Gayton P. Osgood

Gayton Pickman Osgood (born July 4, 1797 in Salem , Massachusetts , †  June 26, 1861 in Andover , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gayton Osgood studied at Harvard University until 1815 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession in Salem. In 1819 he moved to North Andover . 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 . Between 1829 and 1831 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives .

In the 1832 congressional election , Osgood was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Jeremiah Nelson on March 4, 1833 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1834, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1835 . During this time President Jackson's policies were debated in and out of Congress. 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.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Gayton Osgood withdrew from politics. In the following years he worked in agriculture. He died in Andover on June 26, 1861.

Web links

• Gayton P. Osgood in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)