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 by	David T. Disney
Succeeded by	George H. Pendleton
Personal details
Born	January 8, 1819 Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Died	April 15, 1869 (aged 50) Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery
Political party	Opposition

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.

• United States Congress. "Timothy C. Day (id: D000161)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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