Hiram Belcher

Hiram Belcher

Hiram Belcher (born February 23, 1790 in Hallowell , Kennebec County , Massachusetts , †  May 6, 1857 in Farmington , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hiram Belcher was born in 1790 in Hallowell, which was then still part of Massachusetts and has belonged to the state of Maine since 1820. He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1812, he began to practice in Farmington in his new profession. Between 1814 and 1819 he was also a town clerk in this town . He was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine in 1822, 1829, and 1832 . Belcher was a member of the State Senate from 1838 to 1839 .

Belcher was a member of the Whig Party and was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1846 as its candidate in the third constituency of Maine , where he succeeded Luther Severance on March 4, 1847 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1848, Belcher could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1849 . There he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage . During this time the Mexican-American War came to an end. At that time, large areas in the west and southwest of the North American continent fell to the United States, including the future states of California , Arizona , New Mexico , Oklahoma , Utah and Colorado .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Hiram Belcher returned to working as a lawyer in Farmington. He died there on May 6, 1857.

Web links

• Hiram Belcher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hiram Belcher in the database of Find a Grave (English)