George Chambers (politician, 1786)

George Chambers (born February 24, 1786 in Chambersburg , Franklin County , Pennsylvania , †  March 25, 1866 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Chambers enjoyed a classical education and then attended the Chambersburg Academy and then until 1804 Princeton College . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1807, he began to work in this profession in Chambersburg. Politically, he did not appear until the 1830s as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1832 Chambers was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Robert Allison on March 4, 1833 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1837 . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside 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 his time in the US House of Representatives, George Chambers practiced as a lawyer again. In 1837 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state; In 1851 he became a judge on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . He died on March 25, 1866 in Chambersburg, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Allison	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837	Daniel Sheffer