Archibald McNeill

Archibald McNeill (* in Moore County , North Carolina ; †  1849 in Arizona ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1823 and again from 1825 to 1827 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Archibald McNeill's date of birth is unknown; the sources do not provide any information about his early years either. From 1808 he was politically active in North Carolina. He was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina in 1808 and 1809 . Between 1811 and 1813 and again from 1820 to 1821 he was a member of the State Senate . McNeill was a member of the Federalist Party . In the congressional elections of 1820 he was in the seventh constituency of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeds on March 4, 1821 John Culpepper took, two years back later his successor in Congress should be .

After the dissolution of the federalists, McNeill joined the Democratic Republican Party , in which he belonged to the faction around the future President Andrew Jackson . In the elections of 1824 McNeill was re-elected to Congress in the seventh district of his state, where he replaced Culpepper on March 4, 1825. Until March 3, 1827 he was able to spend another term in the US House of Representatives, which was marked by the tensions between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson. In 1827 he was again ousted from office by John Culpepper.

After leaving Congress, Archibald McNeill retired from politics. In 1836 he settled in the Republic of Texas , which had just gained independence from Mexico . In connection with the California gold rush in 1849, he was elected to lead a group of about 100 people that set out from Texas to California . The group was caught in a sandstorm in the Arizona desert, killing McNeill and most of his people.

Web links

• Archibald McNeill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)