Francis Mallory

Francis Mallory ( December 12, 1807 in Hampton , Virginia , †  March 26, 1860 in Norfolk , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1843 he represented the state of Virginia twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Mallory attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Hampton Academy . Between 1822 and 1828 he served in the US Navy . He then began to study law, which he broke off again. After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his license as a doctor in 1831, he began to practice in this profession in Norfolk. He later gave it up to work in agriculture. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party , which emerged in the mid-1830s . In 1838 he attended the Southern Commercial Convention in Richmond as a delegate .

In the congressional elections of 1836 Mallory was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eleventh constituency of his state , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1837. Since he was not confirmed in 1838, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1839 . After the resignation of MP Joel Holleman Mallory was elected in the by-election for the tenth seat of Virginia as his successor to the US House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on December 28, 1840. In the regular elections of 1840 Mallory was elected to Congress in the first district of his state, where he could remain until March 3, 1843. This period was overshadowed by the tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs from 1841 onwards . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

In 1842, Francis Mallory declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he returned to farming. Between 1850 and 1853 he was a Navy agent with the Port Authority in Norfolk. He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and in 1857 and 1858 . Between 1853 and 1859 he was also president of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad . He died in Norfolk on March 26, 1860.

Web links

• Francis Mallory in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis Mallory in the database of Find a Grave (English)