Daniel Jenifer

Daniel Jenifer (born April 15, 1791 in Charles County , Maryland , †  December 18, 1855 in Port Tobacco Village , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1841 he represented the state of Maryland twice in the US House of Representatives ; from 1841 to 1845 he was the American envoy to Austria .

Career

Daniel Jenifer was a nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723-1790), who was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence , and the son-in-law of Congressman John Campbell (1765-1828). He attended the public schools in his home country and then studied law. In the early 1830s he began a political career as a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . After the dissolution of his party in the mid-1830s, he became a member of the Whigs .

In the congressional election of 1830 Jenifer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Clement Dorsey on March 4, 1831 . Since he was not re-elected in 1832, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1833 . This was shaped by the discussions about the policy of President Andrew Jackson . During these years the nullification crisis reached its climax with the state of South Carolina . In 1834 Jenifer was re-elected to Congress in the seventh district of his state, where he was able to complete three further legislative terms between March 4, 1835 and March 3, 1841. There he saw the final phase of President Jackson's tenure until 1837.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Daniel Jenifer was appointed envoy to Vienna by President John Tyler to succeed Henry Muhlenberg . In this capacity he represented American interests there until 1845. He was from the former congressman from Georgia , William Henry Stiles , detached. Between 1845 and 1851, Daniel Jenifer was a notary public for wills in Charles County. He died on December 18, 1855 near Port Tobacco Village.

Web links

• Daniel Jenifer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Jenifer in the database of Find a Grave (English)