Henry Hosford Gurley

Henry Hosford Gurley (born May 20, 1788 in Lebanon , New London County , Connecticut , †  March 16, 1833 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1831 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After primary school, Henry Gurley attended from 1805 to 1808, the Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in Baton Rouge in his new profession. At the same time, he began a political career in the early 1820s. He was in opposition to later President Andrew Jackson and was a supporter of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . He therefore became a member of the National Republican Party , which in 1835 became the Whig Party .

In the congressional elections of 1822 Gurley was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created second constituency of Louisiana , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1823. After three re-elections, he was able to complete four consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1831 . From 1829 to 1831 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with private land claims. During his time in the US House of Representatives, there were heated discussions between supporters of his group and those of Andrew Jackson. After he took office as the 7th  US President , its politics were discussed within 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 the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Gurley served as a judge in the Baton Rouge district until his death on March 16, 1833.

Web links

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