Richard Coke Junior

Richard Coke Jr. (born November 16, 1790 in Williamsburg , Virginia , †  March 31, 1851 in Gloucester County , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Coke was the uncle of the same name Richard Coke (1829-1897), the governor of Texas and US senator for that state. He attended public schools in his hometown and then studied at the College of William & Mary in his hometown of Williamsburg. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in Gloucester County in this profession. Politically, he joined the movement around the later US President Andrew Jackson in the 1820s and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1828 Coke was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Burwell Bassett on March 4, 1829 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1833 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Richard Coke withdrew from politics. He died on March 31, 1851 on his Abingdon Place plantation in Gloucester County, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Richard Coke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Coke junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)