David Higgins (politician)

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David Higgins
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Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
December 4, 1826 –December 2, 1827
Preceded by William W. Irvin
Succeeded by Edward King
Personal details
Born(1789-08-02)August 2, 1789
Lyme, Connecticut
DiedDecember 15, 1873(1873-12-15) (aged 84)
Washington, D.C.
Resting place Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s)
  • Cecilia Davis
  • Letitia King
Childrenthree
Alma mater Yale Law School

David Higgins was a politician and judge from the U.S. State of Ohio. He was the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1826 to 1827.

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Early life

David Higgins was born at Lyme, Connecticut on August 2, 1789. His parents were Rev. David Higgins and Emma (Gelbert) Higgins. His father was pastor of the church at Lyme, and moved the family to Aranelius (now Auburn), New York in 1801. [1] Before 1812, David attended Yale Law School for two years, and moved to Cambridge, Maryland to tutor for a private family. While in Maryland, he met and married Cecilia Davis of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. [1]

Professional

The young family moved to Angelica, New York, where Higgins practiced law, and by 1816 moved to Hamilton, Ohio by horseback with an infant son. [1] In 1818 or 1819 they moved to Springfield, Ohio, where their third child was born in 1820. [1]

While in Springfield, Higgins was elected four years in a row to the Ohio House of Representatives, the last of which, (1826-'7), he served as the speaker of the house. [2] In 1828, they moved again, this time to Norwalk in northern Ohio. [1]

In Norwalk, Higgins practiced law privately, until he was elected by the legislature as President Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of Ohio. After the election of President James K. Polk, Higgins was appointed to a clerkship with the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., which he retained until his death in 1873. [1]

Personal

Higgins' first wife, Cecilia, died in Washington in October, 1846. He married Letitia King of Washington in 1848, and she survived him, along with two of his children. [1]

While riding in his carriage in 1834 in Norwalk, Ohio, his horse ran away, and Higgins injured his foot in jumping to safety. His leg was amputated below the knee, and he used a prosthesis the rest of his life. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meek, Basil, ed. (1909). Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. p. 179.
  2. ↑ Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. pp. 262, 264.
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by
James McBride
Joel Collins
James Shields 		Representative from Butler County
December 1, 1823-December 2, 1827
Served alongside: several others		Succeeded by
James Shields
James Heaton
Daniel Woodmansee
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