David Outlaw

David Outlaw (born September 14, 1806 in Windsor , Bertie County , North Carolina , †  October 22, 1868 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1853 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Outlaw was a cousin of Congressman George Outlaw . He attended private schools and then studied until 1824 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1825, he began to work in his hometown of Windsor in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. From 1831 to 1834 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina . He was to belong to this parliamentary chamber again in 1854 and 1858. In 1835 Outlaw attended a meeting to revise the North Carolina Constitution as a delegate. Between 1836 and 1844 he was a prosecutor in the first judicial district of his state. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party , founded in the mid-1830s . In 1844 he was a delegate at their federal party congress . David Outlaw was also a colonel in the state militia.

In the congressional elections of 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Asa Biggs on March 4, 1847 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1853 . These were initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . In 1852, the ninth district of North Carolina was dissolved. It was only rebuilt in 1882. David Outlaw failed when trying to be re-elected to Congress in another district. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1860 and 1866 . He died in Windsor on October 22, 1868.

Web links

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

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