David Fisher (December 3, 1794 – May 7, 1886) was a

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from

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Biography

David Fisher was born in

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, and moved with his parents to

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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

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. 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

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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,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, David 1794 births 1886 deaths Members of the Ohio House of Representatives People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania Politicians from Cincinnati 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio 19th-century American politicians Journalists from Ohio People from Clermont County, Ohio