David Chambers

David Chambers (born November 25, 1780 in Allentown , Pennsylvania , †  August 8, 1864 in Zanesville , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Chambers was tutored by his father. As a youth he was an express rider on behalf of President George Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 . Then he completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. In 1810 he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, where he started a newspaper. He was also elected head of the State Printer . During the British-American War he was on the staff of General Lewis Cass . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After the war he was mayor of Zanesville for some time. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1814, 1828, 1836-1838, 1841 and 1842 . In 1817 he was employed in the administration of the State Senate . From 1817 to 1821 he served in the administration of the Muskingum County Court of Appeals . In 1820 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the congressional election of 122 , John C. Wright was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he was to succeed Samuel Herrick on March 4, 1821 . Wright resigned from his seat on March 3, one day before he was due to take office; between 1823 and 1829 he should then represent the eleventh district of Ohio in the US House of Representatives. The due by-election was won by David Chambers, who was able to take up his seat in Congress on October 9, 1821 . Since he was no longer running in 1822, he was only able to end the current legislative period until March 3, 1823.

In the 1830s, Chambers became a member of the Whig Party . Between 1843 and 1844 he was a member of the Ohio Senate, of which he was president in 1844. In 1850 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state. Professionally he worked in agriculture until 1856. David Chambers died on August 8, 1864 in Zanesville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• David Chambers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Chambers in the database of Find a Grave (English)