Clement Dorsey

Clement Dorsey (born 1778 in Oakland , Anne Arundel County , Maryland , †  August 6, 1848 in Leonardtown , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1831 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clement Dorsey attended St. John's College in Annapolis . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. Between 1812 and 1818, including during the British-American War , he was a major in the Maryland militia. In the 1820s, Clement Dorsey joined the movement around President John Quincy Adams . He later became a member of the National Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1824 Dorsey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Raphael Neale on March 4, 1825 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1831 . After President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, there was 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. Dorsey and his party were in opposition to Jackson and his Democratic Party .

In 1832, Clement Dorsey sought his return to Congress without success. He was then until his death on August 6, 1848 a judge in the fifth judicial district of Maryland.

Web links

• Clement Dorsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clement Dorsey in the database of Find a Grave (English)