Edward Lucas (politician, 1780)

Edward Lucas (born October 20, 1780 in Shepherdstown , Jefferson County , Virginia , †  March 4, 1858 in Harpers Ferry , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The in today's West Virginia -born Edward Lucas attended the common schools and then to 1809 the Dickinson College in Carlisle ( Pennsylvania ). During the British-American War of 1812 he was first lieutenant and captain. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he worked in Shepherdstown in this profession until 1818. Then he worked in trade. He also embarked on a political career. Between 1819 and 1822 and again in 1830 and 1831 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1832 , Lucas was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John S. Barbour on March 4, 1833 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1837 . Since 1835 he represented there as the successor of William F. Gordon the twelfth district of his state. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1836 Edward Lucas renounced another candidacy. In the following years he worked in the trade again. From 1847 until his death on March 4, 1858, he ran a shop at the Harpers Ferry military base.

Web links

• Edward Lucas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Edward Lucas in the database of Find a Grave (English)