David A. Starkweather

David Austin Starkweather
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th district
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	Matthias Shepler
Succeeded by	Ezra Dean
In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	Ezra Dean
Succeeded by	Samuel Lahm
8th United States Ambassador to Chile
In office November 22, 1854 – August 26, 1857
Preceded by	Balie Peyton
Succeeded by	John Bigler
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Stark County district
In office December 2, 1833 – December 6, 1835 Serving with John Brown
Preceded by	Thomas Blackburn John Grubb
Succeeded by	Thomas Blackburn H. Stidger
Member of the Ohio Senate from the Stark County district
In office December 5, 1836 – December 2, 1838
Preceded by	Matthias Shepler
Succeeded by	Jacob Hostetter
Personal details
Born	January 21, 1802(1802-01-21) Preston, Connecticut
Died	July 12, 1876(1876-07-12) (aged 74) Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Children	four

David Austin Starkweather (1802–1876) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a U.S. diplomat.

Starkweather was born in Preston, Connecticut on January 21, 1802. He attended school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, establishing a practice in Mansfield, Ohio. He later moved to Canton, Ohio.

He was a judge in one of the higher courts in Stark County, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835, and a member of the Ohio Senate from 1836 to 1838. He was a representative of the Democrats in Congress from Ohio during from 1839 to 1841 and again from 1845 to 1847. He was chosen a Presidential elector in 1848 for Cass/Butler., and served as U.S. Envoy to Chile from 1854 to 1857.

Strakweather died on July 12, 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio.

References

• David A. Starkweather at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Starkweather, Carlton Lee (1904). A brief genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Auburn, N.Y.: Press of Knapp, Peck and Thomson. OCLC 16504739. 
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... 1. State of Ohio. p. 255. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA255. 

External links

• David A. Starkweather at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Matthias Shepler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district 4 March 1839–3 March 1841	Succeeded by Ezra Dean
Preceded by Ezra Dean	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district 4 March 1839–3 March 1841	Succeeded by Samuel Lahm
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Balie Peyton	United States Envoy to Chile 22 November 1854–26 August 1857	Succeeded by John Bigler