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David Tiernan Disney (August 25, 1803 - March 14, 1857) was a U.S. Representative
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 from Ohio
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland
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, Disney moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807.






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David Tiernan Disney (August 25, 1803 - March 14, 1857) was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 from Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
, Disney moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807. He attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar
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 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
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 to the Thirty-first
31st United States Congress

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, Thirty-second
32nd United States Congress

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, and Thirty-third
33rd United States Congress

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 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.
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, March 14, 1857. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery
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, Cincinnati, Ohio
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