Benedict Joseph Semmes

Benedict Joseph Semmes (born November 1, 1789 in Charles County , Maryland , †  February 10, 1863 in Prince George's County , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benedict Semmes attended his homeland public schools and a medical school in Philadelphia . After a subsequent medical degree at Baltimore Medical School and his license as a doctor in 1811, he began to work in Piscataway in this profession. Later he also worked in agriculture. Politically, Semmes joined the movement around President John Quincy Adams and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . Between 1825 and 1828 he sat in the Maryland House of Representatives and served intermittently as its president. After that he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional election of 1828 Semmes was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John Crompton Weems on March 4, 1829 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1833 . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. 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.

In 1842 and 1843, Benedict Semmes was once again a member of the Maryland House of Representatives; then he retired. He died in Prince George's County on February 10, 1863.

Web links

• Benedict Joseph Semmes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)