David Fisher (politician) explained

David Fisher
State:Ohio
Term Start:March 4, 1847
Term End:March 3, 1849
Preceded:Francis A. Cunningham
Succeeded:Lewis D. Campbell
State House2:Ohio
District2:Clermont, Brown and Clinton Counties
Term Start2:December 5, 1842
Term End2:December 3, 1843
Term3:1834
Preceded2:Stephen Evans, Reader W. Clarke, Gideon Dunham
Succeeded2:William Roudebush, James F. Sargeant, John D. White
Alongside2:Thomas Ross, Moses Rees, John D. White
Party:Whig
Birth Place:Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Mount Holly, Ohio
Birth Date:3 December 1794
Restingplace:Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

David Fisher (December 3, 1794 – May 7, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Biography

David Fisher was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1799.

He pursued preparatory studies and became a lay preacher and newspaper contributor. Fisher served as member of the State house of representatives in 1834 and later was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1844. In 1846 he was editor and proprietor of a newspaper in Wilmington, Ohio.

Fisher was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849) and was not a candidate for renomination in 1848.While in Congress he occupied a seat next to John Quincy Adams, who fell into his arms when stricken with paralysis. Fisher returned to Cincinnati, Ohio where he resumed newspaper activities and was city magistrate in 1849 and 1850.

He died near Mount Holly, Ohio, May 7, 1886, and is interred in Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.