DISNEY, David Tiernan

1803–1857

Concise Biography

DISNEY, David Tiernan, a Representative from Ohio; born in Baltimore, Md., August 25, 1803; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cincinnati; became a writer for a newspaper in 1825; member of the State house of representatives in 1829, 1831, and 1832, and served as speaker in the last-named year; served in the State senate in 1833, 1834, 1843, and 1844, and was president of the senate in 1833; one of the commissioners to adjust the boundary line between the States of Ohio and Michigan in 1834; chairman of the commission to adjust taxes of the counties of Ohio in 1840; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Elections (Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1854; died in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1857; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Library of Congress
Manuscript Division

Washington, DC
Papers: In the Benjamin Tappan, 1795-1900, 3650 items. Correspondents include David T. Disney. A finding aid is available in the library.

Ohio Historical Society

Columbus, OH
Papers: 1851, 1 item. A letter from David T. Disney to an unidentified recipient written on December 15, 1851. In the letter, David Disney notes that his duties in Congress allow him little time for reading newspapers.
Papers: In the Robert Lucas Papers, 1810-1837, 2 cubic feet. Other authors include David Tiernan Disney.
Papers: In the Ohio Congressmen Papers, 1831-1884, 15 items. Sample official letters, most pertaining to appointments to the U.S. Naval Academy. Correspondents include David Tiernan Disney.

New-York Historical Society

New York, NY
Papers: 1846-1855. 4 letters. Finding aid in repository.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Disney, David Tiernan. Eulogy, on the death of General Thomas L. Hamer. Cincinnati: J. Hitchler, printer, 1847.

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