Alem Marr

Alem Marr (born June 18, 1787 in Upper Mount Bethel , Northampton County , Pennsylvania , †  March 29, 1843 in Milton , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1795, Alem Marr and his parents moved to near Milton in Northumberland County . He attended the public schools in his respective homeland. In 1807 he graduated from Princeton College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1813, he began to work in Danville in this profession. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1828 , Marr was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded George Kremer on March 4, 1829 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1830, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1831 . 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, Alem Marr retired to his farm near Milton, where he died on March 29, 1843.

Web links

• Alem Marr in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alem Marr in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George Kremer	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) with James Ford and Philander Stephens March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831	Lewis Dewart