Linn Banks

Linn Banks (born January 23, 1784 in Madison County , Virginia , †  January 13, 1842 in Wolftown , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1838 and 1841 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Linn Banks attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1809, he began to work in this profession in his home country. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1812 and 1838 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . From 1817 he was the successor of Robert Stanard the speaker of this chamber. Politically, Banks joined the movement around President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . He rose to the rank of colonel in the Virginia militia.

In a by-election, Banks was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on April 28, 1838, when he was due for the 13th seat of Virginia . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until December 6, 1841 . On that day he had to cede his mandate to William Smith , who had successfully challenged the outcome of the 1840 election. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Linn Banks practiced as a lawyer again. He drowned on January 13, 1842 while trying to cross the Conway River .

Web links

• Linn Banks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Linn Banks in the database of Find a Grave (English)