Timothy C. Day

Timothy Crane Day (January 8, 1819 – April 15, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Timothy Crane Day
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's first district
In office
March 4, 1855  March 3, 1857
Preceded byDavid T. Disney
Succeeded byGeorge H. Pendleton
Personal details
Born(1819-01-08)January 8, 1819
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
DiedApril 15, 1869(1869-04-15) (aged 50)
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery
Political partyOpposition

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Day attended the public schools. Day worked as a printer and engraver from 1838–1840. When his older brother died in 1850, he took his job as one of the editors and proprietors of the Cincinnati Enquirer.[1] Disposed of his interests in that paper in 1852 and made a tour of Europe.

Day was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). Day Ran as an Anti-Nebraska, or anti-slavery, candidate.[2] He declined renomination in 1856 because of ill health and retired from active business. Day endowed the Ohio Mechanics Institute toward establishing a permanent library.[1] When this library closed, the bequeath was transferred to the University of Cincinnati's College of Applied Science in 1911 and bears his name as the Timothy C. Day Technical Library.[3] He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 15, 1869. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.

References

  1. Grace, Kevin (Jan 4, 2012). Legendary Locals of Cincinnati. Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 9781467100021. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  2. Roseboom, Eugene H (1944). Wittke, Carl (ed.). The History of The State of Ohio. The Civil War Era, 1850-1873. 4. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society. pp. 281, 297.
  3. Gottlieb, Dan. "Research Guides: Collection Policies: College of Applied Science". guides.libraries.uc.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-15.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David T. Disney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 1st congressional district

1855–1857
Succeeded by
George H. Pendleton
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