Isaac Southard

Isaac Southard (born August 30, 1783 in Basking Ridge , New Jersey , †  September 18, 1850 in Somerville , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Southard was the son of Congressman Henry Southard (1747-1842) and the older brother of US Senator and Governor Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842). He attended the public schools in his home country. He then worked in commerce until 1814 and later for the Somerset County Tax Service . In 1815 he became a major in his home district's militia. Later he was supposed to be a colonel in the state militia. Southard also worked in banking and served as president of the State Bank branch in Morristown . In 1820 he served as a lay judge in Somerset County's District Court and as a justice of the peace. Between 1820 and 1830 Southard was employed as a county clerk in the Somerset County administration. Politically, he joined the opposition to President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1830 , Southard was elected for the fifth seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel Swan on March 4, 1831 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Ferdinand Schureman Schenck in 1832 , he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1831 . 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.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Isaac Southard was appointed Chancellor Councilor in 1833. Between 1837 and 1843 he was Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. He lived in Trenton for a while , before he returned to Somerville, where he died on September 18, 1850.

Web links

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

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