Archibald Austin

Archibald Austin (born August 11, 1772 in Buckingham , Buckingham County , Colony of Virginia , †  October 16, 1837 at Buckingham Court House , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Archibald Austin attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Buckingham County in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1815 and 1817 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the 1816 congressional election , Austin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John Randolph on March 4, 1817 . Since he refused to run again in 1818, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1819 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Austin practiced law again. He later became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1832 and 1836 he was an elector in the respective presidential elections, in which he gave Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren his vote. From 1835 to 1837 he was again a member of the state parliament. He died on October 16, 1837.

Web links

• Archibald Austin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Archibald Austin in the database of Find a Grave (English)