Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn

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Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (born March 3, 1783 in Exeter , New Hampshire , †  July 29, 1851 in Portland , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Dearborn was the son of Secretary of War and Congressman Henry Dearborn (1751-1829). He attended public schools in his home country and then Williams College in Williamstown for two years . He then studied until 1803 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg ( Virginia ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession in Salem and Portland. Between 1812 and 1829 he was in charge of customs in Boston . During the British-American War he served as Brigadier General of the Volunteers commanding officer in the defense of the Boston Harbor. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . In 1820 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution after the breakaway of the territory that became the state of Maine. In 1823 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1829 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; In 1830 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional election of 1830 Dearborn was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded John Bailey on March 4, 1831 . Since he was not confirmed in 1832, he could only serve one term in Congress until 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.

Between 1834 and 1843 Dearborn was Adjutant General of Massachusetts, commander of the National Guard there. He served as Mayor of Roxbury from 1847 to 1851 . Dearborn was also President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and is the author of numerous books. He died in Portland on July 29, 1851.

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SURNAME Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Exeter , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1851
Place of death Portland , Maine