Ebenezer Pettigrew

Ebenezer Pettigrew (born March 10, 1783 in Plymouth , Tyrrell County , North Carolina , †  July 8, 1848 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ebenezer Pettigrew was home-schooled and then studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Then he became a planter . At the same time he began a political career. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1809 and 1810 . He later joined the opposition to President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Whig Party , founded in the mid-1830s .

In the 1834 congressional elections , Pettigrew was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Thomas H. Hall on March 4, 1835 . Until March 3, 1837, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the discussions about President Jackson's politics. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Pettigrew returned to farming. He died on July 8, 1848 on the Magnolia Plantation in Tyrrell County and was buried in the family cemetery there.

Web links

• Ebenezer Pettigrew in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)