Henry Bedinger

Henry Bedinger III (born February 3, 1812 in Shepherdstown , Jefferson County , Virginia , †  November 26, 1858 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Bedinger, born in what is now West Virginia , was a nephew of Congressman George M. Bedinger (1756–1843) from Kentucky . He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1832, he began to work in Shepherdstown in this profession. He later moved his residence and law firm to Charles Town . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1844 Bedinger was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded William Lucas on March 4, 1845 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . In 1848 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Bedinger initially practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1853 and 1858 he was the American ambassador to Denmark as the successor to Miller Grieve . From this post he resigned on August 10, 1858. He died just a few months later on November 26, 1858 in his hometown of Shepherdstown.

Web links

• Henry Bedinger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Bedinger in the database of Find a Grave (English)