David Kidder

David Kidder (born December 8, 1787 in Dresden , Massachusetts , † November 1, 1860 in Skowhegan , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1827 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Kidder was born in 1787 in Dresden, which at that time still belonged to Massachusetts and has been part of the state of Maine since 1820. He enjoyed a good private school education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Bloomfield in his new profession. In 1817 he moved to Skowhegan and in 1821 to Norridgewock . Between 1811 and 1823 he was a district attorney in Somerset County .

Politically, Kidder was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After their splitting into different wings in the 1820s, he joined the faction around the later President John Quincy Adams . In the congressional election of 1822 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Maine , where he succeeded Enoch Lincoln on March 4, 1823 . After a re-election in 1824, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1827 . This time was determined by the tensions between the supporters of his faction and those of the later President Andrew Jackson .

In 1826, Kidder declined to run again. He settled back in Skowhegan, where he practiced as a lawyer. In 1829 he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. Afterwards he devoted himself exclusively to his private and legal activities. David Kidder died in Skowhegan on November 1, 1860.

Web links

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

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