David Bronson

David Bronson (born February 8, 1800 in Suffield , Hartford County , Connecticut , † November 20, 1863 in Saint Michaels , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Bronson attended Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1819 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1823, he began to practice in North Anson (Maine) in his new profession. He also started a political career. Between 1832 and 1834 he was an MP in the Maine House of Representatives . In his home country he also worked as a justice of the peace.

Bronson joined the Whig Party . After the resignation of Congressman George Evans , who moved to the US Senate , Bronson was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election in the fourth constituency of Maine . There he took up his new mandate on May 31, 1841. By March 3, 1843, he ended the legislature of his predecessor. This period was overshadowed by heated discussions between his party and President John Tyler . Another hotly debated topic was the admission of the Republic of Texas, which had been independent since 1836, to the United States.

After his tenure in Congress ended , Bronson moved to Augusta , Maine, in 1843 . There he worked again as a lawyer. In 1846 he became a member of the Maine Senate . In 1850 he moved to Bath , where he was in charge of customs until 1853. Between 1854 and 1857, Bronson was a probate judge in Sagadahoc County . In 1856 he ran unsuccessfully for his return to Congress. David Bronson died on November 20, 1863 in Saint Michaels, Maryland and was buried there.

Web links

• David Bronson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Bronson in the database of Find a Grave (English)