

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st congressional district

McLean Harrison Ross Gazlay Findlay Lytle Storer (father) Duncan N Pendleton Duncan Faran Disney Day G Pendleton Eggleston Strader Perry Dodds Sayler Butterworth Follett Butterworth Storer (son) C Taft Shattuc Longworth Bowdle Longworth Hollister Dixon Elston Scherer Rich Gilligan R Taft Jr. Keating T Luken Gradison T Luken C Luken Mann Chabot Driehaus Chabot

Other Ohio Districts: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Other

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Persondata
Name	Disney, David Tiernan
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 25, 1803
Place of birth
Date of death	March 14, 1857
Place of death

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