Timothy Thomas Ansberry

Democrat Representative of Ohio's 5th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

December 24, 1871 (71 years old)

Birthday

July 5, 1943

Death

Born in Defiance, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1893.
Practiced law in Defiance, Ohio, after being admitted to the bar.
Served as Justice of the Peace (1893-1895) and as prosecuting attorney of Defiance County (1895-1903).
Elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1915.
Chaired the Committee on Elections No. 1 during the Sixty-second Congress.
Resigned from Congress to accept a judicial position as an associate judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, serving until 1916.
Participated as a delegate in the 1920 and 1924 Democratic National Conventions.
Served as a presidential elector in the 1916 presidential election.
Moved to Washington, D.C., in 1916 and continued practicing law until his death.
Died in New York City in 1943 and was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.