Augustin Smith Clayton

Augustin Smith Clayton (born November 27, 1783 in Fredericksburg , Virginia , † June 21, 1839 in Athens , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1832 and 1835 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1784, Augustin Clayton came to Richmond County , Georgia with his parents . There he attended public schools and the Richmond Academy . Until 1804 he studied at Franklin College in Athens. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1806, he began to work in Carnesville in his new profession. In 1810 he was entrusted by the Georgia State Legislature with revising the law. Between 1810 and 1812, Clayton was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives ; from 1813 to 1815 he was employed there in the administration. Between 1819 and 1825 and again from 1828 to 1831 he served as a judge at the Superior Court . Clayton was a member of the Georgia Senate in 1826 and 1827 .

In the 1820s, Clayton joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson . As a consequence, he became a member of the Democratic Party which he founded in 1828 . After the resignation of Congressman Wilson Lumpkin , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the seventh seat of Georgia , where he took up his new mandate on January 21, 1832. After re-election in 1832, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1835 . There, the work of the MPs was shaped by the discussions about the policies of President Jackson, who has been in office since 1829. It was mainly about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Augustin Clayton returned to work as a lawyer in Athens. He died there on June 21, 1839.

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SURNAME	Clayton, Augustin Smith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 27, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fredericksburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 1839
Place of death	Athens , Georgia