Henry Marie Brackenridge

Henry Marie Brackenridge

Henry Marie Brackenridge (born May 11, 1786 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , †  January 18, 1871 ibid) was an American politician . In 1840 and 1841 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Brackenridge was the son of the poet Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816). He was tutored by his father and a tutor. He then graduated from the French Academy in what is now Missouri . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1806, he worked in Somerset in this profession until 1810 . He then moved to St. Louis for a short time , where he also practiced as a lawyer. In 1811 he became the Assistant Attorney General in the Orleans Territory . A year later he became a district judge for Louisiana . During the British-American War of 1812 he worked for the American side as a secret service. He later wrote a treatise on this war.

In 1817 Brackenridge was secretary to an American mission to South America. He later published a book about this trip and his impressions. In 1821 he worked for Andrew Jackson , who was then governor of the Florida Territory . Through its influence, he became a judge in the western part of this area. He held this office between 1821 and 1832. In 1832 Henry Brackenridge returned to Pennsylvania, where he acquired large estates. There he also founded the city of Tarentum . Politically, he joined the Whig Party .

After the resignation of MP Richard Biddle , Brackenridge was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on October 13, 1840. Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party for the regular elections of 1840 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1841 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Brackenridge devoted himself primarily to his literary work. Some of his works are considered good scientific and historical sources. He died on January 18, 1871 in Pittsburgh and was buried in the city named after him, Brackenridge .

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Richard Biddle	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (22nd constituency) October 13, 1840 - March 3, 1841	William Wallace Irwin