Adam Huntsman

Adam Huntsman (born February 11, 1786 in Charlotte County , Virginia , †  August 23, 1849 in Jackson , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Huntsman's grave in Jackson, Tennessee

In 1809, Adam Huntsman settled in Knox County , Tennessee, for three years . There he studied law with the future US Senator John Williams . After licensing as a lawyer, he practiced as a criminal defense attorney in Overton County and Madison County . At the same time he began a political career. Between 1815 and 1819 and again from 1827 to 1829 he sat in the Senate of Tennessee . He was also a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution in 1834. As a supporter of President Andrew Jackson , he became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him . Huntsman also took part in an Indian war in which he lost a leg.

In the congressional elections of 1834 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Davy Crockett on March 4, 1935 , whom he had defeated in the election. For Crockett, the election defeat was tragic. He left Tennessee and died a year later fighting for the Alamo Fort in Texas . Since Huntsman renounced another candidacy in 1836, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1837 .

Even after his departure, Adam Huntsman was politically active. In the 1830s and 1840s he became a regional party size in western Tennessee. He was in contact with well-known federal politicians such as Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk , James Buchanan and John C. Calhoun . Huntsman died on August 23, 1849.

Web links

• Adam Huntsman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Adam Huntsman in the database of Find a Grave (English)