Edward Junius Black

Edward Junius Black (born October 30, 1806 in Beaufort , South Carolina , †  September 1, 1846 in Millettville , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1845 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Edward Black was the father of the future Congressman George Robison Black (1835-1896). He attended public schools in his homeland and then the Richmond Academy in Augusta, Georgia. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1827, he began to work in his new profession in Augusta. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1829 and 1831 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1832 he moved to Screven County . Politically, he first joined the Whig Party in the 1830s .

In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1838 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the second mandate of Georgia , where he succeeded George Welshman Owens on March 4, 1839 . During his time in Congress, he switched to the Democratic Party . This nominated him for re-election in 1840, but Black failed to make it. His mandate fell to the Whigs candidate, Thomas Flournoy Foster .

After the resignation of MP Julius Caesar Alford , Edward Black was elected as a Democrat in the by-election for the third seat of Georgia to succeed him in the US House of Representatives. There he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1842. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1845 . This time was determined by the discussions about the possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which had been independent of Mexico since 1836 . In the 1844 election, Black was not re-elected. As a result, he worked again as a lawyer. He died in Millettville on September 1, 1846.

Web links

• Edward Junius Black in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Junius Black in the database of Find a Grave (English)