Timothy T. Ansberry

Timothy T. Ansberry

Timothy Thomas Ansberry (born December 24, 1871 in Defiance , Ohio , †  July 5, 1943 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1907 and 1915 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Ansberry attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana . Between 1893 and 1895 he was Justice of the Peace in Defiance. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Defiance. Between 1895 and 1903 he was a district attorney in Defiance County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1904 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1906 Ansberry was then elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Republican William Wildman Campbell on March 4, 1907 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on January 9, 1915 . From 1911 to 1913 he was chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 . While in Congress, the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

Ansberry's resignation came after his appointment as associate judge on the Ohio Court of Appeals . He held this office until 1916. In that year he moved to the federal capital Washington, where he practiced as a lawyer until his death. In 1920 and 1924 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . Timothy Ansberry died in New York on July 5, 1943 and was buried in Washington.

Web links

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• Timothy T. Ansberry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Timothy T. Ansberry in the database of Find a Grave (English)