Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter

Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (born September 10, 1797 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , †  February 26, 1870 in Millersburg , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1841 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Leadbetter attended public schools in his home country. In 1816 he moved to Steubenville , Ohio. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1821, he began to work there in this profession. In the same year he became captain of the state militia, in which he was quartermaster in 1831. In 1828 he moved his residence and his law firm to Millersburg. Together with his brother he owned almost half of the town. 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 . Between 1831 and 1836 he was a county recorder in Holmes County .

In the congressional election of 1836 , Leadbetter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded David Spangler on March 4, 1837 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1841 . In 1840 he renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Leadbetter practiced as a lawyer again. He was also active in agriculture, especially in the field of livestock. In 1851 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state. During the Civil War in 1862 he was a captain in the Union Army . He died on February 26, 1870 in Millersburg, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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