Armistead Burt

Armistead Burt (born November 13, 1802 in Edgefield , South Carolina , †  October 30, 1883 in Abbeville , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1853 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Burt came to Pendleton with his parents when he was still young . There he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1823, he began to practice in Pendleton in his new profession. In 1828 he moved his residence and law firm to Abbeville. There he was also active in agriculture.

Burt was a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1834 and 1835 and again from 1838 to 1841 he sat as a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . In 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Isaac E. Holmes on March 4, 1843 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1853 . During this time, the Mexican-American War and the associated territorial expansion of the United States fell. Burt's final years in Congress were marked by discussions about the issue of slavery . From 1849 to 1853 he was chairman of the military committee. In 1848 he served temporarily as representative of Robert Charles Winthrop , Speaker of the House of Representatives .

In 1852, Burt renounced another candidacy for Congress. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Horatio Seymour was nominated as a presidential candidate. Otherwise he was no longer politically active. Armistead Burt died in Abbeville on October 30, 1883.

Web links

• Armistead Burt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Armistead Burt in the database of Find a Grave (English)