David T. Disney Explained

David Tiernan Disney
Office:Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district
Term Start:March 4, 1849
Term End:March 3, 1855
Predecessor:James J. Faran
Successor:Timothy C. Day
Office1:19th Speaker of the Ohio State Senate
Term Start1:December 2, 1833
Term End1:November 30, 1834
Predecessor1:Samuel R. Miller
Successor1:Peter Hitchcock
Office2:24th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Term Start2:December 3, 1832
Term End2:December 1, 1833
Predecessor2:William Blackstone Hubbard
Successor2:John H. Keith
Office3:Member of the Ohio Senate
Term3:1833-1834
1843-1844
Office4:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Term4:1829
1831-1832
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:25 August 1803
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Restingplace:Spring Grove Cemetery

David Tiernan Disney (August 25, 1803 – March 14, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for three terms from 1849 to 1855. He also served as Speaker of both the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.

Early life and career

David Disney was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but moved to Ohio in 1807 where he spent most of his life. After he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cincinnati.

State legislature

He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829, 1831, and 1832, serving as speaker for the 1832-33 session. After his last term in the house, he moved over to the Ohio State Senate, where he was immediately elected Speaker of the Senate (the predecessor position to the President of the Senate), in 1833. He was elected for another term in 1834, and would serve two more in 1843 and 1844. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848 where Lewis Cass was nominated for President.

Congress

Disney was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses, and 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.

Death

He died in 1857 in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1857. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.