George Corbin Washington

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George Corbin Washington (born August 20, 1789 in Oak Grove , Westmoreland County , Virginia , †  July 17, 1854 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1837 he represented the state of Maryland twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Corbin Washington was the great-nephew of the first US President George Washington . He studied at Harvard University and went on to study law. But Washington did not work as a lawyer. Instead, he managed his plantation in Maryland. He spent most of his life on Dumbarton Heights near the federal capital Washington DC In the 1820s he joined the opposition to later President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1826 Washington was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded George Peter on March 4, 1827 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1833 . 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. From 1831 to 1833 Washington was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee . In 1832 he declined to run again.

In 1834 he was re-elected to Congress in the fifth district of his state, where he could spend another term between March 4, 1835 and March 3, 1837. In 1836 he did not run again. He then became president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. In 1844 he was federal commissioner for the settlement of claims arising from an 1835 treaty with the Cherokee . He died in Washington on July 17, 1854.

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SURNAME Washington, George Corbin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH at Oak Grove , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1854
Place of death Washington, DC