Charles Slade

Charles Slade (born around 1797 in England , †  July 11, 1834 near Vincennes , Indiana ) was an American politician . In 1833 and 1834 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Slade came to the United States with his family when he was young. The family first settled in Alexandria ( Virginia down), where he attended public schools. In 1816, he and two brothers moved to the Illinois Territory , where they founded the city of Carlyle . In his new home, Slade worked in various professions. Among other things, he ran a shop, a mill, a private road and an inn, as well as a ferry. He also held a number of local offices. He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1820 and 1826 . From 1829 to 1833 he was US Marshal for Illinois. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the 1832 congressional election , Slade was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Joseph Duncan on March 4, 1833 . He was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until his death on July 11, 1834. 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.

Charles Slade fell ill with cholera in the summer of 1834 , of which he died on July 11 near Vincennes in Indiana on his way home to Illinois. Because of the risk of infection, he was buried immediately; the place of his final resting place is unknown. His son Jack (1831–1864) achieved dubious fame as a gunslinger in the Wild West and was immortalized by Mark Twain in his novel Roughing it . Charles Slade's widow, Mary Cain, married Elias Smith Dennis, later General of the Northern States, in 1838 .

Web links

• Charles Slade in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Slade in the database of Find a Grave (English)