Benjamin Chew Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard (born November 5, 1791 in Baltimore , Maryland , † March 6, 1872 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1839 he represented the state of Maryland twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Howard was the son of US Senator John Eager Howard (1752-1827) and the brother of Governor George Howard (1789-1846). He received a good education and then studied at Princeton College until 1809 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Baltimore. Howard also took part as an officer in the British-American War of 1812 . He later made a contribution to building the Maryland State Militia. He reached the rank of brigadier general . In 1820 he was a councilor in Baltimore. In the 1820s, Howard joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson . He later became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him in 1828 . In 1824 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1828 Howard was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1829. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1833 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. 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.

Between March 4, 1835 and March 3, 1839, Benjamin Howard represented the fourth district of his state in Congress. In 1835 he was a federal commissioner to arbitrate a border dispute between the states of Ohio and Michigan . From 1835 to 1839 Howard chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee. He refused an appointment as ambassador to Russia by President Martin Van Buren . Benjamin Howard served as a spokesman for the United States Supreme Court between 1843 and 1862 . One of his tasks was to make the decisions of the court known. In the spring of 1861 he was a member of a negotiating commission that unsuccessfully tried to prevent the outbreak of civil war in the federal capital, Washington . In the same year he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maryland. Benjamin Howard died on March 6, 1872 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME	Howard, Benjamin Chew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 1872
Place of death	near Baltimore , Maryland