Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim (painting by Rembrandt Peale )

Isaac McKim (born July 21, 1775 in Baltimore , Province of Maryland , †  April 1, 1838 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1838 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Isaac McKim was the nephew of Congressman Alexander McKim (1748-1832). He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in commerce. During the British-American War of 1812 , he served on the staff of General Samuel Smith , who would later become Congressman and US Senator . After the war, McKim embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between December 4, 1821 and January 8, 1823, he was a member of the Maryland Senate .

After Samuel Smith's resignation as Congressman, McKim was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , at the due by-election in the fifth constituency of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on January 4, 1823. After he had also been elected for the following legislative period, he was initially able to remain in Congress until March 3, 1825 .

Between 1827 and 1831 McKim was a director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . During this time he joined the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson in 1828 . In the congressional elections of 1832 he was re-elected as their candidate in the fifth district of his state in the US House of Representatives, where he took office on March 4, 1833. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 1, 1838 . 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.

Web links

• Isaac McKim in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac McKim in the database of Find a Grave (English)