David Higgins

David Higgins (August 2, 1789 – December 15, 1873) was a politician and judge from the U.S. State of Ohio. He was the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1826 to 1827.

Early life David Higgins was born at Lyme, Connecticut, on August 2, 1789. His parents were Rev. David Higgins and Emma (Gelbert) Higgins. His father was pastor of the church at Lyme, and moved the family to Aranelius (now Auburn, New York) in 1801. Before 1812, David attended Yale Law School for two years, and moved to Cambridge, Maryland, to tutor for a private family. While in Maryland, he met and married Cecilia Davis of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. In 1828, they moved again, this time to Norwalk in northern Ohio.