Abner Hazeltine

Abner Hazeltine (born June 10, 1793 in Wardsboro , Windham County , Vermont , †  December 20, 1879 in Jamestown , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abner Hazeltine attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1815 Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). In 1815 he moved to Jamestown where he worked as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1819, he began working in this profession in Chautauqua County . In the meantime, he moved his practice to Warren , Pennsylvania , before returning to Jamestown in 1823. Between 1826 and 1829 he was also a journalist for the Jamestown Journal . Politically, he initially joined the Anti-Masonic Party . He then became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1829 and 1830 .

In the congressional elections of 1832 Hazeltine was elected as a candidate for the Anti-Masonic Party in the newly established 31st  electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. After being re-elected as a National Republican, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1837 . Ever since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate within 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.

In 1836 Abner Hazeltine renounced another congressional candidacy. Between 1847 and 1850 he was a district attorney in Chautauqua County; from 1859 to 1863 he worked there as a district judge. He later became federal commissioner for the northern part of New York state. He held this post until his death on December 20, 1879 in Jamestown.

Web links

• Abner Hazeltine in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abner Hazeltine in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
new constituency	United States House Representative for New York (31st constituency) March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837	Richard P. Marvin