Edmund Deberry

Edmund Deberry (born August 14, 1787 in Lawrenceville , Montgomery County , North Carolina , †  December 12, 1859 in Montgomery County, North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1851 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Edmund Deberry attended public schools in high shoals . After that he worked in agriculture. He ran a cotton mill and a flour mill. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1806 and 1828 he sat several times in the North Carolina Senate . In the meantime he was also a justice of the peace. Politically, he was in opposition to President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . Deberry was initially a member of the short-lived National Republican Party and joined the Whig Party in the mid-1830s .

In the 1828 congressional election , Deberry was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded John Culpepper on March 4, 1829 . Since he lost to Lauchlin Bethune in 1830 , he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1831 . This was determined by the discussions about President Jackson's policies. In 1832 he was able to replace Bethune in Congress and after five re-elections between March 4, 1833 and March 3, 1845, he completed six further legislative terms. From 1837 to 1845 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee. From 1843 Deberry represented the fourth district of North Carolina as the successor to William Henry Washington . From 1841 onwards there was increasing discussion in Congress about a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which had been independent of Mexico since 1836 .

In 1844 Deberry declined to run again. In the congressional elections of 1848 he was then re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state, where he replaced Daniel Moreau Barringer on March 4, 1849 . Since he was no longer running in 1850, he could only spend one further term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1851. After that, he resumed his previous activities in agriculture. Edmund Deberry died on December 12, 1859 on his Montgomery County estate.

Web links

• Edmund Deberry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edmund Deberry in the database of Find a Grave (English)