Arnold Naudain

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Arnold Naudain

Arnold Snow Naudain (born January 6, 1790 in Dover , Delaware , †  January 4, 1872 in Odessa , Delaware) was an American politician ( Whig Party ) who represented the state of Delaware in the US Senate .

In 1806 Arnold Naudain graduated from the College of New Jersey , later Princeton University . He then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , graduating in 1810 and starting to practice as a doctor in his hometown of Dover. During the British-American War he was surgeon general of the Delaware militia.

From 1817 to 1818 Naudain was a member of the House of Representatives from Delaware ; in 1826 he was re-elected to this Chamber of Parliament and became its speaker . From January 7, 1830, he was a member of the US Senate, in which the state legislature had elected him as the successor to the resigned Louis McLane . Naudain remained there until his own resignation on June 16, 1836. During this time he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee of Claims . At the beginning of the term of office Naudain was one of the National Republicans ; later he joined the Whigs.

Arnold Naudain narrowly missed the premature retirement from the Senate when he ran for governor in 1832 . He received 4,166 votes, his Democratic opponent Caleb P. Bennett 4,220. While still a senator, he served from 1833 to 1835 as a curator of Newark College , the later University of Delaware . He resigned because, as an active Presbyterian, he objected to the college participating in the proceeds of a state lottery, but the majority of the Board of Trustees advocating continuing to accept it.

After his resignation he continued to be politically active as State Senator from 1836 to 1839. Naudain later served from 1841 to 1845 as the head of the customs department of Wilmington ( Collector of the port ) before moving to Philadelphia , where he again worked as a doctor. He was a Freemason and at times Grand Master of the Delaware Grand Lodge .

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  • Arnold Naudain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Naudain, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naudain, Arnold Snow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH near Dover , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1872
Place of death Odessa , Delaware