David Chambers was a United States Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

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Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown, Pennsylvania

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, Chambers was tutored by his father. He served as a confidential express rider for President George Washington

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 during the Whisky Insurrection in 1794. Beginning in 1796, he learned the art of printing while working in a newspaper office under Benjamin Franklin Bache

Benjamin Franklin Bache (Journalist)

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. He moved to Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville, Ohio

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 in 1810, where he established a newspaper and was elected State printer. During the War of 1812

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, he volunteered as an aide-de-camp

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 to Major General Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass

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He served as recorder and mayor of Zanesville, and as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 in 1814, 1828, from 1836 to 1838, 1841, and 1842.
He served as clerk of the Ohio State Senate in 1817 and the court of common pleas of Muskingum County from 1817 to 1821.

Chambers was subsequently elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress

17th United States Congress

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 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect John C. Wright and served from October 9, 1821 to March 3, 1823. He was not a candidate for renomination in the subsequent election.

Chambers was affiliated with the Whig Party

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 after its formation in 1833. He served as member of the State senate in 1843 and 1844, and as president of the senate in 1844. In 1850, he served as delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1850.

He was active in agricultural pursuits until 1856. On August 8, 1864, Chambers died in Zanesville, Ohio. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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